Chapter 15: Possessed by a ghost? Foodie Nan Qi
"What?" Mellon and Peggy said in unison, looking at Bai with burning eyes.
Bai felt a little uncomfortable being looked at, and lowered his brows and eyes, saying, "I just heard a truth: if there are no conditions, create them."
"What do you mean?" Mellon frowned. "Please explain it more clearly. What do you mean by creating conditions if there are no conditions? What conditions do you want to create?"
Bai was silent for a moment before saying, "Do you think there's any technology or equipment that can confuse the main brain's assessment of the male insect's mental power?"
Their Zerg cubs will be injected with a mental power manifesting agent after they are one month old. The combination of the manifesting agent and insects with different mental power levels will produce different smells, and the strength of the smell represents the level of mental power.
The higher the level, the stronger the smell, and when the mental power explodes, the smell will be completely uncontrollable and released. The lower the level, the weaker the smell, and F level has almost no smell.
But this is only the most basic activation and judgment of mental power. The detailed mental power value needs to be measured by the main brain.
Moreover, the level of mental power is not static. Some insects have an extremely low probability of increasing or decreasing their mental power level, and some insects may have their mental power stimulated by certain opportunities in the middle.
Therefore, every ten years, the main brain will re-measure the mental power level of adult insects. This is free, and insects that are short of money will not miss this opportunity.
This year happens to be the year of mental power testing. In two months, the main brain subsystems of each planet will be open to all the adults on the planet.
Melon understood what Bai meant. He wanted to make a fuss about this mental power level test, but would it be successful?
"Let me think about it, let me think about it." Mellon squatted on the ground, pulling his hair. After a long time, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he muttered words that no one could understand.
Peggy looked at Mellon worriedly and asked Bai in a low voice: "General, is Mellon okay? Why is he so weird?"
Bai shook his head: "It should be fine, he just thought of something."
Before Baihua had finished speaking, Mellon suddenly jumped up, holding Peggy's shoulders and shaking her wildly. "It's possible, it's possible. Get off the line immediately. I need to consult an expert on this."
"Kekeke, yes," Peggy said with difficulty, feeling uncomfortable from the shaking, "but can you let go first——"
Before Peggy could utter the word "I", Mellon let go of her hand with a snap, instantly disappeared in front of the insects, and went offline to find an expert.
Peggy: "...This is the first time I've seen Mellon act so quickly."
Bai patted Peggy's shoulder and logged off as well.
As soon as I left the game room, Lily flew in with her wings flapping. "Bai, Mr. Pu Bo is here to visit. He's waiting for you in the living room."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Lily." Bai said, "Please pour Pu Bo a cup of tea first."
"Lily knows. Lily has already done it. She even showed the movie to Mr. Pope."
Bai touched Lily's transparent little wings, his eyes softened. "Lily, you've thought it through very carefully. Go play. I'll go see Pu Bo."
Being praised, Lily's jewel-like compound eyes flashed, and she circled around Bai before happily flying away.
Bai looked back at the game cabin before slowly walking towards Pu Bo.
Pu Bo is a female insect with a gentle appearance and a personality as gentle as jade. When he saw Bai coming over, he was first surprised that Bai was in good condition, and then frowned slightly as if he was worried about something.
Bai sat down opposite him and said, "Don't worry, it's not a last gasp."
Pu Bo: "Then why?"
"I don't know either." Bai shook his head, lowered his eyes and looked at his wrists and palms, not knowing what he was thinking.
Pu Bo asked carefully, "Has anything unusual happened in the past two days? Are you still taking your medicine? Would you mind going for a checkup with me?"
Bai wanted to refuse at first, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his tone: "Okay, but not to the hospital."
Pu Bo smiled and said, "I understand. Let's go to my laboratory. It's no worse than the Central Star Hospital."
Bai nodded. Pu Bo was a bug from the Fergus family, a family of medicine. Although he was a female bug, his S-level mental power and medical abilities made him highly valued by the head of the Fergus family.
In addition to having a powerful fiancé, Pu Bo owns a private insect laboratory, where the various instruments are more advanced and comprehensive than the largest hospital on the Central Star.
Today is a holiday, and Pu Bo has given all the experimenters a day off, so going now is just the right time to avoid being watched.
Both bugs were action-oriented. After Bai and Lily gave some instructions, they drove out in their aircraft.
On the other side, Nan Qi was in a good mood and bought the ingredients he wanted. During the purchase process, he tested the store owner and found out that there was indeed no insect in the Tro system that would use the spices that he remembered as both medicinal and edible to make food.
Cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, cardamom, peppercorns, etc. are not used. The spices usually used for seasoning are only onions, ginger and chilies.
It's not just the Trojan galaxy; other galaxies don't seem to use these special spices in cooking.
Nan Qi described the kind of cinnamon he wanted. The shopkeeper knew what he wanted, but the answer he gave was that it tasted too weird and was inedible.
Nan Qi didn't say that he wanted to eat it, but just said that it was useful. He asked the store owner where he saw it. The store owner was very generous and told Nan Qi the specific address.
After thanking the shop owner, Nan Qi returned home briskly, put down his things, and went to the mountain the shop owner mentioned. Not only did he find cinnamon trees, star anise trees, and nutmeg trees, he was also lucky enough to find a lot of edible mushrooms.
Nan Qi carried these things down the mountain, thinking that the resources on Potter Star were not scarce, so why were there so few types of food?
However, he understood after thinking about it. These insects didn't even know how to use spices, so they probably didn't value the things growing on the mountain, especially the fungi, which could cause poisoning if not handled properly.
This was indeed somewhat similar to some of the developed Western countries in his original world: there were plenty of things to eat, but the food was not good. Nan Qi once went on a mission to a certain country and returned home two weeks later, his eyes green with hunger.
Shivering, Nan Qi stopped thinking about the horrible food and went home with the mushrooms and cinnamon to make the braised food he had been craving.
He needs to eat well in the next two days to avoid becoming a weakling due to hunger during the rematch.
Thinking of the weaklings, Nan Qi became greedy again. He wondered if there was any seafood in this galaxy. He was a big seafood lover.
"When I have money, I will travel around the galaxy and eat all the delicious food. That will be the fulfillment of my wish in my previous life. If those brats knew, they would be happy for me."
Hiding the regret in his eyes, Nan Qi looked up at the sky, which was different from his original world, and smiled with relief.
"From today on, every day will be a good life." Nan Qi sang a tune that was not a complete song, and his steps became much lighter.
When he got home, Arnold's two brothers were waiting for him at the door.
The rematch has not started yet, and Carter, the young assistant, has not yet taken office. He went to the Brave Game store with Arnold early in the morning to monitor.
The preliminary rounds were still going on for the past two days, and there were a lot of bugs in the store, some just joining in the fun, some participating in the competition. The two brothers, one inside the store and the other outside, actually made some discoveries by working together.
Arnold: "Two months ago, the Porter Star Brave store did have a new store manager and manager. I heard they offended some bug and were demoted from the big planet. So they don't really care about the store. The staff haven't seen them and they only communicate through email."
"But you're lucky," Carter continued. "One of the bugs that came to join in the fun today is a male who drives a taxi. Two months ago, he was waiting for work at the starship docking station, and these two bugs happened to take his taxi, and he heard your complaints."
Nan Qi asked: "So, what is your conclusion?"
The two brothers looked at each other and laughed.
Arnold said, "We asked that person for the dashcam video. Does it look the same as the manager and store manager you saw?"
As he spoke, he opened his Star Brain and played the driving video of that time. When the complaints and faces of the two insects appeared on the screen, Nan Qi raised a smile.
As he expected, the bug that was doing business with him was not a manager or store manager at all, but a bug that had the ability to make the original manager and store manager cooperate.
Such insects would not suddenly appear on a remote little planet like Porter Star. It was most likely that they had always been here. They were able to notice him at the first time and were interested in his fighting skills. Nan Qi could not think of any other possibility except the female soldiers in the army.
He had only guessed before, but the news Arnold brought this time confirmed his thoughts.
The army knew their identities, but did not seize them by force. Instead, they carefully tested their identities and offered benefits and inducements. The insects behind this must be of good quality.
It seems that I can relax a little and focus more on preparing for the competition.
After turning these thoughts around in his mind, Nan Qi put his arms around Arnold and Carter, one on each side: "Stay for dinner today. I'll make a feast for you that you've never had before."
Carter ran away in a flash: "I haven't even told you yet, what's in that basket of yours? It smells so strong!"
Nan Qi pulled Carter back, hugged his neck tightly and said, "Master, today I will cook for you something that you find pungent. You have to eat it whether you want to or not!"
After saying that, Nan Qi took Carter hostage and went into the house. Arnold smiled and shook his head and followed him in.
In Pu Bo Fergus's laboratory, Pu Bo looked at Bai's latest physical examination report with a strange expression.
Bai put on his clothes and came over: "What's wrong? Has the mental riot value increased again?"
Pu Bo shook his head. "No, it's much lower than last week's test. But Melon told me that Lily always complained to him about you not taking your medicine. Logically, it shouldn't be this low, right?"
"Did you really not encounter any special things this week, or any special bugs?"
Bai's eyes flashed, and then he said, "No, nothing special. Maybe the previous mental turmoil was caused by drugs. I have a good physical condition, and after the drugs were metabolized, it stabilized."
Pu Bo nodded: "It is possible, but——"
However, the mental power riot value can be stabilized, but the damage to the mental sea caused by the mental power riot is irreversible. The report shows that the condition of Bai's mental sea is actually better than before the poisoning.
This is totally impossible.
Sighing, Pu Bo said, "Forget it. If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you. If you really know what's going on, you can try to continue contacting me. It will be good for you."
Bai didn't answer. He watched Pu Bo send him the results of the examination and then delete the records before speaking: "Pu Bo."
"Hmm?" Pu Bo looked up. "What's wrong?"
Bai paused for a moment, then asked a question that made Pu Bo feel that Bai was possessed by a ghost.
"Have you ever eaten boiled eggs?"
Pu Bo: “???”
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