Chapter 62: Five, six, seven, eight, or nine kinds of supernatural abilities to knead an iron pot with bare hands?
Meatballs need to be deep-fried, but pork jerky needs to be roasted, so we can't continue using the iron pot.
Fortunately, Lu Xuan had previously drawn a barbecue grill from a blind box.
It's called a barbecue grill, but it also functions as an oven.
Unlike a meat grinder, a barbecue grill can roast ten pounds of pork jerky at a time, and it only takes ten minutes to roast it. It can roast 120 pounds in an hour, and 500 pounds can be roasted in the afternoon, so there is plenty of time.
The first batch of pork jerky was quickly produced.
The aroma of pork jerky is completely different from that of meatballs and minced meat. Because it is flipped and brushed with honey multiple times during the roasting process, it is full of sweet flavor. Several of the kids watching were already drooling.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan immediately distributed the first batch of dried meat, giving half to Lu Chen and the other children in the village, and the other half to the adult villagers to have a taste.
"It smells so good! It's sweet and chewy!"
"It's such a thin slice, but it tastes even better than a big bite of meat!"
"How could it not taste good? Look how much honey they used!" The villagers ate with gusto, discussing among themselves.
The viewers in the live stream went crazy for it.
Wow! It smells so good! It's sweet and has a strong meaty flavor!
[It even tastes honey! Waaaaah, it reminds me of the honey-glazed roast chicken the streamer ate before, it must be just as delicious as this pork jerky! I want some!]
[It's so delicious!!! But one slice is too small, not enough to eat. These animals are eating so fast there's no time to grab any! Host, please make more! I could eat dozens of pounds in one go!]
The meatballs are ready! Eat up!!!
The audience, engrossed in their food without even looking up, immediately reached for the freshly made meatballs.
Ah! The meatballs are so delicious! They're savory, bouncy, and burst with flavorful juices with every bite—so fragrant! I can't stop eating them!!!
A bite of meatball, a bite of pork jerky—this is the ultimate taste of life!
Viewers in the live stream were not only snapping up the freshly made jerky and meatballs, but they were also eyeing the meat in the pot.
Since there's no shared sense of touch and no fear of getting burned, the skilled and daring interstellar people simply reach into the oil pan and scoop the meat out to eat.
Lu Xuan was somewhat speechless when he saw their plans in the comments.
These viewers are really going all out for a bite to eat.
During the meal, the audience couldn't help but beat their chests and stamp their feet, lamenting for the umpteenth time why all the animals in their interstellar space had mutated.
The meat was either highly poisonous or so bitter and astringent that it was impossible to eat. It's really frustrating!
The pork jerky received unanimous praise as expected, but at the same time, everyone couldn't help but sigh: "It's delicious, but it uses too much honey."
Lu Xuanshen agreed, it was indeed too wasteful.
To ensure the flavor of the pork jerky, honey must be used generously, but by the time all 500 jin of pork jerky are made, most of the honey he has will be used up.
He had stockpiled a lot of other supplies, but he only had about 30 kilograms of honey that he had found initially.
Without honey, there's no way to eat honey-glazed roast chicken.
Pork jerky is certainly delicious, but honey-glazed roasted chicken is equally irresistible.
Lu Xuan made up his mind to find some time to bring back some more honey.
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Meat processing takes all day, and the villagers aren't really idle. Although they hadn't had enough of watching, they quickly dispersed after being persuaded by the village chief.
Lu Xuan noticed that Lu Chen and the other kids were lingering around the iron pot, unwilling to leave. He asked Lu Qing for a bowl of pork cracklings, then beckoned Lu Chen over and handed him the pork cracklings, some salt, sugar, and pepper.
"Don't linger near the pot, find a shady spot to play."
Lu Chen didn't want to interfere with their business, so he loudly agreed and then ran off with a large bowl of steaming pork cracklings, calling to his other friends who were constantly drooling.
"Whoosh, it's so hot, and so delicious!"
"It's sweet! Just as delicious as pork jerky!"
"I prefer pork jerky!"
"Then you shouldn't eat pork cracklings!"
"Why shouldn't I eat? Lu Chen's brother said to share it, so I'll eat! I'll eat!"
A group of children chattered away as they ate, their mouths glistening with oil. A large bowl of meat scraps was quickly devoured by them, and after finishing, they didn't forget to lick the remaining seasoning and meat flavor off their fingers.
Only after the meaty aroma had completely dissipated from his hands did he wipe his mouth and ask Lu Chen, "What are we playing today?"
Lu Chen put the empty bowl into his spatial storage and shook his head, saying, "Let's not play today, let's go catch fish instead."
His older brother, sister, and brother-in-law are all busy with important matters. Even if he can't help, he can't just think about playing. Catching some fish can at least add a dish to lunch.
Zhang Dafu instinctively gripped Lu Chen's arm tightly, saying nervously, "Don't run around! Do you want to run into another pack of wolves?"
Xiong Dabao, who was with them today, nodded repeatedly; he didn't want to be scared again.
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Of course we won't run around. We'll go to the stream to catch fish. We'll tell the village chief before we go, and we'll go only if the village chief agrees."
Li Tie did not stop them when he learned that they were going to the stream.
The path from the square to the creek has become familiar to everyone over the past few days, with many people walking back and forth every day, so there's absolutely no need to worry about safety.
Despite saying that, just in case, Li Tie still asked Zhang Wende and another middle-aged man from the guard team to go with them to keep an eye on the children.
Before setting off, Lu Chen went to tell Lu Xuan and asked for some wild boar offal to use as bait.
These baits weren't for fishing, but rather to be thrown directly into the stream to attract fish from the surrounding area. Then, they would use their own roughly woven, sewn baskets as fishing nets to catch the fish.
Similar activities were one of the kids' forms of entertainment before the cataclysm, and they were quite adept at doing them.
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After the kids left, Lu Chen calculated the time based on the amount of food produced in each pot and found that, at the current rate, it seemed that it would indeed be too late to process all the ingredients in one day.
Whether it's simmering oil or making soup, it takes a lot of time, not to mention braising food. The longer it's braised, the more flavorful it becomes, and the pot is practically never empty.
There's food to process tomorrow, so we can't put off today's work until tomorrow. In that case... we'll just have to find a way to add another batch of pots.
You could borrow a pot from someone in the village, or take out the thirty small pots you bought along with the big pot from the storage space, but that wouldn't be enough.
Lu Xuan's mind raced, and his fingers brushed across the spatial bracelet, instantly creating a pile of metal lumps in front of him.
The audience, busy eating, glanced at him with a puzzled look.
Isn't this pig iron that the streamer bought at the blacksmith shop in the prefectural city? Why is he taking this out?
Seeing someone ask in the comments, Lu Xuan said, "We don't have enough iron pots, so we'll make a few more."
Live stream viewers: ? ? ? What the heck? Can you just make a pot like that?
Lu Xuan quickly proved them right with his actions: yes, a pot can be made just like that.
Lu Xuan placed his hand on a pile of pig iron, and the viewers in the live stream were shocked to discover that the pig iron changed from solid to liquid at an extremely fast speed, and then from solid to large iron pots of the same size as the row of pots in use not far away!
Upon seeing the five large pots that suddenly appeared, everyone in the live stream exclaimed: Holy crap—!!?
But they were clearly too hasty in their shock.
Having used up the pig iron in front of him, Lu Xuan curled his lips, turned his palm upward, and used his supernatural ability to gather iron elements from the air and soil, and began to directly mold a pot out of thin air.
Live stream viewers: Holy crap! Holy crap!?
After being stunned speechless for a moment, the audience went completely insane.
【Aaaaaaah!!! What are you doing, streamer?!】
[How can a streamer conjure up an iron wok?! That's impossible!!]
[Making a pot out of cast iron is unreasonable!]
[Metal element! After the wind element, the streamer can also use metal element abilities!! I'm totally blown away!]
How many more surprises do you have in store for us?! Can't you just reveal them all at once?!
[No! Ironware is made of wrought iron, but those iron blocks were all cast iron! Do you even understand what that means?!]
[Does this mean the streamer's pot looks good but is actually just a crispy shell and completely unusable?]
[Bullshit! How could a streamer make such a basic mistake?]
[Is he stupid?! This means he's not just using metal-based abilities, but also fire-based ones!!]
Those who hadn't quite grasped the situation instantly had their pupils constrict.
Holy crap! How could they have missed such a crucial clue!
[Wait a minute, I'm a bit confused. The streamer has already used wood and wind elements, and now they've added metal and fire elements. What does this mean? Does the streamer think they can use all five elements' abilities?]
[I know!! The streamer must be the legendary all-powerful superhuman!]
【You know nothing! All-system abilities? That's just a wild idea used as a gimmick in movies and TV shows. Such unscientific superpowered individuals don't exist in reality.】
[...So it's still the Five Elements superpower?]
However, wind-based abilities are a variation of the Five Elements, so strictly speaking, they aren't really Five Elements abilities.
【Ahhh, I'm going crazy! What is it?!】
While everyone else was completely thrown into chaos, a rational fan who had been secretly observing and had noticed many clues suddenly stepped forward and began to analyze the situation.
From what I've observed, besides the four elements of wood, wind, metal, and fire that the streamer displays on the surface, his strength, vision, hearing, and speed are all quite extraordinary.
Some people said that the speed was due to the wind-type ability, but after comparing the speed ability and the wind ability, I found that there are some subtle differences in the results. I am more inclined to believe that the streamer's performance is due to the speed ability.
In other words, besides using the aforementioned superpowers, the person broadcasting may also possess physical enhancement abilities.
Whether it's strength enhancement, vision enhancement, or speed enhancement, it all falls within the scope of physical enhancement.
Many viewers in the live stream were both enlightened and deeply confused.
That does sound reasonable, but...
Physical enhancement and elemental abilities are two completely different branches. Even dual-elemental ability users have never heard of someone possessing both.
But how many kinds of things can Lu Xuan use? Five, six, seven, eight, or nine?
Live stream viewers: This isn't the superhuman we know!!!
Someone suddenly thought: Could it be that the streamer's power and the superpowers we know are not from the same system at all?
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