Chapter 292: Cyberpunk 4243

Letting Miss Yun do the cooking, there won't be any problems, right?

Inside Sisilaiya Cafe, Lita sat somewhat uneasily beside Iliyasi, while opposite the two of them was Edward.

After all, she had never heard that Miss Yun knew how to cook; furthermore, as a wandering orphan with no way to practice Cooking, it was normal for Lita to be a bit worried.

However, compared to worrying about whether the food Yun Mu made would be edible, what she was actually most worried about was the safety of the kitchen.

It shouldn't explode, right? In this world, kitchen explosions were not a rare occurrence; one could see news about gas explosions published in the local newspaper almost every month.

Although sometimes, so-called gas explosions were merely used to cover up things that could not be spoken of in the open.

But this was enough to illustrate the potential danger of letting a kitchen Wolf enter the kitchen.

"Is Old Man not worried at all?"

Lita looked at the composed Edward, feeling some doubt in her heart.

But looking at his appearance, the worry in her heart unconsciously dissipated entirely.

After all, if Edward wasn't worried, why was she here worrying for nothing?

However, what Lita did not know was that the reason Edward was not worried about the kitchen at all was because he had never once thought that the kitchen could possibly explode.

Does anyone really blow up a kitchen while cooking? No way, no way.

"Bang!!"

A deafening roar came from inside the kitchen, and Lita was so startled that she immediately sprang up from her seat.

As for Iliyasi, because she hadn't reacted in time, she wasn't startled by the sound of the explosion, but was instead given a fright by Lita's sudden movement.

"What happened?"

Edward frowned and stood up, walking toward the kitchen; seeing this, Lita immediately followed behind him.

Seeing that both of them had left, Iliyasi had no choice but to follow along.

"Cough, cough, how could it suddenly explode?"

Inside the kitchen filled with billowing black smoke, Yun Mu coughed softly twice, waving her hand to disperse the dust and smoke in front of her.

She had only seen that there was a lot of flour in the Sisilaiya Cafe kitchen, so she had intended to bake a cake.

She didn't know if it was because she had never used this method of baking with fire rather than a modern oven to make a cake, but halfway through the baking, the kitchen suddenly went "bang" and exploded.

Fortunately, the shield of her Earth Dragon Scale Armor triggered in time, which kept her from becoming covered in soot.

But even so, she still looked a bit disheveled now.

There was no helping it; who could have known the explosion would come so suddenly, without even a hint of a warning.

"Sniff, sniff."

There was a faint scent of alcohol lingering in the air; Yun Mu sniffed, and a look of confusion appeared on her face.

She hadn't mixed any alcohol into the cake, so where was this faint smell of alcohol coming from? "My Distillation Machine!"

At this moment, Edward, who had just stepped half a foot into the kitchen, immediately identified the source of the explosion—it was a large Distillation Machine, a second-hand machine he had purchased a few days ago, which he had originally intended to use to brew some alcohol for fun.

But he didn't know if it was because it was a second-hand machine or simply because his technique was poor, but the quality of the alcohol he brewed was never great; gradually, that thing had just been piled up in the corner of the kitchen by him like trash.

Could it be that the alcohol residue inside the machine hadn't been cleaned out properly?

But even so, it shouldn't have exploded.

Second-hand things are just unreliable!

Edward complained in his heart.

"Sorry, Uncle Edward, I accidentally caused an explosion in your kitchen." Seeing Edward walk over, Yun Mu apologized with a guilty conscience.

"It's fine, this isn't your fault." Edward waved his hand dismissively, then looked at the dust-covered cupboard; the ingredients placed on it were all covered in dust, clearly no longer edible.

No, there was still one survivor. Carefully lifting the dust-covered lid, a lump of soft, white dough like a belly appeared before him.

"... Let's make steamed buns!" At this moment, standing behind Edward, Yun Mu looked at the dough, and a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed her mind.

"Steamed buns?" Lita and Iliyasi, who had just stepped into the kitchen, looked blank; clearly, they had never heard of what a steamed bun was.

As for Edward? Of course, he hadn't heard of it either.

"You'll know soon enough." Looking at the three people's confused expressions, the corners of Yun Mu's mouth lifted slightly.

To make steamed buns, one needed a steamer; of course, the Frost Kingdom didn't have such a thing, but that didn't matter. Yun Mu simply summoned Lucy and had her use Alchemy to craft one based on the blueprints she drew.

As for the material, wood was best; of course, metal would actually work too, so there was no need to be that picky.

Taking advantage of this time, she began to prepare the filling.

Opening the undamaged freezer, Yun Mu thought for a moment and took out a bag of beef tenderloin and four ears of corn.

The filling definitely couldn't be made too complex, because many things were missing, so everything should be kept simple.

She minced the beef tenderloin, set aside half to stir-fry until cooked, adding olive oil, black pepper powder, and salt and sugar for seasoning during the process, then added a little chili; after the beef was stir-fried until it slightly released oil, she took it out and mixed it with the remaining raw meat, plus potato starch and corn kernels, stirring them together, and finally placed it in the freezer to chill for a moment before taking it out.

During the chilling period, she could knead the dough until the surface was round and smooth, then divide it into multiple small portions... "Is this a method similar to meat pies?" Edward asked curiously, watching Yun Mu's movements.

"The difference is actually quite large." Without stopping the movements of her hands, Yun Mu replied casually.

Taking the briefly chilled filling out of the freezer, she began to wrap the steamed buns with practiced skill.

"This shape is truly unique." Edward said, seeing the steamed buns Yun Mu had gently set down.

"Is it like this?"

A top-tier chef and Champion-level Transcendental's learning ability was extraordinary; after just standing behind Yun Mu and observing for a while, Edward began to imitate her movements quite well.

"That's right, just like that." Yun Mu checked the steamed buns Edward had wrapped, and after confirming there were no problems, she nodded.

With Edward's help, Yun Mu quickly used up the filling, and the extra dough she cut into strips with a small knife, throwing them into the pot to boil as knife-cut noodles.

It worked out perfectly to place the steamer on top while boiling the noodles, killing two birds with one stone.

"Next, just wait patiently."

Securing the lid of the steamer, Yun Mu breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Steaming food with water vapor? What a genius idea!" Edward exclaimed, looking at the steamer with a little steam escaping from the gaps. Water vapor could not only drive machines but also be used to cook food!

【After arduous training and study, you have acquired the passive skill 【Cooking lv1】】 【Your maximum HP +1】 Huh? As the game panel notification popped up in her mind, Yun Mu couldn't help but feel a surge of spirit, while a vast amount of recipes for this world, as well as special ingredients unique to this world, flooded into her memory.

Besides this, she suddenly had a feeling that she could create special seasonings according to her own needs.

For example, the method for making soy sauce. No wonder she hadn't acquired the Cooking skill earlier; it turns out the scope of this skill is surprisingly broad.

Even brewing alcohol is part of the Cooking skill!

However, compared to the effects of the skill, the attributes provided by the Cooking skill are not that great.

It only gave one point of maximum HP, and she didn't know if that was because her overall attributes were too high.

【The art of cooking is also a treasure of humanity, your Path of 【Civilization】 points +10】 【Current Path attribute is: Civilization lv3 (64/80)】 Hmm? It actually increases Path of Civilization points? While Yun Mu was somewhat surprised, she also felt it was very reasonable; they say people view food as their heaven, so it doesn't seem strange that the Cooking skill could increase Path of Civilization points.

"Ah, the steamed buns are ready."

Precisely timing it, Yun Mu extended her ruthless iron hand and took the buns out of the steamer.

"I'll bring a few to Brenna." She tossed five buns into the storage space of the Divine Blood Pendant.

"Woo, so soft, so fragrant... much better than bread!" Lita exclaimed while chewing the food.

"Miss Yun is so amazing..." Iliyasi looked at her with some admiration.

"It feels completely different from a meat pie; what exactly is this unique texture..." Edward analyzed in his heart while tasting it.

The only pity was that none of them had their clothes explode, and the food Yun Mu made didn't glow.

"First go back to find Brenna, give her the buns, and then go find Neisen and One-Eared Rat to hand in the comic manuscript..."

The comic *Night of Rolling Stone Town* was still being serialized in the *Frostfall City Weekly*, so Yun Mu had to submit a manuscript every so often.

And Torina's adventure journal was even more critical to the speed at which she gained experience points; she couldn't be careless.

So, after leaving Sisilaiya Cafe, Yun Mu moved quickly toward the Xiangyang docked at the Frostfall Port pier.

She had entrusted Iliyasi to Lita's care, so she could move freely for the next period of time.

Unfortunately, when Yun Mu returned to the Xiangyang, she discovered that the residents of Folaka Town had already been relocated, and Brenna herself was not there.

She used her Blood Perception ability to investigate; only a few crew members were staying on the ship at this time.

Since she couldn't find her, there was nothing she could do.

Yun Mu returned to her Captain's quarters and took out all the comic manuscripts she had drawn over the past few days because she had nothing else to do.

Let's briefly explain here: she wasn't the type of person to throw everything into the Divine Blood Pendant's space, such as equipment she carried on her person, or things she felt were unnecessary.

After all, relying too much on spatial items wasn't good; if an enemy had some trick to seal space, causing her to be unable to take anything out, she would be in trouble.

So, some important weapons and equipment, such as the Fixed Shadow Instrument Blade, were always carried on her person.

As for things like comic manuscripts, it didn't really matter if they were stored or not, so she just stacked them all in the Captain's quarters.

"Ho, that's quite a lot this time."

Inside the Yun Chao Publishing House, One-Eared Rat looked at the large pile of manuscripts in front of him, appearing very surprised.

"These are the contents for four chapters in total, enough to update for four consecutive issues," Yun Mu explained to One-Eared Rat.

The plot followed the previous chapter, where the protagonist Torina saves the novice priest Ranier, and then the two of them challenge the Slime King together.

As a result, they were first bound hand and foot by the opponent's 【Puni Puni Adhesive Ball】, and then simply swallowed into the Slime King's body; not only was their equipment corroded clean, but even the Gold Coins they had worked hard to save didn't remain.

Having barely escaped from the Slime King's body, the two of them, completely naked, got lost in the rainforest, and then encountered a rainstorm and were attacked by jungle spiders.

Fortunately, a giant jungle hornet happened to be stuck in a spider web at that moment, and the huge commotion attracted the jungle spider away; otherwise, the two of them would likely have become the jungle spider's dinner.

Then, following the river downstream, they were attacked by a giant toad and covered in sticky saliva, but fortunately, they did not encounter any life-threatening danger and finally returned to a human settlement safely.

"Oh oh, this plot is really good."

One-Eared Rat praised the manuscripts and said: "Although it is a work with fan service as its core selling point, the setting is surprisingly novel and interesting. Even if you ignore those fan service scenes, the comic itself is still full of fun."

"Huh?"

Listening to this guy's analysis, Yun Mu tilted her head slightly in confusion: "You guy, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you can already analyze comics so articulately?"

"Hehehe," hearing Yun Mu's words, One-Eared Rat smiled somewhat embarrassedly: "After all, we are a magazine that publishes comics. As the person in charge, I naturally have to understand them carefully."

"Hmm, not bad, keep it up." As the boss of Yun Chao Publishing House, Yun Mu nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, how much money does our publishing house have now?" She suddenly thought of something and asked One-Eared Rat.

"Hmm, about that..." One-Eared Rat lowered his head and thought for a moment, then replied: "There is about 550 Gold Frost in liquid funds in the account, but if you, boss, intend to use it for yourself, I can only withdraw 200 Gold Frost for you."

"It's fine, I was just asking casually."

"Is there anything else worth noting? If not, I'll be going," she said.

"Not for now." After a pause, One-Eared Rat said again: "Fair winds."

"Hmm, fair winds!"

Heral Calendar 4243, October 32nd, weather sunny.

Brenna handled the residents of Folaka Town much faster than Yun Mu had expected; in just about a day, she had everything arranged properly.

And according to reliable news, after they left, the Extreme Cold Core did not continue to move toward the interior of the Frost Kingdom, but returned along the same path it came from.

However, under the ravages of the Blizzard, the original Folaka Town was clearly no longer habitable, so the residents of Folaka Town could not return to their hometown.

It is worth noting that Beiliya, one of the three little ones, took the initiative to find Yun Mu after her fever subsided.

Her attitude had flipped 180 degrees compared to when they first met; she was completely like a little fan girl of hers, and kept claiming that she wanted to join her fleet when she grew up... Yun Mu guessed this was probably because Beiliya had seen her in action while she had a fever, leaving a very deep impression.

Well, it's not a bad thing; it's better than those two boys who are already clamoring to go out to sea for adventure.

(End of chapter)