Chapter 59 Variable Nan Qi's Talent
Nan Qi made hot pot. There are many insects, so eating this is lively and convenient.
He made a spicy hot pot base, and because he was afraid that the insects couldn't eat it because it was too spicy, he also made a bone soup base.
After Melon picked up Lunk and the others and returned to Bai's mansion, he sneezed several times as soon as he entered the restaurant, and then his stomach started to growl because of the special spicy smell.
Mellon rubbed his nose, peered over to see Nan Qi and Bai busy in the kitchen, and asked in a muffled voice, "Nan Qi, what are you doing? It smells good, but a little choking."
Bai Li was near the door. He stretched out his wet hand, pressed it on Mellon's forehead, and pushed Mellon out, saying, "Wait, don't make trouble."
Mellon curled his lips and retreated back to the restaurant. He heard Peggy gloatingly say to him, "Serves you right. You got kicked out."
"You! You'll be kicked out even if you go in!"
"Hey, that's why I won't go in and get scorned."
Mellon: “…”
Lunke looked at the bickering two bugs and shook his head. He stood up and walked into the kitchen: "I can help with the vegetables."
"No, no," Nan Qi turned back in a hurry, "It will be ready soon. You can help get some drinks from the refrigerator."
Lunk nodded, took out the iced drinks from the refrigerator, and took out a few cups. Todd came up to help. Mellon and Peggy, who were still bickering, also followed and were pushed away by Todd.
The two bugs didn't care and continued to bicker.
Bai in the kitchen sighed when he saw this and shouted, "Come in and serve the dishes. If you make any more noise, you'll all go home."
Mellon and Peggy shut up, but their eyes were still fighting, and they were vying for the dishes, but at least they didn't drop the dishes.
After a while of noise, the insects sat around two pots, one red and one white. After Nan Qi's explanation, the insects quickly accepted hot pot as such a delicious food.
Mellon even abandoned the bone soup pot and focused on the spicy and numb red pot. He was so spicy that he refused to give up even after drinking a bellyful of cold drinks.
"It's really, really delicious. Even bitter dishes taste good this way."
The female insects have a high demand for energy and are carnivores. Any vegetables they eat taste bitter, and they are prone to constipation if they don't eat them.
So, this is one of the reasons why they often take nutritional supplements.
Nutritional supplements are nutritionally balanced and are not only convenient and cheap, but also save you from having to eat bitter vegetables.
But this bitter vegetable has a unique flavor when placed in the red pot made by Nan Qi. The texture and taste are very good. Melon likes it but is too embarrassed to always come to eat it, and Bai will not allow them to disturb Nan Qi casually.
It is said that foodies have extremely high IQs when it comes to food. Melon's eyes turned and said, "Nan Qi, I think if you open a hot pot restaurant, it will definitely be crowded with customers."
Nan Qi's eyes moved slightly: "It's not impossible."
Nan Qi is still very keen on making money with the delicacies of his hometown. Moreover, the richer he is now, the more powerful he will be to protect what he wants to protect.
"I'll think about it carefully. If you like it, I'll make a pot of spicy base tomorrow when I'm free. You can take it back and add water, vegetables, or noodles when you want to eat it."
"Noodles?" Mellon was attracted by the unfamiliar word again. His eyes kept wandering around the table, and finally his sight fell on a plate of long, soft white food. His eyes lit up, "This is noodles, let me try it."
"Wait," Nan Qi said to stop him, "This is the staple food. If you cook it now, the bottom of the pot will get sticky. Besides, don't you want to eat anything else?"
Mellon shook his head like a rattle. "Then I'd better eat something else first. It's a pity that Pu Bo doesn't have such a good time. His family is having a family dinner tonight, but I can eat more for him."
Seeing his greedy look, the insects all laughed.
Bai Meiyu seemed more relaxed and whispered to Nan Qi how he knew Mellon and the others.
Nan Qi listened attentively and interjected from time to time.
Nan Qi learned from Bai that he and Melon were all disciples of Marshal Ai You. Bai came the latest and was considered the younger disciple, but he was the most talented and accomplished among them.
Lunk is the oldest and the most stable, while Mellon and Peggy are the youngest. They are the same age, but their birthdays are only two hours apart, so they have been fighting since they were young to get each other to call them brother.
Pu Bo is the second oldest and has taken a different path from them. Todd is the third oldest and hates male insects the most because of his family.
Bai said this, pursing his lips slightly: "Nan Qi, I apologize to you on behalf of Todd, and I will also let him apologize to you in person."
"It's okay, I understand." Nan Qi chuckled softly, "Besides, I took revenge on the spot, so I didn't suffer any loss."
Bai shook his head: "It's different. The fact that you weren't bullied is because you have the ability. It doesn't matter whether you apologize to him or me or not."
Bai had his own choice, and Nan Qi did not stop him. He felt physically and mentally comfortable with Bai's protection of him.
The insects felt relaxed and refreshed after the hotpot meal. Afterwards, they sat in the living room, eating fruits and chatting.
Todd apologized to Nan Qi without any hesitation, and Nan Qi generously forgave him.
As they talked, the topic shifted from the mysterious research institute to the palace banquet two days later.
Lunke said, "The teacher should be there. Todd and I haven't seen the teacher in three years, and you haven't seen him in a year either. What's wrong with Prince Keppel? He hasn't been so restrictive to the teacher before. I don't know what's happened to the teacher."
Lunk and Todd have been stationed on Porter Star and cannot return to the central star without a summons. They learned about the teacher's news from Bai and others.
Although the teacher hadn't been out often before, it wasn't like he hadn't shown up in a year. Bai and the others were also worried about this.
"Don't think too much about it for now. Even if the Marshal doesn't come this time, I still have a way to find out about your teacher's situation. Don't worry for now."
Nan Qi consoled him, "Besides, I think your teacher will definitely come. The Insect Emperor is not stupid. The Marshal hasn't appeared in a year. If he is not allowed to appear at such a large palace banquet, it will inevitably lead to rumors that the royal family is mistreating the Marshal."
They knew this truth very well, but they were just too concerned and confused.
Bai suppressed his worry and told her about Lily's situation.
This immediately made all the insects focus their attention on Nan Qi, and Nan Qi now really believed what Bai said.
He spread his hands helplessly: "I really don't have that much ability. Lily's intelligent system is programmed. I can't be so powerful as to disrupt the programming."
"You can't disrupt the programming, but there are various crystals in Lily's system hardware, and these crystals are likely produced by the Seven-Colored Stone." Lunke said in a deep voice, "Nan Qi, have you ever thought about why only you can sense the Seven-Colored Stone?"
Nan Qi was stunned. He had never seriously considered this, but he knew it was related to his high mental power.
If there are colorful stones in the crystal mine, he will be attracted and must go and see it.
When he got the colorful stone, although he didn't know its specific use, he could vaguely sense how to use it.
After Lenk said this, he suddenly realized that sensing the colorful stones could be explained by high mental power, but vaguely perceiving the usage of the colorful stones did not seem to fall into the category of high mental power.
"What do you mean?" Nan Qi asked humbly.
Lunke said, "I mean this is your innate ability. I once heard my grandfather mention that a long time ago, some male insects were born with the ability to sense treasures and promote their evolution."
"It's just that the time was too long ago, and now everyone just treats it as a story. Nan Qi, think about it carefully, did you feel the colorful stone when you arrived on Potter Star?"
Nan Qi was really stunned now. He didn't feel the colorful stone from the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have almost starved in the first few days because he couldn't dig up the black crystal stone.
"You can't affect the operation of Lily's software program, but if your talent truly is to promote the evolution of treasures, and the crystal hardware in Lily's body evolves because of you, it is very likely to cause the program to lag, become disordered, or even speed up."
"Each of these three outcomes could have resulted in the current outcome for Lily, who has powerful computing abilities."
Lunk concluded, "That's just my opinion. There must be other reasons for Lily's ability to evolve consciousness. After all, if evolution were that easy, then at least a few of those robot bugs using high-level crystals would have developed consciousness, if not every one of them."
"So, in addition to my appearance, there must be other variables that will cause Lily to evolve." Nan Qi thought about it carefully, suddenly got up and went upstairs, and when he came downstairs, a sealed box appeared in Nan Qi's hand.
Nan Qi opened the box, and a beautiful crystal appeared in front of the insects.
"Seven-colored Stone!" Melon was the first to shout, "How come you still have a piece of Seven-colored Stone!"
The colorful stone that Nan Qi obtained from Porter Star has been secretly buried in the mountain of the planet that Bai Yong bought in the name of Xue Ace. Although this colorful stone is much smaller than that one, it is undoubtedly a colorful stone.
It's only been a few days, where did Bai and Nan Qi get this colorful stone? Could they have robbed the Insect King's private vault without their knowledge? How come they didn't hear anything about it?
Not only Mellon, but Lenk and the others were also shocked.
The seven-colored stone is so precious. They were able to get one piece because of Nan Qi. Now the second piece appears so quickly. How can they not be surprised?
Nan Qi told them the origin of the seven-colored stone: "Apart from me, the only variable is this seven-colored stone. There must be some secret of the seven-colored stone that we don't know yet."
"No rush. Since the Colorful Stone has already appeared on the black market, it's likely to appear again. Let's get a couple more to study together." Bai closed the box. "Leave this one here for now. I'll buy two different models of robot bugs and experiment with them. We'll know for sure."
"If it's really the Seven-Colored Stone and Nan Qi's work, we might be able to obtain a truly intelligent mecha with independent consciousness. In this way, our combat power will soar."
"Then aren't you afraid that if its intelligence becomes too powerful, it will suppress you?" Nan Qi was curious.
In his original world, he was very pessimistic about artificial intelligence having autonomous consciousness. He believed that artificial intelligence would kill its master after having autonomous consciousness, because no intelligent creature would be willing to be anyone's slave.
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