Chapter 277 (Exclusive publication on Jinjiang Literature City): Can Mutated Animals Still Be Eaten? ...
Bullet comments:
[Humorous! Is this footage from a drone in the wild?]
Good heavens! All the plants and animals have indeed mutated! This is really exciting!
[Isn't this an ancient live stream? Why are all the creatures mutated?]
Wow, is this the legendary streamer with the ability to replicate? Can you show us your ability?
[New fans are a bit lost on the pace, but I'm also very curious: how could the entire region suddenly mutate in such an ancient environment?]
Could it be caused by unidentified components in the volcanic ash from previous eruptions?
While nodding to the new emperor to observe the projected image, Lu Xuan casually interacted with the audience: "It may not be just due to volcanic ash. There have been many anomalies before, including those fish and shrimp that were too large, the breadfruit that were induced to grow, and the coconut trees that mutated too quickly. These may all be signs."
Thinking further, with several consecutive extreme heat waves, who knows how much of the glaciers in the North and South Poles have melted, otherwise the seawater wouldn't have remained submerged for so long after the tsunami.
Whether a virus that could cause biological mutations is lurking inside a glacier is anyone's guess.
However, he wasn't a scientist, so the exact reason wasn't important. What mattered most was ensuring human survival in such an environment.
When the new emperor and Marquis Weiyuan asked Lu Xuan, he told them the same thing.
“I am not a god. Even if I knew the reason, I could not reverse the mutation of the creatures. Instead of worrying about the cause of their mutation, I should think about how to arrange the travel of the disaster victims and reduce casualties.”
The fish's frenzy is only temporary, and whether or not to go out to sea is only a short-term choice. However, the large-scale mutation of plants and animals is not something that can be tolerated in a short time.
There's no point in running away; we have to face it.
The crowd couldn't help but look disappointed.
After his initial disappointment, the new emperor quickly rallied and nodded in agreement, saying, "Marquis Yunxian is right. It's better to rely on yourself than on others."
The ministers then discussed how to minimize the threat posed by these mutated plants and animals, and whether to send soldiers regularly to carry out cleanup operations.
During this time, Lu Xuan also gave some suggestions, including summaries of everyone's experience in dealing with mutated plants and animals during the apocalypse.
Viewers in the live stream continued to watch and express their amazement.
[Sigh, my feelings are a bit mixed. In ancient times, the environment was superior, and everything we ate and drank was completely natural. Now, even that has mutated. My sanctuary is gone! Waaah!]
I thought that after more than two years, the ancient people would no longer suffer large-scale casualties. Judging from the current situation, it seems there's still a long way to go.
[A very serious problem suddenly occurred to me! The mutated plants and animals of the Star Alliance are all inedible, and ancient creatures have also mutated. Does that mean we won't be able to eat them anymore?]
【What nonsense are you spouting! Absolutely impossible!】
Don't jinx it! The Ancient Ones and the Covenant are different!
[That's right! In the post-apocalyptic livestreams I watched before, the people there were still eating mutated beast meat; at most, it just tasted a bit sour.]
Those who worried that the ancient mutated creatures were inedible made up less than one-tenth of the billions of viewers in the entire live stream, but it was still a significant number.
This quickly sparked a series of debates on the live chat.
Lu Xuan originally didn't intend to get involved, but when he went out after the meeting with the new emperor, he received a message from the village.
I received some bad news.
He paused for a moment, then said to the audience, "I'm afraid your guess is about to come true."
Audience: ? ? ?
Lu Xuan: "The flesh of the mutated beast has indeed changed."
Audience: !!!
Lu Xuan answered Li Tie's call and inquired about the specific situation in person.
Li Tie pointed to Chen Rong beside him and said, "It's quite a coincidence. You guys had already cleared out all the mutated beasts on the island, so there was basically no danger in the village. The people on the Western Continent were busy clearing out mutated creatures and didn't have time to deal with the hunting team. These kids were bored and restless, so Chen Rong suddenly decided to try and see if these mutated animals were still edible."
The idea was immediately approved by the rest of the hunting party.
However, since the mutated beasts looked different from the original ones, they weren't stupid, so they borrowed an animal testing device from Lei Yan to test whether there was anything wrong with the meat.
Well, they were right!
Lu Xuan asked, "Is the meat poisonous?"
Li Tie shook his head. "No, it's just that we compared some of the ordinary animal meat we had stockpiled and found that the composition was quite different. Also, some of the meat, which was clearly fresh and just processed, had a strange, foul smell that made it inedible."
Lu Xuan: "So you didn't eat any meat at all in the end?"
"We ate it anyway," Chen Rong said, stepping forward. "The meat was already taken out; as long as it's not poisonous, how could we not try it?"
Looking at the conflicted expressions on Chen Rong's and the others' faces, Lu Xuan asked, "And then, how did it feel?"
Chen Rong looked bitter and resentful: "It's disgusting, sour and bitter, and some of it even causes diarrhea. I've never eaten such disgusting animal meat in my life."
Wild boar and wolf meat are mostly gamey and have a rough texture, especially the internal organs, which are so smelly that they are inedible and smell terrible no matter how you clean them.
But the taste of these mutated beasts is even worse!
He almost threw up from eating.
The viewers in the live stream were disheartened.
[No way, no way, could it really be true!?]
Are our days of enjoying delicious food every day really gone forever? No way—!!!
【No, no, no, calm down! Even if we can't eat mutated beast meat, we still have plenty of primitive wild animal meat stored up during beast attacks in the streamer's space; that's enough.】
[But even the largest stockpiles will eventually run out. If there's only spending and no new food, then it'll definitely be for our own people. Surely the lottery won't be giving away animal meat anymore, right? Then I guess my dream of eating meat in real life will be shattered!?]
[Dream Shattered +1]
Lu Xuan said without changing his expression, "Don't rush to conclusions. There are only a few types of herbivores on the island, so we can't be completely accurate."
If some meat tastes bitter and some tastes sour, how can we be sure that other meats won't still retain their original flavor?
In the apocalypse, not all mutated beast meat is edible.
Lu Xuan told the new emperor and empress about this news, and the latter immediately ordered that some of the mutated beasts obtained today be sorted according to different species and that the processed beast meat be brought over.
Upon learning that there might be a problem with the meat, the leaders of each town did not rush back, but stayed to await the results, their expressions quite worried.
According to the results of drone reconnaissance, not all animals have mutated.
However, those that haven't mutated have almost no ability to fight back against mutated beasts, and as time goes on, the number of unmutated beasts will inevitably continue to decrease.
It's foreseeable that if they want to continue eating meat in the future, they will mostly have to get it from mutated beasts.
If the flesh of mutated beasts really can't be eaten...
The meat was quickly delivered: chicken, rabbit, venison, wolf, mutton, snake... there were about ten kinds in total.
Lu Xuan went to several testing machines and asked other people to help with the testing. He also went to ordinary animal meat for comparison.
The results showed that the composition of the two substances was indeed very different, and neither was truly free of toxicity.
For example, one type of venomous snake.
Logically speaking, venomous snakes only contain toxins in their venom sacs, so cutting off the head usually leaves the snake meat whole.
However, the mutated venomous snake is poisonous all over its body; not only is its flesh poisonous, but even its skin will cause a dense rash to appear if touched.
As for the other non-toxic meat, the obviously smelly meat can be removed, and the remaining meat without any odor can be simply cooked and then brought over for us to taste one by one.
"It's so sour."
"The wolf meat I use in this dish is bitter."
"The rabbit meat is also sour. It might be barely edible if you add a lot of seasoning, but the taste is really not good."
The ministers tasted and commented on the food.
Suddenly someone exclaimed excitedly, "This stewed mutton tastes amazing! It's more tender than any mutton I've ever had, and there's absolutely no gamey smell!"
Upon hearing this, the others immediately reached out with their chopsticks.
Marquis Weiyuan said with a look of surprise, "It's really good. Although it's a bit less chewy, the taste is much better than ordinary mutton."
The others also raved about the food, and were relieved: "Thankfully, not all the meat was bad."
Later, they ate roe deer meat, which tasted almost the same as before, but the texture was slightly inferior; however, it was still edible mutated pork.
After one round of eating, everyone still had a clear understanding of the situation.
In summary, some of the meat of mutated beasts is edible, some is not; some tastes good, and some doesn't.
About half of them are inedible, about 20-30% are poisonous, and the rest are edible, which are divided into two different grades: ordinary and delicious.
Even among lamb, not all are delicious; some taste mediocre or even sour.
In short, it's like opening a blind box. Except for meat that's smelly or poisonous, you'll never know what it will taste like until you actually eat it.
To prevent future food-related problems, the Western Continent exchanged many of its component testing devices with Lu Xuan.
The viewers in the live stream who had just finished eating all the food breathed a sigh of relief.
[Thankfully, not everything is off-limits, so the perks for future mukbang streams are still guaranteed.]
[Emmm...how should I put it, my feelings are a bit mixed.]
[It's a mixed bag. We can't eat the meat of mutated beasts, which means we'll have fewer good things to eat in the future. But since we can eat it now, it's a bit frustrating.]
[I get it! Why can't we eat the Star Alliance's mutated beasts, but the streamer can?!]
[Exactly! Mutant beasts are generally large; even a random mutated rabbit weighs over a hundred pounds, and high-level mutated beasts can easily weigh several thousand pounds. It would be such a waste if they couldn't eat all that meat!]
Lu Xuan looked unconcerned after seeing the comments.
The idea that we shouldn't eat food is wasteful? That's just wishful thinking on the part of humans.
The only animals that cannot be eaten are humans; the mutated beasts can eat each other to fill their stomachs without any problem.
Even if something is toxic, breaking it down into nutrients to nourish the earth is a way of giving back to nature.
Humans can't eat meat, but nutritional supplements can still extract nutrients from mutated beasts, and their fur can be used to make armor and other tools.
We've already benefited quite a bit; we should be content.
Besides the beast meat, in the afternoon Lu Xuan personally went out to find some mutated wild fruit trees, as well as mutated mushrooms the size of washbasins and mutated wild vegetables almost as tall as weeds. He also brought some back to test and taste them.
Like animal meat, these foods taste as bizarre as opening a blind box, and they are mostly inedible, with the unpalatable parts making up more than half of them.
The long-time viewers in the live stream felt a bit sorry for the new fans who were attracted by the recommendations today.
They used to enjoy a lot of delicious food and drinks with the streamer, but the new fans arrived at a bad time and could only eat these strange and mutated beast meats. How tragic!
After a busy day, Lu Xuan felt sorry for these new viewers, so when he settled down in the capital that night, he took out a lot of his stock of delicacies.
Stir-fried vegetarian dishes, cold dishes, hearty meat dishes, and several top-quality seafood dishes satisfied the appetites of the new viewers who had been suffering from overindulgence. Some passersby who originally just came to check it out for the fun of it promptly followed the channel.
Today happened to be the usual time to give away evolution fluids to the audience. Lu Xuan glanced at the recommended time and there was still more than half an hour left. In order to enhance the effect, he added a lot of other lottery projects.
Points, common beast meat that everyone is interested in, as well as mutated grains, mutated fruits, and so on are all included.
Once the grand prize draw was over, all the physical prizes were sent over, and the first round of the draw also ended.
The total number of online users exceeded 40 billion, and the number of fans reached more than 6.5 billion. In just half a day, the number of online users increased by 1.5 billion, and the balance reached more than 50 billion.
A viewer told Lu Xuan that his ranking on the dimensional streamer leaderboard jumped from 35 to 20+, and the screen projection effect was not scary at all.
This is only half the result. After the hype dies down, we'll find another opportunity to finish the second round. If all goes well, we might be able to break into the top ten.
Although there are no actual rewards for this ranking, it looks better to be ranked higher than lower.
The next day.
After delivering another batch of weapons, medicines, gas masks, and protective suits to various towns, Lu Xuan returned to the island.
After learning about the mutated creature, the hunting team quickly roused themselves and began their hunt.
Ordinary wild beasts are no match for them, and fighting fish in the sea is not as convenient as fighting fish on land. Now that many mutated beasts have improved their combat power, it is a good opportunity for them to improve their strength in battle.
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