Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 73: Come and learn to be a duck with me
Tang Zheng looked into Jiang Wuyan's eyes and could see that he was very conflicted.
On one side are the beliefs and principles he has adhered to since childhood, and on the other side are the friendship and needs of his teammates. No matter which end of this scale is on, it is extremely important to him. No matter which end he leans towards today, I am afraid that he will feel the heavy pressure from the other end in the future.
"If he were alone, he wouldn't be as worried and entangled as he is today..." Tang Zheng suddenly thought.
Just like myself in my previous life, I lived my whole life, mining alone, completing tasks alone, upgrading alone, and eating instant noodles alone...
It seems that no matter what happens, you only need to consider your own feelings. How free and easy.
But... why, at the last moment, did Tang Zheng not feel any nostalgia for such a "free" life and world?
Tang Zheng pulled his thoughts back from those not-so-good memories and suddenly spoke : "Well... Actually, you know me. My biggest principle is that I don't have any principles..."
When Tang Zheng just said this, a smile suddenly appeared on Zheng Qian's face, while Jiang Wuyan's eyes dimmed a little.
Since there are no principles, there is no need to care about the beliefs of the human race or the creed of gentlemen...
This seems to mean that he is going to adopt Zheng Qian's strategy.
However, just when Zheng Qian was about to ask Tang Zheng when the execution would begin, Tang Zheng continued, "But——"
"Life, the most wonderful thing is this, but, but what, but I admire those who can stick to their beliefs and principles without wavering."
“So, although I am not a gentleman, and I don’t abide by the ways of a gentleman, but if the method of using the young butterflies of the Far North Demon Butterfly as bait to lure the mother butterfly can’t get past Wu Yan’s place, then it won’t get past me either. This has nothing to do with faith and principles, it only has to do with the fact that he is our partner.” Tang Zheng looked into everyone’s eyes and pointed to his heart as he spoke.
After listening to Tang Zheng's words, Jiang Wuyan showed an indescribable touch of emotion in his eyes, and quickly lowered his head, not wanting everyone to see his slight loss of composure.
Zheng Qian sighed when he heard this, knowing that his plan might be completely rejected. However, he was still a little unwilling and couldn't help but said, "But..."
"No buts! The Master is right. We can't risk hurting Wu Yan's heart for a demon butterfly."
"Aren't they just a group of northern demon butterflies? I don't believe that we can't catch them without using despicable methods!" Tang Xiaotang stood up suddenly, waved his hand to interrupt Zheng Qian's words, and said with great pride.
"Have you thought of any other solution?" Zheng Qian asked quickly when he saw Xiaotang looked confident.
"This... not yet, but , Master, I'm sure you can think of a solution, right, Master?" Tang Xiaotang quickly asked for help from the "audience outside the venue".
Tang Zheng glanced at Tang Xiaotang speechlessly: "It's wrong to blindly worship someone, but... I did think of a way."
"Hurry up and tell me." Everyone turned their expectant eyes to Tang Zheng again.
"In fact, although Zheng Qian's strategy is not quite right, his idea is right. The Arctic Demon Butterflies hate the smell of our armor because there are not enough external factors for them to overcome this uncomfortable feeling. So we just need to give them an external factor that forces them to get close to us!" Tang Zheng said.
"To put it bluntly, it means we still need a bait, right? But, besides young butterflies, what else can be used as bait?" Tang Xiaotang scratched his head.
"As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. Of course, it's food." Tang Zheng said while snapping his fingers.
"Well... Master, although the Arctic Demon Butterflies can fly, they should be considered insects, not birds." Tang Xiaotang said weakly, raising her hand.
"Well, that's not the point. The point is how we can get food that will tempt the Far North Demon Butterfly enough to make it feel uncomfortable and tremble all over if it doesn't try it." Tang Zheng waved his hand and said.
"This seems very difficult. After all, the food of the Far North Demon Butterfly is 'delivered' by the One-eyed Vermilion Bird. This fact was analyzed for us by you, Boss. When someone has already delivered the food and the food is sufficient, eating it does not seem to be a strong bait. Besides, apart from the Far North Swordfish, we don't know what else the Far North Demon Butterfly likes to eat." Zheng Qian said on the side.
Tang Zheng smiled, stood up, faced south, and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "Yes, what you said makes sense. The Far North Demon Butterfly has no shortage of food, and has eaten enough Far North Swordfish meat."
"But... who am I? Besides being an awesome warrior and caster, my main job is also to be an awesome cook. So, I am confident that I can not only use the skin of the Far North Swordfish to forge armor that will make the Far North Demon Butterfly nauseous, but I can also use the meat of the Far North Swordfish to cook delicious food that will make the Far North Demon Butterfly salivate and come all the way over!"
"Pah, pah, pah—" Tang Zheng had just finished speaking when Tang Xiaotang clapped her hands until they turned red, and clapped: "Master, you are mighty, Master, you have returned to your position, this is your true self, Master, you were suddenly so serious and earnest just now, which made us all very uncomfortable."
"Ahem, let's discuss the dishes." Under Xiaotang's gaze, Tang Zheng quickly put away the pose he had just made and continued to discuss the business.
So, after Tang Zheng came up with the food lure plan, the group worked together to perfect the details of how to implement it.
In the next few days, Tang Zheng and his companions once again went to the waters where the Arctic swordfish appeared and caught some Arctic swordfish. Then, after everyone's tasting, Tang Zheng developed swordfish dishes such as "Sweet and Sour Swordfish", "Braised Swordfish", "Dry-fried Swordfish" and so on. After using various cooking techniques to torture the Arctic swordfish, Tang Zheng finally discovered that the Arctic Demon Butterfly's favorite Arctic swordfish dish was actually dry-fried swordfish with French fries, although this dish was one of the dishes that Xiao Tang and his companions disliked the most.
"Could it be that this group of Far North demon butterflies have British bloodline?" Tang Zheng was actually very puzzled by this.
After all, it's hard to associate fish and chips with the word "food".
Tang Zheng was forced to think of this kind of fish dish after he had tried many dishes that were regarded as delicacies by Xiaotang and others but had no appeal to the Arctic Demon Butterfly.
Unexpectedly, just by trying it casually, the dead horse was actually brought back to life!
Under the temptation of this dish of deep-fried swordfish and French fries, we can almost always successfully attract the Arctic sword butterfly to come for food, with a success rate of almost 100%.
The only drawback is that after seeing the delicious food, the fighting desire of these Arctic butterflies drops sharply. After grabbing the food, their first thought is to quickly find a place to enjoy it rather than fighting with humans to the death.
The annoying thing is that these Far North Demon Butterflies are extremely fast. Most of the time, when Tang Zheng and his men were lying in ambush and were about to surround and kill them, the Far North Demon Butterflies would just grab the food and run away. As for those Demon Butterflies with four stars or above, when their wings flapped at full power and their demonic power was fully unleashed, only Tang Zheng could keep up with them, while everyone else could only watch on.
This was not a human area, and even Tang Zheng, a five-star warrior, did not dare to pursue them recklessly. So, over the past few days, a lot of Far North Demon Butterflies were seen every day, but only a few of them could be captured alive and meet Hua Yingxiu's requirements for making Butterfly Zombie Gu.
Several days passed by unknowingly, and in the blink of an eye, everyone had been deep in the demon tribe's territory for some time.
"No, if we go on like this, the harvest will be too poor. These demon butterflies are too cunning and fast. We need to set up some traps and magic arrays so that they won't be fooled. Master, is there any other way? It's just catching some four-star demon butterflies. Is it so difficult..." After another day of losing both fried fish and butterflies, Tang Xiaotang couldn't help but complain.
"Nonsense, the four-star monsters are stronger than the four-star human warriors. Although their numbers are not rare, they are definitely not found everywhere. You are also a four-star warrior. Use your brain and think about it. If a monster wants to capture you in the human territory, is it easy?" Tang Zheng said, patting Xiaotang's head.
"Capture me?! Of course not. I'll blow myself up and kill it!" Xiaotang was furious.
"You see, since it is so difficult to capture , it is naturally not an easy task for us to catch a four-star demon butterfly in the demon territory now." Tang Zheng comforted.
"But are we going to continue like this?" Tang Xiaotang said a little depressed.
"Of course not. Actually, I'm fucking tired of making fish and chips these days. The sight of this thing makes me feel sick. I have to think of a new way." Tang Zheng nodded.
Everyone was once again caught up in a brainstorming session, but after discussing for a long time, there was still no good result.
"Well, we've done so much. We've caught the fish, made the equipment, cooked the dishes, and also brought the demon butterfly. The problem is that we can't catch it. Are we just going to watch the cooked duck fly away?" Zheng Qian hit his head a few times and said dejectedly.
Hearing Zheng Qian's words, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, "Wait, what did you just say? Say it again?!"
"Have you caught the fish?" Zheng Qian said weakly.
"No, it's the latter sentence."
"Has the equipment been built?"
"No, no, it's further back!"
"The demon butterfly came, and the cooked duck flew away?"
"That's right, that's it. The cooked duck has flown away. Haha, that's great. Why didn't I think of it before!" Tang Zheng suddenly slapped his thigh and said.
"What didn't you expect?" everyone asked curiously.
"It's certainly unpleasant when a cooked duck flies away, but if the cooked duck suddenly jumps up and punches you hard, wouldn't it be more satisfying?" Tang Zheng said with a beaming smile.
"Uh...so, Master, are you planning to stop cooking fish and cook duck instead?" Tang Xiaotang asked puzzledly.
"That's right, I'm going to make a duck...呸呸呸呸, what a woolen duck. What I mean is, I want to make myself into a dish!" Tang Zheng corrected loudly.
