Recap
“He will probably act after dark.” A trainer who was responsible for training Zhang Ziqing said.
“Who? Zhang Ziqing?”
“Yeah.” He nodded and continued, “And I guess Ji Xinghai is the same. He has strong wits, and it is impossible for him not to see that the key to breaking the situation lies in going down the mountain. And night is the best opportunity to go down the mountain. They are very close and may meet.”
The headquarters suddenly became quiet. This is not good news.
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The headquarters’ analysis was correct. Not only had Ji Xinghai come to this conclusion, but many official students have similar thoughts.
But their lives are not only their own but also those of countless people in the country, so they dare not act rashly. Even if they have an inkling in their hearts, many people think again and again and still suppress them. In the grand scheme of things, the interests of their country suppress their own.
Of course, there will still be some people who decide to take risks, some of whom also have their own reasons.
But no matter how you think about it, it is too risky to go down the mountain at this moment, it is safer to wait until dark. During this time, some preparations can be made. For example, looking for food and water, setting traps, making weapons…
The students began to prepare food, and a lot of smoke rose from the mountain. Lines of white smoke emerged from the dense forest and rushed to the sky, like a coordinate positioning point.
The rice was freshly steamed and was a little hot, so Ji Xinghai put it aside to cool. He wiped the iron pot clean, got up and picked onions and garlic from the small garden outside, and then took vegetable oil and clean mountain spring water to prepare stewed mixed mushroom soup.
Pour oil into the hot pot, add garlic slices and scallions to stir-fry, then pour in the cut mushroom slices and stir-fry. Add water to the stew.
The mushrooms are the most delicious of this season, and they are delicious with a little salt. If there is chicken, cook a pot of mixed mushroom stewed chicken, and the smell is heavenly.
Gudong, gudong*, the mixed mushroom soup in the pot is bubbling, and the sliced jian shou qing*, matsutake… all bubble along with the boiling water, and the steam is thick, wetting his distinct eyelashes and hanging a string of small water droplets.
*(sound of boiling)
*(jian shou qing is an umbrella term for various mushrooms of the boletaceae family.)
Ji Xinghai stared at the pot without blinking, judging the best time to take it out of the pot. His expression was more serious than when he was choosing the location for purification.
Some viewers outside the screen couldn’t help but touch their stomachs, not knowing whether they was hungry or not.
I didn’t expect that I would be watching “A Bite of Ninth State”* in the instance world in the middle of the night. This must be a special episode of mountain delicacies, right?
*(probably a reference to ‘bite of china’, a Chinese documentary television series on the history and traditions of food, dining)
[It looks really delicious.]
Although the people of Ninth State under the planned economy could meet their basic needs, if they wanted to show off their mushrooms like Ji Xinghai, they could only move to the southwest, and it had to be a slightly polluted area. Otherwise, it would not be Ninth State on the tip of the tongue, but Ninth State on the coffin board.
After boiling the mushroom soup for more than half an hour, Ji Xinghai cleaned the iron pot and cracked two eggs for later use. When the pot was hot, he poured in the oil. When the oil temperature came up, he poured in the beaten egg liquid and then added the scallion segments and fried them.
Then he added the dried mushroom shreds and stir-fried them. The complex aroma similar to that of the cured beef became more and more intense during the stir-frying. When he felt it was almost done, he poured in the previously fried eggs and rice and fried until the rice grains separated and each grain was attached to the eggs and dried mushrooms. The fried rice was considered ready.
The golden fried rice was turned upside down in a large bowl, and the brown dried mushrooms were dotted in it. Taking a deep breath, it seemed that you could smell the fragrance wafting from the deep forest in autumn.
It was not the fragrance of grass and wood, but the rich and complex fragrance produced by countless ingredients gathered together.
The smoked, cured meat faintly revealed a little fragrance of mushrooms, which was irresistible.
“He really wants to eat abnormal creatures?” The staff of the command center who started working overtime were shocked by the video.
Because of the student’s willful behavior, they had to give two backup plans at the same time. Ji Xinghai was fine, and everyone was safe. Two, Ji Xinghai was poisoned and dying, or even died directly, and they had to appease the public emotions.
Ninth State still has a few unused immunities, so there is no need to worry about this abnormal natural disaster, but Ji Xinghai will definitely become a controversial contestant in the future.
Foreign forces may also take the opportunity to intervene and stir up public sentiment. They have to consider these possibilities.
Alas, the workload is huge.
“Has Ji Xinghai’s information not been updated yet?”
“No, everyone suspected that he was not in a coma for nine years but had undergone secret special training, but from the surveillance video and the follow-up records of his family doctor, the possibility is very low. He has indeed been in a coma for nine years, which can be seen from his physical condition.”
The minister nodded. “Check again.”
[It can’t be eaten!] [No, it looks so fragrant… but it’s an abnormal creature. ]
There is still a food show in the examination room, and the poor viewers jump back and forth between “the food is poisonous” and “it looks really delicious.” They know rationally that this thing cannot be eaten, but it looks really appetizing.
This student is poisonous! How can he make the abnormality look so delicious?
The soup and fried rice were already on the table. Ji Xinghai put a few washed sweet potatoes and potatoes on the stove, roasted them with the remaining fire, and sat down on a small stool.
The chopsticks made of pine branches picked up a ball of fried rice and put it in his mouth. The viewers were so scared that they covered their eyes.
Hmm?
Ji Xinghai rarely showed a surprised expression.
It tastes good.
The fragrance of dried mushrooms is extremely wonderful, and it is the king of wild mushrooms in the hearts of people in Y Province. However, the dried mushrooms in his mouth have improved on the original basis. Ji Xinghai almost suspected that he did not use ordinary peanut oil to make fried rice but chicken mushroom oil after frying chicken mushrooms.
It was too fragrant, and the delicious taste that penetrated his soul brought him stimulation that ordinary food did not have.
Ji Xinghai lowered his head and took a big bite. He cherished the gift from nature.
Suddenly, as the food entered his stomach, a trace of strange power surged out of the food. It warmed his somewhat stiff and cold body like sunlight and relieved the pain in his forehead.
His soul was huge and complex, squeezing his body like a castle built of sand on the seashore, which collapsed as soon as the waves hit it. However, after this strange power flowed into his body, this fragile body seemed to have a little more toughness, and the power it could store also increased a little.
His head didn’t seem to hurt that much.
It wasn’t a painkiller, but a treasure that could directly strengthen the body and solve his short-term dilemma.
If there were more of such food…
The figure of the masked man flashed through his mind, accompanied by a strong and uncontrollable appetite and a predatory instinct.
‘Will that person be more delicious?’
Ji Xinghai’s pupils expanded, making his eyes look particularly dark.
The hound at the door felt something, and it suddenly lay on the ground and covered its head tightly.
[He ate it?] [Did he really eat it?] The timid viewers stretched out a gap between their fingers, wanting to know whether Ji Xinghai had eaten it.
[He really ate it.] Others told them this cruel fact: that the young student who had just brought them happiness was really courting death and might be sent out soon.
[Why is he not moving? Is the poison taking effect?]
Ji Xinghai lowered his head again, his bangs drooping to cover his beast-like eyes full of cold desire. He mechanically opened his mouth, bit it, and ate the delicious and warm fried rice bite by bite.
The memories of many lives turned him into a madman, making him unable to sleep at night and rest during the day. His body seemed to be squeezed into several souls, and he could hear the sound of the shell cracking when he closed his eyes.
He doesn’t know when this body will be completely broken, like the last one.
‘Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. What can’t be eaten by demons and ghosts? ’
‘This is just your excuse—an excuse for self-indulgence. People controlled by desire are nothing but beasts. ’
‘In this world, it’s either you eat me or I eat you. If people don’t work for themselves, they will be punished by heaven and earth.’
‘Uncontrolled desire is a flood that will wash everything away. If you can’t even give up your desire for food and killing, how can you give up this poison?’
Ji Xinghai ate faster and faster, and when he finished the last bite, all noises stopped abruptly. The empty bowl was gently put down, and the chopsticks were neatly placed horizontally on it with a sense of ceremony.
A gentle smile covered the swelling desire, and he had elegantly put on the human skin: he wanted to live, live for a long time, and there was nothing he couldn’t eat except humans.
There was a thunderclap in the clear sky in the examination room, and the examiners who left the examination room poked their heads out from different spaces and looked at the examination room map, but they found nothing wrong with it.
“I smelled a special scent.”
“Woo hoo… Suddenly I felt a special sense of danger, which made me so excited.”
“Eating abnormal creatures and taking their energy for their own use, Ninth State student Ji Xinghai awakened a special talent—Taotie*—and obtained the talent by-product “Taotie Food Sutra.”.
*(chinese mythological creature, gluttonous and greedy
, image from wiki)
“Delicious food is food, unpalatable food is used for medicinal purposes, and inedible food is the base material. But I eat everything.” A strange male voice appeared out of nowhere. The voice was very strange, low, and hoarse, and it seemed to be smiling.
“?” Ji Xinghai stood up.
He was surprised that the voice appeared out of nowhere. As for the name and this special talent, He had been called this name for several lifetimes, as if these words connected countless mysterious worlds. And in every lifetime he traveled through, he had an uncontrollable, weird eating habit.
The voice continued:
“All abnormal creatures eaten by the student will be included in the “Taotie Food Sutra.” The student can summon abnormal creatures registered in the food sutra three times a day and command them. Each summoned creature will not exist for more than thirty minutes.
“Due to the special nature of its awakening, the Taotie Food Sutra is considered a ‘resource’ and can be shared with the Ninth State.”
“The people of Ninth State will be shared the supplementary volume of the Taotie Food Sutra and can summon abnormal creatures once a day, but they only appear as materials and have no combat capabilities. If the materials are not used, they will automatically disappear after 24 hours.
“Items made with abnormal creatures can enhance certain physical qualities, and the effect lasts for thirty minutes, followed by a 24-hour cooldown.”
In just a few words, too much information was revealed.
For example, the existence of ‘Ninth State’ outside and the significance of the students here: the resources’ obtained are shared with the country.
In addition…
A deep meaning flashed in Ji Xinghai’s eyes.
‘Special’, ‘In addition’, he and his abilities are all accidents.
All the ‘accidents’ that they can enjoy are controlled by some people. According to the principle of less trouble, if existence can choose not to let this accident happen, why let it happen?
This accident has no effect on this inner world; it only has an impact on the outside world. This impact is to tie his interests more deeply with the interests of those outside in Ninth State. Is this its purpose?
What does it want?
Whose interests are in it?
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In the real world, The Federation.
With a clatter, the documents were scattered all over the floor, and the head of the Federation Command, who was as angry as a bull, pointed at the screen: “Is this the madman you said? The madman you said is not to be feared. You are taking us for fools!”
The psychologist, who was sprayed with saliva, lowered his head silently.
“Why? Ninth State, why?!”
The roar sounded in the headquarters of almost countless countries, except for the Ninth State headquarters.
The head of the Ninth State headquarters used a slightly trembling hand to open the lighter, and the flame flickered, and it took a few times to light the cigarette.
He took a deep breath and pretended to be calm.
Yes, he was calm. Shit!
“Make a call for me, yes, directly to the headquarters.”
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T/N: Sugar Daddy Ji Xinghai x Sugar Baby Ninth State
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