Fear of food

Chapter 28 Derivative Foods, Parasites Attack

Zhui Feng coughed and said, "Don't underestimate our abilities! You think they're weak because you've only seen the most basic ones. Even the weakest abilities become very powerful after being strengthened multiple times!"

"is it?"

If Chen Qi hadn't eaten high-class food once before, he almost would have believed it.

After eating the jianbing guozi, his physical fitness improved slightly, and he also gained the ability to detect food.

This food detection ability should be the upgrade that Zhui Feng mentioned, which indeed makes it easier and more efficient for him to pick up trash.

This works great, but how do I use it to deal with parasites?

"Brother Zhuifeng, have you ever eaten high-class food?" Chen Qi asked.

Zhui Feng swallowed hard and said, "It happened once."

What abilities were enhanced?

Chen Qi was extremely curious: how could he improve his ability to steal takeout food?

I also want to use this as a reference to predict the direction of my ability upgrade.

"Speed!" Chasing Wind gave the answer. "After eating that high-class food, I'm faster than before, my coordination is better, and my reactions are more agile. These directly affect my driving skills. You should have seen that when you rode my electric scooter today, right?"

Chen Qi nodded. To be honest, Zhui Feng was indeed the fastest and most agile electric scooter he had ever seen.

"After the skill upgrade, my food delivery ability received an epic boost, propelling me to become a top-tier rider and the undisputed champion in both yellow and blue categories!"

"Amazing!" Chen Qi exclaimed in praise.

He can still become a top-selling customer even though he's always sneaking takeout; he must have some talent.

"Of course, compared to the high-end food itself, in my opinion, the derivative foods obtained after eating the high-end food are the most precious!"

"Derivative foods?" Chen Qi pulled out a grimace-shaped cookie. "Is this it?"

"You've eaten high-class food before?" Zhui Feng asked in surprise.

"What's the use?"

Zhui Feng, his face flushed with excitement, said, "The derivative food has another name in our group: 'Superpower Experience Card'!"

"After consuming it, it will temporarily enhance your abilities—an explosive enhancement that will greatly boost your power! It will let you truly experience what it feels like to have superpowers."

"The only downside is that it doesn't last long at all."

Chen Qi asked curiously, "What exactly needs to be strengthened?"

"That depends on you. Everyone's situation is different, and it's related to their own foraging ability."

Zhui Feng added, "After I ate the derivative food, I gained the speed of a cheetah for a short period of time!"

Chen Qi frowned as he looked at the ghost-face cookie in his hand, unable to guess what kind of ability enhancement this cookie would bring him.

How did he significantly enhance his ability to collect trash in such a short time?

Could it be that we temporarily possess a wider range of food detection capabilities?
This doesn't seem to be of much use.

Chen Qi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't connect his garbage-collecting ability with combat in any way. He felt that the biscuit probably didn't give him any combat-type ability.

Just as he was about to inquire further about the details of the ability upgrade, he suddenly heard voices outside.

A young-sounding male voice asked, "Grandpa, whose electric scooter is that outside?"

Zhui Feng's rented house was on the first floor, right next to the front yard. Self-built houses generally have poor sound insulation, and there was a small window facing the yard, so he could hear everything clearly.

Chen Qichao looked over and saw that his expression had changed drastically.

"go!"

"Come with me, and don't say a word!"

While whispering his instructions, Zhui Feng pulled Chen Qi towards the toilet.

"Get out!" he pointed to the small window in the toilet.

There were no security bars on the outside of the window, and it led directly into the alley next door.

Without wasting any words, Chen Qi nimbly climbed onto the window, first his feet and then his head, and quickly slipped through the window to the outside.

He's so thin now that he can easily squeeze through this small window.

Zhui Feng, on the other hand, had gained a little weight. Although he was still quite agile, he got stuck when he tried to pass through the window.

Chen Qisheng had to pull him out by force.

As the two climbed through the window, they could already hear knocking on the door outside the rented room.

After landing, Zhui Feng didn't run towards the back door of the self-built house, but instead did the opposite, pulling Chen Qi towards the front door.

"Let's go ride an electric scooter," he explained as he ran.

The two ran to the electric scooter. Zhui Feng got on the scooter as fast as he could and turned the key at the same time. Chen Qi also jumped on the back seat.

The man in front of the rented house seemed to have heard the commotion and quickly ran out. He grinned and said while he was still in the yard, "Brother, long time no see."

This person looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and his features bore a striking resemblance to Zhui Feng.

Zhui Feng completely ignored him, twisted the handlebars, and the electric scooter shot off.

Chen Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he finally understood the identity of the person who had come.

"This is the younger brother of Chasing the Wind, the Parasite?"

Chen Qi turned his head to look back and saw the young man chasing after him out of the courtyard, running at a fast pace, relentlessly pursuing him.

But no matter how fast a person runs, how can they catch up with an electric scooter?

Especially with his lightning-fast driving skills, he pushed the speed to the limit and quickly widened the distance, seemingly about to leave the man behind.

But at that moment, Chen Qi watched in disbelief as two more legs grew out of the man's crotch!

The two newly grown legs were not covered by clothes and were completely exposed, covered with thick, straight leg hair, each hair like a sharp thorn.

They look like two enlarged spider legs!

With his two legs moving rapidly one in front of the other, combined with his original two legs, the man's speed increased dramatically as he quickly closed the gap with the electric scooter.

At this moment, Chen Qi was glad that Zhui Feng had made the right choice. If they had given up the electric scooter and escaped through the back door, they would have had no chance of escaping once the man caught up on all fours!
"Quick! Send a message to the group for help!" Zhui Feng's voice was mostly swallowed up by the oncoming gale, and Chen Qi could barely hear it.

He quickly took out his phone and sent a message to the group.

Biscuit: Me and Wind Chaser are being hunted by parasites!

Coffee: Share your spot!

Chen Qi immediately turned on location sharing.

Swill: I'll get there as soon as possible, but there's not much I can do to help.
Coffee: Hang in there, I'm coming right away!
Broad Bean: It's too far, I don't have time, going there would just be suicide.

Swill: @BigPancake, come quick! You're the only one in our group with any fighting spirit.
Big Pancake: Here it comes!
Big Pancake: Hang in there, brothers!

Chen Qi felt a little relieved after looking at the messages in the group, and relayed the replies from the group members to Zhui Feng.

Occasionally, people would pass by on the narrow paths of the urban village, but everyone ignored the four-legged parasite behind them, instead glaring angrily at the speeding cyclist, and even hurling insults.

In their eyes, the four-legged parasite was probably just an ordinary man running.

The electric scooter weaved left and right through the alleys of the urban village, almost venturing onto the main road several times, but each time it made a sharp turn and circled back into the urban village.

Clearly, the complex terrain and narrow roads of urban villages are more conducive to the use of electric vehicles.

Even so, the distance between them and the parasites continues to shrink.

(End of this chapter)