Chapter 9: Delicious Snake Soup
At this moment, Cao Xing heard a 'gurgling' sound.
It wasn't coming from him, but from Liu Muxue beside him.
She wasn't inherently physically strong, and having just gone through a battle, she had expended a lot of energy.
It was normal for her to be hungry.
Seeing Cao Xing look over, Liu Muxue's pretty face flushed, and she buried her head deeply.
"I'm, I'm sorry..."
Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go in first. It's time to prepare food."
Liu Muxue nodded gently.
Then, they entered the empty Lord's Cabin.
To cook, they first needed to build a stove.
So, Cao Xing found a corner directly, then clicked on the 【Building】 interface to construct one.
【Do you want to consume materials: Stone*8, Wood*4, to build a Level 1 Simple Stove?】
"Yes."
Cao Xing began building according to the blueprint provided by the system.
In a few minutes, a simple stove built of stones appeared before Cao Xing.
【Stove: Level 1】
【Defense: 30】
【Footprint: 1 square meter】
Cao Xing also took out the initial equipment given by the system from the storage box, the 【Big Black Pot (White)】.
Don't underestimate this big black pot; if disassembled, it can even be broken down into two pieces of iron.
This time, Cao Xing decided to make a pot of snake soup first.
In this world of ice and snow, there was naturally no shortage of water sources.
Cao Xing just needed to go outside, knock back some ice with a hammer, put it in the pot, and it would melt quickly.
After the water boiled, Cao Xing directly threw two palm-sized pieces of snake meat into the pot.
These two pieces of snake meat were equivalent to 10 units of food, which was quite luxurious.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing threw in two more pieces of snake meat.
Ten-odd minutes later, a rich meaty aroma began to fill the entire cabin.
Liu Muxue, who was huddled to the side, couldn't help but raise her head and swallow as she looked at the pot.
"Sister-in-law, it's almost ready. Please wait a little longer."
Liu Muxue lowered her head awkwardly and replied softly, "A Xing, let me handle the cooking from now on..."
Cao Xing smiled upon hearing this, "You are going to be the Lord's woman in the future. How can we do these things?"
"We are short-handed now. When we recruit more troops later, we won't need to cook ourselves."
Liu Muxue showed a gentle smile upon hearing this, "A Xing, you know so much."
Cao Xing shook his head, "It's nothing, I just play a lot of games usually."
The sky outside became increasingly dark.
The temperature also began to drop sharply.
After the stove was lit, the temperature in the room had risen to -11℃.
But now, in the blink of an eye, it had dropped to -16℃.
The outdoor temperature had reached an astonishing -50℃.
The cold wind howled, like a bone-scraping knife constantly sweeping over the bodies of the polar people.
At this temperature, even with the campfire covering them, they couldn't work.
Unless the campfire could be upgraded to an energy tower in the future, then even facing blizzard weather, they could get through it safely.
At this moment, Cao Xing saw several notifications appear in the territory interface.
【Your territory building 【Lumber Mill】 has been successfully constructed.】
【Your territory building 【Market】 has been successfully constructed.】
【Your territory building 【Small Shelter】 has been successfully constructed.】
Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
The tasks he had assigned to the four polar people were finally completed before dark.
So, he walked to the door of the Lord's Cabin and said, "Dazhuang, Erzhuang, you can all come in to eat."
The four polar people swarmed into the Lord's Cabin.
Even Ilena curled her body and squeezed in, stick ing against the wooden cabin wall.
The Lord's Cabin had a total space of only thirty square meters, and it instantly became very crowded.
Liu Muxue had already filled all six wooden bowls with meat soup, with cooked snake meat floating inside.
The four polar people's eyes lit up, and their hands holding the wooden bowls were trembling constantly.
But because Cao Xing hadn't spoken, they didn't dare to make any presumptuous moves.
At this moment, Cao Xing came to the stove, picked up one of the wooden bowls, and said, "Although this is only our first day together, I am very satisfied with your performance!"
"As a reward for your hard work, you can enjoy this pot of snake soup to your heart's content."
"Now, start enjoying the delicious food!"
At this moment, the four polar people raised the delicious meat soup in their hands, their mouths watering uncontrollably.
Then, they simultaneously shouted a sentence.
"Praise the great Lord!"
"Praise the great Second Lord!"
After speaking, the four polar people directly drank the meat soup in one gulp.
A "gurgling" sound came.
A moment later, expressions of happiness appeared on the faces of the four polar people.
"My heavens, I swear, this is the most delicious meal I've ever eaten in my life!"
"Erzhuang, me too! I've never had such delicious meat soup underground."
"Everyone, we must remember that all of this is bestowed by the Lord. We must work hard and repay the Lord!"
"May we go through fire and water for the Lord!"
The four polar people were deeply moved.
A system notification appeared.
【Your territory member: Dazhuang has tasted the delicious snake soup, his loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 85.】
【Your territory member: Erzhuang has tasted the delicious snake soup, his loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 80.】
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The favorability of the four polar people soared, all reaching above 80 points!
With this level of favorability, they would basically do whatever Cao Xing asked them to do.
Cao Xing also noticed Ilena beside him.
Her hunger value had dropped below 50.
Ilena narrowed her long, slanted eyes and kept flicking her tongue, seemingly also very eager to eat.
Cao Xing came up to Ilena and asked, "Ilena, do you eat raw meat or cooked meat?"
Ilena flicked her crimson tongue, "I eat raw meat, respected Lord."
Cao Xing nodded. He was about to take out two pieces of snake meat from his backpack.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing put them back.
So, he threw two pieces of the wolf meat he had just harvested to Ilena.
Ilena bit into them directly, then swallowed them whole.
She licked her lips and said with a satisfied smile, "Thank you, Lord."
【Your territory member: Ilena has tasted the delicious wolf meat, her loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 71.】
Cao Xing noticed that Ilena's hunger value had only increased by 10 points, barely reaching 60 points now.
This wouldn't do. Not reaching a state of satiety for a long time would also decrease loyalty.
Ilena was powerful, but similarly, she consumed more food.
Cao Xing thought for a moment, then continued to feed her 4 more pieces of wolf meat, only then increasing Ilena's hunger value to 80.
"Thank you for your generosity, Lord."
Cao Xing nodded. Fortunately, they had hunted two snow wolves this time.
Otherwise, with Ilena's appetite, the stored food wouldn't be enough for them to last two days.
Moreover, Cao Xing still had a more powerful recruitment scroll: Frost Wolf Warrior.
It could be imagined that when that time came, the daily food consumption of the two big eaters would reach astonishing numbers.
"Starting tomorrow, I also need to find a way to collect more food," Cao Xing thought to himself.
Since it was night now, they couldn't work or explore outside.
So, Cao Xing sent Ilena and the four polar people back to their residences to rest.
After they left, the Lord's Cabin became empty again.
As for Liu Muxue, before a new residence was built, she could only stay with Cao Xing.
Liu Muxue seemed a little nervous at this moment. This seemed to be the first time she had been in the same room with a male.
However, Cao Xing had no other thoughts.
Sitting by the fire, Cao Xing opened the 【Chat Channel】 in the system interface.
He wanted to see how the other survivors were developing.
Opening the 【World Channel】, a flood of information immediately poured in.
Lin Zixuan: "Cold! So cold! I'm freezing to death!"
Lawrence: "God! What kind of world is this? Our family's food is gone, the campfire is about to go out. Who can save us?"
Andrei: "Damn it! There are monsters outside the camp, and one bit me!"
Fujiwara Akiko: "My husband has frozen to death. His body is so stiff and cold, Woo woo woo..."
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