The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Is It Really Normal to Level Up by Eating Monsters?

[Travel Between Two Worlds] [Classic of Mountains and Seas] [Food-Based Power-Ups] [Lighthearted Comedy] [System] [Lifespan Countdown] Good news: I transmigrated. Bad news: I landed in the middle of a fight between three mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Good news: The System finally activated. Bad news: I have only five days, thirteen hours, forty-seven minutes, and twenty-six seconds left to live. Good news: The System says I can obtain whatever I eat. Bad news: Right now, I can’t beat anything edible. Bai Chu stared at the countdown on the System and fell into deep thought. Other people transmigrate to cultivate immortality. She transmigrated to wait for death. Fortunately, the System was late, but not too late. [Gourmet God System activated] [Eat something, gain what it has.] Eat a concealment herb, gain the ability to hide. Eat a Tu Lou, gain the ability to turn flesh into strength. Eat a silver-scaled fish, gain a venomous fish bladder. Eat a soul-devouring grub, gain parasitic powers. The more she ate, The more she realized something was off. Other people cultivated by seeking enlightenment. She cultivated by eating. Other people searched for opportunities. She searched for ingredients. Other people turned and ran when they saw an ancient ferocious beast. Her first thought was instead: Would this thing taste better braised or grilled? Many years later, The countless peoples of the Mountains and Seas gazed up at the Gourmet God seated upon her divine throne, with worshippers spread throughout the heavens, and trembled in fear. Because the way that great being looked at them seemed so... hungry?