novelraw Chapter 259: Tomato and Egg Noodles
Chapter 259: Tomato and Egg Noodles
Su Zhan frowned. A month wasn't a short time, but he also understood the other party's point was reasonable.
His identity was sensitive, and acting rashly carried too much risk.
He ultimately nodded, signifying his agreement.
At that moment.
An untimely gurgling sound emanated from Su Zhan's abdomen.
The atmosphere in the room became somewhat awkward.
Su Zhan had spent over a year in the Mist World, sustaining himself by absorbing Mist energy, and hadn't eaten normal food.
He hadn't felt it much when he first returned to Blue Star, but now that he had relaxed, that intense hunger could no longer be suppressed.
Lin Wei was also momentarily stunned. She had never expected that this powerful lord would actually... be hungry?
Didn't Aberrants mainly rely on... that to replenish energy?Lin Wei quickly said, "Lord, I... I don't have any stored food here."
She was naturally referring to x meat.
Su Zhan waved his hand. To avoid raising suspicion, he explained, "It's fine. You... should have ordinary food here, right? Get me some, I'll have a few bites. Having something in the stomach... is still good."
He needed to pretend to be like other Aberrants, where eating ordinary food was just a psychological comfort.
Lin Wei didn't doubt this, because when she was extremely hungry, she would do the same. Although it had no practical effect, it did alleviate the hunger sensation, which was likely psychological.
"Yes, please wait a moment."
She walked into the small kitchen and deftly cooked a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, steaming hot, and placed it on the pink cartoon tablecloth in front of Su Zhan.
"This is the only thing in the house."
Lin Wei explained, "After all, we can't absorb energy from ordinary food. Keeping these at home is purely for disguise."
Su Zhan nodded, then pointed to the black cat mask on his face and ordered, "Go to the room... and stay there. Don't come out until I call you."
He needed to remove the mask to eat.
"Yes, Lord."
Lin Wei was more than happy to comply.
She certainly didn't want to see the other's face and invite a death sentence.
She immediately turned and walked into the bedroom, closing the door behind her.
Su Zhan quickly and meticulously checked the living room and kitchen, confirming there were no hidden cameras or listening devices, before taking a deep breath.
He slowly removed the black cat mask.
Su Zhan's gaze burned as it fixed on the bowl of steaming tomato and egg noodles.
He hadn't eaten proper food in over a year.
He had noticed the city's mall display screens along the way, which showed today's date.
This made him realize.
A year and two months had passed on Blue Star...
As for how long he had spent in the Mist World, he didn't know.
Because the flow of time might be different between the two worlds.
Intense appetite nearly overwhelmed his reason.
Su Zhan picked up the chopsticks, struggling to control the impulse to wolf the food down.
For the sake of disguise, he had to chew slowly and swallow carefully.
He brought the first mouthful of noodles, fragrant with egg, to his lips.
So delicious!
This simple flavor, at this moment, surpassed all the delicacies in the world!
The softness of the noodles, the tenderness of the egg, the sweet and sour taste of the tomato...
Every gustatory stimulation made his whole body tremble.
Su Zhan felt his sense of taste had almost degraded over this past year.
In the Mist World, senses like hearing, touch, and vision had been enhanced.
Taste, along with speech, felt like they had deteriorated.
His speech was halting, and food tasted incredibly good.
Su Zhan ate bite by bite, his movements slow, savoring each mouthful carefully.
This bowl of tomato and egg noodles was quite substantial.
But for Su Zhan now, it seemed somewhat insufficient.
After drinking the last drop of soup from the bowl, Su Zhan still felt a lingering sense of not being fully satisfied.
He put down the bowl and chopsticks, patted his stomach, which finally felt somewhat full, with satisfaction, and leaned back in the chair.
His gaze swept over this pink room filled with a girlish atmosphere, but his thoughts drifted far away.
In the blink of an eye... a year and two months had passed.
What was the outside world like now?
Su Zhan could imagine.
When the news that the SSS-grade Life Soul Awakened individual Su Zhan had perished in the Mist World first spread, it must have caused a huge uproar.
His name might have briefly dominated the news headlines.
But that's how the online environment is;
trends come fast and go fast.
Even the most shocking news gets washed away by time, covered by new hot topics.
Over a year was enough for the vast majority of people to forget the name "Su Zhan."
To the outside world now, he was probably just a "fallen genius."
What about his companions?
Teacher Wang Mingyuan... Liu Ziming... Feng Jue... Xu Hao...
Their faces clearly surfaced in his mind.
They... had probably long accepted the fact of his death, right?
Maybe they still mentioned him occasionally, with regret and nostalgia?
Thinking of this.
Su Zhan's smile turned bitter.
The tricks of fate.
Now, the entire Daxia officialdom, and all those in the know, firmly believed that "Su Zhan" was dead.
That's right.
Daxia officialdom, Su Zhan is dead. You chose this, idol.
But now, he had returned.
Not with the identity of "Su Zhan," but as a person who didn't exist in any records.
"Su Zhan" was dead, having died in that Mist.
And the one who survived would erase everything of the past and be reborn... with a completely new identity.
Let the past be the past.
Now, it was time to start writing the first page of this new life.
Su Zhan put the black cat mask back on, composed his emotions, and spoke towards the bedroom in a deep voice, "Come out."
The bedroom door was gently pushed open.
Lin Wei walked out with her head bowed respectfully, standing before Su Zhan, looking ready to receive instructions.
Su Zhan began asking the questions he cared about most: "After plastic surgery... are there any side effects?"
Lin Wei seemed quite knowledgeable about this: "Replying to the lord, for Aberrants, there are basically no side effects.
Because our bodies' recovery and adaptation abilities are very strong.
After the surgery, we need to deliberately suppress the self-repair ability of our facial muscles and bones;
otherwise, they would slowly grow back to their original state.
That is to say, theoretically, you can return to your original appearance if you let it be or actively guide it.
However, that generally doesn't happen unless one's power goes out of control and runs wild."
Su Zhan's heart stirred slightly. This was something he hadn't considered.
This characteristic of Aberrants made plastic surgery a reversible choice.
That was indeed good.
Su Zhan asked another seemingly unrelated question: "Your school had such a major incident, so many people died... You don't have to attend classes these days, right?"
Lin Wei nodded: "Yes, the authorities have already notified us. The school needs to be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, and undergo psychological intervention or something. It won't resume classes for at least one or two months."