Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 84 (Patreon)

Chapter 84: Two Doors

The data didn't increase, and the reason was easily inferred.

Because it had been consumed before, so it lost its effect the second time?

This limitation essentially stripped Luo of his dream to become a wealthy warrior, given that it's unknown how long and how much effort it would take to achieve a hundred percent proficiency in all categories.

Originally, one could have continuously bought readily available ingredients with money and cheated their way to the peak, but since that was no longer possible, it didn't matter.

If an ingredient could only enhance once, then the solution was to seek out a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand different ingredients.

Luo's consciousness exited the interface displayed in white smoke characters without feeling any regret, currently filled only with the satisfaction brought by the Mapo Tofu Liver.

Elly remained immersed in the taste of the Mapo Tofu Liver, its strong and dominating flavor lingering in her mouth.

Despite not being adept at eating spicy food, despite the overwhelming flavor that made it difficult to swallow, she couldn't stop her hands from moving, eating non-stop as if she had taken Maixun.

“This has surpassed the nine-star category, even Zizhu couldn't make such a delicacy.” Kenda looked at Luo with disbelief. How could a boy of merely twelve or thirteen possess such culinary skills?

Not to mention other professions, cooking is something that requires time to mature. If Luo had been born into a family of chefs, Kenda might have barely accepted it, but Luo came from Meteor Street, a place not even worth mentioning.

“Zizhu is that gourmet hunter?” Luo asked.

“Yes.” Kenda nodded. Zizhu was the unassuming gourmet hunter they had met on the airship, not an amateur, but a licensed, professional hunter.

“The red wine liver was indeed delicious, but it pales in comparison to the Mapo Tofu Liver, there's a fundamental difference between the two.” Luo said with pride, as the Mapo Tofu Liver recipe came from one of China's traditional famous dishes.

The former dared not delve deep into the ingredients, while the latter elevated the ingredients to a higher level.

Had Kenda not tasted the Mapo Tofu Liver himself, he would have thought Luo was a madman. He had lived for quite a while but had never encountered such a flavor.

“I want to eat this dish again tonight!” Elly, coming back to her senses and if not for being full, wanted to eat more.

Hearing Elly's request, Luo and Kenda looked at each other.

In this world, there are many things money can't buy, and many things that are hard to purchase with money, and pig liver, a C-grade ingredient in terms of difficulty to obtain, is one of them.

The difficulty of hunting is one reason, and the removal of the poison sac is another.

If one really wanted to obtain it again, pig livers were available on the black market, but at a much lower price, mainly because those were mostly products of failed poison sac removals, not only affecting the flavor but also requiring one to bring their antidote.

Even with an antidote, there was the risk of the body being damaged due to the toxins not being completely removed.

If it weren't for the long-term collaboration between Barney and Zizhu, how could the perfect pig liver be sold as a commodity to Barney, and even personally cooked by him?

If all the sea spike pigs were left for Luo to remove the poison sacs, then the black market would definitely not have inferior pig livers.

Learning it would be difficult to taste Mapo Tofu Liver again, Elly felt life was no longer worth living, and even Kenda, who was more resilient, felt deeply powerless, thinking that eating other foods during this period would become tasteless.

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The five-day flight ended, and the airship landed steadily at the airport in La Xiang City.

Through Kenda's narration, Luo gained a basic understanding of La Xiang City.

The area of La Xiang City is about 12,000 square kilometers, twice the size of the area where Meteor Street is located, belonging to a coastal city. Its developed economy and prosperity are not reliant on seafood.

Drug City is the unofficial nickname of La Xiang City, aptly named as it is one of the regions where drugs are produced, distributed to other places through land and sea transportation.

In the complex web of intersecting interests, the existence and rise of La Xiang City have not been suppressed.

Had Kenda not informed Luo, he wouldn't have known that the hot-selling drugs in Spicy La Xiang City differed from his understanding of drugs.

In this world, there are many types of drugs, their components extracted from organisms, plants, and even minerals, whereas the drugs produced in La Xiang City are a type of virus.

Virus G1, an inactive virus, produces hallucinogenic effects and strong physiological reactions when injected into the body, leading to dependency and addiction over time, ultimately resulting in death due to bodily harm.

Compared to other drugs, the low side effects are a characteristic of Virus G1. Those who die from addiction need at least twenty years of accumulation, but the real cause of the high mortality rate is the vulnerability it induces in the body.

Of course, La Xiang City, known as the city of drugs, does not only have one type of drug. Virus G1 is just one of its most esteemed products.

Barney mastered the cultivation method for Virus G1 and started his empire with it, becoming a tycoon of Drug City in a short time, closely tied to Virus G1.

Currently, the gang leaders in various areas of La Xiang City are Barney's distributors. Buying and reselling G1 allows them to make a 50% profit margin out of thin air, maintaining the overall situation with this mutually beneficial relationship.

The seemingly harmonious and stable relationship would be disturbed by Barney's death, with the key issue being the G1 virus.

The group drove towards the mountain roads, arriving at Elly's home built on the mountainside. They passed through several checkpoints and entered the large front courtyard of the residence after passing through the final gate.

Driving straight for a kilometer, circling a huge fountain, they stopped in front of a house resembling a palace.

Upon arrival, Luo intended to have Kenda show him the defense level around the mansion, but Elly pulled him away to tour the house.

There are priorities in everything, but this didn't apply to Elly.

Seeing Elly's enthusiasm, Kenda could only watch as Luo was led away by her, while he issued the highest level of security alert and went to the underground factory built beneath the house alone.

Walking through the spacious corridor, Kenda's expression was ice-cold, his eyes flickering with a bone-chilling coldness.

When Barney was alive, very few people could enter that place, and he was not among them, but now it was different.

Meanwhile, without needing Luo to ask, Elly took him to Barney's collection room.

"In the basement?"

As they descended the spiral staircase, Luo wondered if all collectors liked to keep their collections in the basement.

"Yes, it's quite large," Elly said.

After a while, they reached the bottom and faced two steel doors.

Elly walked to the door on the right, entered a password, verified her palm print, and the door automatically opened with a loud clang.

Luo glanced at the door on the left and asked, "What's in the other room?"

If the room behind the right door was for storing collections, what was in the room behind the left door?

"I don't like it there."

Elly walked into the room without looking back and turned on the room's lights. The lights illuminated a huge circular room.

Seeing Elly reluctant to say more, Luo did not press further and followed her into the circular room.

At first glance, Luo's eyes narrowed.

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