Chapter 43 043. The protein is three times more than chicken

   Above the ruins, a bus is speeding.

  Passing through the dilapidated buildings that can no longer be considered old, the bus moved towards the destination relatively smoothly.

   There is no light outside, darkness swallows light, sound, and all hope.

  In the bus, there was an appetizing sound.

  Lu Jian briefly processed the meat of the mouse. As the biologist Mary said, this mouse is an ordinary creature except that it likes to bump around, but it has well-developed muscles and a fat body.

  Lu Jian cut off the intact mouse meat with a knife, washed off the blood foam, and cut it into thin slices.

  Put some oil in the pan, licked by the flame of the portable camping lamp, the oil temperature rises, exuding a charming fragrance.

  Fry the prepared spare ribs until fragrant. The fat part of the spare ribs touches the hot oil and suddenly cokes, making the interior of the car rippling with the fragrance that attracts human primitive impulses.

  Lu Jian dropped the ginger and garlic and stir-fried again. The spices were heated and gave off a pungent smell, which mixed with the smell of meat and enriched the layers of that fragrance.

  Finally, Lu Jian poured water into it, over the ribs, forming a pot of shallow soup.

  Put some tomatoes and scallions into the pot, sprinkle salt and pepper, and after cooking for a while, the soup will become rich, making it hard to suppress your appetite.

  Lu Jian didn't know much about cooking, so he cooked a pot of soup and prepared to use rat meat to cook the meat.

  He picked up a piece of sliced mouse meat with chopsticks, put it in the pot and rinsed it lightly.

   The mouse meat, which could almost pass through the light, turned white in an instant, curled up, Lu Jian put the meat into his mouth in one bite, and closed his eyes.

  In a normal world, the rat meat may have a foul smell, and the taste is sour, it is easy to burn.

The rats in the ruined city are probably always in the midst of the struggle for survival, and they have such a powerful jumping ability. They are larger in size, so the meat is firm, elastic and oily, just like high-grade beef. Roughly, the protein should be More than three times that of chicken.

  "tasty!"

  Lu Jian couldn't help expressing emotion.

  The three people who looked at him from the side couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

   "Do you want to eat, this mouse is quite fat."

  Seeing this, Lu Jian said.

   "No thank you."

  The biologist Mary sat back in her seat.

   "Give me some."

   "Hound"'s left shoulder was sunken, and it looked like a fracture, but he didn't care. Instead, he took out his own cup for eating in the wild, and filled it with a rib and a few slices of rat meat.

   "Can I really eat it?"

   A stone who is frightened is also hungry, and nervousness can make people feel tired, and it can also make people feel hungry.

  He simply caught the ribs caught by Lu Jian with his hands, and started to eat them.

  Only bloated drivers, because they have to drive, so they have no chance to enjoy it. They can only take a deep breath, and they have the right to taste it.

   "I'm on my way at night, so what if I don't have something to eat."

   Lu Jian chewed and swallowed the pork ribs that had been boiled to the bone, and suddenly thought of it.

   "These mice are very big and their meat can be eaten. Why don't we build a high wall directly on the way they migrate, so that the mice will directly kill themselves on the wall and get a lot of protein."

  He spread his thoughts.

   "Or use a net bag, which can not only ensure the integrity of the mouse corpse, but also allow some mice to pass through the grid and continue to move forward, ensuring sustainable development."

   "That's right."

  "Hound" ate a lot and nodded repeatedly.

  "."

  Only Mary, a biologist at the side, hesitated to speak.

   After eating the meat, Lu Jian boiled vegetables such as potatoes, radishes, and shiitake mushrooms, and drank a bowl of soup. His body and mind were greatly satisfied.

   Turning off the camping lights, putting the pot aside, Lu Jian leaned on the chair, waiting for the end of the journey.

  He didn't think the matter would end here, otherwise he would look down on the most difficult task too much.

   After helping the "hound" to deal with the wound briefly, Lu Jian came to the co-pilot's position.

  He watched the road ahead, illuminated by the high beams, in unbroken stretches toward the empty horizon.

   "Have you driven this road many times?"

   Lu Jian spoke up.

  "Um."

  The driver responded and remained focused.

  Lu Jian did not continue to chat and disturb the driver, but also looked forward.

  These ruins are one after another, and there are few open spaces. It is conceivable how magnificent a civilized city this was once.

  The bus traveled for two hours.

   The stone that had eaten was attacked by fatigue, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

  Others remained spirited, especially Lu Jian.

  If he didn't think it would be a little strange to take out his phone at this time, he might have to play some songs.

   Driving at night, how can I do without some background music.

   Just as Lu Jian was sitting on the co-pilot and carefully studying the crowbar in his hand, he felt a little brighter ahead.

   Looking up, he saw a face pressed against the window glass, with cloudy eyes staring at him.

  It was a face that could never be called human.

  The eyes are small, with dark vertical pupils in the yellow, and the head is sharp, like some kind of beast.

   But behind that face are slender limbs and body, like an ape, but pale and hairless. Its fingers are long and thin, with sharp claws at the end, and it is flapping the car window.

   crunch——

  The driver was also frightened by the sudden accident. With a turn on the steering wheel, the whole car lost its balance, ran towards the front, fell down, and flipped over.

   After one lap, the wheels touched the ground again, but the inside of the car was in a mess, the lights went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness.

   Lu Jian gripped the crowbar tightly and raised his head immediately.

  But the monster on the front window has disappeared.

   It wasn't until this time that Lu Jian realized that there was a faint light around him.

  He looked out of the window vigilantly. It was not a ruin, but a piece of vegetation.

  These plants grow wildly, as tall as a person, exuding a faint green light, slightly illuminating the interior of the car.

   "Hound" stood up unsteadily, pulled up the awakened stone, and checked Mary's condition again.

  Mary is leaning on the back of the front seat, and she hasn't recovered yet.

   "Are you okay?"

   Lu Jian turned to ask the driver, but found that the driver's seat was empty, the window had been smashed, and the bloated driver seemed to be thrown out.

   "What kind of plant is this?"

   "The Hound" comes to the front door, slams it open, and walks down.

  Lu Jian followed behind him, the ground under his feet was soft, like mud soaked in water.

  He looked behind the car for a while, and there was a little trace of the steel giant crushed, and it could be seen that it was not very far from the road.

   But at this time, Lu Jian found that the traces that were crushed seemed to be gradually closing.

  These green plants, as if they were alive, swayed in the wind.

   "Unbelievable."

  Mary got out of the car. She looked at the taller plants and trees and reached out to touch them.

  She pushed aside a tuft.

   Behind the fluorescent plants, a face suddenly appeared.

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  (end of this chapter)