Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

Moreover, this fish looks similar to silver carp, but its dorsal fin is longer and its eyes are larger. In addition, the force with which it struggles is much greater than that of a normal fish.

Maybe the fish will taste better?

"Let's move it back to Sister Keyu. I remember she also added a new task of collecting food ingredients today. I don't know how many alliance coins this fish can be exchanged for." A Tui suggested.

Yu Shui naturally had no objection.

The reason they came out to fish was because the simple earth walls they made needed to dry, and they had nothing to do while waiting.

In addition, Ah Tui discovered a kind of high-quality bamboo in the woods, and the first thing he thought of was fishing.

After almost an afternoon, the two of them had quite a good harvest. In addition to this big fish, they also caught a few small fish, which they took back together now.

It’s a good opportunity to improve the food at the gathering place.

The two of them walked along the river and returned to the gathering place.

But at this moment, the camp was no longer as quiet as when they left.

The traitor was swinging a hammer in front of a somewhat rudimentary wooden house. Beside him was a pile of wooden boards that had been cut at some unknown time, and the sound of clanging was endless.

Not far from him, next to the original hut, Chen Lu, Oxygen and Xia Keyu were cooking something in front of a pot that was moved to the center of the gathering place.

"Yeah, you're back."

Oxygen was chewing something in her mouth, but when she saw Yu Shui and A Tui approaching, she stretched out her hand and greeted them.

"I think I should be the one to say this."

The two put down the fish in their hands and found a place to sit. Ah Tui went to Xia Keyu to hand in the task, while Yu Shui looked at Yang Yang and Chen Lu and asked:

"How was it? Did you find anything while hunting with the leader?"

Chapter 25 It’s scary to think about it! !

"I discovered quite a lot." Chen Lu was eating something, and her voice was a little unclear.

"First of all, the leader and I brought back a lot of things."

Chen Lu pointed to the things placed aside, and Yu Shui followed his gaze.

Good guy.

What are these?

There were several corpses of unknown wild animals, the roots and flowers of several large plants, a small pile of fungi, and even a few insect-like creatures.

“Are these all edible?”

"Some are said to be sold for money," Oxygen explained, "and the others are probably eaten."

As he was talking, Oxy also picked up something green from the pot and handed it to Yu Shui.

It looks like the rhizome of some plant.

"Try it. The rhizome of the Venus flytrap is quite delicious when cooked."

"Virulence plant?" Yu Shui took the thing and took a bite of it, imitating Oxygen and Chen Lu.

Don't tell me yet.

This stuff does taste good.

It has a crispy texture and the juice inside has a little milky flavor. When you swallow the skin and juice together, you can even feel a little warm feeling in your abdomen.

"Sister Ke Yu said that if you cook this thing and eat it directly like this, it can restore the 'qi' in the human body."

"I don't have any experience right now, but Chenlu tried it out, and it's just this short section, and it can directly restore 50 points of energy."

Hearing this, Yu Shui raised his eyebrows.

Isn't this a mana recovery potion?

Does this game even have a potion system?

"And when we left this morning, the leader said these were food prepared for players who would come in for the internal test later."

"Is it possible that this game has a hunger value setting similar to the one in Minecraft?"

While taking out another rhizome from the pot, Oxygen looked at Yu Shui.

"Yes." Yu Shui nodded. "I deliberately let Ah Tui starve for the whole morning, and then around noon, he suddenly lost a drop of blood."

"There was no external harm or interference, so it must have been caused by hunger."

"But he lost blood very slowly. It took more than an hour before he lost the second drop of blood. And as soon as he ate, the blood returned directly."

When Oxygen heard this, excitement gradually shone in her eyes.

"So, the gathering place needs a new cook!"

"what?"

Chen Lu didn’t quite understand Oxygen’s train of thought.

"Think about it, the leader said he'll be recruiting a group of new players soon, so a conservative estimate would be around 10 to 20 people."

"When the time comes, everyone needs to eat. We can't let Sister Keyu cook everything."

"In this situation, either the gathering place has to pay to hire a cook, or cooking is privatized! Everyone can either figure out how to cook their own food, or pay for someone else to prepare it!"

"Hiss...it makes some sense."

He finally understood what Oxygen was thinking.

She just wanted to open a restaurant in the gathering place and earn alliance coins from other people by cooking.

“But how are you going to set a price?”

"We five people do have quite a few Alliance Coins, but the newcomers don't have any. Even if you only sell a portion of food for a few dollars, they probably won't be able to afford it."

"How about... I sell it to you first?" Oxygen blinked.

"And then when the newcomers have money, I'll sell it to them?"

Chen Lu immediately shook her head.

"I'm not buying it anyway."

Just kidding, he wanted to save up 900 yuan now and then go to the equipment store to buy back that set of bows and arrows.

Spending money on food?

Absolutely impossible!

Yu Shui was eating the rhizome of the Venus flytrap slowly and did not participate in the discussion between the two for the time being.

He was actually saving money, but he was not so keen on the weapons in the equipment store. Instead, he was thinking about how to go to Yunhe Town with Tang Yi and Erwuzai.

After all, compared to killing monsters and leveling up, he is now more concerned about the subsequent direction of the main storyline.

"In fact, your thinking has fallen into a misunderstanding."

Seeing the sudden silence, Xia Keyu, who had been listening for a long time, spoke up.

"Food isn't just for filling your stomach. Like the rhizome of this giant piranha plant in front of us, it can also have other uses."

"In today's world, the desire for food is ultimately just a pleasure. Only chefs who can maximize the characteristics of food will be sought after by the world."

"So if you want to make money selling food, you must sell these special foods."

All three players blinked simultaneously.

? ?

Is Xia Keyu talking to them?

Because in the past few days, Xia Keyu's presence in the gathering place has been relatively low. Every day she is either reading or preparing three meals.

Even if players chat next to her, she will just listen quietly and not make any comments.

This also made the five of them subconsciously feel that Xia Keyu's intelligence might not be as high as their leader's, and sometimes they even treated her as a tool.

Now she suddenly said this.

There are responses, thoughts and organization in it.

Doesn't this mean that her intelligence is actually quite high, and she has even been secretly observing them these past few days?

It’s terrifying to think about it! !

"What's wrong?" Xia Keyu looked at the surprised expressions of the three people in front of her and a slight smile appeared on her face.

"Didn't you expect that chefs could have this kind of development direction?"

The three of them nodded immediately.

"Is that so?" Xia Keyu nodded slightly.

She also didn't expose the players' thoughts.

Just as the three of them thought, she had been observing these people whom Tang Yi called "players" during this period of time.

After experiencing the tension of the first day, she found that these players were not what she imagined...

'He is a warrior from another world, experienced in countless battles, full of justice, and not afraid of danger.'

Instead, he was a 'strange person' who was easily startled, did things that she couldn't understand, and said things that she couldn't understand.

Sometimes they would deliberately avoid Tang Yi when chatting, but they would basically never avoid her.

She probably knew the reason, so she simply kept the status quo.

Because she also wanted to know, these 'players' from another world...

What kind of existence is it?

She didn't ask Tang Yi this question because she felt that Tang Yi seemed to want her to give the answer herself.

Then, by listening to the players' conversations, she soon discovered that these players seemed to call this world a 'game' and called her and Tang Yi 'NPCs'.

They will be attracted by the word "mission".

Because she had the alliance coins given by the leader, he would also call this obviously young girl "Sister Keyu".

The reason they are not afraid of death is because of the mysterious devices placed by the river, and if they are tired they can use the devices to go back to another world to rest.

They would call what Tang Yi and she said "intelligence" and were keen to analyze and infer the "intelligence".

If they encounter something they don't understand, they will ask directly, and after getting the answer, they will discuss it excitedly as if no one else is around.

They would often talk about "realism" and then show excitement about things that she had long been accustomed to.

These things made Xia Keyu feel unfamiliar and she didn't know how to get along with these players.

until……

Tang Yi had a conversation with her last night.

"A bit confused?"

"..."

"What do you think of them?"

"……do not know."

Xia Keyu looked at the Yunshan River flowing slowly in front of her and shook her head slightly.

"Then do you think that these people are actually just like the wealthy kids in Yunhe Town? They have some skills, are rational, and are full of curiosity, but they can also be afraid, feel embarrassed, and do some ridiculous things."

"……Um."

The girl thought about it, then nodded.

"This is enough."

"?"

Xia Keyu blinked, then looked up at Tang Yi beside her with some surprise.

Tang Yi also reached out and gently rubbed Xia Keyu's head.

"You don't need to understand what they're talking about: 'games', 'NPCs', 'the real world', 'the Blue Planet'..."

"Of course, if you want to know."