Wonder Ability House

Helick's Great Trove. The moment the group stepped inside, a feeling of coming home washed over them. This was no illusion, but an atmosphere Helick's Great Trove had spared no effort to create. Whether air, gravity, or scent, everything was calibrated to simulate the most familiar sensations for every individual guest. "Why does it smell like smelly socks?" Zhang Shou asked with a slight furrow of his brow, glancing at the others. Shui Yuetian immediately took a step away from him and explained, "The store automatically disperses an odorless molecule called 'Home Aroma Element.' Anyone who inhales it will perceive the scent of their own home. Could it be that at your place, you often leave... unwashed socks lying around?" "..." Everyone present fell into silence, before turning their eyes one by one toward Zhang Shou's shoes. Zhang Shou promptly took a deep breath and laughed it off. "I was kidding! There's actually no smell of dirty socks at all." "Brother Da Shou, making excuses just makes it more obvious," Little Nora chimed in with a deadpan remark. Giving up the struggle, Zhang Shou threw caution to the wind. "Isn't having smelly socks at home completely normal? Salty Fish, you've got them at your place too, right?" "I don't wear socks," Yu Xian replied with a smile. As his strength grew ever greater, ordinary clothes tore far too easily on him. In combat especially, the slightest exertion would shred regular clothing to bits. Thus, his current clothes and shoes were entirely composed of blood—just as the outfits Zhang Shou and the others were wearing right now were actually woven from threads made of his blood. Yu Xian had already stabilized this ability permanently, ensuring it wouldn't dispel on its own even if he fell asleep or went unconscious. Zhang Shou glanced down at Yu Xian's shoes, realizing Yu Xian indeed wore no ordinary attire these days. He then turned his gaze toward Gong Qian and Qingniao, but the moment both women shot him a sharp look, he didn't dare say a word. "Smells wonderful. What is that?" Yu Xian hadn't truly intended to leave Zhang Shou hanging in embarrassment forever. His nose twitched, and he deliberately changed the subject. "Meat! Delicious meat!" Little Nora shouted excitedly as well. Xiong Da originally hadn't cared much about Crescent Bay, merely tagging along for the ride. But catching the aroma of meat perked him right up. "What an amazing smell! There's definitely nothing that smells this good back on Earth. Let's go see what kind of good stuff it is!" "I know what you're smelling! Follow me," Shui Yuetian said with a chuckle. Following Shui Yuetian forward, they soon arrived outside a peculiar shop. Although guests were constantly entering and leaving through its entrance, not a soul could be seen inside. "Wonder Ability House?" Yu Xian glanced up at the shop's signboard, a mental question mark popping into his head. The establishment's name had nothing to do with food—was it really an eatery? And why had that delightful aroma vanished the moment they reached the door? Shui Yuetian stepped into the shop, her entire figure vanishing instantly. Seeing this, Yu Xian immediately deduced why and followed her inside. The entrance had not seemed particularly large, yet the interior was an alternate dimension spanning roughly the size of three soccer fields. Moreover, despite its vast scale, the space was remarkably empty—occupied only by Shui Yuetian ahead of them and a server who resembled an octopus. Shui Yuetian sat down at a dining table off to the side. Yu Xian took a seat next to her, and the rest took their places as well. "Take a look at the menu first." Shui Yuetian split the light screen on the table so that everyone had a display to look at. Seeing the dishes listed on the screen, Yu Xian couldn't help but ask, "Shui Shui, can people actually eat these things?" "Of course! Trust me, try it once and I guarantee you'll be back," Shui Yuetian replied brimming with confidence. She tapped the light screen and said, "Let's start with an appetizer—Surprise Chain Lightning, how about that? Then next... Wonder Fireball. Go ahead and order too, don't be shy!" "I want the Dragon Breath Combo!" Little Nora piped up immediately. Zhang Shou said somewhat reluctantly, "Guess I'll try the Healing Light Wave Bomb, then." Afterward, everyone ordered a few dishes that piqued their interest, and Yu Xian went with the flow by picking Mist Soup. Once the orders were placed, the waiter brought out the first dish from within a spatial ripple. It truly was an arc of lightning—and one with an extraordinary shape. Embedded along the bolt were numerous small golden spheres, unstable and crackling with occasional sizzles. "Help yourselves, dig in while it's fresh," Shui Yuetian invited them. She picked up a pair of blue energy gloves from the table and slipped them on. Reaching out, she pinched one of the golden spheres and pulled. The moment it separated from the chain of lightning, it began to vibrate frantically. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Shui Yuetian caught the golden sphere in her mouth, chewed for a moment, and swallowed. The instant it went down, golden lightning burst from her body. Her eyes drifted shut in utter bliss. Only after the crackling surge subsided did she exhale, "Delicious! So good!" "Let me try!" Unable to contain his curiosity, Xiong Da promptly donned the gloves and plucked a sphere. After swallowing it, golden lightning likewise erupted across his body. Every strand of hair on him stood visibly on end, trembling from the current. When he opened his eyes and looked down at the remaining spheres on the plate, his hand shot right back out for another. The others realized at once that this bizarre item was genuinely a delectable treat. One after another, they put on their gloves, plucking the golden spheres to taste. Yu Xian picked a golden sphere and popped it into his mouth. At first, it had no real flavor, only a tingling, prickling sensation. But the moment his teeth broke through the outer shell, an extraordinary flavor exploded outward. He could find no words to describe it; it felt as though he were standing in the heart of a tempestuous thundercloud on a stormy day, surrounded by perpetual flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder. As he swallowed the sphere, the sensation reached its zenith. While his strength would have easily allowed him to suppress the lightning from discharging outward, he chose not to resist. Instead, he let the golden sphere discharge freely, savoring every nuance of the wondrous flavor. Wonder Ability House. Just moments ago, Yu Xian had thought the shop's name bizarre. Now, only one thought remained in his mind: the name suited it perfectly. It truly was wondrous. "Delicious! Unbelievably good!" Zhang Shou shouted in delight, his hair standing completely on end. For creatures of Earth, this was unequivocally a taste unlike anything they had ever encountered. The sensation was sublime, far more exquisite and elevated than any food they had tasted before. "This counts as transcendent cuisine," Shui Yuetian said with a smile. "If you haven't tried a wide variety of transcendent cuisine before, then this is definitely the best thing you've ever had." Gong Qian nodded. "Indeed. In all my memory, nothing tastes better than this." "Same here," Qingniao agreed with a nod. Shui Yuetian looked at Yu Xian and asked curiously, "Fish God, what about you?" "The flavor is indeed extraordinary, but in my book, it only ranks second," Yu Xian said with a chuckle. Zhang Shou and the others looked at Yu Xian in surprise. Little Nora asked curiously, "Big Brother, what else have you eaten that's so good?" "The blood of the Ancient Cosmos Dragon!" Yu Xian answered. Back then, when the Ancient Cosmos Dragon was obliterated in a single strike by his Limitless World-Collapsing Bubble, its body had completely disintegrated, making it impossible to drink its blood directly. However, among the dragon scales scattered all around, some had remained coated in the beast's blood. That blood had seeped out when its skin ruptured before its draconic scale armor collapsed. Yu Xian had collected those scales at the time and drained the remaining blood. To a vampire, the blood of a Star-rank powerhouse was naturally a supreme delicacy—far more delicious than this Surprise Chain Lightning.