Food: I found Eri Nakiri in the world of Food Prisoners

The second-generation Melk was somewhat embarrassed, because when the first-generation Melk left, he took with him a large amount of ingredients from the culinary world, all of which the first-generation Melk had collected himself.

She was left with only a very small amount. Over the years, the materials had been almost entirely used up. Her strength was not great, and she was unable to collect many materials in the human world, let alone those in the culinary world.

So although she was capable of crafting the Su Sheng knife, she lacked the most crucial Su Sheng ingredient, which is something that is basically only available in the culinary world.

"I've already prepared the materials, and I'll also bring you some Melk's Stars when we go to the Serpent's Lair later."

Xu Yong said that although it is possible to create a kitchen knife without Melker's Stars, using Melker's Stars will undoubtedly make the quality of the knife even better.

So he planned to get used to the gravity of the snake pit before capturing Melk's Stars and delivering the letter to the first Melk.

In this way, the second-generation Melk can forge kitchen knives while they slowly train and improve their strength in the snake pit.

As he spoke, Xu Yong took out the materials he had prepared earlier.

“These materials are all excellent regeneration materials, but I have a better idea.”

The second-generation Melk spoke, which surprised Xu Yong and Mirajane. Then they saw the second-generation Melk go down into the basement and quickly come out carrying a stone box.

Seeing this stone box, Xu Yong thought of the Dragon King's Fang fossil used to forge Xiaosong's kitchen knife in the original work. At this moment, his expression was also a bit strange. Judging from this, it seemed that the materials for forging Xiaosong's kitchen knife were going to be intercepted by them, 350.

"Miss Melk, what is this?"

Mirajane asked with some curiosity.

"These are materials that my master collected back then, and they've been sealed away ever since... Wait, what did you just call me?"

Melk the Second was originally planning to give an explanation, but he was also taken aback after hearing Mirajane's words.

"Miss Melk, is there a problem?"

Mirajane asked, somewhat puzzled.

"How...how did you figure out I was a woman?!"

Melk the Second thought he had hidden himself very well, but he never expected that he would still be discovered.

"Oh, I'll find my own way to do that. I thought Miss Melk just liked dressing like that, but I never imagined it was to hide the fact that she's a girl!"

After hearing what the second-generation Melk said, Mirajane realized that she was disguised as a man.

"Because I didn't hear what my master said clearly when he left, I always thought that I was impersonating him. Although not many people have met my master, everyone knows that he is a man. So, I had no choice but to pretend to be a man."

Melk the Second was also quite helpless. If he had listened carefully to his master's words back then, he wouldn't have had to hide it so painstakingly.

"In that case, let's go back to how we should be. Mr. Xu Yong, could you give me a few clothes?"

Mirajane looked at Xu Yong, and upon hearing this, Xu Yong nodded. He always kept a lot of daily necessities in his space, and naturally, he also had a lot of clothes.

Several girls also bought clothes in this world, since it's not good to bring too much luggage when going on adventures in the wild, so they left a lot of their things here.

Xu Yong simply took out some clothes and gave them to Miran, letting her choose for herself.

After getting the clothes, Mirajane pushed the second-generation Melk to another room.

"Wait... wait, what's going on?!"

Melk the Second was panicked and somewhat at a loss.

"It's obvious that Miss Melk is actually a very beautiful girl. It's not good to keep dressing like this. Now that you don't need to pretend to be a man anymore, you might as well go back to your original appearance!"

Mirajane said with a smile as she pushed the second-generation Melk along.

"Wait a moment, take this. This medicine is very effective at removing scars."

Xu Yong tossed a bottle of ointment over; the second-generation Melk still had scars on his face from when he was a child.

This kind of scar is very easy for a regenerator to remove, but the second-generation Melk has always lived on Melk Mountain and has almost never come down the mountain.

As for the original Melk, he was a rough and unrefined man, so he naturally wouldn't care about these things. That's why the scars on the face of the second Melk are still there.

After receiving the medicine, Mirajane pushed the second-generation Melk into the room.

It's clear that Melk the Second was also somewhat looking forward to returning to her female attire, which is why Mirajane was able to push her into the room. Otherwise, given Melk's strength, Mirajane wouldn't have been able to move her without using a receiving magic.

Melk's panic was also due to her lack of experience in this area.

Xu Yong waited outside, also curious about what the second-generation Melk would look like after the scars on her face were removed and she was fully dressed as a girl.

There were very few female characters in the original Toriko manga, and Melk the Second was one of them. Moreover, Melk the Second was considered to be very beautiful among these female characters.

However, her boyish attire and the scars on her face made people overlook her.

Soon, the door opened, and Mirajane pulled out the still somewhat uneasy second-generation Melk.

"This was originally a long dress, but because of Miss Melk's height, it can only be worn as a skirt!"

Mirajane was also somewhat helpless. Nakiri Erina and Shinoto Hisako were only a little over 1.6 meters tall, while she was considered relatively tall among the girls, standing at 1.77 meters.

However, the second-generation Melk in front of her was about two meters tall, and even her clothes were a bit short for the second-generation Melk.

Fortunately, the second-generation Melk is quite slim, so she can fit into it, although it is still visibly a bit small.

Moreover, after applying the ointment to his face, the scars on the second-generation Melk's face also disappeared.

"Although the clothes are a little small, Miss Melk has a very good natural figure and doesn't need to use any cosmetics."

Mirajane said with a smile, which made the second-generation Melk blush.

"I...I think I'll switch back. This looks really weird!"

After saying that, the second-generation Melk fled back to his room, and when he reappeared, he had already returned to his previous attire.

It's clear that Melk the Second doesn't dislike dressing as a girl; she just hasn't gotten used to it yet, so she needs more time.

"Ahem, let's take a look at this first. I plan to use this material in combination with the revitalizing material to forge those two kitchen knives."

The second-generation Melk returned to the main topic, opening the stone box that hadn't been opened before. The moment it opened, a blue light burst forth from it, and an extremely sharp aura emanated from the box.

"Such a sharp aura, this is... a piece of crystal?"

Looking at the items in the stone box, Mirajane said with some doubt.

"It's not crystal, it's a fossil, a fossilized tooth of the Dragon King Dilous. Back then, after discovering him, my master spent several years collecting materials."

"Although most of the materials were taken away by the master, this piece was left behind. I always thought that the master left this piece behind because he didn't need so many materials."

"Now it seems that this material was left to me by my master."

The second-generation Melk spoke up.

"Dragon King Dilous? Isn't that one of the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World?!"

Mirajane, who had gained some understanding of this world, was also shocked when she heard the name Dilous, one of the Eight Kings.

Although she didn't know exactly how strong the other party was, creatures in the Gourmet World all start at level 100. As a king who ruled over a continent, she couldn't even imagine how strong the other party was. After all, her strength was only in the dozens of levels, which wouldn't even be enough to pass the threshold in the Gourmet World.

"It's not the current Eighth King, but a Dragon King from many generations ago. It turned into a fossil because of the long passage of time."

"And it was precisely because they turned into fossils that the first Melk was able to collect these materials; otherwise, they simply couldn't have collected them at all."

Xu Yong wasn't making this up; after all, the Dragon King Dilous only had one tooth, and that tooth was the hardest part of Dilous's body.

If it were a living Delous, let alone several years, even if Delous lay there motionless and let the first Melk collect its teeth, it probably wouldn't even grind down a single tooth powder in several years.

Xu Yong's words surprised the two of them. After all, although they knew that the Eight Kings of the Culinary World were very strong, they did not know just how strong they were.

Only Xu Yong, who had read the original comic, knew just how ridiculously strong the Eighth Prince was.

"Consider this material a thank you gift. If it weren't for Mr. Xu Yong and Ms. Miran, I would still know nothing about my master's affairs."

"However, this material is too hard, and only Melk's Stars can be ground. So, if we want to start making kitchen knives, we will need Mr. Xu Yong to bring Melk's Stars with us."

Melk the Second generation said as he closed the box again.

"Don't worry, the gravity there isn't a big problem for me. I'll go capture Melk's Stars and meet the original Melk first."

Xu Yong nodded, and then the second-generation Melk thanked him again and went to the side to write a letter.

"I never expected such a misunderstanding to occur between the two generations of Melk. But the kitchen knives here are really sharp. Back home, these would be more than just kitchen knives."

Mirajane looked at the second-generation Melk who was writing a letter and said that she also observed the kitchen knives around her. These kitchen knives were so sharp that some of them would even sting your eyes if you stared at them for too long.

Such kitchen knives would be top-tier weapons in their world. She could even imagine Erza's reaction if she saw these knives; she would probably be completely unable to look away.

Besides armor, weapons are also very important for Erza's transformation magic. Any kitchen knife here is far sharper than any of Erza's weapons.

"This is the Melk knife, and the Melk knife here isn't even the top-tier one. The top-tier Melk knife is the most terrifying. Once Erina and Hisako's knives are forged, you'll know just how powerful the top-tier Melk knife is."

Xu Yong said with a smile, which made Mirajane even more excited.

Soon, the second-generation Melk also finished writing the letter and sent it to Xu Yong.

"Then we'll be off."

After saying that, Xu Yong took Mirajane and Xiao Mo and set off for the snake's den.

Snake Cave is not far from Melk Mountain; it's about 30 kilometers north of Melk Mountain.

"I felt my body get a little heavier even before I entered the snake's den."

As they approached the snake's lair, Mirajane suddenly spoke, though faintly, she did feel her body become heavier.

"Although the real gravity only increases after entering the snake pit, you can still feel a little bit of it around you."

Xu Yong spoke up, now he was certain that the gravity here was not at all like the one described in the original work.

The gravity described in the original work is not even ten times that of the average gravity. You know, when Xu Yong was reading the original work, he found it very strange. Given Toriko's strength at the time, even if he were thrown directly into a gravity of ten times that of the average gravity, he would at most be a little uncomfortable and disheveled at first.

However, Toriko's behavior in the original work is really too strange.

Xu Yong has now arrived at the snake's den. The closer he gets to the den, the stronger the gravity becomes. The area right at the entrance of the den already has about three times the normal gravity.

This is completely different from the gravity that Toriko experienced.

"We've only come a short distance in and the gravity is already about ten times stronger than normal. If I didn't use a receiving magic spell, I simply couldn't withstand this kind of gravity."

After entering the cave only a few hundred meters, the gravity had already increased tenfold. Mirajane's Gourmet Cell level was not high, so the only way to move around in such gravity without being greatly affected was to use the Receiving Magic.

At this point, she had already received the power of the Food Demon, so she was able to withstand the gravity. It was precisely because Mirajane was able to withstand such gravity after receiving the demon's power that Xu Yong brought her along.

"Mira, you and Xiao Mo stay here and get used to things. I'm going to find the original Melk and Melk's Stars first."

After Xu Yong finished speaking, he jumped down. With Xiao Mo protecting her, Miran didn't need to worry about the ferocious beasts in the snake pit.

Chapter Sixty: The Bewildered First Generation Melk, The Stars That Captured Melk

There are many ferocious beasts in the snake den, the most famous of which are Barbamus and Scorpion Bull.

Living in snake dens year-round, these creatures have long adapted to the intense gravity within them. Barbamus are largely unaffected in the middle and upper layers, and since their territory doesn't extend to the lower layers, only the gravity of the lower layers can affect them.

Although the Barbamos' capture level is only 44, they have a huge advantage in the gravity environment of the snake den.

People who haven't adapted to this gravity might have their level 50 strength compressed to around level 40, or even less. In that case, the probability of being killed by Barbamus is extremely high.

After all, Barbamos has adapted to this environment and can exert a combat power of 44. Moreover, Barbamos is a social creature.

Once you reach the lower level, you'll find the territory of another creature, the Scorpion Bull. The Scorpion Bull has a capture level of 53. In the lower level, even Barbamus cannot adapt to the intense gravity, and its strength will be compressed to below level 40.

If you encounter a level 53 Scorpion Demon Bull in the lower level of the Snake Cave, even someone with a cell level of 70 might not be a match for it.

Xu Yong descended quickly alone, encountering Barbamus along the way. However, these Barbamus were no match for him. Even with the influence of gravity, he could instantly defeat them.

Soon, Xu Yong reached the bottom of the snake's lair, which was about 20,000 meters above sea level.

"The gravity has increased by more than a hundred times. According to the original work, the gravity here should be similar to that of the mountain where the Ape King buried his lover. However, with this change, the gravity of that mountain must have increased significantly as well!"

Xu Yong felt the gravity around him. He had to admit that even he was greatly affected by the hundredfold increase in gravity. After all, it was not just a matter of his weight increasing a hundredfold.

There are also internal organs and blood flow; a hundred times the gravity is no joke. However, Xu Yong's gourmet cells are constantly adapting to this environment.

This is the power of gourmet cells; in extreme environments, they can quickly adapt to the surroundings.

Of course, everyone's food cells adapt to the environment at different speeds. Xu Yong's food demon is the leader slime, and the leader slime's adaptability is terrifying.

Therefore, Xu Yong's adaptation speed is unmatched by anyone else.

Before reaching the bottom of the snake's lair, Xu Yong had used his extraordinary senses to explore the area. He had already located Melk's Star Cluster and the location of the first Melk, and also found a number of gem crabs and scorpion bulls.

Although he concealed his aura well and did not attract the attention of the Scorpion Bull, he did attract the attention of the first Melk.

After all, the first generation Melk was a super strong person who could enter the world of food. Xu Yong's technique of concealing his aura was full of loopholes in front of the first generation Melk.

Upon noticing the presence of outsiders, the original Melk also stopped what he was doing.

The outsider who was able to come here was obviously quite powerful, and he didn't want to be interrupted while he was working, so he decided to go and see what was going on.