A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 587 The Whereabouts of Ghost King Bei

Not long after the Power Gang's name was put up, the contestants from the [Most Fierce and Mad] side had basically all arrived.

Besides the people Guan Luoyang had met before, there were two other eight-star level individuals among the people who arrived later.

One is the leader of the "Eastern Han Dynasty Workers" group. Lu Nanxing is a young girl who always seems to be in a daze. The group of people following behind her are mostly dressed as scholars and military officers.

The other is Toriko, the vice-captain of the "A Bite of the Heavens" battle group. He appears to be a young, strong man with long, messy blue hair and three scars on his face.

He was only wearing a white vest and sweatpants that barely covered his knees, but he had a thick, long scarf around his neck, making his style quite distinctive.

"A Bite of the Universe" is the battle group that originally resided in this culinary universe.

However, their commander and his wife, along with the vast majority of the members, had already sacrificed themselves in the previous war, and now only a handful of people remained in the entire regiment.

Toriko was originally a native of this gourmet universe, and only became a reincarnator not long before the Great Collision of the God's Light Sphere. Now, however, he has become the last high-level combatant of this chapter.

"It seems the territorial war here won't break out for the time being, so our top priority should be to find those four mythical beasts, right?"

Guan Luoyang introduced himself to them, then turned directly to Toriko and asked, "You all have a deeper understanding of this universe. Do you have any clues about these four mythical beasts?"

"I've seen them all."

Toriko's answer was very encouraging.

"However, that was a long time ago."

The burly young man, who spoke with dramatic ups and downs, crossed his left arm over his chest and rested his right hand on his chin, a look of reminiscence on his face.

"Back then, we humans mainly lived on Earth. Although there were regions like the Food World on Earth, it was generally still a sphere. There were also many food-themed star systems in the universe, unlike now, where they are almost all merged into one continent."

"When I first left Earth and was adventuring in space, I encountered a cosmic taipan, a giant python that feeds on gourmet planets. Since I couldn't defeat it, I lured it to the vicinity of a lemon-flavored black hole and trapped it there."

Guan Luoyang recalled for a moment.

If it were black hole matter from the Rainbow Sea universe, then even with his eight-star level of physical perception, tasting it would be similar to an ordinary person chewing ice—completely tasteless, like ice made from distilled water, and incredibly hard.

The black hole matter in this universe is so delicious that it tastes like lemon; it certainly makes one want to try it.

The moment he thought of this, he naturally drew upon cause and effect, silently deducing and glimpsing much information about the evolution of this universe.

Within the Great Void Sea, the processes by which many worlds are born are subtly different.

Just as some universes, after the Big Bang, first form celestial treasures, others, after creation, form the Infinity Stones, representing the origin of the universe.

The amazing thing about this food universe is that in the early stages of its birth, it did not quickly transition to form a starry sky and celestial structure, but instead maintained a land structure for a very long time.

The energy from the Big Bang formed an ocean, and all the matter born from it coincidentally concentrated in the same area, forming a landmass.

As energy continues to be released, spacetime expands, and the landmass continues to grow.

Over time, a peculiar substance called gourmet cells emerged on that ever-growing land, along with animals, plants, and intelligent creatures.

Those intelligent beings developed their own civilizations, using gourmet cells as the main material to improve their own living conditions, create more delicious food, and in the process, they also nourished and cultivated more gourmet cells.

They even began to study the development of the universe, believing that when the continent beneath their feet stopped growing, it meant that the universe had reached its limit and its final form.

Therefore, they called this land the "final land".

However, the expansion of the universe was not as smooth as they had predicted.

After a sudden burst of energy, the final land was torn apart, and the river of time branched out, forming a universe with many star-like structures.

The races of the final land did not become extinct, but instead dispersed into five parts, falling into several newly born universes. It can be said that they are the common ancestors of all civilizations in this multiverse.

Originally, after this multiverse was fully formed, many newly born planets, due to the expansion of the starry sky, were just ordinary material structures and no longer possessed the characteristics of food cells mixed in.

However, it is precisely because of the technology left by those ancestors that some races in later generations also know how to cultivate food cells and spread them into the starry sky. Over a long period of time, the food cells slowly permeate and evolve, gradually transforming all celestial bodies.

"In this sense, as the universe ages, it gradually gathers the celestial bodies together and reassembles this continent, which has a bit of a cyclical feel to it."

Guan Luoyang proceeded with the calculations carefully.

In this multiverse, the culinary cells cultivated by numerous civilizations and utilized and refined by many powerful beings may well become a ray of hope for the self-salvation of the universe and all living beings.

Without external interference, there is a 50% chance that this multiverse, through the existence of gourmet cells, will be able to preserve all the imprints of past civilizations, squeeze and condense them together, and finally reenact the Big Bang.

In that case, this universe group would not sink below the Great Void Sea, but might rise above the sea again.

The culinary civilization may also continue in the new universe.

"If the reincarnators don't come, then the probability of successfully saving ourselves is fifty percent, but now..."

"Of course there will be more."

Guan Luoyang calmly thought for a moment, then seized upon the clue of the lemon-flavored black hole and began to deduce the whereabouts of the cosmic taipan.

However, he could easily deduce the general history of the universe by simply skimming through it.

Trying to deduce something as minute as the whereabouts of the taipan is like searching for a thread lost years ago in a tangled mess on a cosmic scale; for the time being, no useful clues can be found.

He had no choice but to carve out a space within the Vacuum Mind Realm to continue advancing this endeavor.

Toriko then recounted his encounters with Hoshihashi Pegasus and the Dream Birds.

Guan Luoyang added two more areas to his own vacuum mind realm.

"...As for Ghost King Shell, he's not as dangerous as the previous three guys."

Toriko said, "I met Demon King Shell only ten years ago."

"Back then, the Earth had already become part of this continent. I often traveled outside and rarely returned to the area that originally belonged to the Earth."

"Then one day, a message came from home saying that they had been surveying down from where the Earth merges with this continent and had inadvertently discovered an area with an exceptionally high level of deliciousness in the strata less than two million kilometers below the Earth."

"The most advanced detection instruments could barely detect that area before the readings spiked and went off the charts."

"I went back and dug for a long time before I finally broke through those hard strata and found the shell of the Ghost King Clam. But just as I was trying to find the gap in the shell, the entire Ghost King Clam suddenly disappeared."

Toriko closed his eyes, a look of ecstasy on his face. "Although I didn't get to eat the meat of the Demon King Clam, the strata that had come into contact with the clam in that area were already infused with unparalleled umami."

"Grind those substances into spices, and the umami flavor you experience each time is different."

"After hearing the news, our entire team mobilized for a rare occasion and held a gathering there. While we were having the gathering, we also finished mining the area."

As he spoke, he pulled out a metal insulated container that was about half a meter tall. "This is the last half bottle I have left. Would you like to try some?"

Hai Donglai and the others' eyes lit up immediately.

They weren't just after the delicious food; it was because the clues Toriko had provided were all very indirect, making it quite difficult to deduce their meaning.

This bottle of spices, however, is a substance that has been in close contact with the Ghost King Clam.

With this as a medium, it becomes much simpler to deduce the current location of the Demon King Bei.

Toriko first set up a protective barrier around them before taking out several plates and distributing a small portion to each person.

Guan Luoyang was about to make calculations as soon as he got his hands on it, but then he seemed to smell something and couldn't resist taking a bite.

"!!!"

Even Guan Luoyang, with his usual composure, looked slightly bewildered for a moment.

It's...it really is this delicious?!

If it is a substance that normal humans use to enhance umami flavor, it will actually make people find it unpalatable if it exceeds a certain amount.

Therefore, simply concentrating the umami flavor is not a good choice. Only through proper dilution and blending can the true essence of cooking be achieved.

However, this spice doesn't need any further cooking; after tasting it, it will only bring absolute relaxation and comfort.

Throughout his life, Guan Luoyang experienced only three moments of physical and mental comfort that surpassed the sensations brought by this spice: breaking through to the seventh star, breaking through to the eighth star, and cultivating the essence of the Vacuum Heavenly Demon Great Dao.

"The umami substances inside these spices are assembled directly from a structure based on substances smaller than quarks..."

Guan Luoyang pondered, "If someone below the seventh star level were to taste it, they would probably lose their mind immediately. But if I had more samples to study, I should be able to modify it to suit all ages... Wait, I'm not a chef."

He realized what was happening, looked around, and saw that everyone's plates were empty.

The road was difficult to travel. She took out a dried fish from somewhere, dipped it in spices, and even though she had only taken a bite, she still had the composure to chew it carefully instead of swallowing it directly.

"Mmm, this is delicious..."

Everyone remained calm, but there was a subtle, quiet atmosphere.

Although this was because they did not deliberately resist, the fact is that after they got the spices, none of them did anything worthwhile.

"These four mythical beasts."

Lu Nanxing seemed to have come to his senses and said, "It shouldn't be just four near-eight-star native divine beasts as we thought before. Their value may exceed our expectations."

Guan Luoyang agreed, saying, "The competition rules state that the ownership of the four mythical beasts is related to the final victory. It may not just be that the mythical beasts are simply objects to be fought over, but rather that the side that captures more mythical beasts will gain a greater advantage when conquering the opponent's territory?"

Yan Kuangtu said, "Does taking a few bites really increase our strength? Or are you suggesting we become beast tamers?"

A dramatic increase in strength is unlikely.

If it really had such a miraculous effect as to increase the strength of even an eight-star powerhouse, then the previous leaders of both sides were nine-star powerhouses who had stayed in this world for a long time. How could they have left the four strange beasts unattended?

"We'll tell you the details once we find out."

Guan Luoyang ordered another dish of spices, and after a short while, he deduced hundreds of different trajectories of the Ghost King Shell's movement.

He secretly activated the Thousand-Petal Lotus within his body. The former owner of this nine-star artifact was originally a master of the Dao of Cause and Effect. Once activated, it would be of great help. However, in the end, he could only reduce the Ghost King Shell's movement trajectory to twenty-four.

Yan Kuangtu was also calculating, and said impatiently, "Why am I coming up with all this nonsense? Could it be that this Ghost King Shell has thousands of its own kind?"

Du Fa then said, "The calculation made by the benefactor from Luoyang should be the most accurate."

Guan Luoyang shook his head: "There are more than twenty."

After saying that, he relayed the more than twenty tracks to everyone.

Although there are only twenty-four traces, each trace is extremely long. Even for an eight-star expert, it would not be something that could be done in a short time to examine a trace from beginning to end.

"Only twenty-something?"

Yan Kuangtu perked up and said, "Then let's all go out and investigate. It shouldn't be too difficult to find out."

Guan Luoyang said, "Is Master Dufa left here alone to guard this place?"

"good."

Yan Kuangtu had been leading his troops in battle for a long time and had a high reputation in this war zone. He turned around and said directly to all the reincarnators in his own camp, "We eight-star ones are responsible for surveying the Ghost King Shell."

"The rest of you, go and investigate the whereabouts of the other three strange beasts in your own way."

Guan Luoyang heard Yan Kuangtu secretly transmit his thoughts and explain a few words, and he understood his plan.

Although this continent is the core area of ​​the aging body of the multiverse, it is incredibly mysterious, making many teleportation methods unusable directly.

However, Yan Kuangtu, Hai Donglai, and Lin Touhua, though they say they've left, may not actually have left at all.

If the enemy realizes that Du Fa is the only one left in this territory and attacks, Yan Kuangtu and the others can definitely come back to help in time.

If those eight-star opponents want to track Guan Luoyang and his group, then Yan Kuangtu and his men, who are hiding, can also harass them halfway and disrupt their plans.

Since that's the case, Guan Luoyang, Hongmao, Lu Nanxing, Toriko, and the others each took charge of several routes and focused on finding the whereabouts of the Demon King Shell.

Shortly after they left, several brief skirmishes broke out near the two territories.

Although some trackers managed to shake off the snipers by virtue of their numbers, continuing the pursuit became extremely difficult.

Sunset and moonrise.

When the silver moon was high in the sky, Toriko's group arrived in front of a cave.

"Um?"

Toriko sniffed the air. "The smell here seems much stronger than the route we investigated before, but there's also a dangerous smell about it."

He turned back and instructed, "You guys wait here for a bit. I'll go into the cave and explore for a while first."

After he entered the cave, the remaining members of the Tongue Battle Team spread out outside the cave, vigilantly observing their surroundings.

A moment later, Guo Jing, who was guarding outside the cave, suddenly remembered something and pulled out a jar of magic beans: "Do you still have any magic beans? I'll share these, in case we encounter any danger later..."

(End of this chapter)