Chapter 7: Three Lives and Three Worlds
Receiving his puzzled and confused look, Quan Hai did not rush in, but stood at the door and gave a brief explanation.
After decades of desolation, the stone beasts that were rampant on the planet mutated, becoming more bloodthirsty and violent, and their combat power increased several times. They often slaughtered nomadic settlements and even began to attack passing fleets. The alliance had to regularly arrange for personnel to come and clean up. When the army was short of manpower, it would also issue paid tasks to the military academy, and hunting teams were born.
The original hunting operation was just to train the students' skills, but unfortunately the situation on the waste planet was complicated, the stone beasts had varying levels of mutation, and the environment was so bad that even a distress signal could not be sent out, resulting in an extremely high casualty rate.
More than a decade ago, someone accidentally discovered that the bodies of those mutated high-level stone beasts actually produced beast cores that also contained gem energy. The energy concentration was even richer and purer than that of energy gems of the same level. It was a rare energy that could be directly absorbed without processing.
Qi Huan nodded. He actually knew about the beast core. Just now at the carcass yard, the carcass owner had taken out the beast core from the spine of the Duoduo beast.
The value of the beast core is self-evident, and the scope of the hunting team has also expanded rapidly, with many civilian teams appearing. The Jiufang family saw the business opportunity and contracted the waste stars to operate as hunting grounds, and their waste star No. 7 was one of them.
The conditions here are bad, stone beasts are rampant, and it is located in the first star field closest to the alliance border. It is very unsafe and almost no one is willing to come here to work. The Jiufang family simply recruited and trained these vagrants and illegal residents who originally lived on the abandoned star. Quan Hai learned mechanical maintenance, and Uncle Linsen learned cooking.
Those who pass the assessment will be able to obtain the status of base staff and will provide daily services such as signal maintenance, supplies, rest, medical care, and rescue to the hunting teams stationed at their respective "work stations" in the base.
The N-shaped red spots on their hands are the identification marks of the base personnel.
Of course, in exchange, they can live in the base, get assigned housing, basic personal terminals, living allowances and daily work meals.
"It's just this shabby house, and it was assigned?" Qi Huan pointed at his own shabby little building in disbelief, somewhat unbelievable.
"I heard that in order to ensure the hunting experience of the hunting team and maintain the 'original appearance' of the abandoned planet, the bases are all undergoing basic renovations on the original ruins of the old city, only ensuring basic needs such as safety shields, signal transmission, and automatic garbage disposal." Quan Hai scratched his head uncertainly.
Are you sure it's not to save money? Qi Huan groaned and glanced at his wrist. How should I put it? It sounds like this is the planetary version of Mulan Paddock. For the operators, the hunting teams coming to the waste planet are customers and players, and they are real NPCs providing immersive services at the base.
Quan Hai sighed and looked towards the desert. "In fact, we can live in a safe base. We have food to eat, a protective shield to protect us, and patrol teams to maintain law and order. It's already very good. Those vagrants outside live in fear every day. They don't know when they will be eaten by stone beasts."
Since everyone is paid, why should they be responsible for their own profits and losses? Qi Huan thought of the debt the original owner owed to the food store, and felt that something was wrong. Just as he was about to continue asking, he suddenly heard the roar of an airship overhead.
Oops, he almost forgot the time. He suddenly remembered that he still had to go back to prepare the food order. He quickly said hello to Quan Hai and turned around to run to Renjian Restaurant.
The kitten was still sleeping happily on the mat. When it heard the door open, it raised its head alertly, and when it saw it was him, it lay lazily back down.
Qi Huan was carrying a lot of things on his back and walking towards the kitchen. He rubbed its head as he passed by. The little guy bared his teeth at him fiercely, turned his head away in disgust, but at least gave him face and didn't bite.
In addition to spring steamed buns for dinner, Qi Huan also planned to make braised shrimps, Dongpo pork, and a vegetable and tofu soup to relieve the greasiness. Since his left hand was not convenient, he could only choose dishes that were relatively less "laborious" to the hands, and the ingredients had to be prepared in advance.
There are many benefits to technological progress. The preservation effect of refrigerators and freezers, and the efficiency of frying and stewing in pots have been greatly improved. If you choose extreme mode for speed, something that originally took two hours to stew can be cooked in ten minutes.
After a whole afternoon of "training" in the kitchen of Rondo, he was finally not so unfamiliar with those strange kitchen utensils, and picked out the ingredients he needed and got busy. The kitten smelled the smell and always wanted to sneak into the kitchen, so Qi Huan made a small portion of animal meat for it and then temporarily locked it up on the second floor.
As it got dark, Lin Jian and Xue Ke, along with two members of their hunting team, landed at the door of the Renjian Restaurant in an airship.
This one? Wei Jin in the back seat saw the rotten egg six egg sign hanging on the metal tree and couldn't help frowning, "Boss, are you sure you're in the right place?"
"Sure." Lin Jian was too lazy to open the boat door, so he jumped out with one hand on the back of the chair.
Xue Ke patted Wei Jin's shoulder cheerfully, "It's guaranteed to be delicious."
"Okay, you're just a useless star anyway. I don't have high requirements. It just needs to taste better than nutritional supplements." The man compromised.
The door was ajar. When a few people walked in, they saw that one of the tables had been wiped clean and was set with tableware for four people. The aroma of animal meat was faintly wafting through the store.
Xue Ke sniffed, ran to the kitchen door, and asked loudly, "Boss, are the dumplings ready?"
"Wait a minute, it will be ready soon." Qi Huan heard the noise and quickly poured four glasses of water. There were two young men sitting opposite Lin Jian. Both of them had light green hair and their eyebrows and eyes were similar. They were probably brothers, but one was fatter and the other was thinner. One looked like an L size and the other looked like an S size.
"So tender?" Seeing Qi Huan's childish face, the chubby man said "tsk", and was somewhat skeptical about his cooking skills.
"Food won't taste good if it's cooked too late." Qi Huan handed cups of water to each of them one by one, and replied half jokingly and half seriously.
The man didn't expect the topic to turn to food, and he was choked for a moment.
Qi Huan turned back to the kitchen and soon pushed out his food delivery cart. Just like in the morning, one plate contained light green pancakes with four side dishes, and another plate contained steaming runny eggs and animal meat.
"Come, I'll teach you." Xue Ke picked up a green pancake familiarly, dipped the meat in the sauce, added a runny egg, then rolled it up boldly and bit off half of it in one bite.
After taking a bite of the meat, Xue Ke nodded vigorously at Qi Huan, "It tastes better than this morning."
"I bought some meat suitable for frying and grilling." Qi Huan took the kettle and put it on the table for them to use. He picked some meat similar to plum blossom meat, which was 80% lean and 20% fat. There was white tendon fat in between the lean meat, and the texture was beautiful like a flower. After roasting, the fat aroma was more intense, and the meat was more tender and juicy.
Isn't it just D-level beast meat? Wei Jin rolled the pancake according to Xue Ke's method, complaining silently. After chewing it twice, he was stunned for a moment, and then he wolfed it down. What Xiong Ke said was right, it was really delicious.
"According to what you said, is there any meat that is more suitable for cooking?" Lin Jian rolled up his steamed bun slowly and glanced at the boiled meat sign on the wall thoughtfully.
Qi Huan's lips curved up beautifully, "Not just boiling, but also stir-frying, frying, cooking, deep-frying, frying, baking, roasting, roasting, braising, stewing, steaming, stewing, sautéing, mixing, braising, boiling, sautéing, smoking, rolling, sliding, and sticking. Each has its own characteristics and suitable ingredients. You can try it later."
"Are there any other dishes?" Lin Jian was almost stunned by his long string of words.
"It must be." Qi Huan winked at Lin Jian mischievously, pushed the cart and walked quickly back to the kitchen. Before the Dongpo pork was served, there were still braised shrimps and vegetable soup to be made.
Hot pan with cold oil, put the shrimp heads and shells into the pan first. The red shrimp oil that is stir-fried brings out the unique aroma of fresh shrimp. The kitten upstairs smells it and anxiously circles at the stairs.
Qi Huan had no idea that the little guy upstairs was "anxious". He fished out the shrimp heads and shells, threw the extra-large fresh shrimps into the pot, and stir-fried them while keeping an eye on the soup pot on the left. Green vegetables turn yellow easily and shrimp meat becomes tough easily, so if he wanted to ensure the taste, he had to strictly control the time and heat.
The braised shrimp and vegetable soup were served at the same time and delivered to the table of Lin Jian and others.
It turned out to be braised shrimp? The brothers Wei Jin and Wei Yu dropped their shoulders simultaneously, looking somewhat disappointed. This dish is available in many restaurants in the base, but the taste is simply incomparable to those gem-level restaurants in other star regions.
The crimson shrimp has a rounded curve, and its half-cut back is slightly raised and curled like petals, as if pink and white hibiscus flowers are blooming on the plate, shimmering, tender and attractive.
Lin Jian still had half a steamed bun in his hand, but he didn't rush to pick up his chopsticks. Instead, Xue Ke quickly picked up one and put it in his mouth, then chewed it with big mouthfuls and swallowed it in a few gulps.
The two brothers knew it was delicious when they saw his expression, so they picked up one each. The meat was firm and chewy, and the sauce was salty, sweet and light, which perfectly eliminated the fishy smell, leaving only the unique deliciousness of the shrimp meat, with a sweet and lingering aftertaste.
Wei Jin's eyes widened in surprise. Was it because he hadn't eaten good food for a long time? Why did this dish of braised shrimp taste no worse than the gem-level 5 restaurant in the Ninth Star Domain last time?
The three of them picked up the shrimps faster and faster. By the time Lin Jian finished the steamed bun in his hand, there were only two shrimps left on the plate.
"Boss, if you don't want to eat, I can do it for you." Xue Ke said as he was about to pick up some.
"Let me do it," Wei Jin also said. Wei Yu didn't say anything, but quietly stretched out his chopsticks.
Don't be so shameless! Lin Jian quickly used the tip of his chopsticks to knock on the backs of the hands of the three people in turn.
Several people were fighting for the ownership of the last two shrimps when they suddenly smelled an enticing aroma.
Are there more dishes? Everyone sniffed and looked towards the kitchen at the same time. Qi Huan brought out another large plate with four white shallow dishes neatly stacked on it. Each dish contained a piece of animal meat that was about ten centimeters square. The smooth skin of the meat had a beautiful, crystal-clear color like red agate. Below was a standard three-layer dish: a layer of crystal-clear, plump fat meat, and a layer of delicate and dense lean meat. The fat and lean meat were alternating, with an even texture and a shiny red color.
“A surprise for my first customer.”
When the plate was placed on the table, the piece of meat on it trembled a few times, obviously it had been stewed to be extremely soft. A light touch with the tip of the chopsticks would leave a greasy gap.
The four of them couldn't wait to each pick up a small piece from the plate in front of them. The skin was fragrant, soft and glutinous, with rich gelatin, the fat melted in the mouth, moist but not greasy, the lean meat was crispy and juicy, and the thick sauce and the sweet and fresh meat blended perfectly. For half a second, it seemed that the only taste of the meat was left in the world, rich and rich, and mellow and fragrant.
"It's so delicious." Xue Ke puffed his cheeks in admiration.
Qi Huan was about to respond when he suddenly noticed a bunch of light pink flowers sprouting from the blue lines on Lin Jian's neck.
What's going on? It's blooming? This pattern can bloom? Qi Huan was stunned.
The Dongpo pork was so popular that not even a drop of soup remained at the bottom of the plate.
When leaving, Wei Jin was even a little reluctant, "It's a pity that I have to go to the hunting area tomorrow, otherwise I would come here to eat more."
"I'll bring you here when I get back." Lin Jian rubbed his head soothingly, then turned to look at Qi Huan, "Would it be convenient for you to add a communication number so that we can place an order later?"
"Of course." Qi Huan nodded quickly. He liked customers who were generous and respectful of food. What's more, he still owed a lot of debts.
Seeing Lin Jian open the personal terminal on his nail, Qi Huan belatedly remembered the one on his wrist. He pressed it like Quan Hai did last night, and sure enough, an interface the size of a ten-inch tablet popped up.
He poked his forehead with his finger in annoyance. He had been busy all day and had completely forgotten to log into his personal terminal to check the original owner's information after the signal was restored.
Lin Jian put his interface over and touched it. An application immediately appeared on Qi Huan's side and he quickly clicked to accept it.
After sending Lin Jian and the others out, Qi Huan went to the kitchen and used the remaining scraps to make himself a set of luxurious hodgepodge pancakes. He sat down at the table at the kitchen door, intending to eat while watching, and take a good look at the original owner's various data while there was a signal.
Well, the things I make myself are more to my taste. Qi Huan chewed the burrito contentedly and opened the personal interface again.
Click on the name to see the basic information of the original owner.
【 Waste Star Limited Resident Card Number 9 179-07-C312-1217
Owner: Qi Hun Gender: Male Race: Human Age: 17 】
The line below was filled with notifications. Qi Huan casually clicked on two of them and took a look. There was a message from Uncle Wan asking him for money, and also a message from the base urging him to pay. No wonder they put a note on his door. The original owner's terminal had been flooded with various reminders.
The next line is a document icon with the words [Base Work Contract Term] written on it.
He clicked it casually, and the burrito in his hand immediately lost its flavor.
It was written there, [Base work contract period: 250 years]
Qi Huan: ...
Is there any justice in the world? After 250 years, his tombstone should have been buried!
Do all of you Feixing’s labor contracts cover three lifetimes?
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