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This would have been an unimaginable sight in the past.

Because all street vendors in Xinxiang City have "licenses" and their number is limited.

, wholesale has not been approved since a long time ago. Those who can set up stalls on the streets of Xinxiang City, except for exploiting legal loopholes, have a solid upper-middle-class income.

As a citizen of the Foodie Empire, Lucas has always been very receptive to food. Although the "Sky Demon" is called a bug man, it can basically be regarded as a bug. He did not have any psychological burden to try it.

The general image of the "Sky Demon" insect man is a four-limbed creature with a ladybug-like carapace. Under the carapace are its wings. Most of its head is covered under the carapace and can twist flexibly, but is restricted by the upper part of the carapace.

Although it has four limbs, they are not reminiscent of humans at all. The two "arms" are long, but the ends are crab-like claws. One is larger and is the main weapon of attack, and the other is smaller and can assist in performing some actions, such as eating.

Their normal mode of movement on the ground is crawling. Their abdomen, similar to that of a mantis, can support their weight like a bracket. Their two slender folded legs have thick hooks, which allow them to flexibly hang on rough rocks or buildings to move around. Their abdomens have some limbs that have not completely degenerated, their heads are triangular, and their brains are only the size of a walnut.

No one knows for what reason they were called "insect people". This name originally came from a mysterious country. After it spread, it was used all over the world.

Lucas just felt that they were more like mantises or dragonflies. In addition, they had three pairs of eyes on their heads, and their mouthparts did not look like those of insects, but rather those of canines, or the mouths of monsters like the Kaiju in Area 11, which were full of sharp teeth. Their entire faces could not be described as handsome, but rather ugly.

Compared to them, the zombie dogs in Resident Evil look handsome.

But their ugly appearance cannot conceal their delicious quality. Even the "superior people" in America and Europe, who have almost no shortage of food supply, have a high acceptance of insect meat. They do not eat insect meat out of helplessness due to lack of food supply like people in Asia, Africa and Latin America, but are purely attracted by the taste and texture of insect meat.

Lucas even strolled around the streets here and found that many vendors were cooking the whole "worm head" directly in the pot like making braised pig head... After accepting the style of Second Brother's painting, he didn't think that Second Brother's style was scary, but the "worm head" was very scary, especially when the six eyeballs were still on it.

Oh, by the way, the eyes of this "celestial demon" insect man are not compound eyes, but naked eyes similar to those of mammals.

Walking here, Lucas did not hide the bulletproof vest under his collar, and the belt and gun under his windbreaker were also exposed. So although there were many malicious eyes on him, because he was dressed rather brightly and his personal hygiene was incompatible with the street scene here, after touching his bulletproof vest and weapons, these people did not take any further action.

Lucas traded two pieces of complete insect-man back carapaces he had collected with a street vendor. The area behind the neck was not very large, but the quality was the best part of the carapace. He exchanged them for about a few hundred US dollars.

This kind of street market is equivalent to the lowest level primary market, and many things cannot be sold at a price.

What made him speechless was that after returning to his base with the street vendor - a basement of a building with a collapsed upper part, the passage was cleared and guarded by gunmen and "magic muscle" exoskeleton wearers, there was actually an internet in this place, and behind an iron railing similar to a message room, the guards inside were even playing an online console game that was just released this year in this world.

So it is very different from the war in the Middle East.

Lucas suddenly thought of a current affairs program he had watched before, in which the program highlighted that after completing industrialization, the country of America and those European countries experienced the initial crisis and unrest. However, when people were frequently starving to death on a large scale in agricultural countries, ordinary people at the bottom of the society in these places could still eat stew with canned beef every week.

In any country on earth, the root cause of war may be poverty, but in America and Europe, their problem is overeating.

This is the fundamental gap between industrial countries and agricultural countries.

Actually, to be frank, the reason why so many public spiders and elites throw themselves into their arms is not because their system is so superior, but simply because they are wielding big sticks and money in their hands.

The personnel composition of this stronghold is somewhat complicated. The person who contacted Lucas on the street was a eloquent Latino, and the guards in the stronghold were mostly white or black. However, the person who actually traded with him and identified the insect armor he brought was a Chinese man wearing a monocle.

She even tried a few words in a dialect that Lucas couldn't understand, and when she saw that he really couldn't understand, she mumbled something and talked to him in English with a heavy accent.

"Young man, the beetle shells you brought are of very good quality. The edge cutting and internal meat separation are extremely perfect, so I will give you 300 yuan for each piece..."

"You can go around and ask around. Since we are both Asian, no one will offer a higher price than me."

"If you have this kind of thing again, you can come directly to me. This is my card. Show it to the guard outside and they will let you in."

Lucas didn't care about the superficial name. The man with the monocle looked to be in his 40s or 50s, but he might not be older than him... He didn't care about the price either.

In fact, he was just greedy and wanted to change some change to buy some insect meat snacks... Forget about the insect heads, the other parts looked pretty good when cooked in spicy sauce.

However, after observing the situation inside the stronghold and coming out, he had a new plan in mind.

He arrived in the morning and wandered around outside for a long time. At noon, he saw some people who looked like volunteers sorting out the wreckage of the collapsed building that had been accidentally damaged.

The people living in such places now are basically gangsters and homeless people, who are simply unable to mobilize construction machinery, so these people are clearing the rubble with their hands and simple tools like crowbars.

Fortunately, when Lucas came here, it was winter in the northern hemisphere of this world and the temperature was relatively low. The bodies buried under the rubble were preserved relatively well. They could not be said to be complete, but at least they were not rotten or smelly.

After watching for a while and eating for $5, the vendor gave me an extra paper cup of three servings of boiled insect meat. I realized that when these people found a body, they would take away the deceased's belongings. Only then did Lucas realize that they were not just volunteers.

But at least they are willing to clean up the mess.

"Shit, even if we find a chance to install an experimental device, if there's no one guarding it, the people here will dismantle anything that looks valuable and move it back to their base..."

Lucas looked up at the high-rise buildings around him. The experimental device had certain requirements for location and it couldn't be placed anywhere.

"Do we need to set up some additional cover measures? For example, an invisibility barrier or something like that? That would cost a lot..."

0007

In the evening, after getting rid of the many burly aunts who stood on the street under the cover of darkness, Lucas entered the quarantine area and came to a former high-rise office building.

The bottom entrance of the building was originally closed normally, but it was pried into a mess and there were signs of invasion everywhere... The invasion here was not caused by the "Sky Demon" Zerg, but by the American people who bought for free.

Walking up from the bottom, the passages along the way are littered with footprints and debris. I don't know how many times it has been visited in a day. I can also see blood and bullet marks splattered on the walls. It is estimated that the "scavengers" in the city often encounter lone "Sky Demon" Zerg here.

Lucas went up the corridor to meet Emily. Although they were in different places, they kept in touch through phone calls.

When they arrived at a floor, they saw the headless bodies of two "Sky Demon" insect men lying in a pool of blood at the entrance of the passage. It was Emily who did it. She had no interest in the bodies, so she just pushed them aside and threw them into the corridor.

When entering the floor, we could see some recent signs of a fight, and we didn't know who she had a conflict with.

This type of building is usually relatively closed. You can still see the daylight outside, but it is pitch black inside.

Pushing open the glass door of what may have been a company, in the darkness, you can see a crystal ball-like object with a metal base glowing faintly in the open space, and there is a light band similar to Saturn's rings surrounding it. You can tell at a glance that it is not an ordinary item, at least it is a high-end handicraft.

Lucas scratched his head. He didn't see where Emily was, but he could feel her presence intuitively. He was worried about how to cover up this outward manifestation of the experimental device.

Silently and without feeling any air movement, he reached back and grabbed a handful purely by feel, and hooked his girlfriend amid the girl's screams and giggles.

"Damn it, how did you find me? I didn't make any noise and I even slowed down on purpose. Could it be the smell? But didn't you say that when the black fog surges, it can cover up the smell?"

Emily punched your chest with her little fist and squirmed in Lucas' arms unwillingly.

"I don't know, I just feel you behind me, I guess we are connected, baby"

Lucas kissed her, still staring at the experimental device in worry.

Emily giggled, and listening to her laughter, the terrifying atmosphere in the dark place was turned into a warm one. She put her arms around his waist and leaned her body completely against him.

"Are you hurt?" Lucas asked softly.

"No, I just had a fight with a few other groups of people. Don't worry, I didn't kill anyone. I'm just not sure whether they will need crutches or wheelchairs after they recover... Oh, right, I forgot just now, mua..."

As she spoke, she wrapped her thighs around Lucas' waist instead of her arms, climbed on top of him until she was half a head taller than him, and gave him a passionate kiss from above.

After being intimate for a while, the girl showed no signs of calming down and even wanted to go further.

In their relationship, Emily is always the one who starts the car, and Lucas is... although he cannot be said to be the victim, he is almost always the passive passenger.

Up to now, Lucas doesn't really mind having sex with his girlfriend, but the situation and timing are not right now.

"Stop, stop." He stepped on the brake.

"What are you doing, huhuhuhuhuhuhu...it's always like this, you're so annoying"

"No, not here, people will see us."

"Where is there anyone? I can't sense anyone within a few dozen meters, even upstairs or downstairs."

"Farther away, the Emilian army here has a thermal imaging device that can see clearer images at night and through walls."

Alimi widened her eyes and showed a surprised expression: "???"

Lucas nodded, indicating that he was not lying. "There are several observation points or sniper points around. When I came here, I saw some large bullet holes on the building. I guess they are anti-material sniper rifles used in conjunction with this imaging equipment. So even if you hide in a dark room like this, you will be discovered by them, and then they will use anti-material sniper rifles - bangbangbang!"

Emily's expression changed subtly. It wasn't that she was more excited when she heard that someone was watching. Although she was indeed excited, it was not that kind of excitement.

"Then let's go rob... take their two sets. The sniper points around are they? I'll contact Zhuo Yisi right now... Oops!"

Lucas hit her on the head, causing her to cover her head in defense. The girl stuck out her tongue and nudged his chest, nudging him again and again.

While comforting her, Lucas put away the experimental device on the ground. This thing can also be called a "magic weapon".

"Why did you put it away and not install this thing anymore?"

"It is impossible to install it in other locations. There are people everywhere in the buildings with suitable height and location. Even if we find an opportunity, they will destroy it and collect it as if it were something else."

"What should we do? Change to other areas where the Sky Demon Insects appear?"

"That's the only way. I thought it was simple before. These test devices still need to be modified so that ordinary people can't find them."

"But, logically speaking, areas where the Sky Demon Zerg appear will generally receive special attention, right?"

“Not necessarily, it depends on the situation.”

As the two were talking, Lucas took out the [Teleportation Scepter] which looked like the transformation staff of the magical girl in Area 11. Circles of magical light enveloped the two of them and started the teleportation.

"Didn't you say we would be visible to thermal imaging devices? Just leave like that?"

"It's not completely dark outside yet, so there's still some time before we can use this device."

"Oh……"

Before the voice fell, the two of them seemed to transform into streams of light, passing through the ceiling and disappearing.

……

In the room where the [Teleportation Array] was set up on a submarine airship hidden thousands of meters in the air, a stream of light seemed to rush down from the ceiling and transformed into the figures of Lucas and Emily the moment it landed on the ground. A trace of lightning like a thunder snake spread on the floor, lighting up the intricate and mysterious patterns hidden in the wooden panels.

The reason why it stays at this altitude is that there are often military drones operating at medium and low altitudes. Although they do not have the technical means to detect submarine airships, they may collide with them.

Moreover, although the submarine airship itself can remain invisible, because it uses the Internet of this world, if it is carefully observed by a big shot with relevant inspection equipment, some clues can still be found, so the cautious approach is to stay high in the sky.

The inside of the airship was as warm as spring, so the first thing the two did was to go to the room hand in hand and change their coats.

After changing into their daily home clothes, the two walked along the corridor towards the dining room.

The dining room was filled with the smell of food, but no food was being cooked.

Laurel, Zoeys and Claire sat together, all looking at their IPADs.

"Boss, Amy, you are back"

"Hey, why is there only rice? Where are the dishes?"

"Boss said he wanted to show off his skills today, so he didn't let us do it."

"Ah? You plan to cook today?"

"Well, I traded some slaughtered insect meat downstairs today."

"Ah, this..."

"No way, I absolutely won't eat such weird things"

It was Claire who said the last sentence, but you also know what it usually means when you say this: it smells so good.

Several people started chatting at once, their attitudes were friendly and casual, and they really looked like a loving family.

Lucas washed his hands and took out from the chopping board the finished insect meat that he had bought with the dollars he had earned while wandering around the streets today.

There was no need for the bloody scene on the meat stall. It was just like appreciating the 5A grade marbled meat in the kitchen. They were all insect corpses that were dragged back from the battlefield in various ways and slaughtered. The reddish insect meat might have a little smell of gunpowder, but it was extremely fresh. Lucas cleaned it slightly and processed it into a beautiful shape with superb knife skills. The slices of meat on the plate showed every element that could show that they were excellent ingredients, including color, smell, flavor, texture... and so on.

During the day, Lucas eats snacks similar to spicy boiled food. The insect meat tastes a bit like crab meat or lobster meat, fresh, sweet, crispy, and a little chewy. Both the taste and texture are great.

Just fry it with a little butter and it doesn’t even need any additional seasoning. Just sprinkle some coarse sea salt and it will be a top-notch delicacy that will be praised by the Up masters in the food section of Bilibili.

Of course, you can also cook it like making braised food, by adding various seasonings into the pot and stewing it, so that the insect meat can fully absorb the ingredients and aroma of the seasonings, making the taste richer and more delicious.

One only needs to look at the reactions of the four women in the family to know the high quality of this insect meat.

They licked the plates clean, even the sauce, and carried out the "Clean Plate Operation" of a mysterious country across time and space.

You know, their normal food is pretty good, and with Lucas's advanced cooking skills that blend Chinese and Western cuisine, there aren't many things that can make them lick their plates.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day, Lucas and Emily entered the neighborhood again.

The way they landed is very primitive

, Lucas jumped directly from the submarine airship holding Emily.

Courage and experience are acquired through practice. Lucas now dares to cast the [Feather Fall] at an altitude of 300 meters above the ground. He also wants to try the flying wing suit he has seen on TV and movies before, but it is too ostentatious, so he gave up, or wait until he leaves American to have this experience again.

When I came here in the morning, I didn't see those heavily made-up streetwalkers, but it was still noisy and bustling.

Lucas took Emily and walked leisurely through the barbed wire that had been cut by the five-star citizens of Xinxiang City and entered the quarantine area under the watchful eyes of several soldiers driving what should be the Abrams main battle tanks of the US Army in this world.

He spent all the US dollars he exchanged yesterday, so if he wants to move freely here today, he must first find a big insect to ask for help and help it to voluntarily die and donate its physical body.

The submarine airship has a relatively complete set of magical reconnaissance methods, which can be converted into video images through the "Anxunsihua" communication equipment. Then, through the Internet of this world, Lucas can use a "mobile phone" on the ground to call up these hostile maps, life form displays and other reconnaissance images.

Therefore, it is easy to find the "Sky Demon" Zerg lurking in the quarantine area.