Chapter 325 [0322] Multi-Monster

When Lux followed this strong man to buy meat and vegetables, she had prepared herself mentally - in Zaun, she had already seen some "delicacies" that were not easily accepted, including the Demon Swamp Frog. Now that we have entered the Dashai Desert, in an extremely remote place like Wenbo, even if we eat bugs, Lacus grits her teeth and it is not unacceptable.

However, when she actually saw the "meat" that this strong man showed her, Lux was still a little confused.

"What is this?" She looked calm, but she immediately asked Kalya for help, "It's pitch black, why does it look like a stone?"

"It looks like... some kind of dried meat?" Kalya also hesitated, "Well, it's unbelievable. Shurima actually has food that I don't recognize..."

Unable to get an answer from Kalya, Lux could only openly ask the strong man who brought her here what it was.

Seeing that Lux didn't recognize this kind of food, a big smile appeared on the strong man's rough face.

"This is good stuff. It's full of dried meat from giant beasts. It's very nourishing!"

A lot of giant beasts...dried meat?

Lux took a piece from his hand and held it in her hand to examine it carefully - unlike the Doman Behemoth jerky that people usually know, this piece of jerky was heavy and very heavy on the hand.

The surface of the dried meat seems to have been repeatedly air-dried and soaked in oil, and it has become as moist as the walnuts that have been plated. Only when you put it under your nose and smell it carefully can you smell the vague smell of grease and meat. the taste.

"How do you eat this thing?" Lux stretched out her finger and tapped the hard meat with her index knuckle. "It doesn't look like an ordinary table knife can cut it, right?"

"Use this." The strong man took a small plane from the cabinet on the side. "Scrape off one or two pieces and you can use it for cooking."

Lux blinked and looked at the "black stone" in his hand and the plane in the other person's hand. For the first time, he clearly felt his lack of Shurima language.

"The taste is still very good." Seemingly misunderstanding Lacus's hesitation, the other party simply took back the piece of dried meat, then carefully cut off two pieces with a plane, and handed them to Lacus, "Have a taste. Just take it as my invitation."

Lux took it hesitantly and put it into her mouth.

How to say it.

Rather than saying it is dried meat, it is better to say it is "linen cloth pieces with a smell similar to dried meat" - even if the other party has followed the most standard processing method and cut the thick muscle fibers of the Doman beast horizontally, but other The rough taste still left Lux stunned.

Moreover, unlike the imagined meat that is salted and air-dried, this dried meat seems to be made by other methods and has no salty taste.

What's worse is that although this thing has no salty taste, it is full of a bloody smell similar to rust, mixed with the smell of grease, which makes Lux's eyes moisten instantly.

"Kalya." Lux held back her tears and nodded. On the surface, she looked appreciative, but at the same time she immediately began to complain, "Is this thing really edible? Are we still eating it?" There are a lot of salt algae, is it okay not to buy meat?”

"Although I can't share your taste, my answer is still... no!" Kalya rejected Lux's idea without hesitation, "Eating in the desert is not just for delicious food. The most important thing is to survive and have balanced nutrition, not to mention that with Ino here, at least you will not be short of water, so buy a big piece!"

Hearing this, Lux had no choice but to ask about the price, then spent money to buy ten kilograms of dried meat, and then bought some dried Artemisia annua, which looked like dehydrated vegetables. Then she took Scarash in hand, Leaving the market in Waynebo.

……………………

"Have you really never eaten this kind of dried meat?" After leaving the market, Lux and Ino packed their bags together and asked Kalya unwillingly, "It's also very unpalatable to chew dried salt algae. But the taste of Dasai soup is quite good. Do you really not know how to cook this kind of jerky from a giant beast?”

"I don't know." Kalya said helplessly, "I have never eaten the meat of many giant beasts, let alone this kind of dried meat!"

"How is that possible?" Lux couldn't believe it. "Didn't you say that you had a hard time in Shurima?"

"Do you think I had so many giant beasts to eat at that time?"

"What happened next?" Lux asked while putting a bag of potatoes under the bag, "Don't you need to eat after you become an ascended person?"

"Yes, of course." Kalya sighed, "But the Doman beast was never a meat beast even during the Shurima Empire!"

"..."

"Furthermore, although I was not directly involved in the breeding project of the Doman Behemoth, I was aware of it - the person in charge of this work at the time always aimed to make it bigger, with stronger scales and faster growth. Faster, more durable, more loyal and reliable, no one has ever thought of using these big guys for food.”

"But the Doman beast is so big. If it dies of natural causes, should we just let it rot?"

"The functions of the Doman behemoths in the Shurima Empire and the Doman behemoths now are not the same." Speaking of this topic, Kalya seemed a little melancholy, "The Doman behemoths now are the opportunity for the prosperity of a certain tribe or a certain city, but in the Shurima Empire, these big guys are the most reliable means of public transportation."

"Public transportation?!" Lux finally widened his eyes when he heard it, "How many Doman behemoths were there in the Shurima Empire at that time?"

"A lot, at the peak, the number of Doman behemoths once exceeded 10,000." Kalya said a number that Lux could hardly imagine, "Because it is difficult to build roads in the desert, the underground canals are of great significance and cannot be opened to all civilians, so the Doman behemoths undertake the main transportation work between cities."

"Civilians who can't afford mounts rely on Doman behemoths to travel between cities?" Lux tried to imagine the scene at that time, "Just like... like a ship in the desert!"

"Yes, just like a ship, Doman in Shurima originally means a big ship." Kalya's tone was a little more "However, it's not just people who can't afford a mount who do this. In fact, even if you have a mount, or even a Skarash at home, most people prefer to ride on the Doman beast when traveling long distances. Whether it's the upper-class cabin on their backs or the middle-class cabin with only a hanging basket hanging on both sides, it's much more comfortable than sitting on the back of Skarash."

"Incredible..."

"The criss-crossing canals ensure the stability of the Shurima oasis, so that they no longer appear and disappear with the seasons, forming the skeleton of the empire at that time." Kalya continued, "Several roads along the canals or connecting important cities are the powerful muscles of the empire; as for these inter-city sand boats that transport pedestrians and small-scale commodities, they are the blood vessels of Shurima. The combination of the three makes Shurima, a country built on yellow sand, have rare vitality and vitality."

Kalya's words made Lux fascinated, especially after such a desert trip - however, comparing her own experience, and thinking about the scene described by Kalya, Lux finally felt a clear sense of loss.

The sand boat that once carried countless Shurimans on their long journeys has now become a treasure that only a few tribes possess.

For the Shurimans living on the edge of the Great Sai Desert, the only way for them to come into contact with the Doman beast is through this extremely unpalatable jerky...

Thinking of this, Lux's longing smile finally froze on her face.

Karya's small class: Breeding in the Shurima Empire:

Under Karya's leadership, the Shurimans during the Shurima Empire invested a lot of resources and energy in the cultivation of animals and plants - this was one of the best ways Karya could find at the time to peacefully use magic.