Chapter 64: Heavenly Wind Feast

"I found something strange when I was cutting the meat just now." Qi Huan cleaned the newly cut meat, seasoned it, and put it on the iron rack. He took out the 'pin' and handed it to Jiufang Yu who was drinking soup.

The top of that thing was small and nearly spherical, covered with a layer of yellow hard shell. The needle body at the bottom was about four or five centimeters long, and the other end was in the shape of a sharp needle, flashing a cold light and extremely sharp.

"Where was it found?" Jiufang Yu put down the soup bowl, held the thing in his hand and looked at it with a frown.

"The base of the right ear of an A-grade stone beast." Qi Huan gestured at his own ear. At that time, he deliberately cut off the ear of the stone beast next to him and looked for it, but did not find the same pin.

"It looks a little strange." Jiufang Yu handed the thing to Kong Hu next to him.

Kong Hu took a quick look and hastily stuffed the last two pieces of meat on the skewer into his mouth. He took out a toothbrush box-sized detector from his storage bag and put the thing in it.

Through the transparent box lid, you can see several hair-thin feelers sticking out, wrapping around both ends of the thing like vines. The yellow ball end suddenly lights up, and curved lines in the pattern of a circuit flash across the needle.

Kong Hu's expression suddenly became serious. He chewed his meat and said vaguely, "It might be some kind of signal device. I'll try to decode it later."

Jiufang Yu's eyes were slightly stern, and he turned to Qi Huan and said, "Let's go look in the ears of other stone beasts."

"You take a break and eat something. I'll go." Seeing that his lips were turning pale again, Qi Huan refused to let him move. He asked Lao Wu and A De to look for all the stone beasts brought by the shop owner and the sentinels.

Finally, four similar things were found in the ears of an A-level stone beast and three B-level stone beasts. Except for the different colors of the hard shells covering the needles, the shapes were almost the same.

"Are these stone beasts controlled by someone?" Qi Huan handed the pile of things to Jiufang Yu and Kong Hu, extremely puzzled.

Jiufang Yu's brows drooped, as if he was thinking about something. He didn't say anything, but Kong Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Some people are really bad, and they deserve to die."

Kong Hu asked the guards to search among the other animal carcasses in the base at the same time. When the second batch of crispy animal tails were roasted, news came from the guards that more than a dozen of the same things were found in the earlobes of many stone beasts.

Jiufang Yu was busy again, hanging up and making the call almost non-stop. Qi Huan looked at his face which was getting paler and paler, and was a little worried that he was overworked, but he couldn't get a word in.

The brothers and sisters of the family and the fifth brother Ade, who had a smaller appetite, had already eaten their fill. The fifth brother and Ade even ran excitedly to dismantle the stone beast, under the pretext of helping them to digest food. The beast's tusks, skins, and bones could be sold for money, and its meat could be eaten. It was simply a treasure trove. The more they thought about it, the happier they were, and the more skillful their hands became. The brothers and sisters of the family happily helped the two to light the lamp and watched the fun from the side.

The sentries at the sanatorium had almost finished eating by then. Seeing that there were still a lot of roasted animal meat skewers left, Qi Huan sent a message to Wu Ke, and then took two handfuls and distributed them to a few children in the distance who were looking over here curiously because of the aroma.

The personal terminal vibrated. Qi Huan thought it was a message from Wu Ke, but when he clicked on it, it was an announcement from the base, saying that the base would open rooms on two starships for everyone to stay in. Residents in need are requested to contact the contact officer to report their needs for easy statistics and arrangements. For those with mobility difficulties or long distances, the base will arrange airships to pick them up. The arrangements were considerate and meticulous.

Further up was the compensation notice issued in the afternoon when they unloaded the stone beasts. The content was roughly what Qi Huan had already known in advance from Jiufang Yu. The base would be responsible for compensating all residents for their losses, and would go to each area and batches to count and register the losses in the next two days.

Seeing the latest announcement, Qi Huan suddenly remembered the problem of accommodation tonight. When he was about to sign up, Kong Hu had already taken out a bunch of keys and distributed them to the owner and several sentinels one by one. "This is the key to the Tianfeng Pavilion guest room on the fifth floor of the command hall. Everyone has worked hard today. You can go there and rest early."

Afterwards, Kong Hu stuffed the last key into Qi Huan's hands and said, "Huan Huan, you can squeeze in with the boss tonight."

Ah? Kong Hu meant to let him be roommates with Jiufang Yu? Qi Huan took the key dazedly. Was this a blessing in disguise? Hugging the black bun and appreciating the beauty was simply a godly treatment.

Lao Wu ran over under the light, breaking Qi Huan's reverie, "Ah Huan, do you want to ask if there's any room left in the food storage at the Wan family?"

After he and Ade unearthed a pile of animal meat, they suddenly thought of another problem. If they were to extract energy stones, they wouldn't have to worry about the preservation of the meat. But if they wanted to eat it, given the desert weather, if they didn't find a cold storage to store it quickly, it might go bad and become inedible.

"I'll send a message to Uncle Wan to ask." Qi Huan looked at the broken walls and tiles around him that were in a miserable condition and was a little worried whether the Wan family's cold storage could hold up.

Not long after, Uncle Wan's message came back. The Wan family's fresh-keeping storage and freezer were destroyed. He didn't dare to open them at the moment. He was worried about what to do with so many ingredients, and asked him if he could help think of a solution.

After listening to him, Lao Wu also sighed, turned around to look at the pile of meat, scratched his head and said, "How about we use your method from last time and make it all into bacon?"

"Making bacon also requires certain conditions. We were able to do it last time because Wanjia's fresh-keeping warehouse can regulate temperature, ventilation, and light...Ah!!!!"

Qi Huan was halfway through his speech when he suddenly screamed and jumped up.

Oh no, if the cold storage is broken, what will happen to the ham and bacon? He was looking forward to making some bacon to try in the next two days!

The owner and a few sentries were drinking soup and chatting. They were startled by his scream and all looked over.

Jiufang Yu also quickly hung up the call, took two steps to his side, lowered his eyes and scanned him up and down, "What's wrong?"

"Ham! My bacon and ham!" Qi Huan complained to Jiu Fangyu with a frown on his face. He looked at his pale lips, hesitated, and turned to the shop owner and said, "Senior, can you take me to Wanjia Food Store?"

Those hams were his cherished treasures, and he would check on their condition every few days. Now that the cold storage was destroyed, he was afraid they could not be preserved.

"I'll take you there." Without waiting for the owner to answer, Jiufang Yu dragged Qi Huan onto his airship.

No. 2 looked at the airship going away in the sky, then looked at the shop owner and said, "Should we go over and take a look?"

"What are you looking at? If you can't solve the problem, there's no point in you going there." It would be better to go back to bed early. The owner covered his face with a fan and yawned. "You got up so early in the morning and have been busy all day. Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired." No. 2 shook his head. Now that he had eaten and drunk enough, he felt even more energetic. "We can fight another wave of beasts."

"If you're not tired, go to sleep." The owner rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. The sentry just loved to make trouble.

No. 2: …

Three quarters of the Wan family’s house collapsed, and the part that survived was exactly where the Wan family usually lived.

One of the freezers is still operational, but several large and small fresh-keeping warehouses have been completely destroyed. The silver lining is probably that the hunting season is over and the base has entered the off-season. The contents of the fresh-keeping warehouse are less than a quarter of what they were last month, and the contents of the freezer are about one-third.

Even so, the total amount of food in the warehouses was still not small. Although the base said it would compensate for the loss, the Wan Laoda and his wife were used to being frugal, and they were still distressed when they thought that the food they had carefully selected would be ruined. They sighed as they looked for food with the Wan Laoer.

The small warehouse where the ham and bacon are stored has not been moved yet. If they are not moved quickly, they may go bad in two days.

While Qi Huan was comforting a few people, he was looking at the food that had been turned out nearby. Just as he was thinking about how to deal with it so as to preserve as much as possible, Jiufang Yu pulled him aside.

"I want to hold a dinner party at Tianfeng Pavilion tomorrow. Please ask the Wan family to find someone to help and clean up the usable ingredients as soon as possible. We can buy them for tomorrow's dinner party."

"A dinner party is going to be held tomorrow?" How come he didn't know about this? Qi Huan looked at Jiu Fangyu, somewhat suspecting that this was a temporary decision he made to help solve the problem.

"Yes." Jiufang Yu nodded calmly, "Formally entertain the shop owner and No. 2 and his friends, thank them for standing up and helping to resist the beast tide. There were almost no casualties at Base No. 3 this time, it can be said that it was all their credit."

"We should thank them indeed." Qi Huan still remembered the panicked expressions of Lao Wu, Wan Lao Er and others when they talked about the A-level stone beasts. Compared with the end of Base No. 2, which was completely destroyed, it was almost a miracle that Base No. 3 was able to survive the beast tide without casualties.

However, if we talk about credit, the greatest credit must go to Jiufang Yu himself. The two starships he arranged in advance have already protected more than 95% of the people.

"If possible, it would be better to make more new dishes." Jiufang Yu reminded him.

"New dishes?"

"The base is in a state of disrepair, and we need their help during this period," Jiu Fangyu sighed. "You know, they are not short of money, and they are not interested in fame and fortune. The thing that they care about most about our base is probably your cooking skills. Tomorrow's dinner can not only solve the current problems of the Wan family, but also help the base keep them, which is killing two birds with one stone."

"Okay, leave it to me." Qi Huan's thoughts were distracted by Jiufang Yu and he had long forgotten his original doubts. He immediately ran over to discuss with Boss Wan and asked him to find someone to clean up the ingredients.

Before the two of them could finish their conversation, they received another message from the secretary. It was obviously a group message to all the stores. The message stated that during this special period, the food cold storage and freezers on Tianfeng Pavilion and the two starships were open to external borrowing. If any restaurants or food stores had any needs, they could contact them immediately.

Needless to say, it must be someone who gave the order just now. Qi Huan gave a thumbs up to Jiufang Yu who was standing next to the airship. A batch will be used up tomorrow and another batch will be put into the freezer and fresh-keeping room of Tianfeng Pavilion. The problem with the ham and this batch of ingredients can be basically solved.

Jiufang Yu nodded at him. The night wind ruffled his long silver hair, and a few strands of hair were gently lifted up, charming and gentle.

After leaving the Wan family, Jiufang Yu took Qi Huan and flew directly to the command hall.

On the way, Qi Huan began to plan the menu for the next day's dinner based on the rough list of ingredients given by Boss Wan.

"For the starter, I'd like to make a crispy langgan, crystal braised pork, coral golden hook, agate honey lotus root, and then a crispy roasted jade mushroom and phoenix tail shrimp balls?"

"Yeah." Jiufang Yu responded.

"What? Have you eaten it?" Qi Huan deliberately teased him.

"No, but it sounds delicious." Jiufang Yu clenched the steering wheel, sweat oozing from his forehead.

"It has to be delicious," Qi Huan, who was immersed in the menu, did not notice Jiufang Yu's strangeness, and continued to list the dishes with the paper and pen he brought from the Wan family, "After that, there are stewed animal tendons, pot-fried whitebait, peony fish fillet, cloud meat, taro braised pork, fresh shrimp trotters, lion's head, fish and mutton Tibetan recipe, soft-shelled eel, peony bird's nest, white sauce fish belly, coconut pot sea emperor, butterfly sea cucumber, mantis skewer, wine-roasted conch, hundred flowers stuffed tofu, Dinghu Shangsu, chrysanthemum leaf jade plate, and by then, depending on the specific conditions of the ingredients brought tomorrow, we will choose about fourteen dishes."

"Um."

"Four dim sum, Pearl Jade Dumplings, Sweet Dew Cakes, Golden Thread Shaomai, and Crispy Jade Sesame Balls, and two soups, Golden Thread Tripe Soup and Bijian Soup, or Jade Belt Soup and Xuexia Soup." Qi Huan swung the pen and drew on the four soups.

"You decide."

"For the staple food, make some three-strand noodles, and then some matsutake mushroom, chestnut and bacon rice. The freshly made bacon will surely taste amazing!" Thinking of the fragrant taste of bacon and rice together, Qi Huan couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Why, you don't like this?" Not getting a response from Jiufang Yu, Qi Huan turned his head with a smile, only to find that Jiufang Yu's face was pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Qi Huan's smile suddenly disappeared, and he was horrified. "How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Bang!" The airship fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Jiufang Yu forced himself to say to Qi Huan, "Ask Kong Hu to notify the guards to pick us up," and then fainted.

Half an hour later, in the Star Lord's Suite of Tianfeng Pavilion, Jiufang Yu was lying quietly in the medical cabin.

Kong Hu and Qi Huan stood guard nearby.

Just like last time, there was no danger to his life, he was just overtired and mentally exhausted.

"I should have known not to let him accompany me to the Wan family." Qi Huan sighed in self-blame. Really, he had clearly noticed that his face looked bad again before, and he should have let him stay then.

If you think about it carefully, he has been busy non-stop since the beast tide ended, with almost no time to rest.

"It's useless. The boss is just like that. No one can persuade him." Kong Hu smiled bitterly. "He rushes to the front on the battlefield. If something happens, he will stand in front of everyone and take care of everyone as much as possible. That's why everyone is willing to follow him."

Outside the window, countless yellow lights were floating around the base, flickering like fireflies. They were the identification lights at the tail of the airship. The protective cover was broken. To ensure the safety of the aborigines, the guards were divided into several teams to guard the surroundings. In the dark night, those flashing lights gave everyone a sense of security.

"Everything is arranged in detail, but the only thing he hasn't considered is himself." Qi Huan looked at the lights, then at Jiufang Yu in the medical cabin, and shook his head helplessly. If only there was some way to make him get better quickly.

"This is the boss." Kong Hu pushed his glasses. "Back in the military camp, he was the only one who didn't look down on us as trash."

"Waste?" Qi Huan was stunned. The members of the Ferocious Beast Team were so powerful, each of them was rare, so how could they be waste?

"Don't you know?" Kong Hu scratched his golden curly hair and looked at Qi Huan in surprise, "The sentinels of the Ferocious Beast Squad actually have defective spiritual bodies."

"What do you mean?" Qi Huan frowned, expressing confusion.

The two people in the room were chatting and no one noticed that a small white shadow passed through the protective shield of the medical cabin and landed on Jiufang Yu's chest.

"For example, my spiritual body, Kelp, is naturally poisonous. Usually, poisonous spiritual bodies can be controlled and release toxins when needed, but my spiritual body is out of control and the toxicity cannot be controlled at all. It can be said that I am born with a 'disability', so most people stay away from me. For example, Brother Zhi, he was originally the most powerful sentinel in the Vanguard Camp. Later, in a battle, Qingxiao was injured and blinded. No matter how he was treated, he could not be cured. Since then, his reaction speed on the battlefield has been slow, and the people in the Vanguard Camp found an opportunity to kick him out."

Qi Huan nodded. He knew that Qingxiao had problems with his eyes. In fact, after more contact, he could find that the white wolf's eyesight was not very good when feeding it. It mainly relied on its sense of smell and hearing.

“But I heard from Shen Ye that Xu Zhi is the most powerful among you?”

"That was something that Brother Zhi trained very hard afterwards. The plug-in was also injured, so not only is its reaction to the outside world slower than that of an ordinary spiritual body, it can't be upgraded either, so Brother Zhe has been stuck at Level B."

"What about Shen Ye? Isn't Shen fine too?"

"Chen Ye has the biggest problem," Kong Hu scratched his head, not understanding why Qi Huan asked such an obvious question, "He didn't even activate his spiritual body!"

"Wait a minute," Qi Huan felt something was wrong the more he listened, and raised his hand to make a stop gesture, "What do you mean by stimulating the spiritual body?"

On the other side, the little white ball had already crawled to Jiufang Yu's lips. It grasped a lock of its own white hair, shaking the ends of its hair like a fan, looking left and right at those pale lips without a trace of blood. Finally, it let go, leaned over and kissed it gently as the hair fell.