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Chapter 10 The Little Man (Catching Insects)
Everyone's gazes looked over, and with the rolling of their throats, if it weren't for Auston's identity, they would definitely rush over to grab a bite, so that everyone who saw him would have a share.
The bowl of rice is very attractive because of its appearance alone. A fried egg lying on it is still heart-wrenching. As long as the chopsticks are tapped lightly, the golden egg liquid will slowly flow out. Soaking rice is obviously a fried egg and a few slices of dehydrated beef. There is no greasiness on the surface. It looks very dull, but the fragrance that comes out is like chicken soup, which always makes people feel that there is still a fleshy meat under the rice. Big drumsticks.
Derrick glared at the teammates and asked everyone to look away, not to be ashamed in front of the general, as if the ship’s restaurant had mistreated their three meals a day.
"Ryan made it, it seems to be more delicious." Harriet swallowed, looking at Ryan more eagerly, "Eugene, if Ryan is not married, I will, I will pursue him."
"I can learn to cook."
Harriet looked at Jimmy Lei, the second-stage soldier Jimmy Lei who only dared to talk, flushed gradually in Harriet's playful eyes, and said in a rough voice: "I'm much better than Ryan, I'm better than He is tall and powerful, more manly than he looks."
"More man?" Harriet looked at Jimmy Ray critically.
Jimmy Lei lifted his chin, pointed to the scattered cyan stubble on it and said: "Man, this is the taste of a man. Ryan doesn't have a beard on his chin. What's the matter, men should have a beard, like The same as Brother Eugene."
Eugene touched his chin and was very satisfied with his beard. He took a lot of effort to maintain his beard, and he was more troublesome than a woman caring for her long hair.
Harriet snorted, touching his chin and looking at Ryan not far away, "Warm men are what women need."
"Harriet." Eugene shouted silently.
Harriet responded, "Huh?"
"I remember you said that your gene sequence is Y, you are a pure man like us."
"So, come to a wild, conquering love." Harriet smiled meaningfully, "I conquered him."
"..." Jimmy Lei moved aside, telling him intuitively that Harriet at this moment is very dangerous.
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Blair looked at Auston, to be precise, the soup in his hands, his eyes filled with pitiful anticipation.
"Just a bite, just take a bite, and taste it." Blair reached out his finger and poked Orston's arm, "Just try it. He often makes it for you anyway, and I will eat it once in a while."
"Don't you have it?" Aston looked at Blair helplessly, there was really no way to take this friend.
"It's not the same, it looks more delicious on your hands."
Ryan looked at the interaction between the two of them. He thought Alston would share rice, but he heard Alston say: "No, Blair can't, this is mine."
Blair twitched his mouth. "It's completely different from what I thought. You would give me what I wanted before."
"This is different."
Blair smiled, and after spreading out his white coat, he sat down next to Orston, "It should be like this, I should never let others get involved." Blair leaned to Orston's ear and used the two of them to be able to do it. The voice heard said: "The little man is very popular."
Ryan didn't hear him, he was happy with Alston's reaction, and he was very happy.
After the short break, the team continued to move forward, code-named zero and did not follow along. As the coach, Alston had given himself exceptionally good looks after spending the whole morning following.
The next trip was full of surprises. Ryan relied on his sensitive sense of food and planting to discover many edible things.
There are many ugly bumps like tumors on the tall trees. Prying open the outer layer of bark can pick out chestnut-like fruits. After opening them with a laser, the flesh inside is flour-like. Ryan pinched them. A little bit of conclusion can be made into a variety of pasta products like flour.
Under the palm-high grass, there are arm-long stick-shaped rhizomes, which appear sugarcane-like texture after being broken, and have a sweet taste.
When the huge leaf floating in the water is opened, the bottom of the leaf is full of fist-sized fruit pods. After opening, the inside is like a pomegranate grain. The slightly sour smell inside makes the crowd smell the water. DC, like eating ten small appetizing pickles, very much needs a big bowl of white rice to relieve hunger in the abdomen.
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As such, along the way, Ryan discovered many plants and animals that can be eaten and used. When it comes to animals, you have to mention the chrysalis hanging on the branches. They look ugly, with a layer of green hair like mold and a disgusting sour smell.
Harriet put on the mask before holding one with tweezers and putting it in the sampling bag.
Ryan found something special. After deliberately opening it, the tender and white flesh of the insect inside was revealed, and it was very rich in protein.
If they are put into the sampling bag as a simple specimen, they will definitely miss the integration point.
Ryan was the mobile scanner that found food, and almost nothing could escape his eyes.
It took a day longer than expected before the Derrick team returned to the assembly place. They were the latest team to return, and everyone had waited for twelve hours.
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy frowned, "Major Derrick Hall, what happened to you that took so much time, several hours later than the normal assembly time."
Derrick Hall stood at attention and saluted and replied: "Report to the lieutenant colonel that we have gained too much along the way, delayed time, and failed to observe discipline. It is our fault. But we found a lot of valuable animals and plants, and some of them are hidden underground. At a depth of ten meters, we spent three hours in order to unearth the object." The implication is that if the object were not found at the end, they would be able to return to the assembly place at the last time without violating the regulations. .
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy's gaze swept across the faces of everyone in Derrick's team. suddenly discovered that the dispensable logistics soldier was standing in the middle of the team, very prominent, and the other team members did not express their dissatisfaction.
"What is it?"
"General!" Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy reacted first, standing at attention and saluting.
Everyone has: "General!"
Codenamed Zero Landing, Auston fell from the mecha to the ground after a few vertical jumps, and slowly approached Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy. With a friendly smile, he looked at the tall object behind Derrick's team. You have brought so many things here, and you have gained a lot and it is very good."
Derrick and others were excited. As the captain, Derrick said: "This is what we should do. Sergeant Ryan Smith helped a lot during this exploration process, and the last thing was discovered by the sergeant."
Derrick is really a good man and doesn't take credit for it.
Ryan went out and said, "It's everyone's credit. I can't find out so much by myself."
"Everything is very good." Alston encouraged everyone and raised his mouth to Ryan, a smile that can only be seen from his angle.
Ryan clenched his fists happily and said loudly: "General, U167 contains a lot of energy. I suggest not to sell on the market, but to develop independently by the legion." This is not a special case, but there have been many precedents. The entire empire east. In the places where the Golden Crusade patrols, there are no less than ten planets developed independently by the Legion, without exception, it is a place that stores a large amount of minerals and treasures a large number of animals and plants.
Ryan's words drew the ignorant's attention, and if it weren't for discipline, he would have been whispering.
Auston raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't get a positive answer after asking, and no one took the initiative to lift the canvas covering the pile of things. "It's time for all the exploration ground operations teams to assemble on the ship. Take things on the ship and hand it to Dr. Blair."
"Yes." Ryan, Derrick and others saluted.
When everyone was on the ship when they were young, someone curiously asked Ryan what they brought and why it could improve the U167 grade. Ryan smiled and didn't say. He looked gentle, but he was not a fool. He would not say anything about the legion’s financial affairs without the approval of the leader.
After boarding the ship, Ryan and Derrick used the handling robot to transport the things they found to Dr. Blair. Allston and Blair have been waiting for several minutes in the laboratory.
"Major, sergeant, don't need to be so nervous, just relax." Blair, wearing a white coat, stood in front of the huge incubation chamber. There were many internal organs floating in the incubation chamber. They moved like jellyfish.
After experiencing the war, Derrick and Ryan, who had fought bloody battles with the Zerg, easily recognized that the internal organs belonged to the Zerg...
There are many cultivation chambers around, there are whole male zergs, human heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, and half a man. The reason why it is half is because it was cut vertically in the middle, and only half was preserved.
Ryan knew that man. He was a pirate leader who had been rampant for a while and was a disaster on the border. He died after clashing with a certain fleet under the Golden Crusade. His body was mutilated. Now Ryan knows, there is only half of the corpse left...
Being in this environment, being able to be calm and self-conscious is really a manifestation of a strong psychological quality.
Derrick quickly talked about the discovery process and the role of the unearthed plants. After the report, he looked at the ground and waited for the officer to release the people.
"Since Ryan discovered it, let Ryan stay, Lieutenant Colonel Derrick, you can leave." Blair put his hand in his pocket, glanced at Auston teasingly, and said the same thing.
Derrick was pardoned, his heels closed and stood upright, and after saluting, he stepped back and gave Ryan a self-seeking look: I'm sorry, brother, the buddies can't help but retreat first.
When the door of the laboratory was closed, Blair immediately showed his prototype and revealed his "tail", and pulled the white cloth off the table. "The little man from Alston, come and cook us some food."
Ryan was almost choked by his own saliva. How nice Aston's man is, why should he be smaller!