Ch22 - Strange Fruits 

One person and one system were exploring the forest in harmony. After a long walk, Mu Yan found familiar brown mushrooms, and even some cloud ear mushrooms, and was very lucky to meet an injured rabbit on the way.

When the rabbit saw him coming, it struggled to escape. However, because it was too injured to run far, it was knocked unconscious by Mu Yan bravely with a wooden stick. 

Looking at the two kinds of mushrooms and a rabbit in the basket, Mu Yan showed a big smile, obviously very satisfied with this harvest.

He hadn’t eaten meat for a long time.

Mu Yan looked up at the sun in the sky, it was still noon and the weather was fine today. He could stay in the forest a while longer, and maybe find other ingredients if he was lucky, so he decided to have lunch in the forest.

“005, let’s eat our lunch here. I’ll make a roasted rabbit and roasted mushrooms.” Mu Yan said to 005. 

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“Okay, okay.” Hearing they would eat lunch soon, 005 turned around excitedly.

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Mu Yan had cleaned chickens and ducks before, so he would clean the rabbit in the same way chickens and ducks. After that, he cleaned all the mushrooms.

Kitchen utensils and other things he bought from the system had always been placed in the system space. So it was very convenient to bring and use anytime he needed, like right now. The stove still needed to be made by himself, but it was not troublesome, there were many stones and dry woods in the forest.

After the simple stove was done, Mu Yan lit the fire and put half a pot of water to cook the mushroom soup. He also sliced some rabbit meat and cooked it together. The rest of the rabbit meat and mushrooms were all used for barbecue.

Although there were not many seasonings, the rabbit meat was fresh without any strong smell, and it was very fragrant just by sprinkling a little salt and roasting it. For Mu Yan and 005, who had never eaten meat, this barbecue was absolutely a rare delicacy.

The small ‘furball’ 005 was lying on the rabbit’s leg, eating very happily. From a distance, it looked like a white furball had grown on the rabbit’s leg. 

“Yanyan, this is so good, so delicious!” 005 kept twisting its body while chewing, complimenting vaguely.

“Don’t eat too fast, you should drink the soup too.” Mu Yan scooped a bowl of mushroom soup for 005. Looking at the furball full of oil all over its body, Mu Yan was a little worried. Can 005 digest all that meat?

But the busy 005 didn’t care, or in other words, it didn’t have time to notice Mu Yan’s thoughts, because all its attention at the moment was on the roasted rabbit’s leg.

The two had a full meal, and rested under the tree’s shade, caressing their round bellies. As for how 005 also had a round belly, the round furball now became even rounder from the bottom half! 

Although the two ate until full, there were still a lot of ingredients left. Mu Yan with his ger’s physique couldn’t eat a lot, and the small 005 had a size limit that even if it wanted to eat more meat, it couldn’t.

The remaining meat and mushrooms were packed in the basket. They would continue to look for other ingredients after a small rest.

In the afternoon, Mu Yan found another familiar ingredient, but the place where the ingredient grew was very strange. Mu Yan stood in front of a tall tree for a few minutes before sighing in confusion.  

“Yanyan, what’s wrong?” 005, who had already flown ahead, realized that Mu Yan wasn’t following it, and stood still with one hand on his chin. 

Mu Yan was still silent. 005 followed Mu Yan’s line of sight and saw a tree full of fruits!