Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 75 Making Your Body Believe You're Dying

The moment Su Huan stepped into the food cart, the entire cart seemed to come alive.

The lights hidden in the roof softly illuminated, and all the electrical equipment emitted a humming start-up sound and a welcoming ticking sound.

Su Huan pulled up his sleeves and placed the round, sweet and spicy scallions to the side.

He pulled out a kitchen knife, laid it flat, and examined both sides.

Yu Yue washed it very clean, without any food juices on it, but Su Huan still habitually wiped it with hot water to prevent the smell from getting mixed in.

That's disrespectful to food.

Cut the sweet chili scallions vertically in half, set one half aside, and let the other half fall under the knife. It will then be chopped into thin strips with a few quick snips.

The workers outside lifted the last iron plate onto the truck and closed the door.

"wipe--"

The cleaver scraped against the wooden cutting board, and the sweet and spicy scallions were placed in a bowl.

I pulled out a small piece of hot pot base from the cupboard, pressed it into the pot with a spatula, and the hot oil made a crackling sound.

Light, quick footsteps echoed down the corridor.

The base ingredients are scalded by hot oil, and dried Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers are added in turn to enhance the aroma. Then, the chopped pieces are poured into the pot.

The intense, spicy aroma immediately wafted out.

The range hood started automatically, its low hum drowning out the crackling and sizzling sounds.

I took a carton of milk from the refrigerator, opened it, and sniffed it.

Yu Yue stood in the food cart, staring blankly at the man behind the display case, then quickly stepped forward, "Let me do it..."

The milky white milk was poured into the pot, where it collided with the red butter.

"Thorn..."

The bright red chili oil instantly transformed into round islands floating in a milky white ocean.

Su Huan tilted his head. "What?"

Yu Yue realized what was happening and activated her ability to focus her voice into a line, which then entered Su Huan's ear.

"I said I'd do it."

Su Huan shook his head. "Go cut some snake meat, and some wolf meat from today as well. Also, get two cans of the vegetable cans from earlier."

Then put the hot pot base on the fire to heat, and go prepare the dipping sauce yourself.

Since the wolf meat hadn't been bled, it was quite gamey and smelly.

A stronger-flavored broth can help to balance things out.

When Yu Jing and the others came in, they saw Su Huan and Yu Yue busy at work.

She wasn't at all reserved and simply sat down at the table to wait for the meal to be served.

Liang Kuan was no exception. He had eaten a lot of Su Huan's cooking. Although Yu Yue's dishes were varied, he still preferred the homely flavor of Su Huan's cooking.

The oil and salt seemed to change once they passed through his hands.

Xiao Ba was somewhat surprised to see Su Huan cooking. She wanted to help but was powerless to do so. She could only use her abilities to help the two of them tidy up the tableware that had been thrown aside.

The small food cart was instantly transformed into a magical kitchen.

Various knives and forks flew wildly through the air.

The third brother and Huang Hai were a little reserved, so they went up to help get the bowls and chopsticks.

The third brother and Huang Hai's assistant didn't come; they ate with the flight crew in the back.

Two large spoonfuls of sesame paste, topped with chopped sweet and spicy scallions (no need to add sugar), sesame oil, vinegar, and light soy sauce, stirred until it clings to chopsticks and slowly flows down, and Su Huan came out carrying his secret sauce.

"You can make your own sauce."

He simply enjoys the feeling of cooking, not the act of being a chef serving meals to others.

Yu Yue also placed the sliced ​​animal meat on the table. The already translucent white snake meat was sliced ​​as thin as cicada wings. With a flick of the chopsticks, the snake meat, through which the shadow of the person opposite could be seen, fell into the pot, instantly curling up from the heat.

After stuffing the sauce-covered food into his mouth, the train conductor's anger, which had been building up after being instructed by Yu Jing all afternoon, subsided considerably.

He took the iced cola that Yu Yue handed him and drank it all in one gulp.

In the apocalypse, food is the most direct manifestation of power.

"Eat more, everyone. Although the bio-energy in the evolved beasts has been lost, eating more will help improve their physique," Su Huan said, glancing at the two older brothers.

With Su Huan starting the conversation, Huang Hai and Lao San exchanged a few words, and the atmosphere gradually warmed up.

The expressions on everyone's faces relaxed.

Although the Mojiang convoy and the Dire Wolf suffered horrific deaths, the safety of the armed train gave everyone considerable confidence.

The tension I felt before was gone.

Halfway through the meal, the topic of evolution came up, and Su Huan simply took out two ordinary universal energy crystals and tossed them to the two of them.

The third brother quickly put down his chopsticks to catch the crystals.

Staring at it for a long time with wide eyes, I asked, "How do you use this? Is it eaten raw?"

Su Huan took a bite of the bamboo shoot that Yu Yue had placed in his bowl, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not impossible. The Pan-Energy Crystal can be used as long as it's close to your body, and the success rate is very high, over 90%."

'At least I haven't seen any cases of crystallization mutation due to the absorption of universal energy.'

Su Huan added in his mind.

Wan Xing and the others were already used to Su Huan spouting extremely accurate information out of thin air, and they were not surprised at all.

"Does that mean becoming an evolved being is easy?"

Yu Jing suddenly looked up and asked, her thin lips smeared with chili oil, like a layer of lip gloss, which, combined with her faint expression, gave her a bewitching look.

"Becoming an evolved being is easy in itself."

"This doesn't follow the pattern."

“This is quite normal.” Su Huan looked down and poked the hot wolf meat that Yu Yue had picked up with his chopsticks. It was cooked just right, chewy but not dry.

"Have you ever built a pyramid? Evolution is similar to building a pyramid, except that for an individual, you only have a foundation."

Everyone was stunned.

Although I still don't quite understand it, I have a vague idea that this is a difficult matter.

It's easy to get started but difficult to advance, and it gets harder as you go further.

Su Huan looked at Xiao Ba, "Xiao Ba, what skills do you have now?"

“Level 2 ‘Metal Control’ and Level 1 ‘Metal Purification’ are the latest additions, which allow me to extract the metals I want from alloys,” Xiao Ba replied.

Su Huan raised an eyebrow. "That's a pretty good skill. Take Xiao Ba as an example. If he wants to advance to 'Iron Sword Attendant,' he needs to raise both 'Metal Control' and 'Metal Purification' to level 3, and also awaken a skill called 'Position Perception.' This whole process will cost at least ten Tier 1 Universal Energy Crystals."

"The wolf meat we're eating is from a first-tier evolved beast. How many first-tier crystals can we extract from it?"

Wan Xing, who was standing nearby, added, "Based on my observation, it's probably around one and a half yuan."

Su Huan put down his chopsticks, propped his face up with his elbow on the table, and said calmly, "In other words, you need to hunt down at least seven Tier 1 Dire Wolves to gather the minimum amount of Pan-Energy. Listen carefully, this is just the minimum, and does not include the ordinary Pan-Energy Crystals that stimulate your evolution."

"Among those of us here, if we didn't have guns, who would be confident in taking on a Tier 1 Dire Wolf one-on-one?"

The third brother looked at the ordinary polymorphic crystal in his hand, then thought of the ferocious and brutal appearance of the dire wolf, and gasped.

"Isn't there any other way? If evolution can only rely on this kind of crystal, then there won't be any more advancements, right?"

Yu Jing frowned and asked.

"The defender's 'combat factor' will promote physical evolution during combat."

"Actually, we can do that too, as long as you make your body believe that you are about to die."

(End of this chapter)