Chapter 68: Food Culture, Maximum Health Increased
Huge steaks seared with Fiery Blood; their delicious flavor is as valuable as their recovery effects.
They are similar to the effect of Meef Salad.
After killing the Hydra, the dropped Hydra Steaks have extremely high nutritional value.
"The Fire Swamp really is a great place; everything is edible!"
Holding the large steak, he took a gentle bite.
There was no need for roasting; when he obtained it, the uncontrolled fire within the Hydra's body had already cooked it through.
Fresh, tender juices overflowed in his mouth as the aroma filled the air.
The fat had been seared to a sizzle, making a crackling sound.
Like beef, yet like chicken, firm yet tender. With one bite...
It was unbelievably delicious!
Galen Yu admitted he had never tasted such delicious food!
It restored eighteen points at once—that is, nine drumsticks of hunger—plus a two-second regeneration effect.
It completely replenished all the hunger he had lost.
Beyond the basic effects, eating it for the first time also granted an extra reward of two hearts of maximum health.
Feeling the increasingly intense vitality within him, Galen Yu licked his lips.
The fragrance lingered between his teeth, and the taste of the roast meat remained in his mouth for a long time, making him want to eat another piece.
However, he didn't continue eating. He put the remaining Hydra Steaks back into his backpack.
He took out another piece of food.
Calling it food was a stretch; this thing couldn't compare to the Hydra Steak at all.
[EXPERIMENT 115]
Obtained from a chest in the Dark Tower after killing the Ur-Ghast.
It looked like a slice of cake or pie with a white crust and red filling, neatly sliced.
If placed on the ground, it would look like a cake consisting of a cream exterior and a red interior filling.
At this time, if one used redstone on it...
One could see it begin to twitch strangely, and then a brand-new cake would materialize nearby.
"A byproduct of using Carminite Ghasts to obtain Ghast Tears and continuing to produce Carminite Ore—which is the meat of the Carminite Ghast."
"When these pieces of meat are combined into a whole, they will regenerate under the influence of redstone energy."
"It's possible that regeneration magic causes its cells to re-divide, eventually restoring it to its original form."
He picked up the cake and ate it; a weird texture exploded in his mouth.
A bit like a meat mooncake? After biting into the filling, it was a bit like a chili pepper coated in gunpowder?
Anyway, compared to its strangely twitching appearance, it tasted much better than it looked.
The bullet chat flashed by.
"That roast steak smells so good; I'm going to faint from the scent through the screen!"
"Watching this made me hungry; I want to eat it too!"
"Is Experiment 115 also food? It looks a bit like cake."
"Holy crap, it's Ghast meat! That thing is edible?!"
"Great God Galen Yu actually ate it. How's the taste? Is it good?"
"Eating Ghast meat? This wave is truly a gene carved into the bones of the Nine Provinces people!"
"They want to taste everything they see. You have to say, seeing Great God Galen Yu eat it, it looks pretty tasty!"
"I just love this kind of weird food. Let me have a bite too!"
Besides farming and infrastructure, it's all about food, even if the food looks strange.
Such things were terrifying in the eyes of people from other nations.
Like mushrooms; they clearly evolved toxins, yet they are served on dinner plates as delicacies.
Rats, which everyone avoids, are treated as a delicacy in certain regions along with cockroaches and giant water bugs.
Eating is etched into their genes, becoming an indispensable part of the nation...
It's hard to imagine what the first person to eat a poisonous mushroom was thinking, but it's precisely because of that bite...
That people have obtained countless delicious flavors.
Galen Yu ate the experimental item partly because he wanted to taste it, and partly because of the Block World.
[YOU HAVE CONSUMED EXPERIMENT 115 FOR THE FIRST TIME. DARING TO TASTE THE UNKNOWN, YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR!]
[MAXIMUM HEALTH INCREASED BY 2 POINTS.]
[YOU HAVE CONSUMED MEEF SALAD, HYDRA STEAK, AND EXPERIMENT 115. MAXIMUM HEALTH INCREASED BY AN ADDITIONAL 2
POINTS!]
In the original game, eating three specific foods at once granted an achievement, but now it was replaced by a maximum health increase.
With another four points, Galen Yu's health increased by two hearts.
Having filled his hunger bar, he looked toward the distant snowy plains.
The last two bosses were over there.
The Snow Queen's castle stood atop the ice.
This magnificent structure was a striking and beautiful sight, its brilliant walls constantly changing color as they stretched up toward the sky.
Continuous walls of ice covered the center of the Snowy Forest; when looking up, the ice blocks and the twilight sky almost merged into one.
The falling snow nearby and the tall, straight spruce trees in the distance served as accents, forming a wonderful picture.
Perhaps because it was too cold, Crisis Zombies did not exist here.
At this time, while placing blocks to land on the glacier, Galen Yu received the [FROSTED IV] effect.
Even though he was wearing Fiery armor and a slight warmth resisted the severe cold so that he wouldn't freeze, some magical components in the air seemed to invade.
That power could pass through the Fiery armor, condensing frost on the outside of his suit.
"What a beautiful glacier!"
"Are those auroras in the sky? I've never seen such beautiful scenery!"
"The more beautiful it is, the more dangerous it represents. The last boss definitely won't be that simple!"
"As expected, walking on the glacier has negative effects!"
"With the Frosted effect, let alone fighting mobs, even walking is a problem!"
"It's so cold that there aren't even any Crisis Zombies; you can see the intensity!"
"It must be resolved... Huh? What is Great God Galen Yu doing?"
"From such a high glacier, he's going to jump down!"
Galen Yu had anticipated this result.
In the game, one must also obtain the Alpha Yeti Fur and kill the Yetis to face the Snow Queen.
Under the astonished gazes of the audience, he chose to jump directly from the edge of the glacier.
Building up was simple, requiring only digging the appropriate number of blocks, but jumping down directly from a distance of dozens of blocks...
Without a Mace in his hand, many people broke into a cold sweat.
"He knows he can't win, so he's committing suicide?"
"Without a Mace, relying only on armor feather falling protection, this height is definitely not enough!"
"Quickly contact Oakmoor to come and pick up the equipment from Galen Yu's body!"
A suit of red armor was even cooler than an alloy set; anyone with eyes could see its extraordinary nature.
Ultimately, to the disappointment of the foreign viewers, as he was about to land...
He used neither water nor a boat, but switched to the Peacock Feather Fan and waved it gently.
Whoosh!
It directly reset his fall height, allowing him to land without injury.
Water buckets have the risk of accidental death through operational error, but this thing was even simpler; one could use it by estimating the distance.
Truly worthy of the name artifact!
Located in the Snowy Forest just like the glacier, the Yeti Lair was a naturally generated large cavern.
From the outside, it looked like a protruding small hill.
The cave itself was similar to a mine; exposed ores might generate on its rock walls, and a large number of icicles hung from the ceiling.
Ice was everywhere, making it very easy to slip while walking on it.
In the center resided the largest Alpha Yeti, surrounded by smaller Yetis.
The terrain and visibility inside the cave caused major tactical problems, in addition to the Yetis that generated at any time to cause interference.
The best solution was to settle it quickly.
"I just love settling things quickly!"
Taking out the classic combination of the Peacock Feather Fan and the Mace, Galen Yu showed a beaming smile.
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