Driven out of my home in the apocalypse, I built a fortress in return.

Chapter 615 Pressing Peanut Oil!

Before dinner.

The pangolin has finally returned.

"Squeak squeak squeak..."

Since reaching the eighth rank, the pangolin has often transformed into a miniature version in order to stick close to Xiao Yu. Whenever it reports something, it will perch on Xiao Yu's shoulder and lick him with its long tongue.

"Didn't find it?" Xiao Yu asked with some regret.

The pangolin means that it dug up the entire area within a ten-mile radius around the earth dragon turtle.

However, no new chemical stabilizers have been found!

Clearly, Danai's discovery of those stones was purely by luck.

"Looks like the only option is to go to the dungeon!" Xiao Yu sighed inwardly.

After all, he had seen Rorschach use gunpowder weapons before.

Xiao Yu guessed that since the underground city could manufacture gunpowder weapons, it might also have chemical stabilizers!

Besides, they are professionals after all.

If we directly recruit some talented people, gunpowder research will definitely progress rapidly.

"Master Xiao Yu!"

At this moment, Wu Weier came out of the basement and said, "The secret guard team has basically recruited enough people. Xiao Zhuo and I reviewed them throughout the process. Here are their files. Please take a look."

As he spoke, he handed over a thick stack of A4 papers.

"Oh, let me see." Xiao Yu nodded.

The importance attached to the secret guards is self-evident.

He took them and examined them one by one.

"Excellent! You did a great job!"

Xiao Yu quickly glanced through it and nodded in satisfaction.

He simply provided some simple examples for guidance.

Wu Weier used this to develop a series of recruitment plans, as well as some good interrogation skills.

It seems she truly understands human nature.

"Lord City Lord, the recruits have been arranged. What about their training? Do you have any instructions?" Wu Weier asked.

"Well..." Xiao Yu stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let me think about it first."

"Brother-in-law, dinner's ready!" Xinglan called out in a clear voice as the two were talking.

"Okay, Xinglan, you've worked hard." Xiao Yu smiled gently and praised her.

He picked up his chopsticks first, took a little food, and started eating.

While chewing, he was still thinking about how to train the bodyguards.

"Why does this taste so oily?"

"What?" Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, all the women were stunned and looked over.

"Brother-in-law, is it because my cooking doesn't suit your taste?" Xinglan loved watching Xiao Yu eat the food she made, and he looked so content.

She was resting her chin on her hand, looking at Xiao Yu.

Upon hearing this, he immediately stood up and asked anxiously, "Brother-in-law, should I redo it?"

As he spoke, he headed to the kitchen to cook the rice again.

"Oh, no need." Xiao Yu quickly waved his hand, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's my own problem. Maybe I'm just tired of eating animal fat."

"Brother-in-law, do you have a new idea?" Xinglan asked, her beautiful eyes shining.

"Yeah, a little." Xiao Yu nodded, glanced down at the salted peanuts on the table, and said, "Animal fat is fine to eat occasionally, but eating it every day is a bit much."

After all, animal oils are common in this world, while vegetable oils are almost nonexistent.

Previously, there was no other choice but to eat animal fat because there was no other food available.

But now... with such good conditions in Dragon City, Xiao Yu wanted to try something different.

Thinking of this, he looked at the red-haired girl and asked, "How much peanuts are we producing now?"

Honglian looked up and pondered for a moment before quickly giving her answer: "Brother, the peanut production has increased now, enough for everyone in Longcheng to eat, and there's no problem with the supply to the outer city's commercial street."

"In that case, let's fry some peanut oil," Xiao Yu said calmly.

"Can peanuts be pressed for oil?" The women all looked puzzled when they heard Xiao Yu's question.

“Before the apocalypse, peanut oil was one of the main cooking oils for humans,” Xiao Yu explained.

Because pressing oil requires a lot of peanuts.

Previously, peanut production was so low that there wasn't enough to eat.

Therefore, Xiao Yu was in no hurry to use it to extract oil.

But now, production is sufficient, and it's time.

After dinner, in the kitchen.

"Brother-in-law? What do we need to do?" Xinglan looked at Xiao Yu expectantly.

"First, help me peel these peanuts open," Xiao Yu said, pointing to the peanuts in their shells in the bamboo basket.

These peanuts were just dug up by the little maid.

The slime has been washed clean and drained.

Finally... Xiao Yu used Fire Release to dry it.

"Okay." Xinglan immediately rolled up her sleeves and began peeling the shells.

"We'll help too." The women, having nothing else to do, also came to lend a hand.

Even Queen Medusa sat gracefully on the workbench, helping to peel the shells.

Seven or eight women worked together and soon peeled open a large bowl of peanuts.

Xiao Yu weighed it in his hand and estimated it to be about four or five pounds.

He glanced at it and confirmed that none of them were broken.

After all, the flowers thrived well thanks to the glow of the luminous trees.

"Pour the shelled peanuts into the pot and stir-fry..."

Xiao Yu directed Xing Lan to pour all the peanuts into the iron pot.

"Brother-in-law, do you want to add oil?" Xinglan asked.

"Don't add oil, or the taste will change!" Xiao Yu reminded him.

They're pressing oil right now, how could they possibly be releasing oil?

"Okay, brother-in-law!" Xinglan obediently picked up the large spatula and started stir-frying.

A moment later, the aroma of peanuts wafted out.

Because there was no oil in the pan, it was stir-fried directly.

Therefore, the peanuts were a bit burnt, with the surface slightly charred.

But at the moment.

These peanuts already have a strong roasted aroma, and they smell delicious.

"Chop all these peanuts into small pieces and grind them into fine powder..." Xiao Yu continued to issue orders.

"Okay." Xinglan immediately picked up the peanuts and put them into the bowl.

Quickly chop it up with a knife.

She was already a sixth-level expert, and she had been cooking for so long.

He had long ago mastered superb swordsmanship.

With twin swords in hand, he instantly unleashed a flurry of blade shadows.

Soon, the cooked peanuts were chopped up.

"Phew~ Brother-in-law, what's next?" Xinglan asked, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"The next step will require extrusion tools," Xiao Yu said with a faint smile.

He closed his eyes slightly and quickly searched his memory.

In his previous life, he had seen a miniature oil press while browsing the web.

"found it!"

After a few breaths, Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

A mist welled up from his palm, within which was a ball of white light.

A burst of white light spun around; it was creating something out of thin air.

Soon, the miniature oil press I had seen in my previous life slowly took shape.

"The internal structure seems to be..." The mini oil press had a simple exterior, but its internal structure still took Xiao Yu a while to figure out.

There is a high-voltage device inside...

"You can actually create things out of thin air?"

Queen Medusa was seeing this for the first time, and her beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.

She suddenly felt that Xiao Yu was like a god, omnipotent!

"Basic stuff! Basic stuff, don't be so modest!" Xiao Yu waved his hand with a smile, feigning humility.

As a result, the Queen rolled her eyes in a rather amusing way.

"So... next comes oil extraction..."