Chapter 4: White Tiger? How can wild vegetables smell good?
After listening to Xu Xinxin's explanation, the system replied: "Evolved beasts and ordinary creatures will feel friendly to you and show you goodwill.
As for mutant beasts, except for those that have just mutated or are particularly emotionally unstable and prone to attacking people, they will generally just treat you as air, as long as you don't actively provoke them."
After a pause, the system added: "Humans are not 'beasts' and are not affected by your 'Beast Fan' trait. The same goes for plants."
With that said, she understood.
Xu Xinxin got the answer, and then looked at the porpoise that had sunk into the water, with only its pointed head sticking out, and was swimming around in the water.
She immediately cupped her hands into a trumpet shape and shouted softly toward the water: "White River Porpoise, I want to be your friend, is that okay?"
“Puff, puff…”
As soon as Xu Xinxin finished speaking, the porpoise that had just sunk into the river jumped twice in succession and swam towards the shore.
"Meh~"
The porpoise swam to the shore, with most of its body lying on the shore, making sounds similar to the bleating of a sheep.
It should have agreed.
Xu Xinxin tried to approach the porpoise and then touched its head with her hand.
"Meh~"
The finless porpoise cried out again and nudged her palm with its head.
"Then I'll climb on top of you..."
Xu Xinxin carefully climbed onto the back of the porpoise, but it was too slippery and she failed several times.
Just as she climbed onto the porpoise's back again and was about to slide down, the porpoise bleated twice.
Suddenly, a chill spread all around.
A layer of ice suddenly formed around the finless porpoise's body under Xu Xinxin's feet, just enough to lift her up.
Unexpectedly, this is a porpoise with ice-related abilities.
Xu Xinxin was surprised for a moment, then quickly lay on the porpoise's back, hugged it tightly, and grabbed the ice below with her hands, for fear that she would fall down.
"I'm sitting down, porpoise, can you take me to your house?"
"Meh~"
The porpoise responded, turned its body backwards, and sank into the water again.
“Gurgle gurgle…”
Xu Xinxin held her breath and sank to the bottom of the water with the porpoise.
She could normally hold her breath, but this river was very wide and deep.
She held her breath in the water for about half a minute, and before she heard the system prompt sound, she finally couldn't help but pat the porpoise's back with her hand.
No, the Yangtze River dolphin’s home is too far away and she can’t hold it anymore.
The porpoise seemed to sense that she was dying and immediately swam quickly towards the shore.
“Crash~”
Finally, the porpoise brought Xu Xinxin back to the shore.
“Cough cough… cough cough…”
Smelling the long-lost air, Xu Xinxin coughed and breathed hard.
But when she saw the scene in front of her, she was stunned.
There are so many wild vegetables here, some of which look like Amaranthus, growing by the river, all over such a large area!
Looking back, Xu Xinxin found that she had reached the other side of the river, and she could see that "Yushan" was already very far away.
After all this time, it turned out that the porpoises were not diving downwards, but were swimming along the river in the water.
If I had known this earlier, I should have let the porpoise swim on the surface of the water and then dived when I was close to its home.
But don’t worry about this for now, there is such a large field of wild vegetables in front of you.
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu, take a quick look, are these wild vegetables mutated?" Xu Xinxin immediately said in her heart.
"Host, these are "ordinary" plants, not mutated plants."
Xu Xinxin was particularly happy to hear the system's reply.
Now the air is full of energy substances. Ordinary vegetables will "mutate" while being planted. Evolved plants are rare and need to be kept to produce seeds, so most of the vegetables on the market are mutated vegetables.
All mutated animals or vegetables have an inexplicable "bitter" taste, but evolved foods do not have this.
Therefore, before cooking, the mutant ingredients must be blanched repeatedly and rinsed several times with water.
However, if the ingredients are blanched and rinsed too many times, their original flavor will be lost, and the food will have no "vegetable flavor".
There are some great chefs who can combine different ingredients and use this unique "bitter" taste to make particularly delicious dishes, but most people can't do it.
Like most ordinary people, Xu Xinxin finds food made with mutated ingredients tasteless.
"Ah, cut! Ah, cut..."
At this time, a gust of wind blew by, and Xu Xinxin sneezed several times in succession.
At this moment she finally realized that she was already soaked.
It's still early March and the temperature is a bit low, but she is still wearing a thin cotton jacket.
She didn't feel cold when she just came out of the water, but now that the wind was blowing, she felt like she was about to catch a cold.
"Meh~"
The finless porpoise called out to Xu Xinxin, but in the blink of an eye, the water in her body quickly condensed into ice and attached to the surface of her clothes.
Xu Xinxin shuddered and shook off the ice chips, and immediately felt refreshed all over.
"Fish dolphin, you are amazing!"
"Meh~"
The finless porpoise cried out again, and its eyes lit up, as if to say, "This is nothing."
Now that she was here, Xu Xinxin would definitely dig more wild vegetables to take away.
It just so happened that her space was cleared out, so it was perfect for storing wild vegetables.
"Fang Pi, can you wait here for a while while I dig some wild vegetables?"
"Meh~"
The porpoise nodded, then lay obediently on the shore and watched her pick vegetables.
Xu Xinxin didn’t know about the wild vegetable Amaranthus before, but three years after the disaster, she followed others to pick wild vegetables several times and got to know it.
The water spinach is the freshest in March and April. It is delicious whether it is eaten cold or stir-fried, and it is also especially delicious when used to make pies.
Xu Xinxin immediately bent down and started picking them. In less than half an hour, her space was full.
But she was still a little unsatisfied, so she stuffed two more handfuls into the space before she was satisfied.
[Ding!]
At this time, the system task comes again.
[Main Quest: Dear host, you have discovered that your nemesis, the female white tiger beastman, lives nearby. She is about to hold a wedding. Please bring your contracted male to the wedding and reveal his true identity.]
[Face-slapping mission 1: Please bring the contracted male beast to attend the wedding of the White Tiger Orc. Mission reward: 50 system coins, one pound of rice.]
[Face-slapping mission 2: Please reveal the true face of the White Tiger Orc. Mission reward: 50 system coins, one pound of fresh meat.]
Ah, there is a white tiger nearby?
Or "enemy"?
Then it is most likely a mutant beast. If you provoke it, you will definitely get beaten.
Xu Xinxin said calmly, "Xiaojiu, do you think I can fight?"
The system also said: "Host, why don't you just skip this task."
"Anyway, there's no penalty for not completing the mission, and it won't affect your ability to take on subsequent missions."
That makes sense.
This time, Xu Xinxin and the system agreed.
After picking the wild vegetables, Xu Xinxin returned to the shore and asked the finless porpoise: "Finless porpoise, can you take me swimming on the surface of the water, and then dive in when we are almost at your home?"
"Meh~"
The finless porpoise called out, then nodded in fear that she didn't understand.
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