Chapter 50
"Um, I, let me see if the meat has been peeled," Lu Shiyu said timidly, "If not, then forget it..."
"It's almost done," Yan Hong lowered her head and continued to pry the meat with a knife, "Just a few more."
Lu Shiyu looked at it timidly, and saw that there were several shallow scars on Yan Hong's hands, and the shellfish meat that was pried off was almost not intact, and was more or less rotten.
"I don't know how this thing grows. It's almost like the meat and the shell are one."
Yan Hong clicked her tongue in annoyance. It turned out that she was scratched again. It took a lot of effort to pry the clam meat off, and the rough shell would scratch the hand holding it. It was not the knife that scratched her fingers but the shell, which was more difficult to control than the knife.
"If it's really hard to remove, don't force it. At worst, try using a different ingredient."
"Why are you talking so much?" Yan Hong handed the peeled meat to Lu Shiyu, "Take it and use it."
"Your hand..."
Yan Hong shook off her slimy hands nonchalantly and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just a minor injury. It's nothing serious."
Lu Shiyu couldn't persuade Yan Hong, so he could only ask her to wash the wound with clean water first, and then took the clam meat to finish the last dish.
Put a few spoonfuls of salt into the bowl containing the clam meat, stir out the mucus and rinse with clean water. After washing, add flour, starch, five-spice powder, salt and a part of the egg liquid, mix them all evenly into a paste, make sure each piece of clam meat is covered with egg liquid, heat the oil in the pan, slowly pour in along the edge of the hot oil, and try to fry the paste into a whole pancake.
Only half of the egg liquid was used for this dish, and I planned to make egg drop soup with the remaining half.
Boil a pot of hot water. After the water boils, stir the pot with chopsticks to form a vortex. Pour the egg liquid from a high place. The egg liquid will solidify into a thin solid the moment it comes into contact with the hot water and will be sucked into the constantly rotating vortex, eventually presenting a pot of golden "egg drop".
Add appropriate amount of salt, pepper, chicken essence and sesame oil into the pot. The egg drop soup will be cooked without waiting too long.
Lu Shiyu had just finished getting ready when the other people came back from taking a shower.
"Such a rich feast," Shaoxing Yang said without hesitation as he sat down and picked up a thick piece of omelet. "One egg can actually make so much. If I had known earlier, I would have gotten one too."
Chen Yunliang joked, "Forget it. Just eating this alone is enough to make my cholesterol exceed the standard."
"When did you become so concerned about balanced nutrition?" Shao Xingyang raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do people start to take care of their health when they get old?"
"If you can't control your mouth, I can kill you right now," Chen Yunliang said with a smile, "and then I can live longer than you."
On the way, Yu suddenly thought of Yanhong's hand. He turned around and saw Yanhong still peeling the eggshell as if nothing had happened.
Lu Shiyu walked forward, took Yan Hong's hand and brought her in front of Chen Yunliang.
"Chen Yunliang, Yanhong's hand was scratched, can you help treat it?"
"What's the injury?" Chen Yunliang turned his head and looked over, his eyes puzzled. "That's it?"
"It didn't even bleed much. It'll start to scab over soon," Chen Yunliang said, gently pushing their hands apart. "It'll heal on its own in a couple of days. It won't even be considered an injury."
"I told you it's okay," Yan Hong said, retracting her hand. "It will heal on its own after a while."
Lu Shiyu was suddenly speechless and didn't even know what to say next.
She really couldn't understand the Eagle Team's concept. She wasn't sure if they were the only ones who thought this way or if all the members of the exploration team thought this way. In their opinion, minor injuries were not injuries, and major injuries were not a big deal. It seemed that only fatal injuries could attract their attention.
To Lu Shiyu, this was like wantonly abusing his own body. Physical injuries should be treated promptly, so why would someone think that a minor injury was insignificant? Wouldn't a wound that wasn't fatal be painful? Could it be ignored just because it wasn't critical?
"But, but her hand is injured," Lu Shiyu stammered, finally finishing his sentence. "A minor injury can become serious, and it can get infected and pus can ooze out. A wound will always hurt, and it will continue to hurt until it fully heals. Why not treat it when it's injured instead of just thinking it's not serious?"
Lu Shiyu clutched the corner of her clothes as she spoke, and stumblingly asked what she had always wanted to ask. She couldn't figure it out, and the others took it for granted, so she wasn't sure whose idea was wrong.
As soon as Lu Shiyu said this, the originally lively atmosphere became a little solemn. A few people looked at each other and asked questions. Those who were already used to it seemed that they had not thought about this problem much, and for a moment they really couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.
"Maybe it's just a hassle," Chen Yunliang said casually. "After all, the exploration team's missions are always dangerous and time is very tight, so many things are often overlooked. For example, a small cut on your hand? Why bother with it? It will heal anyway."
"Trouble?" This answer was somewhat unexpected by Lu Shiyu: "Just because it's troublesome?"
"Well, that's probably it," Chen Yunliang said, looking at the campfire. "Because of the trouble, we just let minor injuries go. Because of the trouble, we always eat convenient dry food. Because of the trouble, we just live a life that can get by. That's how the exploration team is. We just muddle through."
"I know you've been living in the base, so it's normal for you to feel uncomfortable with our thinking. Don't worry too much. It's not us, it's not you, that's the problem. We simply don't have the energy to focus on so many trivial matters. Our goal is to stay alive, not just to live comfortably. Wounds and food, as long as they don't affect our survival, are of no concern. Only survival is our top priority."
Lu Shiyu hesitated for a moment, but decided to continue asking, "But will that really have no impact? Do you really like living on dry bread and dry biscuits?"
The question was raised once again, and Chen Yunliang hadn't figured out how to answer Lu Shiyu. Should he say they had no right to discuss liking someone? Death was a common occurrence for the exploration team, so what was the point of liking someone? But everyone has preferences, and it would be hard for him to say he liked someone against his will.
"Why has the atmosphere suddenly become so serious?" Shao Xingyang scratched his head and said, "Anyway, I don't want to eat those dry rations anymore. What's the difference between that and eating dirt?"
He took a bite of the thick omelet and said, "Proper meals are still delicious, much better than compressed biscuit porridge."
"Who would like to eat those hard things?" Yan Hong said, crossing her arms. "It's like chewing on rocks. Anyone who likes to eat those things definitely has pica."
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased somewhat, Chen Yunliang continued, "Well, maybe it does have some impact."
"You're right. If I could only eat those things, life would be meaningless," Chen Yunliang said slowly. "Reducing the quality of life just to save trouble sounds a bit like putting the cart before the horse."
Hearing Chen Yunliang's frank admission, Lu Shiyu suddenly panicked again.
"No, no, I'm not trying to argue with you about who's right or wrong," Lu Shiyu quickly waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mean that. "I just think you're taking injuries too lightly."
"Indeed, because we have healing abilities in our team, we haven't taken injuries seriously," Tang Zeyu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. "What if Chen Yunliang suddenly passes away, or if he can't use his healing abilities? Then, if he gets injured, he might forget how to treat the wound."
"How could that happen?" Shao Xingyang scratched his ear and said, "How could Chen Yunliang suddenly disappear? It's not like he would leave the team without permission."
Yan Hong poked him in annoyance: "Just listen to what the captain says, why are you talking so much?"
"That does sound like a problem. While I wouldn't voluntarily leave the team, it's certainly a potential risk," Chen Yunliang nodded and said, "It seems we need to restrict its use a bit."
"But before restricting the use of supernatural powers, let's deal with this," Chen Yunliang said, taking Yan Hong's hand. "Just treat it as the last time I abuse it."
The wounds on Yan Hong's hands healed in the blink of an eye.
Tang Zeyu turned around and asked Chen Yunliang: "What is the maximum limit of your ability?"
Chen Yunliang estimated and said, "At most, I can heal one seriously injured and dying person at a time. However, I can only treat one person a day. I can't treat more than that. If the injuries are serious, I can barely treat two."
It doesn't sound like a lot, but this is far more than most people with healing powers. The consumption of healing powers when used is frighteningly high, which not only tests the storage limit of the person with the ability but also tests the technology. If it is not used efficiently, the limited ability will be wasted.
When Chen Yunliang first joined the Flying Eagle Squadron, he could only cure one patient with a not-too-serious injury a day, and he wasn't sure if he could cure the patient completely because he had no understanding of the human body, so there would always be some hidden injuries left.
As a result, Tang Zeyu persuaded him to learn some medicine, which indeed improved his accuracy and judgment.
Tang Zeyu nodded and said, "Okay."
He turned to Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang and said, "If you encounter danger and need to fight in the future, try to limit the number of casualties to two or less and avoid injuries to vital parts of the body."
"How to avoid vital injuries is an introductory lesson for the exploration team. I don't want to teach you again on behalf of the instructor. We've become a bit too reliant on healing abilities. From now on, we have to assume there are no healing abilities on the team, lest we get ourselves killed by thinking that since we have healing abilities, it doesn't matter."
Yan Hong and Chen Yunliang looked at each other.
"yes."
Seeing the discussion gradually go off track, why did things turn out like this? This was really not what she meant!
Tang Zeyu patted Lu Shiyu, who seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Let's eat."
"……Um."
Several people sat together, with several dishes made from eggs of deformed creatures in front of them, which could be called a full egg banquet.
Lu Shiyu suddenly noticed that there seemed to be several pieces of sausage and omelet missing from the plate.
"Strange, why is the thick omelette less?"
Yan Hong chuckled twice: "Who knows, maybe it was eaten by a big rat with two legs."
"A giant rat with two legs?" Lu Shiyu wondered, "A deformed creature? Why didn't I see it?"
Yan Hong's shoulders were shaking from trying to hold back her laughter. She said, "Maybe he ran away after finishing his meal."
Shaoxing Yang, with some solidified egg liquid still on the corner of his mouth, turned his head expressionlessly and looked at Yan Hong.
"Is it funny?"
"Be good, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the mouse."
Shaoxing Yang bared his teeth: "Do you think I believe it?"
Yan Hong shook her head: "If you insist on identifying yourself with the person, I can't help it."
“You you you!”
The serious atmosphere gradually returned to normal, and Lu Shiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Eating can solve the problem.
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