Chapter 58 - Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Late in the Middle of the Night (1/2)

Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Late in the Middle of the Night

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Chapter 58 Late at Night

After his mutation, Xiang Kun no longer needed to eat, or rather, was unable to eat.

The only things he could keep down without vomiting were water and fresh blood, so there was naturally no need to cook or prepare food.

Anyway, even before his mutation, he seldom cooked for himself. At most, he would prepare instant noodles in his rented room.

However, the memory of the Giant Owl rummaging through the rubbish pile, finding the bagged rabbit carcass that he discarded, made him aware that his waste differed greatly from that of normal people.

What do normal people’s household waste consist of?

All kinds of kitchen waste, used tissues and toilet paper, bottles and cans, various trash bags, and other various items.

But what about Xiang Kun’s trash?

Besides the multi-layered bagged rabbit carcasses, his other waste was minimal, basically just some packaging bags, plastic bags and the leftovers and excrement from cleaning the rabbit cages.

Because he barely sweats, doesn’t eat meals, and doesn’t snack or drink beverages, he uses very few tissues, so his garbage can is often empty.

Of course, in their city the implementation of waste sorting is not very strict. Although there are four-color bins, many people just use one trash bag and throw everything in the kitchen waste bin]. So, no one would pay attention to his waste. But it is still a hidden danger.

Moreover, inevitably people would see him bringing rabbits into the neighborhood.

Once or twice wouldn’t matter since he doesn’t need to buy it every day. But over a long period, people would certainly notice.

Given that he buys rabbits, he ought to provide an external explanation.

So, after feeding on their blood this time, Xiang Kun didn’t discard the three rabbit carcasses. Instead, he processed them a bit, and then froze them in the fridge.

He found a few rabbit recipes online, and when he came back today, he specifically went to the supermarket and bought the various ingredients he needed, as well as some kitchen utensils his kitchen lacked.

He planned to use three different methods for the three rabbits.

Braised rabbit meat, spicy rabbit meat, stewed rabbit…

Xiang Kun couldn’t be bothered to thaw them slowly and immediately soaked them in hot water. After all, he wasn’t really going to eat them, they were just for practice.

While processing the rabbit meat and cutting it into pieces, his knife skills were a bit rusty at first, but he quickly picked up the pace. While his skills were still far behind those of a professional chef, at a glance it was obvious that he wasn’t a novice to cooking.

After all, not only was he very physically strong now, but his ability to control various muscle groups, his grasp of force, and the flexibility of his fingers and wrists were also much stronger than that of an average person.

It was already the wee hours of the morning, but for Xiang Kun, it was the peak of his alertness and his physical condition was excellent.

He opened a music app on his phone, hit shuffle, and placed it next to the spice rack.

The volume was only set to one bar. Even without the exhaust fan switched on and the knife not touching the chopping board, and oil not in the pan, it would be hard for an average person standing nearby to hear the words clearly. So he wasn’t worried about disturbing his neighbors.

However, as long as he was willing, he could clearly hear the music. It was no worse than wearing headphones. Even the noise from cooking couldn’t drown out the details of the music – this was not only due to his enhanced hearing from the mutation, but also the result of his training in recent days.

Whether it was accurately capturing the sound he wanted from a pile of noise, or locking onto the scent he wanted from a variety of smells, these were basic tasks that Xiang Kun could do instinctively now.

The song that his phone randomly selected was one that Xiang Kun had never heard before, but both the lyrics and the melody were quite pleasant.

In the past, Xiang Kun would plug in his earphones and listen to music while doing repetitive tasks that didn’t require much thought. However, after his mutation, whenever he opened his music app, it was mainly for testing and training his hearing. It had been a long time since he had truly “listened” to music.

With the rhythmic songs playing, Xiang Kun’s speed in cutting the rabbit meat increased.

“You cannot leave when you really wanna go, You know the road better than the show,

And darkness makes you glow…”

Chilies, onions are chopped, oil is put in the pan, star anise and dried chilies are added to the pan for the fragrance.

“…Hey-hey-hey-hey-it’s a brand new day, ah-haHey-hey-hey-hey-it’s a bround new day…”

The rabbit meat is added to the pan, stir-fried.

The music switched to the next song, more rhythmic this time, unconsciously Xiang Kun’s shovel-holding hand started moving to the beat, his feet tapping the rhythm.

“In a world full of followersI’ll be a leader!

In a world full of doubtersI’ll be a believer!

I’m stepping out without a hesitationi ain’t got nothing left to be afraid…”

Add soy sauce, add cooking wine, stir fry. With a flick of his left hand, the rabbit meat in the pan starts to tumble, he throws the shovel in his right hand in the air, it spins around twice rapidly before he catches it again. But half of the rabbit meat was spilled on the cooktop…

Xiang Kun also sang along in somewhat off-tune and non-standard English:

“Gonna be making it count—-I -am- sold out (cracks)-” Add sugar, add salt, and take it out of the pan.

He took a bite, chewed for a while, and then spit it out.

Well, the taste…wasn’t that great.

Although he doesn’t need to eat anything now and whatever he eats, he spits out, his sense of taste has not deteriorated.

Moreover, because he no longer has an appetite, he can judge the taste of food without any bias and with more clarity.