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The valley was not close at all; it took Nanqing and the others nearly an hour to reach their destination.
But this place truly lives up to the name "Valley." It's a basin valley nestled between two low hills, with a crystal-clear stream flowing through it, and many beautiful flowers and plants growing nearby.
Red, white, yellow, purple... there are so many tiny flower buds that they are impossible to count.
"Nanqing, let's go over there. The sweetest fruit there is the sweetest."
Duo Ya took Nan Qing's hand and led her to a thicket of bushes. The low-lying plants were laden with bright red berries, heavy and heavy, and from a distance, they looked like a cluster of burning flames.
Looking at these berries, which were only the size of a thumb, Nan Qing picked one and put it in her mouth.
This fruit is truly amazing. It's soft to the touch, with a very thin skin that breaks easily with a bite, releasing sweet juice that bursts in your mouth with a honey-like sweetness.
【Sweet Berries】
【Unique to the Beast World Continent, non-toxic, edible, and contains a high sugar content】
"How is it? Isn't it delicious?"
Nan Qing nodded and started picking the ripe fruit into her small basket with both hands.
Then she started using the system to scan the plants, and whenever she saw anything labeled as non-toxic and edible, she would put it in her mouth and taste it.
Honey star fruit, it's too sweet, it's cloyingly sweet.
Bellflowers have a slightly minty flavor, which is quite interesting.
Stone-heart fruit... a salty fruit with a slightly mineral taste...
Shisha orange, a fruit that looks almost exactly like an orange, is sweet.
The moon jujube is shaped like a crescent moon, has no pit, and tastes exactly like a jujube.
The Tear Fruit is a type of fruit that oozes water droplets from its surface. The system says it's non-toxic and edible... but it tastes a bit rotten...
The bone bead fruit, a dark fruit about the size of a fist, was discovered by her to have inedible flesh, but the flesh inside was quite good when the pit was cracked open, with a texture and taste somewhat like a walnut.
Raspberries, um... they're really, really, really sour...
Duo Ya watched as she alternated between wincing at the sour taste, spitting out the food, and then happily pulling Duo Ya along to pick more. Her mouth opened and closed repeatedly, but each time, before Duo Ya could even remind her, Nan Qing had already stuffed a handful into her mouth…
The valley was large, with abundant vegetation and fruit trees. The tribe's females were scattered, each picking their own fruit.
Nanqing's little basket was quickly filled with all sorts of small fruits, like a basket of giant rainbow candies.
She saw Duoya picking tender leafy vegetables, so she went over to take a look and touched them to scan them with the system.
【Tender leafy greens】
[Unique to the Beast World Continent, non-toxic, and edible]
It really is called tender leaf vegetable. She found that the names in the Beast World Continent were quite direct and clear. You could basically guess the approximate function or taste of the thing just by looking at the name.
【Stone melon】
[Other names: sweet potato, non-toxic, stem is edible, high in starch]
Um? ?
Another name for sweet potato? Is it the sweet potato she knows?
She took the stone knife that Duoya was carrying and dug down along the roots of the plant.
Looking at the ever-growing pit he had dug, and the string of "stone gourds" he found himself speechless.
This gourd looks quite similar to a sweet potato in color and appearance, but... it's a bit large, and the yield seems a bit high too...
From this one vine, she could see five or six already, each about the size of two of her palms, giving the impression of being incredibly well-nourished.
And as she dug the pit bigger and bigger, she also dug out other stone gourd plants next to it, and then... it was a bit like a nesting doll, before she had even finished digging out one stone gourd plant, she dug out another one.
When Duoya turned around, she saw that Nanqing had dug a hole big enough for her to lie in, and there was a pile of strange-looking things next to it.
Duoya: "......"
When she was a cub, she also liked to dig holes and play.
Just then, her basket was full of harvested fruit, so she walked over to Nanqing, squatted down, and watched her dig. She planned to fill the hole after Nanqing had finished digging, so as not to affect the continued growth of sweet fruits and leafy vegetables in the future.
"No, no, there's so much of this stuff..."
After digging up more than a dozen plants, she threw down her stone knife and decided to give up.
But just as she sat down to catch her breath, Duoya, who was next to her, saw her stop and silently began to throw the stone-like things she had dug out back into the pit.
Nan Qing: "???"
"Duoya, why... why are you throwing them back?"
Duoya thought she was going to continue playing, so she stopped what she was doing.
"Then dig a little longer, and I'll fill the hole in later. Dig as much as you want, don't worry, I'll fill it in for you no matter how big you dig!"
Nan Qing: "...Hmm??"
She blinked and suddenly remembered that they probably didn't know this thing was edible, since they usually only ate meat, leafy greens, and sweet fruits.
So she pointed to the stone gourds that Duoya had thrown back into the pit and said:
"Duoya, this is food, it's edible, and it's sweet and tastes great."
This time, it was Duoya's turn to be stunned. She picked up a stone gourd about the size of a small soccer ball, examined it carefully for a long time, and finally said, "But this thing looks so ugly, can it really be eaten?"
Nan Qing: "......."
So, do they like to pick those small, sweet, red and green fruits because they're pretty?
"Take it to the stream over there, wash it clean, and then try it. It's definitely edible."
She really likes sweet potatoes—raw sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, sweet potato porridge, candied sweet potatoes...
There are actually many ways to cook sweet potatoes.
Although Duoya was a little skeptical, she still took a sweet potato and went to the stream to wash it. She figured that pretty females were always right, and even if it didn't taste good, she wouldn't say anything!
Nanqing cut the sweet potato, which was about the size of a small soccer ball, into several pieces, and even peeled it before handing it to Duoya.
"Give it a try."
After saying that, she took a piece and ate it herself. Hmm, this sweet potato, now in the Beast World, not only has its name changed, but it also tastes sweeter, crispier, and very juicy!
Seeing that Nanqing had eaten it himself, Duoya didn't hesitate and took a bite as well. With a crisp "crunch", the taste of this fruit was different from other fruits. She couldn't quite describe it, but it was definitely delicious!
"Nanqing, you're so clever! This fruit is really delicious."
"Right? This fruit is called a stone melon. It can be stored for a long time and there are many ways to eat it. It tastes even better when roasted!"
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