The fresh chunks of meat have a beautiful pinkish hue, with delicate muscle texture. They are slightly bouncy when pinched. Beneath the gray vertebral canal is a piece of oily spinal cord that looks just like jelly. The rich fat adheres to the diaphragm, and you can also smell a faint bloody odor.

"This looks like the neck of some kind of animal?"

In the cramped living room, Hao Xiaoxi couldn't help but stare at the meat on the coffee table for a while before finally turning her gaze to Xu Milu, who was sitting to the side playing with the child.

"What animal could have such a thick neck? Could this be the source of high-quality meat protein that Ms. Xu mentioned?"

Although Hao Xiaoxi knew very little about biology, she could still tell that the meat on the coffee table could not have come from any known organism on Earth.

It was just a small piece of neck meat, which, when laid flat, almost filled the entire coffee table. The white bones were thick and strong, and the rough gray skin looked somewhat like an elephant.

—First, we can rule out that this is a duck neck.

Since she was visiting someone else's home, Xu Milu naturally didn't take over the kitchen. Instead, she told Han Duoduo about the ingredients and cooking methods, while she sat in the living room playing with the children.

"This is only a small part of the neck meat."

Xu Milu took a piece of mung bean cake and stuffed it into Liu Qi's hand, then patted his head, signaling the little boy to go play somewhere else.

"This is earthworm meat. This creature has very thick skin and can survive even in extreme weather. Its neck can reach three to six meters in length. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the Diplodocus from the late Jurassic period, but its neck also has the characteristics of a long-necked dinosaur."

As she spoke, she raised her finger, and a spark of light danced at her fingertip, gradually transforming into the shapes of several miniature earth dragons. Each earth dragon raised its long, S-shaped neck and leisurely devoured leaves.

"Take the number of cervical vertebrae for example. Chickens have fourteen cervical vertebrae, ducks have fifteen, and geese have seventeen, but earthworms have a full twenty-two cervical vertebrae. This characteristic gives them a flexible way of attacking, so it is very difficult for ordinary people to raise earthworms artificially."

Hao Xiaoxi had already opened her personal terminal to record the conversation, and was waiting intently for Xu Milu to say what she would say next.

Everyone knows that what comes before "but" can be selectively ignored.

"But..."

Xu Milu moved her fingers, and the miniature earth dragons on her fingertips began to run. However, because the earth dragons had thick limbs and their bellies were almost touching the ground, they couldn't run fast at all and could only move slowly like seals.

"This thing has a low chassis and can't run fast at all. The only thing that can be considered dangerous is its flexible neck. It is an omnivore, and tree bark, decaying leaves, grass roots, and small animals are all within its foraging range."

The downsides are that they eat a lot, are huge and difficult to raise, and take longer to grow than pigs. It takes at least a year for a dragon to be ready for market. Their meat is also difficult to cook and can only be prepared using a pressure cooker.

The advantages are that earthworms are not picky eaters, can adapt to extremely cold weather, and have a high meat yield; an adult earthworm can yield seven to eight tons of meat. Earthworm blood and bones can also be used in medicine. If the government intends to raise them, I am willing to purchase earthworm blood and bones.

Earth dragon meat is a treasure from head to toe. In the magical world, it is a top-tier ingredient that only nobles can afford to consume.

Firstly, earth dragons are too large to be artificially bred and can only be captured by adventurers in teams. Secondly, earth dragons only live deep in the forest, making them difficult to capture.

Xu Milu's recommendation of the earthworm to the coalition government was also driven by her own selfish motives.

With the scientific technology of The Wandering Earth, if we can successfully breed earth dragons and produce a large quantity of earth dragon meat, firstly, Xike County might be able to learn from this model and develop monster ranches, and secondly, the Mountain and Sea Restaurant would have another stable supply channel.

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Xu Milu said so much in one breath, but Hao Xiaoxi didn't rush to reply. Instead, she pulled her along to ask more questions:

What is the natural lifespan of this creature? Are there precise dates for gestation and lactation?

She completely ignored the shortcomings that Xu Milu pointed out.

Earthworms are difficult to breed, but that's for ordinary people. These large creatures are not suitable for family breeding.

So, will you eat it or will it eat you?

Are they too large to keep as pets because they could easily injure people?

Now that all of humanity in China lives in underground cities, surely the vast surface space can support a few earth dragons?

As for the difficulty of capturing it, and the potential for casualties?

There's nothing that the authorities can't solve with a single shot.

If so, then two shots.

Little Liu Qi held the mung bean cake and gnawed at it for a long time without finishing it. He couldn't understand what the two adults were saying, but his attention was entirely focused on the fire dragons that Xu Milu had conjured up.

The two earth dragons formed from flames were short and chubby, radiating a scorching heat. They would also make corresponding movements in response to Xu Milu's actions.

Life in the dungeon was boring, so this "magic trick" obviously captured Xiao Liuqi's full attention. He stared at Xu Milu with bright eyes.

In the corner, the screen of a square household cleaning robot suddenly lit up for a fleeting moment.

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In the end, Xu Milu never got to eat the earthworm meat that Han Duoduo made herself.

Just as she was about to continue introducing several other plants and animals, the terminal on Hao Xiaoxi's wrist rang urgently:

"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep beep! Alarm, alarm!"

A series of red exclamation marks appeared on the terminal. Hao Xiaoxi's expression changed slightly, and she immediately said to Xu Milu in a serious tone:

"Miss Xu! There's been a bit of a problem in the dungeon. To ensure your safety, please leave with our people for now. We'll take care of things here, please trust me."

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