She said... there are Awakening Stone Fragment!
Xiao Yunjie was shocked again. "What?!"
Liu Huli took a sip of water, finally catching his breath, and quickly explained in detail, " Miss Song said that there are Awakening Stone Fragment in the heart of the Polluted Beast. If enough are collected, she can make them into Awakening Stone!"
" Awakening Stone Fragment? Impossible, we killed so many Polluted Beast, and we didn't find any..." Xiao Yunjie murmured incredulously.
Liu Huli: "Specialized Gathering Gloves are needed!"
Xiao Yunjie reacted quickly, immediately grasping the key point. "So that's how it is..."
Liu Huli took out several pairs of " Gathering Gloves " from his pocket and solemnly handed them to Xiao Yunjie: "Madam, Miss Song said that these gloves will give you a success rate of about 30%, which is already quite high..."
Xiao Yunjie took the gloves and replied, "I know."
If every Polluted Beast has Awakening Stone Fragment in its heart, then this 30% success rate means that one stone can be harvested from every three or four Polluted Beast.
There are at least nearly a thousand Polluted Beast lying dead in the trap before us.
What does this mean?
If those Awakening Stone Fragment can really be made into Awakening Stone...
The immense possibilities contained within this were beyond Xiao Yunjie's comprehension.
Xiao Yunjie breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll accept the gloves. Give the helmet and armor to the village chief, and he'll arrange for their distribution."
Liu Huli nodded repeatedly and then asked, "Madam, should we send some more Polluted Beast back to the village?"
Xiao Yunjie closed her eyes briefly, calmed herself down, and then instructed, "Captain Liu, find ten more people to be in charge of the transportation!"
Liu Huli was taken aback at first, then immediately bowed and said, "Received!"
The Guard Team were overjoyed when the helmets and armor were delivered to the front lines.
They not only had handy steel knives, but also helmets and armor.
This is something I could never have imagined!
Taking advantage of the situation, Liu Xuangang raised his voice, "These were all made by Miss Song from the hides of the Polluted Beast Polluted Beast. Just think how tough their hides are! Now we have those too! Hunter, don't be afraid, these Polluted Beast will eventually become our helmets, armor, and gloves!"
He shouted, and someone yelled, "Village chief, can this leather be used to make shoes?"
Liu Xuangang laughed loudly, "If you can hold off this wave of beasts, I'll make you a wedding quilt!"
The Hunter burst into laughter.
When Liu Xuangang learned about the Awakening Stone Fragment, he ignited the Guard Team's combat power tenfold.
"Do you want to become Awakened?" Liu Xuangang's limbs transformed into sharp claws as he pounced on the Polluted Beast ahead. His voice resonated in the hearts of every member of the Guard Team: "Do you want to become true ' Hunter '?"
" The Awakening Stone is hidden inside the Polluted Beast!"
" Miss Song can not only craft steel knives and armor, but she can also extract rare Awakening Stone from the bodies of Polluted Beast!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers.
The Hunter, who had been somewhat tired, were now wide awake. They felt their blood boiling and donned their helmets and armor, grabbed their steel knives, and charged toward the Polluted Beast with burning eyes.
At this moment, the Polluted Beast is no longer ferocious and terrifying, no longer ugly and unsightly.
Each one of them shone brightly, their very existence screaming "valuable!"
Chapter 66
The shop's kitchen is quite large, after all, there are more and more people to support, especially after Old Chen came, the population has doubled.
There were two large pots in the kitchen. Song Xiaozhu didn't want to do anything fancy. She simply added clean water, sprinkled some salt—the kind Chen San had given her last time—and started boiling the meat in plain water.
This simple and straightforward cooking method relies entirely on the freshness of the ingredients and the fact that everyone hadn't eaten meat in ages, so the aroma of meat made them all perk up.
Luo Liuzi: "This is all that pollution..."
Not wanting to spoil his appetite, Song Xiaozhu interrupted him, saying, "I've reprocessed it; the contaminants have been removed."
Tian Man was very curious. "How was this pollution removed? Will I be able to... can I do that in the future?"
He is now a " Purifier " and has a certain sensitivity to pollution.
Song Xiaozhu thought for a moment and said, "Next time I'll save you a piece of meat, so you can practice more with it."
Tian Man: "Okay!"
If the members of the " Purifier " Alliance heard this, they would probably all faint.
What the heck?
How can a " Purifier " practice in front of a contaminated piece of meat every day?
What about ideals? What about revenge?
Does this mean our future specialization will be purifying Polluted Beast?
Tian Man naturally didn't understand these things, and even if he did, he wouldn't think there was a problem with it.
What's wrong with purifying Polluted Beast?
With water to drink and meat to eat, this is truly a life of bliss!
While waiting for the water to boil, they took out a steel knife and a skinning knife, roughly processed the fresh meat, removed the tendons and muscles, and cut it into small pieces about two or three centimeters square.
As she sliced the meat, Song Xiaozhu's mind drifted to. "Dongpo pork, braised pork ribs, beef brisket stewed with tomatoes..."
Ugh, not only is there no spice, but there are no tomatoes either.
Fortunately, the others didn't have her imagination; the more they cut, the more they craved it. Luckily, they knew they couldn't eat it raw, otherwise Luo Liuzi would have wanted to take a bite right now.
They worked until dawn, and finally cooked more than 300 pounds of meat.
Luo Liuzi's stomach was already rumbling with hunger. "Miss, we..." He swallowed hard.
Song Xiaozhu: "Pack them up first, or they'll get cold."
Her words Tian Man pondered, "Should we use buckets? We'll need to find another lid, but we don't have enough in our shop. Maybe we should bring some from downstairs?"
"Make room for the light meals? But there are so many light meals..."
Qiu Shuyu and Luo Liuzi both frowned, at a loss for what to do. Tian Man had always been the one to handle all the household chores.
Song Xiaozhu was about to suggest that she could take away the light meals so that she could free up the wooden bucket downstairs... but the thought had barely crossed her mind when she realized what she'd said.