Dara, groaning, rose. His knee was aching, he hit the back of his head against moss. This softened the blow.
"Stupid quest! Why do we need these stupid 10,000 steps?" he screamed out loud.
"My leg hurts, I won't go anywhere, sitting on a couch at home is better than wandering in the mountains, falling, fighting. Born to crawl, can't fly!"
"Hey, you ... do you want to go against the system?" a voice sounded menacingly in his head.
"Mmm ... no, I won't go against the system, I remember what happened to my uncle Mir Ali. He got into the millstone of the system, she ground it. He did not break. But 4 years of his life was gone. He became gray-haired, sick." ! pursing his lips and gritting his teeth, he noticed Dara.
"But your system do not rot your fingers (that is, do not force, do not scare), what will you do to me? I obey you because I want to get knowledge, methods, new opportunities from you!"
"Yeah, so do your part of the deal!" the system has shut down.
Reluctantly, overcoming the pain, Dara began to go up the hollow. He needed to find something else to complete the quest! It was already past noon. It was necessary to hurry!Cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Hands were shaking.
"Yes, here, apparently, do not rush, but you need to eat. In the mountains, we take what immediately gives us lost calories, I'm ready to write, "he said.
The system reappeared "You should eat, I only write healthy, no chocolate and Sneakers, no need to cook them, so you spoil your liver!"
"Yeah, I know! Therefore, I prepared secret ninja pills for fast food, "Dara joked."Joker"! the system barked.
"Well, we are getting old as we can! Do not worry, everything is natural! " Dara said, sitting down on a stone with powder, green moss, just above where he had fallen.
The breeze pleasantly walked in the hollow, the water of a small stream flowed down, even small fish swam in it. These fish were indicative of the fact that the water was clean, even though the farm horses were serving it.
Dara, this time he got alcohol, washed his hands, then rinsed with water from a bottle that he took out of his trouser pocket. His clothes were with many pockets, it was comfortable. He once bought at a sale tactical pants for hunting.
The bottle during its fall, wrinkled somewhat, but did not burst.From another pocket, he pulled out a small box made of a new nanofiber. It was about thirty, small balls - black, brown and emerald color.
Taking one of each color, Dara, not being a gourmet, simultaneously threw three balls into his mouth.
"Taste, good, buttery"! chewing them he noticed out loud.
"What is it"? the system demanded demandingly.
"And these are special strength pills. They are prepared very simply! " said Dara.He began to recount a recipe that the system did not ask for.
"So we need dry fruits - black sweet dry plum, Romanian is best for them they have the best"!"We need dry apricots, ours just right!"
"By the way, I note that there are many varieties of pistachios, as well as methods for processing them, well, if you want the system, go and see from yourself, I won't tell you everything here! The best knowledge is the one that you get yourself! " muttered Dara instructively.
The system was silent!
"Well, now, the" Kale Gucci "variety *, it has a large size and a very delicate taste, and I use it. It is good that sanctions were lifted from Iran, and they were able to share their amazing products with the whole world. Well, with us! " joyfully declared Dara.
"Well, why are you happy"? noticed the system.
"What is it that our allies can share their products with us! Since ancient times, our region has been connected with all countries of Asia and partially with Northern and Southern Europe. Including North and West Africa. Well, the Middle East! "
"So if there is peace, then we are only in plus, trade is booming, new and cheap goods are coming to us!"
"Thanks to the Chinese, they provide us with new technologies of the 21st century!" Without them, we would have been sitting in the 20th century. Thanks to the Chinese, they are a deterrent, the expansion of various empires into our region, without them, would long ago become a neo-colony! ""So, here is our sugar, from sugarcane and sugar beet"!
"We pass everything through a meat grinder, mix, with each other, you can add local honey. We roll the balls. But that doesn't apply to pistachios. "
The system showed interest in "why not pistachios"?
"Because we make marzipan out of it. Pour boiled peeled nuts. Let stand for a while. Peel. We are drying it. "
"We grind at the mill. Sifted sugar is added to the mixture. "
"Mesin. We get the dough from pistachios and sugar. Then we make balls. ""There are many calories, in addition, everything is natural, and it's good for the heart muscle, eyes will be better to see. And it's very good for the natural energy that nourishes the muscles! ""Well ... okay, convinced!" noticed the system.
Dara, ate five balls. He washed down with water, she became a little lukewarm.Better than water, nothing can be in the field, on an expedition, in the steppe, mountains, desert.Cola will not work, sweet, effervescent, heats up in the sun, you open fire a stream of foam. Hands will be sweet, but no other water.
"Try to wet your hands with Cola and then not rinse with water from within 2 hours, and you will understand, all the charm, of ordinary water"! noticed Dara.
"In addition, carbonated, sweet, water is detrimental to the liver, while a young man does not understand this!"
Having a snack, Dara, felt a surge of strength. However, his knee still hurt.It was hard to walk. Yes, and rely on the leg.
Dara, rummaging in her pocket, took out a small glass vial. It was diamond-shaped. A hexagram was poured on the glass - two small broken lines, and below it, one after another along one full-line and another hexagram - one full line, and below it two broken lines, and below it another full line.The first was a hexagram meaning "Lake" (Dui) and the second "Fire" (Lee).
It was a small gift, from his bro Fang. A healing balm, which was produced by his family in Chengdu.
The fluid in the vial was greenish. Dara, with great enthusiasm, used this balm. He treated insect bites, relieved headaches, and colds. Including balm removed, pain from inflammation of the joints and muscles. Unique, healing effect.
Fang only mentioned that it is based on the essential oils and juice of some medicinal plants in Sichuan province.
Well, Dara, I was not particularly interested in what balm consists of. Thanks, Fang had a good supply of balm at home.
Raising his trouser leg, Dara, unscrewing the small green cover, poured the emerald liquid onto the palm. Then he smeared her forehead, nasal wings, nape, and a sore knee.
After a minute, he felt a pleasant burning sensation and a surprisingly refreshing aroma, as in the rain, it smelled of ozone.
If Dara, straining his eyesight, he could see a small greenish glow near the skin. This balm, was part of the practice of Zen, and possessed the cultivation stage "Kai Yuan Stage → Initial Element Stage" **.
But he did not look, rubbing his knee, Dara, sat a little, on a stone, rested and lowered his trouser leg down. He got up heavily from the stone and went up the hollows.
The hollow overlooked a small plateau, which was rocky, on it was visible the remains of old canals, beds. Remains of sticks stuck out of the stones. Some mutant mosses grew on the beds, and on top of them sticking fruits resembling a green radish.
"The experimenters are bad! What didn't they do here ?! Some strange selection is obtained? Is it even possible? " he asked goggle.
"Can! Everything is edible! The mutation was successful, now it is a new species, unknown to world science! " commented on the system.
"And why such horrors were generally cultivated," Dara asked.
"It was a secret program, I don't know everything, some of the information is in my knowledge base, and some is not," the system admitted.
"So you are not a universal, super-powerful system?" innocently asked Dara.
"Well, do you remember the tale of Aladdin? There were genies, one from the lamp, the other from the ring. With different levels of magic. So it is with me. But this only concerns information. "
"Ahh, now I see. So what can I use this moss - radish to prepare medicine? Should she be edible? Then will it not grow on me or the patient, moss? " asked Dara.
"Who knows? Let's try, find out "the system tried to joke.
"Uh, then maybe it's not worth trying" ?! noticed Dara.
"No, seriously, no kidding, everything will be fine, probably! All the same, this is a closed project within the framework of the Nuclear Winter program. Growing fruits on stones with a minimum amount of sun! " threw the system.
"Ah, well then, I also remembered here, if you take the fruit of a radish, cut off part of it near the rhizome. And then hollow out the fetus. For one-third part. To put in the cavity formed, good honey. Close up with something. After 4 hours, the resulting juice, drain from radish into a glass. You need to take this juice in 1 spoon, 2-3 times a day, half an hour before meals. One radish can give juice without the loss of healing, quality 2 days. The course is 10 days. It helps to separate phlegm, with wet cough and bronchitis! " blurted out Dara, he read the data from the database that appeared before his eyes.
"Well, well done, I found one more, it remains to find a little and the quest is completed" system."Well, I will collect a dozen radishes!" putting them in a backpack noted Dara. He wished he had a spatial bag. But it was a real-world and not a fantasy!
It was already 2 pm, before sunset only 6 hours left!
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* https://ratinkhosh.com/shop/kaal-pistachio-kernel-raw-kernel/
** Level of cultivation - https://www.webnovel.com/book/16518108406346305/45365960709828432/Gourmet-DAO/Level-of-cultivation-