Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Can This Really Be Eaten?
Leanna’s eyes were large.
But at this moment, her eyes were even wider than usual!
Leanna turned to Gu Lei sitting beside her and asked, "Director Gu, is Su Wan joking? She isn’t really going to try if that bug is edible, is she?"
Pride filled Gu Lei’s eyes, "As long as it’s not poisonous, there’s no harm in trying it."
Leanna: "..."
Why did she feel that the teachers and students of Empire University were all so weird!
After the previous two matches, now Jiang Haoqing and Anthony both greatly admired the kid Su Wan.
They were both looking at the big screen with affectionate faces.
At this time, the Empire University team had already dealt with most of the giant clamp insects.
The few remaining ones were no longer a threat.
Volunteering eagerly, Alex asked Su Wan, "Which part would you like to cook? I’ll cut it!"
Su Wan glanced around and said, "These bugs are all too big, just chop off the claws for now, it would be best to smash them a bit, to start with a few trials."
"Okie dokie!"
Sheng An immediately went to help Alex.
The remaining few giant clamp insects had wanted to launch an attack.
But whether it was an instinctive sense of danger or not, after hearing the conversation between Su Wan and her teammates, they turned and ran!
These humans, utterly terrifying, devoid of bestial nature, were actually planning to eat them!
Pandora retracted her mecha, her face a mixture of emotions as she looked over at the three people.
She couldn’t help but ask her junior, Bai Qi, who had been quiet and hadn’t joined the bug-eating group.
"Junior Bai, do you think they’re really going to try if the insects are edible?"
Bai Qi was pretty shocked too.
But now, he was looking at Su Wan through the rose-tinted glasses of an adoring fanboy!
Bai Qi: "I believe there must be a purpose to Senior Su’s actions! For instance, if we ever go on a mission to a Barren Star and really encounter a situation with no food or nutrient solutions, eating insects might be our only chance to survive!"
The more he thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense!
The sickly youth suddenly clenched his fist with earnestness!
"Senior Su is so amazing! She’s thinking ahead, trying out different insects now so that later, she can teach others which ones are edible!"
As he spoke, he ran over to where Su Wan was.
"Senior, I’m not afraid of poison. Let me try it first to see if it’s edible!"
Su Wan was already setting up a pot on her side.
She smiled, "Sure."
Pandora stood still, silent for a moment.
Then, she too was moved by Bai Qi’s reasoning!
So that was how far-sighted Su Wan was.
How noble!
She too ran over to her four teammates.
Joining them with firm resolve!
Little did Su Wan know that in her teammates’ eyes,
her image had risen to the exalted level of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs!
She actually just wanted to satisfy her simple curiosity,
to find out whether this kind of insect was edible,
and whether it tasted like crawfish...
If it did, she could look forward to enjoying spicy crawfish in the future!
Perhaps she could even add a signature dish to her family’s restaurant chain.
The battle just now had been exhausting; it was a good time for her teammates to take a break.
Once Alex and Sheng An brought the ingredients over,
Su Wan would have the strong Pandora help with crushing the hard shells.
Su Wan discovered that the flesh inside the claws was somewhat similar to that of crustaceans.
She first boiled it to cook it simply, then sprinkled a bit of her own concocted seasoning.
She prepared a piece for her little junior Bai Qi to taste.
Bai Qi ate it with an expressionless face.
Afterward, the sickly youth, who had always seemed cold and haggard, actually beamed with delight!
"Senior sister, this meat is really tasty, and it’s not poisonous!"
When Su Wan heard that, she immediately felt relieved.
She smiled and took out some small cakes she had made earlier from her storage button...
Commander Gu’s exclusive rest room was fully equipped with kitchen utensils, making it very easy to whip up some small cakes and biscuits.
Su Wan said with a smile, "Then you four take a break first, and have a look at the map., This is a little dessert I made from the vines and flowers I picked at that level, have some to tide you over. Later, I’ll treat you to some super delicious spicy lobster meat!"
"Sounds good!"
The students really sat down on the spot and began to wait to be fed.
The teachers from the other schools in the main control room suddenly envied these students for their mental strength.
Remarkable!
From now on, after they graduate, no matter what unexpected situations they encounter,
they’ll surely be able to handle them with ease!
Most importantly, how tasty is that spicy lobster meat anyway?
Crunch crunch.
Some teachers suddenly heard a strange sound and turned their heads in unison.
They saw Gu Lei taking a small box of biscuits and eating one.
He also shared a small piece with Adolf and Andrew.
Gu Lei noticed the gazes of the teachers from other schools.
He silently slid the small box behind him, "These are the little vine flower biscuits Xiaowan made extra of, not much left."
A few teachers: "..."
They weren’t planning to steal your biscuits!
These students, during the competition they picked flowers, and actually turned them into edible stuff?!
The mood among the teachers was extremely complicated!
They silently turned back to the screens to check on the performance of their own students.
The children from Yuanyi University were charging ahead, determined to take first place this time!
They were too tired to even think about resting.
It was obvious that Empire University had put a lot of pressure on them!
But they were still one of the better-performing teams; students from other schools,
upon encountering real Insect Beasts, their first reaction wasn’t to fight but to flee.
With that kind of mental strength...
It’s like, student compared to student, time to throw in the towel!
Su Wan had no idea that, just by casually making spicy lobster meat,
she had taken the internal competition of this challenge to a new height.
What she was pleased about was that even though the giant pincer bugs looked large, their pincers’ meat did indeed resemble that of small lobsters.
But the meat was a bit tough; creating spicy garlic flavors was fine, but boiling or steaming wouldn’t do.
Su Wan calmly noted this type of insect in her little recipe notebook.
Then with a wave of her hand, she led her well-fed companions toward the next challenge!
**
Gu Jue arrived at the Interstellar Prison located on the edge of the Empire Federation Star System aboard his starship.
The area was surrounded by seas, but this water was not real seawater; it was a black, mutated liquid.
No creatures existed in the black water, and even pure-bloods couldn’t go down there.
Beastmen, too, had to be of a really high level to stay in there for even a short while.
In such conditions, only by boarding a starship could one leave.
But obviously, the Star Thieves in collusion with the Insect Clan had used another, more sophisticated method to escape.
The old warden was about to retire.
Feeling unwell, he went to the main star’s medical center for treatment.
At this time, the deputy warden, Chen Xing, was in charge here.
When Chen Xing saw Gu Jue, he came forward to meet him.
"Commander, this accident resulted in twenty prisoners dying on the spot and another eighteen escaped,"
"What about those prisoners taken away by the black hole?"
"We have basically confirmed they are dead."
