Di Kun was about to respond when his gaze suddenly shifted in a direction.
“Wait” he said, releasing Zhan Feng.
“Follow me.” He then unexpectedly led Su Yue toward the mech storage.
Surprised, Su Yue realized his intention but didn’t stop him.
Some mechs could carry passengers besides the pilot, and some even allowed multiple people to operate them simultaneously.
Since Di Kun was willing to let her explore the mech, she eagerly accepted.
Soon, Su Yue was inside Zhan Feng.
She was immediately impressed by the mech’s internal structure.
In the interstellar era, mechs represented the pinnacle of high-tech engineering.
“You just watch from here. There should be a star beast ahead. I’ll hunt it and cut the meat for storage,” Di Kun said.
“Okay,” Su Yue replied, a thrill running through her.
Di Kun equipped Su Yue with protective gear and piloted the mech forward.
Not far away, a star beast appeared on the large screen in front of them.
It was a chicken-sized bird resembling an ostrich. Startled by the mech’s noise, it began to flee.
Di Kun maneuvered the mechanical arms, and a small cannon appeared beneath one arm.
The screen automatically calibrated. With a simple press of a virtual button, a small projectile fired off.
Su Yue gasped.
The bird was hit perfectly, its head blown off instantly.
“This… is too easy,” she thought.
“The head doesn’t have much meat. Handling it this way shouldn’t waste much,” Di Kun said, smiling at her.
“Uh… okay,” Su Yue stammered.
“I’ll cut it up now,” Di Kun said, continuing forward in the mech.
“Be careful not to damage the innards. We can clean them and stir-fry,” Su Yue reminded him.
With their home service robot, cleaning wasn’t difficult.
“Got it,” Di Kun replied.
He swiftly sliced the bird, and Su Yue stored the meat in her space.
They continued their hunt to stockpile more meat.
Di Kun had promised to hunt a pig-beast for her.
By the end of the outing, he had brought back two pigs, plus a chicken, two ducks, and a goose.
While Su Yue was excited, her brother Su Yi called.
Only then did she realize it was already 12:30 p.m.
“Big brother, have some oranges to tide you over. We’ll be back soon,” she said, patting her own stomach.
She decided to call it a day for now. Di Kun wasn’t leaving yet, so they still had time later to gather more resources.
“Let’s head back first,” Su Yue said to Di Kun.
“Sure,” he smiled, piloting the mech home.
They had ventured far to hunt the pig-beasts, now outside the safe zone.
Here, using the mech was much safer than a hover bike, and faster too.
Before long, they returned to the vicinity of the safety zone.
Di Kun stored the mech in his mech necklace and took Su Yue home on the hover bike.
At their villa in the residential area, Su Yi wasn’t there.
Hearing activity from the basement, they realized he was still juicing fruit.
“Take some bread to Big Brother to hold him over,” Su Yue said.
“I’ll cook something simple so we can eat first,” she added.
She handed Di Kun four loaves of bread.
“You?” he asked.
“I still have some,” Su Yue said, producing two more loaves in her hands.
Di Kun took them.
“I’ll head off now. I’ll have the service robot come up to help you later.”
“Okay.”
Su Yue went into the kitchen to start cooking.
Time was tight, so she prepared noodles.
Soon, the robot arrived, helping her and making the work much easier.
She freed her hands to fry eggs.
Not just normal fried eggs these were huge, one egg enough for all three of them.
Quickly, a large pot of steaming egg noodles was ready.
She had the robot serve the noodles and seasoning while she went to the basement to call Di Kun and Su Yi to eat.
When she arrived, she noticed the sunroom was already stacked with packaged juice from the morning.
The twenty boxes she had stored were all used, and the tables were piled with more juice.
Her brother had been busy indeed…
“Yue Yue” Both men looked up when they saw her.
Su Yue smiled.
“Lunch is ready. Come eat,” she said, storing the juice back into her space as she spoke.
She made a note to buy more boxes in the afternoon.
The two men stayed behind to clean up the leftover trash.
Once the sunroom was tidy, the three of them went upstairs together.
The noodles were chewy, the eggs fragrant and tasty, and all three ate heartily.
Su Yue thought if she had a more complete selection of seasonings, the noodles could have been even better.
Unfortunately, in this interstellar world, most people ate Western food, so Chinese seasonings were expensive and incomplete.
“Mmm so good Yue Yue, these noodles amazing!” Su Yi exclaimed, finishing most of his bowl.
Di Kun, though silent, ate steadily.
He wasn’t usually fond of noodles, but these were by far the best he’d ever eaten.
“You’ve all worked hard today. Eat as much as you want. If it’s not enough, I can make more,” Su Yue said, thinking about their hearty appetites.
She realized she might need to go to the supermarket later to buy more rice and flour.
Natural ingredients were expensive, and she hadn’t found wild rice or wheat in the area yet.
Su Yi almost had stars in his eyes.
“Can I have more?!” he asked, looking excitedly at Su Yue.
“Of course!” she replied.
After finishing their bowls, she called the robot back to the kitchen.
Ten minutes later, another large pot of noodles was ready.
Finally, Su Yi and Di Kun were completely satisfied.
With the robot handling the dishes, Su Yue prepared to take the two men to the commercial street to sell juice.
“You’ve been busy all morning. Why don’t you rest at home? I’ll handle the juice sales,” Di Kun said.
Just then, Tao Fu sent him a message saying a space had been arranged at the commercial street to display the mech and sell juice.
If all went well, besides the preordered drinks, he should be able to sell a good amount of juice this afternoon.