What can I do? Eat them, of course...
Upon seeing the large, plump bug, Oakland's first instinct was to catch and eat it. He remembered the delicious roasted bug legs he'd once enjoyed in a restaurant. The meat was so tender and tender, and this large one should be enough to satisfy Hall and Quentin, who hadn't had meat for a while. The once plump, white-furred creature was now reduced to mere bones, which distressed Oakland. He'd heard bug meat was high in protein and good for orcs, so he had to give it a good boost.
Oakland immediately pressed his hand to the ground, performing a burrowing technique. The ground instantly collapsed, exposing the massive, hidden worm. The worm was still a bit confused, not quite understanding how it had suddenly emerged. The scorching heat made it feel extremely uncomfortable, and it immediately tried to use its forelimbs to dig through the ground and burrow back down. Unfortunately, Oakland had no intention of letting it do that.
Oakland used the Light Body Technique to fly over the insect's head, and with both hands, he pressed down on its head. Before it could even notice anything unusual and raise its head, Oakland's Concussion Technique had already blasted its head into a pulp.
The worker insect fell to the ground and could no longer move.
The insect's shell was incredibly tough, and Oakland had no weapons to hand. Fortunately, he found the energy handle on Hall's mech, which served as the launcher for the Aurora Sword. The Aurora Sword wasn't a laser, but rather a weapon based on the luminescence produced by the sun's charged particle stream. Its lethality rivaled that of a laser, but with far less energy consumption.
Without the mecha's assistance, mental power alone wouldn't be enough to power the energy handle. Auckland wasn't a pure native of this world; he possessed abundant spiritual energy. He tentatively injected it into the energy handle and surprisingly successfully activated the Aurora Sword. However, his spiritual power couldn't match the mecha's energy, and couldn't sustain the Aurora Sword's consumption. Therefore, he could only switch to a more energy-saving form, creating an Aurora Dagger. But that was enough for him.
Auckland quickly cut open the insect's shell with the Aurora Dagger, but found that the insect meat inside was a strange green color, unlike the white and tender insect meat that Auckland had eaten in the restaurant before.
Only then did he remember that not all Zergs can be eaten. Most Zergs contain various toxins in their bodies, but only one type of Zerg can be eaten, and that is the Overlord.
The Overlord commands every Zerg invasion, possessing the ability to control other Zerg and conduct surveillance and detection. Huge and ugly, they appear ferocious, but are in fact the only non-aggressive creature. They care for the larvae, and once they mature, they command them in battle on behalf of the Queen.
Probably in order to secrete mucus that allows the larvae to grow, the queen insect's body not only does not contain toxins, but also contains a lot of nutrients. This worker insect is obviously no match for the queen insect.
This made Auckland a little disappointed. He finally caught a bug, but it turned out to be inedible!
Reluctantly, he used his spiritual sense to scan the insect from top to bottom, inside and out, and found that the insect's stomach was full of strange stones, and there was a strange gland in its lower abdomen, from which some cocoon-like things were produced and stored in a sac.
Fortunately, Auckland had a photographic memory. When he was in school, he attended not only practical classes but also theoretical courses. Therefore, he remembered some knowledge about the Zerg that was taught in class.
He knew that the Zerg's structure was similar to that of bees. Workers played the same role as bees, obeying the king's orders in battle and carrying out attack orders at all costs. In peacetime, they were responsible for gathering food, raising larvae, building hives, and defending the nests against the enemy.
Those cocoon-like things are the energy extracted by the worker insects from food, which are specifically provided as food for the queen insect. They can help the queen insect secrete more mucus to feed the larvae.
So maybe these cocoons are edible?
Auckland immediately used the Aurora Dagger to cut open the insect's abdomen and dug out the cocoons. These cocoons looked as big as a child's fist, felt soft to the touch, and were filled with a sticky liquid.
Now Auckland was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether this thing could be eaten or how to eat it.
Unable to think of a solution, he rinsed the cocoons clean, piled them together, and placed them on a steel plate. He then pulled a pile of broken stones from the worker insects' bodies. The Zerg truly ate everything, even stones! If the workers' mission was to gather food and extract energy from it, then these stones must be their "food."
Auckland originally just wanted to look at these stones out of curiosity, but when he took one of the stones in his hand, his eyes widened in surprise. It turned out to be a - spiritual stone!
Spirit stones are essential for cultivators to practice, and the quality of the spirit stones in these insects has reached the middle grade, which is really rare!
Absorbing spirit stones for cultivation is much easier than gathering the energy of heaven and earth. No wonder this planet's spiritual energy is so abundant; it turns out it's because the ground is filled with spirit stones! These insects clearly hate the heat, yet they still choose this place as their base camp. Perhaps it's because of these spirit stones that provide them with abundant energy?
Hey, this bug is worth killing!
Auckland collected all the spirit stones and placed them together. Then he burned the insect's body to ashes, destroying all traces. He didn't want the insect swarm to discover their whereabouts.
When he finished all this and went to pick up the cocoons, he found that they had been cooked by the scorching heat, and the outer membrane had turned into a hard shell. Auckland tried to peel off a little and found that the liquid inside had turned into an egg white-like substance, emitting a faint fragrance, which smelled a bit like eggs?
It had been ages since he'd tasted food, and Auckland's stomach rumbled. He swallowed, deciding to take a chance. After all, he was a cultivator, so he wouldn't be easily poisoned. He took a bite. It was soft, fragrant, and delicious, just like the bird eggs he'd eaten before.
Auckland swallowed the whole 'egg' in two or three bites. He sat and waited for a while. When he didn't feel anything unusual, he happily carried the rest and hurried back to their temporary resting place.
The two people in the resting place were sleeping. When Auckland left, he used magic to put some ice cubes in the resting place to cool them down, so they slept quite comfortably.
"Hall, Quentin, don't sleep anymore, get up and eat!" Oakland used magic to create a small water ball, which gently hit the faces of a tiger cub and a foal, waking up the two wilted ones.
Hall opened his eyes helplessly and glanced at him. Seeing him still full of energy, he was speechless. There seemed to be something wrong with his young fiancé... Who said heralds were weaklings? Had his fiancé mutated?
Oakland had no idea what his furry friend was complaining about. He just picked him up carefully, made a small water ball and fed it to Hall, then stuffed an 'egg' into his mouth.
Hall chewed it subconsciously and found it tasted surprisingly good. At least he could eat something other than cactus!
"Ouch!" Another one.
Oakland was in tune with him and quickly fed him a few more, leaving the rest to Quentin.
"You've been hungry for several days. Don't eat too much at once. I found new food. From now on, we can eat delicious food every day." Oakland touched Hall's shriveled belly and said with concern.
"Ouch." Hall rubbed his palm as a response, then closed his eyes again. He needed to rest now to recover as soon as possible. He was an orc, and it was not right to always let his future partner take care of him.
Quentin opened his mouth and swallowed all the eggs in front of him with his big tongue. He didn't dare to look in the direction of the two people. There was no more frustrated light bulb than him.
But this thing is very delicious. Auckland said that he can eat it every day in the future and he won’t have to go hungry anymore.
very nice.
"I also found these treasures!" Auckland pointed at the pile of spirit stones he brought back as if he was presenting treasures.
"Ouch?" Hall used his claws to pull the pile of stones, then nodded vigorously. They were all energy stones of good quality and were indeed treasures.
"You think it's a good thing too, right?" Oakland happily picked up Hall and kissed him on the head, then picked up the spirit stones and began to arrange them.
Hall looked at Auckland with an extremely doting look. His little fiancé was only sixteen years old and liked to play with stones. He was so cute.
However, Oakland wasn't playing around. He used spirit stones to create a small formation, forming a barrier around their location. Once activated, it would create a protective shield within the formation's range, blocking external attacks and isolating their presence. This would ensure they wouldn't be discovered by the Zerg while they were out, ensuring their safety.
With the spirit stone, Auckland no longer controlled the consumption of spiritual power. Not only did he create a pile of ice to cool down, he also began to use spiritual power to rebuild their simple residence.
He simply gave up on the crude roof that could not shelter him from the wind and rain, and started digging on the slope. He dug out a cave of about five or six square meters, which was not only large enough to accommodate the three of them, but also enough to place some things.
He then injected spiritual energy into the ground, compacting the loose sand and gravel into solid granite. It was not only smooth but also dissipated heat, allowing the two to sleep more comfortably. He also repeatedly reinforced the surface of the cave with spiritual energy, transforming a simple foothold into a comfortable little house.
The author has something to say: I tried hard to write a little more today~~ Since everyone said that we should eat these bugs, then let's eat them╮(￣▽￣")╭Our little Lanlan has opened the door to a new world. Bugs are simply treasures to him. They can be eaten and provide spirit stones. Hahaha~~ I kill a few bugs secretly every day and spend the day happily~~ I didn't know that I would think these bugs were on vacation o(╯□╰)o
【Happy Little Theater】——by: Tian Yingxue
Auckland: What to do when bugs come?
Bai Miao Huo: I have meat to eat, but I am so hungry and thin.
Black Horse Kun: I don’t need to eat cactus anymore!
Rescue everyone: We are on the road to eating meat!
Joey Meow: Just woke up, leave me a roasted insect leg
Author @Auckland gives you the reward for successful foundation building - Thousand Insect Feast
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