Desert Island Infrastructure: Claiming the System Brings Many Blessings

Qin Chuan stared at the blue for two seconds.

In this gloomy, rusty, and dusty metal space, that splash of blue stood out starkly.

Qin Chuan took two steps forward and squatted down.

See clearly.

It was a mushroom.

It's about the size of a fist and grows on a metal wall, close to the ground.

The mushroom's cap is layered, resembling many thin metal foils stacked together. It is dark blue in color and has a metallic sheen.

The strangest thing is that this mushroom is glowing.

A faint blue light emanated from the mushroom's cap and stem. The light was not strong, but it could be seen from several meters away in this completely dark space.

The blue light flickered and changed rhythmically.

Qin Chuan instinctively reached out to touch it. He stopped when his fingers were still half a meter away from the mushroom.

"Don't rush," Qin Chuan told himself. "You can't just touch anything from the Food God Battlefield."

He withdrew his hand and took a few steps back.

Rinnegan, activated.

A golden ring spun in the pupil, and a scanning wave covered the mushroom.

The information emerged from the Rinnegan's analytical capabilities.

【Azure Poison Mushroom.】

Qin Chuan frowned as he read the information in his mind.

A rare metal-based artifact. It contains an extremely potent metal toxin.

Once this toxin comes into contact with the flesh of a living organism, it can rapidly metallize the affected area, making it incredibly hard, while simultaneously blocking energy flow and nerve perception.

Simply put, it turns into a lump of iron if you touch it.

"That was close." Qin Chuan looked at his hand, which had almost reached out, and felt a cold sweat break out on his back. "If I had touched it, my hand would be ruined."

Information about the Rinnegan continues to emerge.

It can be removed by wrapping it in wood. The toxins of gold cannot corrode the wood structure.

"Wood overcomes metal?" Qin Chuan thought for a moment. "That makes sense. According to the Five Elements theory, wood overcoming earth is incorrect; metal overcoming wood is correct. But the statement here that wood can isolate the toxins of metal might not be based on the logic of the Five Elements, but rather on the inherent properties of the toxin itself."

Who cares about the principle behind it, as long as it can be removed safely.

Qin Chuan continued reading.

[Uses: Primarily used for making a rich, thick soup.]

Century-old soup.

Qin Chuan had never heard of this name before. It wasn't mentioned in the battlefield manual either.

Information about the Rinnegan continues to unfold.

Five ingredients are needed to make the Century Soup.

First, the Blue Poison Mushroom.

Second, the green jade poisonous mushroom.

Third, the Ice Crystal Poison Mushroom.

Fourth, the Flame Poison Mushroom.

Fifth, the dead ash poisonous mushroom.

Five types of poisonous mushrooms.

Qin Chuan recited the five names in his mind.

Then he saw the last line.

[The effects of the Century Soup: Significantly enhances physical fitness and eliminates all negative physical conditions.]

Qin Chuan paused for a second.

Eliminate all negative states in the body.

Is the Gu Soul considered a negative status effect?

Of course it counts!

Medusa bit him, and the poison slowly eroded his will and soul. A month later, he completely lost his self-awareness and became Medusa's puppet.

What else could this be but a negative state?

Qin Chuan's heart pounded.

He looked at the line of information again.

This century-old soup can significantly enhance physical fitness and eliminate all negative states in the body.

There were no vague words, no "maybe" or "perhaps". It said "relieve", it said "all".

"Found it." Qin Chuan clenched his fist.

From the moment Medusa bit him in the Serpent God's Realm, the Gu Soul was like a time bomb hanging around his neck. A month's countdown was on, every second ticking away.

Doria didn't know the solution. The three clan leaders didn't know the solution. He himself didn't know the solution either.

People come to the God of Food Battlefield for two reasons: one is to eat divine ingredients to increase their food power, and the other is to gamble that there is something here that can remove the Gu soul.

We made the right bet.

The answer is the soup of the century.

Qin Chuan squatted down in front of the blue poisonous mushroom and stared at it for several seconds.

The blue light flickered, reflecting on his face and casting his expression in alternating light and shadow.

"Five types of poisonous mushrooms. Only the first one has been found so far."

Qin Chuan was making plans in his mind.

How big is the battlefield of the God of Cookery? It is over 100 million kilometers long and wide.

Where are the five types of poisonous mushrooms located? The information from the Rinnegan does not provide specific coordinates.

Finding a needle in a haystack.

But at least now we have a direction. Before, we were completely in the dark, not even knowing if the Gu Soul could be cured. Now it's clear: it can be cured, but we need the Century Soup and five kinds of poisonous mushrooms.

Where there is direction, there is hope.

"Let's take this one first."

Qin Chuan stood up.

Wooden material. The Rinnegan said that wrapping it in wooden material would allow for safe removal.

Qin Chuan's third-tier Divine Arts grant him the ability to generate and control wood and earth elements.

He raised his right hand and channeled his spiritual energy into his palm.

hum.

A pale green light emanated from his palm. An idea for a wooden box appeared in Qin Chuan's mind.

The divine spell responded.

A wooden box, about the size of a palm, materialized above his hand. The wood was fine-grained, the surface smooth, and it had a lid and a bottom.

Qin Chuan opened the wooden box and carefully covered the eerie blue poisonous mushroom on the wall.

The edges of the wooden box were covered with mushroom stems.

Qin Chuan used his mental power to control the wooden box, causing the bottom of the wood to be scooped down from the base of the mushroom.

Click.

The mushroom detached from the metal wall and landed intact in the wooden box.

The blue light was mostly blocked by the wooden box, with only a few slivers of light shining through the gaps in the box.

Qin Chuan put the lid on.

The wooden box felt slightly cool to the touch, but there was nothing unusual about it. The metal toxins were indeed completely blocked by the wooden material.

"Alright." Qin Chuan put the wooden box into his spatial ring and let out a long breath.

Five types of poisonous mushrooms, and I've acquired one.

Four more are needed.

Jade Poison Mushroom, Ice Crystal Poison Mushroom, Flame Poison Mushroom, Ash Poison Mushroom.

Qin Chuan leaned against the metal wall, pondering the four names in his mind.

Judging from their names, the five poisonous mushrooms correspond to five different attributes. The Azure Poison Mushroom is of the Metal element. The Jade Green Poison Mushroom is most likely of the Wood element. The Ice Crystal Poison Mushroom is probably of the Water element. The Flame Poison Mushroom is of the Fire element. The Ash Poison Mushroom is likely of the Earth element.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

The Five Elements.

If they are indeed distributed according to the five elements, then the growth environments of the five poisonous mushrooms should be very different.

Metal-type creatures grow in metallic environments, wood-type creatures may grow in places with vegetation, water-type creatures are near water bodies, fire-type creatures are in high-temperature areas, and earth-type creatures are in pure rocky geological formations.

The battlefield of the God of Cookery is vast, with all sorts of terrain. Finding all five types of poisonous mushrooms will take time.

"One month." Qin Chuan touched the lines on the back of his neck. "The Gu Soul's lifespan is one month."

How long has it been since I was bitten?

Qin Chuan did the math. It started from the day he escaped from Medusa's serpent god realm.

It took a day to return to the human island. Another day was spent resting and preparing on the island. Half a day was spent going from the Eye of the Deep to entering the Food God Battlefield. About ten hours have passed in the Food God Battlefield so far.

It will take about three days in total.

A month has thirty days. There are twenty-seven days left.

Over twenty-seven days, he must find the remaining four types of poisonous mushrooms in the vast battlefield of the God of Food, spanning one hundred million square kilometers, to refine the Century Soup and remove the Gu Soul.

At the same time, they also had to avoid Badan, a mid-level food god-level demon.

"Time is tight and the task is heavy." Qin Chuan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "But it's still much better than not having any direction at all before."

Qin Chuan brought up the map of the God of Cookery battlefield in his mind.

The terrain markings in the Demon King's territory to the north indicate that about three thousand kilometers southeast of the metal mountain range where he is currently located, there is an area marked as the "Frozen Sea".

Frozen Sea. Just from the name, you can imagine a sea that's frozen over.

Aquatic environment.

If the Ice Crystal Poison Mushroom exists in an aquatic environment, the Frozen Sea is the most likely place.

Three thousand kilometers. At Qin Chuan's flight speed, it would take about seven or eight hours to fly there.

"Let's go there."

Qin Chuan made a decision.

But before he set off, there was one more thing he needed to do.

Confirm whether Bataan is still nearby.