Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness-Chapter 822 - 818: Gold Meteorite

Holding the dead horned viper, Bi Fang found a flat rock nearby and took them to the stream in the canyon.

He skillfully skinned, bled, and washed the snake.

These days, the food Bi Fang had the most was rattlesnake, and he was very skilled in this process.

He neatly slit the snake's abdomen with a dagger, picked up the spinal column to start, and slid along the spine to separate the whole snake bone, leaving a soft, flat piece of snake meat, which he then washed in the water like a long, flat strip, almost unrecognizable when it came out again.

The snake's stomach was also preserved to serve as a water bottle, and for some reason a few days ago, a snake bag had burst, losing a lot of fresh water, which he now used as a supplement.

[Gosh, feels pretty much like cleaning swamp eel]

[Snakes and eels basically have no difference, both just have one spine, pick that out, then slice, fry with green peppers, especially delicious]

[Talking about it made me a bit hungry, time for some midnight snack]

[Old Fang has lunch, fans have midnight snack, is this the time difference, love it, love it]

After cleaning the snake meat, Bi Fang took a "big rock" and immersed it in the water, fished it out after a while, waited for the "rock" to loosen a bit, and then peeled off the pure white snake eggs.

These snake eggs were not scattered individually like chicken eggs but were bound together by an unknown substance; the joints were sandy, looking as if embedded into a stone sphere, quite peculiar.

[Speanking of which, why are all the snake eggs clumped together, feels like a rock]

"Because snakes are reptiles and they lay amniotic eggs, which are moist and soft on the surface. Also, during the egg-laying process, the mother snake secretes a mucus to lubricate the birth canal, thus facilitating smooth egg-laying."

"The surface of the laid snake eggs will be sticky with mucus, which quickly solidifies, sticking all the eggs together through the amniotic eggs, forming a complete egg mass."

"Also, since this is in a desert area, the solidification process inevitably attracts sand, making it look as if the eggs are growing on the rock. Sometimes, they can even be completely encased in sand, making them hard to find without a careful search."

"It happens that snakes can be oviparous or ovoviviparous; we're in luck that the horned viper is the former, so we can now eat its eggs."

[What's that]

[Oviparous I understand, what is ovoviviparous]

[Details, details]

"So-called oviparous means laying eggs."

"Ovoviviparous is a bit different; the snake carries eggs in its belly, but doesn't lay them outside. Instead, the eggs hatch inside, and juveniles emerge directly, so you don't see the eggs."

"This probably relates to the different environments in which various snakes live."

One by one, the pristine snake eggs were placed on the river bank after cleaning, neatly arranged side by side, each about the size of a thumb, nearly twenty of them!

"Snakes living in watery areas lack a good hatching environment for laying eggs; thus, they adopt an ovoviviparous breeding strategy, letting the eggs hatch inside the mother and directly producing young snakes."

"Snakes living in warmer, land-based environments with fewer predators, where egg hatching is more secure, usually lay eggs."

"However, this is not absolute; it mainly depends on genetics, and some life habits have not yet been discovered by humans."

Bi Fang flicked away the water droplets. Under the sun's blazing, the water on the eggs evaporated quickly. Aimed under the sun, one could clearly see through the eggshell into the inside of the snake eggs, fortunately not spotting any developed young snakes.

"The Viperidae family has both oviparous and ovoviviparous members; fortunately, the horned viper is oviparous. They hide their eggs under rocks or protect them in burrows excavated by other animals, and they will hatch in two to three months."

After processing, Bi Fang brought the stone slab and food back to the cave. He then started a fire to boil water, placed the stone slab and kettle over the fire, and tossed all the washed snake eggs into the kettle.

"Snake eggs are rich in proteins with a percentage as high as 60%, offering more nutritional value than chicken eggs, including a rich array of minerals, trace elements, and essential amino acids. Nutritionally, snake eggs are considered a high-nutrient substance."

"However, not many people eat snake eggs for several reasons. First, unlike chickens, snakes do not lay eggs daily. Second, the value of snake eggs is not as high as that of adult snakes. Third, most people naturally harbor a fear of snakes."

The water boiled, with the milky-white snake eggs gently rolling in it.

Bi Fang placed the snake meat on the stone slab. Under high temperatures, the snake meat over half a meter long quickly curled up, releasing a faint aroma of its fats.

"I've said many times, wild snake meat is likely to contain parasites, but don't worry. As non-microorganisms, they can't withstand temperatures of 100 degrees Celsius. You just need to patiently wait a bit longer, allowing the high heat to penetrate every cell—even if the food chars a bit, safety is far more important than taste."

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Normal chicken eggs just take seven to eight minutes to cook thoroughly, not even soft-boiled, but for smaller snake eggs, Bi Fang boiled them for about ten minutes, even adding water twice, showing his cautious approach—though the taste was not very good.

"Proteins in eggs contain a good amount of methionine, which, after being heated for a long time, decomposes into sulfides that react with the iron in the yolks to form ferrous sulfide, which is difficult for the human body to absorb, resulting in significant nutritional loss."

"So combining both factors, ten minutes is about right."

Bi Fang then poured them out, let them cool slightly, picked one up, didn't even bother to peel it, and popped it into his mouth, shell and all, then chewed and swallowed.

[How is it?]

[What does it taste like?]

[I've never had snake eggs before. Are they like chicken eggs?]

[How could they be the same?]

[I think the best are goose eggs, boiled plain, very delicate, then dipped in a bit of soy sauce, delicious.]

Bi Fang pondered for a moment, licked his lips, and said, "It's dry, not very tasty."

[What? That's it?]

[All that anticipation for nothing.]

[What were you expecting? Even if it was good, it wouldn't be your turn anyway.]

"Chicken eggs boiled in water for more than 10 minutes undergo a series of chemical changes inside. The protein structure becomes tighter, making it harder to interact with the digestive enzymes in stomach acid, thus they are harder to digest, and the yolks turn very dry and crumbly."

"The protein content in snake eggs is even higher, making them even more likely to get stuck in your teeth, and along with the eggshell, they just don't taste very good."

Following the snake eggs came the snake meat, which doesn't require much discussion as it's not different from other snake meats.

With a slight bitter taste accompanied by a hint of oily fragrance, and a unique texture.

However, in the wilderness, even snake meat sprinkled with a bit of salt is a rare delicacy.

A single snake was enough to serve as lunch, with only one snake egg tasted and the rest packed away for dinner.

The next day, the live stream had not yet started.

Bi Fang drew a map on the ground, using his memory and routes to mark out approximate coordinates, which he left for the local government.

Though he wasn't sure how the locals would use it or if this site was another uncharted location with murals, those matters were beyond Bi Fang's control.

Riding on Alpha, they continued their journey, and the audience, following Bi Fang's timeline, witnessed the surroundings transform from massive rocks back into sand dunes again, watching as numerous rocks eroded by the wind into strange shapes like "castles" and "stone mushrooms" gradually disappeared.

With the wind's caress, the flat sandy surface formed many irregular ridges, resembling waves of sand that rose and fell successively.

Returning to a familiar scene, Bi Fang was not pleased at all; he still preferred facing the rocks from the previous days.

"Sand dunes are mobile, driven by the force of the wind, they move around, and their speed is incredibly fast; in one day, a sand dune weighing thousands of tons can move several meters."

"The moving sand dunes in the Sahara Desert create numerous 'labyrinths', one could easily lose direction in the desert if not careful."

"Sand dunes are also aggressive expanders, moving thousands of kilometers every year, which accelerates the expansion rate of the Sahara Desert."

"I have to reassess my direction periodically to confirm my route forward, which is quite troublesome."

During the day, the most reliable direction guide is undoubtedly the sun, even though the prevailing winds and sand dunes serve only as secondary references.

"Not to mention the quicksand."

Moving sand dunes bury everything in their path under the sand, forming vast seas of sand; these seas appear flat and spectacular, yet lethal traps are hidden within.

The sand of these seas is very loose, and these loose sands form various "traps."

These traps are highly disguised and can easily engulf a person.

The scattered skeletons in the Sahara Desert bear witness to those who perished.

Camels, with their broad hooves, do not fear these features, but Bi Fang is not always sitting on Alpha's back.

Grassland, rocky desert, oasis, canyons, sand dunes.

The audience has followed Bi Fang through the rich and colorful Sahara, but this is far from all it has to offer.

"Crystal? No, it should be glass."

In the desert, Bi Fang used a tree stick to poke the sandy ground, picking out a semi-transparent crystal.

The crystal was irregular, with a faint yellow hue, resembling a natural mineral.

Here was an oasis, but unlike most, the water here was not freshwater.

Many flies gathered on the water's surface, these flies able to filter the high salt content and store freshwater inside their bodies.

Next to these flies, Bi Fang also spotted a few birds.

Just as desert travelers can extract water by squeezing cacti, the birds get freshwater by preying on flies.

This may be the birds' only stop, having gained enough energy, perhaps they could escape the barren Sahara Desert.

However, at this moment, the audience's attention was not on this delicate ecosystem, but rather on the "stone" in Bi Fang's hands.

[What? Glass?]

[Shouldn't it be crystal or something?]

[I can't tell them apart]

"No, it is indeed glass."

Bi Fang held the stone against his face to make sure he was not mistaken.

"Under normal conditions, natural crystal is cooler to the touch than glass; it feels slightly cold when touched with the palm or cheek, even in the heat of summer, if you lick its surface with your tongue, it will feel cold and refreshing—glass doesn't exhibit this due to its heat conductivity."

"Moreover, there's a difference in weight; crystal is a type of stone, dense and not very light."

"There are also differences in refraction and hardness, I can confirm this is glass."

Bi Fang tossed the stone, his tone affirmative.

[How could this glass seem to be naturally formed?]

"It's not just seeming, it probably is."

"In the Libyan Desert, there exists one of the world's purest forms of natural glass, which is somewhat characteristic of it, isn't it?"

"In 1932, a British explorer named Patrick Clayton led an expedition deep into the Sahara Desert.

In the Libyan Desert, Clayton found the desert scattered with yellow-green 'stones' that were crystalline and glass-like in appearance, looking very valuable.

In 1996, an Italian mineralogist named Vincenzo de Michele accidentally discovered traces of desert glass in an Egyptian museum. However, it wasn't displayed on its own, but rather as a treasure, subtly embedded in an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's necklace.

The scarab in the center of the Pharaoh's necklace was made out of Libyan Desert glass."

[Holy shit, people from 3000 years ago knew how to make glass?]

[Are you stupid? Master Fang said it's natural glass... obviously polished]

"There are mainly four scenarios in nature for the formation of natural glass."

"One is volcanic glass, created when volcanic magma erupts underwater or onto the Earth's surface and cools quickly."

"One is pseudo-basaltic glass, typically formed by frictional heat during seismic fault slips, resulting in a melting effect."

"The last one is glass meteorites, formed when large extraterrestrial objects strike the Earth, melting the Earth's surface rocks into liquid that splashes into the sky and then solidifies into glass as it cools and falls back to the ground."

"Another is impact metamorphic glass, created by the metamorphism due to meteorite impacts."

"Scientists discovered a huge meteorite crater in the western desert of Egypt, named Kebira."

"The glass found in the Libyan Desert is most likely the product of the Kebira impact. Evidence supporting this includes a high-pressure mineral named reidite found in the glass, which is only formed during meteorite impacts."

"The Egyptians called this type of glass 'Gold Meteorite,' considered it a ceremonial treasure that brought the sun god to Earth, the most famed Libyan Gold Meteorite artifact is from the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, a scarab carved from Gold Meteorite worn on the chest of Pharaoh Tutankhamun."

"Tutankhamun is regarded by contemporary spiritual sages as a peacefully ascended Pharaoh King."

"It is rumored that the early prosperity of ancient Egypt was supported by extraterrestrials, and Gold Meteorites could help restore this connection. They could link to significant Egyptian deities, the goddess Isis and Osiris."

"This thing seems quite valuable."

Bi Fang held the stone up to the sun, and the stone in his hand emitted a clear yellow light.