The iron skewer easily pierced through the cut pieces of mutton, alternating between fatty and lean.
Under the grilling of charcoal, the mutton dripped with precarious lamb fat, sizzling and smoking. The red and white mutton, after being grilled, turned crispy on the outside and tender inside. Sprinkled with that crushed rock salt...
High-end ingredients often require the simplest and most straightforward cooking.
Delivering it to the mouth.
Tender, crispy, neither greasy nor gamey; savory and delicious, endlessly memorable!
Lin Yue ate a full ten skewers in one go, and Little White also ate three large skewers, each lying contentedly on the bed and the table.
This was the first time Lin Yue had meat since coming here, and he enjoyed it so thoroughly.
Barbecue, it's dopamine!
Lin Yue deeply felt the correctness of this statement.
Although there was no cumin or chili powder, this time was already perfect enough for him.
When he had the idea of grilling mutton skewers, he immediately went to the trading market, used a bit of water to exchange for an iron skewer blueprint, skewered the mutton, then opened the fireplace, fetched two pieces of charcoal, and took out the makeshift barbecue rack he made before, crushing the rock salt for later use.
He felt that, subconsciously, he was always preparing for grilled mutton skewers, and somehow got all the tools ready without noticing.
After a short rest, Lin Yue opened the door again to ventilate.
The snow outside was still considerable, but the temperature wasn't particularly low, causing the snow on the ground to melt into water, making the exposed land slippery.
Lin Yue covered his head with his jacket and carried the shovel to the traps he had set up.
During the day, he had caught two Mutant Sheep here.
Lin Yue thought, the mutton was truly delicious, feeling even better than any he had tasted before. Not only was the texture tender, but the gamey taste was minimal, retaining the lamb's flavor and even sublimated it.
Although there were still 57 kilograms of meat in the inventory, who ever complains about having too much food storage?
He dug the big pit again, removed the sharp wooden spikes that were trampled down, and took out twelve Mutant Sheep tusks from the inventory, fixing them in the ground to serve as spikes.
[You've upgraded the hunting trap, trap power +100%]
Ha, that's a pleasant surprise.
The two Mutant Sheep this morning still had some strength for resistance when he found them. Now that the trap has been strengthened, if they come back, they might be nearly dead directly.
After setting four more traps around the Shelter, Lin Yue also noticed that the sky was almost completely dark.
He heard again the howl of a beast from an unknown direction.
Once night falls, the danger in the Desert reaches its maximum level. For his safety, he didn't want to battle mutant creatures at night.
With sufficient water and food at present, he didn't need to take risks, there was absolutely no need.
Only one day remained before the snow disaster officially arrived; he just needed to focus all his energy on how to withstand the disaster.
After eating to the point of satisfaction, drowsiness is easy to ensue.
Lin Yue yawned and returned to the warm Shelter.
Keeping the stone door open indeed reduced the indoor-outdoor temperature difference, but he dared not take risks at night.
Why not have a good sleep?
Lin Yue closed the stone door, placed the top stone properly, and after looking at the remaining firewood in the fireplace, he added a few sticks.
After taking off his jacket and shoes again, he lay on the bed in a sprawled position.
Little White in the wooden barrel was silent, presumably asleep; Lin Yue lay in bed and opened the group chat.
Without a phone, peeking at the screen had become Lin Yue's only hobby for entertainment.
Indeed, browsing the group chat really killed time.
Unlike before, now in this game's group chat, anyone could potentially say something with substantial information.
Especially, after the snow started falling.
Even those who originally thought the snow disaster was not a big deal were now frightened by the sudden drop in temperature and the continuously falling snow outside, realizing that the so-called snow disaster was no joke.
"Ugh, so hungry... I want to eat ribs, with mom's flavor."
"I seem to have caught a cold, with a stuffy nose, has anyone got cold medicine?"
"Damn it, this dry grass isn't warm at all, I've lit ten torches in the house, why still not warm!"
"Flying snow and cold wind day, people on the equator love it."
"Why do I feel that the Secret Realm is a bit warmer, it's too cold, need to go warm up in the Secret Realm."
"To the Secret Realm +1"
"To the Secret Realm +2"
"I'm so hungry, I ate a bug in the morning, my stomach still hurts, am I still saveable?"
"So cold and hungry, what kind of lousy day is this, just sleep, in dreams everything is there, sob sob."
"Who would have thought it would snow in just over a day, what a crappy game... By the way, why has the avatar of the person who said to eat snow in the morning greyed out?"
"Report, just opened a Copper Treasure Chest, there's something good inside, hey, someone, come see if you can trade?"
...
After roughly browsing, Lin Yue felt his eyes sore, with drowsiness surging.
Five days had passed, and the total number of people in this group had already decreased to only 5902.
Almost half of the people had died silently before the disaster even arrived.
And those remaining weren't much better off.
He struggled to stay awake and glanced at the market, finding the product page of Du Ping, who had just offered a good item again.
[Seller: Du Ping]
[Auction Item: Mountain Bike Blueprint]
[Required: 3L of drinking water]
[Seller's Remark: I think only one person can buy it, others can just watch for fun]
Mountain bike?
The treasure chest can really open anything.
But, what could this thing do?
And it even requires 3 liters of water. Why not just rob?
This thing should be left to those who want it.
As Lin Yue was about to close the trading panel, he suddenly remembered that he had put 14 iron axes up there. Did anyone bid?
Opening the page, he was surprised to see that the highest bidder was actually Du Ping again, and he offered a condition nearly two thousand system points higher than the second place!
[Buyer Du Ping's Bid: Non-functional washing machine X1]
Washing machine? Non-functional?
Even if it worked, I wouldn't want it, okay?
How much water does it take to wash clothes with that thing? He has quite a bit of water now, but not enough to withstand one wash cycle.
Let's see the second bid.
Secret mini burger X1.
Oh, this.
Oh goodness, there's no choice, huh?
However, even a broken washing machine is better than those 14 axes, right? If it works, it could make his clothes more comfortable and clean.
Speaking of clean, Lin Yue sniffed the smell of his clothes.
He frowned.
This smell, it's overwhelming.
His hair was also greasy, and touching his beard, it was prickly.
Even though he originally had handsome features, often called "Lin Yanzu," attracting attention on the streets, now his appearance had taken a hit.
Can looks be eaten?
If they could, Lin Yue could now live off them for many thousands of laps.
While confirming the trade, Lin Yue also pondered a question.
Why does Du Ping consistently open treasure chests? Does he also have a system with a 100% treasure chest drop rate? No, he's always in need of large quantities of water.
Lin Yue suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that Du Ping is not just one person?