Hao Ren watched Lily eating with such delight (though he had no idea how anyone could tell she was "delighted") and couldn't help growing curious. He went over and tried some of the synthesized food himself, only to frown immediately. The stuff might not have been as terrible as Lily claimed, but it was certainly nowhere near good. The solid food was bland and coarse, while the pastes carried an unforgettable fishy sweetness and strange flavor. Clearly, to ensure rapid mass production, the food had been created directly through the simplest synthesis formulas. It seemed that even the Erem royal family was unwilling to take supplies from the Ecological Dome—the domes should have produced enough to meet the royal family's needs, but this was a matter of attitude.
Vivian and Izax also tried some out of curiosity. The great demon said it wasn't bad, but Vivian shared Lily's opinion: even when she had been at her poorest, she had never eaten anything so awful. Lily gave up after a few bites and put the food back in the cabinet. Then she pulled a large bag of brown snacks from her personal bag and began crunching away, casually handing Hao Ren a handful. "Here, Landlord, eat this. Dinner tonight probably won't be any good either, so have some snacks to fill your stomach first. Bat, help yourself if you want some."
While they waited for Hilda to return, Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily each grabbed a handful of snacks and gathered around the table to eat. Izax had no interest in them, so he found a quiet corner and sat down to zone out as usual.
"You can always pull food out of nowhere," Hao Ren said. He wasn't surprised that Lily carried snacks around. Aside from transforming, her greatest superpower