Chapter 28

Su Cha was startled by the roar. Her whole body froze. Only after a long while did she react. She raised her hand and pushed Leng Zhuoyan, saying awkwardly, “Calm down…”

Leng Zhuoyan could not calm down at all. “How am I supposed to calm down? Who do you think you are? You dared to face two Zerg head-on all by yourself! If this mother Zerg hadn’t only just hatched and still lacked the ability to hatch the other Zerg, you would already be nutrients right now!”

Only heaven knew how badly her hands had trembled when she was up there and heard Su Cha’s voice mixed with the Zerg’s cries from below. She had thought this person was about to leave this interstellar world just like that.

Su Cha kept feeling that Leng Zhuoyan’s mental state was not quite right at the moment. She choked for a second, then explained quietly, “Uh, I knew what I was doing…”

Leng Zhuoyan snapped, “What did you know? Is there anything that doesn’t require you to tell everyone before acting? Do you still take me, your second-in-command, seriously?”

Su Cha said, “What even is this…”

Leng Zhuoyan took a deep breath. She had never been so afraid after the fact. Clearly, she should have been angry, but for some reason, what flashed through her heart was fear.

The moment she thought of the scene she had seen when she came in, her hands went numb.

She said earnestly, “Su Cha, I know you’re very strong, but you can’t fight the Zerg alone. You have to understand that you don’t have weapons. Two fists can’t fight four—”

Su Cha blinked innocently. “I do.”

She pointed at the laser sword shining in the gap between the eggs beneath her. “I’m not stupid. How could I possibly face the Zerg barehanded? It was only because I saw that it had just been born, and the other powerful Zerg had already been half-devoured and [Read on BaiLianTales]didn’t have enough strength to stop me, that I decided to go in alone.”

The others did not have enough mental power to resist the mental attacks brought by the mother Zerg when it was injured. Logically speaking, even an S-rank alpha should not be able to resist such attacks, but for some reason, she had endured them. She had not even felt anything wrong.

But that was not right. She was only A-rank.

Although she did not understand it, she still pressed this anomaly down in her heart.

Thinking of the rope that had suddenly shaken violently just now, then thinking of Leng Zhuoyan, she roughly understood why she had fallen. So she argued reasonably, “The rope suddenly started shaking badly just now. I wasn’t paying attention and fell. It was probably because you pulled the rope when you came down.”

Leng Zhuoyan looked at the laser sword, which still had some energy left despite not being especially full, then thought of Su Cha’s words. Her expression immediately stiffened. “…”

“…Why didn’t you untie the rope before attacking?”

Su Cha said, “Because the rope could also be used to stop the mother Zerg, and it made it easier for me to keep my balance while walking over the eggs.”

Leng Zhuoyan: “…”

So everything had been her own overactive concern?

“Su Cha, how are you two?”

Hearing the voice, Su Cha quickly stood up and pulled away from Leng Zhuoyan.

Modesty, who had finally walked over with one foot deep and one foot shallow, called out. There was no light inside at all, and it was very deep, almost to the point where one could not see their own hand in front of their face. Even though they had opened a large hole, the depths of the cave were still pitch-black. It was impressive that Leng Zhuoyan had been able to see Su Cha, who had been wearing a light, at a glance.

Modesty came closer with a flashlight. One look made her scalp tingle. “Hiss, there are so many insect eggs!”

If all of these hatched, Water Blue Planet would immediately become the Zerg’s nutrients.

Thinking of this, she immediately admired Su Cha’s foresight.

She climbed onto an eggshell and looked at the insect corpse dead under the gun. Although the mother Zerg was dead, its pressure still remained. Mental pressure surpassing S-rank made her heart tighten before she had even gotten close.

Fortunately, it was already dead. Otherwise, the mother Zerg could continuously reproduce Zerg through constant devouring, and endless Zerg were a disaster for humanity.

“So many insect eggs. How are you planning to deal with them?”

Modesty, who had not noticed that the atmosphere between Su Cha and Leng Zhuoyan was off, asked again.

Su Cha twisted her aching ankle and calmly limped over to put away the mother Zerg’s corpse. “When I smelled this egg earlier, it didn’t seem any different from an ordinary egg.”

Modesty froze for a moment, then immediately understood what Su Cha meant. “?!!”

“What are you planning to do?!”

Su Cha said, “Let’s eat them.”

A chill ran down Modesty’s back. “!!!”

“What nonsense are you saying? These are Zerg!”

Zerg. These were great enemies. Eating their eggs…

Just thinking about it made her want to vomit.

Su Cha said helplessly, “Think of it another way. If we eat the enemy’s babies, they won’t be able to hatch. If they can’t hatch, there will be no enemy. We’ll even solve our food problem. Isn’t that great?”

The interstellar era was different from ancient Earth. If ancient Earth had encountered eggs this big, one egg would have been enough for seven or eight people to eat. They absolutely would have been bred until they became top-level protected animals.

The great foodie nation was not a joke. How many edible invasive species had become dishes that could only survive through farming in the flower-growing nation?

Even if something could not be eaten, it still had to be turned into edible medicine or building material. Everything had to be used to its fullest.

Interstellar people simply did not know how to enjoy life.

“But…”

Modesty just could not get past that barrier in her heart. How ugly were the Zerg? How disgusting were their eggs? And Su Cha, who could even think of putting this into her mouth—how terrifying was she?

“Do we have to eat them?”

Su Cha was also rather troubled. “If we don’t eat them, burning and smashing all these insect eggs will also require quite a lot of energy and time.”

If this were the Imperial Capital Planet, it would definitely be a matter of minutes. But didn’t they lack that many advanced machines?

Modesty: “…”

Oh, right.

“Then can you cook?”

That was the most important thing.

Interstellar people did not know how to cook!

Because green plants were scarce, even an ordinary cookbook could become a family heirloom. How could ordinary people who could not afford green plants possibly know how to cook?

Su Cha: “…”

For some inexplicable reason, she felt guilty, because she did not know how to cook either.

But could she say that?

Of course she could not. If she said that, how would she make the others obediently cook?

Only…

Thinking of her repeated achievements in blowing up kitchens, she was also uncertain whether, in this interstellar era, interstellar pots would be turned into bombs by her.

Just as she was about to brace herself and say she could try, Leng Zhuoyan opened her mouth and eased the heavy atmosphere. “I should know how.”

Su Cha held her hands as if she had seen a savior, her eyes filled with stars of hope. “You can?”

Leng Zhuoyan’s expression was solemn. “I can try.”

“My family used to have a cookbook as a family heirloom. It was said to be because our ancestors were chefs, so our family had to learn knife skills from childhood, understand recipes, and learn to identify green plants and seasonings.”

So theoretically speaking, she knew how to cook.

But Su Cha did not care about any of that. As long as she could cook, that was fine.

She waved her hand boldly and declared fiercely, “It’s fine. Just try as much as you want. We have so many eggs. It doesn’t matter how much you waste!”

In any case, these things were originally going to be wasted. It would not be bad if Leng Zhuoyan could save them.

Leng Zhuoyan nodded heavily and promised solemnly, “I definitely won’t disappoint you.”

She had not expected Su Cha to trust her this much. Even she herself was not confident in herself, but Su Cha had said to let her try freely. What a heavy trust this was.

She had to work hard and learn, and not disappoint Su Cha.

Only…

“I don’t have a cookbook.”

Modesty had not expected another turn of events to appear again and immediately broke down. “Then what were you talking about?!”

Without a cookbook, one could not cook. This was common knowledge among interstellar people. Otherwise, there would not be nobles exhausting every scheme to steal the Leng family’s cookbook.

Su Cha froze slightly and blinked, thinking she had heard wrong.

A cookbook?

Why did cooking an egg require a cookbook?

Wasn’t cooking an egg just boiling water and tossing the egg in?

She tentatively said, “Without a cookbook, you can’t cook?”

Leng Zhuoyan sighed, no longer hoping Su Cha could conjure up a cookbook.

“Yes. Without a cookbook, I also don’t know how to cook it. All dishes made by chefs in the empire have to follow the ingredients and steps on the cookbook exactly. There can’t be even the slightest mistake, or the taste will be very strange.”

Thinking of the contents of her family’s cookbook, Leng Zhuoyan discovered that there was not a single one related to eggs. She immediately felt even worse. Having ingredients but being unable to make them into food was far too heartbreaking. She had betrayed Su Cha’s expectations and trust.

Su Cha: “…”

She was speechless.

She looked at the two people before her, who were downcast and ready to give up because they had no cookbook. Both proud and aggrieved, she said, “You don’t have one, but I do!”

Leng Zhuoyan glanced at her, clearly not believing her. “How could you possibly have one? The Su family doesn’t like you. They probably wouldn’t let you touch something this precious.”

Su Cha puffed out her cheeks. “…”

She crossed her arms in front of her chest, puffing up like an angry pufferfish.

As an orthodox person from Earth’s flower-growing nation, even if she had never seen a pig run, she had eaten pork. Moreover, she had persistently studied cooking for many years. Although she blew up pots and kitchens every time, that did not mean she did not know how, all right?

Even if the result could not be eaten, every step was deeply engraved in her mind without the slightest error!

She was furious! Furious!

Today, she would definitely let these two ignorant people see what a true dimensional strike from the flower-growing nation looked like!

“Cough.”

Su Cha cleared her throat, lifted her chin, and said proudly, “Today, I’ll let you see what a true Culinary God is!”

“Move an egg. We’ll go up and cook it.”

After saying that, she limped off the egg, then walked out with flames of confidence blazing high.

Leng Zhuoyan and Modesty exchanged a look, then silently each carried an egg and followed her.

In the end, the three of them were shoveled up by Wendy using the excavator. The reason was that Su Cha had twisted her ankle and could not climb up, while [stolen content]the other two were carrying eggs and could not climb easily.

After returning to the surface, Su Cha immediately had someone prepare a large pot. Then they boiled water and put the egg in.

The pure white insect egg was placed in the pot of cold water. Everyone else’s expressions were especially strange. Everyone quietly waited, without the slightest impatience.

“Can this really be eaten? Just putting it into water like this—is that really what the cookbook says?”

“That’s right. Isn’t this too simple? Anyone can learn it. That can’t be right, can it?”

“Don’t rush. Maybe she’ll do something else in a while. You can’t just look at the surface. Wait a little longer.”

At first, when Su Cha said she wanted to eat the eggs, everyone had resisted. These were insect eggs, not ordinary eggs.

But Su Cha did not care. She did not care about what others said at all. If she said they would eat them, then they had to eat them. No one could stop her.

Seeing Su Cha’s persistence, 66 also shamefully fell silent. But it could not stop Su Cha’s madness, so it could only watch the fire from the side while taking out a treatment instrument to treat Su Cha’s foot injury.

Leng Zhuoyan sat at the side and waited. She completely did not believe that insect eggs could be eaten.

As the boiling time grew longer and longer, Su Cha used a spatula to turn the egg with increasing speed. A strange fragrance belonging to boiled egg began spreading.

Zerg were creatures that were not picky at all. As long as something could be eaten, they would ​stolen content​devour it. Their stomachs had extremely powerful digestive ability.

Because of that, their eggs were also extremely nutritious. The smell was even unbelievably fragrant. Even Su Cha, who had eaten all kinds of egg products and egg dishes, could not help drooling as she smelled this alluring fragrance.