One day later,
Chen Shu, with Dali, quietly arrived at the northernmost part of Hua Country, preparing to set out for an investigation.
"Chen Pi, can this be found?"
Dali shook his head and said, "They grabbed it and ran. They wouldn't stay at the scene."
"I know that, of course."
Chen Shu smiled mysteriously, having already anticipated the result.
"Then why did you accept it so eagerly?"
"Who says we have to get that batch of goods back?"
Chen Shu shrugged his shoulders and said, "We just need to make a trip, and it's like getting a treasure for free. Isn't that great?"
"..."
Zhang Dali was slightly stunned, but he found some sense in it.
"Let's go!"
Chen Shu, fearing he would attract attention, did not summon his slime. Instead, he first teleported with Dali into the sea.
Seeing that no one was around, Chen Shu then summoned his slime and headed straight for the Extreme Snow Sea.
"Won't that Little Shark Emperor come looking for trouble?"
Chen Shu's eyes showed thoughtfulness. This time, he intended to act low-key and had no need to make a big fuss.
Just then, Dali said with a look of joy,
"Success!"
Dali was using precise equipment and his own experience to estimate the effect of a dish in front of him.
"What?"
"The recipe for the Rabbit King's meal has been made."
Chen Shu was also delighted. This was a significant improvement, and the feeding cycle only required half a year.
The slime's feeding had now concluded, and its base physique had greatly increased. If paired with Lv10 "Gigantification," its size would directly reach over seven hundred meters, making it a behemoth even among King-level creatures!
"Whoosh~~"
At this moment, the Space Rabbit teleported next to Dali and instantly devoured the dish.
The aura around it subtly changed, and its spatial attribute permanently increased by a little.
Chen Shu petted the Space Rabbit, his eyes filled with satisfaction, and asked,
"Is there enough Space-type King flesh left?"
"Yes, we reserved flesh back then."
Dali nodded and said, "Next, it's the little elf's recipe..."
As for Erha, because it involved multiple elemental attributes, its recipe was the most complicated, so it was naturally left for last to research.
The little elf beside them crossed its arms and said indifferently,
"Let's get this straight first. The effect doesn't matter, it has to be delicious. Otherwise, this king won't eat it!"
"..."
Chen Shu grabbed it and quickly said, "As long as the effect is good, nothing else matters."
"Little Chen!"
The little elf struggled with all its might but couldn't escape Chen Shu's grip, so it could only let him knead it.
"Be quiet, it's for your own good, understand?"
Chen Shu smiled slightly and said, "If you return to the异世大陆 (otherworldly continent) in the future, how can you be a mountain king without any strength?"
"With so many underlings, do I need to act personally?"
Chen Shu curled his lips and said, "With your current strength, if you go back, will your subordinates still recognize you?"
His words were like a wake-up call. The little elf instantly quieted down and said uncertainly,
"No way, as the saying goes, once a boss, always a boss..."
"Do you believe that yourself?"
Chen Shu glanced at it indifferently and said, "I think your subordinates probably want to taste you themselves..."
"..."
The little elf shivered. The sense of immersion was too strong; it felt like it was being roasted right now...
In its prime, it possessed incredibly heaven-defying support abilities and had rallied a large number of powerful exotic beasts. However, its strength had greatly diminished, and it no longer held much value for other exotic beasts.
The little elf snorted and said, "It's all your fault! You insisted on contracting me!"
"???"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, and he said, "Didn't you say we were kindred spirits back then and came specifically to be my contracted spirit?"
"..."
The little elf fell silent.
"Your subordinates don't recognize you anymore, and you're so weak that any creature can beat you up."
Chen Shu said with a smile, coaxing it,
"Only I would take you in and specifically provide you with various resources to become stronger. You have to listen to me, understand?"
"..."
The little elf was slightly stunned, then put its hands on its hips and shouted, "Little Chen, are you trying to CPU me here?!"
"???"
Chen Shu was taken aback and said in surprise, "You know that?"
"Do you really think this king doesn't go online?"
The little elf snorted and said,
"Big Chef, the taste of the recipe is the most important thing. The effect can be just so-so. If my subordinates don't recognize me, then this king won't go back!"
"..."
Chen Shu rubbed his head; he really couldn't handle this little thing at the moment.
Zhang Dali beside him couldn't help but laugh. He hadn't expected Chen Shu to fail.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Shu persisted in acting low-key, not even provoking any fierce beasts, and successfully reached his destination.
"Is this the Extreme Snow Sea?"
He looked at the sea ahead. Snow was still falling all around,
And miraculously, the seawater below was a frost-white, revealing extreme cold.
Dali pondered and said, "According to official intelligence, the robbers were assisted by fierce beasts at the time, and the other party escaped into another dimension with the goods..."
"No need to think about it, it's most likely people from the Holy Covenant!"
Chen Shu said with certainty, his gaze fixed on the sea below.
People from the Holy Covenant colluded with fierce beasts, which gave them a natural advantage and allowed them to become pirates in times of chaos.
"This is your nemesis, isn't it? Do you know their base?"
"If I knew, I would have blown them up long ago."
Chen Shu's expression turned fierce, and he continued, "However, based on my analysis, they might have a stronghold in another dimension!"
"Another dimension?"
"That's right, the dimension beneath the sea!"
His gaze seemed to penetrate the surface of the sea, looking at the spatial tunnels beneath the seabed.
"Then what about us?"
"We'll look for them one by one and try our luck."
Without system prompts, he couldn't accurately locate the Holy Covenant's hidden stronghold.
The two headed straight for the scene of the raid.
In no time, they arrived at the central part of the Extreme Snow Sea.
"Gu Ji!"
Little Yellow looked at the white seawater below, its naive eyes showing a hint of disgust.
The seawater had returned to normal, but it had left it with bad memories.
Chen Shu was also taken aback, not expecting Little Yellow to be disobedient.
"Little Yellow, let's go down. The seawater is clean now. Besides, you're the God of Feces; this is your home ground!"
"..."
Little Yellow looked at him with its naive eyes.
It might look like feces, but that didn't mean it liked that stuff...
"No, the seawater is really clean now."
Chen Shu earnestly persuaded it.
As if to increase his persuasiveness, he summoned Erha from his beast-taming space.
"Roar roar roar!"
Erha let out excited barks and plunged headfirst into the seawater, frolicking freely as if it had returned home.
"..."
Seeing this, Little Yellow overcame its psychological shadow and also rushed into the sea, creating quite a few waves.
Dali shook his head and muttered to himself, "In this day and age, even dogs can contract dogs?"