The terrifying food with an odor index reaching 8,070 Au [First update]_1

Although his gaze was firm, his voice still trembled when he uttered those two words.

As Lin Yi drew the third item, Ju Zi opened her mouth, fanning air into it nonstop with her little hands.

She felt the lingering taste of the preserved egg had burrowed into her brain, invading her spirit, seemingly scattering her concentration.

So thirsty, so desperate to rinse her mouth!

The image of the food on the panel before Lin Yi gradually came to a halt, and upon seeing the actual item, his mouth twitched involuntarily—it was indeed what he had guessed.

[Surströmming]

It was the most notorious food on Blue Planet, infamous for its horrendous stench.

It wasn't just a different kind of stink from stinky tofu, no, it wasn't even on the same level.

There was an index known as the Intensity of Unusual Aroma, measured in Au.

The aroma intensity of stinky tofu was 420Au, while that of surströmming reached a staggering 8070Au!

It was twenty times that of stinky tofu, nineteen times that of rotten eggs!

It was like blending the scent of rotten eggs with the sour stench of kitchen waste!

Lin Yi looked at Ju Zi and said, "The draw is complete."

A rainbow glow swept over the palm of his hand and a plate appeared in midair.

Ju Zi nodded, but before she even approached a few steps, her expression suddenly changed.

She immediately covered her nose, widened her eyes, and stumbled back a few steps... so stinky! So stinky!!!

I haven't even lifted the lid yet!

What to do... what to do, this is definitely a bombshell.

Lin Yi looked at her with a touch of sympathy, "If you want to give up here, I wouldn't look down on you. In fact, I would admire you for eating the first two items so cleanly. You've done really well."

Ju Zi was close to tears, her voice wavering with a sob, "But... but I've come so far, I can't... can't give up. I must get the Red Junior reward!"

Gu Yuena's expression shifted slightly. The simple Red Junior reward had inspired such determination in this human girl—truly admirable.

But... weakness is still a sin.

Ju Zi's stride suddenly firmed up, and the hand covering her nose also came down. She flung the lid open!

"Fish? yue——"

The very second she saw it was fish, she even felt a stroke of luck, but as the foul odor struck her, Ju Zi's body instinctively reacted!

She bent over and retched vehemently.

"Damn! What is this smell?!"

"Damn, damn!"

"How many days has this fish been rotting?!"

...

In an instant, the crowd around the stands beat a hasty retreat, even faster than when Gu Yuena had launched her attack.

Despite moving so far away, many people still covered their noses.

This reminded Lin Yi of a news story he had once read. A certain country on Blue Planet had specifically prohibited the consumption of surströmming in enclosed spaces, or else the consequences would be severe.

As for what those consequences were, Lin Yi did not know.

At this moment, everyone's gaze towards Ju Zi was filled with sympathy.

After retching, Ju Zi stood up, enduring the intense nausea. She pinched her nose and approached Lin Yi to ask, "Can I eat it with my nose pinched?"

"No, you must remember that your facial expression must not change more than thirty percent."

"How cruel..."

Ju Zi really felt like crying.

She exhaled softly, standing next to the can of herring without a change in her expression, her hand trembling slightly as she picked up a sour-smelling herring from the foul-smelling juice and then stuffed it into her mouth.

Even before chewing, with half of the fish still hanging out of her mouth, Ju Zi's stomach started churning, her throat contracted, almost making her vomit.

Lin Yi reminded her in a timely manner, "Facial expression change has reached 25 percent."

The panel in front of him was constantly detecting the expressions on Ju Zi's face, and the number 25 percent was already highlighted in red, even emitting an alarm sound that only Lin Yi could hear.

Ju Zi's expression immediately smoothed over forcibly.

For a Douluo girl, who had no concept or mental preparation for such food, doing this well was already quite remarkable.

After finishing one fish without any noticeable hesitation, she immediately started on the second, then the third.

Her stomach churned as if it were a tumble washer, but in Ju Zi's mind, she was only thinking about her Red Junior reward.

My Red Junior reward is waiting for me!

I'm different from everyone else, my damage isn't enough, I'm very weak, I'm all alone... But when opportunity presents itself, I can't let it slip away!

Thinking so, Ju Zi's expression grew even more resolute, and after stuffing the last fish into her mouth, she chewed quickly, her face as cold and ruthless as if she had just killed a hundred people.

After finishing, she glanced at the remaining foul juice in the plate.

Without a doubt, she had to drink this too.

"Half a minute left."

Upon hearing Lin Yi's reminder, Ju Zi picked up the plate without a word and gulped down the murky juice.

Lin Yi winced at the sight.

This kid is tough.

When the last second ticked by, Ju Zi set the plate down just in time.

Standing there, her body swayed for a moment, her cheeks puffing in and out, and after two or three seconds, as if she couldn't bear it any longer, she quickly turned and ran to the edge of the stand.

"Blegh—"

Zhu Zhuyun, who didn't know where she got a wooden bucket from, handed it to Ju Zi in a timely manner.

She was very fond of the girl from ten thousand years in the future, and from the beginning when she saw Ju Zi, Zhu Yun felt that Ju Zi's cautiousness was very much like her former self.

This time, Ju Zi wasn't just dry heaving, but pretty much threw up everything she had eaten.

Looking up at Zhu Zhuyun with a drained face, she said, "Thank you."

"No problem."

Zhu Yun handed her a cloth, "You can use this to wipe your mouth, it's clean."

"Yeah, thank you."

Zhu Yun smiled and shook her head at her reply.

[Challenge completed, reward quality upgraded to Red Junior]

Seeing the message on the panel, even Lin Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for Ju Zi.

It really wasn't easy.

"If you're ready, you can come over and get your reward."

"Yes!"

Ju Zi walked toward Lin Yi with a slightly shaky step, while releasing her Martial Soul and directly gnawing on a pomelo, intending to wash out the taste in her mouth before anything else, not daring to think, for thinking would make her retch.

[Red Junior Reward: Randomly obtain five magic-modified abilities corresponding to fairy tales]

Lin Yi picked up a red orb and said, "Your Red Junior reward will grant you five magic-modified abilities, and all five of these abilities originate from five different fairy tales."

"However, the five fairy tales require on-the-spot drawing."

Lin Yi finished with some puzzlement. What kind of abilities could come from magic modifications of fairy tales? Those so-called witch powers from the stories?

Without drawing them, he had no way to conclude.