When everyone arrived at the riverbank, they saw for the first time a river that smelled sweet and had a colorful bottom, full of fairytale charm, and couldn't help but admire it for a while.
Chu Zhou, however, did not simply admire the river water. Instead, he took out bottles and test tubes filled with river water and scooped up some colored candies, intending to take them back for further study.
Just then, a fish swam up to him, its head emerging from the water, its dead fish eyes meeting Chu Zhou's.
A moment later, the fish head shrank back into the water, but its dead fish eyes were still staring at Chu Zhou, and then, fearlessly, it blew a string of bubbles at him.
These are actions that ordinary fish can do, but for some reason, this fish performed them with a provocative air.
You stupid fish! You have no idea what a terrifying being is in front of you.
That was a mad scientist who was only stopped from running amok by the state putting a golden headband on him; he really didn't care about the lives of his fish at all.
Just after it looked up at people, then retreated back into the water and blew bubbles twice.
Chu Zhou silently put down the water bottle in his hand, and with lightning speed, he caught it so easily and effortlessly...
Chu Zhou held the fish in his hand, squeezed its body, and found it soft and chewy.
If it weren't for its movement and bubbling, it would look like a fish-shaped candy.
Its translucent, coffee-colored body is like jelly, and inside its belly, you can vaguely see tiny black beads, like the pearls in bubble tea.
Upon closer inspection, the fish's eyes were surprisingly deep blue, very clear, and had a kind of silly and cute quality.
The fish scales were like plastic sheets, cool and refreshing. Chu Zhou couldn't resist plucking one off.
The fish only realized it had been grabbed by a two-legged creature when the pain struck.
So it began to struggle and resist, twisting its body desperately, only to find that it could not break free from the two-legged creature's grip.
Then its mouth opened and closed repeatedly, and after a few times, the fish's mouth opened wide, spraying out black bullets like a machine gun.
Fortunately, Chu Zhou was also a cultivator who had entered the Qi Refining stage. Although his cultivation level was low, his reaction was good. He quickly turned his head and barely dodged the oncoming black bullet.
The bullet hit Zhang Laodao behind him. Zhang Laodao reacted even faster, immediately drawing his sword to parry, making a clanging sound.
The bullets fired for quite a while before stopping, and by then you could see that there were only a few black beads left in the fish's belly.
No one expected that a fish that looks like a QQ candy could actually fire bullets like a machine gun.
Hearing the commotion, Lu Nanzhe hurriedly ran over to explain, "These are fruit bullet fish that live in the soda river. Don't be fooled by their soft and squishy appearance; they are genuine level 30 fish that can shoot bullets."
"Wow, a fish-shaped machine gun!" Luo Zexuan leaned closer to take a look.
To prevent it from shooting bullets at him again, Chu Zhou had already turned the fish's mouth towards a deserted area.
Lu Nanzhe walked over, took the fish from Chu Zhou's hand, and said, "Don't let its cute appearance fool you, it's delicious. Look."
He held the fish's body with one hand and pinched its mouth with the other, forcing it to open its mouth.
Then quickly pulled a tube-like object, about half the length of a finger, from its mouth and threw it away.
Then, pinch the fish's mouth with one hand and its tail with the other, stretching the fish to twice its original length, making it thinner and lighter in color.
He took the last bite of the fish's belly and began to eat it with smacking sounds.
Seeing that Chu Zhou was staring intently at him, he handed the fish in his hand to Chu Zhou.
"Try it, the fruit-shaped fish tastes pretty good."
Chu Zhou didn't mind and took a bite of the fish's back.
The next second, his eyes lit up. It really tasted like QQ candy, and it was coffee-flavored.
Seeing this, Lin Qianqian was also eager to try. Yunze, seeing her like this, effortlessly scooped up a few fish from the river that were peeking out to watch the excitement.
Then, one was given to each person.
Lin Qianqian imitated Lu Nanzhe, first pinching the fish head to pull out the tube-like thing, then stretching the fish body and biting it in one go!
"Ah! It really feels like eating a QQ candy, a QQ candy with spiritual energy."
Hearing Lin Qianqian say that, Yunze couldn't help but take a bite as well.
Indeed, it's chewy and sweet, delicious!
Don't let Yunze's cool and aloof demeanor fool you; he's actually a sweetheart.
After finishing half of the fish belly, Lin Qianqian began chewing on the black pearl-like particles inside.
While chewing, he said, "This fish is called a 'fruit bullet fish,' how apt! Are the bullets it just spat out fish roe from its belly? Why does it taste so soft, but become as hard as steel after it's shot out?"
"These black pearls are not fish roe, but secretions from the fruitfish. The fruitfish has an air chamber in its mouth, and a special gas in the air chamber will harden the black pearls, allowing them to be fired like bullets. So you have to remove the air chamber before eating them, otherwise the black pearls will harden."
Lin Qianqian felt nauseous when Lu Nanzhe told her that the black pearl was secretions, and she couldn't swallow or spit out what was in her mouth.
Luo Zexuan didn't have this concern. He had eaten all sorts of things during his field training in the army. He was still thinking about whether these natural bullets could be put to use.
Chu Zhou shared the same thought, already calculating the scientific research applications of the fish.
Luo Zexuan took a few bites, then held up the half-eaten fruitfish in his hand and exclaimed, "This must be a Qionglin gourmet creature with superpowers, right? It's amazing, just like a superpowered beast."
"They taste better than the mutant beasts," Zhang Laodao added. He didn't like sweets, but he found the sweet and soft sugar fish quite delicious.
Seeing that everyone was very interested in the fish, Lu Nanzhe's desire to show off kicked in again.
"Since everyone is interested, I'll explain the grading of Qionglin delicacies in more detail. 1-30 is beginner, 31-60 is intermediate, 61-90 is advanced, and 91-100 is special. They are roughly classified according to the elemental energy they contain, and their combat power is generally commensurate with their grading, although there are exceptions. To be more specific, most animal-type creatures have attack power, and higher-level ones have evolved various supernatural abilities and bizarre attack methods. Plant-type creatures generally only have attack power above level 20. The higher the level, the stronger the attack power and the harder they are to capture. Of course, there are also high-level creatures with little attack power, but those are a minority. High-level Qionglin creatures require a team of gourmet hunters of level seven or above to capture. Those higher are rarely seen, and of course, rarely heard of being captured."
At this point, he scratched his head sheepishly: "My island also has advanced Qionglin creatures, but I can't defeat or capture them, so I can only rely on you guys."
Lin Qianqian waved her hand. They had seen him in the old steward's memories. He was a seventh-level expert and had also followed Lu Chengyin to capture high-level food creatures. His combat strength did not exceed that of a Golden Core cultivator.
In fact, the people in the Qionglin world have abundant spiritual energy in their bodies, but their application techniques are crude.
Take Old Steward Chen Bo as an example. He is a seventh-level expert with spiritual energy storage equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator, but his combat strength is only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
It's not just because their combat skills are crude, but also because they simply absorb elemental energy and let it refine their bodies on its own.
It's like having 10 points of strength, but only using 6 or 7 points.
Unlike the world of cultivation, which has various cultivation techniques to use absorbed spiritual energy to temper the body, exquisite combat skills, and various magical treasures for assistance, this world is different.
Ten points of effort can have a twelve-point effect.
If we compare Zhang Laodao's spiritual power with Chen Bo's, Zhang Laodao's spiritual power is inferior to Chen Bo's.
But if they really fought, Zhang Laodao would definitely win.
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