I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary
# 252 Food procurement
While fighting sounds from afar are sounding, lean against each other and breathe, relying only on the thin lights that can be emitted from the small information terminal.
"No, you don't have to breathe."
"That's right, but there's nothing to do. How long have you been sleeping?"
"What do you think we should do after tomorrow?"
"That's a constructive opinion."
Discuss Mimi's proposed course of action for tomorrow and beyond in the dark.
"Basically, I think it's a good idea to wait for rescue, but do you have any objections?"
I don't think so.
"Nothing."
Nothing.
I don't think so.
"It seems that we all agree, and above all,
Now that the small information device is offline, even maps can't be used properly.It is too dangerous to wander around this forest without knowing which way to proceed.Some of this planet's protozoa seem dangerous, and I'm afraid of accidents when I travel through uncut forests.I am also afraid of poisonous insects and equivalent dangerous organisms.It would still be wise to stay here and wait for help.
"The problem is food. I think a few days will be enough preserved food, but it won't be good if the rescue takes longer."
"That's right. Maybe we should put together some food and think about the pace of consumption."
Well then, let's put it together first thing in the morning.Is there anything else? "
"Should I procure food?There's a lot of food growing in these woods. "
"And we were talking about hunting animals and eating meat.It was on display in the museum. "
Tina and Whiska share their opinions on food procurement.Yeah, I guess I'm thinking the same thing.
"The problem is, we don't know what we can eat and what we can't eat, and there's no way to tell."
The fruit that seems delicious is actually very poisonous to humans, the grass that only looks like weed is actually making potatoes in the basement, and there are really a variety of poisonous things like skin rashes just by touching it.Not discernible by amateurs.
"Ah, that's okay.In fact, yesterday I put a scanning app that I could use offline on my small information device and tablet device. "
Why are you doing this?
"I knew I was going on a forest tour and I didn't have a network connection."
That's how Mimi looks.No, yeah, that's great, but... were you going to scan one end of the road for plants and animals and tell them if they could eat?
"Well, it was unexpected that Mimi was preparing something like that, but it was really helpful.So, tomorrow, Mimi and I will explore the surroundings for gathering, and Elma will protect this base. "
Copy that.
What about us?
"Use the molecular decomposition constructor to develop your base and see if you can make something useful.I'm worried about water now.Then think about using that useless beacon and a small information device to send out a distress call. "
"Hmm, I don't know if I can do it, but I'll try my best."
Tomorrow's schedule will be fine.
Come on, the battle's not over.
"I'm worried, but I don't have a hand. Let's go to sleep."
I don't know how big the red flag is coming, but it won't go far enough to destroy all the system forces and destroy the entire Rifil system.
For the time being, Mimi and the others were making a simple bedding during the day, so I slept on it.It looks like a resilient sheet on a crossed frame and doesn't feel unexpectedly uncomfortable sleeping.If I wore a chameleon thermal cloak instead of a duvet, the thermal insulation effect was also weak.
I woke up with signs of people.When she opened her eyes, she apparently used some chameleon thermal cloaks to make blindfolds and change clothes or something.
"Good morning."
"Pi!? oniichan!?"
It was Whiska's voice that came back from behind the blindfolded chameleon thermal cloak. I see.
"I'll rest my eyes in my cape on the bunk for a while.Let me know when you're done. "
"Hah, hah!"
If you put on your cape, you can hardly hear the rubbing of your clothes.I nearly fell asleep twice, and I woke up again.
"Fuaahhhh... good morning"
"Good morning."
Whiska's face is slightly red when she returns her morning greeting.I didn't see you naked, and I don't think you should be so embarrassed.
"Shall we wake up?"
"Yes, everyone's out."
Well, let's take the luggage.
Take on a backpack of your own luggage and leave the shelter.Outside, the other three were transferring their luggage from their backpacks to a black box.
Good morning, Hiro-sama.
Morning, Hiro.
"Good morning, sir."
"Good morning. Do you have my box?"
"Try to hold on to that.Wee's over there. "
"Yeah."
Change into a box the size of a prepared cuddle and put away anything you don't want to use immediately.Put the food in another box with food.
"Hmm, if you eat normally, you keep the food until tomorrow night."
"Whatever Hiro is, we only brought it for a day or two."
"Why?"
"No, I really don't think we're going to crash like this...."
"I'm sorry."
It would be strange to pack more than a week's worth of food in a backpack like mine.Yeah, but thanks to that, I can afford to stay till tomorrow night, okay.
"No, I wasn't normal.Let's just do what we decided yesterday. "
"Yes, be careful."
"Yes! Good luck finding food!"
Mimi is showing great motivation.I hope I'm not too motivated.
Incidentally, there is a connector that charges the information terminal from the energy pack used for laser guns and chameleon thermal cloaks, so don't worry about it for the time being.
"Be careful."
"Be really careful with your injuries."
Aiyo
Go away!
I plan to use the raw trees I cut yesterday to keep the smoke up today, and I plan to mark the trees as I walk, so at least I won't get lost on my way home.This won't make us any more distress or laugh.
"I don't know what's going on in the woods, so let's go slowly.You don't have to hurry. "
Yes, Hiro-sama
Our luggage is almost empty - two meals of preserved food and infinite water bottles - backpacks and each piece of equipment.In my case, a laser gun and a pair of swords, a small information device.And then the spare energy pack, the emergency nanomachine unit.In Mimi's case, it's a small information device, tablet device, laser gun, and spare energy pack.Looks like he put a small bag in his backpack.
"I'll keep my eyes open, so Mimi can scan for something to eat.I'll keep pace with Mimi, so I'll make sure to slow down. "
Yes!
After walking for a few minutes, Mimi quickly found something.
"Ah, Master Hiro, something caught my scan."
"Huh? Which one?"
Looking at Mimi's tablet device from the side, it appears to be responding to a pine that is wrapped around a tree.
"Ah, something's happening up there."
Hmm, looks like a melon.
The scan was completed when Mimi turned to the camera on the tablet terminal.Apparently, it is actually the fruit of the Uridae family named Coquilli, and it is edible.It seems like it would be about to eat if the pattern like the eyes of a net appeared all over.It's a little bigger than my fist.I look like a little melon in my eyes.
"Let's see how ripe it is."
"You're not taking it all?"
"If you take it all, the next one may not grow.This isn't good for roots. "
That's how you harvest the cockroach fruit within reach.The thick, stepped trees made it possible to harvest quite a few.
All right, good luck.
Fruit will give you plenty of water.It's a happy harvest for us who don't have enough water.
Yes! Let's find the next one.
That's how I start looking again, but I can't find my next prey.Well, it must have been too soon to find the cockroach fruit in the first place.It's usually like this.
I can't find it.
"Don Mai, let's take a break.Why don't you try a piece of cockroach? "
Yes!
Mimi seems very happy.I don't have a knife.Use the shorter sword to carefully divide the cockroach fruit into quarters.If I make one mistake, my hands and feet may fall rather than my fingers, so I take great care.
"When I get back, I'll ask if I can make a cooking knife.I'm afraid of cutting with a sword. "
That's right.
Maybe I should carry a knife as well as a pair of these swords, big and small.This is unlikely to happen, but the knife itself is useful not only as a weapon, but also as a tool.
Even the shorter sword is too long to use as a knife or knife.The limit is to divide it into four pieces.
Hmm, it looks more and more like melon.
As you can see, breaking it is very similar to melon.The colour of the pulp is not orange, it's a slightly yellowish white.White meat melon?
Melon?
"There were similar fruits where I was.I think it was born on the ground.It cost more than that, that much. "
That said, I showed you the size of the melon I know with my hands.
"What was it like?"
"It was a very sweet fruit.Melon used to take this kind of part and eat only fruit, but how about cockroaches? "
"Looks like you eat the cockroaches except for the seeds."
Well, let's do that.
I scraped off the seed with my fingers and put it on the cockroach.Yeah, it's delicious. It smells a little blue and lacks sweetness, but it's delicious enough.I think it is delicious for wild fruits with no improved varieties.
Not bad.
"It smells a little blue, but it's delicious."
The size itself is a bit like a big peach, so when you two eat it, it ends immediately.
"All right, let's find the spirit."
"Yes! Let's take a lot of them home and surprise them!"
Mimi took a break and had a snack.Try to explore with caution so that you don't get too energetic and tired.