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"Ahem." Blaze's face turned red, and he turned his head away and coughed awkwardly, "Um, have you thought of a solution?"

"Come with me first. You can't come up with any good ideas on an empty stomach."

Herbie clapped his hands and announced that the meeting was over. The content just now was enough to be organized into a report to propose a project investment to the senior partners of [Hermes' Traveling Hat]. The details needed to be discussed by multiple parties.

As the president of the Gourmet Studies Association, Tammy took the initiative to show them where they could eat.

What surprised Blazer was that this was clearly the Gourmet Research Association, but after half a day, he did not see any kitchen utensils, and there seemed to be no one with chef skills.

He asked the question doubtfully.

“Is it really okay for the Gourmet Research Association to not have a chef?”

Tammy paused, turned her head and shook her fingers.

"Haven't you heard the saying? High-end ingredients often only require simple cooking, which means cutting the ingredients without losing their delicious taste."

"I think there is a saying about this, but it seems to be different from not having a chef."

"That's true, but..." Tammy turned around and opened her arms calmly and as a matter of course, "We are the Food Research Association, not the Chefs Association. We only study what tastes good, not how to make it delicious."

Herbie crossed his arms and looked stern.

"Now you know why I rejected her."

"I see." Blaze patted his head.

He recalled some jokes from his childhood, such as wanting to be a gourmet when he grows up, because gourmets not only don’t have to pay for their meals, they can also charge for them.

This is more of a glutton association than a food research association.

Chapter 1582 Gold and Darkness

The Food Research Association is a place to study whether food is delicious or not, so the kitchen is not important, the canteen is important.

The cafeteria of the Gourmet Research Association is huge, not because the builders had great ideals like inviting everyone in the world to eat together, or for all ethnic groups to eat together, but for simpler and more brutal reasons.

This is more convenient.

The gourmet monsters in the Gourmet Continent are transformed from processed food. They are also the rare monsters whose bodies will not carbonize and disappear after death. In addition, they are living food themselves, so after hunting, they can be directly put on the table and eaten.

Blaze originally thought that he was a person with strong psychological endurance. Delicious food is delicious food, and he can eat food from the Gourmet Continent without any psychological burden.

But he really overestimated himself. Looking at the food in front of him, he had no appetite and even felt a little nauseous.

【Curly Cold Noodles White Giant Rhino LV55】

Just like its name, this is a white rhino monster transformed from the special food brought by foreigners, with a variety of ingredients rolled under the white cold skin.

If it was handled properly, Blaze would be able to eat it without any psychological burden, but a whole white giant rhino with rolled cold skin was placed on a huge plate and was gutted on the spot to reveal the ingredients inside.

Blaze slapped his face. How could he possibly eat this?

"What exactly is the principle of this food continent, and there is mud on its feet."

"That's not mud, it's vinegar." Herbie crossed his legs, shrugged, and said jokingly, "Your psychological tolerance is too low. You can't even eat this?"

"Then why don't you eat?"

Herbie smiled awkwardly.

"I can not eat it."

Blazer could understand Herbie's thoughts. He was not afraid that the food would not taste good, but that it would taste too good and therefore he would not be able to return to the normal world.

"Seriously, how does this work?"

"You should learn the mentality of strangers. What's your name? Accept the world view and don't pursue rationality. In short, enjoy it first." Herbie crossed his arms and hid his hands under his armpits. "Besides, instead of spending your energy understanding the principles, you might as well use the principles to solve the problems first."

"Well, the problem of salinization won't be a problem in the short term, but if it continues for a long time it may cause the hidden danger of a major disaster." Blaze pointed at the map of the world inside him.

Saltization is a crisis unique to the gourmet continent.

The original Gourmet Continent was the first and second columns of World D. When the Gourmet Continent was born, the first upheaval also brought about the third column of the ocean world of World F. From that time on, the second column of World D had already begun to become salty due to contact with sea water.

According to the survey of the Gourmet Research Association, the area where the second row of the world's Gourmet Continent contacts the ocean has become ten meters saltier in half a year.

It may not look like much, but considering that it goes from the surface to the deepest part of the ground, the degree of salinization can be said to be quite large.

In the upheaval caused by King Uther, the first column of World D, which was also a continent of gourmet food, was transferred to World F. Among them, the two areas [D-21] and [D-31] came into contact with the only two remaining ocean areas in World F and were also salted.

However, because the time was not long and the area in contact with the Sea World was a spicy area, the degree of saltiness was not obvious.

In the long run, the harm of salinization is that the earth will become completely salinized and turn into a barren land similar to salt crystals, where no living things can survive.

This is the outcome that Blaze and Herbie want to avoid, but it doesn't mean that the current salinization is without any harm.

The gourmet monsters in the gourmet continent have an upgrade method that is different from normal monsters. They increase their levels and become stronger by making themselves more delicious.

Just like when making food items, you can get perfect glowing dishes, Food Monsters can also process themselves into Golden Food Monsters.

Currently, the Gourmet Research Association has a total of seven golden gourmet monsters, which are around LV250 and are overlord-level monsters.

If something becomes delicious, it will become stronger; if it becomes unpalatable, it will become weaker; but if it becomes too unpalatable, it will also become stronger.

The method of outputting the food flow is to prepare dark dishes with strong corrosive and destructive power. Among strangers, there are occasional debates over whether the output of dark dishes is considered a poison flow attack or a food flow attack.

Regarding this matter, Blazer is on the side that protests against deliberately making food into dark dishes.

Putting that aside for now, dark food monsters do exist.

There is a certain "normality" in the food monster itself. Various elements of itself will build a balance called deliciousness. "Deliciousness" is the normal, no, healthy state of the food monster.

The balance of deliciousness is destroyed because of a certain stronger taste. Because it becomes undelicious, the food monster becomes unhealthy. Unhealthiness leads to weakness, but if unhealthiness is too much, it becomes something twisted and evil.

Thus, Dark Gourmet Monster was born.

Facts have proved that making food taste bad is much easier than making it taste good. The number of dark gourmet monsters is several times more than that of golden gourmet monsters, and their main activity area is at the junction of the five areas of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty.

The salinization brought by the ocean world will undoubtedly accelerate the birth of dark gourmet monsters, and the unhealthy state of dark gourmet creatures is like some kind of epidemic, which will be contagious and lead to the birth of more dark gourmet creatures.

Before we can think of a way to completely solve or curb the salinization problem, we must first deal with the dark food monsters in the salinized areas.

Herbie flipped the Monster Manual to halfway through. The front was the Monster Manual, and the last few pages were about the mysterious golden monsters, while the back half was about the dark monsters.

"Since the Gourmet Research Association is stationed on the border with the Ocean World, it is often attacked by dark gourmet creatures caused by saltiness. It is suspected that a leader monster has appeared."

"Considering that the current priority is to build a route to the Atlantis continent using a temporary teleportation tower, it is best to defeat the dark gourmet creature first."

"Well, leave it to me." Blaze took a quick look at the introduction of the dark gourmet monster, stood up, and planned to set out to solve the problem immediately.

"Is it okay?" Herbie was a little worried. Of course, he was not worried about Blaze's safety, but his psychological problems.

They had just fought a fierce battle with the statue of Poseidon half a day ago, so they needed to at least rest for a while.

"Hahaha~ It's just a delicious food monster. How difficult is it to deal with?"

Blaze patted his chest and laughed, obviously misunderstanding Herbie's concerns.

Herbie looked at Blaze with even more concern, while Tammy, who was standing beside him, looked at Herbie thoughtfully while biting her chopsticks.

Chapter 1583 Egg Tart Cancer

The giant tower of the Gourmet Research Association is located on the edge of the Gourmet Continent [D-22]. It serves as a beacon for the ocean world and also as a guardian.

Initially, the purpose was to prevent the monsters from the ocean world from entering the Gourmet Continent and destroying and affecting the special ecology of the Gourmet Continent. But now the situation is reversed. The dark gourmet monsters from the Gourmet Continent will instead have an impact on the ocean world.

Just like in front of you.

Blaze accepted the mission from the Gourmet Research Association to defeat the dark gourmet monster and arrived at the area where the dark gourmet monster appeared.

This is an inland sea on the edge of the gourmet continent. Although it is an inland sea, it looks like two different areas from the outside seas and has become a dead sea.

According to intelligence, the dark gourmet monsters in the salinized area will be thrown into this inland sea, and then the salt concentration of this inland sea will be increased, killing or expelling the animals and plants in it. This inland sea has become a paradise for dark gourmet creatures.

Blazer looked around. The salinization was visible to the naked eye. The surrounding plants and even the ground were covered with a layer of shiny debris.

He pinched a little with his fingers, licked it and got the answer, it was salt crystals.

"In other words, the saltiness here is off the charts." Blaze spat a few times to get rid of the salty taste in his mouth.

The chicken following behind frowned and complained, imitating the expression Blaze made when he tasted the salt crystals.

"I have never seen such a strange world in my life. Even in the Age of Gods, there would not be such a strange place."

"Isn't there one in the Age of Gods?" Blaze asked curiously. His idea had some basis.

Wouldn’t those capricious gods create a world filled with only the food they like to eat just because they like to eat it?

Of course, it is possible that there are some, but the chicken is not aware of it, such as "a pool of wine and a forest of meat".

"Well, probably not. They usually use this to curse humans who offend them. For example, they turn the person who offended them into that person's favorite food, and then lie to that person's family, ahem... I won't say the rest, it'll dirty your ears."

"You've been specific enough, but I still want to confirm. It's from Cyrene's side."

"Yes, Odin's revenge is more direct and straightforward, while Cyrene likes to beat around the bush."

Blaze and Chicken chatted as they approached the active areas of dark gourmet creatures marked by the Gourmet Research Association. They did not deliberately lower their voices, using the sound of their conversation as bait to lure the monsters.

While chatting, Blaze also learned a little-known fact, which is that it is impossible to travel to other worlds through the edge of the world.

There is no way to get through, whether by flying or jumping, and it is still unknown whether there is an underground passage.

This seems to be caused by the gravity of the several worlds being in completely different directions. At the junction of the several worlds, the gravity is chaotic like turbulence. Once you go deep into it, you will be sucked in. If you are unlucky, you may be torn into pieces. If you are lucky, you may be bounced out.

Strangers might enjoy this kind of thing very much, but Blazer was much more timid and just took it as a little safety knowledge.

Suddenly, he felt a slight stinging pain, which was a reminder that he instinctively sensed the danger.

Normally he would be nervous, but this time Blaze was actually quite excited.

“Oh, it appears!”

"Dark food monster!"

Several huge brown stones began to tremble, and then transformed into several huge crabs.

[Overly salty egg tart crab LV75]

[The crab in egg tart looks extremely sweet from the outside. It seems to be a sweet monster born out of the desire to bury the whole body in the egg tart. But don’t eat it just because it looks sweet, it’s extremely salty! ]

Blaze looked carefully at the three egg tart crabs in front of him. The shells of the egg tart crabs were covered with a lot of shiny crumbs, which looked like frosting.

But you can only know the difference between sugar and salt by tasting it. If you take a bite without any precautions because of the icing, you will definitely be killed by the saltiness.

Blaze drew out his Arctic dagger and looked at the largest egg-tart crab.

Egg tart crab must be a product of foreigners, because egg tarts are the food culture brought by foreigners, so the taste must be very good, but it's a pity that it has become salty.

From the appearance, the mimicked egg tart crab looks like a giant inverted egg tart, while the active egg tart crab is an egg tart with huge claws opened on the edge and several crab legs.

The most appetizing thing is undoubtedly the milky white color inside the egg-tart crab after the claws and crab legs are opened.

Blaze once saw a foreigner eating an egg tart. He took a bite and deliberately did not bite it apart, but stretched it so that the whipped cream inside was stretched into threads.

That looks really delicious!

"Goo-"

Even though he knew that it was extremely salty, Blaze still couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"Come to think of it, I don't really like sweet things, so salty cream is pretty good too."

"Don't let your appetite overcome Blaze!" The chicken used its wings to block Blaze. Blaze's expression at the moment was [No matter what, I want me to take a bite and taste the saltiness].

"If you eat that stuff, it will be so salty that it will kill you!"

"But think about it, shouldn't the ultimate happiness of food be to be eaten by people? It's too salty now, and no one wants to eat it. How pitiful."

"You made this up from the theory of weapon happiness."

"..."

Blaze and the chicken were making a lot of noise but never took action. Not far away, Herbie was following them stealthily.

She was always worried about Blaze's mental state, so she followed him quietly, and when she saw Blaze's appearance, she became even more worried.

"You don't have to worry about the little guy's mental state."

"Wow!" Herbie screamed, then turned her head guiltily and found that the person following her quietly was Tammy.

Tammy was smaller than her, and her halfling characteristics made her particularly light, so she made no sound when she walked.

It is said that a halfling is so light that even if he steps on a trap, the trap will not be triggered. Therefore, in relatively ancient times, halflings were professional scouts, responsible for detecting and destroying traps.