Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 134 "How to Gain a Foothold in the Dark Continent" (Part )
"'Dark Continent'." Men Qi, who had five braids, looked around, nodded, and shook her head, "I understand what Germain meant by that sentence before."

"What sentence?" Buhala subconsciously pulled the hem of his shirt down, trying to cover his big belly.

"'Whether it's dangerous or not depends on the actual situation.'" Men Qi repeated unhappily, with his hands on his hips, and a bit of a shrewd tone, "Weren't you listening during the meeting?"

“The Dark Continent is not a place that is completely unexplorable to humans.”

"For example, when the Saheltah United States arrived at the "Dark Continent", they crossed the sea of ​​trees and walked 400 kilometers before reaching the "Ancient Labyrinth City."

"This is enough to prove that humans can explore the 'Dark Continent'."

"But the difficulty lies in how humans gain a foothold here and how they return."

"The Sahelian States went deep into the hinterland without any support, and encountered the "Plant Weapon Gold and Silver Ingots" without any solution, and they were unable to retreat in time."

"Even if they evacuated the Ancient Labyrinth City, the return journey alone would be so far away that it would be despairing. It was actually a miracle that they had two survivors."

Buhala nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"Biscuit, what do you think?" Men Qi turned to Biscuit who was looking around.

"How do you see it? Just look at it this way."

"This is my first time in this 'dry valley' as well." Biscuit smiled, "It looks very novel. As for what Germain said, I basically agree with it."

"But as long as Germain is alive and can use the Lantern, we don't have to consider that terrible situation."

"It's really scary to think about it. In such a dangerous situation with no reinforcements in front and pursuers behind, we have to find the way back on foot."

"Forget about the 'gatekeeper' and 'guide'. I don't know how long it will take just to find the coastline..."

"Hey, hey, hey—" Men Qi interrupted quickly, "After all, you are a senior in every sense, why don't you comfort us two 'newcomers', but instead make alarmist remarks?"

"I'm just trying to comfort you." Biscuit said with a smile, "Besides, having a moderate sense of tension can help people concentrate, which is a good thing."

"Well, you always find a way to bring the topic back. I always feel like I'm seeing President Netero..." Men Qi rolled his eyes and complained.

At this time, Germain spoke up to remind him: "The 'dry river valley creatures' I mentioned in 'The Dark Continent' are already stirring."

"You haven't defeated them yet?" Biscuit asked in surprise.

"It's been several months, I'm afraid they don't remember me anymore." After answering, German realized that Biscuit was teasing, so he shrugged and said, "Yes, I didn't beat them."

After a while, they saw dust flying everywhere in the valley, and huge scarlet insects crawling towards the four of them impatiently.

German took out the "meat saw", Bisgi got into a fighting stance, Menqi pulled out the two machetes from his waist, and Buhala stretched his muscles.

The battle begins.

After a while, everything returned to silence.

The corpses of giant beasts were piled on the cracked rock. There were a total of sixteen "flesh-sucking red bugs" and two "poisonous mist centipedes", all of which were killed instantly.

German picked up the "meat saw", chopped open the back shell of a "flesh-sucking red bug", picked out the eroded organ tissue, and revealed a "color-changing stone".

Bisiji took out her camera, which could take clearer pictures than those taken with a cell phone. Of course, she still had to use her cell phone for written records. She took a few pictures of the "flesh-sucking red bug" and the "color-changing stone".

"I was fooled by you at the beginning." Biscuit flipped through the photos of "color-changing stones" in the camera and said to German in a somewhat bored tone, "They are everywhere and can't be considered 'gems' at all." In fact, German had explained to her the origin of "color-changing stones" a long time ago, she just liked to take the opportunity to complain.

German was also quite disappointed, but for different reasons.

When he killed the "Flesh-sucking Red Bug" and the "Poisonous Mist Centipede" before, he also got the "Gift of Resentment", but this time he killed a large number of them, but got nothing.

German also knew that this was a matter of probability, so he didn't worry about it too much.

"This meat..." Men Qi used a machete to cut open one of the giant legs of the "Poison Mist Centipede", revealing the meat column inside, "I feel like it looks a bit like shrimp and crab meat, what do you think?"

Biscuit took a look and waved his hands with a tingling scalp: "No, no, no, they have nothing to do with shrimps and crabs, right?"

"Anyway." Buhala touched his belly, "Let's try it first."

"Wait." Biscuit interrupted in a panic, "Do you want to eat them?"

"We are the ones who want to eat them." Menqi pointed at Germain, Bisji, Buhala, and then at himself, "Otherwise, there would be no point for the two of us 'food hunters' to come here, right?"

"I have a problem with insects..." Biscuit showed a slightly disgusted expression, "I can be very decisive when I kill them, but if I eat them..."

"Don't worry, Buhara will eat first."

Men Qi patted Buhala's big belly, and waves began to sway on his belly.

"If it tastes terrible, or is poisonous or has germs in it, he can tell."

"Just leave it to me." As a professional food taster, Buhala tapped his belly like a drum, full of confidence.

"Besides," Menqi added, "some ingredients may look ugly, but they taste really good, especially some insects, which are simply delicious after being fried."

"Some of them are delicious when eaten raw." Buhala seemed to remember something, showing a nostalgic expression and his mouth was watering.

"German." Biscuit turned to the man in a black robe and a bird-beak mask, trying to find his ally. "Can we eat the compressed biscuits we brought?"

"I think it's a good thing to try more." German was destined to disappoint Biscuit.

"It was you who decided to find Menqi and Buhala. The reason they came here with us was to compile the "Dark Continent Recipe" for long-term planning."

Biscuit was really regretful, feeling like it was his own fault.

Germann changed the subject at this point: "However, since we will be staying in this area for 16 hours, why not expand the search radius and see if there are any other ingredients."

He doesn't have a new "lantern" now, so after discussing with Bisgi and the others, he will not go far away from the "Dry Valley". This time, he will let Menqi and Buhala complete the work of evaluating the ingredients.

“‘Other ingredients’…”

Biscuit understood what German meant. If he didn't want to eat food that didn't look good, he had to find ingredients that looked more suitable for human diet.

"Good idea!" Men Qi's eyes lit up. "While Buhala and I are processing these ingredients, you two can look for them and bring back anything that looks edible."

"In these 16 hours, we will try to let Buhala taste all the food in this area."

(End of this chapter)