Back in the cave, they could begin making soup.
Lu Wanqing chopped the two birds into pieces, put them in the pot, added wild vegetables, poured in water, and then started a fire to stew.
As the flames rose, they were warm. Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui’s faces, not very large, were illuminated by the firelight, turning them rosy.
Not far away, the archaeological robots were still diligently at work. Tree after tree was felled, trimmed, and moved aside. The cleared space in the middle grew larger, forming a clean, open area.
Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui’s meat soup was also soon ready. In the spatial distortion, there were also containers, four or five of them, resembling antiques. Lu Wanqing rinsed them and used them as bowls.
She and Cui Cui each took one and then ladled soup to drink.
“Am I hallucinating? Are those ceramic bowls? Real antiques!”
“Can you imagine? The goddess is eating with real antiques!!!”
“I’m from the archaeology department. I can confirm, those are indeed antiques, ceramic bowls from the ancient Earth era. They were fired from clay, extremely beautiful, and preserved for a long time.”
“Made of clay? I didn’t study much, the person above, don’t lie to me!”
“Yeah, I also think it’s impossible. We haven’t seen ceramics, but we’ve seen clay. You’re telling me this stuff can be fired into the white, clean bowls in the goddess’s hands? Are you implying I’m an idiot!”
“To the one who called themselves an idiot, I support you. It’s not scary to not have studied much, but it’s scary to be ignorant and still act smug. Go and check, I just secretly looked up some information. Wow, this thing is really made of clay!”
“The wisdom of the ancients is boundless. We juniors can only look up in admiration.”
“Hahaha, I checked too. Ancient Earthlings were really amazing. How did they even think of making such beautiful bowls and chopsticks from clay? I truly admire the ancients!”
“Speaking of which, it’s all because of pollution. If there were no pollution, there wouldn’t be mutations. If there were no mutations, if there were no mutations, we wouldn’t have become so stupid. Perhaps we could have been as smart as the goddess. I hope the goddess and Cui Cui can save Earth and restore it to how it was over three thousand years ago. That way, our descendants will have hope.”
“Um… I’ll cautiously say this, the creatures and plants on Earth can be purified after eating the goddess’s water and return to their non-mutated state. So, if we drink some, can the mutations also be purified?”
In the bullet screen comments, a discussion about whether Lu Wanqing’s water could purify genetic mutations suddenly surged to the top of the trending topics.
As this trending topic emerged, some senior scientists who had been immersed in their laboratories and had not been paying attention to external news were shocked.
A student brought the question of whether Lu Wanqing’s ability-generated water could purify genetic mutations to these big shots for their opinions. Everyone wanted to know why Lu Wanqing’s ability-generated water was so potent.
Initially, the big shots flatly denied it, stating that such water could not possibly exist in this world. However, when they saw the videos recorded by the students from the live stream, they went mad.
Senior figures from the Federation, the Empire, and even from Tianxing, who had been in seclusion researching, all emerged. They convened an emergency meeting, calling upon their influential friends to discuss and research together, all wanting to understand what magic this water from Lu Wanqing possessed, and why it could purify the mutated things on Earth into such a clean state.
While the big shots held meetings, they couldn’t reach a conclusion without seeing the water themselves. After the meeting, all the big shots shared a common desire: to obtain the water Lu Wanqing generated with her ability. They wanted to study it thoroughly in their laboratories, truly curious about its composition and why it was so effective.
When they learned that Lu Wanqing was trapped on Earth, the big shots were greatly shocked. Then, they issued orders, commanding all their affiliated families and networks to rescue the two young girls trapped on Earth at all costs.
However, after issuing these orders, they discovered that their commands held no meaning for Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui. This woman named Lu Wanqing had a background far greater than they had imagined.
The Zhongli family, the Mu family, the Federation Academy of Sciences, and the Wei family, the Federation’s most powerful forces, were all her backers. Moreover, even within the Empire, the Emperor himself had an extremely close relationship with Lu Wanqing. If Lu Wanqing were in trouble, the Empire would protect her regardless of the cost.
These were the external storms and upheavals. In the cave entrance at this moment, Lu Wanqing and Cui Cui, for the first time since arriving on Earth, were drinking hot soup from bowls. It was incredibly satisfying.
Lu Wanqing couldn’t help but drink two more bowls. Cui Cui also couldn’t help but drink several bowls until her belly was bulging and she was super full before they stopped.
“So delicious,” Cui Cui said.
“The wild vegetables are also delicious,” Cui Cui added.
Lu Wanqing looked at Cui Cui and smiled, saying, “If you like them, we can go dig for more wild vegetables. Earth should have plenty of wild vegetables.”
Cui Cui’s eyes brightened again. Looking at her mommy, she asked expectantly, “Are there any mushrooms?”
A few years ago, when mommy was surviving in the wilderness with Brother Lanlan on a desolate planet, she had picked many mushrooms that looked super delicious.
Lu Wanqing’s expression became serious for a moment, then she said, “Mushrooms only grow during certain seasons. There shouldn’t be any now.”
In the past few days, they had been pretending to casually search for things left by Wei Xingzhou in the forest and had explored almost the entire area. They hadn’t found any mushrooms.
Therefore, Lu Wanqing was almost certain that there were no mushrooms at this season, at least not in their current location.
Cui Cui’s eyes showed obvious disappointment.
Lu Wanqing smiled and said, “But it’s okay. If you like them, Cui Cui, we can grow them ourselves when we go out. Don’t you remember? You can sprout plants. When we go out, we’ll find Uncle Yu and ask him to find some mushroom spores for you. Then you can try and see if your ability can sprout mushrooms.”
“Do you know, Cui Cui, the tiny mushrooms that have just sprouted are actually the most delicious. But because it’s difficult to gather so many small mushrooms, we often eat big and small ones together,” Lu Wanqing explained.
“Then I’ll sprout lots and lots of small mushrooms in the future, and we’ll invite Wei Xingzhou to eat with us!” Cui Cui said happily.
“Okay,” Lu Wanqing replied with a smile.
On the other side of Earth, Wei Xingzhou heard Cui Cui’s words, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop curving upwards. He was extremely happy.
“Zhongli Feiyu, did you hear that? Cui Cui hasn’t forgotten me! Even now, she still wants to remember to invite me to eat small mushrooms,” Wei Xingzhou shouted excitedly.