Chapter 99 This 'brother' can stay for a long time
[Yes! Yes! Yes! Do not look at anything indecent!] The mecha master brain echoed, and 'considerately' lowered a green cylindrical light shield, tightly covering Jiufang Yujiujiu and the driving seat.
Is that reasonable? What's the point of locking them up alone? Qi Huan hadn't finished his complaints when the white light in his mind suddenly expanded and spread like a tide, and then he lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, he found himself lying on the armchair he had sat in before. In order to make it easier for him to lie down, the backrest was considerately stretched to an angle of about 160 degrees.
The other seats around the cockpit were empty. Shen Ye had his back to him, standing in front of the curved one-way window of the cockpit, watching the fun.
Looking outside, Qing Lu was standing by the stone forest, acting as a searchlight on the high platform. On the opposite side, No. 2, No. 4 and Senior A Luan's mechas were also standing on the opposite side, acting as light sources.
The four mechas lit up most of the stone forest in an interlaced manner. There were many figures below. Jiufang Yu happened to be walking with a team of people in the interlaced area of light and darkness. His shining silver hair was extremely conspicuous. Looking more closely, in addition to him, Senior A Luan and No. 2, No. 4 and others also led a team of people each, and it was unknown what they were doing.
This guy, his face turned pale after the battle with the broken vine, and now he is still busy downstairs! Qi Huan was speechless, and even wanted to go down immediately to pull him back to rest for a second.
But thinking about it again, it might be that he recovered after being kissed for a long time, so it would be a bit of an overreaction to pull him back. Besides, there were so many people busy below, and Senior A-Luan and the others hadn't rested either, so there must be something else going on.
He sighed silently, and looked to the side. Yao Yao had changed into a turquoise gold-woven robe, and was also leading a few people to follow the white treasure-hunting rat through the stone forest. Every time the treasure-hunting rat stopped at a place, the people behind it would quickly go up to record and mark it. It seemed that they were marking the area of high-level ore.
[Dear guide, you are awake. Are you feeling unwell? Do you need some water or nutrients?] The mecha mastermind noticed that he had woken up and adjusted the angle of the seat promptly and considerately.
Chen Ye turned around when he heard the voice and ran back to the chair, "Huanhuan, are you okay? Why did the boss not faint but you did? Are you feeling unwell?"
Although the speed and tone of speech were different, the rapid-fire "concern" was exactly the same. Qi Huan finally understood why he felt that the chatterbox of the mecha mastermind was a little familiar. It turned out to be like Chen Ye.
"Not bad, how long have I slept?" Qi Huan shook his head left and right, only slightly heavy, but not too uncomfortable. He vaguely felt like he had forgotten something, what was it?
"Probably more than half an hour." Shen said uncertainly.
Qi Huan rubbed the back of his neck, intending to go back to Qiu Ran to ask what was going on. Kissing Jiu Fangyu for a long time was undoubtedly the most direct way to replenish his mental strength. It was okay that he felt dizzy the first and second time. Logically, shouldn't he get used to it? Why did he feel that he was becoming less and less useful?
Jiufang Yu was busy downstairs full of energy and vitality, but he fainted instead. People say that a kiss between lovers is like thunder and lightning striking the earth, and every time his spiritual body went close, he did feel that it was thunder and lightning striking the earth, but no matter whether it was thunder and lightning or fire and dirt, it only caught him and exploded. Is this reasonable?
"What are Jiufang Yu and the others doing?"
"There are still many vines that have not died. The boss and his men are currently investigating the remaining pests in different areas and uprooting them to prevent future troubles." Shen Ye gestured with his hand to cut the grass at its roots.
No wonder Jiufang Yu and Aluan didn't take a rest. Qi Huan sat up from his chair and suddenly thought of the young master, "Where is Diwu Yuan, is he okay?"
"They have been sent to the medical team along with Xiaobai. We have to wait for the final examination results there to know the exact condition." Chen Ye dragged Qi Huan to the one-way window and stood side by side there to watch the excitement.
"Are those really SS-grade ores?" Qi Huan discovered that Yao Yao and the others had followed the treasure-hunting rat to another 'stone pillar'.
"The precision equipment has not been transferred yet, so we can only use the handheld detector for rough measurement. At present, we can roughly determine that most of the ore around the collapsed underground palace outside is A-level. The outer part of the stone forest in front of us is S-level, and the central area is SS-level. Although a lot of it was eaten by those vines, the number is still considerable."
Speaking of ore, Shen Ye's face immediately lit up, his tone filled with undisguised excitement, "If nothing unexpected happens, we should be considered to have made a fortune this time. Many of the projects that the boss had planned before don't have to wait any longer, and we can start work directly later."
"That's great." Qi Huan breathed a sigh of relief. In order to kill the soul-eating dark vine, Yao Yao even took out the only two SS-level gems on him, and even emptied his storage bag and put on the belt. With this batch of ore, Jiufang Yu at least doesn't have to worry about "repaying the debt" anymore.
“Yeah, who would have thought that there is such a large area of top-grade mineral deposits hidden on a mining planet that has been abandoned for hundreds of years.” Chen Ye said with emotion as he looked at the stone forest outside.
[In fact, the abandonment of a mining planet does not mean that it has been mined out. It may also be that the remaining mineral deposits are not worth mining after evaluation, or the mining cost is too high and the cost-effectiveness is not high.] The mecha mastermind interrupted.
That's right, Qi Huan nodded, "At least judging from the damaged underground palace, someone must know about this mining area."
Now thinking back, the underground palace outside might be the place where the original mine owner discovered the mine and the soul-eating dark vine. He could not mine it, and was afraid that it would come out and harm people, so he sealed the mine entrance. Over the years, the underground palace outside collapsed, giving the soul-eating dark vine a chance to see the light of day again.
"We checked while we were waiting for news outside. The traces of the collapsed holes are very fresh, and there are dead stone beast bones underneath. It is very likely that they were damaged by the passing A-level stone beasts during the last beast tide." Chen Ye added, "Fortunately we discovered it early, otherwise it might have appeared in a while to attack people passing by the base, or even endangered the entire waste planet No. 7. Now, it can be regarded as a great gift for us to rebuild the waste planet."
"It can be considered a blessing in disguise." Qi Huan let out a long breath and rubbed his sore shoulders. At this moment, the fatigue of surviving a calamity came over him. The previous life-and-death battle also seemed real. Otherwise, it always felt like a dream.
"Do you think this dark beast has a beast core?" Shen Ye bumped Qi Huan's arm.
"There should be, right?" Qi Huan looked at the broken vines on the ground and tilted his head uncertainly.
"But Brother Zhi and the others have turned over the remaining vines of the main vine several times and found nothing." Chen Ye shrugged.
"Maybe it was shattered by the previous explosion?"
"That's such a pity." Shen Ye showed an extremely regretful expression and muttered to himself, "The beast core of this thing may be able to save the boss's life."
“What did you say?” Qi Huan didn’t hear clearly and looked at Shen Ye.
"Nothing." Shen Ye quickly closed his mouth. After what happened with the guide last time, he no longer dared to speak nonsense.
"Jiujiu, what are you doing?" Qi Huan's gaze passed Chen Ye and fell on the little white ball that appeared behind him.
The little fellow was carrying a vine and dragging it towards him with great effort. The broken vine, which was as thick as a winter bamboo shoot and about twenty to thirty centimeters long, looked like a towering ancient tree on its petite shoulders.
Chen Ye turned around upon hearing the sound, held Jiujiu and the broken vine in his palm, and handed them to Qi Huan's shoulder, saying in a nonchalant manner, "When you were sleeping just now, it dragged back a lot of vines."
"you……"
Jiujiu skillfully put the things in his hand into the sword-shaped brooch on Qi Huan's neck. Without waiting for Qi Huan to finish speaking, he turned around and flashed into the stone forest outside.
Qi Huan felt something was wrong, so he opened the storage brooch and saw that the portable kitchen utensils were still there, but the food area was empty. A lot of snacks prepared for Wednesday were missing, and Quan Hai's bag of spicy beast jerky was also missing. It was probably thrown away with them a long time ago. However, the little guy's own "little treasury" was intact. In addition to the gold-removing jewelry he was wearing, all the toys made for him by the owner were also kept well.
Qi Huan was almost laughed out of anger, the little guy was quite self-centered, his own things were treasures and could not be touched, but other people's things could be thrown away at will!
The place where snacks were originally placed was now filled with a large pile of broken vines. At a glance, they were mostly brown. I wonder when this child started to like picking up rags?
"Huanhuan, do you think this thing will be delicious after it's cooked?" Chen Ye stroked his chin and looked at the pile of broken vines. If the stone beast can be cooked, the dark beast should be able to be cooked as well. Since the body of this thing is vine, it should be edible as a vegetarian dish. Xiaobai Tuanzi usually likes to play with ingredients. Now that he picked these things up, it should mean that they are delicious, right?
Qi Huan was stunned for a moment, then he lowered his eyes to look at the pile of broken vines and said uncertainly, "Maybe."
Wait, since high-level stone beast meat contains energy, and after being cooked together by him and Jiujiu, it can be converted into directly absorbable energy, then can these SS-level vines also do the same?
Thinking of this, Qi Huan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Let's go out and try to cook a dish."
"Okay." Shen Ye nodded excitedly.
The task assigned to him by the boss was to protect Huanhuan, but he didn't say where, so it was of course okay for him to go out and cook.
"Goodbye, handsome guy~" Qi Huan waved at the camera in the upper left corner of the cockpit and said goodbye to the mecha's main brain. He didn't know where the main brain was exactly, but he knew it could definitely see it.
[Goodbye, distinguished guide.] The camera slowly lowered, seeming a little lonely.
"It's goodbye, not farewell forever." Qi Huan gently touched the outer shell of the camera, "I'll be back soon."
The camera immediately raised itself up again, shaking left and right, [See you later.]
Qi Huan couldn't help laughing. How come the core of a mecha looks a bit like a Tamagotchi?
Ever since the base was destroyed by a tide of beasts, Qi Huan often had to cook in the wild. He put a set of simple kitchen utensils and a small amount of ingredients in his storage bag in case of emergency, and now he was using them.
The two found an open area in the corner of the stone forest. Chen Ye picked up broken stones to build a stove. Qi Huan first tested it with the detector in his hand. He wanted to confirm whether the vine was poisonous. It turned out that not only was it not poisonous, but the energy value on the detector was actually off.
Well, it seems that the upper limit of this detector is S-level. Qi Huan sighed secretly, holding the gold removal knife and began to scrape the rattan skin.
Many people eat vine ingredients, such as sweet potato vines and pumpkin vines. The tender ones can be fried or served cold, and the older ones can be pickled into sauerkraut or preserved in the sun and stewed with meat later. The flowers of wisteria are more delicious and are often used to make scrambled eggs, fried rice, tea, and even mixed with grapes to make wine.
The brown vine in his hand felt quite old, and he didn't know how many years it had grown. The taste must be bad, so he planned to peel it and observe its condition before deciding whether to stir-fry or stew it with meat.
After peeling the skin, it turned out to be surprisingly fresh and tender, with a juicy green color, and a texture very similar to lettuce, except that there was a "slime" in the middle. After washing off the slime, it turned green like the minerals next to it, and the color was clear and shiny.
Seeing that he was going to cook, she stopped "picking up trash" for a long time and ran back excitedly to "help".
Qi Huan was only going to try out the effect and taste, so he didn't do much. He scraped five or six roots in total, cut half of them into shreds and blanched them for a cold dish, and sliced the other half and stir-fried them with meat.
He originally wanted to make a control group to compare the energy values, but when he was cooking, he remembered that the detector was off the scale. He tested it again after finishing it, and it was indeed at the top. There was no difference before or after cooking, or different cooking methods. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the energy value is extremely high!
It seems that I still have to go back to the medical team for detailed testing. Qi Huan sighed at the full-scale detector in his hand.
The taste of both dishes was also very good. The cold dishes were crisp and refreshing, with a slightly sweet aftertaste. Not only did they not have any earthy smells, but they also had a faint exotic aroma. When paired with the fried pork belly, they were even more tender and juicy, and extremely delicious.
Qi Huan originally wanted to invite Jiu Fangyu to come and eat, but it didn't seem a good idea to invite him alone. There were only two plates, and they were not enough for so many people to taste, so he had to give up.
So Shen Ye took advantage of his proximity and ate to his heart's content, finishing both samples.
When No. 2, No. 4 and others smelled the fragrance and rushed over, there were only two empty CDs left by the stove.
"This vine is edible. Collect all the remaining vines and don't waste them. I'll make it for everyone tonight." Qi Huan said quickly. No. 4 looked like he was going to beat someone up in the next second.
"I'll go tell everyone right away." No. 4 was overjoyed. He immediately picked up the communicator and emphasized it to everyone on the temporary FM channel.
"I was impulsive. I burned a lot of it just for convenience." No. 2 regretted it so much that he slapped his thigh. If he had known earlier, he would not have let his spiritual body go up.
Jiufang Yu listened and looked over from a distance. Qi Huan quickly made a '6' gesture to him. Jiufang Yu instantly understood that rattan was a high-grade energy ingredient.
Yao Yao was a little surprised after hearing this, and replied to Qi Huan through the No. 4 communicator in the channel, "Aren't you going to have a clear sky banquet tonight?"
"Ah! Clear Sky Feast!" Qi Huan slapped his forehead and screamed. He felt that he had forgotten something. Tonight's Clear Sky Feast! A lot of dishes have not been cooked yet!
Qi Huan collected the tableware and anxiously asked Chen Ye to take him out in the airship. Jiu Fangyu called him on the communicator but he didn't hear it at all.
When the two climbed out of the pit along the temporary passage and returned to the small starship, they saw Broken Blade busying himself like a top in front of the temporary stove.
The sky was clear and blue, the sun was setting. Jiang Huai and Po Zhan were sitting leisurely at the long table, chatting and drinking tea with the twelve guests who were already seated. They looked as leisurely as if they were enjoying afternoon tea in a peaceful time of peace. They seemed to be in a completely different world from the busy Po Ren beside them.
"Didn't Hanhan say that you were injured and fainted downstairs? Why don't you rest for a while?" Seeing the two of them, Jiang Huai came over with a worried look in his eyes. He looked them up and down, and was relieved to see that Qi Huan didn't have any serious injuries. He probably had already been treated.
"Clear Sky Banquet..." Qi Huan looked at Po Ren who was busy working. He was not sure whether he, who had a talent for cooking, could learn the dishes of the Clear Sky Banquet through his previous live broadcast videos.
Jiang Huai immediately understood what he was worried about, and said with a smile, "Of course we will wait until you have rested enough before preparing the Clear Sky Banquet. We have just explained to everyone that we will let A Ren prepare a free dinner for everyone tonight, and the Clear Sky Banquet will be moved to tomorrow afternoon."
Who can refuse a free meal prepared by the chef Sanda Xing from the Po family and afternoon tea with old man Po Ren?
"It's too much trouble, A Ren." Qi Huan breathed a sigh of relief. Po Ren came at the perfect time! Calculating the time, it is estimated that he was brought here to fill the gap as soon as he got off the starship.
"Why are you being so polite? Isn't it only natural for you to help your master?" Jiang Huai gently touched Qi Huan's head. "Anyway, the old man called him here this time because he wanted him to stay with you for a while and learn more skills. You don't have to be polite. Just ask him if you need anything. He won't dare to say no."
Qi Huan touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "Forget about the master or anything like that."
"If you feel uncomfortable, just let him call you master, and you call him by his nickname 'brother'. Everyone in the family calls him that." Jiang Huai said sympathetically.
"Okay." A younger brother is always better than a master's grandson, Qi Huan nodded hurriedly. He can act as a business agent and can serve in the kitchen. This 'brother' can stay for a long time!
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