The moment he ate the eggs in his mouth, Yuan Li was stunned, the taste of the eggs was a little bitter and peculiar, but these were bearable, although they were not delicious, but they were definitely edible.

But what surprised him even more was that the taste was not the taste and texture of egg albumin, but more like the gluten contained in cereals.

If these eggs can be used as a substitute for food, they will be extremely valuable, even if they taste strange!

As long as they can overcome their disgust with the reptilian creatures, they can even reduce the amount of food they can transport over long distances.

"How? Is it tasty? Xu Jianqiang asked curiously on the side.

Yuan Li shook his head, "It's not delicious, but it can be eaten." ”

Saying that, Yuan Li picked up a piece of egg white with a knife and handed it to Xu Jianqiang, "You try." ”

Xu Jian couldn't wait to take it and swallow it in his mouth, but in an instant, his expression became a little subtle, "Seriously...... It's not unpleasant, but it tastes really weird. ”

Yuan Li nodded, and asked again, "What does it taste like?" ”

Xu Jianqiang thought for a while, "I think...... Kind of like gluten. ”

Yuan Li couldn't help but smile, "Yes, it's like gluten, I think if you tell the captain this news, he should be able to remember you a lot." ”

Xu Jianqiang was stunned for half a second, and suddenly turned around, "That's right!" This thing can replace food! It doesn't matter if it's hard or not! Hahahaha! ”

Yuan Li glanced at the eggs solidified in the stone pot, "It's not necessarily unpalatable, if there is a seasoning, it should be okay." ”

Saying that, Yuan Li used a knife to separate a piece of solidified insect eggs, and then moved it to the fire and grilled it directly, and when it was slightly browned, he sprinkled some salt and pepper, and then took it back to his nose and sniffed it, and sure enough, there was a lot less smell.

Yuan Li put these egg whites into his mouth again, and instantly a burnt aroma with peppery spicy taste filled his mouth, and some sticky egg proteins became crispy on the outside and tender on the inside after being roasted again, and they tasted many times better than eating them directly like just now.

It's not a delicacy, but you don't have to endure any strange tastes.

Yuan Li made some more hand-offs to others to try, and sure enough, they all felt the same way as him.

After successfully excavating the edible value of these big reptiles, Xu Jianqiang immediately took Yuan Li and his party back, and handed over the samples brought back and the report he had carefully written to the captain, who immediately sent Xu Jianqiang a squad to transport back the corpses and eggs of the reptiles.

And Xu Jianqiang was also promoted, and a new squadron was set up for him, which was specifically responsible for solving reptile nests.

As for Yuan Li, the captain was also very grateful to give him five times the reward, and at the same time gave him a permanent pass, as for rewards such as positions in this mining area, Yuan Li was not interested.

After that, the captain reported the situation found here to the top, and at the same time asked Xu Jianqiang to continue to lead the squadron to clean up the nest.

As for Yuan Li, he was entrusted by the captain to assist Xu Jianqiang in his annihilation operation as an adviser.

Although there was some entanglement, Yuan Li finally accepted this commission, his original purpose was to explore the underground as much as possible, and this additional small task did not conflict with his original purpose, not to mention that he could still get paid now.

For the next two weeks, Yuan Li followed Xu Jianqiang and his team to the mining area, starting with the small nests they had discovered, and after collecting enough reptilian teeth, they began to transform these fangs into throwing weapons.

Whenever you encounter a reptile, you can directly throw these spears with fangs installed, and almost none of the big reptiles can withstand a wave of throwing attacks.

After mastering the method, the work of exterminating these big reptiles became much easier, and after Yuan Li pounced on the cooking methods of these reptiles, these guys who were originally reluctant to carry out the task of extermination became enthusiastic.

After all, humans are creatures, as long as you master the correct cooking methods, any species can give you food and need protection.

And when Yuan Li was on a mission with them, he also found some interesting phenomena.

For example, these large reptiles only live in areas where there are no energy crystal mines, and they will build nests within a certain range outside the mining area, as if they deliberately avoid the mining area, but they can't do without the crystal ore.

What's more, they only found a large reptile in half a month, which seems not very scientific for a planet.

At present, the mining area is not more than a kilometer deep, and this distance seems to limit the activity space of life on this planet.

But Yuan Li always felt that perhaps it was because of the common-sense cognition brought by the earth that this distance limited the space for human exploration.

Sure enough, after exterminating the largest nest that was now found to be the deepest in the reptile nest, Yuan Li really found a huge hole at the bottom of the nest.

"I'll go ......" Xu Jianqiang and Yuan Li stood on the edge of the cave and poked down, "How can there be such a big hole here...... These reptiles bite? ”

Yuan Li shook his head, "The tunnel they polished with mouthparts is not the same as the edge of this hole, it is more like a natural formation here. ”

"Natural?" Xu Jianqiang asked with some doubts, "Then where will this cave lead...... Hell? ”

Yuan Li smiled, "Wouldn't you know if you went down and took a look?" ”

"Next...... Go down? Xu Jianqiang was stunned for a moment, "Big brother, you're not joking, are you?" ”

Yuan Li glanced at Xu Jianqiang, "I seem to be joking?" ”

Xu Jianqiang held his forehead, "I know you're not joking...... But it's too risky! ”

Xu Jianqiang said and took the fluorescent lamp in the hand of one of the people next to him, and threw it directly to the entrance of the cave, only to see that the fluorescent lamp was getting farther and farther away in the field of vision, and the light slowly turned into a dot, and finally disappeared directly.

"Look!" Xu Jianqiang said seriously, "Bottomless, big brother! ”

"It's okay, you continue to do your work, we have been preparing for a long time, and we have been looking for an opportunity to continue to explore, and now that we find the hole in this natural itinerary, of course we have to go down and have a look." After Yuan Li finished speaking, he looked back at Boiling and Erin and asked, "Are you all ready?" ”

Erin and Boiling nodded silently.

"Then without further ado." Yuan Li said as he took out a long rope from his backpack and tied it around his waist, "You two stay on it first, just in case, I'll go down and take a look, the communicator remains connected." ”

Boiling and Erin nodded in response, and tied a safety rope around their waists respectively, and then fixed Yuan Li's safety rope again to prevent any accidents.

After everything was ready, Yuan Li grabbed the rope and slowly lowered himself......

Only Xu Jianqiang and a group of people were left standing in place at a loss......

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