Chapter 88: A mech builder who doesn't want to fly a spaceship is not a good cook.

Qin Jun stands in the kitchen looking like he is handling worm meat, but his hands are occasionally in his pockets.

He felt the thing, originally the size of a watermelon seed, swell rapidly until it was the size of a quail's egg before it stopped growing, a creepy balloon-like growth rate.

"What are you doing?" A dry, inquisitive voice rang out coldly from behind him.

Qin Jun jerked his head back and saw the NPC above their airship staring coldly at him.

"I'm going to make worm meat for everyone." Qin Jun pulls his hand out of his pocket.

"You smell very strongly of bugs." The npc took a step closer, his dark eyes rolling, his eyes falling on Qin Jun's crew uniform, stained green with bug juice.

Qin Jun hurriedly turned sideways, he tensed his body and picked up the kitchen knife, and cut directly at the thick insect shell with it.

"Use this." Mo Zheng moved the laser cutter from his arsenal, and he felt even more right about this idea after seeing the NPCs standing in the kitchen for the first time, watching their player behaviour.

Qin Jun took the laser cutter and whispered a thank you.

Gu Tunan and the rest of the team also went to the kitchen door to watch as a group of alpha cooks, who knew nothing about cooking, gathered around to watch Qin Jun cook.

Qin Jun used water to rinse the worm meat, he endured the disgusting touch and appearance of the worm meat, pinched the worm meat directly into the pan, without any intention of adding seasoning to remove the odor, let alone any intention of blanching it first to remove the taste, just put the worm meat first and then the oil, halfway through the stir-fry, he remembered to add some salt casually.

Soon the dish of worm meat was ready, and the smell of it was so appetising that Qin Jun had no choice but to bring it to the npc.

The npc frowned as he tried to turn away, but a group of tall alpha men blocked the doorway and the leader, Gu Tunan, opened his mouth and said, "Take a bite, senpai."

The rest of the alpha nodded along, with the air of not letting the npc go without a bite.

Pop-up screen: "......" If we didn't know in advance that you were planning to please the NPCs, this image would really look like a bully player bullying a virtuous NPC!

Under the gaze of the alpha, the npc was forced to take a bite of the worm meat, and the moment it entered the mouth, the npc made a dry heaving sound.

At the same time, all players on the ship except Qin Jun received "Ding - npc Yuhui has -1 favorable rating towards you."

And Qin Jun was deducted 5 goodwill points.

Gu Tunan silently made way for the stern-faced npc. He clicked on the leaderboard with some melancholy and saw that he and Xie Ruhang were at the top of the leaderboard, and the next moment he saw that Xie Ruhang had gone from the original five points to six, kicking Gu Tunan down in one fell swoop.

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"Ding - Your cooking of insect meat has been approved by the npc, +1 to Old Kang's goodwill, and you have learned a new skill of cooking through your own fumbling, +1 to your points."

A fierce-looking old man, alpha, eats Xie Ruhang's worm meat without a word, and if it weren't for the system beep, Xie Ruhang wouldn't even know that the other man approved of his worm meat.

The next time the old man took a piece of Tang Bai's worm meat, every furrow in Old Kang's face seemed to be filled with the healing power of food as soon as it was put in his mouth.

"Ding - your cooking of insect meat has been approved by the npc, Old Kang goodwill +2." Old Kang's sharp eyes looked at Tang Bai, he said in an unquestionable tone, "You are omega, not suitable for airship maintenance work, become a cook from now on."

The whole room was silent.

This included the pop-ups going silent for a moment.

Tang Bai said with an unchanged expression, "Why is ship repair not suitable for an omega? Captain, I don't just know how to repair a ship, I can fly it."

The pilot's licence was obtained by Tang Bai a few years ago.

"Ridiculous." The old captain was clearly not convinced, "How can you fly a spaceship for an omega?"

"A mech builder who doesn't want to fly a spaceship is not a good cook." Tang Bai said seriously, "Why don't I fly it for you?"

Tang Bai's look was so open, his back so straight, and his confidence so strong, that Old Kang, who had wanted to refuse, somehow hesitated and led Tang Bai to the cab.

Lu En is seated in the large captain's chair, the ship is on auto-pilot and Lu En is responsible for monitoring the ship's flight.

Lu En's lazy face showed some confusion at the sight of Old Kang and Tang Bai's presence, which was intensified when he saw Old Kang's next move.

"Tell me what these buttons probably do." Old Kang asked.

The game is set in a higher civilization than the real one, and it is logical that Tang Bai should not recognize the keys of these ships, but this game was designed by the teachers of the Federation Military Academy, and although the ships are avant-garde in design, the framework of the operating system does not differ much from that of the real ones.

"This lever is the start button, this is the speed adjustment button, this is the star map coordinates button ......" Tang Bai introduced the basic buttons on the console one by one with his own knowledge, the more detailed ones he couldn't say, but the fact that he could describe the functions of these dozen of buttons was enough to show that he knew something about the ship.

" Lu En come out, you, sit on it and try it." Old Kang said in a deep voice.

Piloting a spaceship tests the pilot's judgement, manoeuvrability, stamina and other comprehensive abilities. A good pilot cannot be replaced by a light brain.

Because while the light brain can only analyse the best route to navigate based on the data it detects, an experienced pilot can perceive the subtle changes in the way the ship navigates the universe through a neural link and make predictions based on his or her own instincts.

To save on energy costs, Old Kang switches off the ship's energy-intensive autopilot mode and navigates on his own experience.

Only a few pilots could dispense with the help of the lightbrain to navigate, and even Lu En wasn't so sure. Now that the ship was travelling on a patch of safety belt without much danger, Old Kang wanted to see just how far this omega could go.

Tang Bai puts on her driving helmet, which is covered with neural link points, and her beautiful hands take hold of the operating lever.

"These keys are unique to Discovery, let me explain them to you ......" Old Kang explained to Tang Bai in detail, and after making sure Tang Bai understood everything, Old Kang said seriously, "Next I will switch from autopilot mode to manual mode, and if you don't perform well, I will switch back to autopilot mode immediately."

Tang Bai nodded earnestly with a small face. When the ship became artificial, the weightlessness of the universe was conveyed to his body through a neural link, a feeling he was familiar with, and everything in sight became the panoramic view of the ship, the vast universe visible to his eyes.

The vertigo of this vision shift could easily make a first-time pilot vomit, but Tang Bai is no newcomer to the craft.

When Tang Bai was very young, Grandpa Tang himself would design a series of enlightening games for Tang Bai, including "Little Spaceship Adventure", which simulates a very realistic sailing experience. Take Tang Bai on a tour of a real giant spaceship ......

Tang Bai's slender fingers darted across the densely packed buttons as he manoeuvred in an almost showy manner, the round ship moving through space in a perfectly straight line without a single bump.

Don't underestimate the difficulty of navigating in a straight line. A normal pilot will always leave a jittery trajectory, because the environment in space is not as smooth as on the ground, and some novices are even able to snake around while the ship is spinning.

"Alert! Obstacle ahead!" The lightbrain's alert came, and before the lightbrain could say the best course of deviation, Tang Bai operated and other craft veered slightly away, easily avoiding the asteroid in a smooth curve.

[Please accept my knees, big man! It's a miracle that only a talented player can do!

[Tang Bai is a god of learning even in the airship operation department]

[What else can Tang Bai not do? MU]

[NPCs seem to be stunned]

Old Kang couldn't believe what he was seeing, such an aura of driving was displayed by an omega?

After ten minutes of Tang Bai's piloting time, Old Kang adjusted the setting to auto pilot and Tang Bai heard the system beep: "Your airship piloting skill is recognized by the npc, Old Kang goodwill +1, you learn a new skill airship piloting, +1 point."

"Who taught you to fly a spaceship?" Old Kang's tone could not hide his excitement.

"My grandfather." Tang Bai replied truthfully, "When I was a child, my grandfather would design little games specifically for me related to flying airships, and when I was growing up, my father bought me a private airship and hired me a personal trainer."

[Talent stream plus kryptonite, sorry to bother you]

[Can the mini-game developed by Old Tang be released?

"Your grandfather nurtured your talent in this area?" Old Kang froze.

He also has an omega grandson who chose the other's path when that child was still clueless.

Tang Bai nods.

Old Kang looked at Tang Bai with complicated eyes, and after a long time, he sighed, "I was too narrow-minded, your talent should not be wasted on the kitchen, piloting a ship and conquering the stars is what you should do."

Then he heard Tang Bai say softly, "Captain, I'd like to fly the ship, but I'm also interested in the cook position you mentioned earlier."

On the other side of the room, Gu Tunan's group sat down to discuss strategy.

"It is currently known that you can earn points for doing daily tasks, such as the mech builder who can fix the holes in the ship." Mo Zheng said.

"If you know how to fly an airship in reality, you can show off your airship piloting skills in front of the NPCs and earn points that way too." Bai Li said.

"What other ways are there to earn points?" Gu Tunan looked to the crowd.

"That, I think killing insects is the easiest way to gain points." The silent Qin Jun suddenly spoke out, "We can let the NPCs fly their airships towards places where insects might appear, and as long as we can run into small insect hordes, we'll have a lot of points to harvest at once."

When this idea was put forward, Gu Tunan and others discussed it and found it feasible.

And Qin Jun, without moving his hand, reached into his pocket and tried to appease the thing that had become so excited upon hearing the approval of the crowd. ,,,... ...