I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 57: Could Something Be Wrong With My Body?

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Could Something Be Wrong With My Body?

After reading the announcement, someone started a thread on the Exotic Beast Hunter app’s forum to discuss the official mission announcement.

The Heart’s Path is No Path: Anyone who participates in this mission, after it ends, besides keeping the Mutant Beasts you hunt yourself, everyone will also get an extra 100,000 yuan. I’ve already signed up for this event. PM me if you want to team up.

Pie Leader Fengyun: @The Heart’s Path is No Path, did you even read the mission details? The mission lasts for three days. Participants have to hunt at least three Tier One Peak Mutant Beasts to get the extra 100,000 yuan.

Greedy Slacker: Isn’t it just three Tier One Peak Mutant Beasts? A piece of cake.

08a: Exactly. I can kill Tier One Peak Mutant Beasts easily.

Brilliant Scholar: Are you guys really that strong? Killing Tier One Peak Mutant Beasts so easily? Last time my team and I ran into a Tier One Peak Mutant Beast in the wilderness, it took everything our leader had to finally take it down.

Unparalleled Fate: I’m Tier Two Initial Stage and have already signed up for this mission. Any other Tier Two Initial Stage peers want to team up? PM me if you’re interested.

Novel Addict: @Unparalleled Fate, count me in. I’ve already PM’d you.

Little Dove Treasure: Newbie looking for a carry. I’m at the Tier One Peak cultivation level. Although I just got my Exotic Beast Hunter license, I have awakened a Superpower.

Unparalleled Fate: @Little Dove Treasure, PM’d you. Add me on WeChat.

The Heart’s Path is No Path: @Little Dove Treasure, I’m Tier Two Middle Stage. Join me. I’ve PM’d you my WeChat ID.

Unparalleled Fate: @The Heart’s Path is No Path, damn, are you trying to snipe my recruit?

The Heart’s Path is No Path: @Unparalleled Fate, I’m not sniping anyone. The final choice is his.

Nanyue Longdong Zhiqiu Forest: @Little Dove Treasure, come with us. Our squad is entirely made up of Cultivators who have awakened Superpowers.

Before long, the thread had basically turned into a free-for-all of recruitment and poaching.

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In a buffet restaurant in Rongcheng East District, the place was bustling with noise and excitement.

The buffet restaurant where Su Yue and Lin Li were eating cost 220 yuan per person.

Although the price per person was several times more expensive than other buffets that cost sixty or seventy yuan, this place was still extremely popular.

That’s because the restaurant had a huge variety of food, including many rare items that other restaurants didn’t offer.

For example, there was caviar, Boston lobster, abalone, salmon... and even some of the rarer types of Exotic Beast Meat.

"Su Yue, why are you staring at me? Eat something!" Lin Li said after finishing a steak. He looked up and saw Su Yue peeling a large shrimp, watching him with a dazed expression.

"Lin Li, your appetite seems to have grown quite a bit!" Su Yue said, placing the peeled shrimp into Lin Li’s bowl.

"My appetite is fine, I guess. Maybe I’m just extra hungry today." Lin Li picked up the shrimp Su Yue had placed in his bowl, dipped it in some garlic sauce, and ate it. Then he said, "You should eat the ones you peel. I can peel them myself if I want some."

"I’m already full," Su Yue said with a smile, then peeled another shrimp and placed it in Lin Li’s bowl.

Hearing Su Yue say she was full, Lin Li nodded, ate the shrimp she had just peeled for him, and went back to demolishing the other food on the table.

"Lin Li, is there anything else you want? I’ll go get it for you," Su Yue asked after wiping her hands with a wet napkin. She had noticed he was about to polish off everything on the table and had just placed another peeled shrimp in his bowl.

"Get me a steak, a small portion of fried noodles, two fried chicken legs... uh, and two big crabs..." Lin Li mumbled to Su Yue, his mouth full of abalone.

"Eat slowly, don’t choke. I’ll get you a bowl of pork rib soup, too."

"Mm."

Su Yue got up and walked toward the food stations. After she left, Lin Li stopped eating, a puzzled look on his face.

He hadn’t really paid much mind to his growing appetite before, but now that Su Yue had brought it up, he had a clear realization of just how much it had suddenly increased.

’Strange, why has my appetite suddenly gotten so huge?

’I’ve heard that a Cultivator’s appetite gradually increases as their strength grows, but the process is supposed to be slow and steady. It shouldn’t be as dramatic as this. I’m practically turning into a human garbage disposal.

’Could there be something wrong with my body? They say a good appetite is a blessing, but eating this much is a little scary. No, I have to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow.’

After some thought, Lin Li decided to cancel his plan to go hunt Mutant Beasts in the wilderness tomorrow and get a full physical at Rongcheng City First Hospital instead.

...

"Huh?"

When Su Yue returned, carrying a full plate of food in each hand, she found that Lin Li had already devoured everything on the table. She stared at him, completely astonished.

"Ahem..." Lin Li knew he was acting no different from a bottomless pit right now. He gave an embarrassed cough and said to Su Yue, "Hurry and sit down! Why are you just standing there? Aren’t your hands tired from holding those plates?"

Su Yue placed the plates full of food in front of Lin Li. "I haven’t gotten you the pork rib soup yet! You can start on this first."

"No need. I’ll be pretty much full after finishing this. It would be a waste if you brought it back," Lin Li said, stopping Su Yue as she was about to get the soup for him.

"Oh, okay then!" Hearing this, Su Yue dropped the idea of getting him the pork rib soup.

Then she sat down, rested her chin in her hands, and watched with a beaming smile as Lin Li heartily dug into his food.

Being stared at like that by Su Yue, Lin Li couldn’t help but slow down his eating. Usually, when they ate together, he wouldn’t feel awkward being watched by her.

But now that he had turned into a glutton and was eating so much, he felt extremely embarrassed.

"Lin Li!"

"Hm?"

"If you’re going to eat this much every single meal from now on, I’m afraid that one-million-yuan savings of yours will be eaten up in just a few years!" Su Yue said with a sudden laugh, watching him feast.

’What one million? I’ve only got a little over twenty thousand yuan left in my account...’ Lin Li grumbled inwardly, then said to Su Yue,

"Come on, of course my one-million-yuan savings wouldn’t last if I ate like this for every meal.

"Today’s just a special case. My appetite suddenly shot up, and I’m eating this much just because I was feeling a bit hungry.

"Besides, this buffet isn’t cheap, and you didn’t eat much. If I don’t work hard and eat more, how are we supposed to get our money’s worth?"

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