Chapter 14 (2/2)

“Stop daydreaming. Let’s get out of here. Once those bugs arrive, we’ll be in deep sh*t!” Qin Hao’s words jolted them out of their daze.

The two women nodded involuntarily. The impression that special forces soldier, Nicole had of him had taken a one-eighty turn as well; she no longer saw Qin Hao as a loser, mess cook but a god-like existence.

It was easy to win someone’s trust when you were successful. Right then, Nicole was starting to think the sun rose and set on Qin Hao.

However, that impression did not last three minutes; they heard a growl coming from Qin Hao’s stomach, and their expression instantly took a strange turn.

Qin Hao could not help it; he had been starving since his severed arm recovered. Trudging through the thick tropical jungle was making him even hungrier. He might have looked heroic by killing that giant commander beetle, but it was also physically exhaustive. He could swallow an elephant, given how hungry he was right now.

“You two have something to eat?” Qin Hao asked in embarrassment.

“No.” Lucia and Nicole spread their hands out. They were both not the lowest-ranked mechanized infantry. They entered the battlefield in a rescue vessel and would be back in the battleship in no time, so there was no need to bring any food with them.

“Okay.” Qin Hao nodded, appearing a little disappointed.

Right then, the corpse of the giant beetle tumbled to the ground, and it broke a few legs, exposing white tissue.

Qin Hao’s eyes lit up; his gut feeling told him that the meat was yummy.

“What are you going to do, Qin Hao?” Nicole noticed his strange expression.

“Nothing. I just want to get some snacks!” Qin Hao could no longer hold back because he was really starving, and he walked up to the giant beetle’s corpse.

Swinging the sword in his hand, he quickly cut off four or five bug legs, which were small. Even so, each was as large as an adult’s thigh.

“Don’t tell me that you’re going to…” As a special forces soldier, Nicole had learned mandatory jungle surviving skills, so she immediately knew what Qin Hao was going to do. The thing was, the giant beetle was poisonous. Was its meat edible at all?

“Look, there’s no greenish blood in the legs; they should be non-poisonous!” Qin Hao explained. In fact, whether it was poisonous or not was none of his concern. After all, he had immunity.

“I need fire.” Qin Hao went up to Nicole and got a tiny flame thrower from her. The item was usually used to incinerate bodies or clear paths. It had now become Qin Hao’s barbeque tool.

The yellowish-brown shell on the giant beetle’s leg turned red once it was cooked.

Qin Hao then broke the shell on the leg and gave it a little blow to cool it down before digging in.

“Holy moly, this is so good! It tastes like king crab meat!” Qin Hao was being truthful. The bug’s white meat was yummy even with no seasoning. It melted in the mouth and was extremely delicate in flavor.