It’s not easy to be an interstellar chef

Chapter 53

The final written exam lasted three days. After the written exam, it was time to practice.

The final exam questions for freshman year are randomly selected.

Su Chaoliu logged into her student account and saw that her test question was to capture a mountain antelope. There was no limit to the level, but the higher the level, the higher the score.

Of course, this hunting is not decided casually. For example, Su Chaoliu cannot be allowed to go to the sea to fish for mountain antelopes, so Su Chaoliu will be released into the area where mountain antelopes roam and let her track the traces of mountain antelopes by herself.

It is more difficult than random placement in the midterm exam. After all, any kind of beast can be used in the midterm exam. There is no type requirement. They only need to weigh their own strength and use it.

But the end of the semester is different. If nothing else, what if you track the wrong target? It will be a waste of time. The test is on the students' ability to identify and track the traces of strange animals.

Su Chao Liu checked the latitude and longitude, calculated the time, and twitched the corner of his mouth.

It was estimated that the area was heavily snowed and the mountains were closed, so she had to make some preparations.

Students are still not allowed to bring their own equipment for the final exam, but some things are allowed.

For example, Su Chaoqi specially made beef jerky for her.

After all, we are in the snowy mountains. Beef jerky made with pepper and other seasonings can replenish body heat very well. Although combat uniforms also have insulation functions, in harsh environments, no matter how many external defense measures are taken, it is difficult to withstand the influence of the environment. It is still necessary to replenish the energy within the human body.

She didn’t know how many people had won the same question as her.

Zhuge Ningning’s title is Silver Leopard.

Su Chaoliu gave Zhuge Ningning some beef jerky and asked her to take it with her.

The day of the exam soon came. After the students got off the starship, they boarded several large aircraft in batches, and the aircraft carried them to where they should go.

Su Chaoliu sat on the aircraft and watched his classmates jump out of the hatch one after another.

Soon a teacher called her name: "Su Chaoliu!"

Su Chaoliu stood up: "Here we go!"

"Prepare to land!"

"Yes!"

Su Chaoliu stood at the cabin exit and was let out of the cabin by the elevator.

She controlled the kit and deployed the parachute to land safely.

After landing smoothly, she felt a biting chill. Su Chaoliu immediately raised the temperature of the combat uniform to eliminate the chill, and put on goggles to prevent her eyes from being stabbed by the snow light.

The thin combat uniform was like Su Chaoliu's second skin. It seemed light but protected Su Chaoliu airtightly. Even so, every breath she exhaled was white.

In order to preserve themselves in the winter, animals in the mountains and forests will try to reduce their activities as much as possible to avoid the loss of energy, so now she is the only one in the vast world.

When the school set the questions for her, this factor must have been taken into consideration, so the school must have thought that she could overcome this problem, or that it was to test how students could achieve their goals in a harsh environment.

Su Chaoliu first launched a drone to scan the surrounding environment, and saw that the five-kilometer-diameter area on the optical brain showed an empty area without any signs of biological activity.

But this also shows that she is safe now. After all, there is no danger if there are no other creatures.

Su Chaoliu asked the drone to search for water sources.

Animals can eat less in winter, but they have to drink water. Even if the river is frozen, the alien animal that has lived in this environment for a long time must have evolved the ability to drink water, so she only needs to go to the water If you go to the side, you will definitely find traces of strange beasts.

She landed in a bad place, too high above sea level, and water sources tend to be at lower altitudes, so that meant she had to go down the mountain.

Going down the mountain is not easy because there is no road, and the mountain road is steep, slippery, and densely covered with trees. If you are not careful, you may get injured.

Su Chaoliu could fly into the air and walk down in a straight line, but this would inevitably miss a lot of traces. Of course, it was also possible that no strange beasts had passed by or that the traces had been buried when she came down. However, this kind of thing could not be left to chance.

So she could only step on the snow and slowly walk down.

The drone still faithfully scanned the environment for her to prevent her from missing any strange beasts that might occasionally peek their heads.

However, it seems that she was not very lucky, although she did find some traces of strange animals, such as claw marks scratched by tiger claws on the tree, teeth marks of some small herbivorous strange animals gnawing on the bark of the tree, etc.

But she found no trace of her target.

But she didn't care. It was the best thing she could find, so it didn't matter if she couldn't find it.

Although Su Chaoliu was careful enough, she still encountered an unexpected accident.

When Su Chaoliu stepped out, she already knew something was wrong, because what she stepped on was not real, but imaginary, indicating that there was no land below. Due to gravity, her whole body began to fall downwards.

She immediately unfolded the wings of her tool bag, looked at the snow sliding down under her feet like a landslide, and patted her chest.There was a small cliff here. Because it was surrounded by snow, it caused a certain visual deception, so she stepped on it without any precautions.

This cliff is ten meters high, and it is impossible for humans and alien beasts to jump directly. Therefore, if you want to find traces of alien beasts, you can only take a detour along the cliff, but going down here can shorten her journey by a long distance.

Su Chaoliu hesitated for a while, but went straight down.

With this cliff as the boundary, the lower the altitude, the more traces of the activities of alien animals, indicating that alien animals will also choose comfortable places to survive.

It is common sense that the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. Most organisms are more adapted to warm environments.

Along the way, there were not only more traces of alien beasts, but also occasionally some plants that had not withered yet. These plants that had not withered all had traces of being eaten by alien beasts.

Other traces are easy to bury, but this kind of trace is difficult to cover up.

Su Chaoliu perked up and immediately started checking.

Then it was a pity to find that it was eaten by small creatures, such as rabbits, minks, weasels and the like.

Although I am a little disappointed, this is normal. After all, the exam lasts for three days and it only started today. How could I have such good luck?

Su Chaoliu decided to take a rest first. She was a little tired after walking such a long way.

So she found a sheltered place and sat directly on the ground. Anyway, the combat uniform protected her, so she wouldn't feel cold.

Then he took out a piece of beef jerky from the space button, threw it in his mouth and chewed it.

In order to let her eat for a long time, the beef jerky made by Su Chaoqi was not made into too big pieces. One piece was only as long as a finger, which was best used to satisfy her cravings.

Sometimes Su Chaoliu feels that life among interstellar people is quite boring. Although nutritional supplements come in various flavors, the most basic version is not very tasty. Moreover, after drinking nutritional supplements, you don’t need to eat anything else all day long. There is no taste at all, maybe that's why they are so popular with chefs.

The dishes prepared by the chef can make people feel alive.

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty always correspond to various aspects of life. Many times what you eat is not the food, but your mood.

Of course, interstellar people cannot understand this truth, at least not now.

Su Chaoliu rested for a while, then got up and continued looking for water.

The days are short in winter, and when the sun sets, it is inconvenient even for her to move around, and snow may fall at night, covering up the traces.

She speeded up and finally found the location of the river before sunset. On a day of more than ten degrees below zero, the river was covered with a thick layer of ice, but there were also a few areas that were not frozen, and there were no frozen river banks. There are dense footprints everywhere.

Su Chaoliu perked up. In order not to destroy the traces, she floated to the top of the traces and carefully checked to identify what kind of strange beast had left them.

She knew what was going on and took a few photos. Then she circled upstream and downstream along the river bank, collecting and capturing many traces. After taking photos, she left under the last glow of the setting sun.

She returned to the place where she had rested and ate beef jerky. It was the place where she had chosen to camp tonight, and a guide was placed to prevent her from finding the way.

After setting up the tent and finding some firewood, Su Chaoliu felt much warmer after lighting the fire. Then he took out a small pot, dug out a few clean snow, put it in the pot, and slowly boiled it.

She had only eaten a few snow dumplings today, but she didn't dare to eat more because she was afraid that the snow was unhygienic. Now she finally had hot water to boil. She waited for the hot water to cool down a little and drank two large bowls before she felt it was good. alleviated.

Su Chaoliu lay down in the tent, using his brain to bring up the photos of the footprints taken today, and studied them carefully.

Inertia is engraved in the bones of animals, even humans, which means that the animals that come here to drink water today will most likely come here again tomorrow. So as long as she can identify which strange animals these footprints are, and wait and see tomorrow, there will be a lot of hope. The big ones may be caught.

Su Chaoliu looked at them one by one. Although the footprints in the photos were very confusing, it was impossible for a strange beast to leave only one footprint. By cross-recovering multiple footprints, a complete footprint could be obtained.

When she finally sorted out all the footprints, it was snowing outside.

Su Chaoliu had a headache. He didn't know if the snow would stop tomorrow. Many animals might not be willing to come out and move around in snowy weather.

Can she really catch the mountain antelope in three days?
Today has already passed, and she only has two days left.

Su Chaoliu sighed and lay down to rest. The drone was still working diligently, and would alert if it detected other biological reactions.

Fortunately, one night passed, and there was no movement in the optical brain.

Su Chaoliu opened his eyes at dawn, then stood up neatly, pushed open the tent and found that it was a bright and beautiful day today.

She suddenly became energetic and immediately put away her tent.

Animals need sunlight, and with good weather like this, animals will come out to bask in the sun and try to find food. Maybe this is her chance.

And the situation was just as she thought. She saw a rabbit gnawing on dead grass after not taking a few steps. When a huge creature appeared, the rabbit was frightened and ran away, so fast that even Su Chaoliu didn't react.

(End of this chapter)