Chapter 176

Seeing the dawn ahead, several people quickened their pace with great enthusiasm. When they noticed that the rocks under their feet were gradually becoming less and less, the rock blocks were becoming smaller, and the stones under their feet were no longer so sharp, and slowly turned into somewhat transparent fine sand.

This is the sea.

The towns that received letters from the main city in advance calculated the time and sent people here to greet them early. There were several large tents set up behind them, and it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time.

When they saw Lian Yun and his group, they surrounded them excitedly.

A group of people held up large grilled fish beautifully presented on plates and handed them over enthusiastically.

Several people were flattered and subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Everyone calm down! Don't disturb our lord!" Finally, a loud voice came from the crowd. Everyone immediately quieted down and consciously stood to the sides to make way for him.

A muscular man with a curly beard walked quickly from the back of the team and stood in front of them. His tall body instantly cast a shadow.

The man lowered his head, his face flushed, his lips trembling: "Finally I've waited for you!"

"I'm the mayor of Yuewan City, you can just call me Ah Yue!"

Several people looked at each other and saw complicated emotions in each other's eyes.

"...Hello, Ah Yue, my name is Lian Yun."

Lian Yun was the first to introduce himself and stretched out his hand to shake hands with A Yue.

Fortunately, A Yue's strength was not as ferocious as he looked. He just touched her politely and then withdrew his hand.

"I know you, Sun Moon Sect. Your deeds are so inspiring. I've spread them all over the city!"

"Are you talking about the tabloids?" Lian Yun raised his eyebrows.

I didn’t expect that Jinjia’s tabloid would be reprinted so many times and spread so far.

"Yes, that's it... But it doesn't matter. What I want to say is that it's great that you're here. We've been looking forward to it..." A Yue became excited again. He pointed at the city wall, as if he wanted to penetrate it and point at the ferocious beast inside.

"Many small monsters have crawled out of the sea. My God, I swear I've done nothing bad in all the years I've been in charge of Yuewan City! Why are you torturing me and my people like this?"

Lian Yun looked at him patiently, but still couldn't see any signs of him being "tortured".

"Sir! You must help our Yuewan City overcome the difficulties! Look at the delicious big fish grilled in our city, where else can you find it in other cities!" A Yue became more and more excited as she spoke, and finally insisted on letting several people taste the big fish.

Lian Yun admitted that the fish did look delicious, but now was not the time to think about this issue!

"How about we go in and take a look?" Lian Yun couldn't help but say, "We need to see what the monster looks like and understand its attributes before we can take action."

Ah Yue paused, as if she had something to hide: "To be honest, I'm ashamed to say that you might be scared when you enter the city."

A Yue waved her arm to the welcoming guard behind her, and everyone immediately collapsed, turned around and pulled the city gate together.

Mogo also spoke at this time: "Hello, I am Mogo who sent you a letter. I remember you were not in the letter..."

"Forgive my ambiguity at the time," Ah Yue said apologetically, "We were very panicked at the time and hadn't figured out the true harm of this thing."

"But only now do I understand exactly how this thing is destroying our minds..."

As his voice ended, the door was slowly opened a crack, and the gap gradually became larger. As expected, Lian Yun and his companions saw the "monster".

These monsters lay on the ground with their fangs and claws bared, using their hands and feet to crawl in different directions at a speed comparable to that of a snail. They have iron-blue shells that are said to be extremely hard, and a pair of powerful pincers that are powerful enough to crush a person's shin bones.

Their two long tentacles simulated touching in the air, as if they would destroy whatever they touched.

Yuewan City has its own architectural style. They used the color of the sea on the roof and painted the walls with the brightness of the moon. One can imagine what a bustling and prosperous seaside town it would be, with doors open at night, before this incident happened.

But now every household has closed its doors and windows, there is no one on the streets, the roofs and the ground are crawling with "monsters", and even the path that A Yue and the others take from the castle to the door is occupied by monsters.

Lian Yun now understood why they set up tents outside the city.

If Lian Yun did not arrive on time, they would rather spend a few nights in the cold wind outside the city than take the risk of returning to the city.

"They've occupied our land! My Lord, you've seen this, it's truly horrific..." Ah Yue silently took a step back, looking miserable. "How about, how about we sleep in a tent tonight? Several people in our city have already been injured by its pincers!"

Except for Lian Yun, the few people who followed her had never seen the sea, and they didn't know that in Lian Yun's world, this "monster" was a delicious marine creature.

In order to make it, Lian Yun even went to the food major next door to take classes and learned a crash course on the "Spicy Crayfish".

Lian Yun couldn't help but swallowed.

She doesn't like eating fish very much, but she has no resistance to this kind of thing.

"...Sir?" Lanna stood beside her with a serious expression.

"I haven't seen this thing before, don't get close to it."

Lanna casually drew out his sword, took two steps forward cautiously, and used moderate force to scratch the creature. With a slight "sound", a scratch appeared on its skull.

"...It doesn't look very strong." Lanna muttered to himself, and was about to use more strength to cut it again when he suddenly heard a laugh behind him.

Lana turned around and saw Lian Yun covering his mouth, but a smile was in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Lanna immediately withdrew his hand, sheathed the sword, and his ears turned slightly red.

When he saw Lian Yun's smile, he knew that she definitely knew this thing.

"Sorry," Lian Yun walked forward with a smile in her eyes, and this time Lana did not stop her.

"Sir!" A Yue cried out.

Lian Yun squatted down, pinched the monster's long beard, picked it up without hesitation, stood up again and showed it to them.

Amidst everyone's surprise and exclamations, Lian Yun formally introduced her favorite: "This is called crayfish."

"Crayfish..." Ah Yue repeated with her eyes wide open, the muscles on her face becoming a little stiff. "T-T-T is considered small?"

Lian Yun paused.

Well, this palm-length creature was indeed much bigger than the "crayfish" in her world.

"Then let's call it lobster." Lian Yun readily agreed.

"Sister, you actually recognized her!"

Seeing that there was no danger, Gary let go of Lina's hand.

Lina trotted up to Lian Yun and wanted to poke it curiously, but Lian Yun deliberately shook the lobster, scaring Lina so much that she quickly retracted her hand.

"Sister!" Lina said angrily after realizing it belatedly.

"I'm afraid you'll get hurt." Lian Yun said seriously, "Even though I picked it up, it would really hurt if its pincers pinched you."

Lina touched her fingers with lingering fear and nodded: "I understand..."

"Since you recognize it, what should we do with it?" A Yue scratched his head in shame.

After listening to Lian Yun's words, he slowly realized that this "lobster" didn't seem to be very dangerous after all.

"Everyone is so afraid of being pinched by them now. Even if I shout on the streets that their injuries are not fatal, it's not convincing enough."

"This is easy." Lian Yun smiled slightly, feeling confident.

The task panel that popped up in front of her listed a new task:

[Side Quest - Raging Tide (I) (In Progress): Following the adults' guidance, they wisely arrived at the seaside, intending to venture into the deep sea to search for another system and race. However, they now face their first challenge - what monsters are in front of them?]

Lian Yun closed the task panel and opened [Skills] again.

Before leaving the town, she talked to the system tree. During the brief period when the system rarely appeared, it asked Lian Yun to find another system.

Now its energy is thin and it cannot sustain more conversations. It can only provide its last energy for this conversation and promise that when Lian Yun arrives at Yuewan City and triggers the side quest, it will use its last energy to help Lian Yun unlock a skill.

This time the skill was displayed in a gray column - [Fishing].

Just the name of this skill...

Lian Yun's eyebrows jumped. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that this skill was not very serious.

[Happy Fresh Food: Fresh food cooking techniques from another world, frying, boiling, and grilling. As long as it's seafood, it will be fragrant after being cooked by your hands~]

Lian Yun: How come this damn playfulness makes her feel so useful?

And it was very relevant to her current thoughts.

A Yue was in charge of the command, and Lian Yun's people started first. Everyone imitated Lian Yun's previous actions, pinching their long whiskers and putting them one by one into the bucket that Lian Yun took out.

Finally, A Yue was not satisfied with just watching, so she reached out and tried it herself with trepidation, and actually succeeded in picking one up!

They first cleared the lobsters from the road, dumping them into a large wooden barrel, and then collected those near the house.

They caught a large portion of them and, following Lian Yun's instructions, washed them dry with stronger running water.

The crowd was catching lobsters in such a big way that many doors and windows were secretly opened a crack, and people were even more surprised when they saw their actions.

However, the residents only thought that they had some special abilities until they saw Lian Yun setting up a large iron pot in the central square.

The central square is centered on the fountain, and the surrounding area is often the preferred location for holding events. Lian Yun built a bonfire here and asked people to bring cooking utensils, seasonings and several large plates.

Lian Yun took out the oil and chili produced in the town from his backpack, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to show off his skills.

Lana and Lina looked at each other. Although they saw struggle in each other's eyes, no one dared to stop them.

In the end, Mogo was the bolder one: "Sir, are you sure you can eat this?"

After all, he is a person who has been tempered. He did not ask whether what Lian Yun cooked was edible, but instead directed the controversy to the food.

However, Lian Yun, who had been betrayed by Lana and Lina, had already seen through their little thoughts. He waved his hand without saying anything, suppressed the smile on his lips, and pretended to be impatient: "Don't worry."

So Mogo silently joined the two people in watching.

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The author has something to say:

Lian Yun: Are you touched that I cook for you personally?

Mogo: No, I don’t dare to move QAQ