In the eighth spring, on a windy day, the carnivore Yang Zhao came to the door of Jade City No. 3101.

At this time, his face was tired, yet his backpack was bulging.

Zhou Yi asked Yuan Xiao to get him a roasted skewer.

Yang Zhao gnawed on a slightly charred skewer, revealing a look of surprise: "Chairman, what kind of meat is this? I've never had it. It's delicious."

"It's grilled Light Cuttlefish... the old humans called it teppanyaki squid."

Zhou Yi smiled and said: "This Guangna species often resides in the deep sea of the Dead Sea, you likely haven't encountered it."

This B-level creature is simple-minded, highly dependent on instincts.

Originally, Light Cuttlefish was a favorite advanced experimental subject in biological experiments; they have phototaxis towards Death Light and strong growth capability.

Like the proxy No. 3 Wu Ye, around his surgical base, there are Light Cuttlefish that he has modified.

The Evil Brain Motor requires physical connection to form group collaboration and parallel processing, with the brain of the Light Cuttlefish being an indispensable biological carrier. It takes on crucial functions of perceiving the outside world, transmitting, and recording information.

The company artificially cultivated Evil Brain under the Forbidden Continent, without neglecting the companion Light Cuttlefish, and Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 bred a subspecies of Light Cuttlefish.

This group known as type 3 Light Cuttlefish is the smallest in the Light Cuttlefish species, weaker, but grows fast, and has a lazy, easy-to-raise nature.

It takes only 4-8 months for it to mature from a 2-5cm seedling to a 20-50cm size.

The brain of the Light Cuttlefish serves as a biological connection component, while the remaining husk part is an excellent food ingredient.

Under Zhou Yi's promotion and leadership, the people of Jade City quickly fell in love with teppanyaki squid, and also began to stir-fry squid with onions and peppers at home.

Speaking of teppanyaki squid, we must mention onions and peppers, two essential seasoning vegetables.

Over the past years, the Ministry of Agriculture has been casting a wide net and researching, successfully introducing several important seasoning vegetables, mainly including pepper, Sichuan pepper, onion, garlic, ginger, and black pepper. They have reached a cooperation with the Tree Monster Territory to jointly cultivate these seasoning plants on a large scale.

This added many varieties to the dining table of the Sand Port people, satisfying their appetites like never before.

The Sand Port catering industry has thus become extremely developed.

"Delicious, delicious!"

Yang Zhao devoured the plate of squid in big bites, gulped down a cup of iced drink, and revealed a satisfied expression.

"Now that my mind is no longer recklessly controlled, I feel like eating meat can be more enjoyable and relaxing. It's great."

After sighing, Yang Zhao talked about business: "Chairman, during the time I went back to Meat Mountain, I recorded completely with the equipment brought by the company."

"Look."

He took out a small Light Imprint camera.

Zhou Yi turned on the device, projecting it onto the projection wall.

The image stabilized after some shaking.

The camera aimed at a range of reddish-brown mountains, with mist between the ranges.

The peaks here are barren, with flat tops, steep bodies, gentle bases, and cliffs of various shapes and volumes forming fortress-like, wall-like, and column-like forms, with ring-like patterns very close to Danxia landform.

"This is the top of Meat Mountain, now I'm going in from here."

In the video, Yang Zhao's voice was slightly distorted.

The image advanced with a slight shake.

Soon it reached the foot of the mountain, and up close, one can see that the rock layers of Meat Mountain are like layers stacked together, with ring-like compression patterns on the surface.

In front of the camera, Yang Zhao stretched out his hand and pulled open a piece of rock layer.

Like Steve in "Minecraft," he effortlessly smashed open the rock layer with his fists, creating a large gap. The soil inside became a bit moist and soft, with a brighter, more vivid red.

Beneath the thick outer rock layer is a ham-like meat texture.

The outer stone layer resembles a fossil formed by long-term oxidation and compression.

"If you feel hungry in Meat Mountain, you can dig up a piece of rock like this, and you'll find meat."

"But at such times, you must identify the type of meat."

Yang Zhao drew a small knife from his waist and began cutting the meat: "We need to cut against the grain, so it won't break apart, and the meat will look good."

"This type of meat is quite premium."

"It has only red and white colors, no alien color between the patterns, and the scent is a faint aroma of fat, very healthy."

After eating this piece of meat, he gave a thumbs up: "Healthy meat has a natural dried flavor."

"However, not all meat is like this. Over 80% of the area in Meat Mountain has meat with various issues."

Yang Zhao walked some distance farther and smashed open another rock layer on the other side.

He cut through the meat layer with the knife and pointed at the patterns on top: "This looks correct too, doesn't it? Red and white colors, faint meat fragrance, but actually it's poisonous, and it can cause various problems if eaten."

"Because of the texture of this meat, please take a closer look."

Yang Zhao brought the lens closer, aiming at the cross-section of the meat layer.

"Can you see? The texture is rough and loose on top, with dry cracks; this is bad meat, eating it could lead to hallucinations, body decay, or even body meltdown. At least avoid eating this part and any meat too close to it."

"Did you learn it?"

He pointed at the camera.

Zhou Yi watched with his skin twitching.

This guy purely treated it as his own Meat Mountain outdoor adventure show and was enjoying it.

Beside him, Yang Zhao himself watched the footage with a smile.

"Next, we are going inside the mountain."

"Once inside, it will be more dangerous than outside, because the movements of the Meat Mountain happen within the mountain itself. The interior will contract and narrow, and some passages may close completely, while sudden rises and wave-like compressions can also occur."

"So we must choose mountains with thicker stone surfaces to enter, not necessarily the highest but thick enough, at least the thickness of one arm is best, two arms even better. Because these are the oldest Meat Mountains, very stable, and safest to enter."

"However, I have my usual entry point, so there's no need to explore new caves."

In the footage, Yang Zhao found an entrance and slipped in.

Under the built-in spotlight of the camera, the walls of the cave clearly showed meat-like patterns, as if he was walking inside a giant ham.

Deeper inside, the cave walls became soft and moist and began to show some slight wriggling, as if the whole mountain was some kind of living being, looking quite eerie.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask Yang Zhao beside him: "Did you dig this cave out?"

"No, Chairman, it was already there."

The carnivore said, "Those caves periodically form some meatballs, that's how I was born from a meatball. But there are also some that are not carnivores, as you said, they are Killer Rats."

"Actually, there's another special creature also hatched from Meat Mountain, just released from the bottom of the mountain into the Dead Sea. I had never discovered it until this time I reached the bottom, checked many old Meat Mountains, and confirmed it."

"Creatures discharged from the Dead Sea..."

A thought flashed in Zhou Yi's head: "Could it be Gray Whale?"

"No."

"It's the long-necked crocodile."

Long-necked crocodile?

Zhou Yi envisioned the creatures like giant lizards he had previously battled outside Sand Port, driving out those cunning Guangna species that came to poach Bone Fish.

The first ability he acquired, [Stretching], was also obtained by getting rid of the long-necked crocodile.

And the ability [Alert] from the long-necked crocodile which Zhou Yi still uses today.

So...

The long-necked crocodile group is actually the result of old human consciousness implanted into artificial biological bodies.

Zhou Yi's complexion slightly changed.

No wonder the long-necked crocodiles have unusually high intelligence and excel in stealth and hunting, and they are numerous.

The Wasteland is populated with a great number of long-necked crocodiles, surprisingly sewn together and released by Meat Mountain.