163. Meal time
"That's snake lizards, they devour thunder and lightning, they are also made of storms, they can only live in storms, and if two snake lizards meet together, they will cause quite destructive lightning."
Captain Isaac looked ahead on his left, the flickering clouds.
After entering the curtain of the world, time seems to lose its meaning.
There is no day or night, no sunrise or sunset, only constant storms and rains, and the only light comes from the lightning that is present at all times.
Qiao Du had heard that scientifically speaking, time did not exist in the first place, and was artificially defined, so now, being in the storm, can be regarded as returning to the basics.
It's been a long time since they met Captain Isaac and the celestial beast that passed by.
In the middle, they relied on the cloud map that Noah carried with them to find several floating islands to rest, and relied on the net pockets on the ship to catch the creatures living near the floating islands for food.
For example, now, it's meal time.
In the gap below the floating island, Noah makes a fire to cook, and the pot is filled with rainwater from the outside, and some flying fish that have been caught before are placed inside.
There is no real ocean of water in the Valley of the Wind, and Qiao Du estimated that even if there was an ocean, it might be under the sea of clouds, so the creature of fish was particularly strange here.
The flying fish of the curtain of the world is not the kind of small fish that lives in the sea and jumps out of the sea from time to time in Qiao Dui's cognition, but a fish with a large dog head and swims in the storm.
They live in groups and live by devouring atmospheric insects in the rain, similar to flying squirrels, and in the same way, flying fish will also become food for other physical creatures, and after death, physical organisms fall into the sea of clouds, are decomposed and swallowed by atmospheric organisms, and return to the wind, forming an ecological chain in the storm.
Due to the fact that they are always in flight, the flying fish meat is quite firm, and they cannot live in areas that are not covered by storms, so Noah has never eaten them before.
For the same reason, in the outside world, the meat of the flying fish was expensive and only the wealthy could afford to eat it, and Enya only tasted it at some large banquets.
Ironically, the guests of these banquets usually don't care about the food, they only drink alcohol, which leaves the rare ingredients unattended, and ends up cheapening the waiters and chefs in the back kitchen, so that sometimes asking the guests what they taste like will get a completely different answer.
Make a fire, cook it in water, sprinkle a little rock salt, and a pot of flying fish soup is ready.
In the past, it was said that they were too poor to eat meat, but now, for the few people on the floatboat, they are so poor that they can only eat meat.
Captain Isaac left in a hurry, did not carry too much dry food, and several people ate it after a while, and now only these fish and meat can be replenished, and it is really all-you-can-eat.
Enya ate very well, and I don't know if it was because the fish itself was delicious, or because the life of not having a meal during this time changed her appetite, and even made her have an idea that if she could leave the Storm Veil and return to Iron Island, then she must have a dish of flying fish meat in the kitchen at home every day.
"We're going to enter uncharted territory next."
Noah hastily ate the fish soup, looked at the cloud map and said.
Moving on, there is the end of this cloud map, which means that the next area is completely unknown to the people of Hongdao, and it can also be understood that everyone who walked forward did not come back alive.
There are two possibilities for this.
One is that the front is extremely dangerous, and there is no life.
Another possibility is that further on the road is the end of the storm, and those who dare to enter it have left the curtain of the world and come into contact with a newer and wider world.
Noah felt that the probability of the second possibility was very low, because Enya and Captain Isaac from outside did not know the relevant information, and those who disappeared were probably left in this sea of clouds forever.
And Noah and Enya also need to worry about whether Captain Isaac and the others, who they think are dreams, and the ship, will suddenly disappear on the next journey.
Fortunately, the floating island they will arrive at next, according to the description of the cloud map, seems to have stopped a floating boat, which was left by the previous exploration team because of damage, as long as it takes time, it should be more or less repaired.
Qiao Du drank the fish soup with a puff, he didn't have so much sentimentality, eating a full stomach was the first priority, and for this, he even wanted to have another bowl.
"If you can bring these flying fish back, you will definitely make a lot of money, but it's really not good, and it's worth it to exchange some points."
He couldn't help but think.
It's a pity that when their floating boat was trampled by the Heavenly Veil Giant Beast before, the atmospheric spider in the clay pot didn't know where it went.
Qiao Du could only mourn in silence for the good friend she had made.
"It's a shame that I can't see its family and friends."
There is absolutely no regret that I have lost a large number of points.
Ah Xin didn't eat much, lighting the [Wind Candle] was an act of draining her life and torturing her soul anyway, and she herself was not the kind of physique that would die if she didn't eat, so she kept all the food for others.
"Night", several people rested one after another.
Enya huddled up like a cat, leaning against the corner of the cabin, very insecure.
Noah leaned next to her and rested with his eyes closed in a seated position, a posture that could stand up at any time to respond to external stimuli.
Captain Isaac lay beside the rudder, snoring soundly.
Qiao Du sat beside the side of the boat, the wind and rain were raging outside, and there seemed to be some wild beast's roar hidden in the faint thunder.
To be precise, Qiao Du doesn't need to sleep in a physical sense, for example, he can let his brain sleep during the day, and then his body acts on his own will, and at night his body rests, his brain turns on his own, and everyone takes turns to fight, which can maintain his spirit twenty-four hours a day.
So now, Qiao Du is seriously studying how to store the excess flying fish meat.
The weather is too humid to make jerky.
Seriously, it would be better for the fish to freeze, but Qiao Du didn't have any means of refrigeration.
After thinking about it, he could only decide to eat all the fish in his stomach, as long as he told his stomach and intestines not to digest the fish, then at least he could leave it for a day or two.
After a day or two, I might be out of the storm.
"It's me."
Qiao Du did what he said, and stuffed the extra flying fish meat into his stomach.
Seeing what Qiao Du did, Ah Xin raised her eyebrows.
"If you really lack Chosen Ones, I can leave you something to sell for money, which is worth more than these fish and meat."
She sighed.
"Damn, you didn't say it earlier!"
Qiao Dui, who was halfway through eating, was stunned, he looked at the fish, patted his stomach, ate everything, and ate the rest immediately.
After eating, wiping his mouth, Qiao Du looked at Ah Xin again.
"What can you leave for me?"
He wasn't relieved that he didn't see anything.
"I'll get it to you right now."
Ah Xin chuckled, she didn't know where to find a knife, the blade stabbed straight into her neck, cut open her left chest, and dug out the beating heart inside.
"Huh?"
Qiao Dui made a questioning voice.
(End of chapter)