"Understand? Indeed, to some extent. What aspect are you referring to?" Jiang Sishan frowned and replied.
"This Ocean Paradise is located in the middle of a great desert. Where does it get so many genuine ingredients from?"
"Especially vegetables and fruits. Growing these requires a lot of water!" Ye Feng immediately voiced the doubt he had held in his heart for some time.
"As for ingredients, it's the teleportation array!" Jiang Sishan picked up, "Food and water are indeed precious in the great desert, but the dishes here can only be paid for with Arcane Yuan Coins. The main reason is another very important one."
"That is, these ingredients are all teleported from very far away using the teleportation array!"
"And using the teleportation array consumes Arcane energy each time!" Jiang Sishan added after a pause.
"Teleportation array?" Ye Feng furrowed his brow slightly. "Similar to the one in Despair City?"
"I haven't seen it, but it should be!"
"However, it's different from the one in Despair City. This Ocean Paradise's teleportation array should be smaller, and it probably can't teleport people!" Jiang Sishan mused for a moment before replying.
"Can't teleport people?" Ye Feng was a little surprised. He thought as long as a teleportation array was large enough, it could teleport anything. Now, it seemed that wasn't the case?
"Mhm!" Jiang Sishan nodded. "Teleportation arrays are very complex things. Besides materials, the most special component is called Arcane Runes."
"Only outstanding Arcane Runemasters can use Arcane Runes with special materials to create teleportation arrays!"
"And only a few Arcane Runemasters can build teleportation arrays that can teleport people!"
"Because of this, even if an Arcane Runemaster's strength isn't high, they are always a welcome guest to various factions wherever they go!" Saying this, Jiang Sishan pointed to the runes carved on the walls and pillars, which occasionally flickered with light. "That is another use of Arcane Runes!"
"As for the Arcane Runes in Ocean Paradise, I'm not too sure."
"I only know that Ocean Paradise found a very powerful Arcane Runemaster to help build this hotel!" Jiang Sishan added after a pause.
"So that's how it is..." Ye Feng began to understand. However, he immediately had another doubt. "Then why did Ocean Paradise go to such great lengths to build a hotel like this in the great desert? To collect Arcane Yuan Coins?"
"This... It is said that in the beginning, it was to search for the treasure that drew the divine punishment in the sand dunes. But Ocean Paradise has never officially admitted it!" Jiang Sishan replied after some thought.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Jiang Sishan's expression changed. "Ye Feng, I have something to attend to. I must leave for a moment!" Without waiting for Ye Feng's response, Jiang Sishan got up and walked quickly towards the door. Ye Feng frowned slightly but did not stop him.
After he and Xiao Xiao had eaten their fill, they rested for a while longer, and then Ye Feng also got up and walked in a certain direction. This was because it led to a bar located underground in Ocean Paradise, a place where all sorts of people mingled and was ideal for gathering information.
In no time, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao arrived at a dimly lit doorway.
"Two explorers, this Hell Bar does not belong to Ocean Paradise. Just as its name suggests, compared to here, that place is hell."
"Hell Bar does not have many restrictions for those entering. Please be careful when entering Hell Bar!" As Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were about to go in, the middle-aged man in a tuxedo who had accompanied them spoke to them solemnly. This was not out of kindness, but because Ocean Paradise rarely had wealthy customers like Ye Feng, and he didn't want Ye Feng to die inside...
"Uh... Alright~" Ye Feng nodded slightly, looking at the black plaque above the entrance, on which two bold characters were carved: "Hell." Then, Ye Feng took Xiao Xiao's hand and walked forward.
When the two burly men at the entrance saw Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao arrive, they immediately opened the heavy iron door.
"Oh~"
"Hoo~"
"Ah~ Ya!"
"Bang~ Boom~ Clang~"
... A burst of noisy sounds immediately came through, along with colorful, constantly moving and flashing lights. Ye Feng frowned slightly and walked forward with Xiao Xiao.
"Clang~" As the two crossed the threshold, two burly men quickly closed the heavy iron door.
"Welcome to Hell!" Immediately after, a gruff male voice reached Ye Feng's ears. Ye Feng looked over and saw a burly man, bare-chested, with his face painted like a mess, opening his arms as if to embrace him and lunging towards him.
"Bang!~" Just as Ye Feng was feeling perplexed, the bare-chested burly man was suddenly tackled by another burly man who had appeared midway.
"Those two fresh meats are mine!"
"Damn you, I saw them first!" The two yelled at each other and started rolling and fighting on the ground.
"Ooh~ Hoo~ Roar~..." Many people nearby cheered them on. Ye Feng looked closely and realized that the lighting in Hell Bar was dim, and people were fighting everywhere, cursing, and even brandishing weapons. In slightly darker corners, some couples were even engaging in public displays of affection... The scene was extremely chaotic!
"Ah!~" Suddenly, a scream rang out. The first burly man who had charged at Ye Feng had his head split open and lay unconscious on the ground. The burly man who had defeated him, with a rooster-like hairstyle, got up from the ground and quickly lunged towards Ye Feng, "Fresh meat, you're mine!"
"Bang~ Ah!~" After a muffled groan, another scream. It turned out that Ye Feng had kicked the rooster-haired burly man flying.
"Kid, you look new. You have to pay protection fees to enter Hell Bar!" At this moment, a large man with metal wrist spikes on his wrists, his forehead shaved bald but with a long braid tied behind, walked up to Ye Feng and said in a deep voice, "The little chick next to you is pretty good. Give her to me for some... Pfft~ Ah!~..." The braided man's words were cut short as he let out a pig-like scream. He had been slapped by Ye Feng! The slap was incredibly powerful, causing half of his cheek to cave in, and blood and teeth sprayed from his mouth.
"I'll kill you!" The braided man roared with rage, his eyes bloodshot. He clenched his fists, adjusted his angle, and swung his wrist spikes towards Ye Feng's neck. The metal spikes on the wrist spikes glinted coldly. Ye Feng's expression was solemn. Without dodging, he instantly raised his leg and kicked, striking the opponent's knee precisely.
"Crack~"
"Ah!~..." After a crisp bone-cracking sound came a shrill scream from the braided man.
"Bang~ Crack~..."
"Ah~ Crack~"
"Bang~ Ugh..." Amidst the sounds of impact, bone fractures, and screams, the braided man grunted and fell to the ground.
"Om nom~"
"Woo~ Roar~ Oh~..." Ye Feng's immediate surroundings quieted down slightly, replaced by whistling and cheering.
"Clap clap clap~" At this moment, a round of applause rang out.
"I can't believe it, you little frame holds so much power!" Immediately after, a female voice, which Ye Feng had heard just over two hours ago, spoke...