At this time, no one was in the small restaurant. Qin Minghuang opened the freezer and found that there was indeed not much food in it. He picked out a handful of pasta and a piece of beef from the limited ingredients, and took out an onion, carrot, and two peppers from the corner.
She stood in the kitchen, rummaging around, found a pot and started cooking noodles, then took out two knives.
The knife for cutting meat was not very sharp, and even the weapon in his hand had become dull. It was obvious that the chef neglected his territory.
Qin Minghuang was quite good at using knives, so even though the knife was rather blunt, she was able to easily cut the cleaned beef into small strips of uniform thickness. The knife for cutting vegetables was thinner and lighter, and not something she was used to. After getting used to it for a while, she also quickly cut several vegetables into strips and cubes. Each one was of uniform size, which was a boon for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Her greatest hobby in life is eating, probably because her parents neglected her before she became an orphan as a child, causing her to often go hungry and become afraid of hunger. Later, when she became a candidate for the clan daughter, she trained a lot every day, which made her particularly hungry easily and she craved food even more, so she liked all kinds of food and was quite familiar with the kitchen.
Fry the marinated beef strips, then stir-fry the other ingredients one by one, mix them together, and finally add the pasta and the sauce prepared with the existing seasonings - a large portion of black pepper beef tenderloin pasta, enough for three people, is ready.
Qin Minghuang finished the meal quickly and swiftly, holding a fork in her mouth, holding a large plate in one hand and a glass of water in the other, and sat down in the restaurant. She felt so hungry that she could eat a whole cow, and after eating two-thirds of the meal, she had to stop with regret, touching her stomach.
This body is not in good condition. It feels full after eating such a small amount. But she prepared the amount according to the amount that would make her 70% full in her previous life.
She used to be known as a big eater. Ming Hui said that she might have three stomachs, one for main meals, one for snacks, and one for desserts. Qin Minghuang agreed with her.
During the training, the two old ladies didn't allow her to eat too much, saying that it would affect her posture and that she would look ugly if she gained weight. As a result, when she was hungry, she could only sneak to the kitchen to eat small cakes and cookies.
She took the remaining pasta back to this body's room, intending it as a midnight snack and eating it later.
It was already dark, she took a comfortable bath and stood in front of the mirror to observe this body. A person's personality will affect their appearance. From the face, this pretty girl is very honest and obedient, not good at speaking, and easily bullied. However, after the soul inside was replaced, this face has undergone subtle changes.
His eyes, which were always drooping, opened and looked straight ahead, and the corners of his eyes also slightly lifted up, making him look much more energetic.
She wiped her wet hair, found two razor blades and hid them on her body, then left the room with a cup of hot water and knocked on Barry's dormitory door.
"Who is it!" The knock on the door in the silent night obviously made Barry very nervous. He had almost never gone out of the dormitory since he fell into the water today, and he hadn't rested yet.
"It's me, Qin Min." Qin Minghuang said.
The door opened, and Barry stood inside the door, looking at her with caution and rejection, "What are you doing?"
"I have a question for you." Qin Minghuang smiled friendly.
Barry was about to close the door impatiently, "Get lost and stop bothering me!"
"Hey!" Qin Minghuang raised his foot to the door and whispered quickly, "You know there's a monster in that indoor pool, right?"
Barry was shocked, and his grip loosened. The expression on his face was almost undisguised panic. He pretended to be calm but still had many flaws. "What monster are you talking about? I don't know."
Qin Minghuang: "I saw it all. You've been here longer, so you should know what it is better than me, right?"
Because he knew it clearly, he was afraid. He hadn't cleaned the pool or fed the fish for a long time. After falling into the pool today, he rolled on the ground in fear because of her words.
"How did you see that!" Barry whispered in shock.
Isn't this nonsense? She is neither blind nor stupid. She can find something wrong with the water stains on the ground and some small movements as long as she observes carefully. With a little attention, she can catch the small octopus leg that is changing color rapidly in the air.
Qin Minghuang didn't see the specific appearance of the thing clearly, but based on the shape of its legs, she speculated that it might be a giant octopus that could change color and was good at hiding.
So cool! She thought it was a unique species in this world at first, but then she realized something was wrong after thinking about Barry's reaction.
"I've seen it, so why don't you just tell me what it is and why the base keeps it?"
"I don't know what the hell that thing is! I don't even know when it appeared. There were only two sharks in the base before!" Barry growled with his cheeks twitching. He pushed Qin Minghuang away and slammed the door.
He leaned against the door, his face pale. He had accidentally seen the giant tentacles wriggling by the pool before, and he was so scared that he had several nightmares. He knew very well that the two sharks in the water must have been eaten by that thing, and not even a bone was left.
The dreams he had were filled with bloody scenes of the creature stretching out its tentacles to wrap around a shark and swallow it, and then the scene turned into a scene of him being eaten by the monster.
Lei had long been in charge of the affairs of the base. Both cleaning and feeding were left to him, so Lei had no idea that there was such a monster in the base. He didn't dare to tell them. In case that thing really wanted to eat people, he would let it eat the other people first.
Three days ago, this woman came into the base and he had a chance to escape, but he was sleeping at the time. When he woke up, there was one more person in the base and the door was closed again. He lost the opportunity to leave.
Damn it! Damn it!
Qin Minghuang stood in the dormitory corridor, drank a sip of hot water, and looked up at the sky that was gradually approaching.
If there is no such strange octopus in the sea on earth, could it be an octopus in the sea in the sky? If it is really an octopus in the sea in the sky, how did it get here
Passing by Li Xi's dormitory, she heard the sounds of night activities inside, clicked her tongue twice, and went back to the dormitory to rest.
The next day, Qin Minghuang saw Li Xi and Lei coming back from the gate empty-handed.
"There's no food delivery truck today. What's going on? Are the people in charge really going to just abandon us here?"
"Baby, it's okay. If we are really trapped here, I can still help you climb out. This place can't trap us."
Lei put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders and said that he was a veteran and had extremely strong muscles.
Comforted by him, Li Xi was no longer worried, and looked like she was in love and was content with everything.
Qin Minghuang was calmer than the other two. She got up early in the morning, made herself some food, and ran to the indoor pool. Barry, who was the most annoyed, wanted to make trouble for her because of what happened yesterday, but when he saw her go to the pool, he immediately went back to the dormitory with a gloomy face and didn't dare to approach her.
He thought to himself, this stupid woman, go and stay by the pool, she might be eaten by that monster soon!
After walking around the pool, Qin Minghuang was bored and cleaned the outdoor pool. The sun was shining brightly, and the flowing light bands at the edge of the sea in the distance were refracting bright light, which was strange and magnificent.
She stood by the pool with a water gun and watched the scene. After cleaning up, she sat alone by the pool and played with water.
The temperature was very high in the afternoon. Looking at the clear and clean pool water in front of her, Qin Minghuang wanted to go down and swim. But she was also a little worried that the big octopus in the indoor pool would run out. If it entangled her in the water, she might not be able to beat it.
Although she thought the giant octopus that could camouflage itself was strange and interesting, she was not generous enough to be willing to give herself to it as food.
So Qin Minghuang just sat by the pool, soaking his feet and enjoying the coolness.
The calves and feet, which had been hidden under the owner's pants for years, were pale and dangling slowly in the water, with the toes swaying like fishing hooks.
Underwater, subtle currents brushed against the feet, and bubbles rising from the bottom hit the soles.
A transparent leg slowly approached and softly placed on a white foot, and the densely packed round soft suction cups instantly stuck to the skin.
This kind of creature is different from humans. They don't use their eyes to see, ears to hear, noses to smell, or mouths to taste. All functions can be replaced by their feet. These numerous feet have the most sensitive sense of touch, hearing, smell, taste, and even vision, but their "vision" is not the same as that of humans.
When the foot was pressed against his leg, he tasted the "flavor" of this human through her skin. The pheromones she secreted from her skin, which humans could not smell, contained a lot of information.
The sound of blood flowing in her veins, the speed of her heartbeat, and her brain, in a state of sleepiness and comfort, were like the slightly closed blades of a fan - suddenly this calm was broken, and the "blades" suddenly opened up.
He tasted her surprise and vigilance, and then the feet withdrew from the water, breaking away from his touch.
Qin Minghuang stood on the shore and touched his feet.
Her expression was a little subtle. Just now, something wet and soft came close to her.
Is it the giant octopus? Is it hungry
Qin Minghuang looked at the clear pool with no unusual movement, and couldn't find where the big guy was for a moment. He stretched out his foot to try but didn't touch anything.
Okay.
She walked to the ice storage, took out some fish, squatted by the pool, picked up a fish that was still covered in ice and threw it in.
In just a moment, the fish disappeared, seemingly vanishing into thin air. Qin Minghuang didn't see clearly, so she threw another fish in. This time, she caught the moment and saw how the fish disappeared into a hole.
Wow! Qin Minghuang was like a little girl feeding goldfish with feed, throwing the fish into the water one by one with great interest, catching the traces of the fish disappearing.
After she had fed all the fish in the basket, a colorful "flower" suddenly bloomed in the clear water. It was a pattern floating on the water, like flowing colors, twisting with the direction of the water flow. In an instant, most of the pool seemed to be covered with colors, turning into a colorful chaotic universe. Qin Minghuang was caught off guard and felt that her eyes had fallen into an extremely colorful world.
However, this strange scene only appeared for a moment and then disappeared, and the pool water quickly returned to its transparency.
After a long while, Qin Minghuang murmured, "… Wow, this is too beautiful."
"It's so beautiful!" The man in the dim monitoring room uttered this sentence with the same excitement.
He looked at the scene again and again with obsessed eyes.
The man didn't care about its existence being discovered. He just looked forward to their interaction. This experiment had been going on for a while. He had tried to recruit different employees, but none of them won its favor. Only this woman, when it first contacted her yesterday, did it not reject her approach, and today it even tried to taste her.
It must like the smell of her.
This is great, his research is finally making progress!