Liang Yuan immediately said, "No need! I want to kill these fish myself. I need to study their mutation and get first-hand data."
"Moreover, these mutant fish are very dangerous. If you get bitten, it’s very troublesome."
Yang Mei’s heart was deeply moved. Her little brother really cared about her.
"But there are so many fish... How long will it take for you to kill them all by yourself?"
Liang Yuan laughed, "No problem, I actually like killing fish."
He then put his head down and worked hard. With three times his normal strength, the kitchen knife in his hand slashed down, and no matter how hard the fish scales were, they were instantly split in two!
Inside the room, the sound of chopping fish heads kept coming.
In Liang Yuan’s mind, the system prompts kept sounding.
"You have killed a mutant creature, gaining 8 points!"
"You have killed a mutant creature, gaining 9 points!"
Liang Yuan’s mouth broke into a wide grin, unable to suppress his smile.
On the other side, Yang Mei was also keeping busy.
Liang Yuan killed fish one at a time, but dealing with the fish was a lot of work for her.
Not only did she have to scrape the scales off, but also gut them, and clean the mucus and blood inside.
Liang Yuan had killed five or six fish by then, and she hadn’t even finished with one.
Four hundred and thirty-two fish sounded like a lot, but Liang Yuan’s speed was incredible.
In less than an hour, he had killed them all.
"Little brother, there are so many fish. How are we going to preserve them?"
Yang Mei said with a troubled expression.
Liang Yuan had an inventory slot, so preserving fish was easy for him.
But he couldn’t let anyone discover this secret, so he had to maintain appearances.
Thinking for a moment, he said, "You keep killing fish. Earlier, I saw that some units in Building 2 had ovens. I’ll bring one back. Also, I found a vacuum sealer in the supplies I collected."
"We have a generator. We can bake all the fish into dried fish and then vacuum seal them."
"By the way, if you have time, marinate them before baking. They’ll taste better. You can make spicy dried fish or something to trade for more fish later."
Yang Mei listened and couldn’t help but be happy. "That’s a great idea. This way, we’ll have an endless supply of fish."
Liang Yuan laughed, "You can also ask Sister Wu and Granny Li for help. They don’t have other ways to get supplies now. Even if they fish, they can’t compete with the men. We can pay them to help you with the fish."
"But... There aren’t that many fish. Isn’t it a waste of supplies?" Yang Mei hesitated.
She had starved before and couldn’t bear to give out any supplies to others.
Liang Yuan smiled, "Don’t worry. We have plenty of supplies. We can pay Granny Li and Sister Wu with rice."
Last time, he got 500kg of rice from the lottery, and with what he got from Liu Erlong, he had almost a ton of rice, certainly enough to eat.
Moreover, as long as he had points, getting food from the lottery was easy.
Among the many prizes, the chance of winning food was not small.
What he lacked now was not food but attribute points or weapons like bullets and equipment.
"You keep busy. I’ll fetch an oven."
Yang Mei nodded quickly, "Yes, go ahead. Leave the rest to me."
Liang Yuan immediately set out. He remembered that someone in Building 2 had an oven.
Now that there was no electricity, appliances like ovens and air fryers were useless, and no one wanted them.
Liang Yuan easily found four or five ovens and five or six air fryers.
His kitchen couldn’t even hold them all, so he stopped.
He left the rest to Yang Mei.
Luckily, Yang Mei was a typical homemaker who enjoyed cooking.
Instead of finding it tedious, she enjoyed it.
There were plenty of seasonings at home. She found a big bucket, washed it, mixed the seasonings, added a lot of cool boiled water, and adjusted it according to the ratio.
Then she chopped the fish into small pieces and put them in to marinate.
Because they were already sea fish, she didn’t add much salt but added extra chili powder and peppercorns.
"Song Wen’s bread spoiled after just one night. Strong salt and spice should make it last longer."
She thought to herself and made another batch with just the original flavor.
She worked like a busy bee in the kitchen.
Liang Yuan watched and couldn’t help but smile.
Sister Mei was such a woman; whoever married her would be fortunate.
How could someone like Li Zhiqiang deserve such a beauty?
Liang Yuan returned to his bedroom and opened the system panel.
"System, show the attribute panel."
Mutation Progress: 4%
Lottery Items: Wuchang Rice (500kg), Mutated Sunflower Seeds, Vegetable Gift Package, Petrol *4, Glock 17...
"Hahaha, points have surpassed 4000! I can at least get 4 attribute points!"
Liang Yuan glanced at his mutation progress again.
At this point, the mutation progress had reached 4%.
Last time he added a constitution attribute point, which increased his mutation progress.
"I wonder what mutation progress Ding Yan and the others need to awaken their mutant abilities."
Liang Yuan was curious. He speculated that mutation progress had to reach a certain threshold before experiencing a mental stimulus to make a determination about a mutant ability.
As for what that threshold was, he didn’t know.
Maybe 10%, maybe 20%, it could be anything.
But Liang Yuan estimated it wouldn’t be as high as 100%.
Even if Ding Yan, Wang Yanmei, Liu Erlong ate fish every day, their mutation levels wouldn’t reach 100% in such a short time.
Most likely, a mutation tendency would appear at a progress level below 50%.