Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness-Chapter 578 - 575: Delicate Atmosphere

The cicada pupae in the bamboo basket were still squirming, densely packed enough to drive an entomophobe insane.

These were all caught by Bi Fang to prepare for lunch.

These guys, solid high protein.

"Cicadas are rich in nutrients, with dry base protein content over 70%, fat around 7%, vitamins, and various beneficial trace elements all higher than those of general meat products, earning them the title of the ’protein king’ in today’s food."

"You don’t need to be afraid. Has anyone tried eating this? It’s quite delicious."

[I’ve eaten it!]

[Get that away from me, I’m going to go crazy!]

[If you show me that again, I’m unfollowing you! You’ve been warned!]

[Crunchy and fragrant!]

"Hahaha," Bi Fang laughed heartily, "Humans have an innate fear of insects, just like with snakes, coded into our genes, along with lions and tigers, too."

"It’s just that lions and tigers are rarely seen now, our instincts have all but forgotten, and we may even find their cubs cute. However, without protection, in a face-to-face encounter, many would probably urinate out of fear."

"Who knows, maybe thousands of years from now, insects won’t be so common, and we’ll forget our fear of them, even finding them cute."

[Don’t go carving every weird thing into our genes!]

[Let me see what’s in your genes... oh, my God, it’s so weird, I have to look again.]

Digging out a fire pit, Bi Fang sat on a stone, skewered the cicada pupae onto a small wooden stick, and stuck it into the mud next to the fire. Under the high temperature, one could clearly see the cicada pupae slowly changing color from pale brown to a metallic bronze.

Many people can’t stomach the idea of eating bugs, but there are some who relish it.

And judging by the delectable aroma wafting through the air at that moment, Bi Fang was undoubtedly of the latter camp.

"These juvenile cicadas are also known as ’nymphs’, and male cicadas make sounds to attract females for mating. It uses its sharp ovipositor to lay eggs inside the tree. It isn’t until the following year that the larvae hatch and live underground for several years or even over a decade before they emerge from the soil."

"During their lengthy life underground, they molt many times, with the final molt marking their transformation into adults."

"Once they become adults, they start singing, and the male cicadas produce sound at high frequencies of hundreds of times per second, which helps female cicadas pinpoint the location of a suitable mate for coupling. Just like now, wherever we go, we can hear the cicadas; sometimes I find it so noisy that I can’t hear anything but their chorus, wishing I could wipe them all out in one swoop."

[Wipe them all out: meaning to gobble up everything in sight.]

[I’ve never been keen on insects in this lifetime—exhausting.]

[Ah, how tasty cicada pupae are! Surely no one hasn’t tried them yet, right?]

"However, certain silkworm pupae inherently carry diseases caused by amoeba, transmitted through silkworm eggs and feces. Consuming these inherently defective silkworm pupae can easily result in poisoning.

Some silkworm pupae already have well-developed molds, bacteria, and parasites within them. Despite processing, they’re not completely killed, and these toxins cause the pupae’s protein to denature and produce poisons. Some people are sensitive to these toxins; eating silkworm pupae on an empty stomach before meals leads to excess absorption of toxins, resulting in poisoning.

If you eat silkworm pupae and drink alcohol at the same time, the poisoning can be even more severe. So when you eat them, be very careful, look closely, and avoid those with strange shapes or hairy ones."

Insect grilling is much simpler than cooking meat; they can be thoroughly cooked in no time.

Bi Fang picked up a skewer, bit into it with a crunch, and the sound resonated in his mouth.

Indeed, it was not bad.

"I think it tastes much better than the meat of wild animals," Bi Fang mused, chewing and nodding in agreement.

Most wild animal meats are gamey and tough; before Bi Fang changed teeth, they would often get stuck in his teeth.

Many people love the legs of animals—chicken legs, lamb legs, pork legs—all delicious. Yet in the wild, the legs of animals are difficult to eat: too tough and pitifully low in fat.

That’s why belly meat is the first choice in the wild—it may be gamey too, but at least it’s not tough.

"However, food is always an issue in the wild. When there’s something to eat, everything is delicious, and we shouldn’t expect too much."

"Speaking of which, how come I haven’t seen Bosen today?"

"Bosen? Who’s Bosen?"

"No way, dude, you haven’t just been watching Old Fang’s live stream, have you?"

"Yes, I cough when I watch someone else’s stream"

"Now that you mention it, it does seem so. Japan’s official live stream went straight from Sato to Boss Fang here."

As soon as someone mentioned it in the comments, it quickly resonated with the audience.

Japan’s live stream room starts off every day by broadcasting from the last ranked and counts up to the first, taking a look through the rankings.

But today, it seemed to have jumped from the third-ranked Sato, skipping Bosen, and went directly to the first-ranked Bi Fang.

"Hahaha, could it be that Old Fang’s ranking has dropped again, overtaken by Bosen?"

"Boss Fang is getting lazy again, he has made his fortune and no longer cares about this small change, jealous much."

"Boss Fang, take me with you in making money. Joining your livestream is like having an extra leg!"

"A hind leg?"

Not only other Hunters but Bosen himself also sensed that something was off.

Although he didn’t have his own live stream room like the other Hunters, with such a huge privilege, there still should’ve been viewers commenting and mocking every so often.

Today wasn’t entirely without comments, but they were all from the same few people, many of them meaningless repetitive praises.

"What’s going on?"

Bosen was somewhat confused. Was there a bug?

A subtle atmosphere began to spread gradually.

Bosen felt a twinge of nervousness, but his rich experiences and background allowed him to quickly calm down and carefully think about whether there were any slips on his part.

Participating in the competition was a spur of the moment decision that he hadn’t told anyone about.

Aside from that time with the crossbow trap, he had been very secretive with his other moves, confident that he could even deceive Bi Fang.

With that thought, Bosen steadied himself without the slightest panic, everything as usual.

Until the afternoon.

Bi Fang and Mugalen suddenly received a message from the production team. At first glance, they were so shocked they almost jumped, thinking all their actions of the past few days had been exposed; but then they reconsidered, it couldn’t be, if that were the case, the police should be inviting them for a "tea talk," not a text notification from the production team.

After reading the entire message, they could only deduce one sentence.

There is an issue with Bertrand Guy, they were to proceed with caution, and if necessary, press the rescue button—the guard team was on standby ready to provide all-around protection.

???

Mujialun’s reaction to the message was unknown to Bi Fang, but he was somewhat bewildered.

He wondered if the production team had set a trap for him, fishing for something with an unknown method on their part.

But after pondering for a long while, he couldn’t figure it out, because Bosen definitely had an issue, which seemed perfectly reasonable from that point of view...

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However, was this the issue he was thinking of?

Bi Fang was lost in thought.

Who exactly is the undercover?