Chapter 49: Wild Game is fun for a moment, but brings the whole family to the crematorium.
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As Tang Deji and Su De, who were at the second digging point, were engrossed in their discussion, cheers came from the first digging point.
Ji Xiao hastily rushed over like a gust of wind to see what was happening. It turned out that they had dug down to a depth of 150 meters at the first digging point and reached a natural gas layer.
The confident Mongolian scholar, Narisong (meaning "green pine tree"), jubilantly exclaimed, "When I felt a looseness in my hand, I knew I had pierced through the frozen soil layer. And then, that feeling, a moment of tightness followed by looseness, oh, and a slight softness... I thought to myself, that must be the mud layer, so I suggested extracting the Tang family shovel to take a look. Upon pulling it out, a burst of gas shot up. With my experience, isn't that natural gas? I told everyone around me to back away, and I threw a small fireball over, confirming that it was indeed natural gas!"
There were already a lot of people surrounding the place. Xiao Jixiao was short, so she simply jumped onto a nearby tree and stuck her head out to take a look. A fire had been lit there, with orange flames on the outside and a blue flame in the center. It was indeed natural gas, and the purity was very high.
Someone shouted, "Bring a mercenary over here to cook, don't waste it."
Another person said, "Make way, make way, we still need to analyze the soil layers. Don't step on that stick."
Tang Zhiga came over very quickly and spoke to the scholars.
Tang Jide and Su De also came over, but they usually bicker.
Tang Jide said, "It's because of you, always talking and not doing any work, that they discovered natural gas by drilling through the frozen soil."
Su De said, "It's all your fault. If you had put in some effort, would I still need to help?"
Ji Xiao jumped down from the tree and acted as a peacemaker, saying, "Haven't you two gentlemen also figured out the reason for the abundance of swamps here?"
The two rotten old men laughed heartily and walked to Tang Zhika's side to share their discovery and take credit for it.
The cooking mercenary came over with a large pot and wooden stakes. He first used earth-based magic to create a clay stove and then used natural gas fire to put the iron pot on top. Then, he cast water-based magic to pour water into the pot. After that, he added dried ginger, dried chili powder, and dried pepper powder to the pot and threw in the prepared meat and bones.
Food is not a problem here, there are canals crisscrossing where fish can be found. In the trees along the road, there are squirrels, foxes, wolves, and so on. The team can flatten the ground while hunting.
Seasoning is a big issue. Ginger powder, chili powder, and pepper powder, these two spicy flavors are popular. It may be because it is cold and humid here. The Tang family brought dried ginger and dried chili, mainly used for displaying Sichuan cuisine at banquets. Ginger powder, chili powder, and mustard powder are mainly used for cooking and eating on a daily basis (powders have a smaller volume than dried goods, and are more suitable for packing in boxes). The spicy taste, unlike the sweet taste, is accepted by the public, so the Tang family originally only brought enough for their own consumption. But unexpectedly, the goddess Mabian and the Uralla people tasted it and became addicted to it. It turns out that it is very effective in driving away the cold and dampness.
So it's not enough.
The local spiciness in Mongolia mainly comes from mustard greens and leeks.
Because ginger and chili pepper prefer warm and humid climates, they can only be grown in temperate regions. Pepper can only be found in tropical and subtropical regions. In short, these three cannot be grown in Mongolia.
Agula is melancholy again and will need to import a large amount of ginger powder, chili powder, and pepper powder from Shu country in the future.
The saber-toothed tiger meat was prepared by the third team. Agula, as the captain of the third team, naturally handed the tiger meat to the mercenaries of the third team. Tiger meat is quite fishy and sour, and the mercenaries' cooks can't handle it, so they sought advice from Tang Zhihengdao. Tang Zhihengdao added a lot of ginger to remove the fishy smell and sliced some of the tiger meat and added a lot of cumin powder to remove the sourness.
In short, when making tiger meat, the smell is quite strong. Ji Xiao from the second team smelled it and ran away, pinching her nose. She ran to a tree far away and took out the "Book of Heaven" to search, "Is tiger meat delicious?"
Reply: Tigers are protected animals and should not be eaten. In the game, in order to avoid any connection with reality, the meat of all protected animals is designed to be unappetizing.
Jixiao wants to throw the book into the sky.
When it was time to eat, Jixiao still went back. The second team made fish soup and steamed fish, with noodles and pickled vegetables as the main dish. The third team brought a plate of grilled tiger meat. Although knowing it wouldn't taste good, Jixiao still tried a piece of meat out of curiosity. It was very dry and a bit sour. Jixiao ate one piece and stopped. The others finished the plate of grilled tiger meat. They all said that fish meat tasted better. But after all, it was tiger meat, so it's nourishing.
After having lunch, the team set off. In the afternoon, they changed positions, with the second team at the front and the third team at the rear.
They continued to have a Wood Mage on watch and an Earth Mage clearing the path. Ji Xiao has great agility, as she constantly moves forward by jumping on tree tops.
Wuren Tur Yaya the witch looked up at the merman who looked like a squirrel, and then looked down at the two tiger bones in her hands. These were the tiger scapula bones she specially asked for from Agura of the Third Brigade. Using these magical tiger bones, she performed two divinations.
The first question is: Is this adventure activity lucky or unlucky? - Very unlucky.
The second question is: Tang's family leads the way, is it lucky or unlucky? - Very lucky.
No matter whether others believe in divination or not, U Ren Tuya believes in it. She always looks at the two bones repeatedly. If there is still a chance, she wants to divinate again and ask: Is it lucky or unlucky to have the Mermaid girl from Tang's family leading the way? Is it lucky or unlucky to act alone? Is it lucky or unlucky to listen to Ji Xiao's words?
Just as she was thinking, she suddenly noticed a drop of blood on the bone in her hand! She was startled, and then another drop fell on the bone. She looked up to see where the blood came from. As she lifted her head, she felt something wet on her upper lip. She touched it and realized that she was having a nosebleed!
She was shocked and wanted to call the medical mercenaries with the team. When she turned around, she found that many people were nosebleeding!
Some people also noticed the unusualness of their companions and called out in alarm.
Ji Xiao, who was jumping left and right on the tree, heard the commotion below and hurried down, only to find that half of the people were nosebleeding! Not only her team, but also the teams behind were also in turmoil.
WurenTuya is the captain of the second team. Her face is pale, but she still tries to remain calm. She checks herself and, apart from a nosebleed, she doesn't feel anything unusual in her body, which reassures her.
Xiao Ji quickly jumped down and landed in front of Wu Rentuya.
Wu Rentuya said to her, "I'm fine." After she said that, her nostrils suddenly burst like a water pipe, spraying out a large amount of nosebleed. She felt dizzy and fell off the horse upside down. Xiao Ji quickly caught her, gripping her nose tightly with both hands. After thinking for a moment, she used her other hand to open Wu Rentuya's mouth.
Ji Xiao loudly ordered all soldiers with nosebleeds not to panic, pinch their nostrils, and let the medic treat them quickly. The second team's medic was also experiencing a nosebleed. He hurriedly casted healing spells on himself, emitting three bright rays of light, before finally finding the correct healing spell. He first stopped his own bleeding and then used healing magic on his bleeding comrades nearby. Great, it was a success!
Jixiao saw Wuren Tuoya coughing. She helped her sit up and Wuren Tuoya opened her eyes, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Jixiao felt a sense of panic in her heart and shouted for the medic to come!
The medic ran over. He used three powerful techniques against Wu Rentuya, and finally she stopped coughing. She gently removed Ji Xiao's hand and said to her, "I'm fine now."
Yixiao took his hand away, and indeed, Wurentuya's nose was no longer bleeding.
Wurentuya ordered the medic to quickly treat the others.
The situation was similar for the other teams.
Tang Zhiga announced an emergency halt and carefully examined the situation of nosebleeds in the crowd. His face was grim, worried that it might be poison.
Ji Xiao's expression changed and she whispered to Tang Zhiga that it might be because they ate saber-toothed tiger meat. She handed him the "The Book of Heaven" and it mentioned that in order to prevent players from eating the meat of wild protected animals, the game was set to make the meat taste bad.
She then digressed and said: "The saber-toothed tiger is an extinct animal. Could the game set its meat to be poisonous?"
Tang Zhigā's corner of the mouth twitched, and then he sent someone to inquire about how much saber-toothed tiger meat the people who had nosebleeds ate, and how much the people who didn't have nosebleeds ate.
Indeed, some people who found saber-toothed tiger meat unappetizing either didn't eat it or only had one or two pieces of meat, and they didn't experience nosebleeds. However, those who ate three or more pieces of meat all experienced nosebleeds. The more they ate, the more blood they bled.
Hero Agula who fought against tigers and Tang Zhi who barbecued tiger meat at Tangzhi’s place surprisingly did not eat saber-toothed tiger meat. They both said that when cooking tiger meat, the gamy scent was too strong and made them feel nauseous just by smelling it, so they didn't eat it.
Three witches ate the most because they found the rare saber-toothed tiger with magical powers. Their noses bled profusely, flowing out like a spring. Due to excessive blood loss, all three witches felt dizzy and unable to ride horses, so they could only lie down.
Tang Zhigag ordered someone to chop wood and make a stretcher, on which the three witches were carried.
The others didn't lose much blood and were able to continue riding after receiving medical treatment from the mercenaries.
Tang Zhiga frowned and gave a new order: it is allowed to hunt wild animals, but they cannot eat indiscriminately. They can only eat wild animals that they have previously eaten and know are safe. Any wild animals that they have not eaten before must not be consumed, even if they have to throw them away. This rule also applies to plants. Any plants that they have never seen or eaten before are strictly forbidden to eat!
Wild game is fun for a moment, but it's a family crematorium.
When the sun goes down, the team sets up camp.
Once again, scholars have found two locations to drill for soil samples. After drilling down 100 meters, they have once again discovered natural gas and oil layers, leading the scholars to suspect it is the oilfield discovered at noon.
After the sky darkened, the aroma of food filled the air. After everyone, including the dog, had eaten their fill, the mercenaries began to set up camp.
Setting up camp was a tricky task. Initially, the goddess Marina, the whip-wielding mercenary, followed her usual routine and moved the fire pit away after cooking, setting up the tent on the dry and hot ground. This kept everything dry and warm. However, this was an untouched, desolate forest stretching for miles with no signs of human life. On their first night of setting up camp, at midnight, the trees reappeared, rapidly growing from the ground, lifting the blankets and tents with them, and tossing people into the air. It was a terrifying night.
Afterwards, everyone became more clever. When setting up camp, they would carefully select ground that had not been damaged, and then start a small fire from the cooking pit. They would make sure to control the fire, so as not to set nearby trees ablaze. They would also pay attention to the ground, checking for frozen soil, as sometimes, they would unintentionally create a swamp with the fire. Water mages play a significant role in this aspect, as they can quickly discern which areas are the driest.
Ji Xiao hastily rushed over like a gust of wind to see what was happening. It turned out that they had dug down to a depth of 150 meters at the first digging point and reached a natural gas layer.
The confident Mongolian scholar, Narisong (meaning "green pine tree"), jubilantly exclaimed, "When I felt a looseness in my hand, I knew I had pierced through the frozen soil layer. And then, that feeling, a moment of tightness followed by looseness, oh, and a slight softness... I thought to myself, that must be the mud layer, so I suggested extracting the Tang family shovel to take a look. Upon pulling it out, a burst of gas shot up. With my experience, isn't that natural gas? I told everyone around me to back away, and I threw a small fireball over, confirming that it was indeed natural gas!"
There were already a lot of people surrounding the place. Xiao Jixiao was short, so she simply jumped onto a nearby tree and stuck her head out to take a look. A fire had been lit there, with orange flames on the outside and a blue flame in the center. It was indeed natural gas, and the purity was very high.
Someone shouted, "Bring a mercenary over here to cook, don't waste it."
Another person said, "Make way, make way, we still need to analyze the soil layers. Don't step on that stick."
Tang Zhiga came over very quickly and spoke to the scholars.
Tang Jide and Su De also came over, but they usually bicker.
Tang Jide said, "It's because of you, always talking and not doing any work, that they discovered natural gas by drilling through the frozen soil."
Su De said, "It's all your fault. If you had put in some effort, would I still need to help?"
Ji Xiao jumped down from the tree and acted as a peacemaker, saying, "Haven't you two gentlemen also figured out the reason for the abundance of swamps here?"
The two rotten old men laughed heartily and walked to Tang Zhika's side to share their discovery and take credit for it.
The cooking mercenary came over with a large pot and wooden stakes. He first used earth-based magic to create a clay stove and then used natural gas fire to put the iron pot on top. Then, he cast water-based magic to pour water into the pot. After that, he added dried ginger, dried chili powder, and dried pepper powder to the pot and threw in the prepared meat and bones.
Food is not a problem here, there are canals crisscrossing where fish can be found. In the trees along the road, there are squirrels, foxes, wolves, and so on. The team can flatten the ground while hunting.
Seasoning is a big issue. Ginger powder, chili powder, and pepper powder, these two spicy flavors are popular. It may be because it is cold and humid here. The Tang family brought dried ginger and dried chili, mainly used for displaying Sichuan cuisine at banquets. Ginger powder, chili powder, and mustard powder are mainly used for cooking and eating on a daily basis (powders have a smaller volume than dried goods, and are more suitable for packing in boxes). The spicy taste, unlike the sweet taste, is accepted by the public, so the Tang family originally only brought enough for their own consumption. But unexpectedly, the goddess Mabian and the Uralla people tasted it and became addicted to it. It turns out that it is very effective in driving away the cold and dampness.
So it's not enough.
The local spiciness in Mongolia mainly comes from mustard greens and leeks.
Because ginger and chili pepper prefer warm and humid climates, they can only be grown in temperate regions. Pepper can only be found in tropical and subtropical regions. In short, these three cannot be grown in Mongolia.
Agula is melancholy again and will need to import a large amount of ginger powder, chili powder, and pepper powder from Shu country in the future.
The saber-toothed tiger meat was prepared by the third team. Agula, as the captain of the third team, naturally handed the tiger meat to the mercenaries of the third team. Tiger meat is quite fishy and sour, and the mercenaries' cooks can't handle it, so they sought advice from Tang Zhihengdao. Tang Zhihengdao added a lot of ginger to remove the fishy smell and sliced some of the tiger meat and added a lot of cumin powder to remove the sourness.
In short, when making tiger meat, the smell is quite strong. Ji Xiao from the second team smelled it and ran away, pinching her nose. She ran to a tree far away and took out the "Book of Heaven" to search, "Is tiger meat delicious?"
Reply: Tigers are protected animals and should not be eaten. In the game, in order to avoid any connection with reality, the meat of all protected animals is designed to be unappetizing.
Jixiao wants to throw the book into the sky.
When it was time to eat, Jixiao still went back. The second team made fish soup and steamed fish, with noodles and pickled vegetables as the main dish. The third team brought a plate of grilled tiger meat. Although knowing it wouldn't taste good, Jixiao still tried a piece of meat out of curiosity. It was very dry and a bit sour. Jixiao ate one piece and stopped. The others finished the plate of grilled tiger meat. They all said that fish meat tasted better. But after all, it was tiger meat, so it's nourishing.
After having lunch, the team set off. In the afternoon, they changed positions, with the second team at the front and the third team at the rear.
They continued to have a Wood Mage on watch and an Earth Mage clearing the path. Ji Xiao has great agility, as she constantly moves forward by jumping on tree tops.
Wuren Tur Yaya the witch looked up at the merman who looked like a squirrel, and then looked down at the two tiger bones in her hands. These were the tiger scapula bones she specially asked for from Agura of the Third Brigade. Using these magical tiger bones, she performed two divinations.
The first question is: Is this adventure activity lucky or unlucky? - Very unlucky.
The second question is: Tang's family leads the way, is it lucky or unlucky? - Very lucky.
No matter whether others believe in divination or not, U Ren Tuya believes in it. She always looks at the two bones repeatedly. If there is still a chance, she wants to divinate again and ask: Is it lucky or unlucky to have the Mermaid girl from Tang's family leading the way? Is it lucky or unlucky to act alone? Is it lucky or unlucky to listen to Ji Xiao's words?
Just as she was thinking, she suddenly noticed a drop of blood on the bone in her hand! She was startled, and then another drop fell on the bone. She looked up to see where the blood came from. As she lifted her head, she felt something wet on her upper lip. She touched it and realized that she was having a nosebleed!
She was shocked and wanted to call the medical mercenaries with the team. When she turned around, she found that many people were nosebleeding!
Some people also noticed the unusualness of their companions and called out in alarm.
Ji Xiao, who was jumping left and right on the tree, heard the commotion below and hurried down, only to find that half of the people were nosebleeding! Not only her team, but also the teams behind were also in turmoil.
WurenTuya is the captain of the second team. Her face is pale, but she still tries to remain calm. She checks herself and, apart from a nosebleed, she doesn't feel anything unusual in her body, which reassures her.
Xiao Ji quickly jumped down and landed in front of Wu Rentuya.
Wu Rentuya said to her, "I'm fine." After she said that, her nostrils suddenly burst like a water pipe, spraying out a large amount of nosebleed. She felt dizzy and fell off the horse upside down. Xiao Ji quickly caught her, gripping her nose tightly with both hands. After thinking for a moment, she used her other hand to open Wu Rentuya's mouth.
Ji Xiao loudly ordered all soldiers with nosebleeds not to panic, pinch their nostrils, and let the medic treat them quickly. The second team's medic was also experiencing a nosebleed. He hurriedly casted healing spells on himself, emitting three bright rays of light, before finally finding the correct healing spell. He first stopped his own bleeding and then used healing magic on his bleeding comrades nearby. Great, it was a success!
Jixiao saw Wuren Tuoya coughing. She helped her sit up and Wuren Tuoya opened her eyes, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Jixiao felt a sense of panic in her heart and shouted for the medic to come!
The medic ran over. He used three powerful techniques against Wu Rentuya, and finally she stopped coughing. She gently removed Ji Xiao's hand and said to her, "I'm fine now."
Yixiao took his hand away, and indeed, Wurentuya's nose was no longer bleeding.
Wurentuya ordered the medic to quickly treat the others.
The situation was similar for the other teams.
Tang Zhiga announced an emergency halt and carefully examined the situation of nosebleeds in the crowd. His face was grim, worried that it might be poison.
Ji Xiao's expression changed and she whispered to Tang Zhiga that it might be because they ate saber-toothed tiger meat. She handed him the "The Book of Heaven" and it mentioned that in order to prevent players from eating the meat of wild protected animals, the game was set to make the meat taste bad.
She then digressed and said: "The saber-toothed tiger is an extinct animal. Could the game set its meat to be poisonous?"
Tang Zhigā's corner of the mouth twitched, and then he sent someone to inquire about how much saber-toothed tiger meat the people who had nosebleeds ate, and how much the people who didn't have nosebleeds ate.
Indeed, some people who found saber-toothed tiger meat unappetizing either didn't eat it or only had one or two pieces of meat, and they didn't experience nosebleeds. However, those who ate three or more pieces of meat all experienced nosebleeds. The more they ate, the more blood they bled.
Hero Agula who fought against tigers and Tang Zhi who barbecued tiger meat at Tangzhi’s place surprisingly did not eat saber-toothed tiger meat. They both said that when cooking tiger meat, the gamy scent was too strong and made them feel nauseous just by smelling it, so they didn't eat it.
Three witches ate the most because they found the rare saber-toothed tiger with magical powers. Their noses bled profusely, flowing out like a spring. Due to excessive blood loss, all three witches felt dizzy and unable to ride horses, so they could only lie down.
Tang Zhigag ordered someone to chop wood and make a stretcher, on which the three witches were carried.
The others didn't lose much blood and were able to continue riding after receiving medical treatment from the mercenaries.
Tang Zhiga frowned and gave a new order: it is allowed to hunt wild animals, but they cannot eat indiscriminately. They can only eat wild animals that they have previously eaten and know are safe. Any wild animals that they have not eaten before must not be consumed, even if they have to throw them away. This rule also applies to plants. Any plants that they have never seen or eaten before are strictly forbidden to eat!
Wild game is fun for a moment, but it's a family crematorium.
When the sun goes down, the team sets up camp.
Once again, scholars have found two locations to drill for soil samples. After drilling down 100 meters, they have once again discovered natural gas and oil layers, leading the scholars to suspect it is the oilfield discovered at noon.
After the sky darkened, the aroma of food filled the air. After everyone, including the dog, had eaten their fill, the mercenaries began to set up camp.
Setting up camp was a tricky task. Initially, the goddess Marina, the whip-wielding mercenary, followed her usual routine and moved the fire pit away after cooking, setting up the tent on the dry and hot ground. This kept everything dry and warm. However, this was an untouched, desolate forest stretching for miles with no signs of human life. On their first night of setting up camp, at midnight, the trees reappeared, rapidly growing from the ground, lifting the blankets and tents with them, and tossing people into the air. It was a terrifying night.
Afterwards, everyone became more clever. When setting up camp, they would carefully select ground that had not been damaged, and then start a small fire from the cooking pit. They would make sure to control the fire, so as not to set nearby trees ablaze. They would also pay attention to the ground, checking for frozen soil, as sometimes, they would unintentionally create a swamp with the fire. Water mages play a significant role in this aspect, as they can quickly discern which areas are the driest.