If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

After finishing the shaved ice, Pei Yuening put the bowl away and clapped her hands.

"Alright, you've rested enough, it's time to get down to business."

He looked up at the sky; the sun was hanging slightly west of the horizon, its rays filtering through the gaps in the tree canopy. He was also feeling hungry.

"We haven't had lunch yet." Pei Yuening directed Juanjuan to drag the remaining giant poisonous spider corpses to a flat open space.

He took out cooking utensils from the ring and used the small table inside to build a makeshift stove.

The giant poisonous spider's legs were frozen stiff by the curling ice magic.

He picked one up and placed it on the cutting board, staring at the spider leg covered in fine bristles, his fingers hovering above the knife handle, hesitant to drop it.

To be honest, he had some doubts.

In his past life, he had eaten many strange and unusual things.

When he traveled to Yunnan, he ate fried scorpions, roasted grasshoppers, cicada nymph skewers, and tree stump insects, and each one was a delicacy.

But spiders are something that, let alone eating them, are enough to give you a night of nightmares just by looking at them.

Ryan squatted down beside him, watching him hesitate to make a move: "What's wrong?"

Pei Yuening swallowed hard: "No... it just looks like a creature that's going to eat me."

Lin Huaijin smiled and said, "Weren't you very excited when you said you'd leave the body intact?"

"That was when I heard it was edible." Pei Yuening took a deep breath. "Now that I'm actually going to do it, I'm a little..."

Ollie leaned against a tree trunk, arms crossed, a slight smirk playing on his lips: "Scared?"

"Who's afraid?"

Pei Yuening gritted his teeth, raised his knife, and cut open the joints of the spider's legs.

The meat frozen by the ice magic was very firm. The blade slid into the joint gaps, and with a gentle pry, a whole piece of snow-white meat came out.

Pei Yuening was taken aback.

Not honored.

The texture... the color...

Why does it look so much like a king crab?

He flipped through it carefully again.

Good heavens, the flesh is snow-white and has a crystal-clear sheen.

It was almost exactly the same as the king crab leg meat he had eaten in his previous life!

If you bring this up, then Pei Yuening will no longer be sleepy.

When it comes to crab meat, it really has to be garlic-flavored.

Pei Yuening's heart skipped a beat.

He quickly took out a few cloves of garlic, a handful of scallions, and other seasonings from his ring.

The best option would be to steam it with glass noodles, but unfortunately, he only had hand-pulled noodles.

But in this chaotic rainforest, it's actually quite a luxury.

"Need any help?" Ryan asked, leaning closer.

"Sure, um..." Pei Yuening looked around. "Here, this one."

"Help me smash them, like this."

He smashed a few cloves of garlic with the back of a knife and demonstrated it to Ryan.

"Then just pick off the outer skin, and you're done."

Ryan nodded: "Okay, no problem."

Since Ryan had already made his move, Ollie certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch.

The two of them each took a knife and began smashing garlic on the cutting board.

While they were chopping garlic, Pei Yuening first cleaned up all the spider meat and threw away the shells.

After finishing, Lin Huaijin snapped his fingers skillfully, borrowing some fire magic to help heat the oil.

Pei Yuening broke off a few pieces of scallion and fried them in a pan with minced garlic until they were crispy and fragrant.

And so, the garlic sauce is ready.

"What else do I need to do?" Lin Huaijin asked.

Pei Yuening turned her head: "We really need you."

"Um?"

Pei Yuening arranged the prepared spider meat slices into a large bowl, then spread a layer of garlic sauce on top, before turning to look at Lin Huaijin and Juanjuan.

"Come on, steam it for me."

Lin Huaijin's expression went blank for a moment: "Borrowing a fire is one thing... but you want me to use magic to steam the vegetables?"

"That's right." Pei Yuening said matter-of-factly, "Fire magic has too high a temperature; it'll overcook if you just roast it directly."

"Use ice to cool the meat down, and fire to control the temperature. The two of you work together to evaporate the liquid, and that's how you get the most tender meat."

"..."

Lin Huaijin took a deep breath and resignedly raised his right hand.

The fire element condensed into a warm, gentle light at his fingertips.

Juanjuan also exhaled a breath of icy mist. The white, frigid air and the heat from Lin Huaijin's palm intersected in mid-air, merging into a cloud of scalding steam that slowly enveloped the spider meat and minced garlic in the bowl.

Pei Yuening squatted down beside him and stared at the scene. In the rising steam, the color of the spider flesh gradually changed from snow-white to translucent and glossy.

The aroma of the minced garlic, amplified by the heat, became so intense it seemed to penetrate right into one's bones.

"Yes, yes, that's it, hold on," Pei Yuening instructed. "Just a little longer, almost done."

Juanjuan had a lot of fun.

Lin Huaijin maintained the flame in his palm expressionlessly, his wrist motionless, his eyes gradually becoming vacant.

"...Me, a dignified imperial prince and a fire-type A-rank swordsman, actually steaming vegetables here."

"You were given this job because you're good at fire control," Pei Yuening said without turning his head. "Someone else might not have been able to do it."

"And now that you've learned how to control the temperature, you can give Princess a change of pace. Your whole family can't always eat hot pot."

Lin Huaijin: "..."

Oh.

Xin Tong, who was watching from the sidelines, was so moved that she cried while biting her handkerchief.

……

The steam dissipated.

Pei Yuening lifted the lid of the bowl, and the aroma of garlic-coated spider meat wafted out.

The tender slices of meat curled into beautiful arcs, their glossy surface making them look incredibly appetizing.

The hand-pulled noodles are ready.

He poured the garlic-flavored spider meat and its broth over the noodles, sprinkled on some chopped green onions, and then poured boiling oil over it, making a sizzling sound.

Five meals.

Five pairs of chopsticks.

Five people sat around in an open space.

Pei Yuening picked up her bowl, took a piece of spider meat with her chopsticks, hesitated, and put it in her mouth.

Then he froze.

The tender and bouncy meat has a hint of the unique sweetness of seafood, and you can even feel the fibrous texture when you chew it.

Exactly the same as king crab leg meat!

Pei Yuening's face was filled with shock as she buried her head and took another big breath.

Holy crap, there really is such delicious food in this world!!

"Wow!" Ryan's eyes lit up, and he nodded frantically. "My God... what's that smell?"

"I've never tasted this spice before... Yue Ning, you're amazing!"

Curly stuck her whole head into the bowl: "It smells so good... Damn it... This spider really didn't die for nothing!"

Lin Huaijin puffed out his cheeks: "Amazing, this is really amazing."

Ollie had already reached out his hand: "Another bowl, please."

Pei Yuening was surprised: "You eat so fast?"

Ollie's ear tips turned slightly red: "I...I'm used to it."

"...You two, father and son, really eat at the same pace."

Pei Yuening got up and served him another bowl: "This is bad for your liver and esophagus. You should gradually change your ways in the future."

"..."

Oh.