Chapter 50: The Life Waterfall Basin
Kenji and the Battle Wolf, Lotta, arrived at the checkpoint on Zepel Island a day early.
"Lord Kenji, although this may be your first ti entering the Gourt World, since you are a Biotope 0 mber selected by the President himself, I won’t waste your ti advising you to think twice," Elbo said, puffing on his pipe as he handed Kenji’s ID back to him.
"The Gourt World is truly a wild place, but its volatile climate has also beco a graveyard for many Gourt Hunters," Kenji said, a brow raised, an expectant smile on his handso face.
All of Acacia’s Full Course nu items were discovered in the Gourt World. Besides those legendary ingredients, there were countless others worth pursuing. The unexplored lands of the Gourt World were vast, aning there were many ingredients unknown to the common man, which was why it was also called the "Paradise of Food." Many Gourt Hunters, with "Paradise" as their goal, had resolutely stepped into it, never to return. The mortality rate was so high that even first-class Gourt Hunters could end up buried there.
Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface was the vast Gourt World. Due to abnormal weather and special magnetic fields, even satellites had difficulty capturing clear images of it. Therefore, before entering, most Gourt Hunters knew nothing about what lay ahead.
In the seas bordering the Human World, flowed the "Poison Tide," a deadly current. And at the boundary of the sky, was a wall ford by a massive low-pressure cyclone.
"Although the beasts of the Gourt World are powerful, many who enter end up dying in the extre climate. The Human World is a paradise in comparison," Elbo said with a laugh.
"The law of the jungle is even more pronounced in the Gourt World than in the Human World. If you can’t adapt, you’ll die before you can even begin your journey," Kenji said. He had heard about the Gourt World’s environnt from Jiro, but this was his first ti entering. He couldn’t help but feel a mix of excitent and trepidation.
"Every year, hundreds of people enter through the 18 checkpoints. In the end, none of them return. They all die inside. You’ll casually encounter beasts with Capture Levels in the hundreds, and on top of that, the environnt is dangerously fatal. The Gourt World is full of unknowns and dangers."
"But the ingredients of the Gourt World still attract many fearless Gourt Hunters. I try to persuade them every ti, but they still jump in as if they’re rushing to their deaths," Elbo said, shaking his head. These checkpoints were established by President Ichiryu to isolate the Human World from the Gourt World, and they were indeed effective. This route was relatively safe; not many beasts from the Gourt World ca this way. Each checkpoint was staffed by first-class Gourt Hunters, whose main job was to intercept any beasts that tried to cross into the Human World. If a beast from the Gourt World were to escape, even if it wasn’t in the thousands, its Capture Level would be in the hundreds, and the destruction it could wreak on the Human World would be imnse, like the Four-Beasts.
"If you’ve already made the decision, then you’re not afraid of death."
"Well then—"
"We’re off."
Kenji waved, sitting on Lotta’s back. Perhaps slling the air of the Gourt World, a glint of excitent flashed in the Battle Wolf’s eyes.
Kenji applied his flight ability to Lotta, and the two of them floated down at a leisurely pace.
Elbo was a little surprised by this thod of entry. The previous adventurers had at least brought parachutes or hang gliders. But Kenji, dressed in a white shirt and black capri pants, had no equipnt at all. Elbo wasn’t worried, though. Anyone selected for Biotope 0 was capable of entering the Gourt World.
BOOM!
During their descent, an air cannonball was suddenly fired at them, but they easily dodged it. It crashed into the cliff face behind them, creating a crater dozens of ters in diater.
The one who had fired the air cannonball was a distant, long-necked, dragon-like creature, a Breath Dragon, with a Capture Level of 219. It could fire super-powerful air cannonballs from its nostrils. When Toriko first entered the Gourt World, he had received a "baptism" (a severe beating) from one of these. Kenji was not at the sa level as Toriko was back then, who had been sent flying, coughing up blood, and had nearly died.
Kenji glanced back at the cliff face. It was dotted with many circular craters, and in the middle of each was a human-shaped hole.
...
After descending twenty thousand ters, they arrived in the Angra Forest of the Gourt World. Kenji could feel that the gravity here was several tis that of the Human World, and his movents beca a little sluggish. However, his physical fitness was formidable, and with the help of his Gourt Cells, he quickly adapted to the gravity.
The Battle Wolf, Lotta, felt no discomfort at all. As a top-tier beast of the Gourt World, the laws of survival here were etched into her DNA.
Remaining vigilant, Kenji began to observe the Angra Forest. The thick, gnarled tree trunks were covered in a layer of green moss.
"...Previous Gourt Hunters?"
In so corners, Kenji saw scraps of clothing, tattered and stained with long-dried blood. He had no idea how long ago they had entered. The people who died here had either fallen to their deaths or been eaten by the beasts. Those who could successfully navigate this forest were not weak.
This confird what Elbo had said: these people were destined never to return to the Human World. So might have been shot dead against the cliff face by a Breath Dragon’s nostril blast.
Kenji found a spot to set up camp and rest for a bit. He would see which Biotope 0 mber was coming, and then he would explore the area a little so he wouldn’t miss the rendezvous.
Kch-kch...
Three red scorpions, each four ters long, appeared. Their carapaces were like red armor, and the stingers on their tails glinted nacingly. Their large pincers were as sharp as guillotines, capable of easily cutting a person in half.
"Oh? Is my Gourt Luck kicking in?"
"Ho delivery. I won’t be polite then."
"Angra Red Scorpion, Capture Level 81," Kenji said, using the Gourt Scanner the IGO had given him to scan the creature.
Their red carapaces contained a special tal. The Angra Red Scorpions lived in caves rich in tal ore, so their shells were extrely hard and could easily withstand cannon fire. The poison in their stingers was a mixed, deadly neurotoxin, extrely potent. A single drop could corrode a hole in the ground.
Even so, in the Angra Forest, they were at the bottom of the food chain. There were many creatures stronger than them. The at of these red scorpions should be extrely delicious, especially the pincers, which were like those of a large lobster. He could only imagine how plump the at inside would be.
"Let’s just grill them," he decided.
High-end ingredients often only required the most primitive cooking thods.
Kenji controlled the heat, and a nearly transparent fla enveloped the red scorpions. Even a special scorpion like this showed a fear of fire. The slowly rising temperature gradually immobilized them, and a fragrant aroma began to waft from the flas. Because they were protected by their shells, he didn’t have to worry about the at inside being burned.
Using the scorpion’s own shell to cook its at... nothing would be wasted.
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