In addition, they have also incorporated other cuisines, including French cuisine, and their desserts are particularly exquisite and beautiful.

The main reason is that ordinary people have no time to cook because they work in factories. In addition, many rural women have become maids and nannies, so they naturally don't have the leisure to study dishes and cook. Therefore, the overall cooking level has been greatly lowered.

In modern times, the reason is that after World War II, Britain lost most of its colonial resources, so it had limited resources to offer and it was unlikely to create anything fancy. This led to the stereotype that British cuisine is terrible.

[Actually, you can search on Baidu for menus and pictures of 18th-19th century British aristocratic banquets; they are very exquisite and lavish...]

The Victorian era here corresponds to the peak of British civilization, where the aristocracy's desserts and pastries are extremely exquisite. In addition to cakes, the materials that Star Alliance Agriculture can provide are beyond the pastry chef's imagination. He cannot imagine how these people can get fresh strawberries with dew still on them in this season.

I was thinking that this season wasn't suitable for a wedding because the strawberries for the cake could only be shriveled freeze-dried or dehydrated strawberries, and then dyed with hawthorn syrup to make them look more vibrant red.

As a result, as soon as we asked for strawberries, the logistics department delivered two baskets of freshly picked strawberries, still covered in dew. In addition, there was a large jar of syrupy cherries.

"Is there any cherry wine left?"

"Yes!" The infected person in charge of delivery turned around and went to the warehouse to bring over two boxes. "Is this enough? If not, I'll go to the factory gate and line up tomorrow. They have a new batch of canned cherries and cherry wine shipping out tomorrow..."

"Huh?" The other person seemed completely taken aback. "Your resources... are that plentiful?"

During this season in Victoria, people can only get some fruit, especially berries, by relying on freeze-dried fruit and canned fruit.

"Yes, we have everything here. Even if we don't have it, the guests from Ursus have it. You might as well ask them if you need anything."

This is also a time for everyone to showcase their year's achievements. Although there's no oversight from above, the people from both farms are definitely trying to outdo each other.

"Then, sea fish?"

"We really don't have that, but if you need it urgently, we can think of a way."

"I was just saying it casually, but then I actually put out a request form..." For an ambitious chef and pastry chef, it would be unprofessional not to do something if they were to provide the freshest produce regardless of the season and environment.

The pastry chef and his assistant quickly prepared all the necessary cookies, printed bread rolls (the kind of bread we eat every day, which are considered pastry breads), small cakes, large mint puddings, small caramel puddings, and eggnog, while the head chef was also creating a menu based on the different culinary tastes of the two places.

With winter fast approaching, the idea was that everyone should build up some fat reserves. The menu was mainly meat dishes, and over a hundred full-term suckling pigs were slaughtered in a very extravagant manner. In other places, such delicacies would only be available to nobles and newlyweds, but here, at least one pig could be placed on each long table.

The slaughter of adult pigs, cattle, and sheep was particularly enjoyable. Late autumn is the time for large-scale livestock slaughter in Kazdel, not entirely for the celebrations, but also for processing into frozen meat and vacuum-packed cuts of meat to be sent to markets in Lungmen and Kazimierz.

The only thing we can't provide in sufficient quantities is sausage, because it can't be cured and smoked in a short time.

However, most of the residents contributed their own sausages. Anyway, there were more than 500 tables at the wedding, more than 400 of which were round tables. Small cakes and candies were available for the public to take as they pleased, and there were more than 100 long tables with roast suckling pig on them.

To make the event more impressive, the Swire family hired a large number of chefs, giving the catering industry, or rather the culinary world, a relatively prosperous year before the Great Depression. Naturally, such an event allowed everyone to come and eat, and the menu quickly grew significantly due to the specialties brought by locals and people from Ursus. In the end, they had to divide the restaurant into several tables to accommodate everyone.

"Does it look good?" The golden shaded cat had already changed her clothes, but she was just trying them on. She hadn't done her makeup or hair yet. She had chosen the most expensive dress from the catalog. It looked like a light gauze dress, but it actually weighed more than ten kilograms.

The intricately woven fabrics and patterns composed of real silver threads represent the most time- and material-intensive category within the Star Alliance's automated garment system. The process involves reducing and recombining proteins to create perfect silk protein, followed by spraying, setting, and deforming to ultimately produce a fabric even more perfect than natural silk.

Woven with metal wires, it creates complex geometric textures at the atomic level, giving it the appearance of a light veil.

In reality, it is made up of countless layers of different three-dimensional fabrics, resembling a beautiful and sacred flower that should not appear in the world.

However, the printing process for a single piece takes more than twenty hours and requires over twenty kilograms of specially prepared protein solution, as well as approximately 600 grams of pure silver and 300 grams of pure gold. In addition, various gemstones and crystals are needed for later processing.

It's beautiful as it is, but wearing it feels like wearing heavy armor. Even for a creature with strength and stamina like a big cat, it feels a bit heavy. But...

"It is indeed very beautiful, but why did you choose this one?"

Is something wrong?

"This is..." This is a promotional image for the automated clothing manufacturing workshop. It's not actually meant for people to wear. They hired the best designers from the Star Alliance to design it in a way that combines ultimate aesthetics with human beauty.

Anyone with a slight body flaw would be humiliated wearing this, as the clothing would magnify it. Fortunately, Little Tiger has a great figure, at least without any obvious problems.

"This thing can only be worn once."

"Do you want to wear it twice?" Swire raised her eyebrows. Of course, a wedding dress can only be worn once. Wearing it twice means either she will divorce and remarry, or this guy will find a mistress.

"Then you have to be very careful. It's very pretty, but also not very durable..." After all, it's used to promote technology, not for actual wearing.

The girl moved slightly, and her three-dimensional woven long dress shimmered like layers of starry sky. The dark and light patterns intertwined to form a dazzling nebula, and under the light, it seemed to transform from white into a gorgeous color, as if she were wearing a light veil woven with aurora.

"However, dressing like this is not conducive to movement..."

"Ok?"

Do you remember what happened when we got engaged?

“Hungry…” The little tiger was stunned for a moment, but she really liked this dress. Although she wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about fashion, she had never seen such a beautiful dress before.

Because of the use of metal and carbon nanomaterials for shaping, the outermost layer of light gauze does not droop down according to gravity and cling tightly to the body like pieces of dead flesh, but rather seems to float as if by some kind of magic.

Even a tank would feel like it would turn into a fairy if it saw this kind of thing with built-in special effects, let alone a big cat that is already good-looking.

However, what Lao Xia said made sense. If any unexpected event were to occur, this garment would not only be heavy but also offer no protection. If it were torn, it would be quite embarrassing.

"There shouldn't be any problems, right?" There are thousands of people on site, and ten times that number outside, all of them burly Ursus or Sarkaz men.

To prepare for potential drunken disturbances, the Aretosha and two Titan tanks are parked nearby. What if some idiot attacks at this hour...?

There was no need for mobilization; everyone rushed into the temporary guard zone and emerged as a legion capable of defeating any attacker.

"It's hard to say. Don't have any illusions about the minds of those nobles..." Old Xia and the doctor both thought so.

"Then I'll bring a gun. I've been practicing my marksmanship a lot lately..." The little tiger also stopped smiling, thought seriously for a moment, and decided to tie a gun holster to his thigh.

Although I might expose most of my thighs when I get my weapon, which could lead to a wardrobe malfunction, it's still better than being unarmed!

In fact, no one intended to cause trouble. Just as she said, with thousands of loyal and valiant men on the scene, along with a real regular army and the Swire family's private security, coming here at this time would not be disruptive but rather a challenge to a direct war and siege.

Not to mention, there was also a patriot on site who was responsible for guiding Yelena and acting as the groom's elder.

Although he had taken off his armor and put on a suit, his large shield and halberd were within reach. If a real fight broke out, he could easily take on an entire reinforced company of assassins.

From ordinary combatants to high-end fighters, everyone was present: Talulah, Yelena, Patriot, a full squadron of elite shield guards, Old Chen who came to observe the ceremony, Snowshrew and Little Lamb assisting everyone in adjusting the sound equipment while holding their staff, Skadi staring blankly with a blade of grass in her mouth, and Mudrock finally shedding her heavy armor for a plain dress. Of course, the hammer was still firmly in their hands.

There's also W, Kal'tsit's M3, and Warfarin, who is also a very well-hidden combat expert (after all, her file shows that she attacked all the operators, including Skadi, who didn't even realize it). Not to mention ordinary assassins, even the Platinum-ranked members of the Unarmored Alliance would be immediately impressed. Even a living swordsman like Wei would have to think about whether he could leave alive if he came here in person.

After learning the number of people present and their names, Theresis belatedly broke out in a cold sweat. Luckily, she hadn't listened to her subordinates' bad advice to lead an attack, otherwise Kazdel might have been unified much earlier.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Strange Topics

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Rhodes Island, medical room. "Are you really sure physical therapy will work?" Old Xia, shirtless, lay on the medical bed, with Kal'tsit beside him, her expression as calm as a clinician. In fact, she was indeed doing the work of a doctor.

"It does have a good effect on relieving pain and reducing swelling. By the way, don't you have that symbiote? Why did you come to me for treatment?" Kal'tsit was a little confused.

However, the bruises on his body were indeed quite severe, with even large areas of contusion. To be honest, the symbiote was already doing its best to treat him; otherwise, he would be urinating blood by now.

Kal'tsit didn't feel there was anything shameful about this level of physical contact.

Because she is a doctor, whether male or female, young or old, lying on this bed, she is just a living piece of flesh, there is no difference—otherwise, when Warfarin performs hemorrhoid surgery on someone who sits for long periods of time, wouldn't he be so embarrassed that he would jump off a building?

"Could you be a little gentler?"

“No, this is treatment. If you need to relax, I suggest you go to the farm and see if there’s a place with a pink sign.” Kal’tsit pressed her hands on Old Xia’s back and then started inserting needles.

"Okay, I've cut off your pain receptors. Do as you please!"

"Did you do the same thing last night?" The wounds on his body looked like they had been coiled by some kind of python. It turned out that although the big cat's tail was very smooth because of the expensive conditioner, the tail of a shaded cat was all muscle. If it really came down to strength, this was what would happen.

"I didn't notice this at the time."

"Oh, do you need me to prescribe some medicine for your spleen and kidney function?" Kal'tsit suddenly said. "Don't misunderstand, I'm just worried that such extensive bruising and muscle damage will increase the burden on your kidneys..."

"what?"

“It seems it’s not necessary. Your symbiote’s body-enhancing function is really good.” Kal’tsit nodded and continued her treatment.

"By the way, do you need to treat the scratch on your shoulder?"

"Let's go together!"

"Oh—" Kal'tsit took out a bottle of medicine and began to carefully treat the wound. "I suggest you go back and tell Miss Swire not to use nail polish, as it can easily cause infection. Also, try not to use your lips. Although it didn't damage any blood vessels, it's still quite troublesome to treat. People might think Dr. Warfarin did something to you."

"In addition, I know a lot about gynecological diseases, but I'm not very knowledgeable about urological diseases. If you feel uncomfortable, go back and soak it in salt water, and then change into looser pants."

"Hey!"

"No broken skin? Oh, then no need. Young man, be more restrained." "Unrestrained..."

"Hmm?" "Because once an excitatory nerve impulse is detected, the symbiote will enter a reproductive enhancement function, which was originally added to restore the post-war population."

To put it simply, it increases the amount of blood pumped, increases the load on the heart and blood vessels, suppresses negative feedback, prolongs the duration of excitation of the central nervous system, stimulates the rapid division of germ cells, and assists the blood in transporting proteins.

If the other person is also trying to conceive, the symbiote will penetrate the egg and form an inner network to select sperm cells with suitable genetic conditions to enter. This is also the process of symbiote inheritance.

Next, it will grow together with the embryo and regulate the embryo's growth through information exchange with the mother's symbiote, reducing the mother's burden of pregnancy and negative effects. In this way, the fetus will not affect the mother's labor capacity before it grows to a certain stage.

Although the Star Alliance still uses artificial wombs, where a completed embryo is artificially removed from the body for development, this allows for more rigorous genetic adjustments and corrections of the growth process, ensuring that deformities, ugliness, disabilities, or intellectual disabilities do not occur, and maximizing the intelligence and physical abilities of newborns within a certain range.

The Star Alliance people who give birth naturally and those who give birth outside the body are not much different overall, but when it comes to individual individuals, the differences are quite large. Simply put, the former may have individuals who are relatively less attractive.

"You guys really will stop at nothing..."

"If there were a place as big as the visible starry sky, and each star could only be shared by an average of 10 people, would you also be anxious..."

“That makes sense.” Kal’tsit nodded. If the countries on Terra were sparsely populated, the emperor would probably be going bald from worry. This would mean that the empire simply couldn’t mobilize its personnel, resources, and wealth, and the inability to mobilize meant that it had no power to spare.

"I hope no one comes to me for a gynecological problem later." Kal'tsit thought that would be too ridiculous, and would probably become the national joke of New Kazdel—

Boss Xia and his wife suffered mutual injuries and died together, both ending up in the hospital—anyone who didn't know this headline would laugh their head off.

"Probably not, aren't Terrans supposed to be very strong?"

"I'm asking from a purely academic perspective: Is there no reproductive isolation? Are there any incompatibility issues or discomfort?"

Kal'tsit's expression and demeanor did indeed seem to reflect pure academic research, but she often wore this expression, making it impossible to discern whether her research was truly from a purely academic perspective.

"This question is far too private!"

"I'm a doctor. There's no privacy in front of a doctor. And I'm serious. You've already caused this much bruising on your first day, which means the problem is quite serious. And that's just the surface. If there are even more serious problems... I'm telling you now, I don't have the ability to fix or put some of your parts back together." "Fifty for shooting birds, two thousand for repairing guns" is an old joke from Longmen's bawdy gossip circles.

"There shouldn't be any problem, I also have a medical station..."

"Yes, you also have a medical station. Is there already someone receiving treatment there?"

"How did you know?! Cough cough cough!"

"That means the problem is quite serious. You both need to undergo appropriate training and self-control. This is for the health and well-being of both of you. Okay, I'm done here. Don't get it wet for the next few days, avoid strenuous exercise, eat more high-protein foods, and maintain a regular sleep schedule." Kal'tsit indicated that Old Xia's treatment was over and he could get dressed and leave.

A few days later, "How are you feeling?" Old Chen nudged Swire, who rolled her eyes at him. "What do you think? It hurts so much it'll split you apart!"

"Is it...that scary?" Old Chen's expression suddenly turned somewhat surprised. "Speaking of which, what does this have to do with you?" The little tiger narrowed its eyes.

"I was just curious, after all, I'm not married..." Old Chen said matter-of-factly.

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