Chapter 805 - 165: Proud Slime Mushroom
"What? It ate as much fried rice as ten people would, and it’s still not full!"
Upon hearing Xia Youwei’s report, Shang Siteng, the second officer, was momentarily stunned.
All kinds of consumption on the "Gray Sparrow" are managed by her, including food consumption.
Originally, after resupplying at Spring Breeze Port, they could ensure at least three weeks of sea navigation without any food supply issues.
But now, with the addition of a golden retriever, the problem seems to have worsened!
"Yes, and it’s still eating." Facing Shang Siteng’s questioning, Xia Youwei nodded, "Luckily, fried rice is one of the basic foods, with a large reserve, and it’s easy to make."
Most importantly, ever since they had the experience of eating fried rice for several consecutive days, Han Zhan and the Contracted Spirit Girls have lost interest in fried rice.
With plenty of ingredients, too much is just too much.
Shang Siteng nodded, "You did well, Youwei. In terms of cost-effectiveness, fried rice is indeed the best choice."
"By the way, it also said that if it’s not full, it might influence the result of the coin toss." Xia Youwei added.
"No problem. Just feed it fried rice, given our current reserves on the ship, there’s enough to waste for a few days. Worst case, we’ll fish more ingredients from the sea."
The "Gray Sparrow" can eliminate one hundred percent of the evil curse, even sea ingredients can be eaten without burden.
This is the advantage of the "Gray Sparrow."
Shang Siteng suspected that the golden retriever might be aware of this, hence its eagerness to join the "Gray Sparrow."
Just so it can enjoy food and drinks without going hungry?
After finishing the report, Xia Youwei and Shang Siteng returned to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the golden retriever was still devouring the fried rice in large mouthfuls, looking extremely hungry, no wonder Xia Youwei suspected it might be on the path of hunger.
"Is there more? Another small mountain, I’m almost done." The golden retriever said, lifting its head as Xia Youwei entered.
"Alright, more fried rice?"
"No problem! I love fried rice!" the golden retriever shouted loudly.
Finally, after eating a total of thirty servings of fried rice, the golden retriever lay contentedly in the kitchen with its belly round and full.
Finally it’s full, whether this is a pig or a dog... Xia Youwei rubbed her sore wrist and sighed inwardly.
...
That night, the wind and rain continued.
For the "Gray Sparrow," however, it was the first quiet night since entering the Water Planet World three days ago.
Nothing happened all night.
The next morning, everyone came to the kitchen as usual, all were shocked by the "Mountain of Fried Rice" before them.
"What is this for, feeding pigs?" Li Lingzhen asked instinctively upon seeing the mountain of fried rice.
"Lingzhen, are you silly? There’s no pig on our ’Gray Sparrow.’" Nuannuan ridiculed before continuing, "I guess this is for baiting."
"Youwei, am I right? Is it for bait fishing?"
As she spoke, Nuannuan turned to Xia Youwei beside her.
Before Xia Youwei could speak, a golden silhouette dashed to the mountain of fried rice, devouring rapidly without hesitation.
"You’re all wrong, this fried rice is for feeding the dog." Watching this scene, Xia Youwei sighed.
The golden retriever was happily eating when it suddenly felt an icy chill on its back, making it shiver.
Nearby, Han Zhan walked over, watching it from behind, "With such a big appetite, you better fulfill your role well."
"Don’t worry, don’t worry!" The golden retriever promised sincerely.
Due to this little episode, today’s breakfast quickly concluded.
Everyone followed the golden retriever to the drizzle-covered deck as it retrieved a gold coin from somewhere.
With a high flick of its head, the golden coin was tossed in a graceful arc.
With a ping sound.
The golden coin landed on the deck, with the dog’s head side up.
"Sail south." The golden retriever inspected closely; how it drew the conclusion, no one knew, but it firmly reiterated, "Sail south, that’s today’s luckiest route."
Gongyang Jin looked at Han Zhan, waiting for the captain’s order for the "Gray Sparrow."
Han Zhan looked down at the gold coin on the deck, then at the golden retriever, finally speaking: "Head south."
The "Gray Sparrow" began to sail south.
Back in the captain’s cabin, Han Zhan had already studied the Gray Sparrow’s current sea area. He wouldn’t simply trust one person, or rather, one dog.
On the Water Planet map, heading south held no high-level adventure sea areas, and presented no risks overall.
No risks, meant no opportunities.
Han Zhan was curious, wondering how the luck mentioned by the golden retriever would manifest.
The sky gradually brightened further.
Yet it remained the drizzly weather typical of Water Planet, like an unchanging hue.
Unaware of how long they had sailed on the sea, the barren sea horizon suddenly presented some distinct objects.
These weren’t items floating on the sea.
Because, even as waves surged and swept, they remained unchanged, fixed at their original positions, immovable.
Gongyang Jin slowed the speed, approached them slowly, and identified what these slender, erect objects on the sea really were.
They seemed to be... pipes of different colors?
Below the pipes, connected beneath the sea surface, were some elliptical mushroom caps, barely visible amidst the waves.
"Could these be new ingredients?" Gongyang Jin wondered aloud.
Upon receiving the notice, Xia Youwei and Shang Siteng promptly arrived on the "Gray Sparrow" deck.
From such close observation, they could better discern what these objects really were.
After careful examination, Xia Youwei shook her head, "They’re not ingredients; there’s no mention of them in the cookbook."
Everyone, including the golden retriever, turned their gaze to Shang Siteng.
She slightly frowned, scrutinizing the slender, colorful pipes, searching her mind.
Finally, amid the countless Chapters of the nautical diary, she found a record of these slender pipes!
"They are called Proud Slime Mushrooms."
"A type of mushroom with a yellow cap and a red stem."
"Rooted in crevices of underwater rocks, continually growing until the cap can absorb faint sunlight."
"During their reproductive phase, their caps grow colorful gills that spray spores outward."
"The long pipes we see now are those gills!"
As Shang Siteng spoke, she recalled more information about the Proud Slime Mushroom.
Her face abruptly changed in shock.