69: Chapter 69 Thor Roasts Sweet Potatoes Online! The Entire Internet is Drooling!
"Using... using electricity to roast sweet potatoes?"
Zhao Zhenhua held the phone, feeling his CPU burnt out once again by Lin Mo's eccentric train of thought.
"My dear Mr. Lin!"
"That is divine power comparable to Thor's Hammer, the power to wield lightning!"
"You... you're just using it for this?"
"If Thor found out about this, he would jump down from Asgard right now to fight you to the death!"
However, Lin Mo completely ignored Zhao Zhenhua's breakdown.
He enthusiastically dug up a few sweet potatoes from the vegetable patch in the backyard, which he had grown incidentally alongside the god rice.
Then, he sat at the entrance of the Hardware Store and began his "performance art."
He extended his right hand as before.
But this time, what gathered in his palm was no longer violent lightning, but a ball of globular lightning emitting a soft golden light, pulsing slowly as if it were alive.
He held a sweet potato in his left hand and supported the ball of lightning with his right, beginning to roast it in a leisurely manner.
The scene was as bizarre and outrageous as it could possibly be.
Soon, this spectacle of "The God of Thunder Roasting Sweet Potatoes Online" attracted countless passersby and internet streamers who had heard the news.
The entrance of the Hardware Store was instantly packed tight.
Everyone held up their phones, frantically filming the man sitting on a small stool, focused entirely on roasting his sweet potato.
"Oh my god! Is he really roasting a sweet potato? Why does it feel like God Lin is... practicing alchemy?"
"Can you guys smell that? It's so fragrant! This aroma is simply... it's going to be the death of me!"
"It's more than just fragrant! Look! The sweet potato... it... it's glowing!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
They saw that under the even roasting of the golden lightning in Lin Mo's palm, the surface of the originally plain sweet potato began to ooze a layer of crystal-clear, golden-yellow oil, like honey!
An indescribably sweet and incredibly overpowering aroma instantly filled the entire block!
The fragrance seemed to carry magic!
Whoever smelled it felt their saliva secreting uncontrollably! Their stomachs growled loudly and unhelpfully!
It felt as if their souls were about to be snatched away by this fragrance!
[Ahhh! I can't take it anymore! I'm going to cry from hunger! God Lin! Please! Let me have a taste! Just one bite!]
[I've already eaten three bowls of rice in front of the screen just by smelling this aroma!]
[Willing to pay a high price! A sweet potato roasted by God Lin himself! One! One million dragon coins!]
The chat in the live stream had gone completely wild!
Countless wealthy viewers were frantically spamming gifts, just begging for the right to take a single bite of this "Immortal Roasted Potato."
However, Lin Mo turned a deaf ear to it all.
In his eyes, there was only the sweet potato that was about to be finished.
Finally.
When the sweet potato was roasted to a golden brown, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction.
He withdrew the lightning from his palm and gently broke open the piping hot sweet potato.
"Hiss—"
A more intense, more alluring aroma erupted along with golden steam!
The inside of the sweet potato had turned into a translucent paste, like golden glaze!
With that color and texture, how could it still be a sweet potato?
It was clearly a masterful work of art!
Amidst the envious, jealous, hateful, and murderous gazes of billions of people across the internet, Lin Mo blew on it and took a careful bite.
"Mmm..."
Soft, sticky, fragrant, and sweet!
The ultimate deliciousness instantly exploded on his taste buds!
A warm current, filled with life energy, slid down his throat into his stomach, then spread to every part of his body!
It felt so good he almost groaned out loud!
Delicious!
It was fucking delicious!
This was definitely the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his two lifetimes!
However, in front of the camera.
God Lin just chewed expressionlessly.
Then, under the expectant gaze of the entire internet, he frowned slightly.
Facing the camera, he commented indifferently in a tone full of disdain and disappointment.
"Hmm, the heat is still a bit off."
"The purity of the electricity isn't enough either."
"The texture of the roasted result is a bit tough."
"Barely... just... good enough to feed pigs."
After speaking, while everyone looked on in stunned silence, he casually tossed the "Immortal Roasted Potato," which was worth millions in the eyes of others, into... the trash can at the door.
"Pfft—!!!"
The entire internet collectively broke down!
Countless viewers watching the live stream were so angry they spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot!
What a waste of heaven's gifts!
This is a blatant waste of a treasure!
If you don't want to eat it, give it to us!
Why throw it away?!
For a moment, the entire internet was filled with tearful accusations against Lin Mo for this "ultimate humblebrag" behavior!
And just as Lin Mo was secretly feeling pleased with his successful "flex," the cold system notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Detected that the host successfully utilized the energy of the 'Light of Prometheus' to complete the secondary processing of a 'god-level crop.']
[Perfectly meets the advancement conditions for [Biological and Mythological Engineering]!]
[Congratulations to the host! Unlocked new product—[Yaochi Flat Peach (Seedling)]!]
[Do you wish to spend 'a wisp of the Dragon Country's national destiny' and 'the health prayers of one billion citizens' to redeem it?]
Flat Peach?!
When Lin Mo saw those two words, his eyes instantly widened!
This... this is the top-tier ingredient used by the Queen Mother of the West for her parties in mythology!
The kind that makes you immortal if you eat it!
Just as Lin Mo was about to click "Redeem" without hesitation, Zhao Zhenhua's call came through again, rushing and frantic as ever.
But this time, his voice lacked the usual excitement, and was instead filled with a gravity as if facing a formidable enemy!
"Mr.... Mr. Lin! That video of you... roasting the sweet potato..."
"Has been classified by The Pentagon as a live-fire demonstration of a 'directed-energy weapon' of the highest level!"
"They... they believe you have already mastered the technology to convert energy into high-energy rays capable of destroying an aircraft carrier fleet!"
"They... they are currently holding a top-level emergency meeting at The White House!"
"The theme of the meeting is only one—"
"How to deal with the doomsday threat from the Dragon Country!"
"They... seem to be preparing to show their cards to us!"