A Fortunate Day

Under the watchful gaze of the wary prison guards, Feng Xue picked up the plate of fried chicken and began to eat it with gusto.

In the Real World, the [consciousness] within True Thing is fixed. Although there are subtle differences in their actual mode of existence, for the nothingness that comes to reality, eating True Thing food is no different from drinking False Thing water and eating False Thing food in the Infinite City. (Old Li has drunk tea before.)

However, what he wanted to eat was not to satisfy his craving for food after such a long period of fasting, but rather...

It crumbles.

Yeah, it crumbles.

As he ate with such a bold and unrestrained manner, crumbs from the fried chicken kept falling onto the dictionary, but he didn't seem to care, and the jailer outside the door obviously didn't find it strange either.

After all, who doesn't get a few crumbs when eating fried chicken?

A plate of fried chicken was quickly devoured. Although I really wanted to keep the chicken bones as a base for my Phantom Object, unlike food scraps, bones were a bit too conspicuous.

Moreover, deliberately leaving something behind can easily arouse suspicion.

He placed the bones he had finished eating on a plate and pushed them next to the iron bars. Then he retreated to the wooden bed in the corner of the room, wiped his greasy hands on his prison uniform, wrapped himself back in the blanket, and began flipping through a dictionary and copying word cards.

Everything seemed so calm, but no one knew that in the space supported by Feng Xue's elbows, the dictionary, and his knees, in this blind spot obscured by the blanket, he was Reforge those bits and pieces of fried chicken.

"Damn, the first shot was a black ball!" Feng Xue looked at the thing on the dictionary that had collapsed into a black dot and became a little nervous, afraid that it would suddenly explode. But it seemed that due to the difference in the rules, the sphere, which looked like it was made of mosaic material, quickly evaporated after collapsing.

"Tsk..." Upon seeing this scene, Feng Xue's first reaction was not relief at not having to deal with the black ball, but rather a slight disappointment. In his escape plan, besides using the Resurrection Follow-up, there was also a strategy of using the Omen Seed to turn the neighboring Wu into Omen, thereby causing chaos.

Unfortunately, the Omen Seed seems unable to exist independently in this world, rendering the plan futile.

"Fine, consider yourself lucky." Feng Xue muttered to herself, then stopped paying attention to the black ball that had completely dissipated and refocused her aim on a piece of debris.

Bang! The residue suddenly expanded, but fortunately, Feng Xue was prepared. She tilted the dictionary slightly, so that the triangular red candy the size of a little fingernail didn't attract any attention. If the resulting Phantom Object was too large, Feng Xue could simply adjust the angle slightly and make it fall directly into her arms.

So big that even a blanket can't cover it up?

What else can you do? Just commit suicide! You've already gained a Tag, so it's not a loss.

Name: Phantom Object - Power Candy

Elements: [Food], [Items], [Candy], [Energy]

Description: Energy-filled candies that slightly boost a Pokémon's Attack stat.

Note: What? Invalid? Are you a Pokémon?

Although this thing was useless to him, Feng Xue still picked up the candy and put it in his mouth as if he had picked up a piece of fried chicken crumb from a dictionary. However, he did not swallow it. Instead, he chewed it up and then spat it out in a very exaggerated way.

It's not that he's disgusting; in fact, this is exactly the process he goes through to "destroy" the Phantom Object.

After all, Phantom Object can only be Smelt after it has been destroyed.

Yes, the items obtained from Smelt food scraps were not Feng Xue's goal; his goal was to recycle the element of "food".

In the Infinite City, food that can be eaten without food is a luxury. To this day, Feng Xue still doesn't know where Old Li's tea came from, and naturally she has never obtained any food-related elements.

Now, those glistening fried chicken crumbs in the dictionary are, in his eyes, a treasure trove of rare elements, and he quietly explores their mysteries.

But his actions...

Hmm, it feels a bit like sneaking a snack in class.

It's unclear whether it was because the fried chicken crumbs used as the base were too small, or because Feng Xue was having good luck today, but apart from the black ball, the food he Reforge wasn't very big. The largest of them was only a green ball the size of a ping-pong ball, and its name was simply "Spinach Ball".

Despite its unassuming appearance, Feng Xue almost didn't dare to eat it. It took her nearly half an hour to subtly crush it.

If you ask why--

This thing can instantly increase a person's strength by three times.

Sounds great?

But the price is burning fat, intense pain, and severe side effects.

Yes, this is a secret medicine from a very wealthy family.

Anyway, someone of Feng Xue's build would probably be bedridden after eating just one.

However, the Smelt that night was not without results; at least Feng Xue's element pool had gained quite a few new items.

"Now comes the important part! I don't know if my idea will work." Feng Xue, wrapped in a blanket, stood up again, which immediately perked up the prison guard outside who had just finished his shift and seemed a little sleepy. However, he soon noticed that Feng Xue began to adjust the handcuffs wrapped in towels and occasionally shook her slightly red and swollen wrists.

Seeing this scene, the jailer immediately relaxed, leaning against the wall and resuming his lazy posture. Little did he know that Feng Xue had taken advantage of this action to quietly tear out three pages from the dictionary that she had previously determined were "useless".

After adding the food element to the book page, Feng Xue pondered for a moment and then added the [Learning] element.

"There will be plenty of opportunities, no need to rush." Feng Xue gave herself a boost, invested about 500 towers of [Knowledge], and then pressed the Reforge button.

It seemed that the reverse milk was indeed working. As the [consciousness] was injected, the paper placed on her lap began to twist rapidly. Feng Xue could feel that the weight on her legs was increasing, but it hadn't reached an unbearable level.

"It shouldn't be too big," Feng Xue thought, waiting for the final result. Although he said that, the whole process didn't actually last long. Soon, a square, soft, cool, and pinkish thing appeared on his knee.

"It's done!" Feng Xue's joy was almost explosive, and the information about this item unfolded before his eyes—

Name: Phantom Object - Translation Konjac

Elements: [Food], [Items], [Translation], [Knowledge], [Learning], [Language]

Synopsis: Although it looks like konjac, it is actually a super high-tech product from the future. Once you eat it, you will be able to understand and use all the languages you come into contact with.

Note: Portable Shizuka~~