Delicious Snake Soup

At this moment, a 'gurgling' sound appeared beside Cao Xing's ear.

It wasn't him making the noise, but Liu Muxue beside him.

She wasn't a physically strong person to begin with, and after just experiencing 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... I'm sorry..."

Cao Xing shook his head. "Sister-in-law, let's go inside first. It's time to prepare a meal."

Liu Muxue nodded gently.

Then, they ducked into the spacious Lord's Hut.

To cook, they first needed to set up a stove.

So, Cao Xing found a corner, opened the construction interface, and began building.

[Consume materials: Stone*8, Wood*4, to build Level 1 Simple Stove.]

"Yes."

Cao Xing began to build according to the system's blueprint.

In just a few minutes, a simple stove made of stones appeared before Cao Xing.

Stove: Level 1 Defense: 30 Area: 1 sqm

Cao Xing took out the initial equipment given by the system from the storage box: Big Black Pot (White)*1.

Don't underestimate this big black pot; if it were disassembled, it could yield two pieces of iron.

This time, Cao Xing planned to make a pot of snake soup first.

In this icy, snowy land, there was no shortage of water.

Cao Xing just needed to go outside, use a hammer to chip off some ice, put it in the pot, and it would melt in no time.

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 food supplies, which was quite a luxury.

After some thought, Cao Xing threw in two more pieces of snake meat.

Ten minutes later, a rich meaty aroma began to fill the entire hut.

Curled up to the side, Liu Muxue couldn't help but lift her head, looking at the pot and swallowing.

"Sister-in-law, it'll be ready soon, just a little longer."

Liu Muxue lowered her head shyly and softly replied, "A Xing, from now on, leave the cooking to me..."

Cao Xing chuckled upon hearing this. "You're going to be the Lord's woman in the future, so how can we do these things ourselves?"

"We're short-handed right now. Once we recruit more forces, we won't need to cook ourselves."

Liu Muxue also 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."

The sky outside grew increasingly dim.

The temperature also began to drop sharply.

After lighting the stove, the room's temperature had already risen to -11°C.

Now, in the blink of an eye, it dropped to -16°C.

The outdoor temperature reached a staggering -50°C.

The cold wind howled, like a bone-scraping knife, continuously sweeping over the bodies of the Polar Humans.

At this temperature, even with a bonfire, they couldn't work.

Unless the bonfire was upgraded to an Energy Tower in the future, they could safely survive even during a blizzard.

At this moment, Cao Xing saw several prompts appearing on 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 Humans were finally completed before dark.

So, he walked to the door of the Lord's Hut and said, "Da Zhuang, Er Zhuang, you can all come in for dinner now."

The four Polar Humans scrambled into the Lord's Hut.

Even Ilena curled up and squeezed in along the wall of the wooden hut.

The Lord's Hut only had thirty square meters of space, and it instantly became very crowded.

Liu Muxue had already filled the six wooden bowls with meat soup, with pieces of snake meat floating in them after being cooked.

The four Polar Humans' eyes lit up, their hands trembling as they held the wooden bowls.

However, since Cao Xing hadn't spoken, they didn't dare to make any presumptuous moves.

At this moment, Cao Xing walked over to the stove, picked up one of the wooden bowls, and said, "Although we've only been together for the first day, I'm very satisfied with your performance!"

"To reward your hard work, you can enjoy this pot of snake soup to your heart's content."

"Now, let's enjoy the feast!"

At this moment, the four Polar Humans raised their bowls of delicious soup, their mouths watering uncontrollably.

Then, they simultaneously shouted.

"Praise the great Lord!"

"Praise the great Second Lord!"

With that, the four Polar Humans drank the soup in one gulp.

The sound of "glug glug" could be heard.

A moment later, expressions of happiness appeared on the faces of the four Polar Humans.

"Heavens, I swear, this is the most delicious meal I've ever eaten in my life!"

"Da Zhuang, me too! I've never had such delicious soup underground."

"Everyone, we must remember that everything is granted by the Lord, and we must work hard to repay the Lord!"

"We are willing to go through fire and water for the Lord!"

The four Polar Humans were deeply moved.

A system notification appeared.

Your territory member: Da Zhuang tasted the delicious snake soup, and your loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 85.

Your territory member: Er Zhuang tasted the delicious snake soup, and your loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 80.

The favorability of the four Polar Humans 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, narrow eyes, her tongue flicking out continuously, seeming to be very eager to eat.

Cao Xing walked up to Ilena and asked, "Ilena, do you eat raw or cooked meat?"

Ilena flicked her scarlet 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 it back.

So, he threw two pieces of the wolf meat he had just harvested to Ilena.

Ilena bit down directly and swallowed it whole.

She licked her lips, a satisfied smile on her face, and said, "Thank you, Lord."

Your territory member: Ilena tasted the delicious wolf meat, and your loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 71.

Cao Xing noticed that Ilena's hunger had increased by 10 points, barely reaching 60 points now.

This wouldn't do. Not reaching a full state for a long time would also decrease loyalty.

Ilena was powerful, but similarly, her food consumption was higher.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and then fed her 4 more pieces of wolf meat, bringing Ilena's hunger value up to 80.

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord."

Cao Xing nodded. Fortunately, this time, they had gone out and hunted two snow wolves.

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 in his hand: Frostwolf Warrior.

It could be imagined that the two with large appetites would consume an astonishing amount of food every day.

"Starting tomorrow, I need to find ways to collect more food," Cao Xing thought to himself.

Since it was night, they couldn't work or explore.

So, Cao Xing had Ilena and the four Polar Humans return to their respective dwellings to rest.

After they left, the Lord's Hut became empty again.

As for Liu Muxue, until a new dwelling 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 shared a room with a man.

However, Cao Xing had no ulterior thoughts.

Sitting by the bonfire, Cao Xing opened the chat channel on the system interface. He wanted to see how the other survivors were developing.

Opening the World Channel, a flood of messages instantly poured in.

Lin Zixuan: "Cold! So cold! I'm freezing to death!"

Lawrence: "God! What kind of world is this? My family's food is all gone, the bonfire is about to go out, can anyone save us?"

Andre: "Damn it! Monsters appeared outside the camp, it bit me!"

Fujiwara Akiko: "My husband has frozen to death, his body is so stiff and cold, sob sob sob..."

Quickly fold a thousand paper cranes.