Chapter 42: Stewed Bugs Tonight
"Click."
There was another clear cracking sound.
The cracks in the stone ball further widened and opened.
The gray surface began to show a noticeable bulge, as if something was about to burst out of its shell.
Faced with the strange situation they were in, on the ship, Ryan, Randot, Havens, Yafisa, the white-clothed nurse and others had different expressions on their faces, some were expectant, some were nervous, some were curious, and some were even uneasy about it, all staring at the stone ball that was about to break for a moment.
Under the gaze of everyone, the bulging stones cracked and rose upwards more and more, as if they would collapse at any moment.
As the crack widened, as the countdown to the unknown drew to an end, a drop of cold sweat ran down his sideburns from Ryan's head, who was holding the stone ball, and he could say that he wanted to lose this thing now?
But he didn't dare to do it.
The feeling of suffocation that he would drown at any time just now still lingered in his heart, and he couldn't go away for a long time.
If the child of the monster he perceived in the stone ball, he threw the little monster like this now, and the parents came to the door and didn't swallow him alive?
And, in case that terrifying monster is still peeping in the dark......
Thinking about it, Ryan couldn't help but shudder, and he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of angering the monster hidden in the shadows.
It is a kind of courage to challenge a strong enemy that can be defeated, but to provoke a mysterious creature that can kill itself by blowing a breath is probably a long idle life.
Finally, a hole was made in the stone ball, and in anticipation, a ball of flower bones the size of a baby's fist came out.
"What a beautiful flower, what kind of variety is this?" Landor said.
Not only Landuo, but almost all the ladies of all sizes showed a look of fascination in their eyes.
I saw that the baby's fist-sized flower bones were full of color, flashing with colorful hazy luster, and there was more misty mist surrounding the flower bones, gorgeous and mysterious, like a legendary fairyland flower, which had not yet bloomed and made the world marvel and praise it.
Ryan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't a little monster, flowers, no matter how beautiful it was....... Uh, what if it's poisonous?! Cha!
Ryan, who had become much more vigilant, suddenly thought of terrifying terms such as poisonous plants and man-eating flowers, and his heart tightened again.
"In this great voyage full of unknown horrors, any mistake could kill you, so ......"
As he spoke, a powerful flamethrower appeared on Ryan's right hand, "Let's burn it." ”
"Do you really have to burn?"
Hearing Ryan's words, Yafisa's mother Dirissa reluctantly said that it was the first time she had seen such a beautiful flower.
"It's better to burn, Ryan is right, safety first."
Although there is some unbearable in his heart, for the safety of everyone, Uncle Havens also agrees with Ryan to burn this rare flower, maybe such a beautiful flower will never be found again, but what is more important than life?
"Can you wait a little longer?" A white-clothed nurse looked at the budding tiger bone reluctantly and dissuaded.
"When it's open, it should be too late to take a look at it and burn it."
"No, if the pollen is highly poisonous, the kind that may kill people if you inhale a little, and when the time comes, it may make the ship dangerous if you float out a little, and we don't have professional treatment equipment here, even if there is a doctor, we may not be able to save the poisoned person, you know, in nature, the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are."
Ryan firmly denied the white-clad nurse's request.
Suddenly, a slight sea breeze blew, and the hard gray stone ball turned into gravel as if it had been weathered for thousands of years.
The colorful flower bones seem to have absorbed the essence of the stone ball, rooted in the only remaining stone ball fragments, smelling the wind and growing, with a visible speed of the naked eye, sprouting buds, growing one after another emerald green fresh leaves, counting just three sharp leaves from top to bottom.
"Poof!"
The flower bones seem to be impatient to bloom in the air, and the petals are scattered one after another, bent backwards, and stretched, like a peerless beauty taking off her neon dress and an exotic dancer lifting her veil, revealing a world-class face, which is breathtakingly beautiful.
For a while, everyone was stunned, intoxicated and fascinated.
A refreshing fragrance crept into the tip of Ryan's nose and into his lungs, making him feel refreshed, sweeping away the haze of being shocked by unknown creatures, and even his mind became empty.
Looking at the gently swaying colorful flower in his hand, Ryan's heart was incomprehensible, and he wanted to burn it just now, but he was given a benefit by it.
"Why don't you plant it?" Ryan hesitated
Several people nodded their heads one after another.
However, the change did not end, and I saw that there was a small golden round bead in the center of this flower.
At first, Ryan thought it was the fruit of flowers, and the flowers were all colorful, and there was nothing strange about a golden fruit, maybe it was a new variety of devil fruit, Ryan thought nonsensically.
But the golden devil fruit trembled twice and stretched out, and it turned out to be a golden silkworm.
The golden silkworm raised its upper body and looked at Ryan, although the golden silkworm had no eyes, Ryan felt like he was being watched.
"Gollum~"
A strange sound came from the golden silkworm.
And then...... The golden silkworm began to eat the colorful flowers at a rapid pace, and the petals became mutilated and broken, holes appeared in the leaves, and bite marks appeared on the stems.
Ryan's right hand pulled out a series of afterimages in the air like a fly, to catch this lotus-eating bug, how could the treasure he just got could be eaten by this bug!
"Dead bugs, if you don't let go, you'll use your gun!" Ryan shouted indignantly.
Because Ryan found that this insect was very slippery, looking fat, but in fact flexible enough to show off on the slender leaves, don't ask him how he saw it, anyway, he was the one who was shown, his hands were almost cramping, and he couldn't catch this bug alive.
This colorful strange flower can be refreshed when you smell it, and it is also extraordinary, at first glance, it is a strange thing in the pirate world, although it is not as good as the devil fruit, but it is also a treasure, but it is not hot to be eaten by insects, his heart aches!
"Wang!"
The golden silkworm also resisted, and as soon as it woke up to eat something, it was chased around, and it was extremely unhappy, and yelled at Ryan!
“......”
Ryan was devastated by this thunder, and when he came back to his senses, there was not much left of the entire seven-colored flower.
He glared, grabbed a few petals, and stuffed them directly into his mouth! In line with the hostile spirit that he can't be saved anyway, and he won't let the worm succeed, he will eat the flower if he eats the flower, who is afraid of whom, he just got on with this bug today!
"Wang! Woof! Woof! ”
The golden silkworm suddenly became anxious and shouted at Ryan again and again.
If Ryan could understand the worm language, those words would probably be: "I'm special, this human doesn't pay attention to it!" Even the flowers are eaten! Why don't you eat grass!! Give me back the flowers!! Yes!!! I'm! ”
It ate harder, and frantically nibbled on the flowers, and could no longer be succeeded by Ryan!
And the moment Ryan ate a few wisps of ice blue petals, a fragrance exploded on the tip of his tongue, not in the ordinary sense of the word, but a clear stream that even his soul was cleansed and washed.
He felt that the perception of external objects was getting clearer and clearer, if he originally saw the traces of the fog churning in the fog, now, he can catch every trace of change in the wind without using his eyes, the difference is no less than a deep myopia with glasses, and the whole world has become clearer!
In other words, his domineering appearance has become stronger!
Good stuff! If you eat it whole, you might be as good as a Devil Fruit!
However, after experiencing a wave of soul enhancement, Ryan unfortunately found that the golden silkworm was lying in his hand with a round belly, and there was no trace of any strange flowers, all running into its belly!
"No, one more point!" Rain, who was so domineering, found the remnants of a cyan stem in his hand.
Hearing this, the pot-bellied golden silkworm immediately turned into a golden lightning, snatched the last bit of seven-colored flower residue, and swallowed it.
"Click!"
At this moment, Ryan seemed to hear the sound of his own heartbreak, and he showed a "kind" smile to the chubby golden silkworm and said.
"Embodyed, the emperor is burned! I heard that the chicken flavor of grilled bugs is rich in protein. ”
The golden silkworm's body trembled, feeling the frightened malice emanating from Ryan, and jumped onto the deck with a swish, twisting his body and running forward, not to mention, he ran quite fast.
"Calm down! The boat is made of wood! ”
Seeing that Ryan had a tendency to go berserk, Landor hurriedly reminded him.
The huge flamethrower in Ryan's hand vanished, and the Golden Silkworm thought he had escaped.
I saw that Ryan had another beautiful long knife with a narrow blade and a white as snow in his hand, "Hehe, then use the sleeve white snow to make him a sashimi." ”
The golden silkworm saw Ryan holding a knife in his hand and walked over with a "kind" face, and suddenly the whole silkworm was terrified, this human felt so terrible! Keep squirming, you must not be caught by this human!
"Stop!"
"Ding!" "Bang!" "Ding!" ......
A fierce chase between one person and one insect on the boat is carried out, and from time to time, a large block of ice more than two meters high smashes on the boat.
After some chasing, Ryan finally forced the chubby golden silkworm into a corner, squinted his eyes, and looked at it with a smile: "Run again, scream again, why don't you run?" ”
The golden silkworm shrank back, shivering in the corner, and ...... "Huh! ”
Circles of snow-white spider silk spit out of the golden silkworm's mouth, and in an instant, it completed the cocoon and hid inside.
"......" Ryan was speechless, the line could still be played like this?
"Manifest, Death Scythe, hehehe, think I can't break it in the cocoon?" A chainsaw-like scythe of death appears in Ryan's hand.
"Buzz!"
The Grim Reaper's scythe spun rapidly, and the sharp serrations cut into the cocoon, stirring up a series of sparks, but instead of cutting a single gap, the sawsaw's saws were worn out.
"What the hell, forget it, it's going to be stewed tonight."
Seeing that the cocoon was really strong, Ryan picked up the cocoon and muttered.
"Pedal ......"
He walked back to the deck with the cocoon, and several people looked at him and asked, "What is this white?" ”
"Today's dinner." Ryan replied casually.
"......" a few people.
"I don't know how long it will be at sea, but the insects are rich in protein." Ryan explained that in Bei Ye's famous saying, you can eat it when you remove your head, and these are precious proteins.
"Don't worry, I have the eternal compass of Alabastan here, and if nothing else, we will be in my homeland in three days." Uncle Havens took out a gold-framed recording compass from his pocket, in the utmost luxury.
Hearing about Alabastan, Ryan seems to have some guesses about the surname Naphilutari, but he just ...... It can't be such a coincidence, right? Weiwei, his uncle? Or Uncle Wang? Isn't this the surname of the royal family of Alabastan? What are you doing in the East China Sea?
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