The Gourmet Black Market is a market specializing in the trade of illegal ingredients. Usually, many precious ingredients that cannot be found in the World Kitchen can be purchased here.
At the same time, some special ingredients strictly prohibited by the 'Eight Laws of Gourmet' can also be bought at the Gourmet Black Market. This place is similar to the Gourmet Wholesale Market, yet different; it is the dark side of the Gourmet World.
"I didn't expect to have to step into this place again so soon. Life is truly unpredictable."
At the entrance of the Gourmet Black Market, Xia Yu muttered to himself while looking at the heated buying and selling ahead. He had now changed his appearance, transforming into a 2.5-meter tall muscular brute.
Without a deterrent appearance, it's very easy to be robbed by other criminals in the black market.
However, Xia Yu wasn't afraid. He changed his appearance mainly to prevent being tracked down and caught by the Gourmet Police; he didn't want to go to Gourmet Prison.
Although ordinary criminals aren't even qualified to enter Gourmet Prison. Those who can enter Gourmet Prison are all super criminals who have caused losses in the trillions.
"Come one, come all! Take a look! A Puffer Whale with a broken poison sac, you can take it away for just eight million."
"Precious Jewel Meat, selling cheap! Come and take a look."
"Diamond Kangaroo meat, only one hundred thousand per gram."
Inside the black market, various stalls were hawking their products. If it weren't for the fact that the ingredients being sold were either problematic or not allowed to be sold, this place would look almost no different from a regular gourmet market.
"Puffer Whale, huh..."
Hearing that shout, Xia Yu recalled the rumors from a few months ago about the Puffer Whale appearing to spawn.
He knew that information was true, but at that time, he didn't have the strength to capture the legendary whale known as the deep-sea delicacy, the Puffer Whale.
He didn't expect that after so long, there were still Puffer Whales with broken poison sacs being traded in the black market.
But compared to the Puffer Whale, he was more interested in the Jewel Meat just now. That was the most essential meat from the Regal Mammoth's entire body. He didn't expect it to actually be sold in the black market.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu walked towards the stall hawking the Jewel Meat. Seeing someone approaching, the stall owner immediately smiled.
"Dear guest, would you like to buy some Jewel Meat? We managed to snatch this from a transport truck with great difficulty."
"Hmm... Wrap it all up for me. I'll take it all."
Hearing this, the stall owner's smile widened, but he didn't wrap up the meat immediately. Instead, he made a gesture for money.
"That... I don't mean to look down on the guest, but the price..."
"Heh." Xia Yu gave a mysterious smile. "Money is negotiable. Look, is this enough?"
As he spoke, a flash of blue light passed through Xia Yu's eyes. The stall owner, who was still smiling, immediately began wrapping up all the Jewel Meat in front of him with a smile.
"Enough, enough. Please take it, guest."
Looking at the Jewel Meat, which weighed at most a kilogram or two, Xia Yu reached out and stored it into the Chat Group, then turned and left. The stall owner and the surrounding thugs didn't think anything was wrong; instead, they thought they had met a sucker today.
Well, everything is very reasonable... Psychic abilities are really useful. Only after walking far away did Xia Yu's expression relax, and he sighed in his heart.
He wasn't just doing it to get precious ingredients; he also had the idea of testing his psychic abilities. If he was seen through, being at the entrance would make it easy to escape.
After all, his purpose in coming to the black market was the Gourmet Jellyfish. Gourmet Jellyfish are rare items in the black market because whether it's legal, illegal, or various other organizations, they are all researching gourmet cells.
Although the research contents of all organizations are kept secret, it's enough to see how important the Gourmet Jellyfish is.
Therefore, he had to first test if his psychic abilities were effective. If he couldn't control people at will, then he could only choose to buy it with money.
It seems now that psychic abilities are indeed useful; there's no need to sneak around to steal money from gangs.
After walking in the Gourmet Black Market for a while, the shouting began to decrease. The further in one went, the more illegal ingredients there were that were difficult to encounter on the surface.
Either the ingredients themselves were highly toxic, or they were on the verge of extinction. In any case, the prices of the ingredients sold here were ridiculously high, and buying or selling them at will was a serious crime.
However, this wasn't Xia Yu's destination either. His destination was even further inside; only in the deepest part would it be possible to encounter the legendary Gourmet Jellyfish.
After walking another distance, there were basically no people left. Scanning the nearby hidden shops, Xia Yu walked towards the largest one.
Before long, he walked out carrying a water box, with a beautiful small jellyfish floating inside.
In this developed gourmet era, led by the IGO, organizations of all sizes, whether official or secret, are researching gourmet cells. Therefore, traces of the original source of gourmet cells, the Gourmet Jellyfish, can still be found.
In the Gourmet Black Market, which is almost the same as the World Kitchen, although the probability is not high, if you're lucky, you can still encounter a Gourmet Jellyfish.
As it happened today, Xia Yu's luck was good, and then those illegal gourmet bandits kindly gave it to him.
Carrying the small jellyfish in his hand, Xia Yu glanced around and walked towards a hidden corner. As he walked over, he applied the Breath Concealment Technique to himself and then directly applied to go to Resident Evil Xia Yu's world.
He didn't intend for his psychological suggestion to last too long. It was estimated that in another half hour, those people would discover the problem.
As for the small jellyfish in his hand, it was also brought along.
This was something they had tested; the Chat Group seemed to have upgraded, going from only allowing single-person travel to being able to carry some organisms through.
Of course, the prerequisite was that they had to be in contact. The Red Envelope hadn't changed much; it still couldn't store sentient beings.
Perhaps before long, the Chat Group will be able to take others across worlds.
Resident Evil World, Laboratory.
"You got it so quickly."
Looking at the small water box Gourmet Xia Yu was carrying, Resident Evil Xia Yu lightly raised an eyebrow.
"I have to say, psychic abilities are really useful." Gourmet Xia Yu casually set the water box aside. "Fortunately, we who obtained this ability aren't perverts, otherwise a perfectly good world would turn into an H-manga."
"H-manga is fine, unfortunately I don't have the equipment for it." AI Xia Yu also walked over at this time and said.
Hearing this, Gourmet Xia Yu cast a complex look at AI Xia Yu, a look containing thirty percent pity, thirty percent sympathy, thirty percent suppressed laughter, and ten percent mockery.
AI Xia Yu noticed Gourmet Xia Yu's gaze, and his blue eye sockets immediately turned into a red glow: "Bastard, what's with that disrespectful look! If I wanted to, I could also have a body and the equipment."
Gourmet Xia Yu didn't want to argue, so he turned his head.
AI Xia Yu: (#▼dish▼)
"What the hell do you mean? Do you really think just because I'm a robot I don't have a temper!"
"Alright, you two stop arguing. Come over and look at this."
Resident Evil Xia Yu spoke up to interrupt the farce and then beckoned the two of them over. He was standing in front of the Gourmet Jellyfish, holding a scalpel in his hand.
Seeing this, the two of them scratched their heads in sync and stepped over.
After the two came over, Resident Evil Xia Yu lightly flicked the scalpel, instantly cutting off a tentacle of the Gourmet Jellyfish, and then used telekinesis to fish it out.
The Gourmet Jellyfish, having lost a tentacle, swayed slowly in the water. In the next moment, the severed tentacle regenerated in the blink of an eye, and the Gourmet Jellyfish returned to its original form.
"Amazing regenerative ability and vitality." Resident Evil Xia Yu looked at the unharmed Gourmet Jellyfish and then at the severed tentacle. "As long as the gourmet cells inside are extracted and then injected into the body, the life level can be evolved."
"The more gourmet food you eat and the higher the grade, the higher the life level will be, and the strength will also become stronger. By continuing to eat, one can sooner or later reach the level of the Gourmet Gods."
"Hiss..." Hearing Resident Evil Xia Yu say this, Gourmet Xia Yu was a bit shocked. "Isn't that a bit too exaggerated? Gourmet Gods, those are the true gods of the Gourmet World, gods that existed before the Big Bang."
"It's not exaggerated." Resident Evil Xia Yu put the severed tentacle into a nearby petri dish and shook his head. "That world is just that magical. Now that we have gourmet cells, we just need a Nitro."
"Nitro?" Gourmet Xia Yu frowned slightly. "Those things are hard to find in the early part of the story, whether it's the Red Slave Nitro or the Blue Noble Nitro."
"And their combat power is also very strong. Is our strength already enough to catch a Nitro?"
Regarding this, Resident Evil Xia Yu shook his head: "It's a bit troublesome for a single person, but with several of us together, a Nitro isn't much."
"But you're right about one thing. Aside from the time a Nitro appeared for the Ozone Grass, their figures only appear here."
As he spoke, Resident Evil Xia Yu waved his hand to summon a light screen, which was displaying the manga content of toriko.
"This..." Gourmet Xia Yu looked at the clear Gourmet Pyramid on the light screen. "Where did you get the manga content from?"
"I extracted the manga memories from my brain, obviously." AI Xia Yu tapped his robot head. "Anyway, I'm an AI, and your memories were all copied by me."
Resident Evil Xia Yu clicked on the light screen and then scrolled to lines of summarized data.
"Nitro are monster beasts born from gourmet cells; they are the manifestation of the gourmet cells' appetite."
"But besides that, people who have already integrated with gourmet cells can produce a kind of Appetite Demon in their bodies. The prototypes of these Appetite Demons are powerful demons in the Gourmet Universe. When the gourmet cells are immature, these people will show the abilities of the demons in their subconscious and in battle. But after the gourmet cells mature, these people can turn their bodies into part of the demon, or even demonize their entire person for combat."
After explaining, Resident Evil Xia Yu pointed to himself: "But it's impossible for us to have Gourmet Demons because Gourmet Demons are products of the Gourmet Universe. It's impossible for a Gourmet Demon to reside in our gourmet cells."
"Then I..." Gourmet Xia Yu suddenly interrupted, "I am from the Gourmet World, so I can produce a Gourmet Demon in my body?"
"Hehe." Resident Evil Xia Yu suddenly let out a light laugh. "Instead of letting a demon reside in yourself, why not just turn yourself into a Gourmet Demon?"
"You mean..."
"Just like Jiro from the Gourmet World, he doesn't have a Gourmet Demon." Resident Evil Xia Yu suddenly scrolled on the light screen to an old man with a pompadour. "It is said that he grew up eating Nitro, so he himself has become an existence like a Gourmet Demon. That's why I want you to catch a Nitro."
"Of course, if possible, I also really want Jiro's blood, but that's too difficult. So for now, just getting a Nitro will do."
"Our goal is to evolve our life level. Anyway, having one more ability is always good, so, it's up to you." Resident Evil Xia Yu said, patting Gourmet Xia Yu on the shoulder.