bookbashuk Chapter 25: Taking a picnic with various beauties, roasting a beggar's chicken with laser weapo
Chapter 25: Taking a picnic with various beauties, roasting a beggar's chicken with laser weapo
Lin Xian looked at Xia Anran's expectant face and lazily stretched.
Anyway, the grass in the rooftop garden is so soft, it's a good place to take a nap.
He nodded, waved his hand, and led a large group of women from the manor up the back mountain in a grand procession.
Nourished by the system's spiritual energy, this mutated peach blossom forest bloomed with pink clouds all over the mountains and fields.
A gentle breeze blows, and peach petals twirl and fall onto the soft, temperature-controlled lawn, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.
Several girls changed into light spring clothes and flitted through the peach orchard like butterflies.
Su Qinghan, dressed in a smart white tracksuit, was directing a fully automated housekeeping robot to spread out a huge checkered picnic mat.
Chu Yiyi and Shen Youran, two former top celebrities in the entertainment industry, have completely abandoned their airs as female stars at this moment.
The two of them chased and played barefoot on the grass, their laughter as clear as silver bells.
Mu Xiaotian was holding a snack bag that was almost as tall as her, and she sat cross-legged on the mat, stuffing potato chips into her mouth like crazy.
Tang Wu, holding a magnifying glass, squatted under a peach tree, muttering to herself as she studied the cellular structure of the mutated peach blossoms.
Lin Xian found the thickest peach tree, placed the holographic beach chair under its shade, and comfortably lay down on it.
Chen Xiuniang, wearing a floral apron, walked over carrying a large lump of mud covered in yellow mud.
As soon as the mud ball was placed down, Mu Xiaotian brought her nose close and took a deep sniff.
She swallowed hard, her eyes fixed on the lump of yellow mud.
"Sister-in-law Xiu Niang, this beggar's chicken is a legendary healing item in the game. I wonder how delicious your real-life version will be?"
Chen Xiuniang was amused by her and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with a towel.
"Young man, your sister-in-law specially caught a mutated free-range chicken today to make you an authentic beggar's chicken to nourish your body."
She placed the heavy lump of mud into the shallow pit she had dug in the center of the grass and began arranging stones to line the bottom.
The meat of the mutant free-range chicken is naturally tender, and with Sister-in-law Xiu Niang's cooking skills, it is a delicious dish that is absolutely flawless.
Lin Xian smelled the faint fragrance of lotus leaves in the air, and his stomach growled twice in agreement.
Xia Anran ran over excitedly, carrying a pile of charcoal, ready to start a fire to roast the chicken.
She squatted by the pit and fiddled with it for a long time, pressing the lighter repeatedly, but not a single spark of charcoal appeared.
"Oh dear, this charcoal got damp in the corner of the warehouse and won't light at all."
Xia Anran's face turned red with anxiety, and she flipped the lighter in her hand over and placed it face down on the grass.
Chen Xiuniang also looked regretful and sighed as she looked at the mud in the pit.
"What can we do? Beggar's chicken needs to be roasted over a high flame for three hours to be fully cooked."
"Why don't you go down the mountain now and buy a few more packets of dried charcoal from the village store?"
Lin Xian lay on the beach chair, too lazy to even lift his eyelids.
Going down the mountain from 10,000 meters high to buy charcoal, after such a long and arduous journey, he must have been starving by now.
"Why buy charcoal? What era are we living in? Why are you still using such a primitive way to start a fire?"
Lin Xian yawned and casually brought up the holographic control panel in mid-air.
He tapped his fingers absentmindedly a few times on the azure screen.
"System, connect me to the quantum communication satellite in low Earth orbit and retrieve the weapon module."
The silver satellite, located in geosynchronous orbit far outside Earth's atmosphere, instantly received its owner's command.
The solar panels at the bottom of the satellite folded up automatically, revealing a transmitter flashing a dangerous red light.
Lin Xian looked at the crosshair on the holographic screen and precisely locked the coordinates onto the muddy clump covered in yellow mud in the center of the grass.
"Laser power adjusted to micron-level precision, duration set to three seconds."
He casually pressed the confirmation button, picked up a glass of chilled watermelon juice next to him, and took a sip.
The atmosphere above the sky was instantly pierced by a terrifying energy.
A deep red, high-energy laser beam descended from the sky, moving so fast that it could not be detected by the naked eye.
"boom--"
A muffled sonic boom erupted in the air, and the intense heat caused visible ripples and distortions in the surrounding space.
The laser, no bigger than a coin, struck the mud clump on the grass with perfect accuracy.
The red light flashed and disappeared in an instant; the entire process lasted only three seconds.
The blinding light caused all the girls present to instinctively close their eyes.
When they opened their eyes again, the wet mud on the grass had turned golden brown and crispy.
The surface of the mud shell was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and an intensely rich aroma of meat mixed with the scent of lotus leaves exploded out.
The aroma so irresistibly filled everyone's nostrils that Mu Xiaotian even dropped the potato chips she was holding onto the ground.
"Click."
With a crisp crack, the dried yellow clay shell peeled off automatically, revealing a mutated free-range chicken inside, roasted to a golden brown and dripping with oil.
Tang Wu dropped the magnifying glass in her hand onto the grass, and the lens cracked, but she didn't care.
This national treasure-level scientist clutched his hair with both hands, staring blankly at the lingering energy trails in the sky.
She was breathing rapidly, pushed up her black-rimmed glasses that had slipped off her nose, and her chest heaved violently.
"Using space-based laser weapons on low-Earth orbit satellites just to roast a beggar's chicken?"
"That's a strategic weapon capable of melting an aircraft carrier in an instant!"
"This level of energy concentration and micrometer-level temperature control is something that even if all the world's academies combined studied for another hundred years, they still couldn't achieve!"
Tang Wu felt that her materialistic worldview had once again been brutally rubbed into the ground.
She even wished she could snatch that roast chicken right now and send it to the lab for slicing and analysis.
The other girls, on the other hand, seemed much calmer.
Having spent so much time with Lin Xian, and even witnessed the anti-gravity mountain, it seems quite reasonable for him to use a laser to roast a chicken.
Su Qinghan pulled out a wet wipe from the side and elegantly wiped her hands.
She walked over, tore off the fattest chicken leg, carefully removed the bone, and placed it on a white jade plate.
Su Qinghan walked to Lin Xian's recliner in her high heels, picked up a piece of chicken with sauce with a fork, and offered it to his mouth.
"Boss, how's the heat from this space-based weapon being heated?"
She bent slightly at the waist, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin at her neckline, and a hint of cunning lurked in her eyes.
Chu Yiyi watched from the side, her eyes wide with amazement, secretly grinding her teeth in frustration.
This female CEO usually seems aloof, but she's surprisingly skilled at winning favor.
Lin Xian didn't even reach out his hand; he simply opened his mouth and bit into the tender piece of chicken.
The crispy exterior and tender interior, combined with the abundant juice, gave his taste buds a perfect experience.
"The cooking time was just right, but it was a little lacking in cumin flavor."
Lin Xian chewed on the chicken with satisfaction, giving himself a fair assessment of his actions.
Not to be outdone, Xia Anran quickly used a bamboo skewer to pick up a slice of the mutated cantaloupe.
She moved closer to Lin Xian's other side and fed him the sweet melon flesh, her little face flushed.
"Brother Xian, have some melon to cleanse your palate. This melon was just picked by Sister-in-law Xiu Niang this morning."
Not to be outdone, Shen Youran picked up a plate of peeled mutated grapes and squeezed over.
These two top-tier goddesses of the entertainment industry are secretly competing for the chance to feed Lin Xian fruit.
Chen Xiuniang looked at Lin Xian, who was surrounded by a group of celestial beauties, and secretly smiled.
She picked up the knife and gave the remaining beggar's chicken to Mu Xiaotian, who was already drooling with envy.
The entire peach grove was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Everyone sat on the picnic mat, eating heartily, chatting and laughing.
There's no urban scheming or backstabbing, no endless mortgage or car loan payments.
This is a true paradise, a haven that everyone dreams of.
After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Xian closed his eyes and listened to the girls' cheerful laughter, and drowsiness gradually crept in.
After an unknown amount of time, a gentle breeze blew by, causing a few petals to fall onto Lin Xian's nose.
He sneezed and slowly woke up.
Everyone had almost finished eating and was sitting in twos and threes on the grass chatting.
Xia Anran was tidying up the dishes on the ground, looking at the empty bamboo fruit basket next to her.
She picked up the fruit basket, tossed it a couple of times, and sighed softly.
"We've eaten all the mutated fruit that Sister-in-law Xiu Niang brought up; we'll have to buy some new ones tomorrow."
"Our manor is located 10,000 meters above the ground. It's too far to walk down the mountain to town to buy groceries."
"I wish I wouldn't have to walk so far when I go down the mountain to buy things in the future."