Chapter 1: Crossing Over and Encountering a Herd of Cows

  In this world, a person's name is often inversely proportional to their experience. Those named "Wealthy" are basically very poor, those named "Beautiful" can usually scare people to death, and as for those named "Peaceful", they probably haven't had a peaceful life...

  So this is a good explanation of why Lin Taiping had just finished his resignation procedures and suddenly crossed over, and also suddenly acquired a strange language in his mind.

  Three minutes later, on the desolate island surrounded by blue waves, he looked up at the white snow fluttering in the sky and finally confirmed a bad news and an even worse one.

  The bad news is that he is now standing in a bamboo forest, tied up like a Dragon Boat Festival rice dumpling, and if he doesn't think of a way to warm himself up soon, he will probably turn into a human-shaped H?agen-Dazs.

  The worse news was that, within less than ten centimeters beside him, dozens of burly Minotaurs with ferocious faces were rummaging through his backpack excitedly. The green light bursting out from their eyes made one suspect they had contracted mad cow disease.

  "Minotaur? Dark Elf?" Lin Taiping suddenly felt a surge of emotions, and he could now confirm that even after transmigrating, his character remained as strong as ever.

  But just for a moment, the tears flowed freely, and the thick nerves that had been tempered by various troubles over the years immediately calmed him down.

  Alright, alright. If even going to the bank to withdraw money can lead to encountering a large group of robbers, then meeting a group of Minotaur people who love to rob after crossing over doesn't seem that hard to accept. It's just like playing a real-life version of World of Warcraft, except you can't explode equipment.

  In fact, just like what he saw in the game of World of Warcraft, these Minotaurs were all sturdy as small hills, with ferocious and sinister cow heads, sharp horns as sharp as knives, well-developed upper bodies, together with thick totem stone pillars, and white air spraying out from their nostrils with a fierce attitude...

  What's worse, these guys seemed to have been starving for a long time, and no matter what they found in the backpack, they would stuff it into their mouths without any care. Mobile phones, wallets, file folders, document bags, laptops, even that water-goods version of IPHONE4 was eaten by that bull-headed tribal chief named Tuluo.

  "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! Not edible at all!" Just after a few chews, the Tulou chief scrunched up his face and spat out several phone parts. "I knew it, that's why this thing only has half an apple drawn on it - people who ate it before must have found it so disgusting they couldn't swallow."

  It's great and powerful, at this moment, Jobs' spirit in heaven would have been moved to tears.

  In fact, Lin Taiping was also in tears, especially when he saw that the group of ox-headed people, after gnawing through the entire backpack, suddenly turned their heads to look over very neatly.

  "Uh..." The gaze made Lin Taiping's hair stand on end, and he couldn't help but shiver: "What's that, excuse me for asking, you guys aren't related to the cannibal demons or something?"

  "Pfft, you're the one who's related to cannibals, your whole family is related to cannibals." Toru immediately became enraged, spewing white air like he had been insulted. "Human, do you think our great Minotaur clan is on the same level as those lowly cannibalistic creatures? We were just thinking..."

  What he was thinking didn't need to be said, as dozens of Minotaur eyes were already fixed on his cowboy pants, and judging by the desperate swallowing of saliva, they would charge over at any moment.

  "Wait!" Lin Taiping couldn't help but shout loudly, even though his heart was wildly trembling. "You can't eat this, it's my last... I mean, if you want to find something to eat, I'd be happy to help!"

  Thanks to the last sentence, the cow-headed people who were collectively charging forward suddenly slammed on the brakes. Tulou's face was full of weirdness as he widened his eyes, as if he had heard something unbelievable: "Human, you just said that you can help us find food?"

  "That's right!" To prevent himself from becoming a light pig, Lin Taiping could only nod desperately. "Give me a few minutes, I can find a lot of food to guarantee that all of you will eat until you burp."

  Really? Several dozen Minotaurs swallowed their saliva in unison, yet couldn't help but exchange skeptical glances. Hmm, it sounds pretty good, but can this ordinary-looking human really find some food?

  Now, in the cold winter, this island is too desolate, everything edible has been eaten, even things that can't be eaten have been eaten. In such a situation, it's not to mention finding enough food, but even finding a small piece of bread is a miracle.

  "Try it out, you won't lose anything anyway." Lin Taiping replied very seriously, and also added a sentence, "Besides, the great and brave Bull Head Clan, are you afraid of being harmed by a human?"

  "That's right!" Toru proudly puffed out his chest, both horns emitting a golden glow. "Our great and brave Minotaur clan has never been afraid of humans, except for those detestable magicians, of course."

  With that, it proudly swung its hoof and easily broke the rope. However, to be on the safe side, several cow-headed men still stuck closely to Lin Taiping's side, fearing he would suddenly do something strange.

  "It's alright, I quite like the Minotaur, especially when attracting hate values in the lower copy." Lin Taiping casually spoke nonsense, exercising his numb wrists while scanning the surroundings.

  Just as he saw it, this snowy island was desolate, surrounded by vast wilderness, only the bamboo forest where he is now, even in winter, looks lush and green, hundreds of stalks of bamboo rustling in the sea breeze, with leaves falling from time to time.

  So, although claiming to help the Minotaur find food, there really is nothing here. The nearby sea surface is quiet with no fish in sight, and the wilderness has only stones and sand, except for this bamboo forest... Hmm? Bamboo forest?

  He seemed to have thought of something, stroking his chin thoughtfully as he circled the bamboo forest a few times. The growth of this bamboo forest was very good, and now it just so happened to be winter...

  "I've eaten it, this thing is so bad it's to die for." Looking at him circling around the bamboo, Tulou couldn't help but sigh, "The bamboo joints are hard enough to crack teeth, and the leaves are very bitter. Eating it feels like eating paper. Honestly, I'd rather eat paper."

  Recalling the unbearable experience of eating bamboo, a large group of Minotaurs felt their stomachs were all churning with acid. The Dark God above, if this human dared to mention eating bamboo, we would definitely beat him into a pig head.

  "Don't worry, I won't ask you to eat bamboo shoots." Lin Taiping picked up a long and narrow flat stone, squatted down beside a large bamboo stalk, and started digging a hole with a "heh-heh" sound.

  I'm completely speechless, dozens of ox-headed men are staring at each other in dismay, Tulou can't help but widen his eyes, the Dark God is above, what on earth is this human doing, do they plan to dig a big pile of earthworms... Alright, to be honest, that thing doesn't taste very good either.

  While they were whispering to each other, Lin Taiping was already sweating profusely on the other side, having dug almost every inch of the surrounding area, but unfortunately, even though the bamboo shoots were dug up to the point of collapse, all that could be found in the pit were earthworms and mud.

  "Actually, there isn't?" He rubbed his numb legs and changed to another spot, continuing his digging business. However, it turned out that his character was still very poor, and this time he didn't even find any earthworms.

  "What the hell are you doing, human?" Tu Lu finally couldn't take it anymore, spitting out white air in anger. "Listen, if you dare to play tricks on us, we'll bury you in the hole you dug!"

  "It's alright, it's alright." Lin Taiping waved his hand without looking back and continued digging in another spot. "Give me a bit more time, Meow Meow, I won't believe it if... uh?"

  With a thud, he was halfway through his rant when the stone seemed to hit something. He couldn't help but pause for a moment, and when he saw the yellow-brown color faintly exposed in the mud, he suddenly let out a low cry of crazy joy, like he had been injected with chicken blood, and frantically dug on.

  After a moment, the thing hidden in the mud was finally fully exposed to the air. Dozens of cow-headed people looked at each other with curiosity, unable to help but stretch their necks together and stare blankly at the mysterious object.

  Under the shell full of yellow mud, it seems to be wrapped around a conical plant part, and there is another layer of yellow-brown shell on the outside, which looks like at least several dozen pounds... Wait, could this be the legendary food?

  "That's right, this is called winter bamboo shoots." Lin Taiping tightly hugged the winter bamboo shoots, almost having an urge to kiss them. "This is a delicacy that thrives in bamboo forests. As long as you first roast it over a fire, remove the outer shell and slice it thinly, you can..."

  Crunch! While introducing over here, Turo on the other side has already snatched the winter bamboo shoots and eaten them without even wiping off the mud, biting into the shell in one go.

  But the next moment, after chewing for a few mouthfuls, he suddenly started trembling with his face convulsing, as if trampled by a hundred rhinos: "Ptooey! This thing is simply too disgusting to eat... Damn it! Human, are you playing tricks on us?"

  In an instant, dozens of Minotaurs were enraged, their muscular hooves clenched with a loud creaking sound, as if waiting for the patriarch's order to charge up and beat this human into a half-paralyzed state.

  "What can I say? Lin Taiping wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and could only innocently spread out his hands: "Please, I just said it all, this thing can only be eaten when it's cooked, it's you guys who didn't listen to me finish speaking.""

  "Cough, well...". Several dozen ox-headed men looked at each other in dismay, and were actually a little embarrassed. Only Turu still looked skeptical, staring with wide eyes: "So, as long as this is cooked thoroughly, it's definitely edible?"

  "Definitely, and it will taste great." Lin Taiping smiled with a raised corner of his mouth, revealing eight shiny white teeth.

  "Really?" Tu Lu glared at me with his big cow eyes, as if he was going to kill me with his gaze.

  "Really!" Lin Taiping nodded in agreement with a very affirmative expression, "However, there's still one problem now, I'm still missing kitchen knives, utensils, seasonings... uh?"

  With a loud crash, before he could even finish speaking, Turo let out a strange cry and excitedly waved the Totem Pillar, rushing out like it had been injected with chicken blood. Along the way, its loud roar could be heard: "Kitchen knife! Big pot! Seasonings!"

  Very good and powerful. Looking at the bamboo forest being directly pushed down, and then looking at the smoky figure in the distance, Lin Taiping could only silently raise his head to look up at the sky.

  Okay, I have to admit it, the power of food is indeed boundless!