Douluo Continent: Gourmet Prisoner

Catching the lard-flavored porridge pig is not difficult at all; just get close to it and deliver a fatal blow.

The authentic way to make lard brittle is to use wheat flour and black sesame seeds as raw materials, and also requires the blending of white sugar, maltose, and rendered lard, going through many processes to achieve that crisp and crumbly texture.

This lard-sugar pig is practically a walking, breathing sugar cube; its skin and flesh are the finest sugar base, and even the crevices of its bones are permeated with the aroma of roasted sesame seeds.

Shi Yu broke off a piece from the lard-flavored sesame pig and put it in his mouth.

It lacks the usual gamey smell of pork, offering only a pure sweet aroma that explodes on the tongue.

This lard candy, made from pork fat, has a crumbly and dense texture. It can be easily crushed into fine sand with a little pressure from your fingertips. The rich sesame aroma mixed with the unique mellow fragrance of lard is like being enveloped by gentle clouds on your taste buds. It melts in your mouth, sweet but not greasy, and even the back of your tongue has a faint aftertaste.

"Shiyu, how is it? Is it delicious?"

"It's not tasty, it's not tasty at all," Shi Yu said as she stuffed a piece of lard candy into her mouth.

This was obviously a lie, and Zhu Lu and Huo Yutong knew it too, so they joined in the pleasant meal.

The three of them ate and drank their fill, not even leaving the bones behind. The bones themselves were made of sugar cubes, and when they were broken open, the marrow inside was made of maltose, sticky, chewy, and just the right amount of sweet.

They wiped the sugar stains from their lips, strode off, and headed deeper into the forest.

The further you go in, the stronger the sweet aroma in the air becomes, gradually transforming from the initial sweet scent of sesame and lard into a rich cocoa aroma.

The fallen leaves underfoot were no longer withered yellow, but tinged with varying shades of brown, making a crisp sound like breaking open a piece of chocolate when you stepped on them.

Looking up, even the sunlight seemed filtered, turning into a warm amber color, filtering through layers of branches and leaves and casting dappled shadows on the ground.

This is the heart of the forest, the land of chocolate.

The tall trees are no longer the usual green; their trunks are the color of dark chocolate, with clear textures, and you can smell the rich, slightly bitter aroma of dark chocolate when you get close.

The branches are light brown milk chocolate, slender yet resilient. Occasionally, a section of the branch will break under the weight and fall to the ground, shattering into pieces and revealing the dense inner core.

The leaves are like colorful chocolates: red ones are strawberry chocolate, pink ones are white peach chocolate, and green ones are matcha chocolate. When the wind blows, the leaves collide with each other, making a crisp knocking sound, like countless pieces of chocolate gently tapping.

The ground was covered with chocolate shavings, which felt soft underfoot, like walking on a carpet covered with frosting.

Occasionally, you can see a few low-lying plants bearing round, plump fruits—those are chocolate beans, coated with a thin layer of sugar that shimmers in the sunlight.

Not far away, a winding stream flows slowly. The water is not transparent, but rich hot chocolate, with a layer of delicate milk foam floating on the surface. It flows slowly along the terrain, and even the stones in its path are stained with a layer of chocolate color, emitting an enticing aroma.

"Why is it raining chocolate from the sky?" Zhu Lu smeared a handful of chocolate sauce from her head, preparing to pop it into her mouth to taste it.

Chocolate rain was falling from the sky from time to time.

"Zhu Lu, did you know that birds don't have bladders?" Shi Yu raised his soul power shield.

"What does this have to do with birds?" Zhu Lu asked, lowering her hand in confusion. She saw that Shi Yu and Huo Yutong had both erected soul power shields.

Shi Yu remained silent, while Huo Yutong pointed to the top of her head.

Zhu Lu looked up and saw a flock of chocolate birds circling overhead, and it was these chocolate birds that were the source of the chocolate rain.

They don't even realize they're about to explode.

Zhu Lu looked at the chocolate sauce in her hand and recalled the moment she had almost put it in her mouth.

"Gulp, just kill me." Zhu Lu was heartbroken and had no desire to even raise her soul power shield.

Why?

The reason is simple. To give a simple example, when your hands get covered in "snow," is it too late to put on gloves?

It's too late, everything is too late.

This is what Zhu Lu was thinking at that moment.

Regardless of whether this chocolate sauce is real chocolate sauce or not.

When they appear in the form of excretion, this issue is no longer important, especially since their color is very similar to the color of "snow".

Moreover, it wasn't just her hands—oh, no, it wasn't just her hands—that touched the chocolate sauce, since there was still chocolate sauce dripping from her smooth hair.

The vibrant colors gradually faded from Zhu Lu's body, leaving her standing motionless on the grass in black and white, letting the chocolate rain fall on her.

No matter how much Shi Yu and Huo Yutong called out, Zhu Lu didn't respond at all.

But given the current situation, neither of them knew how to comfort her.

Tell her it's just chocolate sauce?

This scene is just like mud falling into your crotch, isn't it?

Zhu Lu stood motionless in the rain. Shi Yu and Huo Yutong, holding up their soul power shields, were at a loss as they looked at the motionless Zhu Lu.

This is where a genius with ideas comes in.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Shi Yu's mind, like a lightbulb appearing above his head.

The "rain" hadn't stopped, which was obviously strange. These birds had been circling around here without eating, so how could they have so much food in their stomachs?

He forked his right hand and with a swift fork, knocked down a chocolate bird.

He went over and picked up the chocolate bird, which was made entirely of chocolate.

He then cleaved the chocolate bird in two with his right hand, which was shaped like a knife.

It is solid inside and has no internal organs.

"Brother Shiyu, so how do they excrete? Why does this chocolate rain keep falling?" While Shiyu was observing the chocolate birds, Huo Yutong also came forward and asked, looking at the strange birds.

"I don't know either, gourmet cells must be amazing." Shi Yu shrugged.

"But this might be good news, and it could cheer Zhu Lu up again."

Shi Yu brought the split chocolate bird to Zhu Lu.

"Zhu Lu, look, the inside of this chocolate bird is solid, which means that this chocolate rain isn't that kind of thing."

Upon hearing these words, and seeing the chocolate bird in front of her as evidence, Zhu Lu regained some color in her body.

But you know, it's like when your friend plays a prank on you, taking chocolate sauce and pretending it's "snow" and smearing it on you. Even if you find out afterwards that it's not "snow," it still leaves a shadow in your heart.

Zhu Lu was the same. When she realized that the rain was not "snow", she perked up and stopped being so lazy. She let the rain fall on her body and put up a soul power shield.

She quickly walked forward, intending to take Shi Yu and Huo Yutong's hands and then leave the area as fast as possible.

But when she approached and reached out to grab the two men, their half-step back extinguished the light in Zhu Lu's eyes.

It's not their fault. If your friend approaches you like that and extends their hand, you would also choose to back away.

But companions are companions after all. Shi Yu and Huo Yutong suppressed their discomfort and came to Zhu Lu's side, took her hand, and led her away from the area where chocolate was raining down.