As for three-star and four-star fish and above, some catching skills are required. The five-star Silverwing Flying Fish that Xu Milu caught was very difficult to catch, which is why the two children misunderstood Xu Milu as a gourmet hunter.
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The older of the two children is named Zhihe, and the younger one is named Zhili. They are both villagers from the nearby "fried village".
They came here a few days ago after seeing the black needle grass that Xu Milu had accidentally dropped. They thought they would wait for her to come back and ask her to collect some black needle grass to treat their sick sister, Zhi Mei.
"Black Needle Grass with Tortoise Shell"?
Xu Milu suddenly remembered the black needle grass she used for cold dishes, and took out some to confirm with them:
"But this black needle grass can be found along this road, so why did you commission a gourmet hunter to collect it?"
Zhihe looked at Xu Milu with eyes full of admiration: "You truly deserve to be called a gourmet hunter! You were able to collect Black Needle Grass without disturbing the Black-Armored Turtle!!"
Chiri also looked on with admiration.
Xu Milu immediately used the detailed identification function to examine the black needle grass, and the information she obtained made her break out in a cold sweat.
【Black Needle Grass on a Turtle's Back: Algae, non-toxic, edible in its entirety. Named for growing on the back of a giant black turtle. Its roots are tough and require special tools to harvest. Capture Level: 5 stars】
Growing on a turtle's shell? Are the roots hard? Were they collected with special tools?
What the heck?
In other words, Xu Milu's perceived safety that day was actually built on the backs of a group of turtles, and she even recklessly picked grass from their backs?
What she thought was a "hill" was actually the back of a giant tortoise, and those black needle grasses were algae growing on the tortoise's back?
I remembered those black needle grasses that stretched like a grassland; they actually grew on the back of a giant tortoise…
Xu Milu shivered.
But wasn't it said that special tools were needed to collect it? How come she plucked it off with so little effort? Or was it just that the turtle was molting?
Ugh, disgusting.
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Having successfully stopped daydreaming, Xu Milu temporarily decided against trying to provoke the turtle and instead began to ponder the capture level.
According to Zhihe, the capture level roughly represents the difficulty of capturing ingredients. Apart from easily obtainable plant-grown ingredients and ordinary ingredients, all ingredients with a star rating require hiring a gourmet hunter to capture them.
One star means it takes about ten people to capture it, two stars is equivalent to twenty people, and so on.
The Black Needle Grass on a Turtle's Back is considered to have a five-star difficulty level because it grows on the back of a large turtle. She can understand that; she's also checked the fish and shrimp in the lake, and none of them are below a two-star difficulty level.
After retesting and clicking on the ellipsis following the test results, I finally discovered the reason.
[...The Silverwing Flying Fish has wings on its sides. Because it flies on the water, it is incredibly fast. Its wings are as sharp as knives and can easily cut through steel, making it very difficult to catch.]
[...The rose-purple orange-flavored fish lives in snowmelt lakes. When startled, it secretes a toxic substance, making it difficult to catch.]
[...Red-tailed river shrimp, enormous in size, with a powerful tail capable of shattering rocks, are difficult to catch.]
So all this time, she was just blindly teetering on the edge of death, living in her self-perceived safety?
Not to mention the red-tailed river shrimp's tail that can shatter rocks, just look at the silver-winged flying fish I just caught. If I'm not careful, I could be crippled by its fins that can cut through steel.
But thinking about it again, I seem to have touched those fins myself, and they weren't as scary as people say. They weren't fast either, so how could they be so hard to catch?
Unconvinced, Xu Milu, along with Zhihe and Zhili, packed up the tent, put it in a large bag, carried it on their backs, and went to the lakeside again.
Xu Milu squatted by the lake and saw groups of silver-winged flying fish constantly slapping the surface of the water, making a loud and continuous "splashing" sound. The momentum was terrifying. If someone with trypophobia were here, they might faint.
"Is that the Silverwing Flying Fish? That's amazing!!"
Zhihe opened his eyes wide, looking at the spectacular scene with admiration.
Xu Milu thought for a moment, and just like in the morning, squatted by the lake, waiting for a lone silver winged flying fish to fly across the shallows. She quickly reached out and pulled the silver winged flying fish to the shore before it could react.
The silver-winged flying fish is a small to medium-sized fish, this one is only about 40 centimeters long. After being caught and brought ashore, it nervously throbbed its gills and waved its fins up and down.
"Miru-sama is amazing!!" Chiri shouted excitedly from behind.
One side used a stick as thick as a child's arm to approach, but it was quickly cut in half by the fish's fin.
Unconvinced, Xu Milu brought the stone slab she had used to fry shrimp yesterday to the surface. Sure enough, the stone slab broke with a snap when the fish fin cut into it.
Why is this stone as soft as tofu?
Xu Milu reached out and, under the admiring gazes of the two children, easily crushed the stone, the powder falling from her hand with a "fluttering" sound.
It seems it wasn't just my imagination; her strength has become somewhat abnormal since she came into this world.
Does this mean that the oxygen concentration, gravity, and gravitational pull are different in this world?
Xu Milu packed up the tent and her luggage, and tried carrying them on her back. It was indeed very easy. If it were before, she definitely wouldn't have been able to carry all these things.
Xu Milu racked her brains but still couldn't figure out the principle behind it, so she could only decide to visit the "deep-fried village" that the two children had mentioned first.
After all, she can easily crush stones now, so she can run away from any danger.
Xu Milu thought to herself with some uncertainty.
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