Global Lords: My Heroes Grow Infinitely
Chapter 114: A Brief Meal During the Tournament

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: A Brief Meal During the Tournament

Tang Xichen had a habit of installing defense towers near the extra gold mines to protect the safety of the workers gathering resources. After taking Rosen’s advice, she immediately took action and started dismantling the defense towers around the gold mines.

As soon as Tang Xichen dismantled the defense towers, Rosen and Ye Yuxuan summoned and dispatched enough workers to gather resources.

Tang Xichen also directed her little Angels to proceed to the gold mines under the two, shrouding the Holy Light on them.

After doing all this, the number of gold mines under the three of them reached as many as forty-five!

This number was something they could never have dreamed of before.

"Awesome, forty-five gold mines, our development speed is rocketing! Let’s quickly upgrade to a level five main city in the next few days!"

After returning to their territory, Rosen checked the soaring resource numbers, which left an afterimage, and shared his excitement in the group chat.

Ye Yuxuan: "So fast! This is the first time I’ve seen resource growth speed this quick!"

Tang Xichen: "We three should now be among the top three contestants. Let’s maintain our alliance and resist external invaders together!"

Ye Yuxuan: "It feels amazing to be carried by the big shots!"

Tang Xichen: "Yu Xuan, when did you meet Xiaozhang?"

Suddenly, Ye Yuxuan received a private chat message from Tang Xichen.

"It was about a month after awakening my territory when Xiaozhang suddenly contacted me," Ye Yuxuan replied.

In Ye Yuxuan’s view, Xiaozhang was just another identity of Tang Xuanze. She suspected that Tang Xuanze wanted to use this identity to approach and protect his daughter.

Also, Rosen, who was impersonating Xiaozhang, had reminded her not to reveal his identity as Tang Xuanze, and Ye Yuxuan would avoid exposing this identity. She herself did not know that Xiaozhang was not Tang Xuanze but her classmate Rosen.

"So, you and he are just ordinary friends?" Tang Xichen pondered for a moment and then asked in a private message.

During their time at school, Tang Xichen and Ye Yuxuan were best friends and often arranged to dine together. They were quite open with each other, so asking such personal questions directly was not an issue.

"Just ordinary friends. Thanks to Xiaozhang’s care, otherwise my territory might have been destroyed by now," Ye Yuxuan said.

"Maybe it’s because your territories are both Warcraft maps," Tang Xichen speculated.

"I think so too. Otherwise, why would a bigshot randomly reach out and help me? I’m just cute; it wouldn’t be enough for a bigshot to help me," Ye Yuxuan added.

Tang Xichen’s expression shifted. Right, why would such a bigshot help Ye Yuxuan for no reason? Could it be just because of her looks?

She immediately recalled the little unpleasant encounter she had with Xiaozhang during a practice match before the competition, blushing a bit at the memory.

She began to suspect again that Xiaozhang’s interest in her and Ye Yuxuan might just be due to their appearances.

Previously, she thought he was only doing it out of respect for the Tang Family.

Now, she became somewhat wary.

At noon, Rosen suggested the three of them should have a meal together.

After the number of gold mines reached forty-five, they could soon upgrade to an army. Their barracks had also been upgraded to level four, and they were gathering resources to upgrade their territory to level five.

They estimated they could upgrade to a level five main city in the afternoon, and they had time for a meal at noon.

The two did not reject the suggestion, and they found a clearing equidistant from all three territories to set up camping tents.

Before the competition, they all stored enough food in the Lord’s Storage Realm, enough to last a year, so even if the competition lasted six months, they would be fine.

The two also brought out a large amount of food, all ready-to-eat, avoiding the time wasted on cooking.

Biting into a meat-filled rice ball, Rosen took out a hot pot from the storage space, placed it on a woodpile, and poured enough bottles of pure water into it.

Tang Xichen saw that the hotpot had a wavy partition in the middle, allowing for both spicy and non-spicy flavors. With Rosen adding firewood, bubbles soon appeared on the water’s surface.

Rosen opened a bag of chili peppers, pouring the sauce into the left side, then took out a package of fresh-flavor sauce and poured it into the right side, creating an authentic-looking two-flavor hot pot.

The steam on the left carried a pungent spicy aroma, while the steam on the right was filled with the fresh scent of three delicacies.

Rosen then took out a large plate of hot pot ingredients from the storage space: "Don’t be shy, it’s better to eat something hot."

Since he couldn’t eat spicy food, he picked up slices of lamb and cooked them in the fresh flavor pot.

On the other side, Tang Xichen and Ye Yuxuan exchanged a glance, then used their chopsticks to pick up ingredients and added them to the boiling spicy water.

These two girls really seemed to enjoy spicy food; are they the legendary spicy girls?

"Xichen, it’s been so long since we had hot spicy pot together, but this broth isn’t spicy enough; it’s too bland," Ye Yuxuan commented.

Rosen doubted if he hadn’t added enough chili paste, so he scooped up a small spoonful of the spicy water and tasted it, nearly choking!

"Cough, cough, cough, this is spicier than chili peppers; are you sure it’s not hot enough?"

Seeing Ye Yuxuan’s look of disdain, Rosen fetched two more packages of red sauce.

Ye Yuxuan actually opened both packages and poured them into the spicy pot, making the soup surface look like molten lava, and the spicy aroma in the air made Rosen’s eyes water.

Tang Xichen also picked up a piece of beef and cooked it in the spicy soup, tasting it when it was ninety percent cooked: "The beef is delicious; it’s been so long since I’ve had hot food. Thank you, Xiaozhang."

Hearing Tang Xichen’s gratitude, Rosen realized her complexion hadn’t changed at all, as if that "lava" had no effect on her taste buds.

Rosen got a deeper understanding of Tang Xichen; this girl could handle spicy food so well. Not just Tang Xichen, but Ye Yuxuan seemed cut from the same mold, her tolerance for spiciness was astonishing.

And not only could they handle spicy food, they also had impressive alcohol tolerance.

Then Tang Xichen brought out three boxes of beer from the storage space, with an alcohol content of about 45, drinking it like plain water, with can after can. Soon only empty cans remained in one box.

Tang Xichen and Ye Yuxuan then opened the second box of beer.

Rosen weighed the empty box; sure enough, all the cans were empty.

Their drinking capacity was terrifying!

Rosen was the type who couldn’t drink alcohol. He preferred a light diet and could only occasionally try fruit beer. During meals, he would opt for fruit beer.

So he took out a box of fruit beer for himself, using a Helical Blade to pry open the metal caps of the glass bottles, and drank it down in gulps.

"Is the bigshot so weak, letting the girls drink beer while you are drinking fruit beer?" Ye Yuxuan saw Rosen’s feeble side and mocked him mercilessly.

Rosen glanced at Tang Xichen secretly.

Initially, Tang Xichen didn’t mind, but after Ye Yuxuan mentioned it, Tang Xichen also felt that Rosen wasn’t giving any face, and her expression turned more disdainful.

What the?!

Isn’t it normally considered good for men not to drink alcohol? When did drinking high-alcohol content become a sign of respect in girls’ eyes?

Rosen discovered a more masculine side of the two; he couldn’t let himself, as a guy, fall behind!

He was forced to also down a bottle of high-alcohol content beer.

Then, ugh!~