Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 592 - 294: The Village of the Living Dead_2

Chapter 592: Chapter 294: The Village of the Living Dead_2

The chef stood at the door, originally planning to wait for the envoy’s audience to answer some questions about breakfast, hoping that with some luck, he might receive a reward. But who would have known that the official wouldn’t even eat? He truly had no appreciation for good food.

"Envoy, as long as it’s porridge made by me, the king can have three bowls!!"

Unable to hold back, the Imperial Chef interjected, both to show off and to prove his worth.

"Shut up!"

Zhao Decheng scolded, "Who allowed you to speak, get out of the way!"

The Imperial Chef shivered and quickly bowed his head, preparing to retreat.

"What did he say?"

Hua Yue Yu asked Gu Qingqiu, who translated for her, and she was shocked.

"Your king eats this in the morning?"

Hua Yue Yu was speechless, knowing that Goryeo was quite poor, but to be this poor was unmatched: "If even the emperor is eating pickled radishes, then how much worse must it be for the poor?"

Worse than pickled vegetables, Xia Hongyao could think of nothing other than Spirit Soil and grass roots.

"In ancient times, it was like this, two meals a day, thin drinks during leisure times and porridge during busy times, people were basically in a state of semi-starvation throughout the year."

Gu Qingqiu, however, was quite interested in this food, picking up a pickled radish and tossing it into her mouth.

Yum!

Quite crisp, besides sourness, there wasn’t much flavor.

"I’ve seen some videos from the late Qing Dynasty of the Nine States, where ordinary people lived miserably, all skinny and sallow with no fat people. So, as a vassal state, Goryeo’s living conditions must be even worse."

If it had been in the past, Xia Hongyao would have had no choice but to eat this, but now she had Lin Baici. His Black Tripod Bowl contained many delicacies.

"Take it away!"

Saying that, Lin Baici took out a portable gas stove, ready to make instant noodles for a quick meal.

Seeing Zhao Decheng eager to speak but hesitating, heart aggrieved, Lin Baici tossed him two packets of instant noodles.

"Watch me make it!"

He washed the pot, added water, cut some luncheon meat, prepared a bag of frozen dumplings, waited for the water to boil, cracked a few eggs, then added the dumplings and cooked them until almost done, finally adding the instant noodles and seasoning...

Soon, the room was filled with the rich aroma of Hex Science and Technology.

"What kind of heavenly food is this? It smells so good!"

Zhao Decheng was amazed, his eyes bulging as he stared at the bubbling instant noodles in the pot.

The Imperial Chef was swallowing his saliva with a growl.

As a connoisseur, he was staring intently at the pot, trying to memorize every step of Lin Baici’s cooking, planning to sneak-learn.

In just a few minutes, a pot of instant noodles was ready!

Lin Baici took out a stack of disposable food containers and chopsticks.

"Serve yourselves!"

Lin Baici let the girls serve themselves, while he dished out two portions for Zhao Decheng and the chef.

Zhao Decheng was quite tactful, and Lin Baici didn’t mind giving him a smile. As for serving the chef, it was only polite for people from Nine States to be hospitable.

Besides, a bag of instant noodles wasn’t expensive.

"Thank you, Envoy, for your grace!"

After speaking, Zhao Decheng took the instant noodles, first bringing his nose close to deeply inhale the aroma!

Delicious!

Truly delicious!

And this bowl, it’s transparent and so light. Could it possibly be an item granted by the emperor?

Zhao Decheng carefully picked up a chopstick of noodles and slurped them into his mouth.

A rich Umami burst forth in his mouth, rushing straight to his brain, as if his soul were ascending to heaven in that instant.

The noodles were al dente and chewy, delicious to the extent that even plain boiled noodles tasted good!

The Imperial Chef took the bowl and took a bite, instantly bursting into tears.

Was this the skill of an Imperial Chef from Nine States?

Irresistible! Incomparable!

Slurp! Slurp!

Two aboriginals from God’s Ruins began to eat noodles with big mouthfuls.

Xia Hongyao didn’t care and began eating. Jin Ying, being the young daughter from a chaebol family, never ate such junk food. Hua Yue Yu was dieting and rarely touched it, but this was noodles made by Lin Baici, so the two girls decided to make an exception.

"Sir, if the food is so delicious, why do they look so reluctant to eat it?"

The Imperial Chef didn’t understand.

"Maybe they’re tired of it?"

The thought that these people could get tired of such delicious food made Zhao Decheng so envious that he felt like splitting into two.

Ah!

Why wasn’t I born in Nine States!

Compared to their food, what I brought is just swill, not even pigs would eat it, and dogs would shake their heads at it.

The two Goryeo natives finished eating but didn’t leave, gazing eagerly at the pot.

They dared not ask for more, but they hoped there would be some leftovers at the bottom of the pot for them to lick.

Quan Sangin, drawn by the smell, saw Lin Baici eating instant noodles and was full of envy. Having spatial equipment sure is bliss!

It could increase the comfort level of exploring God’s Ruins by more than tenfold.

After breakfast, everyone disembarked and went ashore.

The boat had limited space, so they had brought only two horses, which Zhao Decheng had prepared for escape purposes. Lin Baici let Quan Sangin and Lee Taehyun each ride a horse to nearby villages to gather information.

According to Dae Jang Geum’s narration, Big Doctor had come to the north years ago. He must have encountered the undead here for the first time.

If there were undead, to cover up the true cause of death, they would surely label it as a plague. There must have been many deaths, so searching for villages wiped out by the so-called ’plague’ would most likely lead to the original site of the undead outbreak.

"It’s a good thing Goryeo isn’t very large. If this were the vast and abundant Nine States, it might take half a month to find anything!"

Xia Hongyao breathed into her hands.

"Yue Yu, if you don’t feel well, go rest!"

Lin Baici was concerned.

The anchorwoman, having drunk the herbal medicine brewed by Dae Jang Geum, felt a bit better, but still looked unwell. Pei Douwen, who had also had a fever, was in worse shape, as he had started to run a fever again.

Three hours later, Lee Taehyun returned.

"I found out that three years ago, nine villages were wiped out by a plague. It was Li God Doctor who collected the corpses!"

Li God Doctor was well-known, and combined with the fearsome nature of the plague, many remembered the places he visited during that time.

"So many? It looks like we’ll have to search one by one!"

Xia Hongyao frowned. This would take quite some time.

Everyone looked to Lin Baici, waiting for him to decide.

"Is there a village over there?"

Lin Baici inquired, looking toward the northwest. His stomach wasn’t growling, but he felt a slight hunger pointing in that direction.

"Yes!"

Lee Taehyun reported, "But that’s a village of the Jurchens. I suggest we start with other villages first!"

"Why?"

Xia Hongyao didn’t understand.

"That’s the border area. There’s a Boar Guard tribe, and their warriors often come here to raid, especially in the winter."

Zhao Decheng explained.

The Boar Guard were powerful in combat, and when they were hungry, they naturally came to raid.

"Leave a note for Quan Sangin. We’re heading to that Jurchen village. Tell him to come right away when he gets back!"

Lin Baici urged everyone to set off.

"Sir, please reconsider!"

Zhao Decheng panicked. "The Jurchens of the Boar Guard are too barbaric. They drink human blood, eat human flesh, and worst of all, they are formidable fighters!"

"Are they more capable than my team leader?"

Kim Myungjin challenged.

"Uh..."

Zhao Decheng was at a loss for words but persisted, "It’s different. The Boar Guard warriors are very skilled at mounted archery."

"I’m from the Tiger Hunter Army. I’m fairly good at martial arts, but a single Boar Guard warrior could take down ten of the likes of me in open combat!"

Lee Taehyun also felt it was too risky: "If we really can’t find any other leads, then we can come here. There’s no need to rush!"

"Shut up!"

Lin Baici didn’t want to hear it; he was determined to follow his hunger radar.

With the team leader’s final word, the group had no choice but to follow.

Lin Baici, not wanting the official ship to sail off, took Zhao Decheng with him, which thoroughly exhausted the pampered official.

Two hours later, Quan Sangin came back and didn’t comment on Lin Baici’s choice of location.

Because on several occasions, Lin Baici had proven to be right.

So trusting him was never a mistake.

At around three in the afternoon, the group reached a desolate, abandoned village that clearly hadn’t been inhabited for many years.

Snowflakes floated down from the sky, and a layer thicker than a fingernail had accumulated on the ground, covering everything in a vast white blanket that added to the already heavy sense of desolation.

"Enter the village, look for clues!"

Lin Baici walked in, looking around.

Bang!

Quan Sangin kicked open the wooden door of a straw hut and peeked inside.

"I think I heard the sound of chains?"

Xia Hongyao suddenly spoke up.

"Why would there be the sound of chains?"

Kim Jinsoo didn’t understand.