Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 494 Meat Eater

The three wonders of the Forbidden Continent are the Meat Mountain, the Golden Elephant Valley, and the Sparkling Plains.

Zhou Yi had seen the last two places, but he still knew very little about the first place, the Meat Mountain. He only heard the manager Mei You at Sanchapo say that those who entered the mountain must cut off a part of their own meat and give it to the mountains there before they could set foot in.

It sounds like some kind of ancient sacrificial ritual.

Mrs. Mei took Zhou Yi to the booth.

At the outermost part of the booth is the counter, where several enhancers act as salesmen, selling drugs to customers and helping them lie on the bed to experience the effects of the drugs.

Behind a screen is a temporary two-story wooden villa. It is not very big, but it is fully furnished and filled with a faint fragrance.

Madam Mei picked up the teapot on the Goblet of Fire and poured Zhou Yi a cup of light red liquid: "Try it. This is my favorite flower and fruit tea. See if it suits your taste."

She took a sip from the small cup herself.

Zhou Yi tried to drink a little.

Sweet.

She looks very fit, but I didn't expect Mrs. May to be a heavy sugar lover.

"Mr. Zhou has never been to Meat Mountain, so I will briefly describe the situation there."

She put down the tea set in her hand. "Just like the Golden Elephant Valley and the Sparkling Plains, we still don't know the mechanism of the Meat Mountain. After many predecessors' exploration, we only know that we can cut meat to feed the mountain and enter the mountain. If we don't do this, no matter how we go towards those mountains, we can't get close."

"There are no flowers or trees on the mountains inside, but there are clear patterns on the rocks. These mountains are growing continuously, becoming higher and more numerous."

"A long time ago, a group of gold diggers went in to look for treasures, but they searched for a long time but found nothing."

"Those people were hungry and tired after failing to find the treasure. When they opened their bags, they found that the food and water inside were gone. The iron boxes and leather bags were still there, but the things inside were gone, as if they had evaporated into thin air."

Mrs. Mei said: "In addition to these, the light boxes used to store light seeds have also become empty. The energy packs used to maintain the equipment have also lost their energy and are completely unusable."

"When they encountered such a strange thing, the gold diggers were afraid but unwilling to give up. They didn't want to go back with nothing, so they tried to keep digging in the mountains. They found some locations that looked like caves and burial sites and started digging everywhere."

"In the end, only one of the gold diggers escaped."

"After the survivor came out, he said nothing about what happened inside. When others asked him about it, he never answered. However, some people saw that his backpack was bulging and thought he had found treasure."

The Governor General poured another cup of tea and picked up a small bell on the table and rang it twice.

As the bell rang, a maid came over pushing a small dining cart.

Mrs May said: "Would you like some dessert? Afternoon tea is best with some dessert, which can soothe the mind and relieve fatigue and boredom."

She took herself a small cream cake and a small fruit tart.

Zhou Yi followed the host's wishes and chose a chocolate cake.

He tasted it and found it very similar to the desserts of the old human era.

The sweetness is just right.

"It's delicious."

"Thank you, my chef is indeed quite good."

She ate it in small bites with a spoon, very gracefully.

"Where were you talking about? Oh, right, it's the surviving gold diggers..."

Mrs May continued on from a previous topic: "The survivor's bag was eventually taken away, and it turned out to be full of pieces of jerky."

"It is suspected that the meat came from the missing prospectors, who were all eaten by the one survivor, and the remaining meat was made into jerky."

"The jerky was filled with an inexplicable aroma, and they couldn't help but share it."

"They become addicted to that meat and go crazy when they can't get it, and eventually have to beg the gold digger for more meat."

At this point, Mrs. Mei wiped her mouth with a napkin and said, "So the survivors took them into the mountains, and he was still the only one who came back, but he brought back more jerky."

"The rumor that this man had turned other people into jerky and eaten them began to spread. People around him were afraid of the survivors, and he became more and more powerful, but he completely wrapped himself in black cloth so that the outside world could not see his appearance."

"The survivor later called himself 'Meat Eater'. He would take people into the mountains every once in a while. Later, he only took children and refused to take adults."

"The last time we went into the mountains, the meat eater brought a group of children with him."

"About twenty years later, two children who had grown into young adults emerged from the Meat Mountain."

"They revealed the secret of the meat mountain, saying that the mountains inside are all special meat. Because of years of sedimentation, the outside is highly hardened and denatured, almost like a fossil. But as long as you cut through the thick outer layer, you can see that the inside is dry meat."

"Meat from different mountains and different parts of the body has different properties. Some meat can improve your ability to withstand blows, some meat can increase your life, some meat can increase your sensitivity, some can be converted into energy and stored in the body, and some meat can heal injuries and even soothe frenzied light organs..."

"After some meat is eaten, the organs of the person will fall off, the bones will dissolve, or the person will become a monster. Eventually, they will turn into new meat and become part of the meat mountain."

"But whether it is good or bad meat, it has the same properties. Anyone who takes a bite will find it hard to resist and will fall into a madness that he cannot bear not to eat."

"When you enter the mountain, you can only take away as much meat as you cut off and offer to the meat mountain. The more you cut, the more you can take away."

Mrs. Mei licked her lips. “The meat eaters discovered this secret and became the only survivors.”

"The two young men who came out inherited his knowledge and strength. The others became nutrients for the meat mountain." "Now the medicines I imitate, such as [Miris], are made by grinding these dried meats and adding them into medicines to exert their effects. They can make the strengthened organs develop again and activate them to continue to grow."

Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this: "Then taking Milis is equivalent to long-term drug addiction. Qin Xie has used this drug..."

"High-strength drugs are addictive, like depressants. Even alcohol and cigarettes are the same."

Mrs. May did not shy away from this: "However, the core meat powder content in Milis is very low, which is considered a well-controlled drug. Although it is a generic drug, it also meets the needs of many people. Heaven also has similar drugs, but as far as I know, it is not supplied to the outside world, and its effectiveness is uncertain."

"I give medicines like Milis to those who need them first. In the Forbidden Continent, as long as you are willing to pay enough, you can get a lot of things. Many desperadoes only have their lives left when they get here."

The female governor said nonchalantly, "For most people, their only real property is their own body. Just like the group of children who were taken into the mountains by the meat eaters, they were all sold here, and they had no choice either."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask: "How did the meat on the meat mountain come from?"

"I wish I knew that, too."

Madam Mei took a sip of tea. "The only thing we know for sure is that the amount of meat there is still increasing, and the number of meat mountains is still growing. To distinguish which meat mountain areas are safe and which are dangerous, someone needs to eat the meat, which is also a very dangerous thing."

"If you are interested, Mr. Zhou, I will be your guide next time you come."

Zhou Yi said vaguely: "Let's talk about it later."

He had to cut some meat as an entrance fee to enter the mountain, but he had no interest in that.

The meat mountain is undoubtedly the masterpiece of the Golden Elephant herders. It is just unknown whether the meat piled here is a temporary storage for this advanced civilization group or discarded useless waste.

Zhou Yi looked around: "By the way, where is Qin Xie? Is he with you?"

"In the bed upstairs. He's a little tired from accompanying me lately, so he's still sleeping."

Mrs. Mei said casually.

"Then I won't bother you anymore..."

Before leaving, Zhou Yi asked, "Are you one of the two children who inherited the Meat Eater's legacy?"

"Unfortunately, it's not."

Madam Mei said softly, "My first husband was called Mei Zhaotang. He was one of those two people. But he disappeared into the meat mountain many years ago and never came back. Just like all the meat eaters in the past."

Only then did Zhou Yi realize that Mrs. Mei's rise to wealth was due to her inheritance from her husband, and she became the lord of Sanchapo.

Mrs. May uses the natural resource of meat mountain to develop and package natural medicines. Testing drugs on humans is faster than traditional pharmaceutical methods, but there are also more risks for testers.

The pros and cons are obvious.

……

Goodbye here.

Zhou Yi came to the large booth where Xingshu was located and mixed into the crowd to watch for a while.

To his surprise, Xingshu not only launched the satellite router, but also launched a Mars tourism service.

The entire service process is as follows.

Under the protection and accompaniment of Alonzo, the light core of the Star Hub, customers will travel to the Mars base and visit the natural scenery on Mars, including dangerous dust storms, dry ice fountains, polar ice caps, auroral dust rolls and other magnificent phenomena.

If visitors wish, they can even take part in a one-day tour to experience the workings of Mars development.

The minimum consumption per person for the entire tourism experience service is RMB 5.

There are quite a few wealthy people who are interested in this, including photons, electromechanical life forms, and human enhancers.

Zhou Yi thus confirmed that there were indeed many wealthy people in the wasteland era, and tens of thousands of light species did not seem to be a problem for them.

He was observing secretly when he heard the old king's voice.

"My plan is good, right? This is a very good income-generating project. It can not only increase revenue, but also promote the Mars project and attract more external funds."

"In the past, I have been hesitant about whether it is appropriate to use the light nucleus in this way. Seeing that you sent the light nucleus to mine, I have decided that I should put aside these old baggage and pursue practicality first."

From what Zhou Yi heard, it seemed that the Mars project was still very short of money.

"How big is the light seed gap over there now?"

The old king said: "2 million. Including the long-term losses of the base and the losses caused by subsequent continuous investment, it has affected the daily operation of the star matrix, causing the satellite maintenance cycle to continue to be extended and delayed."

2 million.

Zhou Yi frowned.

This gap is a bit too big.

No wonder the old king was anxious.

He suddenly had an idea: "Since we are planning a trip to Mars, why not just go there in one go..."

(End of this chapter)