The carnival arrived as scheduled, with chrysanthemum petals fluttering in the air. Golden petals surged through the streets like a tide, and passersby walked amidst the sea of ​​petals, their bodies filled with the rich fragrance of flowers.

Countless flower-decorated floats moved slowly along the avenue. On the floats adorned with peonies and roses of various colors, there were enthusiastic shop owners. The floats were piled high with a dazzling array of ingredients and delicious dishes, attracting the attention of passersby.

The ingredients were incredibly diverse: there were butterflies with eight tails, their wings cut off and hanging upside down on the stall; giant squid with countless long legs, seemingly taller than two people; a giant spider covered in black hair, but with a bird's head; and glowing fireflies in glass jars, their plump bellies gleaming like cream.

"Delicious grilled squid legs! Fragrant and oily, one gold coin each, come and try some!"

"Freshly fried eight-tailed silkworm pupae, snake-tailed leeches, a specialty of Oroq, absolutely delicious!!"

"Freshly picked ice cream tulips—two-tone flower balls, available in creamy salt and pepper, sea salt and nut, as well as new varieties with salty chili and salty squid flavors. Come and try them!"

"Stir-fried mango blossoms! Freshly picked mango blossoms! Thick, juicy flesh—an absolute delicacy! Plus, fresh seafood from outside the island, including abalone, lobster, and dried red snapper heads!!"

"Delicious dishes from the Siren Clan: boiled pork belly, roasted pork leg—a whole roasted pig for twenty gold coins—and Chef Ahai's buttered scallop stewed rice with coconut—"

Of course, the most abundant items were various flowers and fruits. Large violets were used as tableware, and light pink peonies with petals about the size of a bowl were used as tableware. Green lilies were used as ingredients and grilled with squid legs, which surprisingly tasted like potatoes after being grilled.

The purple banana has light red spots on its peel, and inside is red flesh; the large strawberry has a black peel, but tastes like a crisp apple when you bite into it; blue cherries; light red pineapples...

"By the God of Gourmet Food!!"

May the god of gastronomy bless you!

"Mommy, I want to eat crab eyes with thousand-eye meat!!"

The Orok people were extremely enthusiastic about the carnival. They wore their brightest floral costumes, and each held a golden tortoise adorned with flowers and a purple plush butterfly by the hand. The children ran around barefoot, excitedly holding Orok Island's special snacks.

—This is made from an animal called the Thousand-Eyed Crab. This crab usually lives in the deep sea, but only comes to the shallow sea to lay eggs around the time of the carnival each year. The most distinctive feature of the Thousand-Eyed Crab is that its shell is covered with densely packed "false eyes" used to confuse the enemy. The Orok people like to dig out these false eyes, deep-fry them, and then coat them with honey, similar to the Chinese candied hawthorn, but the taste is completely different.

"vomit--"

Liu Niannian bit into a thousand-eyed crab eye. The sweet honey wrapped around the juicy fake eye, and her mouth was filled with the fishy taste of seafood. She almost choked on it after one bite.

"This is awful! It's sweet, fishy, ​​bitter, and astringent all at once. What were the game designers thinking?"

She couldn't help but complain: "I was just praising how realistic this game is, even the small details of such a big event are so realistic - I really feel sorry for the kids in Orok, they've never even eaten candied hawthorns."

"This tastes awful. I'd rather go back to the respawn point and eat some cornbread."

"What can we do? We didn't get in with the old players like Nian Fengran and Jiang Wenyan did. We only have enough money to buy these things—"

The players on her team also looked pale and sickly, clearly not used to the strange smell either.

They had been working themselves to the bone on the island for the past few days, finally managing to earn some money to teleport out and participate in the event. However, due to the language barrier, the food they bought was either bizarre dishes like "raw octopus eyes" and "deep-fried bird-head spiders," or fishy and bitter snacks like "thousand-eyed crab eyes."

One player initially wanted to throw away the Thousand-Eyed Crab Eye, but couldn't bear to part with the gold coins they had just spent, so they gritted their teeth and took two bites:

"I really want to eat my mom's sweet and sour pork ribs, I really want to eat grilled squid - seriously, I'm tired of saying 'Holy crap' already, Honghe Technology is awesome, our Chinese government is awesome."

Liu Niannian sniffed, then suddenly smelled something and her eyes widened:

"I think I can smell sweet and sour pork with pineapple and fried rice with egg!!"

The other two players also sniffed, still somewhat skeptical:

"It really does! It tastes just like grilled squid on a teppanyaki grill!!"

"No! It tastes like braised pork!!"

Like police dogs, the three people followed the scent and found a particularly unique float.

It's called a float, but it's actually a large tortoise decorated with various flowers. This tortoise is about the size of a van. Its shell is a dark green color, and there are winding golden lines on the shell. If you stare at it for a long time, you always feel that there is some mystery hidden in the patterns.

The giant tortoise has four legs supporting it on the ground, and its back is covered with various brightly colored flowers. The most eye-catching thing is a pot of climbing vines and strawberries growing on the tortoise's back. The dark green leaves are full of big red strawberries, and the bright red strawberries hang down, which is a sweet temptation that can be reached out and touched.

"Gah—"

The giant tortoise raised its head and let out a soft cry. The black-haired woman who was busy on the tortoise's back looked up and was none other than Xu Milu.

"Smack!"

Xu Milu swiftly and decisively chopped open a pork chop, the bright red pork sliced ​​open as if it were tofu, and neatly placed on the cutting board:

"Welcome to Shan Hai Restaurant! Today's menu includes 'Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple', 'Wheat Fried Rice with Egg', 'Grilled Squid Tentacles', and 'Kimchi Pork Belly'!"

"Mountain and Sea Restaurant"

【Mountain and Sea Restaurant】

This special float carried two flags, one in Mandarin and the other in the common language of the food continent, displaying the sign for the Mountain and Sea Restaurant. The aroma that the three people smelled was coming from there.

It has a sweet and sour taste, with the aroma of fruit perfectly combined with the meat. The tartness of the pineapple neutralizes the greasiness of the oil, and if you savor it carefully, you can also smell a faint floral fragrance—just smelling it makes you imagine its taste.

It must be sweet and sour, and when you bite into a piece of meat coated in juice, the tender and juicy pork wrapped in the batter will dance on your tongue...

Passersby were also attracted by the fragrance emanating from the floats and couldn't help but stop and linger.

Both Orokians and humans were captivated by the wonderful fragrance and crowded forward:

"It smells so good! What is this smell?"

"It's that float! The chef is wearing a chef's badge issued by the Culinary Association! He's a mid-level chef!"

"'A hotel by the mountains and the sea'? What does that mean?"

"Fifteen gold coins a serving, looks delicious, I'll have one of this 'Pineapple Braised Pork Belly'!"

"I'd like a serving of 'Wheat Ear and Egg Fruit Fried Rice with Coconut'!"