Douluo: Make a gun first

Chapter 45 Let's Eat Bugs Together
As night fell, it quickly became dark inside the Star Forest.

Shen Feng thought for a moment and stood up: "Teacher Zhao, please take care of Xiao Ao. I will go and sprinkle some insect repellent powder around."

"I don't know how long Xiao Ao will finish his training. If we don't make some preparations, I'm afraid we'll all be eaten by mosquitoes in the Xingdou Great Forest tonight."

Zhao Wuji nodded: "We do need to be prepared. When spending the night in the forest, the dangers are often not soul beasts, but these inconspicuous snakes, insects, rats and ants."

"I have some nice insect repellent powder here, would you like to try it?"

Shen Feng waved his hand: "No need, we have all lived in the border of Xingdou Great Forest for a year, and we have more useful insect repellent powder than you do."

"Who knows? The insect repellent powder in your hand might be made according to my recipe."

Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment: "Uh, I did buy this insect repellent powder in Soul Hunter Town yesterday."

Shen Feng chuckled: "The night in this Star Dou Great Forest comes earlier than in the outside world. If we don't start preparing now, it will be too late."

"Hongjun, come with me, let's pick up some wood so we can have a bonfire in the evening."

"Okay." After responding, Ma Hongjun stood up and followed Shen Feng into the forest.

Before traveling through time, Shen Feng also thought that bonfires could not be lit in the forests of a different world like Douluo Continent, because it would attract some dangerous soul beasts that liked fire.

But after living in Soul Hunting Town for nearly a year, he realized that was complete bullshit.

Forests where soul beasts are active are generally extremely dense primeval forests. The light from the campfire cannot reach even ten meters away due to the obstruction of numerous bushes and weeds.

What kind of soul beast can be attracted within a range of ten meters?
Even if we attract them, fighting in a bright place and fighting in the dark are two completely different concepts.

After all, humans don’t have night vision.

So, no matter how dangerous the forest is, lighting a bonfire will always do more good than harm.

Moreover, the soul beasts that can be attracted by the flames are generally soul beasts with fire attributes. Under normal circumstances, such soul beasts live near volcanoes.

Only the heat source there can speed up the condensation of their soul power.

Besides mosquitoes, the only insects that can be attracted to the bonfire are large moths.

Well, maybe the Child of Destiny can attract the Goddess of Light Butterfly.

Soon, darkness fell completely, and Shen Feng and Ma Hongjun also walked out of the forest.

slam-la-

A large amount of wood was poured out from Shen Feng's soul guide.

"It got dark too quickly, and I didn't have enough time. I only sprinkled insect repellent powder in a 10-meter radius and a 15-meter radius from the center of our camp."

Zhao Wuji pulled out a few pieces of wood and piled them together: "Hongjun, it's time for you to show off."

"Two lines of defense are enough. Xiao Ao is still training, and we have to protect him tonight. We probably won't be able to rest. We just need to be a little vigilant and don't let poisonous insects or snakes get in."

Ma Hongjun opened his mouth and spit out a ball of purple flame. He rubbed his growling stomach and said, "Big brothers, is there anything to eat? I haven't eaten for almost a day."

At noon, everyone ate Oscar's sausages, but he and Dai Mubai didn't eat them because they disliked them.

After finally making it to dinner time, Oscar couldn't even eat sausages because he was trying to make a breakthrough.

Shen Feng smiled evilly and took out a fat bug from his pocket.

The insect was smooth and legless, jade-colored all over, about ten centimeters long and nearly two centimeters thick. Shen Feng pinched the insect's head, and the insect's smooth body was still twisting wildly between his fingers.

"A ten-year soul beast, a powerful longhorn beetle larva, found while picking up wood, do you want to try it?"

Seeing the twisting posture of the giant longhorn beetle larvae, Ma Hongjun felt nauseous. He resisted the churning in his stomach and gritted his teeth and said, "Let's give it a try. Who's afraid of who?"

"Isn't it just a bug? No matter how disgusting it is, I can still eat it!" Zhao Wuji glanced at Ma Hongjun and said, "Silly boy, you really don't know anything."

"This giant longhorn beetle larvae is a great tonic. Not only is it rich in nutrients, it also has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and relaxing muscles and tendons. For us soul masters, it is simply a natural tonic."

“You don’t need to add any seasoning when eating it. Just put it on the fire and roast it until both sides are golden brown. The aroma is so fragrant that it makes you salivate just thinking about it.”

"Xiao Feng, how much did you get? Take them all out. I'm going to satisfy my craving for food this time."

Shen Feng smiled, fumbled in his pocket, and took out six similar-sized larvae of the giant longhorn beetle.

"Not many, only seven in total. We can have two each and leave the remaining one for Xiao Ao so he can have a taste as well."

Zhao Wuji rubbed his palms together and said, "That's enough. It's hard to find more delicious food. Just two of them are enough to satisfy your craving."

There was no conversation that night until the sky gradually brightened. Oscar woke up from his training and successfully broke through to level 30.

Seeing Oscar wake up, Shen Feng, who had been by his side to protect him, took out the roasted longhorn beetle larvae from his wristband.

"Xiao Ao, congratulations on successfully breaking through level 30."

"This is a gift, although it's a little cold."

Oscar was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the roasted bug and stuffed it into his mouth without any hesitation.

"It's delicious, I love it, it's the most delicious thing I've eaten this year."

Shen Feng laughed and said, "What delicious food? You must be hungry."

"Oh, my dear brother Ao, please get me some sausages. You don't know how I survived this night."

Suddenly, Ma Hongjun rushed over, rubbing his stomach, interrupting the conversation between Shen Feng and Oscar.

Oscar asked in confusion, "What happened last night? Didn't he dislike my sausages?"

Shen Feng smiled and said, "I'm really hungry. I ate bugs all night last night."

"Not only did I not feel full, but I also had an upset stomach."

"Give him one of your big sausages. Otherwise, given his physical condition, he might not be able to leave today."

Ma Hongjun immediately stretched out his fingers: "One is not enough, two, no, five, I think I can eat five."

Oscar was speechless: "Ah, this."

The larvae of the giant longhorn beetle last night looked quite large, but actually there wasn’t much in it after it was roasted.

Just as Zao Wou-Ki said, it's just to satisfy his craving for food.

Shen Feng and Zhao Wuji were fine. At least they had something to eat at noon. They spent the afternoon waiting for Dai Mubai to absorb the soul ring and basically did not take any action, so they were in pretty good condition.

But Ma Hongjun was not so lucky. After eating two longhorn beetle larvae, he was not full at all. In fact, he felt even hungrier after eating them.

It is very dangerous to go out to look for food in the Star Dou Forest during the day, let alone at night.

In desperation, Ma Hongjun had to catch some insects attracted by the campfire, string them together and roast them over the fire.

It was okay. Most of the insects tasted pretty good. After being roasted, they tasted like chicken and were crispy. The nutrition level was six times that of beef.

But if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

If he wasn't careful, the poisonous insect would go into his stomach. If Ma Hongjun wasn't the evil fire phoenix that flew out of the chicken coop, this would not be just a stomachache.

(End of this chapter)