Chapter 45 Top VIP
[Sorry, the signal just got connected.] The whole base is in chaos right now, Si Han hasn't woken up yet, and Qi Huan really doesn't have the heart to do business. He is just wondering how to politely decline today's takeaway order without causing any future problems, when messages from the other side start to pour in like mushrooms after rain.
【Finally it worked】
【I want to order these】
Then there are densely packed names of dishes, one after another, filling up the entire screen.
Qi Huan almost dropped the spatula in his hand. What the hell, is this ordering? This is clearly just copying a page from the menu without changing the order!
[Sorry, we can’t take orders today.] Qi Huan quickly replied to stop the other party from copying the menu.
【Why? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】
[There are not that many ingredients in the store, and there are not enough takeout boxes.] Qi Huan turned the spatula in his hand twice between his fingers and thought of a justifiable excuse.
【Can’t restock? 】
[This morning, there was an invasion of star beasts at Base 3, and almost all stores were closed. ]
The other party was silent for a while, seemed very disappointed, and then asked persistently, "Can we do it tomorrow?"
[If I can do it tomorrow, I will add some more in addition to the above]
The person on the other side couldn't wait to continue typing the second page of the menu into the dialog box, as if he was determined not to stop until he had eaten everything.
[Yes, I will take the order tomorrow. Each order cannot exceed 20 dishes.] Qi Huan was helpless. He was afraid of the other party. At most, the orders of other people were "transferred" to the next day if they didn't eat today, but this person actually accumulated and stacked them! If he continued like this, the whole recipe would be finished.
[Then let’s order this much for now.] There was a hint of regret in the other party’s tone.
Qi Huan: ...
I always feel that the cookbook will be doomed sooner or later.
Si Han's complexion improved slightly at night, but he still didn't wake up. Zhou Ba woke up for a while, and ran to Qi Huan to ask for a bunch of food. After eating, he fell asleep again, as if he woke up just to ask him for food.
"What's going on?" Qi Huan held Xingqi Ba and went to Chen Ye for help.
"It's like the signaler's energy stone is out of energy," Shen Ye put it back into the medical cabin and tried to find a more popular explanation, "so you can only wake up for a while. Once you accumulate more energy, you will be awake longer."
"Charge for two hours and talk for five minutes?" Shen Ye had said before that Xiao Ba was in poor health, but he was strong enough to eat mechas, so he was weak but able to fight? Qi Huan automatically put Xiao Ba into the role of a high-attack, low-defense, and short blue bar character in the game.
"Huh?" Shen Ye's face was full of question marks.
"Charging for two hours and waking up for five minutes?" Qi Huan immediately changed his words.
"That's about it. The boss's condition is more complicated, but it's about the same." This time Shen understood and nodded. In fact, every time I come to Waste Star for a few days, I can feel that Zhou Ba's condition will be slightly better. Maybe the energy value of the Waste Star environment really has a warming effect on the spiritual body.
Qi Huan finally felt relieved after hearing that. He patted Heituanzi's head lovingly through the medical cabin and said, "Brother will make more delicious food for you in the future. Make whatever you want to eat."
"Ahem!" Shen Ye almost choked. Brother? It's hard to say who is whose brother!
The next day, Qi Huan got up and started to deal with the takeaway order from the sanatorium. The task of greeting customers at the morning market was left to Wu Ke who came to help.
There were a total of twenty dishes plus the staple food, which filled seven boxes. The spatula in Qi Huan's hand was almost smoking.
The woman wearing sunglasses from last time was the same one who came to pick up the takeaway.
"Little boy." The woman hooked her finger at Qi Huan again.
"Is there something?" Qi Huan was wary this time and was only willing to stand about five steps away from her.
"It's okay." The woman held her chin with her left hand, and a meaningful smile appeared on her red lips. "Is the advice I gave you last time correct?"
"No." Qi Huan curled his lips, still staring at her cuffs warily.
"Are you sure nothing bad happened around you during the photomagnetic storm?" The woman frowned slightly, seeming unconvinced.
Could he be talking about the star beasts raiding the base? Qi Huan's heart skipped a beat, "I guess so, but the time you said doesn't match up. It happened the next morning."
"Okay, okay, it's true that I'm not right." The woman nodded as if admitting defeat, but Qi Huan suddenly felt a chill on the side of his neck. The little red snake from last time had wrapped around his neck again and bit his cheeks twice.
Qi Huan: ...
He appears and disappears mysteriously, how did he get here?
The woman who succeeded laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter. She smiled and threw a purse at Qi Huan who was stunned again, "I'll give you another piece of advice, you can only know a person's face but not his heart."
Qi Huan: ...
In the evening, Qi Huan walked under the sunset to visit Si Han and Zhou Qiba, and saw two unfamiliar faces next to the medical cabin.
Next to Tao Zhe stood a taciturn tall man with smoky-gray waist-length hair and narrow, sharp, cold eyes. He was wearing a black military-style uniform with intricate vine-like patterns embroidered in gold thread on the collar and cuffs. The lines of his muscles could be vaguely seen under the uniform, but not as exaggerated as Tao Zhe's.
The other man was sitting cross-legged on the beauty couch, typing away on the keyboard. From time to time, he would take some time out to grab the butter lace cookies from the plate next to him and put them into his mouth. The personal terminal in front of him was similar to the one used by Diwuyuan, a triple-screen model. From Qi Huan's perspective, he could only see the top of his golden curly hair and the fingertips that were stretched out to grab the cookies.
There are four balls with V-shaped antennas floating above the display screen. I don’t know if they are signal devices or small robots.
"Xu Zhi, our current top ace of the Ferocious Beast Squad, the boss's right-hand man, just arrived this afternoon." Shen Ye pointed at the man in black on his left and introduced him to Qi Huan.
Xu Zhi nodded slightly when he heard the voice, as a greeting. His eyes seemed to be filled with ice, and when he looked over, Qi Huan felt an inexplicable chill on his back.
Chen Ye pointed at the blond man who was busy talking to his personal terminal and said, "Kong Hu, he is the mechanical genius of our Ferocious Beast Team, but his combat power is remnant."
"You are the scum!" Kong Hu stopped typing and protested angrily, grabbing the paper towel next to him, crumpling it into a ball and throwing it at Chen Ye.
Chen Ye caught the light and harmless ball of paper and threw it into the garbage robot's arms.
"Hello, my name is Kong Hu." Kong Hu poked his head out from behind the display screen and gave Qi Huan a shy smile. He wore black-framed glasses on his nose, and his half-long blond hair had a beautiful curly arc, making him look soft and harmless like a rabbit.
"Hello, my name is Qi Huan." Qi Huan smiled politely.
"What you cook is delicious." Kong Hu pointed to the butter lace cookies on the plate and praised sincerely.
"You can eat as much as you want from now on. The Ferocious Beast Team is the top VIP in the human restaurant, free for life."
"Is this true?" Kong Hu's eyes widened.
"Of course it's true," Shen Ye stood on tiptoe and hooked his arm around Qi Huan's shoulder affectionately, "Huan Huan is the owner of the restaurant next door, and now he's also considered an extra-staff member of our Ferocious Beast Squad."
Non-staff member? Qi Huan looked at him speechlessly. Have you discussed this with your boss?
A few people were chatting when Tao Zhe suddenly took an anxious step towards the medical cabin. Qi Huan turned around and found that Si Han and Xingqiba in the medical cabin had opened their eyes one after another. Everyone immediately gathered around.
Having just recovered from a serious illness, Si Han looked gentle and harmless, without any murderous intent. With frosty eyelashes and long silver hair, he seemed like a fragile piece of porcelain that needed to be carefully protected. Fragile and delicate, yet with a stunning beauty.
This was so, so beautiful. Qi Huan was struck by the beauty. When he came to his senses, the row of seats at the side of the cabin was almost full, leaving only the top of his head and the soles of his feet.
Qi Huan was hesitating about which way to go, but Xingqiba stood out from the crowd, made a parabolic jump, and landed directly in his arms.
"Are you hungry?" Qi Huan was hugged by someone and was confused for a moment.
The black ball let out a whimper, spread out its four hooves and jumped onto his shoulders, then stuck out its tongue and began to wash his face.
Qi Huan was speechless, then realized that it might have smelled the scent left by the little red snake again. Xiao Ba's nose is really sharper than a dog's!
What was going on? The boss's spirit body, who was usually so arrogant and would swallow anything he didn't agree with, was actually licking people like a spoiled child? Xu Zhi and Kong Hu were shocked and looked at Si Han at a loss.
Si Han, who had just stood up, drooped his eyebrows slightly, held his forehead and pretended to be unwell and did not notice this scene.
Qi Huan postponed the fifth live broadcast to two days later, and specially made time to prepare a sumptuous dinner for the five members of the Ferocious Beast Team. On the one hand, it was to welcome Xu Zhi and Kong Hu, and on the other hand, it was to celebrate the safety of Si Han and Xingqiba.
While he was busy in the kitchen, the Ferocious Beast Squad was also busy in a meeting.
"Why did the star beast break through the defense line and appear in the first star field?" Si Han looked at Xu Zhi. His voice was not loud, but it carried an aura of majesty without anger.
"There were loopholes at Point 9 and Point 21 of the Sixth Legion. Several groups of star beasts sneaked in. It should be that one of the star beasts happened to encounter the garbage ship. There was a light magnetic storm on Waste Planet No. 7, and the signal was cut off, so they did not receive the distress and warning signals from the garbage ship."
"Shouldn't the warning signal also have a set of near-ground coded channels?" Si Han frowned.
"It doesn't work either," Kong Hu continued. "I tested it outside yesterday and there was no signal response. I'm not sure if the channel here is broken and hasn't been repaired, or if it wasn't set up at all to save money."
"Have you caught all the star beasts that sneaked in?"
Xu Zhi sighed, "We have only discovered three groups of star beasts so far, but based on the time when the loophole appeared, the number of star beasts that sneaked in is probably much greater than this. All the local areas of the first and second star fields are involved, and we are currently investigating them one by one."
"The Sixth Legion is a bunch of rubbish!" Taozhe punched his palm hard.
"Contact Jiufang Kuang and make an appointment as soon as possible. Tell him I want to discuss the handover of Waste Planet No. 7 with him." Si Han turned to Chen Ye.
"But we haven't figured out all their details yet." Chen Ye said hesitantly. Jiufang Kuang has been operating in Feixing for so many years, and his power is intertwined. If there is any omission, there may be countless traps waiting for them. What's more, he is waiting to throw the evidence of Jiufang Kuang's evil deeds in Feixing on the faces of the old men of the Jiufang family and enjoy their wonderful expressions.
"The management of the abandoned planet has huge loopholes. If we don't take over as soon as possible, the next time there is a star beast raid, the residents of the base will likely suffer heavy casualties." The night wind blew in through the window. Si Han coughed lightly and tightened his animal skin cloak. He had not fully recovered yet and felt a little chilly.
The potter immediately got up and closed the window.
"Then I'll contact them right away." Compared to them being tricked, the safety of the base personnel is more important. Shen also understood Si Han's meaning, and immediately opened his personal terminal to send a message to the person in charge of the connection at Jiufang Kuang.
"How is the recruitment of the guard going?" Si Han turned to Xu Zhi again.
"Currently, two hundred and twenty people have been selected. The first batch of thirty-seven people will arrive at nine o'clock tonight. The rest will arrive in three batches within five days."
"It's not enough. We have to continue recruiting."
"yes."
"Pick out a few smarter ones among the people arriving tonight who have never been to Waste Planet No. 7 before, and continue to explore the bases in secret. Leave the rest to Tao Zhe to lead the team. We will work on both fronts."
Originally, Si Han did want to take over in a more secure way, and teach Jiufang Kuang a lesson he would never forget. However, the Waste Star is close to the outermost boundary of the first star field and has a special location. Now there are an unknown number of star beasts wandering outside, and danger may appear at any minute. To him, the latter is more important than eliminating the hidden dangers, teaching Jiufang Kuang a lesson, and protecting the indigenous people of the Waste Star, so taking over is urgent.
"Understood." Xu Zhi and Tao Zhe nodded at the same time.
"Kong Hu, how is the research on the base's protective shield going?"
"On the way here, I have designed an updated model based on the data I got before, and also arranged to purchase a batch of energy stones and equipment parts that match the upgrade plan. However, some parts lack detailed data and can only be estimated. We need to proofread and correct the deviations after getting more detailed data." Kong Hu paused, "In fact, I tried to connect to the database of the protective shields of the major bases on Waste Planet No. 7 myself, but failed."
"You actually failed?" Tao Zhe and Shen Ye both showed surprised expressions.
Kong Hu pushed up his black-framed glasses and said, "I heard that Diwuyuan came to Waste Planet No. 7 a while ago. I think he personally upgraded the database of the waste planet."
I was defeated by that kid again! Chen Ye and Tao Zhe both shook their heads.
Kong Hu silently ignored their expressions.
"How about looking for Diwuyuan?"
Kong Hu looked at the people around him and asked, "Are there any of you who haven't been banned from his communication list?"
Everyone: ...
Chen Ye pointed at the robot bear butler in the store and his eyes lit up, "Huan Huan seems to know Diwu Yuan, why don't we ask him to help contact him?"
Xu Zhi shook his head. "The Fifth Family has always been on good terms with the Jiufang Family, and they have a grudge against us. Even if they get in touch with us, they may not stand on our side. It's better not to act rashly for now."
Taozhe was puzzled. "If Diwuyuan himself upgraded the overall system of Waste Star, then why did such a big security hole appear yesterday morning?"
"So it may not be entirely a system problem, it may also be a man-made disaster." A dim light slid across Si Han's frosty eyelashes.
Several people were silent for a moment.
Taking everyone's taste into consideration, Qi Huan prepared a large table of dishes, including boiled fish fillet, roasted chicken with chestnuts, baked pumpkin with egg yolk, three fresh vegetables, Dongpo pork, sweet and sour shrimps, twice-cooked pork, boiled beast head, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Yangzhou fried rice. Each dish was very generous in portion.
Xu Zhiben was a person who didn't care much about food, and he had a cold personality, so he didn't show it too obviously when eating. Kong Hu was different. He was a foodie like Chen Ye. When he took each dish, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed repeatedly. His emotional value reached the peak. After the meal, he immediately became closer to Qi Huan and became another die-hard fan of Qi Xiaochu in the Ferocious Beast Squad.
"This fried rice is also delicious, even better than the one I had at the Four Knife Star Chef Restaurant in the Nine Star Domain!" Kong Hu never expected that even the last staple dish, fried rice, could surprise him.
"I thought it was so delicious the last time I ate it, so I specifically asked Huanhuan to make it again today, especially the shredded egg in it." Chen Ye raised half a spoonful of fried rice and shook it.
The golden rice grains are mixed with colorful ingredients such as diced bamboo shoots, diced meat, green beans, shrimps, and soft shredded eggs. Unlike ordinary scrambled eggs, the shredded eggs are tender yellow and fluffy, as thin as silk, and looming among the ingredients, like the light smoke wafting from the pavilion at sunset, the fine mist rising from the forest, light and hazy, with the golden light of dusk, bright colors, and a refreshing aroma.
"That's called egg floss." Qi Huan 'corrected'. Egg floss is very particular about the cooking time, about four or five seconds will determine the success or failure. Only when it is golden, soft, thin as a gossamer, and cooked at just the right time, can it be considered egg floss.
Kong Hu pushed his glasses and asked, "Why haven't I eaten this egg floss in other stores?"
"Qi family's unique secret." Qi Huan's eyes curved slightly and he raised his chin proudly.
Yangzhou fried rice was once one of the top snacks in the university town. The authentic Yangzhou fried rice is actually a Huaiyang cuisine. Legend has it that it developed from the broken gold rice brought to Yangzhou by Emperor Yang of Sui, which is also known as egg fried rice. The most exquisite thing about it is that in addition to soup, eighteen kinds of condiments are added.
Of course, we can't find all the original ingredients here, but Qi Huan's secret to making Yangzhou fried rice is to use egg liquid twice, the first time to fry the egg floss, and the second time to wrap the rice in gold and silver, that is, to evenly wrap each grain of rice with egg liquid, so that each grain is as golden as fried gold, tender and shiny. Paired with other fresh ingredients, it is delicious and tasty.
"Tell me about it~" Kong Hu, a technical person, has a strong desire for knowledge.
"I can't say that. The unique recipe is worth a fortune." Shen Ye crossed his arms to stop Qi Huan.
"I'm not asking you."
"I am Huanhuan's personal bodyguard authorized by the boss. In addition to being his people, I also have to protect his intellectual property rights."
Several people were laughing and joking together. Si Han covered his wide-open collar with one hand and slowly scooped a mouthful of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, with a helpless smile in his eyes.
Qi Huan also treated his "pets" badly. In addition to the exclusive desserts for Monday, he also roasted nuts for the potter's plug-in, the blue-feathered bird. When he first heard the name "plug-in", Qi Huan, a former gamer, almost burst out laughing. The plug-in actually has a good temper, but there seems to be a "loading" symbol floating above its head. When communicating with people other than the potter, it is always two steps behind.
Xu Zhi's pet is called Qing Xiao, a tall white wolf that is half the height of a person when squatting, and looks majestic. Qi Huan consulted Xu and made hamburger patties for it.
Kong Hu's pet is a giant yellow python named Haikai. Like Zhouqiba, it has a great appetite and will eat anything given to it. It is not picky at all. However, it is said to be poisonous, so Kong Hu has to feed it himself.
The host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. During the routine exercise time, Qi Huan followed Shen Ye to the next room to use the equipment.
The entire fitness area was empty, and it seemed that Shen Ye was the only one in the Ferocious Beast Team who was used to exercising in the evening.
"Come to think of it, why are you the only one in the Ferocious Beast Team who doesn't have a pet? Do you find it troublesome?" Qi Huan gossiped to Shen Ye who was helping him adjust the weight of the equipment.
Chen choked, and his men immediately pressed him hard, "Huanhuan, you've become a bad person, and you're always stabbing people in the heart."
Where is the knife? Qi Huan was wondering when he suddenly felt the weight on his legs increase dramatically. He screamed, "Ah~ah~ah~ah~I'm going to be crushed to death!"
"It's been a bit turbulent lately, so the sooner you practice, the sooner you'll see results," Chen Ye patted his shoulder with a 'smirk', "Come on!"
Qi Huan: ...
After taking a bath, Qi Huan crawled back to the attic with trembling legs. Just as he fell on the bed, his personal terminal suddenly vibrated. When he clicked it, it turned out to be a communication request sent by Uncle Wan.
It was the middle of the night, and Uncle Wan didn't waste any time. He answered the phone and spoke directly, "The chef said that the Star Lord will host a banquet for distinguished guests at six o'clock tomorrow night. I want to ask if you can make the same dishes as last time. If possible, it would be best if you can also make a list of the ingredients needed."
At about the same time, Shen also received a message:
[At 6 o'clock tomorrow evening, the Star Lord will host a banquet at Tianfeng Pavilion to welcome Master Jiufang Yu. We cordially await your presence.]
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