Chapter 87
“New mission: Defeat the small bug swarm!”
"Mission description: As a mecha master, you must fight against the Zerg in the cruel universe. Failure of the mission will waste the precious energy of the spaceship to fire energy cannons at the Zerg! Note: Too little reserve energy on the spaceship may cause the game to fail!"
Xie Ruheng received the mission, and when he was about to set off with Qiu Yan and the others, he was stopped by Tang Bai.
"Brother Xie, bring me a front limb of the insect tribe." Tang Bai waved his hand like a lucky cat, "Come on, come on! I'll wait for your triumphant return!"
Xie Ruheng didn't ask Tang Bai what he was going to do. He nodded, opened the hatch and left the spaceship.
Tang Bai saw through the projection in the hall that seven giant snow-white alien insects surrounded Xie Ruheng and two other mecha masters.
After just one look, Tang Bai was disgusted by the appearance of this group of Zerg and got goosebumps all over his body. He originally wanted to admire Xie Ruheng's heroic figure, but Tang Bai suspected that if he looked at it for a while longer, his sanity would drop terribly.
Tang Bai was very confident in Xie Ruheng's ability, and he couldn't help much at this time, so Tang Bai walked to the lounge. He knocked on the door and opened the lounge. Sure enough, he saw Lu En still hiding in the lounge, smoking decadently.
Tang Bai looked at the remnants of cigarette butts on the ground. Lu En had smoked quite a few cigarettes.
Lu En was holding a cigarette in his mouth, his face shrouded in pale smoke, and he looked at Tang Bai listlessly.
It's obvious that this omega is from a noble family. His hair is so fine that it looks like the finest silk. His milky white skin emits a moist glow. When he smiles, his teeth are so white. God knows why such a noble omega wants to suffer on the Discovery.
"Senior Lu En, I would like to ask if there are any kitchen utensils and seasonings on the spaceship?" Tang Bai asked sweetly and softly.
Lu En looked tired. He said slowly, "There is no food on the spaceship. The kitchen utensils and seasonings are all gathering dust in the warehouse."
"Thank you, senior!" Tang Bai waved goodbye with full energy. When he opened the door and left, a nanny robot turned into the lounge, circled around Lu En and said unhappily: "Deputy, this is the 1003th time you have violated the no-smoking regulations on the spaceship!"
Lu En slowly put out the cigarette butt and said without any remorse, "I won't do it again next time."
The nanny robot swept up the cigarette butts on the floor and said, "This is the thousandth time you've said this!"
Lu En yawned, took out a stack of poker cards from his pocket, and asked lazily, "Want to play cards?"
Nanny Robot: "I'm sorry, Deputy, I have lost all my energy stones."
Lu En stood up slowly and looked for his card-playing partner. He walked to the warehouse and saw Tang Bai moving the dusty kitchen utensils.
"Play cards?" he called out.
"I'm sorry, senior. I'm still busy now." Tang Bai smiled at him apologetically, with two dimples on his face.
Lu En put the poker cards into his pocket, leaned against the wall and watched Tang Bai busying around, with no intention of helping.
The barrage of comments left everyone stunned:
[Fuck! Tang Bai just asked Xie Ruheng to bring back a bug's forelimb. Could it be that he wanted to make bug meat?! ]
[Are you kidding me? This is an interstellar navigation game, not a cooking game.]
[I watched so many groups of game live broadcasts, and found that only the NPC in Tang Bai's group took the initiative to talk to the players (only Tang Bai)]
[This NPC looks like a piece of trash. He only plays cards and smokes, and never goes out to fight with Xie Shen.]
[Thank God for being so awesome! I can defeat five Zergs by myself!]
Tang Bai moved all the kitchen utensils to the small kitchen. He also found out the condiments and looked at the dates. They were all within the expiration date.
Then Tang Bai took out a laser cutter from the armory. He was going to roast insect meat. The insect meat in this game is edible, but it has a disgusting appearance, a thick shell, and green meat. It looks unappetizing, so few people are willing to try insect meat.
After packing up all the things, everything was ready except the insect meat. Tang Bai didn't have to wait long before Xie Ruheng entered the spaceship dragging his two-meter-long forelimbs.
The nanny robot followed Xie Ruheng tirelessly to clean up the green Zerg blood.
"I just used a space combat mecha to fight this alien and it felt very tricky. Brother Xie, do you have any experience that you can share with me?" Lu Lu and Xie Ruheng exchanged combat experiences.
"Oh my god, this insect looks so disgusting. I'm about to vomit my overnight meal! Brother Xie, why did you bring its forelimbs back?" Qiu Yan said with disgust.
"Bring it back and cook for me!" Tang Bai rolled up his sleeves and dragged the insect's forelimb into the kitchen by himself.
"Cook?!" Qiu Yan's face turned pale.
Tang Bai used a laser cutting machine to cut the snow-white forelimb into more than a dozen pieces. Green juice gushed out, and the insect meat burned by the laser gave off a faint burnt aroma, which smelled quite good. As for the appearance of this ingredient, Tang Bai found that the color scheme was similar to emerald cabbage after cutting it into pieces.
He left a piece of insect meat and put the remaining dozen pieces into the freezer. Then Tang Bai used his superb knife skills to cut the shelled insect meat into thin slices.
The insect meat has a strange smell, so Tang Bai first washed it twice with clean water, and then marinated it with salt, soy sauce, dark soy sauce and cooking wine.
The insect meat is very tender and juicy, suitable for stir-frying. Tang Bai poured oil into the pot and turned the fire to the highest level. When the oil was hot enough to smoke, Tang Bai stared at the pot intently. He poured the marinated insect meat with his left hand and poured in the seasoning with his right hand.
Because the temperature is high enough, the seasonings quickly become fragrant and penetrate into the insect meat.
Then Tang Bai quickly flipped the pot, and the insect meat in the skillful pot flew into the air. The insect meat wrapped in the sauce turned a circle in the air and fell into the pot in a perfect arc.
The fire was still licking the bottom of the pot. Tang Bai used a spatula to flip the insect meat three times smoothly, then turned off the fire, served the dish, and put it on a plate. The whole process was done in one go, from turning on the fire to putting it on a plate, taking no more than ten seconds, but it was enough to make the viewers feel very satisfied.
"Stir-fried insect meat, do you want to eat it?" Tang Bai smiled at the people who were already stunned.
The aroma of the meat being stir-fried over a high fire rushed to everyone's nose. The strong aroma instantly made everyone drool. Qiu Yan, who was not hungry at first, murmured, "It smells so good."
Following the scent, Lu En walked to Tang Bai. He stared at the plate of fragrant insect meat. Having been drinking nutrient solution for two years, even a bowl of rice would smell fragrant to him, not to mention the insect meat cooked by Tang Bai.
Tang Bai handed the chopsticks to Lu En, "Senior, do you want to eat?"
Lu En took the bowl and chopsticks without hesitation. He almost wolfed down the plate of roasted insect meat. The first bite of the insect meat just out of the pot slightly burned the tip of his tongue, but Lu En did not take the time to cool the insect meat.
The stir-frying method can keep the insect meat smooth and tender, with crispy skin and tender meat, and a charred and tasty flavor. After the taste buds are stimulated by the delicious food, the cerebral cortex secretes dopamine crazily, and Luen finishes a plate in no time.
Lu En handed the empty plate to Tang Bai, "Thank you for your hospitality."
"The Zerg Meat you cooked was recognized by the NPC, Luen's favorability +1, and you learned a new skill, cooking, through your own exploration, points +1."
Tang Bai was stunned for a moment.
Is cooking considered a new skill in the game?
"Is this plate of insect meat really delicious?" Qiu Yan swallowed his saliva.
Tang Bai looked at his companions who were already eager to eat. He distributed the remaining insect meat to everyone. The players who were originally resistant to the insect race ate with tears in their eyes.
The bullet screen also brought tears to my eyes:
[Ahhh, I want to eat too! This live broadcast is so delicious! ]
[Tears flowed out of my mouth uncontrollably]
[Where can I buy insect meat? I want to try making this too]
After Lu En left, Tang Bai told everyone about his discovery.
"Can cooking also earn points?" Qiu Yan rolled up his sleeves: "That's great, I want to make salt-baked worm meat, spicy worm meat, curry worm meat..."
Lu Lu thought for a moment and said, "I have never cooked before. Can I just boil the insect meat?"
Rongyao scratched his head, "I've never cooked before."
"Me too, actually. But cooking shouldn't be difficult. I can probably learn cooking skills by just roasting the insect meat." Qiu Yan took out a piece of insect meat from the freezer.
"The meat grinder troops go out!" Qiu Yan used his poor knife skills to chop the insect meat into a mushy mess.
"The airlift of seasonings and ammunition was successful!" Qiu Yan added seasonings as he pleased, "Light the fire and get ready! Pour the oil! Oops, the oil temperature is too high! Something abnormal is happening in the battle!" When the hot oil splashed at high temperatures, Qiu Yan covered his eyes because of the burns while frying blindly.
Soon, a ball of strange insect meat came out of the pot.
No one was willing to try, so Qiu Yan had to eat a bite himself. He was silent for a moment and said with emotion: "I was wrong. I will never complain about the bad food in our school cafeteria again."
Tang Bai didn't know how to comfort Qiu Yan, so he could only ask, "Is there any system prompt to add points?"
Qiu Yan shook his head.
"I remember that my prompt sound appeared after Luen ate the whole plate of insect meat. Does this skill require the approval of the NPC?"
Qiu Yan suddenly realized what was going on. He took the plate of insect meat and went out to find Lu En. Three minutes later, Qiu Yan came back with a tearful face: "The system shows that Lu En's favorability towards me is -3! What happens if the NPC's favorability towards me is too low? I just thought Lu En wanted to kill me!"
Tang Bai: “…” Having a low favorability rating might actually lead to your death when an NPC turns against you.
Xie Ruheng patted Qiu Yan's shoulder, rolled up his sleeves, revealing the beautiful lines of his forearms, and then perfectly replicated Tang Bai's cooking process, including the posture of flipping the pot over high heat, the arc of the insect meat flipping in the air, and even the shape of the dish.
"Fuck! Brother Xie is awesome!" Qiu Yan said enviously, "Is it true that people who are good at studying can learn anything quickly?!"
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it to heart. Tang Bai suddenly remembered the first time Xie Ruheng kissed him and the last time he kissed him. His improvement in kissing skills was indeed amazing.
Xie Ruheng brought the plate of insect meat to Tang Bai, and he looked at his teacher like a little kid waiting for a red flower.
Teacher Xiao Tang took a bite and praised it generously: "It's very delicious, crispy, crunchy and chewy."
"I also want to--" Qiu Yan was about to move forward with a shameless face, holding a knife and fork, but he was met with a pair of phoenix eyes that were full of oppression.
That's the look of a beast protecting its food.
"Eat what I made myself." Qiu Yan shuddered, tears streaming down his face as he picked up his own dark dish and paired it with fresh dog food. He ate it happily.
Xie Ruheng withdrew his gaze and continued to look at Tang Bai tenderly.
On the other side, the spaceship that Gu Tunan and Qin Jun were on also encountered a swarm of small insects. While Gu Tunan was showing his prowess, Qin Jun was also working hard to assist.
[Qin Jun seems to be such a lackey, he helped to fight every insect tribe but he didn't dare to kill them to get points. Is he trying to curry favor with Tu Nan?]
[I never thought that I would see the day when Qin Jun becomes a bootlicker]
[Gu Tunan is so amazing, he doesn't need Qin Jun's help at all]
Soon they wiped out this small group of insects. Qin Jun touched the corpses of each insect and finally picked up a forelimb of the insect to take back.
"Why did you bring this thing back?" Bai Li frowned.
Qin Jun smiled flatteringly at the people who were covering their noses in the spaceship and said, "I heard from the nanny robot on the spaceship that the insect meat in this game is edible, but it is very difficult to prepare it to taste good. I plan to try it, maybe I can gain the favor of the NPC."
"The NPC on this spaceship is a little strangely indifferent." Mo Zheng said calmly: "You can definitely try to improve the NPC's favor."
"Strange?" Bai Li looked at Qin Jun hiding in the kitchen and said, "I think Qin Jun is a strange person. It's really unlucky to be randomly assigned to be a teammate with him."
I haven't posted an interactive post in a long time. Let's have some fried dog food. Come on, open your mouth, and the readers will eat first~