Cave Refuge-Chapter 295 - 283: A New Food Source_2

Craving meat might just be an excuse, but his true purpose was probably to find a new food source for their newly established camp.

Actually, this was just Robinson William letting his imagination run wild; the other party hadn’t lied. He spoke the truth—the special forces member had started eating bugs since he was a child, be it scorpions or centipedes, or even spiders and toads; he knew how to eat them and was also very skilled in various cooking methods.

The one who loved eating bugs as a child found that, as an adult, his chances to indulge became rare, especially after joining the special forces and achieving financial freedom.

But the special forces’ culinary team certainly didn’t prepare bug feasts, and during his leave, he couldn’t find anywhere in the nearby cities where he could eat bugs.

So as he grew up, he found himself missing the carefree days when he could just catch bugs and cook them on the spot, what some might call a childhood filter.

And when this enlarged version of a scorpion appeared before his eyes, while others became cautious and fearfully careful, a nostalgic tear trickled down his cheek.

It was as if what appeared before him was not a lethal bug, but rather the bug of his dreams; after all, with its huge size, killing just one would probably satisfy his hunger in one meal.

"If you really do want to try eating it, I can give you a piece of a bug’s body to taste. Even though the bugs from Pengcheng have been made into nutritional supplements, it doesn’t mean that the bugs from Saxon County aren’t poisonous and can be eaten safely.

But just like the first people who tried eating crabs and crayfish, there always have to be pioneers willing to give it a go."

So I’ll ask you once again, do you really want to eat this bug voluntarily?"

Seeing Robinson William ask with a serious expression, the special forces member didn’t hesitate, speaking with a determined gaze, "I really do want to taste this bug, even if it’s poisonous I won’t regret it. After all, we people from the Cloud Province naturally have a high resistance to poison."

Hearing the other party joke about this at the end, Robinson William was somewhat speechless.

Indeed.

The Cloud Province folks who love eating mushrooms, even if they end up hospitalized due to poisoning, blame their cooking for not preparing the mushrooms properly, never the mushrooms for being poisonous.

After getting Robinson William’s response, he walked over to the body of a giant scorpion, pulled out his dagger from his leg and began dismembering the giant scorpion.

Perhaps, just as he said, he was very familiar with the body structure of scorpions, and this giant scorpion not only resembled the common scorpion in appearance but also shared a similar body structure.

Watching him effortlessly and quickly disassemble the giant scorpion before him, the others’ belief in his claim strengthened.

After dismembering the giant scorpion, he first picked up a thick bug leg, and holding the leg that was as thick as a person’s thigh, he said to the others, "Actually, scorpion leg meat is delicious. It’s just that the legs of a normal scorpion are very thin and are also encased in a shell.

So there’s not much meat on each scorpion leg, and if you could extract it completely, the meat on a scorpion leg could actually thread through a needle.

That’s why scorpion leg meat is also called ’gold thread’ in our area."

Having said that, he skilfully used his dagger to slice along a line on the bug leg, and the shell encasing the leg simply fell away with ease.

Upon seeing the glistening exposed meat of the bug leg, everyone couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.

Anyone who has ever seen a water chicken butchered knows that just by looking at the lustrous, almost reflective quality of the meat right after the skin is peeled, it can make one’s appetite surge.

And the bug leg in the hands of the special forces member was even more enticing than a water chicken leg.

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Some might not know what a water chicken is—it’s actually the common frog found in fields, once a rural delicacy and now an endangered species.

To say that they were eaten to endangerment is quite a stretch; anyone who has seen frogs lay eggs knows that they can lay thousands at a time, and it’s unlikely for humanity’s hunting to endanger them so easily.

What really endangered frogs was the overuse of pesticides, which can kill not only insects but also frogs and tadpoles.

Therefore, many places have started artificially rearing them to protect frogs. For those who can afford it, give it a try; the meat is very tender and tastes great. Cooked properly, it doesn’t look weird or hard to eat, although it can be a bit pricey.

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The special forces member, looking at the translucent leg meat in his hand, couldn’t help but take a bite directly.

Although the bug meat wasn’t melt-in-the-mouth, the texture was indeed very smooth, and it didn’t have any off-flavors; it rather had a texture similar to jelly.

After chewing a few times and swallowing, the special forces member felt neither satisfied nor appeased—instead, he took another big bite.

Seeing the member continuously biting into the meat until there was none left, the faces of the others didn’t show joy at finding a new food source but instead exhibited concern over the special forces member’s current behavior.

They feared the bug leg was poisonous, causing this reaction, especially since in China, aside from Guangdong and the coastal regions, few other areas have the custom of eating raw foods.

Let alone the Cloud Province where a restaurant won’t even pass you chopsticks unless the food is fully cooked, much less have a tradition of eating raw food.