The Cannon Fodder in the Global Apocalypse Game lives a leisurely life
Chapter 39: A world without dumplings

Chapter 39: A world without dumplings

[Player: Li Chunhua

Age: 21

Level: 17 (1020/2500)

Titles: I’m the Rabid King’s Slayer; I’m the Rabid Clan’s Exterminator...

Class: Gourmet Summoner and Devourer

Status Ailments: None

Territory: Salted Fish

Health: 100/100 (Error)

Mana: 100/100 (Error)

Strength: 10 (Error)

Agility: 10 (Error)

Defense: 10 (Error)

Intelligence: 10 (Error)

Luck: 10 (Error)

Unallocated Status Points: 280

Skills: Dark Cooking Poison Immunity (P), Heavenly Rage (A), Sky Water Wave (A)

Combat Star: 1 star (Error)]

Her basic stats were reset, and she got two new skills: Heavenly Rage and Sky Water Wave.

She suddenly remembered the meteor that destroyed half of the building and the heavy rainfall that flooded the place in an instant.

No way...

She quickly checked the skills’ descriptions.

[Heavenly Rage (A)

-Requires chanting

- Consumes 1000 mana and lets the player summon a meteor to descend within an area of 10x10 meters. The damage of the skill is 2500+ 20% of the player’s Intelligence]

⊙⁠.⁠☉

It’s really her meteor, but 1000 mana, not her qi? That’s so expensive! Wait, didn’t she summon four? That should cost her 4,000?

щ⁠(⁠゜⁠ロ⁠゜⁠щ⁠)

But her mana is currently just 100 because she hasn’t allocated the status points.

What’s happening? This is strange.

There’s still another one.

[Sky Water Wave (A)

-Requires chanting.

-Consumes 1500 mana and allows the player to summon a heavy rain that covers a circumference of 1 kilometer. Within the rain’s domain, unfriendly units will have their agility stats reduced by 10%. The damage per second of the skill is 1% of the player’s Int.]

1500 Mana? Still not qi?

(⁠･⁠o⁠･⁠;⁠)

That’s a total of 5,500 mana! This is illogical.

Li Chunhua gulped nervously before closing her status screen.

As much as she wanted to get to the bottom of it, this is not the right time to delve into the matter.

There were currently two streets away from the destroyed apartment, inside a clothing store that still had clothes.

The three men searched through the clothes rack and unopened boxes to pack for the journey.

Li Chunhua also took advantage of the opportunity to pick up some clothes that covered her legs and arms. The clothes she was wearing were full of holes and tears due to those Uncle Foxes’ indiscriminate attacks.

Seeing the long track pants, hoodie, grey shirt on her hands, and some undergarments, Li Chunhua was close to breaking down. Even though the dirt-dispelling spell could clean herself with just a wave of her hand, the holes could not be mended.

Getting new clothes was still a must.

This was one of the indirect benefits of the Secret Realm. All the items she could carry and wear can be taken back to reality. Recalling the contents of the game loots, Li Chunhua’s mind formed some plans. After she settles the matter of the mission’s goals, she needs to visit shops and take advantage of her time here.

Li Chunhua hurriedly found a bag to stuff identical three additional sets of clothes and undergarments, which she could use as spares, before entering the fitting rooms to change her clothes according to the original owner’s memory.

It was quite awkward, especially the undergarment, which vastly differs from her World’s custom. It’s so thin and odd.

So this is a garter? Very flexible and convenient.

This odd chest binder should come in a garter version as well. This metal contraption is cumbersome.

Wait, how do I close the hook?

How come it’s so tiny too?

Rip-

(⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

Ahhhh...

Li Chunhua stared dazedly at the white brassiere that had been ripped into two before getting another one from the spares.

This time, she was much more careful, but the brassiere was still torn.

When it came to the third one, she used extreme care and finally managed to succeed.

Ó⁠╭⁠╮⁠Ò

I missed my dou dou. Sadly, she was not a seamstress.

She spent a considerable amount of time changing before she came out and checked herself. Seeing her legs and arms covered, she was immensely relieved.

She did a few stretching exercises, testing the flexibility of the fabric to see if it hindered her movements.

Surprisingly, it was not bad.

She will get a few more later, or maybe...

She swept her eyes around the four corners of the shop for a few seconds before chiding herself.

What has gotten into me? I couldn’t possibly uproot it. Li Chunhua, you can’t be too greedy!

Not long after, the three men came back with bags filled with clothes and carrying poles as their weapons and handed her one, which she took with shining eyes. It was thin and light.

"It’s the only thing available. This will make do until we find some hardware shop or police station, but I’m afraid it’s already empty." Brother Hu spoke. His face was slightly contorted due to the pain in his left leg.

Li Chunhua nodded. She remembered their wounds and whispered on her grass bracelet.

"Little Ginseng, can you heal their wounds?"

"Ji ji ji." (Master, I can. Watch me.)

Li Chunhua didn’t understand the little ginseng at all, but judging from the tone of its ji ji ji, it must be saying it could.

Honestly, she needed to learn its language or teach it human language because this communication barrier might cause misunderstandings in the future.

The grass bracelet on her wrist felt warm and emitted a slight halo. Li Chunhua, sensing the gazes in her direction, hid the bracelet behind her. Coughing, she introduced herself by making a slight bow.

"Brothers, I’m Li Chunhua from the... You can call me Baozi." She nearly mentioned her sect. If she did, these people might find it suspicious.

"Ah, I’m Hu Fang. You can call me Brother Hu. This is Yu San and De Wei. All of us grew up in the orphanage together, and after finishing college, we worked in the same company. By the way, Miss Li, what’s the meaning of Baozi?"

They’re orphans, too?

Hold on...

These people don’t know what Baozi is?

Li Chunhua tilted her head before replying, "It’s a dumpling."

"Ah, what is a dumpling?"

Alarm bells rang in her head.

"It’s...food."

"I haven’t heard of it. Is it your town’s specialty? Even those foreign countries didn’t have it." Brother Hu responded with both De and Yu shaking their heads, expressing the same thought.

"What do you mean? You’ve never heard of wonton, soup dumplings, dim sum, siu mai, egg dumplings, xiao long bao, steamed stuff dumplings, soup balls, shrimp dumplings, chicken dumplings..."

She spent more than two minutes rapping cough...enumerating different kinds of dumplings, but the three men at the end only answered a painful, "No."

This made her eyes moist, and the rims reddened.

Her legs weakened, and the color of her face drained. A world without dumplings? You must be kidding me. That’s a foodie’s nightmare.

Wait a minute, if that’s the case, could their cuisine be entirely different?

However, before she could continue her train of thoughts, there was a loud noise outside.

Li Chunhua and the three men approached the glass windows carefully, looked at the situation outside and they were stunned to see a man dressed in a fancy suit running in circles being chased by five Undead.

Meanwhile, on Siri and Little Mantou’s side, after running for quite some time, they met the first inhabitant of this secret realm.

Siri, who was ecstatic was about to greet the human but...

"Why are you at such dangerous place, Grandma?"

Ahhh....

(⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)?

What did he say?

Did he just call me Grandma?

Siri’s eyes went wide.

(A/N: Thank you for the lovely gift Dragonmaiden \^o^/

Siri: Why am I being a called a Grandmother?

Author: *cough before bringing Siri a mirror*

Siri: (⁠’⁠◉⁠⌓⁠◉⁠’⁠) This can’t be real.)