The weather was perfect today. The spring sun wasn't too strong, the sunshine was bright, and the temperature was neither too hot nor too cold. Taking advantage of this, Ling Miao called Susan, and the two of them went to a nearby forest.

"Miaomiao, there aren't many fresh ingredients in this forest. If you want to make some new dishes, you can check out the StarNet."

Susan was completely baffled by Ling Miao's decision to go out and look for ingredients.

In her view, Tadar was primitive and backward. If there were any edible ingredients on such a backward planet, the locals would have already raised them in captivity. There would be no need for them to search for them.

Ling Miao remained noncommittal about Susan's words.

She was still holding a grudge. After getting angry with the system that day, she became angrier and angrier, and didn't speak to it for several days.

The thought of all that money made her heart ache!

You don't know the cost of living until you're in charge of the household! They just deduct money like that, why can't we pay in installments?

Saying that he came out to find ingredients was just an excuse. Since he transmigrated here, he has been busy with missions and feeding himself every day and has not had time to properly observe his surroundings.

Ironically, in the vast interstellar realm, the climate of each planet is quite different.

According to Susan, some planets are in a state of perpetual polar night, while others only have daytime, and some are covered in ice and snow... Coincidentally, the planet she traveled to was very similar to Earth in both climate and orbital cycle.

If Ling Miao hadn't known clearly that she had transmigrated, based on the climate and time period here, she would have thought she was on Earth.

Ling Miao was lost in thought, occasionally echoing Susan's words. Although the little girl was a bit puzzled, she could tell that she was very happy. In the past few days, with Ling Miao's deliberate attempts to get close, the distance between the two had narrowed considerably, and her relationship with old lady Audya had also become quite good.

"Hey, we're here."

Susan stopped and pointed to a large forest not far ahead, her face scrunching up. "Why is there such a large bamboo forest?"

Disappointment was evident in her tone. Upon hearing this, Ling Miao looked up at the large bamboo forest not far away and laughed, "What's wrong with bamboo?"

Susan's eyes widened, her round, orange-yellow cat pupils seemingly hearing something unbelievable.

"These things grow too fast. If they grew under the eaves, they could blow the roof off in one night. Apart from the Iron-Eating Beasts, there are no other races in the interstellar space that like them."

Although with today's technology, there's no need to worry about housing anymore, that's only on advanced planets.

The planet Tadar is primitive and backward, with no advanced living environment whatsoever, and they don't even have the medicine to inhibit the growth of these bamboos.

Susan frowned and thought for a long time, but Ling Miao only heard the words "iron-eating beast". Her ears perked up and she asked, "There are iron-eating beasts in interstellar space?"

"Of course, but their race is small in number and they rarely appear."

Upon hearing this, Ling Miao frowned in regret; she had thought she would be able to see a real-life giant panda.

Susan, unaware of Ling Miao's thoughts, kept walking forward. A large bamboo forest came into view, its leaves straight and green. She pursed her lips and was about to walk around the bamboo forest in front of her.

"etc--"

Susan turned around, her eyes shining as she looked at Ling Miao. Before she could speak, Ling Miao, who had been calm all along, quickly stepped forward, squatted down, and looked at the ground with a joyful expression.

The mounds of earth on the ground rose up like small hills.

"What's wrong?"

Ling Miao looked at the small mound in front of her with delight, "It's bamboo shoots!"

To be precise, they are bamboo shoots.

Bamboo shoots?

Susan tilted her head in confusion and walked over. Ling Miao picked up a wooden stick and eagerly began digging. The tiny bamboo shoots quickly emerged from the ground.

With its earthy brown outer shell and pointed tip pointing upwards, the whole thing has a cone-like shape.

It turns out to be a young bamboo plant.

This is the first time I've seen someone other than a metal-eating beast like this thing.

Susan raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

However, seeing Ling Miao's delighted expression, Susan helped dig.

The bamboo forest here is quite large, and there are many bamboo shoots around it. The two of them worked all morning and dug up quite a few bamboo shoots.

Looking at the bamboo shoots covering the ground, Ling Miao felt much less tired after a long morning.

"Are these bamboo shoots for cooking?"

"certainly."

Ling Miao nodded and answered Susan's question as expected.

Having received the expected answer, Susan nodded and, together with Ling Miao, began to gather the bamboo shoots. A large pile of bamboo shoots was stored in Susan's spatial storage.

Ling Miao looked at the empty space with envy in her eyes.

The extravagance of the rich!

She wiped the drool that was almost at the corner of her mouth, suppressing her desire as she thought about the price of the Space Token.

"There's a small river ahead, let's go wash up there."

"good."

Ling Miao nodded as she followed Susan forward, where a small river flowed quietly in the distance.

The vegetation along the water's edge is lush, and the river water is crystal clear. Small fish and shrimp swim by from time to time, and instead of being afraid of the approaching people, they boldly come closer.

As Ling Miao washed her hands, she looked at the fish and shrimp in the river, and a thought struck her.

The fish and shrimp in the water have no natural enemies. Although they are not very big, they are all plump and round, and they are easy to catch. Before long, Ling Miao had caught quite a few fish and shrimp.

Susan didn't pay any attention, thinking Ling Miao was just having fun.

The two played for a while when they suddenly heard some noise.

Voices seemed to come from the dense bushes not far away.

"Ellis, are you even reliable?!"

The brown-haired boy spoke impatiently, looking at the skinny boy in front of him and questioning him.

"Alright, that's enough." Avril pulled Lackley along. "Who knew we'd be so unlucky? Blaming him won't change anything."

The boy in front turned around, his thin face framed by black-rimmed glasses, and said with a hint of helplessness, "That's exactly what the navigation shows."

The implication was that he wasn't sure either.

All three were dressed in black uniforms, fitted and tailored, with glittering stars on their shoulders, resembling interstellar military uniforms.

"Damn it—those damn space pirates!"

All three were freshmen at the Federal Military Academy. Before the start of the semester, they planned to take an interstellar trip, but they encountered fleeing space pirates on the way and were forced to drift to an unfamiliar planet.

Unfortunately, two of the three had damaged astral brains, while only Ellis's astral brain was less damaged and could barely function as a navigation device; all other functions were unusable.

This wasn't the worst of it. The starship crashed in a dense, vast forest, where the trees were so tall they blocked out the sun, making it impossible to distinguish east from west.

The three of them followed the navigation and managed to get away from the area for several days.

"We've reached the outer perimeter now, and we'll be able to get out soon."

After Avril finished speaking, she pushed aside the bushes in front of her, and the three of them unexpectedly met Ling Miao and Susan's eyes.

The other person was holding a wooden stick that they had picked up from the ground. The group looked at each other in bewilderment.