I'm a cook in the wasteland

Chapter 9 Collective Hunting
Thinking about it, Su Mo calmed down completely. She looked at the roof and her eyes gradually became firmer.

During a one-day trip to the wilderness, she relied on the system to narrowly escape death, and now she has found a camp and settled down.

But as a cook in the rear, she may never return to Earth for the rest of her life.

From now on, all she can really rely on is herself and the knife in her hand!

Take a good rest, and then look for opportunities to strengthen yourself. One day, she will be able to return to Earth.

Su Mo clenched the knife in his hand, but felt a solid feeling in his heart.

On the wasteland, this knife reassures her more than anyone else.

That night, Su Mo slept soundly, and when he woke up the next day, the camp was already active.

"Su Mo, it's time for breakfast."

Aunt Li came over and called Su Mo. Aunt Li was very enthusiastic today. She looked at Su Mo's appearance carefully and couldn't help laughing.

"Yesterday you were a dark mess, but today you have become a little beauty."

Hearing this praise, Su Mo bared his teeth.

The appearance of her body is not stunning, but she looks delicate and gentle. It was the first time yesterday that she saw her own appearance clearly, and she was quite satisfied.

The camp is not big, except for a few stone houses, the rest are made of tent tiles, which looks a bit dilapidated.

At the outermost perimeter, a stone wall encloses the camp.

Many people will come out of the tent one after another, some of them are sloppy, but the people around them are used to it.

People like Su Mo who cleaned themselves up so cleanly were few in the camp.

Survival is the first element in the wasteland. As for the image, many people do it however they feel comfortable.

Fortunately, there was no peculiar smell, Su Mo thought, and saw a lot of people around the cauldron, many of them looked ready to go, and the pot was filled with rice.

"They are planning to go out today to hunt ferocious beasts and get them back for storage."

"But do you mean that smoked bacon can really be stored for a long time?"

Aunt Li leaned over and asked curiously, full of thirst for knowledge.

"Well, smoked bacon can be stored for a long time, as long as there is enough, there is no need to go hunting in winter."

This was something she told Shi Yan last night.

Now it's autumn, and after a while it will be winter.

And the cold winter on the wasteland is simply terrible. In addition to the low temperature, the scarcity of food is a big problem.

In winter, even those fierce beasts will reduce their outings, so they must reserve food in advance.

However, for those who do not know about smoking and storage, the meat they bring back will not last long.

Therefore, every winter before this, almost people in the camp starved to death.

Su Mo's proposal made Shi Yan think about it all night, so he took today's action.

The two chatted. Su Mo tasted Aunt Li's cooking skills with a calm expression. Today's side dishes are just some wild vegetables stir-fried with minced meat.

It can be eaten, but after Su Mo tasted it, he felt that it was not really delicious.

However, Su Mo has always followed a principle, that is, unless he cooks for himself, he can just sit at the dinner table and eat with his mouth shut.

"Su Mo?"

Shi Qing sat next to Su Mo and stared at Su Mo's face with a strange expression, but the hostility from yesterday was gone.

"Yeah." Su Mo nodded, looked at the knife hanging on the other side's waist and asked curiously: "Are you going to hunt too?"

"nonsense!"

"I'm a soldier!" Shi Qing replied while swallowing his food,
He ate in a hurry, but he also ate carefully, not a single grain of rice was left in the bowl.

Ignoring the other party's inexplicable sense of pride, Su Mo walked up to Uncle Wolf and asked.

"Uncle Wolf, where are you going to hunt this time, do you have a target?"

"Yo, I'm curious."

"We are going to go to area 58 this time. Most of the beasts there are B-type. They have a lot of meat, are thick, and are resistant to hunger. They are suitable for bringing back as food reserves."

All area divisions above the wasteland are replaced by numbers.

The larger the number, the less dangerous the area is. Area 58 is often visited by homeless people, so the danger is not great.

As for Type B, it refers to those fierce beasts with huge size, strong attack power, amazing defensive power, and terrible biting ability.

Once this kind of beast appears, ordinary people can almost only wait for death.

On the wasteland, not everyone has awakened their spiritual power, and the rest of them are constantly strengthening themselves by exercising their bodies, which is what Shi Qing called warriors.

In this camp, there were a total of more than a dozen soldiers, and this time only ten were dispatched, led by Uncle Wolf.

In the entire camp, apart from Shi Yan, Uncle Wolf was the most powerful.

However, even with such a team, it is difficult to say that going out this time is foolproof.

Let's put it this way, if A027, who was half a person tall yesterday, was in a normal state, he might not be able to win against Uncle Wolf alone.

And against the B-type fierce beast, the A-type is just a matter of being trampled into mud.

So you can see the risks of this trip.

But food is a great temptation to today's world, so they will take the risk.

Once winter comes, those wild vegetables on the ground will gradually disappear.

If they only rely on exchanging food from the base, then most people in this camp will not be able to survive this winter.

Taking the risk is also a last resort.

"Uncle Wolf, can you take me with you?"

Su Mo wondered for a while and still asked, An Xin couldn't upgrade as a cook.

"No." Uncle Wolf shook his head decisively.

"Hunting is too dangerous, we can't protect you if you follow, and if something happens to you, then our actions today will be in vain."

Uncle Wolf said it bluntly, and his serious attitude let Su Mo know that this was impossible.

"Okay then." Su Mo had no choice but to understand that it still needed time.

After all, if she follows out now, if she doesn't want to be a burden, she will definitely expose the rest of her abilities. Before confirming that these people are credible, she can't take risks.

You must know that the ability she really relies on for survival is not cooking skills, but the spiritual power given by the system.

Recalling the scene of splitting the stone with a knife that day, Su Mo decided not to expose himself for the time being.

The ferocious beasts in the wasteland are terrifying, but the human heart is equally dangerous.

After eating and drinking enough, and bringing some food, the team set off.

Based on the distance and hunting time, it would take three days at the earliest for this team to return.

In the past few days, there was no food for Su Mo to cook in the camp, and Su Mo didn't complain after returning to the life of eating porridge a day.

Not starving to death, just living.

Su Mo, who was counting the days, was not idle. She organized some people in the camp to search for wild spices in the nearby grassland.

In the past few days, I have really found quite a few, which will be dried in the camp, and can be stored for long-term use later.

And Su Mo was not stingy with this knowledge, and taught everyone very carefully.

Especially Aunt Li, now her fried pork has a bit of heat.

(End of this chapter)