Chapter 216: Disaster Survival System (45)

However, for a team of 33 people, the battle line was still quite long.

Before they could all withdraw, a team formed by players from some unknown country in the forest fled out in a panic. A female player with big yellow curly hair and blue eyes screamed as she ran:

"Ahhh! Don't wrap around me! Careful or I'll chop you!"

"Go away, go away! You disgusting thing!"

While fleeing in terror, they swung the machetes in their hands wildly.

Upon seeing Xie Yang's group, they immediately ran toward them: "You guys are players too, right? Help! These Mutation plants are too hard to deal with!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than the young woman running at the very front saw Xie Yang, who was at the end of the line, grab a Mutation tree vine that had swished toward her face, pull it out by the roots, and after wadding it up, toss it into the swamp pool they had specifically avoided while marching.

The swamp pool bubbled a few times and swallowed the Mutation tree vine.

The scene instantly fell silent.

The other Mutation tree vines, whether they had suddenly become enlightened or had lost their target because they relied on sound to distinguish things, all obediently crawled on the ground. If one ignored the hard thorns growing on their vines, they were no different from before the Mutation.

The opposing team had a total of 12 players, 8 men and 4 women.

In terms of numbers, the Dragon Country players had the upper hand.

What's more, Xie Yang had just shown off a skill that completely intimidated them.

Afterward, they dared not get too close to the Dragon Country players for fear of being wiped out, but they also dared not get too far away for fear of encountering danger.

They just trailed behind the Dragon Country team at a distance that was neither too near nor too far.

Wherever Xie Yang's group walked, they walked in that direction.

They walked until dusk.

Xie Yang's group found a place to camp and rest as usual.

The opposing team then sent over the best-looking young man, partly to get on good terms, and partly to inquire about the destination of Xie Yang's group.

Xie Yang shook her head: "We don't have a destination."

"You don't?" The handsome young man with blonde hair and blue eyes scratched his head in confusion, "Then why are you traveling?"

"Just looking for a place to camp," Fu Zhangzheng said as he walked over.

He held up a skewer of roasted meat, handed it to Xie Yang, and signaled for her to eat it while it was hot.

Xie Yang retreated to the outer edge of the campfire and contentedly enjoyed the only dish Chef Fu was good at—roasted meat.

Today's roast was Mutation bamboo rat meat; the texture was firm and the taste was tender and fresh.

The more she ate, the more she wanted, and Xie Yang finished a large skewer in one breath, still feeling like she hadn't had enough.

She put the stationary Mutation bamboo rat meat from her Storage Space into the Game Mall for valuation and discovered it was actually 200 Gold Coins per 500g, even more expensive than gold!

Its freshness rivaled a flying dragon and its price beat gold, which made her start pondering a plan...

After Fu Zhangzheng sent the handsome young man away, Xie Yang sat back down beside him and discussed in a low voice:

"How about we hunt more Mutation bamboo rats during these last three months? Whether we take them back to give away as gifts or eat them ourselves when the game ends, the quality of this meat is truly excellent; it's more tender and delicious than any roasted meat we've eaten before."

"..."

Consequently, for the rest of the journey, the Dragon Country players started a new routine of hoarding meat while traveling.

The Ya Country players who had been trailing behind them to mooch off their safety were simply dumbfounded.

What are the Dragon Country players doing? Why not walk the perfectly good path and insist on breaking into the bamboo forest?

Breaking into the bamboo forest is one thing, but why catch bamboo rats? Dig bamboo shoots?

Are they that poor? Can't they even afford a 10 Gold Coin roasted bread?

They took photos of this scene and posted them on the World Channel, mocking the Dragon Country players for being so poor they couldn't even afford a 10 Gold Coin roasted bread.

Xie Yang's group was unaware of the Ya Country players' antics; they worked hard to dig bamboo shoots and hoard Mutation bamboo rat meat.

Some individual bamboo shoots had also undergone Mutation, which was just the right chance to test their newly acquired weapon—the Wolf Tooth Dagger from a Mutation Wolf.

Mutation versus Mutation, the Wolf Tooth Dagger won completely!

The white, tender bamboo shoots, once stripped of their husks, were even more delicious than ordinary bamboo shoots.

When camping that night, Xie Yang took out a strip of previously cured wild pork belly and used the leftover broth to stew a pot of bamboo shoot and pork soup.

She also used the Iron Pot made by the Advanced Workbench to steam a pot of Rice with scorched crust.

Rice paired with bamboo shoot and pork soup made one's taste buds bloom and appetite soar.

The Ya Country players, who were gnawing on roasted bread with Mineral Water: "..."

This development was something they hadn't expected!

The handsome young man with blonde hair and blue eyes was sent out again for public relations: "Excuse me, are you trading your rice and dishes? We'll trade bread for them."

"..."

"Pfft!" Ming Hao patted his shoulder and asked with a grin, "Brother, is your brain broken?"

"He thinks our brains are broken."

Chen Shuoyun said, wanting to shrug, but the unhealed wound pulled at him, so he had to sit still.

"Exactly! Who would pass up delicious food to gnaw on dry, tasteless bread?" Chang Lebao buried his head in his bowl, taking a moment to add, "I still have plenty of that bread in my Backpack Slot! If there's a condition to eat a meal, who would want to gnaw on bread!"

"..."

When the handsome young man went back and reported this, the expressions of those Ya Country players were as if they were constipated.

But the overbearing fragrance wafting from the bamboo shoot and pork soup was truly hard to resist.

Just as they were arguing indecisively about "whether to spend Gold Coins to buy a portion from the Dragon Country players to taste" and "how many Gold Coins would be appropriate," Ming Hao and the other young men who loved surfing the World Channel discovered the mocking post with photos published by the Ya Country players and were so angry they cursed out loud:

"Damn it! These disgusting guys! It's one thing to follow behind our butts all day to mooch off our safety, but they actually slandered us!"

Xie Yang raised an eyebrow: "I didn't expect them to hate bamboo rat meat so much? I was originally going to sell them some since I stewed too much and couldn't finish it... Oh well, forget it, let's find other players instead!"

She nimbly logged onto the World Channel, initiated a Trading link, and listed the extra portions of bamboo shoot and pork soup, with each portion priced at 100 Gold Coins or equivalent supplies.

The link had just been initiated when it was snapped up in a flash.

GY07744 failed to snatch one and tearfully sent a private message to Xie Yang: "Big Boss! Are there any more bamboo shoot and pork soup? I miss that taste so much!"

Xie Yang heard the familiarity in her tone regarding the bamboo shoot and pork soup and couldn't help but be surprised: "You are from Dragon Country? No! The Dragon Country players have all been with me and have never been separated."

"I am not from Dragon Country, but my grandmother was. When she was still alive, I would accompany her to stay in Dragon Country for a short time almost every summer vacation. I have eaten the bamboo shoot and pork soup from my grandmother's hometown; it was so delicious that the aftertaste was endless."

So she is a descendant of overseas Chinese.

That could also be considered half a Dragon Country person!

Moreover, the other party had invisibly helped her side quite a bit, so Xie Yang didn't say another word and sent her a portion, even adding a serving of white rice with scorched rice crust that was more than what was listed on the Game Mall.

"Wuu! It's so delicious!"

GY07744, who was Han Xinyi, ate until her mouth was filled with fragrance.

After finishing, she sent Xie Yang a portion of fresh wild fruits she had recently picked.

"Big Boss, I discovered these after logging in yesterday. When the Game Mall gave the recycling price, it showed they were edible wild fruits. They are sour yet sweet and quite thirst-quenching. Please, Big Boss, accept this small gift!"