As soon as Mingyou finished cooking, Arthur came back happily with his four paws spread out.
Although he said he had four paws, Arthur actually only had three legs jumping around, and one leg was unable to move due to injury.
A big cat walking on three legs should have looked miserable, but Arthur's big furry face was filled with a smug tiger smile, his tail was held high, and he could jump around like dancing on only three legs, without showing any sadness at all.
It's hard to imagine that he was still on the verge of death yesterday.
Mingyou couldn't help but smile at the sight of Arthur. He thought, even the saddest and most hopeless person, seeing such a cute and cheerful big cat, would be infected by the cat's optimism and smile as brightly as the big cat, right?
"It smells so good! Let me see what delicious food you have!" As soon as Arthur entered the kitchen, he stood up and put his big furry head into the iron bucket-like pot. Mingyou was so scared that he hugged him from behind and dragged him away from the stove.
"Be careful! Don't get burned!" Mingyou was terrified, fearing that the big black cat would accidentally overturn the iron bucket.
Arthur squatted on the ground and slapped his buttocks in dissatisfaction: "Am I that stupid?"
"No, no, no, Dahei is the smartest. I'm just worried you'll get burned." Mingyou scooped out the stew, giving himself a large bowl and Arthur a large basin. "Do you want some rice?"
Arthur paced back and forth around his food bowl, licking his lips constantly, waiting anxiously for the meat to cool. "No. I'm a tiger, why should I eat rice?"
Mingyou paused his chopsticks, saying, "I think the diet of spiritual beasts must be different from that of ordinary animals. You should get more energy from a vegetarian diet. Eating meat is just for taste and to fill your stomach, and the efficiency of converting it into energy is very low."
Arthur's ears pricked up in surprise, darting left and right like radar. "Is there such a thing?"
Mingyou nodded. The system said that spirit beasts and elves share the same origin, so the spirit beasts' diet should be the same as that of elves.
Mingyou thought about it and elaborated on the energy conversion theory of the elf world.
The special abilities of elves come from the sun, moon, and earth. In other words, their power comes from the special energy possessed by stars and planets.
In the nutritional chain, plants are usually regarded as the first-level producers, while insects and animals are the phagocytic eaters known as "consumers".
Chemical energy, known as "nutrients," is continuously transferred upward through layers of consumers, and biological energy accumulates continuously. Therefore, for ordinary humans, consuming directly from "consumers" higher up the nutrient chain is more efficient in absorbing nutrients.
To put it simply in Mingyou's time, it means "if you have oil and water, you can eat less food."
However, the "energy" required by elves is different from ordinary nutrition. Plants, as the first-level producers, can accumulate the planet's energy within their bodies. However, if they are preyed upon by other animals or insects, some of this energy will be consumed by the "consumers," and the energy remaining in the "consumers" will decrease.
Therefore, for this kind of "energy", the higher the level of the "consumer" in the food chain, the less energy remains in the body that can be absorbed by other consumers.
This is the most important part of the worldview of the game "Elf World". Because of this rule, elves generally do not prey on each other, and humans almost never use elves as food.
"It's similar to fossil energy. We can purify fossil energy, but if it's burned slag, it's basically difficult to use." Mingyou said, "Spirit beasts' food should be energy-rich. Besides plants, energy-containing minerals, water sources, and even other energies like electromagnetic waves and light particles can all be your food."
Arthur's mouth is so big that Mingyou's head can be stuffed into it.
His entire tiger was petrified.
If what this young man said is true, then the spiritual beast nutrition research of the entire Star Alliance has gone in the wrong direction!
Isn't it based on energetics rather than nutrition?
"Our world is like this. Spirit beasts and elves share the same origin, so there shouldn't be much difference between them." Mingyou said, "A nutrient block that can replenish a large amount of nutrients for elves will also be effective for you, so there shouldn't be much difference. I'll have to wait until I learn more about spirit beasts before I can conduct specific research."
After learning more knowledge and accumulating enough knowledge points, he will be able to unlock the course "Spiritual Beast Nutrition" from the system.
What he is learning now is just "Elf Nutrition" in practice mode.
"What do you need to complete this research?" Arthur unfrozen and headbutted Mingyou's chest, his head repeatedly nudging Mingyou's chin. "Ahhhhhh, do you know that if you can confirm this, the entire Star Alliance's spiritual beast training textbooks will be completely rewritten?"
Before Arthur could unleash his headbutt, Mingyou had already placed his bowl and chopsticks on the stove, his arms outstretched, ready to receive the blow. As soon as the big black cat's furry head landed in his arms, Mingyou hugged it tightly and rubbed it vigorously.
"I don't need much. I can just compare it with the basic knowledge of current spirit beast research to confirm it." Mingyou glanced at the knowledge points required to unlock "Spirit Beast Nutrition" and estimated a number in his mind. "But I'm young and of low status. Even if I compile a theory of spirit beast nutrition, no one will believe it, right?"
Academic disputes are like disputes over orthodoxy, with heretics battling each other to the death. Mingyou was a bit timid.
"What are you afraid of? I'm here." Arthur continued to nuzzle Mingyou's chin with the top of his head. The furry touch tickled Mingyou and made him giggle. "I'm telling you, I've already applied for a live broadcast for you. Let's verify your theory directly during the live broadcast. Once you've revived all the spirit beasts in the sanatorium, we'll have irrefutable evidence. Who would dare to question you? This is called acting first and asking for permission later!"
"Live broadcast?" Mingyou asked while laughing, "Hahaha, stop rubbing it, it's itchy."
Arthur not only did not stop, but even intensified it. When Mingyou was almost out of breath from laughing, he stopped rubbing and squatted in front of Mingyou, leisurely licking his paws and washing his face.
"Yes, live broadcast." Arthur told Mingyou about the live broadcast. "They should come over to renovate the house tonight, and we can start the live broadcast tomorrow."
"Besides the live broadcast, you can also learn about spirit beasts in advance. I've already uploaded the textbook to your employee's laptop. If you have any questions, just ask me." Arthur raised his head proudly, his whiskers twitching. "I'm a genius who got full marks in all spirit beast-related subjects!"
"Dahei is so powerful! Dahei must be the most powerful liger in the world!" Mingyou immediately applauded the little seal.
"I won't be complacent even if you praise me. I'm the only Shadow Liger in the Star Alliance right now." Arthur scratched his ear. "Star Alliance research shows that spirit beasts are more like energy bodies directly composed of supernatural powers. Therefore, each individual in the same group has slightly different bodies due to the different supernatural powers they possess."
"Let me tell you a secret, my brother is a big golden lion! The first time I transformed into a beast... well, I mean, when I was little, I thought I was picked up!" Arthur Cat half covered his mouth with his paws, slyly saying, "I ran away from home to find my biological parents. Big brother still remembers this. So if you meet him, don't ask why his beast form is different from mine, or he'll get mad."
Mingyou nodded vigorously and remembered this matter firmly.
“Pah.”
The two were chatting when they suddenly heard the sound of a basin being hit by a hard object.
They both turned their heads at the same time, their fur standing up at the same time.
When did a huge white bear appear in the kitchen? Mingyou was so scared that his hair stood on end!
"Aaaaaaaaa my meat!" It was obvious that the reason why Arthur was furious was completely different from Mingyou's. "You stupid bastard bear!! I haven't even taken a single bite!"
The big white bear listened to the black cat's roar, but instead of being afraid, he stuck out his tongue and licked the bottom of the basin clean, leaving no juice for the black cat.
"I'm going to beat you to death!" Arthur was so angry that he waved his claws and was about to rush forward, but Mingyou pounced on him and hugged him.
"Don't go yet! The fluctuations of his mental power are very strange! It seems that he has no clear consciousness!" Mingyou showed his unscientific brute force again, and with a jack move, he pressed Arthur's butt firmly to the ground.
The big white bear kept a confused expression, first looked at the madly roaring black cat, then looked down at the empty food bowl.
An expression of enlightenment appeared on his face. He grabbed the food bowl with one paw and pounded the bottom of the bowl frantically with the other paw like a gong.
“Ding ding ding, ding ding ding!”
Arthur was so frightened by the "gong" that his ears pricked up. "What's he doing?"
Mingyou asked uncertainly, "Ask for more food?"
The author has something to say: I'm sorry everyone m(-_-）m, my cousin's college entrance examination results are out, he scored 678 points, our whole family gathered together to help him choose his major, the update is late, I was wrong, I'll send fifty small red envelopes to apologize for this chapter.
Hahahaha, 678 points, 149 points higher than the key university line, hahahaha.
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