Chapter 22 Speed is a Big Problem
The next morning, as dawn broke, Feng Xingshou, who had woken up according to his biological clock, looked at the already lit scene outside the car window and immediately realized that a new day had begun!
She was thinking about how Hagiwara planned to enter the copy of the time when his friend Matsuda sent the last text message. She had calculated last night that she could only arrive at the designated area on time if she set off no later than 8 o'clock, so she thought about getting up quickly to prepare.
Just as I was about to sit up, I felt like I bumped my head on something, and then a sleepy, magnetic male voice sounded in my ear: "Achoo... Feng-chan! I'm still a little sleepy, let me sleep a little longer..."
As her warm breath brushed against her ear, she realized that she was lying half-reclined next to Hagiwara, who was also lying on his side with his arm draped over her, making it look as if he was hugging her as he slept.
She hurriedly turned her head to see if she was sleeping in a bad position, like in TV dramas, where her body moves on its own to disturb the 'neighbor' next to her. Unexpectedly, she saw that she was about to fall off the bed.
The one harassing the 'neighbor' wasn't herself at all; it was a certain police officer who seemed so charming and handsome... Thinking about his behavior last night and seeing his actions now, she was speechless.
However, seeing that his dark circles had finally faded a bit, I could only carefully lift his arm off the bed, then open the car door and get out of the car. I gently closed the car door so he could catch up on his sleep, while I went to prepare breakfast.
They usually just grab a quick breakfast in the morning, but they have to go into a dungeon at noon. If it's the same as yesterday, they probably won't have time for a proper lunch after they leave the dungeon.
Therefore, it's important to have a good breakfast, and it's best to also prepare an easy-to-eat lunch so that you can keep it in your backpack where time seems to stand still, and have something hot to eat at noon...
With this in mind, she looked at the supplies in her backpack and decided to cook a pot of white porridge. She also used the steamer she had collected from the dungeon two days ago to steam the three-ingredient steamed buns and the steamed egg custard made with two eggs.
Next, I took out the fragrant, steaming hot Sichuan pepper chicken legs from my backpack, removed the bones, shredded them into strips, put some into the holes of the steamed three-ingredient flour buns to make them easy to hold and eat, and then put them back into my backpack space to eat at noon.
The rest was put on a plate as breakfast. Of course, with only this one dish, the quantity was small and monotonous, so she made steamed egg custard in advance. Although it was still quite meager and the quantity was small, she had no choice but to make do in such difficult circumstances.
After preparing the meal, she checked the time and, thinking that Hagiwara could sleep a little longer, put the cooked food into her backpack to keep it warm. Then she thought about the amount of carbon consumed by cooking every day and the blueprints she had learned that day.
They simply used the leftover wood from making the sofa bed to process it into smokeless charcoal at the factory, obtaining 25 units of smokeless charcoal. Feng Xingshou had no idea how the game calculated the units of various items.
I could only weigh and measure the smokeless charcoal to estimate that it weighed about 25 kilograms, which is probably equivalent to 1 kilogram on Earth!
After she finished making the smokeless charcoal, she wanted to wash her hands, which were blackened by the charcoal. When she took out the bucket, she realized that she hadn't washed up yet. Fortunately, thanks to the water collected yesterday and the output of the water collector, they were not short of water.
Feng Xing Shou didn't have to be stingy or sneaky when using water; he used it openly and honestly, and even left the water bucket outside for Hagiwara Kenji to use later. Since it was time to wash up...
She naturally took out two unopened toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes she had previously collected in the apartment instance, and washed two cups to use as brushing cups, thus beginning her first serious session since the fourth day of the game.
Washing up...
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So when Kenji Hagiwara was woken up again, not only was a delicious meal waiting for him, but he was also finally back to the civilized routine of brushing his teeth and washing his face. As a Japanese person who considers bad breath a matter of etiquette, he could finally speak to Fuu-chan with peace of mind! o(*￣︶￣*)o
After breakfast, because they wanted him to sleep a little longer this time, Feng Xingshou ate a little later. By the time they finished eating and tidied up, it was already past 7:40 a.m. According to their calculations, they still had several tens of minutes of free time.
To avoid any unexpected delays along the way, Kenji Hagiwara suddenly turned serious and said to Mamoru Fuusei after getting into the car, "Fuusei-chan, fasten your seatbelt, hold on tight to the handrail, and clench your teeth, don't say a word!"
"Huh?" Feng Xing Shou was a little confused by what he said, but she was very obedient since she didn't know how to drive. Even though she didn't understand why he said that, she still did as he said, just looking at him with a puzzled look, expecting an explanation.
"Because it will be very fast from here on out, this position is safer and less likely to cause injury." After helping Kaze fasten her seatbelt, Kenji Hagiwara explained the reason to her while starting the car and driving off. Once the engine was warmed up, they began to move at full speed.
When he started driving at full speed, even though there were no obstacles on the road, no forks in the road, and no need to avoid other vehicles, just driving on this winding road made Feng Xingshou experience what drifting was for the first time.
Not only did the car drift occasionally, but she herself would sway left and right inside it. Luckily, there was no need for emergency braking, otherwise, she might have thrown up her breakfast. She even wanted to complain that the previous two races were not his full potential.
She nearly bit her tongue as soon as she opened her mouth, which startled her so much that she quickly shut her mouth, clenching her teeth as before, and watching the winding road and the ever-flowing thick fog outside the car window...
But it seems her luck ran out last night when she opened the treasure chest. She was just relieved that there was no need to brake suddenly at this speed when something did happen that required her to brake suddenly.
Although Kenji Hagiwara, with his excellent eyesight, quickly slowed down after seeing the car, Kazesei was still violently shaken by the sudden braking at full speed. If he hadn't been holding onto the top armrest of the passenger seat, he would have almost hit the center console.
Of course, Kenji Hagiwara only chose to brake quickly because he saw that Kaze was obediently holding onto the handrail, instead of gradually slowing down and braking before reversing, which would have wasted a lot of time.
It was within his expectations that Feng Xingshou wouldn't bump into anything, so he didn't say anything about his concern. Instead, he opened the car door, got out, picked up a black iron treasure chest from the roadside, put it in the trunk, and then got back into the car.
While continuing to drive, he said directly to her, "Feng-chan, I'll put that black iron treasure chest in the trunk for now and deal with it after the dungeon ends at noon!"
"A black iron treasure chest? There's a treasure chest even after returning?" Feng Xingshou was surprised by this.
Kenji Hagiwara chuckled as he sped up, "I was a little surprised too. It seems the rule of this road is that no matter whether you go forward or backward, as long as you drive, a treasure chest will appear!"
"That's good, then we don't have to worry about not having enough supplies on the way back!" Feng Xing Shou was quite happy with this rule.
Seeing how happy she was, Kenji Hagiwara didn't try to dampen her spirits. Based on his thrifty approach to the game, he figured it probably wasn't that kind of game. Even if there were treasure chests if you went back, the quality of the chests would likely decrease the further back you went.
Sure enough, as he drove at full speed, after traveling a similar distance as yesterday afternoon, in addition to the black iron treasure chest he had just obtained, he obtained wooden treasure chests, just like yesterday afternoon, a total of 6 wooden treasure chests.
When he reached the daily dungeon entrance where he was expected to be able to access the text message, he obtained two more wooden treasure chests, bringing his total to one black iron treasure chest and eight wooden treasure chests.
After parking their car, the two saw that there was still more than half an hour before the daily dungeon opened at noon, so they decided to open the treasure chests one by one and sort out their loot. As a result, they found that the loot they had obtained after driving at full speed and consuming a lot of fuel all morning was actually quite good.
Not only was the fuel replenished, but we also obtained some good items: [10 units of black iron, 80 units of wood, 100 units of fuel, 10 servings of thick-cut tomahawk lamb chops, one leavened scallion pancake, a bag of 10 steamed buns, a bag of 5 packs of tonkotsu instant noodles, a bag of 10 braised eggs, a bag of 500g spicy seaweed, one Jiujiu duck leg, and one watermelon!]
Feng Xingshou was overjoyed by these finds: "Wow! We have steamed buns and bread, that's great! The spicy seaweed and braised duck legs are also good. The spicy seaweed goes well with porridge, and the braised duck legs are spicy enough to go well with rice, and the braised eggs..."
"It seems that Feng-chan really likes noodles and also enjoys strong flavors like spicy food!" Kenji Hagiwara thought of the clay pot porridge for breakfast. The cooking was just right, but it was a bit... He felt the difference between the customs and culture of Zhongzhou and Japan.
Ahem! Although I had heard about the custom of eating porridge in China when I was exchanging ideas with international students from China at university, this was my first time actually experiencing it. In fact, in Japan, people like to cook porridge when they are sick, and usually drink miso soup or other soups with rice.
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Feng Xingshou readily admitted, "You guessed right! When I was a child, noodles were my staple food. I always felt hungry or couldn't digest other foods, so I liked all kinds of delicious noodles sold in stores."
That's why I learned to make all kinds of noodles from the pastry chef at the shop while I was working! And Jiujiu Duck—I only got to try it the first time I went to Beijing. It's not sold in my hometown, and I'd never had it before. After eating it in Beijing, I realized duck could be made so fragrant and spicy.
"Eh! Is that so!" Kenji Hagiwara seemed to be chatting casually on the surface, but in his heart he couldn't help but think that he should practice eating spicy food from now on, otherwise it would be difficult for him and Kaze-chan to get along with each other when it came to food!
He had personally witnessed the spiciness his fellow international students from Nakashu ate, and it was completely different from the so-called Japanese spiciness he usually encountered. Nakashu spiciness felt like his mouth was on fire.
Japanese spiciness is the spiciness of wasabi, the spiciness of pepper, and the spiciness of Sichuan peppercorns. In short... every Japanese person who thinks they can handle spicy food will realize they actually can't handle spicy food when they actually try Nakashu spiciness...
No wonder that at breakfast today, she ate only a little bit of the Sichuan peppercorn chicken leg meat before finishing a bowl of white porridge and three steamed buns, while she ate the rest in a few bites without a care in the world.
I thought her portion was a family bucket of fried chicken legs, but I didn't expect her to be able to eat so much spicy food. And the spicy flavor that looked so spicy was not spicy at all for her. How spicy must the "fragrant and spicy" flavor she was talking about be?
While Kenji Hagiwara was pondering the difference between Chushu spiciness and Japanese spiciness with a heavy heart, Kazesei Mori had no idea that the different culinary styles of the two countries would have any impact on him.
She kept looking ahead at the location of the daily dungeon, which had appeared twice before. The silver-gray entrance to the daily dungeon had reappeared there. She looked at Kenji Hagiwara and said, "The dungeon has started. Let's go!"
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