Interstellar Chef: She Can Be Sweet or Savory

[My new book, Saving the World with Dark Cuisine, is now available. If you’re interested, be sure to stop by and show it some love!] After arriving in the interstellar age, what would you most want to do? Pilot a spaceship? Wear a mecha? Gather followers? Conquer the stars and seas? Jian Yan, heir to the imperial chef tradition, weighed the specially made ladle in her hand and gave a cold laugh. Faced with endlessly irritating, rapidly breeding Zerg, along with all kinds of plants and animals that kept growing back no matter how often they were cut down, Jian Yan crushed a nutrient-solution bottle underfoot. “Tell me, what protection level do you want them to be eaten down to?” The people of the Empire shook their heads again and again. “No, no, no! That’s disgusting. We’d never eat that, even if you killed us!” Later, the people of the Empire cried out with mouths watering, “It’s so delicious!” And it hurt to have those words thrown back in their faces! Lu Jinxiu, watching the spectacular face-slapping scene: “...” Good. No one can match his wife’s style!