Chapter 121: The Innovation of Foodies, a Big Step in the Evolution of Civilization
With the increase in the number of ants in the kingdom, food must be a big problem.
In recent years, the number of large-sized animals near Xianglan Mountain has declined significantly.
Hunting has to be banned for a while.
Long Bai had already set his sights on Black Lotus Lake.
The lake is a natural formation and has a shaky shape.
On the whole, it is more than 3 kilometers long, nearly 2 kilometers wide, and covers an area of about 5 to 6 square kilometers.
There is a river flowing in at the northwest end and flowing out from the southwest end.
The lake is home to an inexhaustible supply of fish, large and small.
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The Throne of Domination hovers low.
Long Bai watched the battle from the edge of the throne.
The worker ants who followed came came to watch the excitement, and the edge of the throne was lying around, and all the eyes could see were black ant heads.
In full view,
Cui Bai deliberately showed his ability, tread the water, locked on a large herring with a body length of nearly one meter in the water, and commanded 40 specialized blue soldiers to act quietly, outflanking in an arc, gathering and surrounding, diving to lock the target, and exerting their water control ability together, trapping the herring fish in a ball of water, and pulling it out of the water together.
With a wave of his antennae, the 20 large blue soldiers on his side ran forward and bit around the big herring.
After a violent struggle,
The big herring was bitten and smashed, dying, and finally dragged ashore by two specialized blue soldiers.
"Come on!" The cedar waved its tentacles and shouted cheers, and at the same time commanded 5 large worker ants and 10 small worker ants to come forward, dismember and hunt, feed the blue ants for refining and storage.
- The blue soldier can fish, but unfortunately he didn't inherit my strength talent, and he didn't have enough strength in melee combat.
Long Bai silently evaluated.
Cui Bai realized the problem, no longer strong, adjusted tactics, 40 specialized blue soldiers in five or five groups, divided into eight groups, search for fish, outflank, dive, cooperate to exert water control ability, pick those fish about 20 cm long, not big or small to catch.
Eight anchovies are trapped in the water balloon and dragged out of the water.
Twenty large Blues pounced.
After a fierce struggle, one was escaped and only seven were caught.
Send it ashore, hand it over to the worker ants to divide, and the blue ants to refine.
When I looked back, the underwater fish had been scattered by the alarm.
Cypress leads the Blues on the water and searches for more.
- It's a bit inefficient.
- If the number of Specialized Blues and Large Blues is increased to 80, the efficiency will be quadrupled.
- There are also blue ants and worker ants that need to be transported, so I have to make several trips back and forth.
- Delay time! It's better to go hunting at the Divine Power Barrier.
- In your spare time in winter, you can consider fishing in Black Lotus Lake to replenish the food for the ant country to spend the next spring.
- Winter and spring hunting bans......
After a brief observation, Long Bai had a plan in his mind.
Cui Bai found a group of white striped fish at the edge of the lake, adjusted the formation again, and specialized soldier ants hunted in pairs.
This kind of white stripe is only a few centimeters to a dozen centimeters of small fish, there is no ability to resist, easily catch 20, by the large blue soldiers, sent ashore.
The blue ants and worker ants on the shore have already seen what everyone is doing, and they are clear and familiar with their work, and there is no need to command.
The dragon cypress controls the landing of the throne of domination.
The white willow flapped her wings lightly and followed.
"Bai Liu, you bring the cedar up, let's go around the neighborhood."
"Cedar, come up, I'll teach you how to direct the worker ants to dig the biogas digester."
White Willow grabbed the cedar and gently placed it on the throne.
The Throne of Domination flies off and lands at a nearby hill.
After briefly explaining to the cedar, the dragon asked it to try to direct the worker ants to excavate.
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Settle the work of the cypress and cedar.
Longbai set off, hurried at night, returned to Xianglan Mountain, and then transported 50 specialized blue ants and 30 large and medium-sized worker ants.
This time there was no overload, and the Throne of Dominion flew faster, setting off in the morning and arriving the next evening.
Lakefront.
From afar, I saw cypresses, cedars, white willows, and a large number of blue soldiers, blue ants, and worker ants gathered together.
- What are you doing?
- What's wrong?
The dragon cypress is strange, and the throne of domination accelerates.
The white willow rose into the air, greeted it, flipped upside down in the air, and flew backwards, flying in sync with the throne of domination.
"Dragon Cypress!"
"Mo Lan still hasn't come?"
"No...... What are the cypresses and cedars doing? β
"They're boiling water."
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"Then put the caught fish in and scald."
"And then? Easier to refine? β
"It tastes a little better."
"Uh-"
As the throne approached, Cypress and Cedar hurriedly shook their tentacles to greet them.
"King!"
"You're here, Your Majesty."
"King, eat fish!"
"Boiled fish."
"Delicious!"
"Taste it."
Long Bai's gaze swept over, and the 10 specialized blue ants and 10 large blue ants he brought last time were already full of food in their bellies.
Cypress should be bored, directing the specialized blue soldiers to play.
The bamboo tube made of moso bamboo, perforated and tied with spider silk rope, was originally used for white willow to get swamp water.
At this time, they use it to fetch water, boil water, and then boil fish.
Other ingredients were added to the bamboo tube.
"Cedar, have you dug the digester?" Long Bai asked.
"Noβ"
"Cypress found a kind of weed, and when she boiled it in water, the fish tasted better. If it doesn't know it, let me come and recognize it, and I don't know ......."
Cui Bai hurriedly explained, "King, I'm done with my work. β
All right.
Long Bai twisted a blade of grass placed on the ground, approached, touched the tentacles, sniffed, and said, "This is picked by the water?" β
Cypress: "Yes. β
Long Bai: "It's called Ulva ...... Can you eat it? β
There are not only young leaves of Ulva grass in the bamboo tube, but also a lot of materials, as well as lotus seeds, and several kinds of boiled fruits.
Cypress: "You can eat it, but it's not delicious." β
Cedar: "Cook it with the fish, and the meat will taste a little better." β
Cypress: "The fish must be cleaned up. β
Cedar: "You can add something else, like lotus seeds." There is also the dried fruit of this grass, which has a very unique aroma and taste......"
Ant honey in the larval stage has eaten too much and has it been cultivated into a foodie?
Long Bai picked up one and sniffed it, looked at it carefully, and said, "It looks like a fragrant fruit." It could also be some kind of cardamom. They are relatives and most of them have a special taste. β
Ants are particularly sensitive to smells, and after evolving Force life, as the level of evolution increases, the range of recipes expands, and the range of different aromas is more acceptable.
Long Bai felt that the smell was good.
Cedar: "Taste it, King!" β
Cui Bai immediately commanded the three specialized blue ants to activate their abilities together to heat the water in the bamboo tube until it boiled.
The cedar commanded the worker ants to throw a white fish with its abdomen cleaned and its head cut into the bamboo tube.
Cook for a while.
A lucky worker ant was chosen and, urged by the tentacles of the cedar, stepped forward and fished the fish out of the boiling water.
"King, eat while it's hot!"
"......" the dragon cypress tentacles touched lightly.
Truly! The nasty fishy smell was a little less, and the rest was suppressed by the smell of fragrant fruit.
Buried my head and tasted.
Compared to raw food, the taste is completely different.
It's really good, and the taste is even better.
"You two guys are going to toss!"
"Yesβ"
Long Bai praised heavily, turned his head and said, "Bai Liu, you go and catch a snake again, or catch a hare or something, and try to cook it." β
"Good!" With a flap of its wings, the white willow rose vertically, flew rapidly at low altitude along the shore of the lake, sank suddenly, grabbed a black snake, and turned back.
Long Bai personally commanded the worker ants to rip off the snakeskin, disembowel it, wash it with water, cut it into sections, and throw it into a bamboo tube.
Activate the 'boil' ability yourself to heat the water.
The king is powerful~ Seeing this, the surrounding worker ants retreated backwards and pushed each other: You go fishing
They couldn't help but be curious to see the excitement, and they were afraid of being chosen, so they went up to the boiling water to catch food.
Boiled for a while.
Long Bai did not embarrass the worker ants, and personally clawed out the snake meat.
After tasting it, the taste has completely changed, becoming more palatable and delicious.
When eaten in the stomach, it is significantly easier to digest and absorb.
That's amazing!
"I'm going to get some food and come back."
Long Bai himself went into the jungle and brought back hares, moles, pheasants, chickens, etc.
Try them one by one.
Without exception, when boiling water is boiled, the taste and texture are qualitatively changed.
Long Bai had seen the Mountain Lord-level Zerg Warrior who had awakened the fire-based ability before, and he used fire to grill food, which was said to taste good.
I never thought that boiling would work!
In addition, the water is even more delicious when it is added with the branches and fruits of various plants that are popular with ants.
This is a major discovery that has revolutionized the way the kingdom eats!
Our civilization has progressed!
"Cypress! Cedar! β
"You two do a good job for me!"
Long Bai scolded solemnly, changed his attitude, and said: "I'll get a metal utensil when I go back, and we will eat meat in the future, and we will all cook and eat it!" β
(End of chapter)