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Chapter 459 - 425 Chef

Chapter 459: Chapter 425 Chef

People regard food as vital as the sky, and the food industry in the slum is extremely developed, with energy bars, self-heating foods, and pre-made dishes exclusively for script tasks, as well as luxurious dishes cooked by chefs from various countries, and even fantasy dishes made from Extraordinary Creatures with special buffs.

Thanks to the cheapness and widespread use of spatial items, many players will go to the slum to purchase food before going out to perform missions.

This trend also makes some old veteran Transcendents rather displeased, often posting on the forums, "Players these days are really getting worse and worse, too pampered. Back in our day, we had to fight in the killing fields without such luxuries, living off the wild, eating rat and cockroach meat, and drinking radiated nuclear wastewater. So angry we’d pee fire."

Gives off a strong "parents talking about walking to school uphill both ways in the snow" vibe.

Red Spider quickly grabbed a bunch of tomatoes and carrots, then suddenly realized he couldn’t cook, and said awkwardly, "Uh... why don’t we puree these vegetables? Put the bomb in the puree?"

"That’s not going to work. Meat Mountain L is lazy, not stupid. He can taste it in the puree. And we only have one chance."

Blood Lion Roar picked up a kitchen knife, but he hadn’t cooked for years, staring at the cutting board in a daze.

"Let me handle it."

Binary Tree took a deep breath, picked up his phone, and activated a summoning skill.

[Skill Name: Summoning Skill·New Oriental Chef Hotline]

[Type: Universal]

[Special Effect: On-site chef service. Instantly summons a professional chef to quickly cook dishes using available ingredients]

[Consumption: 30 points of Spiritual Power Value, 20 points of Game Coin]

[Cooling Time: 24 hours]

[Use Conditions: None]

[Note: The summoned chef is not fixed, skill levels vary. Building good rapport or tipping extra may increase the summoning chance next time]

[Note: "Just a task of cooking people." murmured the Cannibal Clan chef stirring the ladle.]

This skill was something Binary Tree accidentally got when he was still at Lv5 from a random box. He hasn’t replaced it for years and it remains in his Skill Bar.

On one hand, because its consumption is indeed low and doesn’t take up space in the Skill Bar.

On the other hand, because this skill possesses the potential to create miracles—chefs can have combat power too!

Like Master Wang from Steel Stick, One Piece Sanji, Maze Meal Senxi, and even former head of the Wagner Mercenary Group, Prigorin, are all chefs.

There are also food-themed series like "Food Captive" with world-destroying abilities, and comedies like "SpongeBob" without reason.

Once the phone was connected, amid a flash of white light, an ordinary bald middle-aged man in a chef’s outfit appeared before everyone.

’Unfamiliar character...’

Binary Tree searched quickly through his electronic brain’s database of known literary works but couldn’t match this man to any identity.

"So you’re this time’s client?"

The bald chef seriously put on his chef hat and professionally drew various knives from his belt, glanced at the stove, "Want me to make French cuisine?"

"Yes."

Having used this skill many times, Binary Tree quickly said skillfully: "It’s crucial that the quantity is large, the taste can be just above average."

"Alright."

The bald chef’s eyes flashed with a cold light, his hands moved so fast they became a blur. From the shelves, he fetched red wine, beef, thyme, potatoes, peas, and other ingredients and seasonings, starting to cook the traditional French dish, Boeuf Bourguignon.

Under the accelerated effects of the skill, the complex processes of boiling, frying, sautéing, and braising the red wine beef stew took only ten minutes to complete, filling two large buckets, enough to hide the bomb,

but...

"Bro, the taste is off."

Gray Rain took a spoonful, put it in his mouth, and immediately spat it out, "What is this stew?"

"Let me try." Blood Lion Roar also tasted a spoonful, his expression changing several times.

It couldn’t be called a delicacy, just barely edible.

The complex mixture of bitter, astringent, sour, spicy, and fishy flavors made one doubt if this was French cuisine or the Philippine traditional food, pagpag.

"Huh—"

The bald chef paid no mind to the bad reviews, somehow pulling out a cigarette and lighting it for himself, "Don’t rush, there’s one more step."

He reached into his bosom and suddenly yanked out a white plastic bag with no markings, cut it open, and poured the blue powdered crystals inside into the bucket.

In the next second, an unimaginable aroma filled the air, transforming the previously foul-smelling red wine beef stew into something divine, making one’s fingers twitch in anticipation.

"Damn."

Gray Rain was utterly astonished, "What the hell did you add?!"

Meanwhile, in Li Cheng’s Information Integration Glasses view, the savory index of the stew in the bucket had surpassed 100, and was off the charts.

"Mushroom extract. It enhances the fresh flavor, leaving a rich aftertaste, with meat flavor amidst it, making it incredibly moreish."

The bald chef said proudly, "This diluted is called ’Cloudy Big Shell’, further diluted called ’USD’, and even further diluted called ’HKD’.

Heisenberg and Gustavo Flynn both get goods from me.

A customer once cooked a shoe with this seasoning, and woke up the next day to find the shoe still in the cabinet."

??? Are you telling me eating it makes you hallucinate?

Binary Tree painfully took out two small gold bars as tips, handing them to the bald chef,

The latter looked around briefly before decisively pocketing the gold bars and vanishing.

Uh... regardless of whether the bald chef can cook, or how much tech and trickery are in the seasonings, this bucket of red wine beef stew isn’t meant for players to eat.

Blood Lion Roar took out specially made plastic explosives from the [Mechanical War Thunder] guild, kneaded into beef-sized pieces, and threw them all into the bucket,

Then, along with Red Spider, carrying the iron bucket, they climbed onto Meat Mountain’s head.

Perhaps the aroma of the beef stew was too overpowering, even Meat Mountain, who didn’t want to bother breathing himself, closed his eyes and willingly opened his mouth, revealing a gap.

Blood Lion Roar and Red Spider lifted their respirators and poured the two buckets of beef stew into Meat Mountain’s mouth, then immediately jumped down and returned to the armored truck, waiting quietly.

Meat Mountain’s body blocks electromagnetic signals, preventing remote detonation, so when Blood Lion Roar was kneading the plastic explosives, he embedded pieces of Casio F-91W watches as timed detonators.

Checking the time, it should almost be...

Gollum—

Meat Mountain L’s already huge and fleshy belly swelled unnaturally, then,

BOOM!!!!!

The blast of firelight swept through the kitchen, easily flipping over kitchen equipment not anchored to the ground, leaving pieces of charred flesh scattered everywhere.

Meat Mountain awoke completely, with half its belly gone, revealing stark white ribs and obese intestines.

Despite that, it was still alive, healing quickly, and its massive body struggled to move, letting out a low growl from its mouth.

"Hold on tight, we’re charging through!"

There was only one shot at this, Blood Lion Roar floored the accelerator, the engine roared, and the armored truck charged like a battering ram towards the opening in Meat Mountain’s belly.