However, this dilemma was quickly resolved, because Emmanuel, who had jumped onto the giant beetle's back, did something that caused the giant beetle to collapse with a thud.
Sanning, "···"
"Dead?"
She stared in surprise, completely bewildered by the current situation.
Elliott and Louis were not confused. After a brief moment of stunned silence, they both looked at Emmanuel.
Elliott went on to ask, "Did you pull the tendons out of the giant beetle?"
As he spoke, he walked toward Emmanuel.
Emmanuel grunted and called out, "Don't just stand there, come and help."
"oh."
Sang Ning quickly ran towards him, only to find that he didn't need her help at all. It was just that three strong men were carefully pulling out a nearly transparent object, about the thickness of her finger.
She reached out to help, but Emmanuel stopped her.
"Don't be ridiculous. It takes skill to pull out this tendon. If you've never done it before and try to do it rashly, you'll only make things worse."
These words were very impolite, but Sang Ning was not annoyed. She said "oh" and stood aside to watch. The more she looked at the rope, the more it seemed to resemble a plastic-textured jump rope.
"Can this tendon be used as a rope?"
Louis nodded. "This tendon will shrink after it dries, and its maximum load-bearing capacity is over 5,000 jin."
"Not only does it have good load-bearing capacity, but it also has extremely strong elasticity, making it suitable for use as an elastic rope."
Sang Ning's eyes lit up instantly, "It can be used to make a net."
Nets woven from untreated rattan have a limited lifespan, will break if they dry out too much, and will swell and develop an odor after being soaked in water, making them quite disadvantageous.
It can only be used in emergencies.
However, this rib does not have these drawbacks; on the contrary, it meets most of the requirements for mesh weaving.
Will it swell when it gets wet?
"Won't."
This time, it was Emmanuel who answered. Knowing the purpose of Sang Ning's question, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait until we take them out and dry them, then see if you can weave one. If you can, then weave one."
"good."
So, for the rest of the time, Sang Ning stood aside with the audience and watched them cramp up.
The giant armored beast was huge, and the tendons it pulled out were quite long, reaching over a hundred meters in length.
Looking at the nearly transparent tendons piled together, Sang Ning was puzzled and asked, "Why is this tendon so long? Even though the giant beetle is large, it's not over a hundred meters long."
"Because this tendon runs through every part and joint of the giant beetle."
Then, Elliott looked at Emmanuel, "What should we do with the insect corpses?"
"Remove the nail plates."
Before Emmanuel could speak, Louis said impatiently, "These armor plates are useful."
"Insect meat is edible."
Emmanuel looked at Sanning and asked with a smile, "Would you like to try the taste of the giant beetle?"
Sang Ning didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "Is it delicious?"
Well, how should I put it? After thinking for a moment, Emmanuel said somewhat blankly, "I can't really say whether it tastes good or not. It has a grassy flavor. If you can accept the grassy flavor, then it's alright."
"If you can't accept it, you'll find it unpalatable."
Speaking of this, he recalled their experience of running out of supplies before new supplies arrived and having to rely on the Zerg to survive, and laughed, "Personally speaking, I think the giant beetle tastes pretty good."
"You can give it a try."
Elliott chimed in, "You're a good cook. We used to eat it raw, but this time you can cook it."
The audience became interested and sent comments urging Sang Ning to give it a try.
Sang Ning laughed, "Okay, let's eat giant beetle meat today."
The original owner of this body grew up eating sandworms, and in her original world, she had also eaten insect-like creatures such as cicada pupae, ant eggs, bee pupae, and locusts.
In traditional Chinese medicine, insects are commonly used as medicinal ingredients. Earthworms are even a commonly used herbal medicine. Eating insects is not a big deal.
So, the rest of the time was spent with Sanning collecting insect meat for dinner, while Emmanuel and Elliott, under Louis's command, began collecting the giant beetle's scales.
After working busily for more than an hour, the scales were still not all removed, but the insect meat feast was ready.
The texture of giant beetle meat is similar to that of prawn meat. Before it is cooked, it is almost transparent in color like tendons. After being boiled, the meat becomes pinkish.
It does have a grassy smell, but it's very faint. You can smell it when you first take it out, but after a few minutes the grassy smell becomes so faint that you can't smell it at all.
Sang Ning made boiled insect meat, deep-fried insect meat, and spicy stir-fried insect meat.
Blanching is the most authentic way to eat insect meat; when dipped in sauce, it tastes almost the same as eating shrimp.
The fried insect meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. One bite is so fresh and tender that you'll want to swallow your tongue.
The remaining spicy stir-fried insect meat was the most appetizing and perfect with rice; we ate these three with gusto.
In one meal, the three of them consumed nearly twenty pounds of insect meat.
Of these twenty catties of insect meat, at least seventeen catties were prepared by blanching, because it's the most convenient method—just boil the water directly.
The rest are deep-frying and stir-frying, otherwise the weight would make Sang Ning's hands ache.
Even so, they still felt they hadn't had enough.
"Blanching it is a waste."
Louis burped and offered his opinion to Sang Ning, "Ningning, can we not eat boiled food next time?"
"I still feel that stir-frying with chili is the most satisfying."
"It's tiring to cook."
Sang Ning disagreed, "Boiled food is still the most convenient."
As she spoke, she put down her chopsticks and said, "I feel like I've forgotten something."
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