CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 117: I’M NOT THE HOLY MOTHER IN THE APOCALYPSE 23

Lin Shuangshuang nodded, "Indeed, I know that you scholars who believe in science always cautiously want to solve everything that happens using scientific methods. Unknown things must be promoted only when absolute safety is guaranteed."

Lin Shuangshuang took out the insect eggs that Li Wenxuan had roasted earlier and let everyone carry, placing them in the elder’s hand and continued, "Have you thought about it? The current world is inherently unscientific, or rather, current science cannot explain it. Or perhaps, this is an evolution of sorts, and we humans have been excluded from this evolution. Fortunately, we can participate in this evolution by hunting and consuming these mutated things!"

The elder held the insect eggs in his hand, dazed for quite a while before murmuring to himself, "Evolution! It is evolution indeed!" The elder looked carefully at the insect eggs in his hand and then picked one up to put it into his mouth.

The man with gold-rimmed glasses and the leader of the soldiers both hurried up a step to stop the elder when they saw his action.

"Doctor! You can’t eat it, let me eat it first!"

"Right, you are a precious agricultural expert, the hope of many people, you can’t take risks!"

The man with gold-rimmed glasses and the leader of the soldiers anxiously stopped the elder’s action, urgently reaching out to take the roasted insect eggs from his hand to their own mouths, then the soldiers and the young girl behind the man saw these two eating the roasted insect eggs, and hurried together to eat as well, as if they shared a ’die together’ sentiment!

Lin Shuangshuang watched with a dark face from the side, feeling particularly displeased. They really thought this thing was easy to handle. So far, only she could find out where the eggs of grasshoppers and crickets were, Mi Lu, Li Wenxuan, and Li Wenbo hadn’t learned how to find them at all. Such delicious things were being swallowed like poison; Lin Shuangshuang doubted whether these people even tasted the flavor!

The elder looked at Lin Shuangshuang’s dark face and gave her an apologetic smile. He picked up a roasted insect egg and tasted it slowly, feeling the sudden warmth rising in his stomach and a slight decrease in fatigue, his eyes brightened, and then he ate another one, and another!

Lin Shuangshuang had given the elder quite a few roasted insect eggs, but with so many people, they were quickly eaten up. Then everyone felt the powerful effect of the roasted insect eggs, their previously exhausted bodies were revitalized, no, they were in even better condition!

The elder looked at the empty bag in his hand, unable to help but sigh, his expression somewhat melancholic, and with a bit of self-mocking fear, "Getting old, my mind is not as clear as it should be. I actually forgot that many times in science, taking risks is necessary! My relentless pursuit of safety almost caused a great disaster!"

The others were somewhat baffled, not knowing why the elder was sighing like this. Only Lin Shuangshuang, who knew of the past life, could understand the elder’s feelings, but Lin Shuangshuang did not think it was the elder’s fault. This was the result of many people’s decisions, but everyone’s intentions were good. Everything in the past life was just a tragic mishap.

Lin Shuangshuang opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say. She was never good with words, nor did she know how to comfort others. Several times she opened her mouth but had nothing to say. Finally, she could only awkwardly change the subject, "The energy in the mutated pig over there is even more abundant. You can study it when you eat later!"

The elder was interrupted by Lin Shuangshuang from his feeling of sadness, looking at Lin Shuangshuang’s somewhat awkward demeanor, and that raw and stiff consolation made him laugh, with the sadness in his heart finally dissipating.

The progress of science is all about making mistakes, improving, and changing directions to advance. During this process, some mistakes are inevitable, but as long as we can get back on the right track before huge consequences arise, it’s a success.

He might as well study the existence of energy within these mutated creatures, rather than worrying about things that hadn’t happened yet.

Since mutated animals can improve human physical conditions, what about mutated plants? Do they have the same effect, or will mutated plants undergo some changes? There is much for him to explore in the future; there’s no time to be spent being saddened here.

"Thank you, young lady. It was originally your hunt. We didn’t contribute but got a share, really ashamed."

"It’s nothing, that mutated pig is so big, we can’t even finish eating it. Later on, after we’re done, the rest will be left here for people on the street to share; we don’t mind you having some."

Lin Shuangshuang was very casual about it. Such a large pig, even if four people and two pets eat their fill, they couldn’t eat but a few mouthfuls of meat. Since they didn’t plan on staying nor had a base, they would surely leave most of the pork for the people on Antique Street to take advantage of; just an extra ten people eating wouldn’t matter, just a couple more mouthfuls of meat.

Since Lin Shuangshuang was so generous in sharing the meat, this group of men wasn’t embarrassed to stand around waiting to eat freshly cooked food. They went over to help dismember the mutated pig.

Li Wenxuan, Li Wenbo, and Mi Lu were troubled by such a large pig, relying solely on just the three of them who knew how long it would take, especially with Doumi causing additional trouble while jumping around.

Just as they were worrying, suddenly a group of a dozen strong young men came over to help, making the three’s work immediately easier.

Seeing the soldiers going over to help with the pig, Lin Shuangshuang was left with just herself and the elder idling.

Not good at conversations, to avoid awkwardness in standing around, and as the solid fuel brought out while cooking earlier had run out, Lin Shuangshuang pulled out the Qingque Sword and cut some dead branches from the nearby mutated trees.

Even mutated trees cannot avoid having large dead branches, and out here, these dead branches are the best material for cooking and heating. Lin Shuangshuang’s movements were swift, and by the time the pork was done over there, she had already gathered a big pile of dead branches.

Grilling meat with a woodpile produces smoke, so naturally, it can’t be indoors. Moreover, the current weather was odd; although it seemed like midsummer with lush greenery everywhere, the temperature wasn’t high, more like early spring with a chill. After some discussion, the two groups decided to light a large bonfire to warm up and roast meat at the same time.

Li Wenxuan was quite good with food; he set up two small bonfires and then climbed onto Red Jade’s back to take out a large pile of seasonings, so many that even the two women, Lin Shuangshuang and Mi Lu, couldn’t recognize them all.

Li Wenxuan took the huge tube bones from the mutated pig, removed half of the meat with a fine knife to expose the rich marrow inside, sprinkled seasoning on the marrow, and then set it on a separate small bonfire to roast. The tube bone holding the marrow, once heated, acted as a pot, quickly emitting a rich, enticing fragrance.

Everyone was so tempted by Li Wenxuan’s cooking skills that they were drooling. The mutated pig’s tube bones were huge, with a frightening amount of marrow. Li Wenxuan prepared a large pile of clean, mutated tree leaves, and everyone got a bowlful of marrow.

And of course, Doumi, who had been eagerly turning around Li Wenxuan, got a share, specifically the original roasted marrow without any seasoning, as cats can’t have seasoning or salt, for it causes kidney failure in cats.

The marrow prepared by Li Wenxuan was extremely flavorful, and everyone ate with faces full of satisfaction. Doumi also ate heartily and then, being clean, sat aside to wash her face.

Some people hiding inside the shops had originally managed to just watch the excitement outside through the windows, but now, unable to resist the allure of the fragrance, several families couldn’t help but open their doors to come out!