Chapter 162: Food
Anuo lay in bed for a while, and before she knew it, she had taken another nap.
Nestled in her mother's large, soft embrace, she felt like a newly hatched insectoid baby. Although she was indeed quite young according to the insectoid age, the sixteen years since she hatched had already left her body and mind riddled with wounds.
Although she constantly reminds herself that she has grown up, deep down she still yearns for love, wanting to make up for her childhood and heal her past wounds.
Although she received love from her adoptive parents and family before, and was cherished by her biological parents and the entire Zerg after returning to the Zerg, she was actually suppressing a desire to make amends and subconsciously resisting.
Especially after her memories were restored, her resistance became even more pronounced.
Both Sevier and Augsis could sense her resistance through the consciousness network, like an abandoned and wounded little animal that no longer trusted those close to it.
Because during the years after she hatched, she always thought she had been abandoned.
It wasn't until she regained her memories and learned the truth that she realized her parents hadn't abandoned her.
However, her past perceptions had been ingrained in her subconscious for a long time and could not be reversed in a short period of time.
Whether it was being abandoned or stolen, the suffering she endured caused her immense pain, and she couldn't weigh which one would make her feel any better.
These past few days she has been trying to heal herself and move on from the pain of the past.
So she chose to bring her followers to the battlefield. Fighting was not only a way to vent her frustrations, but also a way to bring her sense of identity down from its illusion.
Since regaining her memories, she has been in a daze, as if her world is an illusion, and she cannot be sure who she really is.
Only when she picked up a knife to fight did she feel like she was in the real world.
Only after seeing Anaya did her soul truly return to the ground.
Now, the resistance in her heart is gradually dissipating. She is beginning to truly accept herself, no longer resisting the desire to make up for the love she lacked in the past, and accepting that she is still a little Aloo who has not truly grown up.
In the past, she thought she had been reborn into this world and wanted to grow up properly again. Now that she knows the whole truth and has recovered all the painful memories of the past, she still has the courage to truly grow up properly again.
"My little darling, is it delicious?"
In the spacious living room, Anno and Sevier were having dinner together.
The table was laden with delicious food, mostly meat dishes.
Now Anno is no longer the weak spark she once was, with many restrictions; she can eat whatever she wants.
"It's delicious."
Anno swallowed the food in his mouth and said to Sevier.
Seeing that she had such a good appetite, Sevier immediately smiled and affectionately patted her head.
In the past, it was difficult for her Anunu to eat a bite of meat, especially when she had just hatched. Most of the time, she ate raw meat because she didn't even have teeth yet and could only swallow it raw.
Thinking of this, her heart ached terribly.
Anunu, who should have been cherished by them, suffered so much at such a young age, wandering in harsh environments.
She also remarked that Anunu was lucky, as she encountered the mother wolf shortly after hatching.
The mother wolf raised her for two or three years. Although she could only feed her raw meat, she was never hungry most of the time and always protected her safety.
After the mother wolf died, the humans she met were kind and taught her many survival skills.
It was because of the foundation laid earlier that she was able to survive in that post-apocalyptic world.
Otherwise, she wouldn't even dare to imagine what would have happened if Anunu had just hatched in that environment and there had been any slight deviation.
Thinking of the mother wolf and the people in that small base, Sevier paused slightly. She knew that this was Anunu's unresolved issue; she had never been able to let go of this memory.
She was very grateful to the mother wolf. If she were still alive, she would definitely take her back to the Zerg and treat her well.
But she is dead, becoming an indelible scar in Anunu's heart.
"Mother?"
Anno's voice brought Sevier back to her senses.
She used a napkin to wipe the grease from the corner of Anunu's mouth. "What's wrong, my darling?"
"Mom, aren't you going to eat?"
Anno forked a large piece of meat and put it in her bowl.
“Eat, Mom is hungry too!” Sevier immediately stuffed the piece of meat into her mouth.
Just as Anno picked up the knife to hand it to Sevier, he saw her eat the whole piece of meat.
Anno: "..."
In fact, Sevier and the others don't usually eat much. The Zerg mainly rely on energy to sustain their bodies. Although they also feel hungry, the feeling of hunger will dissipate as long as they replenish their energy.
Of course, this way of replenishing energy to maintain bodily functions is actually quite luxurious, because their energy is extracted from minerals, which requires a process of circulating and purifying the energy.
It will consume more energy than usual in battle. Apart from the King and high-ranking servants, the other Zerg will still eat and drink normally.
However, most of the Zerg planets are composed of energy minerals and strange creatures derived from those minerals, with only a relatively small number of plants.
The Zerg don't eat these creatures; they mostly eat minerals directly.
This way, they don't need to consume the energy required for purification and operation; they can directly replenish it from the ore. The edible ore will also make their exoskeleton and bones even harder.
They also eat minerals to maintain their outer armor.
However, not all Zerg variants can consume minerals.
The Firefly Clan couldn't eat it; the ore was too hard for them, and they couldn't chew it at all.
Fireflies can only extract energy from minerals to supply the body's functions.
Most of the time, they still eat normal food, but the Zerg diet is just too monotonous.
In the first few days after Anuo returned to the Zerg, Mingxiao and the others placed some things in front of her that looked like they couldn't be eaten.
They were all pretty, glowing plants, but even though they were plated up like dishes, she had absolutely no appetite for them.
Although she is not a picky eater, she only eats things that look edible.
She had just returned to the Zerg, and having gotten used to eating human food, she couldn't adapt to the sudden change.
In the end, Caesar changed her food again.
Sevier and her group also quickly sent people to accompany Caesar to other planets to buy various fresh ingredients.
Other Zerg also store some food, but what they store are things that can be preserved for a relatively long time; they don't store fresh meat or vegetables.
Their diet is simple, unlike other planets that have a wide variety of delicious foods that are also visually appealing, fragrant, and delicious.
The Zerg's so-called normal food is just food that looks edible.
Fortunately, Caesar can open spatial portals, which makes things easier. Otherwise, if the Zerg were to use their warships to transport food to other planets, not only would it take time, but every planet would be heavily fortified, and no one would allow them to enter for trade.
That's right, the Zerg's ships are all warships and fighters, and they look very fierce.
Furthermore, the Zerg are prohibited from online trading by the Alliance; they cannot shop online and must go out to buy things themselves.
Previously, Augsis only felt that the Alliance was too hostile towards the Zerg, and he wasn't too angry. After Caesar beat up the Alliance leader, he let it go.
Anunu needs to eat normal food now, and not being able to shop online is a very serious problem for them, as it will delay Anunu's meals!
We must defeat the alliance now, starting with solving the online currency system problem. Whatever Anunu wants to eat, we must deliver it to them immediately.
"My darling, this is wine from the Tianyun Galaxy, please try it."
Sevier pulled out a bottle of wine from somewhere, uncorked it, and poured Anno a full glass.
Through the connection of consciousness, she knew all of Anunu's preferences. She loved alcohol, but in the past on Earth, alcohol was very expensive and a luxury, so she could only drink a few sips.
Now Anunu is back with them and has everything she wants.
She has already sent people to search for wines of all kinds of flavors and tastes from various star systems, and has even opened a huge wine cellar for her in the palace.
Anno smelled the strong aroma of wine, put down the meat bone he had finished gnawing on, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
When the rich aroma of the wine exploded in her mouth, her eyes lit up, and she drank more than half of the glass in one gulp.
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