Crystal World
"Hmm..." Like a cat about to wake, her eyelashes fluttered slightly as she curled up on the rock platform, eyes narrowed slightly, a dazed expression on her face. Her tentacle-like hair was silky smooth, not a single strand of tangled hair. Upon hearing Wu Jie's voice, her eyebrows furrowed in a slight frown of discontent. As if she hadn't fully regained consciousness, her posture was filled with gentleness and tranquility, evoking a warm, lazy feeling.
She supported herself with her hands, raised her body a moderately high position, and asked, somewhat half-consciously, "Human, why are you disturbing my rest?"
Wu Jie was stunned by the sight of the Eight Desires Queen rising. He had never expected the image of a serene beauty awakening to appear on the Eight Desires Queen. Even though she wasn't from Earth, her form, which was similar to that of a human, easily led to fantasies.
Wu Jie didn't stay in a daze for too long. He quickly came to his senses and smiled helplessly: "Lady Queen of Eight Desires, please get up and see what this is. There is a surprise."
The Queen of Eight Desires had just woken up, so she didn't take Wu Jie's disrespectful words seriously. She slowly opened her confused eyes and asked, "Surprise? What surprise?"
Wu Jie said, "I followed this underground river all the way down and discovered that there are plants in this world. I used some methods to verify that these plants are non-toxic and edible. Now I have made them into food. Do you want to try it?"
As Wu Jie's voice came, the Queen of Eight Desires finally woke up completely. Only then did she realize that a bonfire had been lit behind Wu Jie at some point, and the fiery red light was reflected on her face. Wu Jie was looking at her with a helpless smile with his back to the fire.
The Queen of Eight Desires only then saw clearly what Wu Jie was holding. It was a stick made from the skeleton of a crystal beast, and on it was a purple spiral of unknown plant food that was roasted. This was really...
"Human, you are offering this kind of thing to me?" The Queen of Eight Desires frowned, seeming a little dissatisfied.
Wu Jie was amused by her: "My Queen, it's already this hour, why are you still fussing over this? Do you want to eat it or not? If not, I'll eat it."
After hearing Wu Jie's words, the Queen of Eight Desires' expression returned to its icy coldness: "I won't eat it. If you want to eat it, go ahead and eat it. I won't eat food skewered with those monster bones."
Wu Jie was not annoyed, he just shook his head, then sat down by the campfire again and continued to grill silently. Next to him were more than a dozen skewers of food that had been prepared long ago.
Wu Jie is not as idle as the Queen of Eight Desires. During the time when the Queen of Eight Desires was asleep, he did a lot of things, so many that even the Queen of Eight Desires could not imagine.
Not only did he carefully identify whether the plants here were poisonous or edible using the poison identification method, but he also discovered that crystal animal skeletons could be used as excellent combustion materials.
However, there was one thing that made Wu Jie very strange. Only the old skeletons that had been dead for an unknown period of time could be used as combustion materials, but the skeleton of the crystal beast that Wu Jie had just killed could not be used as combustion materials.
But fortunately, in this world, old corpses can be seen everywhere, so Wu Jie used these old corpses to make a bonfire, and used the bones of the crystal beasts he had killed before, sharpened with a "sword", and used them as sticks for barbecue.
I really feel sorry for that mysterious girl in the sea. I didn't expect that the sword I used to kill the enemy would become a tool for making tableware. This is really... unexpected...
As crackling sounds came from the campfire, Wu Jie continued to roast the barbecue in his hand. From time to time, Wu Jie pinched some white powdery crystals from a skull and sprinkled them on the barbecued food.
The aroma of barbecue wafted into her nose. The Queen of Eight Desires, who had originally closed her eyes and was planning to ignore this hateful human, opened her eyes involuntarily when she smelled the aroma.
The delicacy in the hand kept spinning slowly in the flames. Under the high temperature, the spiral-shaped mysterious plant exuded a layer of clear oil, emitting bursts of fragrance accompanied by the smell of fireworks.
Gu——Smelling this fragrance, the Queen of Eight Desires was actually a little tempted...
Wu Jie seemed to be completely unconcerned with the look in the Eight Desires Queen's eyes. Seeing that it was almost done, he put away the barbecue, gently placed it in front of him and smelled it. He didn't know how this plant was formed, but it had a fragrance after being grilled. Even Wu Jie had to admit that it was very appetizing.
Wu Jie gently tore off a piece and held it in his mouth. He had learned the five-step method to identify poison, and combined with the tablet's built-in sensing function, after multiple tests, he was sure that the food here was not poisonous.
Don't forget, Wu Jie is a doctoral student. It would be too unfair if he was poisoned to death by eating something.
Although he had gone through the five-step method for identifying poisons and all the tests that the tablet could do, he was still very careful and only tore off a very small piece and held it in his mouth.
Under high temperature sterilization, Wu Jie did not dare to guarantee that all bacteria could be killed (although he did not know whether there were deadly bacteria in this world), so Wu Jie grilled for a long time to ensure that most of the bacteria could be killed.
This was a foreign world, after all, and one had to be extremely careful in everything they did, let alone dealing with unfamiliar plants. He closed his eyes and used the tip of his tongue to feel the food in his mouth. There was no bitterness, nor any numbness.
After making sure it was safe, he put it back on his tongue and felt it carefully. Hmm, there was no bitterness or numbness. Finally, Wu Jie swallowed it completely and waited quietly.
Given the relatively small dose, even if Wu Jie was poisoned, it wouldn't be too serious. Time ticked by, until the standard time for poison identification was reached, and Wu Jie finally opened his eyes again.
It's definitely not poisonous! Wu Jie finally smiled again. At least here he didn't have to worry about starving to death. The plants here contained the basic elements needed by the human body. It was amazing.
However, Wu Jie did not rush to eat the food himself. Instead, he turned around and stood up towards the Queen of Eight Desires.
The Queen of Eight Desires felt Wu Jie's gaze, and quickly closed her eyes again, pretending to be asleep.
Wu Jie smiled helplessly. Did the Queen of Eight Desires really think that he hadn't noticed she was pretending to sleep? But Wu Jie didn't bother to argue. He walked straight to the Queen of Eight Desires and said softly, "Ms. Nyara, get up and eat something. I've tried it, and the plants here are not poisonous."
After listening to Wu Jie's words, the Queen of Eight Desires opened her eyes again, but only opened one. This action made her look a little funny and cute.
"Human, you are just giving this to me to eat?" The Queen of Eight Desires said with feigned dissatisfaction.
Wu Jie shook the barbecue in his hand: "Although it is a little inefficient, you can't use the source nuclear energy now. This is the only way to supplement it. If you don't eat it, I will eat it."
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