Chapter 148: Chapter 122: If You Dare Steal My Food, Prepare for My Barefaced Revenge!
"Poisoned?"
Li Chen was slightly stunned, his first reaction was disbelief.
"That’s impossible, the place where I am is spotless, how could it be poisoned."
Ye Bai handed the diagnostic report to Li Chen: "Indeed poisoned, and quite seriously too. Without treatment, it could endanger the Fighting Silkworm’s life. It’s a very elusive toxin."
Li Chen flipped through the detailed diagnostic report, which indeed stated the Fighting Silkworm was poisoned, and had been for some time.
"This is a nerve-destroying toxin, fortunately detected early, otherwise the Fighting Silkworm’s nerves would die one by one, even a deity couldn’t save it."
"This toxin doesn’t exist in the wild, it’s a synthetic toxin, claimed as Bug Exterminator."
"For insect-element pet beasts, it’s a sure nemesis."
"Any insect-element pet beast, once exposed to Bug Exterminator, will initially fall asleep, the longer it sleeps, the weaker it gets, eventually affecting your Contract Position."
Ye Bai explained the toxin’s dangers to Li Chen and pointed out it doesn’t naturally occur, it’s a deliberate trap.
The small hole on the Fighting Silkworm was made by an ultra-fine needle piercing its skin, leaving a mark.
If it weren’t for the Eye of Insight, this anomaly could not have been discovered.
The key is that Li Chen only discovered it now, showing his vigilance is somewhat lacking.
It seems that this time, Li Chen’s breeders were sent out for a meeting, likely due to someone’s scheming.
"I can help with the treatment, when you return, carefully check the people around you. Without eliminating the toxin source, the Fighting Silkworm will continue to be poisoned."
"Come, Sunflower King, extract the Fighting Silkworm’s toxin, heal it completely!"
The Sunflower King placed its stem on the Fighting Silkworm, its stem split to a size smaller than capillaries, penetrating the Fighting Silkworm’s skin.
It could absorb the toxin within the Fighting Silkworm through its stem.
Li Chen saw the Fighting Silkworm’s blood was black; the Sunflower King extracted for a while, only then did the color slowly turn green.
After circulating for a while, the Fighting Silkworm’s blood eventually turned light green, proving the toxin was completely removed.
"Alright, treatment complete. This time, in the name of old classmates, I won’t charge a fee."
Seeing the Sunflower King’s face turn pale, Li Chen felt a slight tinge of guilt.
Ye Bai is too generous, the Sunflower King has reached this state, not accepting payment really feels wrong.
Even brothers settle scores, and Ye Bai isn’t even a close brother.
So Li Chen took out a Black Card from his hand.
"No worries, the Sunflower King will be fine after basking in the sun; it’s not a big deal."
Ye Bai pushed the Black Card back, speaking the truth.
Seeing Ye Bai insist, Li Chen gritted his teeth and took out a blue ancient bottle from the Pet Beast Space.
The bottle contained gray liquid, Ye Bai pondered for a long time, only then realizing it was Nether River Water.
"Ye Bai, accept it, otherwise I’ll feel uneasy. It’s just Nether River Water, I have plenty more."
Ye Bai knew it was just an excuse; Nether River Water is rare, rumored to only be found in the Hell Secret Realm.
Exotic Beasts lurk within the Nether River, and would madly attack anyone trying to retrieve water.
So, Nether River Water is a sought-after commodity within the Flame Country Alliance; Ye Bai only recognized it from images.
This thing isn’t mass-produced; using one bottle means one less.
"Alright then, I’ll keep this bottle of Nether River Water, I won’t touch it."
"When you need it, just come and ask me."
Ye Bai said sternly, with an air of righteous demeanor.
Meanwhile, Big Gray had prepared the meal, a dense fragrant aroma wafted in.
Today’s lunch featured Ten-Yolk Egg Fried Bamboo Rice.
Plus the fresh vegetables Li Chen brought from the sky market.
These vegetables are extremely fresh; the severed ends of the salad broccoli even secret milky fluid, serving as a perfect dressing.
And bacon cabbage rolls, carrying a slight meaty and smoky flavor.
The main dish was Strawberry Rice, each grain resembling a strawberry, offering a sweet and sour taste ensuring you’d want a second bowl.
These items were brought by Li Chen, he often had plenty, so his focus was on the Ten-Yolk Egg Fried Bamboo Rice.
This time, Ye Bai had over a dozen pieces of Bamboo Rice from the Six-winged Flying Mantis, with notably good quality.
Big Gray sliced the Bamboo Rice into thin threads, the translucent Bamboo Rice appeared gelatinous, but cut instantly, seemingly softer than ancient devil fish skin.
Only Big Gray had the strength to slice Bamboo Rice into thin threads.
Once sliced into threads, it was fried first with a suitable amount of rapeseed oil, after heating the pan with cool oil, garlic, ginger, soybean, and small chili were added for aroma, followed by meticulous flipping of Bamboo Rice.
Once the Bamboo Rice was fried until cooked, its texture resembled jellyfish but even tender.
Then the Bamboo Rice was plated, reheated the pan with cool oil, added Ten-Yolk Eggs and swiftly cooked, to the point where barely solidified with a touch of liquid egg waiting to coagulate, then quickly poured in the Bamboo Rice for another three-second stir-fry to maintain the soft texture of the eggs.
After three seconds, it was plated, and sprinkled with a bit of green onions and golden garlic.