Chapter 58: Chapter 58: You Can Even Gain EXP from Drinking Soup

Lu Feng was an adult, so he naturally understood what the twin sisters meant. ’Are they treating me like some pervert? Are they both trying to sacrifice themselves for their sister?’

But was he that kind of person?

Seeing the sisters scrambling to undo their clothes, Lu Feng said awkwardly, "Stop. That’s not what I meant. I bought you to work, not to do... this."

At his words, Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Sisi subconsciously stopped and looked at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng handed the battery-powered rice cooker schematics to Cheng Yaoyao. "Take a look at this. You specialize in electrical and electronic engineering. Can you fill in the missing parts of this technology?"

Cheng Yaoyao stared at the technical documents, clearly stunned. She asked subconsciously, "Sir, you really bought me... for this?"

She had heard the reason this man wanted to buy her back in the City East Alliance, but in the apocalypse, she couldn’t believe it was possible. So, she had mentally prepared herself. As long as she could protect her sister, she would do whatever he wanted.

But this current situation was a bit too much for her to process.

Lu Feng held the documents out to Cheng Yaoyao and added, "As long as you can fully restore this technology, I’ll take care of you and your sister from now on."

With that said, Lu Feng couldn’t help but glance at the sisters’ undone clothes before ordering, "Get dressed first. Then you can look at the documents!"

’The two sisters did have great figures. They were well-endowed. Having them with their clothes undone in front of me is quite a sight.’

’I wouldn’t deny that I enjoy appreciating such a beautiful sight. After all, I’m no Liu Xia Hui.’

’But this feels very unfair to Yang Qingxue. She’s a girlfriend I truly can’t let down.’

Hearing Lu Feng’s words, the sisters Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Sisi hastily straightened their clothes.

When they had decided to go all out a moment ago, they hadn’t felt much. Now, thinking about what they had just done, they could only feel their pretty faces flush bright red.

Cheng Yaoyao quickly took the technical documents to distract herself. After looking through a few pages, she hurriedly said to Lu Feng, "Sir, this is the HRB version of the electromagnetic rice cooker technology. This has been around for a long time, and there are several improved versions. This must be one of them."

Lu Feng nodded. Hearing this, he knew this girl was a professional. He asked, "So, can you restore it completely?"

Cheng Yaoyao immediately replied, "Give me some time. With these as a reference, it shouldn’t be too difficult!"

"Alright, I’ll leave it to you then. From now on, you and your sister can live here." After saying this, Lu Feng left the data storage room and headed downstairs.

After Lu Feng left, Cheng Yaoyao and Cheng Sisi subconsciously looked around.

The storage room was huge. In the apocalypse, this was definitely a good place for them to live. After all, not everywhere in the outside world was safe.

Cheng Sisi was still a little worried. "Sister, does he really just want you to restore these documents?"

Cheng Yaoyao shook her head without answering, instead focusing seriously on the documents. ’No matter what, the first thing I need to do is a good job of what he asked.’

’If this really is his only goal, then I’ll have proven my usefulness.’

’In the apocalypse, the scariest thing is to be useless.’

’And if this isn’t his goal... what can we do about it anyway? Nothing!’

When Lu Feng went downstairs and returned to the vault, Lin Jiao and the other three had already started a fire. They were putting Striped Bull spinal bones into a pot of boiling water.

The method was very crude.

In Lu Feng’s opinion, just boiling bull bones in plain water and then stewing them with chopped Striped Bull meat would result in a very bland, or even strange, flavor that would be hard to eat.

For people in the apocalypse, perhaps just filling their stomachs was a feast.

After all, they considered nutrient paste made from cockroaches to be food.

But for Lu Feng, who was used to enjoying the delicious food of the real world, this was unacceptable.

So, with a thought, he exited the game, returned to his apartment, and started rummaging around.

American ginseng, goji berries, astragalus root... He found some common household herbs for making soup.

He used to make soup for himself often. Otherwise, his body wouldn’t have been able to handle the long-term heavy labor at the factory.

Besides, making a big pot himself cost next to nothing, but eating a decent-sized stew pot outside, with just two damn pieces of meat, would cost over 20 yuan. What a fucking ripoff.

After finding the herbs, Lu Feng entered the game again with another thought.

Seeing that Lin Jiao and the others had already covered the pot to let it simmer, he went over, lifted the lid, and put the American ginseng, goji berries, and other herbs into the pot.

The gazes of Lin Jiao and the other three were immediately drawn to him.

The four of them naturally recognized these kinds of herbs; after all, they had all eaten such things before the apocalypse.

But after the apocalypse, who cared about such refinements? Survival itself was an issue. Their most basic requirements were to fill their bellies and stay alive.

As for things like gourmet food or enjoyment, they seemed incredibly distant.

Now that their boss had suddenly produced these things, especially with the enticing aroma that began to spread from the stew, the four of them felt a strange sensation.

This kind of enjoyment felt like they had instantly returned to the time before the apocalypse.

In reality, beef stew takes an hour and a half to cook. The meat from this apocalyptic Striped Bull naturally needed even longer. By the time the sky outside was completely dark, the Striped Bull meat was finally done.

Lin Jiao was the first to open the lid, ladling a bowl for herself to taste.

The delicious flavor made her face light up with pleasure as she said, "This is amazing! After the boss added those herbs, the soup has a whole new level of enjoyment."

As she spoke, she didn’t forget to ladle a bowl and hand it to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng immediately used the game’s inspection function and saw the information for the bowl of soup:

[This is a broth made from Striped Bull spinal bones. The broth contains the essence of the Striped Bull’s spine. Consuming it has the effect of increasing one’s constitution!]

Seeing this description, Lu Feng’s interest was piqued. He raised the bowl to his lips and took a taste.

Even with the herbs he’d added, the broth still had a slightly strange taste that was inherent to the Striped Bull’s meat and difficult to remove.

But after swallowing a large mouthful of soup, he was surprised to feel a warm current spreading through his body. Then, he received a notification:

[Congratulations, you have gained 20 experience points!]

Because he had character attributes, the constitution-increasing effect of the Striped Bull spine essence was clearly converted into experience points.

Moreover, that one large mouthful of soup was equivalent to killing four zombies.

In other words, for a normal person at LV1, who needs 100 experience points to reach LV2, they would only need to drink five big gulps of the Striped Bull spine broth.

’So, this is a way for survivors in the apocalypse to increase their constitution.’

However, for most survivors, this would be very difficult. People with the physique and skills of Lin Jiao and her group were extremely rare.

After all, most people couldn’t possibly kill a Mutant Beast like the Striped Bull.

If Lin Jiao and her group hadn’t had laser rifles and no other external help to rely on, killing this Striped Bull would have been very difficult for them as well.

Otherwise, the four of them wouldn’t have been trapped in the Department Store for so long by just four Slaying Dogs.

Lu Feng wasn’t about to pass up the chance to gain experience just by eating and drinking, so he immediately began to gulp it down.

[Congratulations, you have gained 20 experience points!]

...

[Congratulations, you have gained 20 experience points!]

With every mouthful from that bowl of broth, the warm current appeared.

He gained a total of 140 experience points.

That was even more experience than a single Mutant Beast Slaying Dog.

’This is ridiculous.’

’No wonder Lin Jiao and her group were so excited when they saw the Striped Bull.’

’This Striped Bull must be a special monster in the game. If players ran into it, they would probably fight over the kill.’

Lu Feng immediately went and ladled another bowl, getting back to it. With such a huge pot of soup, he figured he could drink his way to a level-up.

The notification appeared again:

[Congratulations, you have gained 15 experience points!]

...

[Congratulations, you have gained 15 experience points!]

...

[Congratulations, you have gained 13 experience points!]

’Apparently, I was thinking too much, hoping to level up just by drinking soup.’

After the second bowl of broth, the effect had clearly weakened. The warm current appearing in his body had also become smaller.

He ladled a third bowl and continued drinking.

[Congratulations, you have gained 9 experience points!]

...

[Congratulations, you have gained 7 experience points!]

...

Lu Feng drank six bowls in a row until he let out a belch, completely full. He couldn’t drink another drop. As the last mouthful went down, he received the final experience points:

[Congratulations, you have gained 1 experience point!]

After six consecutive bowls, the Striped Bull spine broth had basically lost its effect.

’In other words, this stuff has a limit. The effect gets weaker and weaker; it’s not endless.’

Lu Feng checked his character’s experience attribute: 5947/6400.

His trip to the City East Alliance and back had netted him a lot of zombie kills, bringing his experience to 5240. Now, these six bowls of broth had added over 700 more.

If a normal person drank this much, they could probably go straight from LV1 to LV4. In terms of stamina, agility, and strength points, that would be an increase of 1.5 attribute points.

Of course, other people weren’t digitized, so there was probably no way to calculate it like that for them.

Still, the effect was definitely very powerful.

This also made him think of the two Striped Bull spinal bones he had left in his backpack space. This stuff could be steeped in alcohol for three hours, and the effect would be even better. It would definitely be a huge benefit to his mom’s health.

’I can take it out to make the liquor, let Yang Qingxue drink some, and give some to my cousin too!’