Back at the tree house, the three animals inside were playing around.
When Xu Xin came back yesterday, he placed the contaminated radioactive stone (blue) obtained from the dungeon next to the beast statue. Under the influence of this stone, the strength of Silver King and Mimi could be slowly improved even in the tree house.
Half a day has passed, it's time to cook a meal.
"You two," Xu Xin felt that he could no longer afford to feed Silver King and Mimi. These two guys had such a huge appetite, "How about you go out and hunt by yourselves?"
Hunting ordinary wild beasts outside is a piece of cake for these two mutant beasts, and the success rate can reach 100%.
"Awooo!" Silver King responded in agreement, and Mimi also stood beside Silver King.
Xu Xin brought them to the tree house, told them to call him when they came back and he would come down to pick them up, and then returned to the tree house.
Coco naturally would not follow the two mutant beasts to hunt. It had long formed the habit of eating Xu Xin's meals. Perhaps because it had never eaten cooked food before, it ate every barbecue with great relish, with its mouth full of oil.
"Let's cook some food today!" Xu Xin touched Coco's little head.
"Hmm?" Coco tilted her head, not knowing what cooking was.
Xu Xin first looked at the trading platform to see if there were any condiments such as onions, ginger and garlic. After searching for a long time, he actually found shallots and shallot seeds. He immediately bought them and planted the shallot seeds in his plantation on the top floor.
Came to the kitchen. Lighted up the stove, used the wild animal meat to fry some oil, used the washed boning knife to cut the lotus root into strips, cut some wild boar tenderloin slices, and Xu Xin started his lotus root fried meat.
Put the tenderloin into the pan and stir-fry until half cooked, add the chopped green onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the shredded lotus root and stir-fry evenly, finally sprinkle with salt, stir-fry twice and serve directly out of the pan, a simple lotus root and pork dish is ready!
Although there was no soy sauce to color the meat slices, making the color look a little off, Xu Xin didn't care. This was the first stir-fried dish he had eaten since he came to this world!
Eating barbecued meat and fruits every day, he felt like he was degenerating into a Yuanmou Man.
Coco was attracted by the aroma and wanted to climb onto the stove to take a look more than once. Xu Xin took it down more than once because he was afraid that it would get burned. Finally, it climbed onto Xu Xin's shoulders and witnessed the birth of the first dish.
When the lotus root and meat dish was served on the table, he took out a pair of chopsticks and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of food and put it in his mouth.
The wild boar meat, the fragrance of lotus root, and the perfect amount of scallion oil and saltiness made Xu Xin intoxicated. It would be even better if there were ginger, garlic, soy sauce and oyster sauce.
"Oh oh oh!" Coco looked at the dish and didn't know where to start. Seeing that Xu Xin had already started eating, she immediately pulled Xu Xin anxiously.
Xu Xin felt a sense of fun and handed the chopsticks in his hand to Coco.
"Hmm?" Coco held a chopstick in each of her little paws and tilted her little head.
Just when Xu Xin laughed and wanted to take the chopsticks to feed it, he was surprised to find that Coco was clumsily manipulating the chopsticks with her two little paws and putting the picked up food into her mouth.
A red panda using chopsticks was a really strange scene, which made Xu Xin stunned for two seconds.
But seeing that Coco was enjoying the meal, Xu Xin smiled and shook his head, made another pair of chopsticks, and brought the grill over.
He wants to eat roasted rat meat!
That's right, it's the rat meat obtained from the rats killed in the underground maze. The introduction says that it is a rare delicacy.
Since he had come to this world, he naturally wanted to try everything. And most importantly, he had never eaten the meat of mutant beasts. He wanted to see what the difference was between the meat of these edible low-level mutant beasts and ordinary beast meat.
After rat meat is cut up, you can't actually tell what kind of meat it is, so there is no psychological barrier. Xu Xin sliced the meat and put it on the grill while eating his lotus root fried meat.
Gradually, an extremely rich aroma spread in the tree house, and even Coco, who had been struggling with the chopsticks in her hand, stopped and looked at the meat on the grill.
"It smells so good?" Xu Xin swallowed his saliva. "It smells too good, doesn't it? It smells even better than the blue-level bear paw!"
The meat on the grill was sizzling, and the aroma of the fat was simply irresistible. Xu Xin felt that he was drooling.
Unexpectedly, although the meat of intermediate mutant beasts is contaminated and cannot be eaten, the meat of low-level mutant beasts is so delicious!
Xu Xin picked up a piece of meat that was still sizzling with oil with chopsticks, blew on it, and put it into his mouth.
The extremely rich aroma exploded in his mouth, even making Xu Xin feel that all the meat he had eaten in the first half of his life was garbage. The plate of lotus root and wild boar meat fried in front of him suddenly lost its fragrance.
Moreover, after swallowing the meat, he felt a warm current flowing through his limbs. Although the feeling was very weak compared to the effect of the blue-level bear paw, he still noticed it.
"Can low-level mutant beast meat also enhance strength?" Xu Xin was shocked. This function is simply too powerful! You know, this is green-level meat.
Now that most people have just left the dungeon for less than a day, there is a large amount of mutant beast meat on the trading platform. This readily available green-level resource can actually enhance strength!
He immediately ate a few more pieces, and this time the feeling was more obvious.
"Oh my!" Keke couldn't wait to smell the meat and kept turning around the grill. Xu Xin gave Keke a small portion and ate up the rest of the mutant rat meat.
He felt warm all over, and although the effect was not as immediate as the bear paw, he felt that his body was slowly changing. If he ate it for a long time, it would definitely improve his physical fitness steadily!
He suddenly regretted not killing the toad and not killing a few mutant beasts from the test field and bringing them out. You know, most of the mutant beasts were left underground and locked in the dungeon whose exit was flooded.
What a waste! Xu Xin was heartbroken.
Xu Xin thought of the herds of pigs, cattle and sheep in the hilly resource area, and he had even started planning to raise them. If he could mutate a few cattle and sheep, and tame and keep them in captivity, he should be able to directly raise low-level mutant beasts. However, this was unlikely at this stage, as the frequent activities left him with no free time to raise them, but perhaps it would be possible in the future.
But this kind of meat can bring long-term benefits to the body, so it must be included in your daily diet!
There was no shortage of mutant beast meat during these three days. The survivors had just returned from the dungeon and could buy it directly on the trading platform. However, green-level meat would go bad. After these three days, if they still wanted to eat it, they could only hunt and kill new mutant beasts, or create one themselves using mutation potions.
At present, apart from the mutant loaches in that lake, Xu Xin has not seen any other low-level mutant beasts on the ground. The meat of the intermediate mutant beasts summoned from the altar is of gray grade and cannot be eaten. It can only be used to make mutation potions.
I don’t know whether the loaches are still in the lake or have gone back underground.
But even if they were still in the lake, Xu Xin didn't seem to have any good way to catch them. They could even drill a hole in a rock, and their destructive power was extremely strong. It was impossible to make a fishing tool to catch them. Contaminating their meat was useless, and their poison couldn't kill them. Perhaps the only way to deal with them was to bomb or electrocute them.
If I use mutation potions, I will have to consume one every three days, which is too wasteful.
Alas, I don’t know when we will be able to find a way to preserve food.
At this moment, the watch vibrated. Xu Xin raised his hand and saw that Li Wenxi had sent him a message.
"What is saltpeter good for?"
Xu Xin was still in a state of distress. When he saw this sentence, his eyes widened immediately: "Fuck!"
Li Wenxi: "What are you doing? What's wrong? Is saltpeter useful?"
What is this? This is what you think will happen! He was just thinking about how to store meat for a long time, and then the saltpeter came.
She is indeed a rich woman with a mine at home! She can even find saltpeter mines!
Xu Xin made a direct voice call.
"Have you found the saltpeter mine? A lot of it?" Xu Xin asked directly.
"Well, it's enough anyway." Li Wenxi answered ambiguously, and then asked curiously, "I heard that saltpeter can be used to make explosives, is that right?"
It is true that explosives can be made, but the most important ingredient, sulfur, has not been obtained, so explosives cannot be made. Moreover, Xu Xin has never seen the formula for explosives on the production list. Even if there is sulfur, he cannot make it. Asking him to mix it himself is basically a waste of precious time.
But saltpeter can be used to make ice and can be used as a refrigerator!
Saltpeter can be used to cool food as long as it is dissolved in water. Moreover, it can be reused by simply drying it out, and basically does not need to be replenished. The fact that it can preserve food at low temperatures alone is of great significance.
You know, on Earth, the national standard of Xu Xin's country stipulates that the freezing period of frozen meat cannot exceed 12 months. In other words, frozen meat within 12 months may not taste good, but it is not a big problem.
Frozen meat can be kept for a year!
Xu Xin immediately explained to Li Wenxi the function of saltpeter.
"It can be refrigerated? That's great!" Li Wenxi was also very surprised. "Before, all the meat could only be kept for two or three days before it went bad. It wouldn't be worth anything if we sold it. Now we can finally store it!"
"Well, is your mine close to the tree house?" Xu Xin knew that Li Wenxi did not have the ability to trade on the spot. He needed to move the ore back to the tree house first. It would be inconvenient if it was too far away.
"It's very far away, next to the black gold mine. I came here to mine the black gold mine, but I accidentally discovered the saltpeter mine next to it. Alas, the mine is too far away, and it is really inconvenient to travel a long distance every time. I have been walking for more than an hour after mining and carrying the ore, and I haven't walked back to the tree house yet. It's too boring, so I came to chat with you." Li Wenxi said helplessly.
I accidentally discovered a saltpeter mine... I don't believe you.
This rich young woman is becoming more and more unconcealed about her feelings for Xu Xin.
However, she probably realized that Xu Xin had already guessed that she had some special abilities, so she didn't care.