The storage options have been increased to five storage slots, with a stacking limit of 99 groups per slot (50 items per group). However, only the same type of item can be stacked in each storage slot.
The storage function was clearly marked with the words "Upgradeable" in small red letters, but the following "Consumes 2% Energy" made her give up the idea of upgrading all at once.
If even a fragment of a time-space jumper is this amazing, Xu Milu couldn't help but wonder how amazing it would be if it could be completely repaired.
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Four Earth hours, or forty hours in the Gourmet World, if nothing unexpected happens, Xu Milu can stay in that world for at least forty hours and conduct a more in-depth exploration.
Because she was going to be staying for a long time, Xu Milu bought a tent, a lightweight and compact folding bicycle, and some wilderness survival tools.
Since they were all secondhand and very cheap, Xu Milu cleverly packed them all into a large bag, which only occupied one storage slot and was displayed as "miscellaneous items".
With everything prepared, Xu Milu activated the dimensional jumper in the bathroom of a hotel in Zhongshi, more than ten kilometers from her home.
Unlike her previous hurried attempts to harvest wheat ears and eggs, Xu Milu had a full forty hours to explore this time. So she simply set up camp by the lake. After setting up her tent, she discovered some other traces.
It wasn't the tracks of rabbits or any other small animals, but rather human footprints. Right where she had last caught small fish, there were faint footprints, like those of an eleven or twelve-year-old child.
But after so many days of coming and going, she didn't find any signs of human habitation nearby. Could it be that the residents from the other side of the lake came to collect wheat ears and eggs?
After thinking for a long time without any clue, Xu Milu decided to take it one step at a time. She lit a fire not far from the tent, boiled the mineral water she had brought, and then went to the lakeside.
This time, the world in Xu Milu's eyes was different again. After she touched a creature, a corresponding entry would appear in front of her, which was more detailed than the previous incomplete records.
【Wheat Ear Egg: Non-toxic, can be eaten raw. Cooking with the leaves of the wheat ear egg will give the egg fruit a more sophisticated aroma. Cooked and eaten. Difficulty of capture: one star.】
【Purple-colored Orange-flavored Fish: Non-toxic and edible. Named for its orange-like tail. Deep-fried for a crispy and delicious flavor. Difficulty to catch: 3 stars.】
Red-tailed river shrimp: Non-toxic, edible, tender meat, difficulty of catching: four stars
[Purple River Algae: The whole plant is slightly poisonous; the leaves are edible but have a bitter taste. It needs to be thoroughly boiled and then placed in ice water. Difficulty of catching: Two stars.]
Silverwing Flying Fish: Non-toxic, edible, with delicious and thick flesh. Difficulty to catch: Five stars.
For a moment, Xu Milu was engrossed in the information about the ingredients, completely unaware that she could read ten lines at a glance and memorize all the information.
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As for ingredients like the horse-faced turtle fish and the human-faced crab, although they were tested and found to be edible, Xu Milu simply couldn't bring herself to eat them because of their hideous appearance.
Finally, according to her appetite, she caught two red-tailed river shrimp and a silver-winged flying fish and went home.
Redtail river shrimp are enormous, with a single shrimp including its head being about the length of a palm to an elbow, much like Boston lobsters, except that their entire body is a beautiful cherry blossom color, with only their tails tinged with red.
The silver-winged flying fish also looks strange, with fan-shaped wings on its fins, covered with silver down, like those growing on a baby bird.
Without using too many seasonings, Xu Milu simply found a stone slab, poured in some cooking oil, and dry-fried it.
Xu Milu didn't waste the empty space next to the stone slab; she cracked a wheat ear egg into it to absorb excess oil.
The silver-winged flying fish has wings on its fins that make it easy to leap across the lake surface to chase and catch schools of fish and shrimp. But for some reason, Xu Milu caught them effortlessly.
She planned to braise the silverfin fish slightly; the head was a decent size, so she'd use it to make soup. The side dish was a cold salad of black needle grass with minced garlic. By the time she finished all this, it was already dark.
Xu Milu set up a small table outside the tent and began to eat her dinner by the firelight.
It has been said that when humans enjoy food, it is not only a pleasure for the taste buds, but also a feast for the eyes and teeth.
The bright red river shrimp, the black needle grass, the reddish-brown braised fish chunks, and the milky white fish head soup—the rich colors make one mistake this for a still oil painting.
Pan-fried shrimp only need a little bit of seasoning salt. A slit is made on the back of the shrimp to remove the vein and make the meat fry more evenly. As a result, the shrimp meat and shell are crispy and dry, while the meat is not burnt at all, and is fresh, tender and plump.
As soon as the shrimp meat entered her mouth, her teeth tasted the deliciousness of the shrimp shell before her taste buds could. The crisp shrimp shell wrapped around the elastic shrimp meat, which amazed Xu Milu in that instant.
"Oh, it's so hot, oh!"
Although she said it was hot, she didn't slow down her bite at all.
The sounds that food makes while eating can greatly stimulate one's appetite.
The "crackling" sound of the shrimp shells being cut is simply the most beautiful music. The shrimp meat is sweet and fresh, and the perfect touch of saltiness further enhances the shrimp's natural sweetness.
Although the red-tailed river shrimp are huge, their meat is not tough at all; it is springy and irresistible.
After eating a whole shrimp, Xu Milu didn't feel anything at all. She picked up two pieces of cold black needle grass with herb salad, which was chewy and refreshing, and could make a "crunching" sound. This was another interesting texture.
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