Chapter 175

Fude Street was the most famous food street on Jiewang.

It was not accurate to call it a food street. Almost everything was sold there, including all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and other unprocessed foods. Moreover, the food street here was a little different from the other food streets Gu Ding had been to.

Usually, the food street was a dirty and messy place, just like the red light district. The only difference was that it was less bloody and oily than the red light district.

However, this food street gave off a completely different feeling. It was clean and spotless, and all the fumes were sucked away by underground pipes.

"It's a little different from what I imagined," Lilliath said, voicing Gu Ding's thoughts. "But it's a change for the better."

"That looks delicious …" Elsa's eyes were attracted to a stall not far away.

"That looks like a scallop." Gu Ding felt a little hungry as he looked at the shiny scallop meat that was roasted.

"That's a shrieking scallop. It's a type of food that requires special processing," Biggie recognized the ingredient at a glance. "It's said that shrieking scallops are very timid. As long as there's a sound within a meter of them, they'll immediately be frightened and scream miserably. Then, they'll close their shells and it'll take at least three days for them to open them."

"They can be roasted directly with their shells closed. What's the difference?" Gu Ding asked, puzzled.

"Don't be fooled by the creature's small shell. Some chefs have done experiments and found that this shell can withstand a temperature of 880,000 degrees. Once it exceeds 880,000 degrees, the shell will explode violently. The chef who did the experiment was a Rank 10 Gene Body, and he died from this explosion. "Biggie's story sounded a little bizarre.

"Can't we use brute force to open it?" Elsa felt that it would not be a problem to break open the shell with her strength.

"No one below demigod level can force open this shell. There are videos on Skynet that prove this. Many people have tried," Biggie shook his head and explained.

"I don't believe it!" Elsa could not believe that such a shell existed in this world. She walked toward the shop owner. "Boss, can I borrow an unopened shell? I want to try and see if I can open it. "

The shop owner was a middle-aged man with a ruddy complexion. He didn't seem surprised, and it was clear that Elsa wasn't the first customer to make such a request. Besides, this kind of performance usually brought a lot of business to his stall, so he gladly took a shrieking clam with its shell closed and handed it to Elsa.

Elsa's fingernails grabbed a crack in the shell and suddenly exerted force, wanting to tear the shell in one go, but she found that the shell wouldn't budge. She immediately became a little angry. She gritted her teeth and increased the force of the vibration. The terrifying force once again surged into the shell, but it quickly disappeared like a clay ox entering the sea. The shell was still as tenacious as a rock without cracks.

Liliath could not stand it anymore. She took out her silver pistol and transformed it into a sniper rifle. She loaded two armor-piercing bullets into it. "I don't believe that I can't pry it open with brute force. Not even armor-piercing bullets can break it!"

"It's no use," Biggie advised. "Someone has already tried it."

Liliath did not listen to his advice. She fired two consecutive shots at the shrieking clam. The shell bounced off, but Elsa jumped and caught it. She looked down at the shrieking clam in her hand and shook her head at Liliath regretfully.

The shrieking clam was as strong as an indestructible bunker.

The two women's behavior attracted a lot of onlookers. Most of the older residents maintained an attitude of watching a good show. It was obvious that this was not the first time they had seen something like this.

"Let me see!" Robert reached out and took the shrieking clam. He hit it left and right, then took out a drill, a cutting machine, and various other tools to try it. None of them worked, but his eyes lit up. He ran to the stall owner and asked, "Boss, can you sell these useless shells to me?"

"If you need them, you can have them all. We're just throwing them away like garbage anyway. Also, as garbage, this thing is very difficult to dispose of. It needs to be soaked in a strong acid for several days before it slowly softens, "the stall owner readily agreed. It was not cheap for them to dispose of garbage every day.

After returning the shell in his hand to the stall owner, Robert poured all the empty shells in the stall owner's trash can into his Inventory.

"In this case, how do you eat this thing?" Gu Ding raised his question.

"The reaction time of the shrieking clam is 0.001 seconds. It also takes 0.001 seconds for the shell to close. Therefore, in this 0.002 seconds, the chef must quietly pick out the meat of the shrieking clam with a hook," Biggie explained.

"Looks like we've met an expert." The middle-aged stall owner smiled. "Sir, are you interested in giving it a try?"

"I've never made a shrieking clam before. I've only heard of this ingredient." Biggie was a little nervous. He was not confident.

"Just give it a try. It's not like it's embarrassing." Gu Ding patted Biggie.

Biggie, who was encouraged, nodded and took the hook from the shop owner.

His eyes fell on an open shell in front of him. He waved his right hand and pulled with the hook. The pink meat was pulled out so fast that the shrieking clam could not react at all.

"Nice move!" The stall owner took the lead and applauded. Other people next to him also wanted to test the waters. Business in the stall immediately picked up.

"Boss, give us four servings. Takeaway!" Gu Ding did not want to disturb others for a long time. Moreover, the shrieking clams on the grill did look delicious. Apart from Robert, he bought one for everyone in the group.

After eating the shrieking clams, Gu Ding and the others had a lingering aftertaste.

"We'll buy some shrieking clam ingredients later. When we leave this planet, we won't have to worry about not being able to eat them." Biggie had made up his mind to learn how to make shrieking clams.

The five of them continued walking deeper into Ford Street.

"That fish looks so cute. It looks like a little fatty who's full and can't swim anymore." Elsa pointed to a fish tank not far away.

"There's a silver-scaled one over there. It wags its tail quickly but swims very slowly. It's called a poison dolphin," Biggie explained. "This fish is also specially processed. It tastes delicious, but when you're processing it, you can't touch its internal organs. Otherwise, the whole fish will turn purple and become inedible. "

"Why can't it be eaten if it turns purple?" Elsa felt that food should not be wasted.

"That's because turning purple means that it contains a lot of poison. It's said that if a powerhouse below the level of a demigod were to eat it, he or she would die within ten hours." Elsa immediately shifted her gaze away from the fish after hearing Biggie's words.

Not far away, Elsa's gaze was suddenly attracted by a piece of meat.

"That piece of meat belongs to a steel sharp-toothed beast, a Rank-9 genebeast. The muscles of this genebeast are as hard as diamond alloy and have extremely strong defense. Only a Rank-10 Gene Body powerhouse who has cultivated Righteous Force or above can kill it. Their meat also needs to be heated at a high temperature of more than fifty thousand degrees before it slowly softens. Otherwise, chewing it is no different from chewing diamond alloy … "Before Biggie's voice trailed off, a yellow shadow flashed, and the piece of meat disappeared.

Elsa reacted instantly. She reached out to grab it, but found that the other party had suddenly sped up and grabbed nothing.

At that moment, Biggie also made his move. However, he did not reach out to grab it. Instead, he pulled out his sword to block it. He swung his long sword with its scabbard, blocking the yellow shadow's path.

At that moment, the yellow shadow finally stopped moving. Gu Ding and the others finally saw that the one who had stolen the meat was a kitten. The kitten looked a little thin and weak with tiger stripes all over its body, but it was very energetic. Its eyes fell on Biggie and sized him up. Then, it sat where it was and slowly gnawed on the piece of meat that was as hard as diamond alloy.

Seeing this, Gu Ding and the others were speechless.

"It looks like it's really hungry." Gu Ding looked at the thin little fellow and felt sympathy for it. After all, it had been bullied since it was a child because it was thin and weak. As for this cat, if it was not extremely hungry, it would not dare to steal food from people.

"This thieving cat!" The shopkeeper quickly caught up. "I'm going to kill you!"

"Boss, I'll buy that piece of meat." Gu Ding felt sorry for the kitten. If it was caught by the shopkeeper, it would probably end badly.

This scene was witnessed by the little fellow.

Gu Ding paid some money and sent the shopkeeper away. He took a bag of potato chips from the Inventory and walked toward the little fellow. He heard that many cats liked this kind of snack.

The little fellow glanced up at Gu Ding and did not seem to mind his approach. It continued to gnaw on the piece of meat. In less than ten seconds, a quarter of the piece of meat had been eaten.

Gu Ding felt that the little fellow's teeth were unusually good. He smiled and walked to the little fellow's side. He opened the bag of potato chips, picked up a piece, and brought it to its mouth. The little fellow glanced at Gu Ding lazily and chose to ignore his actions.

Gu Ding reached out and wanted to touch the little fellow. Just as he was about to touch its fur, his vision blurred and it disappeared.

"That's fast!" Elsa could not help but exclaim.

"This cat's speed is close to that of a Rank-11 Gene Body." Biggie also nodded. "And it was able to bite that piece of steel sharp-toothed beast meat. Many Rank-12 Gene Body predators are unwilling to kill steel sharp-toothed beasts. If this kind of meat is not cooked, even if it can be bitten, it will be very unpalatable and difficult to digest."

"No matter how powerful it is, it's still a poor little fellow. Otherwise, it wouldn't have stolen food." Gu Ding shook his head. "Let's go back. It's getting dark. We've been shopping since noon. I'm a little full now."

Watching Gu Ding and the others leave, the kitten poked its head out from a corner and stuffed the rest of the meat into its mouth. Then, it trotted all the way and followed Gu Ding and the others.