"How are the casualties of the other teams?" Xu An asked everyone as she sorted items outside.
"Should be alright, within controllable limits," Li Cheng replied, watching Xu An continuously pull out food, his tongue slightly twisted.
"This... is this all our food?" Li Cheng felt a sudden surge of wealth. Who knew that the things Xu An was pulling out, let alone in this icy wasteland, were things he wouldn't even splurge on at the lighthouse on normal days.
Yet now, Xu An was casually taking them out one after another. Li Cheng really wanted to ask Xu An, "Are we not planning to live after eating this?"
But before he could voice the question, Zhou Haimei patted his shoulder.
"What are you spacing out for? Get ready to cook, aren't you hungry?"
At this point, Xu An estimated the quantity and felt the amount of food she had taken out was sufficient. She then looked at Li Cheng, gesturing with her eyes.
It was as if she was asking, "What are you standing here for?"
Li Cheng's eyes held a touch of regret, as if they were eating a farewell meal.
Seeing Li Cheng's expression, Xu An instantly understood what was going through his mind.
"Don't worry, this is just our dinner for today. There will be food tomorrow," Xu An chuckled.
She almost forgot if this was the lighthouse. When she and Zhou Haimei went out normally, they took food with this standard. This time, there were more people, and she only thought about whether everyone had enough to eat, completely forgetting that a lot of the food she had taken out was something they hadn't seen in a long time.
Thinking this, Xu An decided that tomorrow, when eating, she must be more reserved and extremely careful not to attract attention.
Clearly, Xu An's worries were not unfounded.
At this moment, the viewers watching from outside the screen saw that the food taken out by Xu An's team was better than that of others, and they felt a strange sense of incongruity.
It was as if Xu An's team was on a picnic rather than hunting wild beasts.
"Did you see that beef jerky? Is this team insane? Eating such precious food on the very first day, what will they eat later?"
Someone nearby chimed in, "Exactly, exactly. Look at how much food they took out on the first day. Let's see what they eat later!"
"Precisely, these people are definitely doing it on purpose. Don't they know not to flaunt their wealth? Being so ostentatious, something bad will surely happen later!"
The viewers outside the screen kept chattering. They had always thought that the food Xu An could produce was fake, definitely for showing off.
But after that, although the food Xu An took out each day was never as shocking as the first day, it was enough to fill their stomachs every day.
And those who were waiting to see Xu An embarrassed, waiting to see her in a sorry state due to lack of food, were thoroughly proven wrong.
Not only that, but a wave of people started following Xu An's cooking methods on the lighthouse, with almost everyone learning to cook from her.
It could be said that a unique food live stream had started!
Those who didn't follow Xu An's cooking didn't know, but those who did realized that many of the vegetables and fruits Xu An used were not available on the lighthouse, or were available but extremely expensive.
In an instant, the topic of who Xu An's true identity was began to spread like wildfire on the lighthouse's internal network.
Meanwhile, Xu An, unaware of all this, was cooking beef soup for herself.
Because the weather was very cold, Xu An added some ginger slices to the beef soup. Soon, the steaming ginger beef soup was ready.
Xu An's seasoning was taught to her by Xu Yan. This kind of broth was delicious and rich.
Even Li Xin, who usually didn't like ginger much, hugged the beef soup and refused to let go.
Seeing Li Xin, Xu An remembered.
"I remember you don't eat ginger slices. There's beef soup without ginger slices over there. If you don't like this one, go get that soup."
"However, if you can eat it, it's best to have some with ginger to ward off the cold. It's too cold here."
As if to prove her words, Xu An shivered her shoulders and sneezed.
Li Cheng looked at Xu An and said with a smile, "It's fine, Xu An. Let her eat the same as us. You don't need to make a separate portion for her."
Li Xin pouted unhappily, "Brother, why are you like this? This was made specially for me by Sister An An."
Xu An smiled and said, "It's alright. I know Xiao Xin doesn't eat ginger slices. Before coming, I had already figured out all your preferences."
Li Cheng was surprised by Xu An's thoughtfulness and his good impression of her deepened.
After Xu An received the information about her team members from the rats, she had reviewed all of their information.
Zhou Haimei went without saying; Xu An was already intimately familiar with her preferences.
Among them, it was mentioned that Li Xin was particular and did not eat ginger, and that Guan Shan could not eat spicy food.
Knowing this, Xu An served Guan Shan soup that did not contain chili peppers.
When Xu An handed the beef soup to Guan Shan, he looked at the soup without chili peppers, and a crack appeared on his usually calm face.
He nodded. Although he still didn't speak, it was considered an expression of gratitude.
Guan Shan had teamed up with others before, but even though the rats had informed them in advance that Guan Shan couldn't eat spicy food, no one had cared.
Moreover, due to the scarcity of food, very few teams would provide food for their members.
So Guan Shan, as usual, carried his own stored compressed biscuits.
The few of them ate happily, completely unaware that people outside the screen were already extremely envious of the "eating broadcast" from Xu An's group.
And the camera focusing on Xu An's side was gradually gaining more popularity.
After everyone had eaten their fill, they began to discuss how to arrange duty shifts.
Finally, they decided that two males and three females would take turns on night watch, so they could look out for each other.
Thus, they passed a peaceful night.
The next morning, Xu An woke up.
She looked at the traces of unknown beasts near the tent entrance that had not yet been covered by the heavy snow. Her brow furrowed, and her eyes were filled with coldness.
Beasts had come to their camp last night, and more than one. It was just that they were lucky, or perhaps these beasts were like the silver wolf before, only scouting, and had not attacked them directly.
But last night was lucky; tonight might not be.
As Zhou Haimei came out, Xu An told everyone what she had seen.
As soon as they woke up from their sleep, everyone heard this bad news, and felt a little displeased.
However, the beasts would not refrain from attacking them just to accommodate their feelings.
Xu An said softly, "It seems these brutes are coming to us to die!"