Scientific Travel

It turned out that extending the room for two more days was a wise decision; that one store alone took the whole family of three a day to explore.

Since we're all here, we definitely have to try the local specialties. As an indigenous person, Liu Ding took the initiative to lead everyone to find a good restaurant.

You can only eat four meals a day at most, so you definitely can't try everything. That's why Deng Yin packed up the food he couldn't finish.

Those who had private rooms packed up the food there, poured it into plates in Deng Yin's space, and then stored it all in the space.

It's a bit more troublesome if there are no private rooms; you have to take it back to the inn before you can put it into your space.

Fortunately, even small restaurants in Ten Rebellion City have private rooms.

Sometimes it's just that there are too many people and you can't get a private room.

Wang Xi's favorite food is the raw fermented rice cake from Cuihuilou Restaurant. Deng Yin bought two hundred plates of it in one go. They ate there for two meals on the first day, one hundred plates each time, for a total of four hundred plates of raw fermented rice cake.

Make sure there's enough food for her before she gets tired of it.

The next day, instead of splitting into four groups, they split into two.

It was still the same family of three, but this time we're adding Gou Dan (Dog Egg).

A combination of three plus one.

This group, centered around Wang Xi, was mainly responsible for purchasing snacks and similar items.

Deng Yin once mentioned the origin of Gou Dan, but it sounded like a complete fabrication.

He should be the same type of person as Deng Yin, because he has never hidden from others that he also has the ability to make objects appear or disappear out of thin air.

The other group was led by Deng Yin and Liu Ding.

Two groups of people, each with a mobile warehouse, so that after buying things, they don't have to send them back.

However, this means you can't buy too many at once.

But it's not a big problem. I've bought most of the things. Now I'm just going shopping to see if there's anything else I want.

The Ten Rebellious Cities do not restrict the purchase of medicinal herbs; as long as you have money, you are eligible to buy them.

Deng Yin and Liu Ding went to the largest medicinal herb market in the area. Although she had all the herbs needed for the Repairing Pill, she only had a partial formula for the Hundred Spirits Pill, and Deng Yin only had the herbs listed on the partial formula.

Five ingredients are still missing, and I plan to take this opportunity to buy them all.

Regardless of whether it's useful or expensive, if she doesn't have it, then I'll buy it.

The money that Mei Shengke sent her a few days ago was not used by Deng Yin to expand her space. Instead, she put it all into her space, planning to exchange it for expanding her space after she completed the mission and no longer needed the money.

Money is depreciating very quickly these days; if you don't save up some, you might not have enough to spend.

On the way to buy medicinal herbs, you have to pass through two streets, both of which are full of food and entertainment shops. Deng Yin walks along, stopping frequently to browse every shop.

Liu Ding showed no impatience whatsoever, and followed her around with a smile.

Looks like he's in a good mood.

"Huh?" Liu Ding grabbed Deng Yin, who wanted to buy candied fruit, and pointed to a shop in front of them, saying, "Your shop also has a branch in Ten Rebellion City?"

“No.” Deng Yin looked in the direction Liu Ding was pointing.

Good heavens, they've even opened fake shops in Ten Rebellious Cities.

It even looks quite popular, with quite a few people queuing up.

The genuine products can't even get through the city gates, yet the pirated ones are thriving here.

Can Deng Yin tolerate this?

Let's hold off for now and go in to take a look first.

Deng Yin didn't even bother buying candied fruit anymore; he grabbed Liu Ding and headed towards the shop.

There was a long line of people waiting in front of the door, and Deng Yin waited in line for a full half hour before he could get in.

The shop's signboard reads "Watermelon Cake Shop, Tenth Branch in Nicheng," and it's not just the name that's trying to piggyback on their success; the shop's decor is also a case of piggybacking.

Although the store was at least twice the size of Deng Yin's store, the items were placed in roughly the same locations.

The person who designed this shop must have visited Deng Yinkai's shop.

Because this person stole all her kites!

Everything, from the packaging to the cutlery, looks exactly like the one Deng quoted.

Um.......

...They put a lot of effort into it.

Another unique feature of watermelon cake shops is that all the staff are very good-looking.

They even copied this.

The cashier in charge of taking orders was a woman. She asked, "What would you like to order?"

With a desire to investigate, Deng Yin ordered one of each item.

This time, she couldn't stand it anymore.

It's one thing to plagiarize, but the item is even more expensive than what she bought!

And it's not just a little more expensive, it's at least ten times more expensive!

Deng Yin endured it. Prices now are very different from before, so it's normal for prices to rise a bit.

Clerk: "There are seats upstairs. Would you like to eat here or take it home?"

"Eat here." Just kidding, this is a crime-fighting operation, how could we eat at home?

You must eat it on the spot and then point out that the store is a knock-off!

However, Deng Yin had to admit that the service at this shop was much better than that at her own shop.

At the very least, the step of bringing the cake from downstairs to upstairs is handled by the staff.

Deng Yin looked at the strawberry cake and grape cake in front of her and fell silent.

It looks fake at first glance!

It's less than half the size of Deng Yinmai!

Adhering to a rigorous attitude, Deng Yin tasted the fruit.

The taste is definitely not the same. The variety that Deng Yin sells is the one that was developed after hundreds of years of research.

These local strawberries and grapes are purely products of nature and have not undergone genetic modification.

Deng Yin took only a small bite, and her facial features immediately scrunched up.

It's so...so sour...

This was the first time Deng Yin had ever tasted strawberries this sour.

Grapes might help, Deng Yin thought, and quickly ate a grape to calm down, so he stuffed a grape into his mouth.

Hmm... how should I put it...

It's not sour, but it's not very sweet either.

Next, Deng Yin tried everything, from the cream to the cake base.

The cream tastes about 60% similar, and the other party also thought of using milk, but the taste wasn't properly removed.

It has a milky smell.

As for the cake base, the similarity is quite high, about 90%.

Deng Yin learned how to make cake bases from Li Pingle, using local techniques, so the taste is naturally quite similar.

The only difference was the small improvement made by Li Pingle.

I can tolerate everything else, but I can't tolerate Deng Yin!

It's one thing to plagiarize, but to sell such terrible food is just ruining her reputation.

"Where's the boss?" Deng Yin shouted downstairs in an unfriendly tone.

Judging from his tone, you could tell he was here to cause trouble. It's likely that none of the shopkeepers in Shi Ni City are exactly the kind of people you'd want to mess with.

The boss arrived quickly, her voice preceding her: "Sir, what can I do for you?"

Deng Yin turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came.

She was very beautiful; that was Deng Yin's only thought upon seeing her.

He had bright eyes and white teeth, and was tall. His features weren't the kind that would immediately catch the eye; they were somewhat dull. But his eyes clearly showed that he was clever.