I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Of course we don't mind, meow. Besides, a room with a bed and shelter from the wind and rain is better than outside, meow."

Hearing Rokubei's words, the old man also noticed the Thunder Wolf Dragon equipment on Rorota and the others. He adjusted his reading glasses and looked at Rorota and the others, saying:

"That's... armor made from Zinogre materials, meow? You don't look like Palicoes, are you Palico hunters?"

To their father's question, Rorota and Rokubei simply shook their heads and said:

"We're not cat hunters, meow. We're Meru cats living in Cat Village."

Hearing what Lorota and the others said, the old man was also stunned for a moment. However, as the father of the Palico, he did not have any hatred or disgust towards the Palicos. Although the Palicos were a group of beastmen who liked to steal things, the Palicos' stealing was basically no different from playing a prank.

Unless forced to do so due to survival difficulties, Merlins generally do not steal from villagers.

Moreover, Dad is also an Elf from the Cat Village. He once lived with the Mewcats and is very familiar with them. He also has many Mewcat friends, so Dad doesn't dislike the Mewcats.

"Are you Mewcats from Cat Village? By the way, where did you come from, meow?"

Behind Rorota and the others, Yuhaka jumped up and looked at his father, saying:

"Ancient Forest!"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, the old man's expression showed great surprise as he said:

"Ancient forest, that's really far away, meow. It must have been tough for you to come all this way to make a living, meow."

After paying, Lorota and the others were led to a double room by their father. Lorota was quite satisfied with the clean and tidy room. Although the blankets and other bedding were all old, it didn't affect their rest as Merlins.

..........

After finding a place to stay, Yuhaka and the others went to rent a boat. Hmm? Why rent a boat? It's simple, Yuhaka has no way to dig a deep trench worm tunnel to the archipelago.

The specific reason was unknown to Rorota and Rokubei, as Yuhaka's strange explanation was simply too difficult to understand.

"Hey, this little boat is available for rent."

At the port of East Coast City, an elderly man with dark skin accepted Rorota's money and pointed to the sailboat behind him, saying this to Yohaka and her companions. Yohaka and her companions looked at the sailboat moored in the port with surprise. Seeing their reaction, the old man knew that Yohaka and her companions did not know how to drive a boat, so he also told them how to operate such a sailboat.

Of course, the sailboat the hunter was riding in was not the kind of common sailboat, but a small vessel made up of two boats connected together, which looked like a small platform.

The shape of this kind of boat can be used as a temporary camp once it is towed ashore, and its large square shape makes it less likely to be mistaken for other creatures by large sea monsters (I'm talking about you, sea dragon!) and attacked.

Soon, Yuhaka, having learned how to operate the campboat, sailed across the sea with a bright, sparkling expression. Rokubei and Rorota, sitting on the boat, watched Yuhaka wearing an Elf headgear and said:

"It seems like Boss Youyou is very happy..."

Lorota nodded and said:

"Hmm, this is probably your first time at sea, meow? But Yu-chan is learning pretty fast, meow, even though I haven't learned it yet..."

Zelus, standing to the side, shook the data panel and said to Rorota:

"Well, don't let that little guy's childish appearance fool you, that little idiot's learning ability is quite good."

As they spoke, everyone looked at Yuhaka, who was controlling the camp's sailboat. Noticing their gazes, Yuhaka looked at them with a big question mark above his head, tilting his head back.

...........

"Ah, I see an island, meow!"

Rokubei, aboard the camping sailboat, pointed to the island not far away and said this. Soon, under Yuhaka's control, the camping sailboat quickly came to a stop on the island's beach. Yuhaka and Rorota easily pushed the camping sailboat to the shore and then secured it with ropes and thick wooden pegs.

Chapter 76 [The Broken Islands and the Egg-Covered Crab Rice]

The archipelago near East Coast City is called the Broken Islands. As for why it's called that...

Long, long ago, this place called the Broken Islands was a huge island nation. At that time, this country could be described as a very prosperous nation. However, an extremely terrible disaster occurred, which caused the entire country to fall apart. Well, I mean physically, the entire island nation was broken into dozens of small islands.

What exactly happened at that time remains unknown to modern archaeologists. However, they speculate that volcanic eruptions and intense crustal movements in the Broken Isles region may have caused the massive island to split apart, or that some ancient dragon-type monster of cataclysmic magnitude may have transformed the island into an archipelago.

However, these are all speculations without any basis, and archaeological researchers are continuing to investigate the secrets hidden on the Broken Islands.

…………

"Hey!"

With Yuhaka's voice, the little shield crab, which had been hiding in the sand, was pulled out by Yuhaka with a fishing rod. The little shield crab looked bewildered as it was pulled from the sand into the air. Originally, the little shield crab had been hiding in the sand to ambush some small animals passing by.

However, the small animal didn't encounter one, but it did encounter a gluttonous predator.

The little shield crab, tossed into the air, arced through the air before crashing heavily onto the beach. Upside down, it struggled to turn itself over, but before it could, Yuhaka swung a metal harpoon at it.

"Bilibili~"

With a crackling sound of electricity, the little shield crab twitched and then lay still. Yuhaka tossed the motionless little shield crab into his dimensional portal and then hurried toward the camp.

Yuhaka quickly returned to camp and threw out the corpses of several small shield crabs from his dimensional cave and placed them aside. Then, Yuhaka began to deal with these creatures that resembled large crabs from the knowledge realm.

Yuhaka first removed the inedible carapace from the little shield crab and threw it aside. Then, Yuhaka twisted off the little shield crab's two small pincers and four short legs from its body. After that, Yuhaka forcibly pulled off the little shield crab's head, which had little meat on it.

Then, Yhwaka stretched out his two little hands and tore the little shield crab's body in half as if tearing off the Lich King's helmet. Yhwaka then threw away the inedible parts, and smashed the shells on the crab claws and legs that had just been removed to extract the crab meat. He then kept the edible crab roe and crab meat.

After placing the cleaned-up little shield crab into the iron basin next to it, Yuhaka began to process the next little shield crab.

"Boss Youyou! We're back, meow!"

With Rokubei and Rorota's return, Yuhaka can see Rorota with a bowl of rice washed with clean water on his head, while Rokubei is holding a weapon to protect Rorota.

"Phew, Boss Youyou, we're back after washing the rice, meow. I have to say, there's very little clean freshwater on this island. We had to travel quite a distance to find clean water to wash the rice, meow."

Rorota, who was standing to the side, put down the rice she had just washed and said to Yuhaka:

"Yes, if Yoyo-chan is going to other islands, it's best to prepare some fresh water. Otherwise, if there's no clean water source on other islands, there won't be any way to cook, meow."

Upon hearing Rorota's words, Yhaka naturally nodded quickly. Although Yhaka didn't care much about other things, he would definitely explode if he couldn't eat.

Well... that's what they say, but we should eat first.

Yuhaka put the rice that Rorota had washed into the pressure cooker he had bought in Os, the town of the giant cave, which was good at cooking rice, and then placed it on the makeshift stove he had made to the side to steam it.

Then Ehaka continued processing the little shield crab, taking out the crab meat and crab roe from its body to prepare today's meal. However, Ehaka suddenly thought of something and took out a herbivorous dragon egg, scallions, and some seasonings from its dimensional portal.

"Lolota, crack the eggs. OwO"

Yuhaka handed the herbivorous dragon egg, which was larger than an ostrich egg, to Rorota, asking her to stir it thoroughly. Rorota, in turn, took the herbivorous dragon egg from Yuhaka, which was even larger than her head, and said to Yuhaka:

"I know, meow."

As she spoke, Lorota put the herbivorous dragon egg aside and picked up the large iron basin that was placed next to her. Lorota used her cat paw to make a circular scratch on the herbivorous dragon egg and then gently cracked it.

After taking out the broken eggshell, Rorota poured the yolk and egg white from the herbivorous dragon egg into a large iron basin. Then she picked up a wooden spoon and started stirring. Meanwhile, Rokubei, after finishing chopping the scallions and local mushrooms, was also busy. He was holding a frying pan and preparing some sauce for later use.

Soon after Rorota finished beating the eggs, he said to Yuhaka:

"Youyou, the eggs are ready, we can start now, meow."

Yuhaka also prepared to set the crab meat aside and put away the crab roe for later use as a dish. Moreover, the items inside the dimensional hole are not affected by the flow of time, so it can be used as a refrigerator.

Yuhaka took out another large frying pan and placed it on the temporary stove. He put the specialty mushrooms that Rokubei had cut into the frying pan with hot oil and continued to stir-fry them. After the specialty mushrooms were cooked until soft, he took them out and put them on a plate.

Then Yuhaka heated the oil, added ginger and stir-fried it briefly. He then added the strips of small shield crab meat and started stir-frying. When it was almost done, Yuhaka took the small shield crab meat out and set it aside.

Take the beaten eggs from the side, then add the stir-fried local mushrooms and small shield crab meat, stir again, then add an appropriate amount of salt. Pour the egg mixture with the local mushrooms and small shield crab meat into a frying pan with oil in batches until the egg mixture is cooked to a semi-solid state.

After repeating this process several times, Yuhaka placed the semi-solidified egg mixture on top of the cooked rice. Meanwhile, Rokubei had already prepared the seasoning sauce. Yuhaka poured the sauce over the egg rice bowls, and a rich aroma of crab meat, specialty mushrooms, and herbivorous dragon eggs wafted out, making Rokubei's mouth water. Rorota, on the other hand, subconsciously swallowed.

Yuhaka, holding a frying pan and spatula, said to Rorota and Rokubei who were standing nearby:

"Egg-topped crab rice, done."

Hey everyone, this is AINL, the ever-loving lolicon and pigeon-like author. This is my second book to be published!

Although the protagonist of the previous work was also a Zerg system story based on StarCraft 2, this time the protagonist uses the original Zerg system from the Heart of the Swarm campaign.

However, although it uses the same system, the protagonist of this book, [Yohaka], is much more difficult to write than the protagonist of the previous book, [Luo Shitu]. After all, the protagonist of the first half of the book, [Luo Shitu], was simply written according to the author's desires, so it was easier to write.

However, the protagonist [Yohaka]'s mindset is more difficult to write than that of Luo Shitu, because this time Yohaka adopts a completely different mindset from that of a typical transmigrator. Instead, he possesses the mindset of a primitive Zerg with transmigrator memories (incomplete) (although he has become like a mischievous child [at least in Zelus's opinion]).

To be honest, when I was writing about the protagonist of this book, the system girl [Zelus], I was thinking like Zelus (although I didn't have many opportunities to appear [system presence: 50%]).

Although I won't be able to update more frequently tomorrow because the book is going to be released (←The amnesiac doctor is struggling with a contract crisis), I will at least keep updating regularly. If I have enough time to write in the future, I think 3 or 4 updates a day won't be a big problem. As for 5 updates, I haven't tried it yet.

So please subscribe to the first installment, and if possible, please don't let the book wait and grow! I'm tired of having to wait and grow it! Of course, if you want to wait and grow the book, you're welcome to subscribe to the whole book, or subscribe to a portion before the end of the month.

Well... that's all for my thoughts on the product launch. I'm not good at writing these kinds of things, and continuing would just be a waste of typing time, so I'll stop here!

Chapter 77 [Zelus's Considerations]

【Egg-topped Crab Meat Rice】is a dish made by mixing crab meat, eggs, and other ingredients, cooking them in a pot until semi-solid, then adding rice and pouring on a prepared sauce. Of course, you can also make a regular home-style dish by replacing the ingredients with ordinary ones.

At the same time, there are many choices of crab meat and eggs used in this dish. For example, there are crab meat options such as [Small Shield Crab], [Small Sickle Crab], [Daimyo Shield Crab], and [General Sickle Crab]. There are even more choices of eggs, since most monsters in the Monster Hunter world are oviparous, so there are many egg options.

"Aww, the crab meat is pretty good today. Not only is the meat tender and smooth, but it also feels like biting through thin threads, meow."

On a small island in the Broken Islands, Yuhaka, Rorota, and Rokubei sat together, discussing while eating large bowls of crab meat rice with egg on a lid.

"After all, it's the meat of the little shield crab. I heard from Origami-sama that the meat of the little shield crab has a silky texture, which tastes really good, meow. If it were the daimyos crab, the texture would be even better, meow."

Hearing Rokubei's words, Yuhaka, who was sitting to the side eating with chopsticks, looked at Rokubei and the others with a puzzled expression and asked:

"A famous name? Shield Crab?"

"Mmm, it's a super-sized individual that's many times larger than those small shield crabs, its entire claw is even bigger than the hunter's, meow."

Upon hearing this, Yuhaka tilted his head and imagined that the Daimyo Shield Crab's claws were even bigger than the Hunter's. However, just thinking about that scene made Yuhaka's mouth start to water (O﹃O).

Soon, after Yuhaka and the others finished their crab and egg rice, Rorota and Rokubei unfolded the map in their hands and looked at the various locations of the Broken Isles, saying:

"We're here now, and it might be a little dangerous if we try to get there by boat, meow..."

Lorota's statement wasn't without reason. Besides the monsters living on the islands, there are also monsters in the sea on this broken archipelago. If you rashly pass through their territory, the camp's sailboats are likely to be destroyed. If you're lucky, those monsters might just ignore the camp's sailboats as driftwood.

However, Rorota dared not gamble with her luck. Yuhaka might not be affected much in the sea, but neither she nor Rokubei could swim.

Lorota, arms crossed, looked at the map she had bought from East Coast City and said:

"Looks like I'll have to wait until low tide at dusk to walk to other islands and reach the volcanic region, meow."

The ebb tide that Rorota mentioned is a phenomenon on the Broken Isles. Every evening, the sea level around the Broken Isles drops, and at this time, hidden paths appear on the various islands, allowing the land monsters living on the islands to freely move their locations.

At the same time, the ebb tide will also bring out parts of the Broken Isles from the water, making it easier for hunters to collect some rare materials.

At the same time, the low tide is also a relatively safe way to get to other islands in the Broken Islands, at least you don't have to worry about your ship being destroyed by sea dragons.

The low tide lasts from dusk until dawn, which is enough time for Yuhaka and the others to reach the vicinity of the volcanic islands.

Oh, by the way, although Yuhaka has the ability to fly, there are also observation stations here. If you fly rashly, you might be discovered, so you can't fly high for the time being. Low altitude is fine, but Yuhaka can't run as fast as that.

Soon, while Yuhaka was searching for ingredients on the island with Rokubei and Rorota, the sky began to change, and the seawater between the islands slowly receded, leaving only white sand and some aquatic plants, forming a white path between the islands.