It is better to act than to think.
Chu Guang immediately found an axe and chopped off the joint of the hind leg of the split-claw crab, chopping off a section that was almost as long as a baseball bat.
Not to mention, the crab leg looked quite solid, thick and long. It weighed at least six or seven pounds, enough for two or three people to eat.
The white crab meat swayed in the crab shell, looking as tender as tofu, full of high-quality protein and fat.
This big guy looked so ugly on the outside, and the mud on his body seemed to be impossible to wash off, but I didn't expect that the crab meat inside looked quite delicious.
It happened that he didn't have lunch, so Chu Guang randomly picked a passing little player and asked him to call Yaya to the room of the sanatorium.
Before Yaya asked what he wanted to see him for, Chu Guang handed over the crab leg in his hand and showed her the crab meat.
"Can I eat it?"
Yaya was confused and nodded blankly.
"Uh, should it be possible?"
I didn't see the green color.
But how can I be assured if I don't have proof?
Chu Guang, who has always been cautious, continued in an imperative tone.
"Take a bite."
That look seemed like a gift.
Just like the NPCs guarding the resurrection point in other games.
But the gifted player didn't think so.
Seeing that the administrator was about to put the crab legs into her mouth, Ya Ya quickly stepped back and waved her hands, saying with a smile.
"Wait, wait a minute! This is a raw duck! Can you cook it before letting me eat it?" She didn't mind the administrator's tough attitude, after all, it wasn't a real person.
Damn!
Why do you care so much in the game?
Just eat it if you are told to, just open your mouth and take a bite.
I didn't expect this little player to be so particular. But Chu Guang thought about it and felt that what she said seemed to make some sense.
Freshwater crabs are different from deep-sea crabs. There are many parasites in freshwater environments, so it is not advisable to eat them raw.
After all, being non-toxic does not mean that you will not have diarrhea after eating it, but it just means that you will not die for a while after eating it. This is just like no matter how strong your physique is, there is no need to pick up unclean things to eat, right?
Thinking of this, Chu Guang no longer insisted, but changed his mind and said.
"I'll give you a task."
"What, what task?"
Ya Ya's face was full of suspicion and vigilance, and she always felt that the word "task" was full of conspiracy.
However, Chu Guang was too lazy to explain, and just stuffed the baseball bat-length crab leg into her hand.
"The content of the task is very simple. First of all, step 1, you go and cook this crab leg... This is 2 copper coins, take it to the warehouse to buy some charcoal."
It seems that this task needs to be triggered step by step.
Although she always felt that there was a pitfall, as a player, Yaya couldn't resist the temptation of the "exclusive task" in the end. She took the 2 copper coins "task prop" given by Chu Guang and ran to the warehouse to buy charcoal.
Soon, Yaya came back with the charcoal she had just bought.
She carefully found an empty room on the first floor of the sanatorium that was not leaky, squatted in the corner and surrounded a small circle with stones.
Then she put the charcoal on it, lit the fire, and started to roast crab legs while humming a song.
While Yaya was roasting crab legs, Chu Guang, who was standing at the door waiting boredly, couldn't help but drift away with his thoughts.
Why can't cockroaches be eaten, but crabs can be eaten when they are both scavengers?
Could it be...
Actually, it can be eaten?
It's just that no one has tried it.
While he was puzzled, his eyes unconsciously drifted to Yaya's back.
As it happened, the shell of the crab leg on the fire cracked due to the roasting, making a "pop" sound.
The sudden sound startled Ya Ya, who was concentrating on roasting the crab legs. Her neck and shoulders reflexively shrank back, but she did not sense someone's ill intentions.
Chu Guang walked into the room and looked at the crab leg in her hand.
The muddy green crab shell was roasted into a waxy red with a circle of black, and a small crack appeared in the center of the shell.
Strands of white water vapor and bubbles came out of the crack, wrapped in the fragrance that had been stuffed in the shell for a long time, and filled the whole room in an instant.
"Wow... It smells so good."
Ya Ya sniffed and swallowed her saliva greedily.
This looks better than king crab.
The key is that she has eaten king crab, but not this!
"Is it done?"
Hearing the urging from behind, Yaya came to her senses and realized that she was still on a mission. She quickly stood up with the crab legs.
"Dear administrator, I have completed the task you assigned me!"
"Very good."
Chu Guang took the roasted crab legs from Yaya's hand, waited for it to be less hot, broke it in half from the middle, and gave her half.
"Eat it."
"Yes!"
Who would refuse a cooked delicacy?
Yaya took the crab legs obediently with both hands, put it into her mouth and took a careful bite. When she found that it was not hot, she immediately gobbled it up, and then looked up at the administrator with expectation.
Chu Guang did not speak, but waited quietly for a while. Seeing that there was no toxic reaction, he tasted the portion in his hand.
The aroma of crab meat spread between the lips and teeth.
Although it had a bit of the original fishy smell, it did not affect the fresh, smooth and chewy taste at all. It is just as Mr. Shu Ren said, high-end ingredients often only need the simplest cooking methods.
One word to describe it, extremely delicious!
Especially for Chu Guang, who had been eating dried meat and dry food for too long, this bite of crab meat simply rekindled his desire for delicious food.
The only flaw is that when he took the crab legs just now, he found that this split-claw crab was actually a male and had no crab roe.
It's a pity that he can only nibble on the crab legs.
"Not bad."
Chu Guang nodded after chewing slowly and eating a bite, and then took another bite expressionlessly, and the second bite... countless bites.
Don't say it.
This thing is really more and more addictive.
It would be even better if some cooking wine was added to remove the fishy smell and vinegar and garlic mashed to enhance the flavor...
Ya Ya stared at the side and waited, holding half of the crab leg shell that was almost cold in his hand, and waited for a long time but nothing happened.
Seeing that the manager had finished eating the crab legs in his hand, she finally couldn't help but asked in a low voice with a hint of urging.
"Dear manager, may I ask... do you have any other instructions?"
Chu Guang wiped his mouth and gave her the crab leg shell in his hand.
"No more, just find a place for me to throw it away without getting in the way."
Ya Ya looked at the crab leg shell in her hand, then looked at the manager, hesitated for a long time, and finally uttered a word.
"That... what is the reward?"
Chu Guang looked at her blankly.
"... What reward?"
Seeing the manager's forgetful expression, Ya Ya suddenly became anxious and reminded him.
"It's, it's the task reward... Isn't it the task of roasting crab legs? I have finished it, right?"
Chu Guang was silent for a while, looked at her with a strange expression, and nodded slowly.
"Well, it's done."
Hearing this, hope rekindled on Yaya's face, and the light of hope reflected in her eyes.
"Then--"
Chu Guang: "... But didn't you eat it too?"
Yaya: "???"
What the hell!
This is also okay? !
...
People should not be too greedy.
Isn't it enough to have lunch with the great manager and enjoy a delicacy more noble than king crab as a reward?
No matter how the little player talked, Chu Guang, who didn't want to talk, looked at her with an expression of "I am an NPC".
He now understands Xiaoqi a little.
It seems that pretending to be stupid is really easy.
In the end, Yaya still failed to get the reward she expected from the respected manager. She left this sad place.
However, the strong Yaya was only sad for two seconds, and soon regained her spirits.
In fact, if we analyze it rationally, there is no mission without reward, because it does not conform to the logic of game design!
Especially for this kind of "exclusive mission" that the core NPC "names" a certain player to do, and the mission has not failed, it is even more impossible that there is no reward at all.
The reward must have been paid!
It's just not settled in money or contribution points, but in another way.
Yaya instantly thought of what she had talked about with the planner in the in-site text message before, her eyes gradually became excited, and she whispered to herself.
"Yes, NPCs all have favorability, how could I forget such important information!"
If you don't give experience or money, you must give favorability!
Ah, why am I so stupid!
I actually asked the NPC for a reward!
Fortunately, the NPC didn't give it. If I didn't exchange the favorability for silver coins, I would regret it to death!
Thinking of this, Yaya felt fortunate that she didn't force it, and fortunately, she forced it for a long time, but the NPC didn't give in.
The only pity is that the favorability cannot be checked. It is said that it is a hidden weight value, and I don't know how much this task adds.
But, but, aren't those online game articles with tubes in the back of the head written like this?
The protagonist made a simple meal for the NPC, and the NPC didn't pay but only gave a thumbs up. After a while, the protagonist and the reader forgot about it. The NPC suddenly jumped out to show his presence, and slapped a big sword into the protagonist's pocket, and then slapped a unique secret book that is not passed on to men and women but only to you. The protagonist and the reader slapped their thighs and exclaimed.
Oh my god, it turns out that the meal was a foreshadowing!
She must have seen similar content in a novel, definitely! It's just that she has read too many, and she can't remember which one it was for a while.
The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible.
Ya Ya, who was originally a little depressed, was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and kept grinning foolishly, as if she had grasped the future.
Favorability.
Hehehe.
Hidden task!
Hehehehehe.
Suddenly, the snow outside and the cool breeze blowing past my ears and ankles didn't feel so cold anymore.
Teng Teng, holding a basket of furs, was coming out of the warehouse.
By chance, she saw Ya Ya passing by the door, and by chance, she was attracted by her silly smile. Teng Teng couldn't help but look at her twice more.
By the way...
Is this guy really okay?
That expression always feels like eating the wrong mushroom.
But Teng Teng just looked at him twice, and then ignored him. She hummed a cheerful tune with full energy and continued to go to the tailor's stall not far from the warehouse.
This evening, the great and wise administrator will allocate her land for building a tailor's hut.
By then, her identity will change from a little tailor, Teng Teng, to a big boss, Teng Teng!
Teng Teng has already thought about it.
It doesn't matter whether she becomes a rich woman or not, the main thing is that she likes to make clothes. She wants those clothes with her carefully designed logo to be sold all over the wasteland!
By then, not only the players, but even the NPCs in the game will wear clothes designed by her.
A completely realistic virtual reality game.
It's awesome!!
…
Afternoon.
The snow was getting heavier.
In order to prevent the trenches from being buried by snow, Chu Guang instructed the players on duty at the gate to report to him immediately if they found waterlogging or snow accumulation in the trenches.
At the same time, in order to prevent the predators from approaching during the heavy snow, he sent two perception and two agility players to form a team, starting from the north gate and east gate of the wetland park respectively, and carefully scouting along the main road.
Once there is a situation, report back immediately.
After doing these things, Chu Guang, who was wearing a deerskin coat, went to the industrial area north of the sanatorium.
He brought four pieces of wood, two of which were inserted at the door and two of which were close to the building of the sanatorium. He measured a 5m wide main road from the two points.
The area of the entire outpost base is actually not very large. According to the wall, the length and width are just over 100 meters.
The five-meter-wide main road seemed redundant, but for future planning, Chu Guang decided to widen the road around the "resurrection point".
After the main road was standardized, Chu Guang used branches to mark every distance along the main road like drawing a grid. At the same time, he marked the corresponding points on the sketch of the outpost and marked the area before the points with numbers.
After that, he had to put signs on the circled plots, corresponding to the grids drawn on the map.
"Tsk, I didn't expect that surveying is still a technical job."
I should have asked a physical education teacher to help earlier.
The area within the wall is just a little larger than the playground.
I remember when I was in school, there was no laser surveyor. The physical education teacher walked along the playground with a spoon and drew a straight line, which was straighter than the math teacher's drawing on the blackboard.
Seeing that it was already getting late, Chu Guang shook off the snow on his notebook, returned to the sanatorium, and called together the players who had been approved for industrial land.
In fact, there were not many people involved. After all, including the mosquitoes who submitted supplementary materials later, he only approved five projects in total.
However, there were far more players around.
Most of them came to watch the fun.
"The land has been divided!"
"The land has been reformed!"
"I hope my steel workshop is closer to the resurrection point."
"It's unrealistic. How can you fill such a large area next to the resurrection point? Forget it!"
There was a constant noise in his ears.
With a serious look on his face, Chu Guang, holding a small notebook in his hand, cleared his throat and announced his arrangements loudly.
"The approved industrial land has been marked on the map."
"Players whose projects have been approved, please come forward to claim them."