The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 474 Familiar Opponent

"Were they brought back by the blue-spotted sheep?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Lang casually weighed the metal fragment in his hand.

Although the fragment is not large, it is quite dense and feels heavy in the hand.

Such metal fragments are unlikely to have drifted far away with ocean currents; they were probably dropped in the nearby sea and picked up shortly after being dropped, otherwise they would have been buried in the mud and sand.

Based on what Xu Wei just mentioned, that he last cleaned the sheep pen five days ago, an idea involuntarily popped into Qin Lang's mind.

"Could this fragment be from the explosion that night?" he couldn't help but ask. "It was very dark that day, and Mr. Xu might not have noticed such a small fragment scattered on the beach at the time."

"Afterwards, the fragment was swept into the sea by the tide and coincidentally retrieved by a blue-spotted sheep that was foraging for food."

“It’s very possible!” Cao Dongdong couldn’t help but nod. “Look at that cross-section, there are traces of burning and melting on it.”

"Doesn't this correspond perfectly to the explosion?"

“That is indeed a possibility.” Xu Wei, who was standing to the side, couldn’t help but nod after listening to the two’s analysis. “It’s just a pity that this is only a fragment and may not prove anything.”

"No, this is enough!" Qin Lang's eyes lit up.

In a flash, he finally realized where his familiarity with this metal fragment came from.

When he first encountered Liu Chuang and was evaded by the other party with a smoke bomb, Liu Chuang carelessly left behind a badge.

It was a badge with the three letters "LZD", intertwined with five-pointed stars and lines, and that badge was the token of the Rare Animal Hunting Team.

Although the badge in his hand was damaged, upon closer inspection, it still matched perfectly with the emblem of the Rare Animal Hunting Team.

This is most likely the badge of the Rare Treasure Hunting Team!
The Rare Spirit Hunting Team's goal has always been to capture all the rare spirits in the world, and what they have been tracking all along is the whereabouts of the Chili Rare Spirit.

If it was done by the rare animal hunting team, then everything makes perfect sense!

Qin Lang quickly stated his speculation, and Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian nodded in agreement. Xu Wei's expression also gradually darkened.

"The treasure hunting team is utterly lawless!"

“After what happened in Yuehu City, local associations have clearly intensified their efforts to capture the rare animal hunting teams.”

"I didn't expect there would still be some who slipped through the net."

"I need to report this to the association." Xu Wei paused for a moment, then added, "Won't this affect you?"

"Mr. Xu, what are you saying?" Qin Lang shook his head without hesitation. "The appearance of the rare animal hunting team means we need to capture them as soon as possible."

"We will continue to investigate Zhenling's matter." Qin Lang sighed slightly as he said this.

"Hopefully, that precious spirit hasn't fallen into their hands yet."

Knowing that the Spirit Chef who was hunting down the rare spirits came from the Rare Spirit Hunting Team made Qin Lang realize that this was a serious alarm bell.

I really hope nothing bad happens to this chili pepper!
After a brief conversation, Qin Lang and his two companions took their leave.

They were to continue to the second place where the rare spirits had appeared to investigate clues about them, and Xu Wei was also to go to the Spirit Chef Association to issue a warning.

"I didn't expect it to be those despicable guys from the treasure hunting team again." On the way to the second destination, Zhao Qian couldn't help but say, "I wonder if Liu Chuang and Luo Mi will be there this time."

"Judging from the timing, they are indeed suspects." Qin Lang nodded slightly. "But these two guys have been secretly following us the whole way, targeting us."

“Three days ago, we hadn’t even decided to come to Stringfish City. Would they really arrive here ahead of schedule?” “Indeed, that doesn’t seem quite right.” Cao Dongdong nodded in agreement, then waved his hand. “Who cares? Even if we do run into the Treasure Hunting Team, we can just fight them!”

"You really dare to say that," Zhao Qian couldn't help but laugh. "You were the one who was most unwilling when you were fighting against Sister Tang Yu."

"I'm not a battle maniac." Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes. "I'd rather spend this time researching desserts."

"I've had a lot of new dessert ideas lately, and I'm preparing to develop one to get my sixth Food Recommender Badge in String Fish City!"

Previously in Lanqiu City, the group was caught up in a nightmare incident, and Cao Dongdong did not have time to find local dessert recommenders for evaluation.

For a relatively niche food category like desserts, it's already quite good if a city can have even one food recommender for assessment. This is also a major reason why his badge collection speed has always been the slowest among the three.

Missing the assessment in Lanqiu City was a source of pain for him.

Fortunately, he quickly rallied and set his sights on the dessert recommender in String Fish City.

"Keep it up." Qin Lang patted Cao Dongdong on the shoulder. "Although Sister Tang Yu is strict, she is not an unreasonable person."

"You need to prepare for the food recommender assessment. Just tell her that directly, and I believe Sister Tang Yu will understand."

"If all else fails, I'll talk to her and ask her to use the time she spends fighting you to fight me instead," Zhao Qian added, then changed the subject, "I wonder how Tang Yu's investigation is going?"

Tang Yu was helping them investigate the address of Chef Wang Lixuan, who had suddenly resigned from Haibawang, and it had been almost half a day.

Qin Lang and the other two couldn't offer much help in this matter, and could only patiently wait for good news from Tang Yu.

"Don't worry," Qin Lang said with a smile. "Given Tang Yu's personality, she'll definitely contact us as soon as she has any news."

“Perfect timing, we can tell Sister Tang Yu about the hunting team.” Zhao Qian’s eyes lit up. “Even though she has stepped down from the security management team, Sister Tang Yu definitely won’t stand to see these guys get away with it.”

"With her around, dealing with the treasure hunting team will be much easier!"

Qin Lang couldn't help but nod in agreement.

The group chatted and laughed as they quickly arrived at the second location, the place where the Chili Spirit had appeared, as mentioned in the intelligence.

It was an industrial park located on the outskirts of Stringfish City.

"This area is quite large, it won't be easy to find," Cao Dongdong said, looking around with a worried expression.

"Let's search carefully first," Qin Lang said softly. Just as he was about to take action, his phone on his waist suddenly vibrated.

"It's Tang Yu on the phone." He gestured for the other two to wait, then answered the phone, "Hello, Tang Yu?"

"The address has been found? That's great..."

"…Um?"

"Sister Tang Yu, where is the location you're referring to?!"

A moment later, Qin Lang put down his phone, his face still showing surprise and astonishment.

"Sister Tang Yu found Wang Lixuan's address..."

"His address is actually in this vicinity."

(End of this chapter)