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"So beautiful. Is this the Gold Swamp? It's like a miraculous beauty. It's a pity this beauty is in the Gourmet World. It's destined that not many people can see it..."
Nono said.
If this place were in the Human World, probably countless people would go here to visit. But the Gold Swamp was in the Gourmet World.
Very few people could get here—
....
The Giant Shell cub continued to advance.
But not long after, Yuuki and Jiro suddenly looked up at the sky.
"Mr. Yuuki, what happened??"
Seeing that both Yuuki and Jiro had reacted, Nono asked with some confusion.
"The Steel Clouds above have suddenly increased a lot. This growth rate has increased by tens of thousands of times in an instant—Originally, the Steel Clouds would not have fallen when we passed through, but at this speed, the Steel Clouds will fall in less than a minute." Yuuki explained.
"This speed is not normal. But there are no other lives around that can affect the Steel Clouds. In other words, there is only one possibility. Yuuki, what are you thinking??" Jiro looked at Yuuki.
"I was thinking about where to go to capture the best ingredients..."
Yuuki nodded.
"That explains it. Your Food Luck is very strong. Your thoughts will trigger it. You want to find ingredients—so Food Luck will guide you to find them."
"The speed at which the Steel Clouds are gathering now is because of Food Luck."
Jiro nodded. He was not worried about the Steel Clouds falling. But he needed to know the reason. Now he finally understood.
"Wait, isn't it very dangerous for the Steel Clouds to fall? Could the ingredients be hidden in the clouds?"
Nono asked with some confusion. She knew a little about the effect of Food Luck, but wasn't the reaction of the Steel Clouds a bit too strange?
"No, it's not in the clouds. There are no living things in these clouds. If the clouds fall, then we can only choose to go down. In other words, the ingredients are in the swamp under our feet."
Jiro said. From the situation of the clouds, Food Luck was planning to use the clouds to force them into the swamp.
"BELOW THE SWAMP?"
Nono looked at the still Gold Swamp below with some confusion.
"That's right, below the Gold Swamp—there is a huge swamp maze. It is said that no one who has entered this maze has ever come out. Speaking of which, I haven't been in either."
Jiro nodded. He was still quite familiar with the Gourmet World.
"In that case, let's go down and see."
Yuuki said.
With his Food Luck—it was impossible for him to be trapped in the maze. And wasn't Jiro here?? Even if his Food Luck and strength were both useless, Jiro could easily rush out.
....
Just as Yuuki was speaking, the big feet formed by the lightning outside had already begun to step down continuously. Dense lightning feet fell, and everything around was smashed.
This was the Iron Step.
And the hardness of these lightning feet was very high. In the original story, Toriko's attacks hadn't been able to blast them.
"The Iron Step has fallen... GIANT SHELL, DIVE INTO THE SWAMP BELOW."
Yuuki directly gave the order.
After that, the Giant Shell immediately absorbed a large amount of air, and after absorbing it, it immediately dived.
Below, it was not dark. While it was underground—there was water all around, the Gold Swamp itself emitted a golden light.
"Next, it's up to you. Your Food Luck is the strongest here. You don't need to deliberately operate it. Just follow your heart—and Food Luck will guide you to where the ingredients are."
After Jiro spoke, he let Yuuki command the Giant Shell to move. At this moment, Yuuki also completely gave up thinking and just controlled the Giant Shell to wander around.
During this period, they encountered many beasts and entered some huge forked caves. There were even many powerful creatures here. Once a living creature entered, it would be treated as prey by the other party.
Though it was dangerous, the group also collected a lot of ingredients.
....
"This place shouldn't have been born naturally, right??"
Looking at the obviously man-made treasure chest, Nono said. She didn't believe that nature could create them.
"That's right, but it's not entirely man-made. This swamp maze was originally formed naturally, but was later discovered by the Nitros, and then they modified it."
Jiro said.
The Nitro race was very obsessed with mazes. They seemed to like them very much. Generally, where the Nitros lived—there would be such a maze.
But the Gold Swamp was different. This maze was not what the Red Nitros wanted to see, because this maze was built by the Blue Nitros for fun.
After the construction was completed—the Red Nitros would be thrown into this maze. So, this place became a place of entertainment for the Blue Nitros.
But there were also a large number of beasts here. A moment of carelessness and they would be swallowed by these beasts. The strength of the Red Nitros was not enough to fight against all the beasts, so very few could walk out...
The Blue Nitros also threw some of the ingredients and miscellaneous things they stored that they thought were useless into this maze, using them as prizes.
....
As the Giant Shell cub wandered around in the maze—a large number of treasure chests and ingredients were captured by Yuuki.
The huge ingredients were directly put into his own space.
He had already shown his hand to Jiro, so it didn't matter if he used it. As for the treasure chests, they were left outside to be opened later.
"Looks like all the valuable ingredients are gone. We can go out now."
Yuuki suddenly said.
Before, because of the guidance of Food Luck, he had a feeling that he should go to certain places. But now, this guidance had disappeared.
This proved that the ingredients here had been swept clean by him.
"Giant Shell, you can move freely now. Just walk randomly and get out!"
Yuuki was too lazy to continue controlling the Giant Shell. He might as well let it walk on its own. Food Luck would guide it—so Yuuki was not worried at all that he would not be able to get out.
Now what he had to do was to start opening these treasure chests.
"Some of the ingredients are no longer edible. While the preservation method is very good, they still have a shelf life."
After some of the treasure chests were opened—the ingredients inside could no longer be eaten. After all, the time they had been stored here was too long.
Unless each ingredient was given an Eternal Knocking.
....
Soon, Yuuki opened the ingredient he needed from a treasure chest. It was a Golden Can. Though it had been stored here for who knew how long, it still looked brand new.
"Was this put in recently?"
Nono was stunned when she saw the new can.
"This is a Golden Can. The Nitros would seal things they couldn't handle with a Golden Can. The material of the Golden Can is very special. It's a material born from the seven beasts on the Sixth Continent. It has the ability to resist the passage of time."
"So this Can looks brand new. In fact, it has existed for who knows how many years."
"Yuuki, do you want to open it and see?"
Since the ingredient was found by Yuuki, it was naturally his. While the Golden Can needed a can opener made of golden material to open, Jiro was here.
Midora could open the Golden Can from the inside of the seal. Jiro could also open the can with brute force.
"Then let's open it and see. Something that can be sealed by the Nitros might be a good thing!"
Yuuki nodded.
He knew what ingredient was inside. But with his strength, it was impossible to open it with brute force.
If Yuuki wanted to open this can, he could only wait until his strength improved—or go to the Sixth Continent to ask Jiji for a can opener made of Golden material, or make one himself.
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