One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-One, a Big Chess Game

Gu Cheng almost burst out laughing, and almost spit out the insect meat he had just bitten into his mouth. He couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "You can't judge a person by appearance!"

The skewers tasted okay. Ye Han chewed them and said vaguely: "That's because you don't understand me!"

The two of them walked, ate, and argued. It didn't take long for them to walk half of the street. At this time, Ye Han suddenly found a group of people gathered in front of him, and they were crowded around the street. In the crowd, there was an earthen oven that was more than two people tall and more than one person wide, made of yellow mud and blue bricks.

Why is it an oven? Because Ye Han saw the fire under the oven.

This unusual scene caught Ye Han's attention. He nodded his chin towards that place and said, "What are they roasting?"

"I don't know!" Gu Cheng was also wondering, "Let's go and take a look?"

"It's just that thing. What can you see?" Ye Han rejected Gu Cheng's suggestion and directly grabbed a passerby and said, "Brother, what are you roasting?"

The passerby saw the armored rifle beside Ye Han's leg and his eyes lit up. He introduced enthusiastically, "That's a local specialty, roasted pupae!"

Ye Han heard it clearly, but didn't understand the meaning of the words: "What are you roasting?"

"Pupae, the pupae of giant insects, you know?" The man explained simply.

Ye Han suddenly realized, "I know what it is, thank you."

"You're welcome!" The passerby looked at Ye Han's legs again, and then left reluctantly.

Ye Han subconsciously touched the armored pistol beside his leg, and suddenly became a little wary of the man just now.

It doesn't matter whether the man just got curious or had other ideas. What matters is that weapons are the second life of soldiers. No one should covet soldiers' weapons.

Having served in the army for many years, he has already developed the habit of keeping his gun with him. Moreover, it is a war era now, and the special environment also requires soldiers to keep their guns with them.

As for the recoil of the armored pistol, there is no need to worry. With Ye Han's current physique, let alone the recoil of the armored rifle, even if he shoots with one hand holding the rifle, he can hit the target steadily.

Cell fusion brings about an overall improvement in physique. Compared with ordinary people, Ye Han is almost the same as Superman.

Gu Cheng didn't notice Ye Han's abnormality at all. He looked at the clay stove expectantly: "How about it, have one?"

"No, I don't eat that stuff." Ye Han said.

Pupa is indeed nutritious, but he just doesn't like it.

"Forget it." Gu Cheng was a little disappointed. "It's not fun to eat alone."

Ye Han advised: "This is a rare opportunity. Eat if you want. Don't bother me."

To be honest, the people in Qingtang are really creative. He once heard that there is a kind of world's largest delicacy in the northwest called roasted camel. Even if the giant pupa in the furnace is not as big as a camel, it must not be much smaller.

As a citizen of the Great Foodie Empire, no matter what time or situation, they never forget to adapt to local conditions and study new delicacies-just looking at the number of people surrounding the clay oven, you can judge how popular this roasted pupa is!

What Ye Han didn't know was that the reason why this thing was so popular was not only because of its outstanding taste, but also because giant pupae were not so common. Only in the right season could they occasionally encounter them. This made all the foodies in Qingtang feel distressed, and they wished they could eat fragrant roasted pupae every day.

Ye Han's suggestion made Gu Cheng's heart beat, but after hesitating for a moment, he still shook his head firmly and restrained his appetite.

After leaving the crowd, Ye Han couldn't help but sigh: "Only Qingtang dared to let people out, otherwise, where would so many delicious foods come from?"

"That's right... The insect plague has wiped out so many animals, and many delicious foods will not be available in the future. However, the old will not go away until the new comes. Even if it is an insect, we can make it delicious!"

Ye Han agreed with this very much: "Only Qingtang dared to let people out, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to research so many delicious foods..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Han suddenly froze - Qingtang took the initiative to let people out of the city and provided weapons and supplies.

Could it be an extension of personnel management?

There are many different people in the city. Not everyone can adapt to the strict management system of the city. Some people are willing to stay in the city to endure oppression and enjoy safety, while others would rather endure danger than stay in the city. This can be seen from the number of mercenaries in Qingtang - Ye Han didn't know how many mercenaries there were here, but when he saw so many vendors in the night market, he knew that the number of mercenaries must be considerable.

Thinking of this, Ye Han had an idea: Is it really good to gather people together?

Suddenly, he thought of another problem: With the continuous advancement of technology, the domestic supply of materials is not as tight as in previous years, but the country still implements a strict rationing system. Perhaps it is not that the treatment cannot be improved, but the rationing standards are deliberately lowered in order to force people to leave the city and enter the wilderness!

At first glance, such an idea is simply a joke, but if you think about it carefully, the world today is no longer the same earth as before. The world has changed. If humans are self-contained and just hide in safe cities and cannot adapt to this dangerous new world, then sooner or later, humans will be eliminated by the times.

The ancestors of mankind overcame difficulties and accumulated more than 5,000 years before they went into space. Don’t today’s humans even have the courage to leave the city and break into a new world?

As for whether Beidu will do this... Haha, before the war, it was a peaceful era, and human life was important. Any life was an unbearable burden.

However, now is a war era, and human life is as cheap as grass. Although Beidu has protected most of its citizens with fortresses and underground cities, this method can only protect them for a while, but not for a lifetime. It must find a new way out before the overall situation completely collapses.

And this is precisely the most important point. No matter how the above arranges, there may be mistakes. On the contrary, it is necessary to explore and develop little by little to minimize the probability of abnormal situations.

To put it in an official tone, Beidu is playing a big game of chess, and everyone is a piece on the chessboard.

Ye Han's mind was filled with various thoughts. Gu Cheng saw his slightly sluggish look and immediately found that Ye Han was in a bad condition.

Gu Cheng didn't know what Ye Han was thinking about, so he quickly pushed Ye Han: "What are you thinking about? So absent-minded?"

Ye Han's thoughts were interrupted by Gu Cheng, and he smiled: "Nothing, just figured out something."

"It's fine, you say the same, what are you thinking about in the middle of the road?" Gu Cheng didn't understand and grumbled unhappily.

Ye Han knew what caring was and what complaining was. Listening to the noise in his ears, he couldn't help but smile.