"Hmm." Yan Jin nodded. "The cuckoo bird is a very dangerous beast at night for us humans, making us all feel insecure and fearful."

However, looking at it another way, they're still a rare food source. If we could hunt a large number of cuckoos, we could save a lot of nutrient solution, and we'd be safer at night. What do you think?

After careful consideration, Li Daqiang nodded, admitting that what Yan Jin said was very tempting. "However, we have tried eating cuckoo birds before, but the meat of cuckoo birds is poisonous and two villagers died. We dare not try it again."

“But I’ve eaten this many times already, and you just ate it too, didn’t you? You didn’t get poisoned, did you?” Yan Jin put away the food box and smiled.

Li Daqiang looked at Yan Jin with a question in his eyes, "Weren't you unwilling to tell me just now? How come you're telling me all of a sudden after only a short while?"

Yan Jin smiled and took out another food box. "Try it again."

Although Li Daqiang was full of doubts, he still took a bite with his chopsticks and then froze, "What is this? It doesn't feel like meat."

"This is rice, the fruit of a plant."

"Rice?" Li Daqiang suddenly stood up, the chair behind him crashing to the ground with a 'bang', but he ignored the chair and strode towards a room.

Yan Jin was also startled. She sat there without moving, quietly waiting for Li Daqiang to come out again.

He was puzzled. Why was Li Daqiang, who had been so calm while eating the cuckoo bird and rice, so excited when he heard the word "rice"?

However, Li Daqiang soon came out of the room, carefully holding a book in his hands. The book was yellowed and even the corners were peeling, but the book itself was very neat.

It's clear that its owner cherishes it and takes good care of it.

With trembling hands, Li Daqiang carefully placed the book on the table and opened it. He saw that the font on the first page was the simplified Chinese characters commonly used in the 21st century, and the characters gradually changed until they became interstellar script. The book seemed to have witnessed the changes of time, recording the changes in fonts clearly.

Inside, there are records of the names and uses of some plants, along with some annotations.

Li Daqiang's voice trembled slightly with excitement, "So, so this is rice! It's such a wonderful surprise! I'm so lucky to be able to see rice, a plant that exists only in history, in my lifetime."

Once Li Daqiang calmed down a bit, he coughed lightly to keep himself composed, but his voice was still a little agitated, "You, where did you get the rice? How did you get rice?"

This was also what puzzled Li Daqiang: hadn't rice been extinct for a long time? How could she have it?

Yan Jin seemed to already know his doubts, tilting her head slightly to the side with a mysterious smile on her face, "This is my secret."

Li Daqiang narrowed his eyes, his face darkening slightly. "Aren't you afraid I'm a bad guy? Like, kidnapping or torturing you?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Jin burst into laughter, "Ha..."

With a carefree and hearty laugh, he asked, "Do you think humans possess elemental powers?"

"Wh-what?" Li Daqiang was completely dumbfounded. He could understand what she said, but the meaning when put together was so unbelievable. Was it what he thought?

Yan Jin raised her slender hand, her clenched fist facing upwards, and slowly opened it, revealing a plant in her palm.