Chapter 334: Cook (a), Deployment Begins! (35k)

"Lixianhou wants to see you."

Li Qingzi hesitated for a moment, but ultimately spoke.

In her eyes, the vast majority of her massive family were nothing but good-for-nothings, a group of waste who had merely been born into a good family; even regarding her own father, she believed he possessed only a modicum of talent for maintaining the status quo.

But her grandfather, Lixianhou, who had single-handedly pushed the March Conglomerate to its current standing, was different; although stubborn and Arrogance, he had walked in the correct direction during almost every major transformation of the conglomerate.

Now, even without knowing the truth about Reincarnator, he accepted it far faster than the uncles and aunts of the family's second generation, directly demanding that the conglomerate transform into new fields.

That was an old man with truly astonishing talent... just like the guy in front of her.

Li Qingzi sipped her coffee, her peripheral vision catching the well-built man wearing nothing but a pair of boxers; fortunately, after arriving at the manor, he had not done anything excessive to her again.

"Lixianhou? Then tell him to come back and see me."

Bai Cangshu remained calm and collected, wearing headphones and listening to music.

Li Qingzi hesitated for a moment, then continued.

"This time, our summoning times are identical; it is very likely we will be deployed to the same mission world. Wouldn't it be better for you to establish a team..."

The two had a Slave Contract, but they did not belong to the same team, and their deployment mission progress was originally completely different.

But this time, although the nodes notified by the space were one day apart, the deployment times were exactly the same; combined with the rumors in the space, Li Qingzi guessed they were likely to be deployed to the same world.

Therefore, she suggested that Bai Cangshu create a team so that the two could be deployed together.

But Bai Cangshu sneered twice, looking at the woman who had pinned up her hair and was dressed increasingly beautifully and maturely, and mocked,

"What, are you afraid..."

"Since we are both going to be deployed to the same world, why bother forming a team? Ha~ could it be that without a team Contract, you would be able to betray me?"

Li Qingzi suddenly realized his thoughts and stopped speaking.

She had cleared out everyone in the manor early on, leaving only herself and Bai Cangshu to wait for the mission to begin.

As the topic ended, the two fell silent; the clock ticked away, and the deployment time quickly approached.

Both were simultaneously enveloped by a stream of information and instantly returned to their Private Space; the two would begin deployment after final preparations.

Bai Cangshu returned directly to his Stall and saw a quite interesting offer: a Reincarnator codenamed 【Yunque】 wanted to trade a Silver Plot Equipment of the taijutsu side for the secret cultivation manual of 【Dust Release】.

【Krilin's Weighted Shirt】

【Quality: Silver Plot Equipment】

【Description: A special inner garment for training from Dragon Ball and its Derivative World; the texture is extremely heavy and it has absorbed quite miraculous power.】

【Equipment Requirement: Strength > 20, Constitution > 15】

【Effect 1: After wearing, Strength -2, Agility -2, Constitution -2】

【Effect 2: After wearing, Taijutsu-type specialization level -1】

【Effect 3: After taking off this item, all attributes +5 and Taijutsu-type specialization level +2 for ten minutes.】

This was a training suit in the style of a completely black inner shirt with a quite unique effect; Bai Cangshu guessed it was a special Silver Plot Equipment forged from the 【Information】 of the Turtle Hermit School members, who always wore heavy training suits to cultivate and fight, and would take them off to enhance their combat power when the battle was unfavorable.

But after considering it for a moment, Bai Cangshu did not accept this offer.

Instead, he accepted another offer: codename 【Bai】 hoped to exchange a Special Ability Crystal for 【Ryuchi Cave Sage Art】 and 【Dust Release】, or 【Ryuchi Cave Sage Art】 plus a B-rank Singularity.

【Special Ability · Cook (A+): Arbitrarily control the deliciousness of food cooked by oneself.】

This ability looked very mediocre at first glance, but the ability Rating was unexpectedly high; the A+ Rating was the same as 【God Finger Art】.

But Bai Cangshu knew that in a certain sense, the potential of this ability was even more terrifying than God Finger Art.

This was a special ability from the 【That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime】 world; although 【Cook】 was ostensibly an auxiliary ability that allowed one to cook delicious food and could only be used in conjunction with other special abilities like 【Gourmet Cell】,

In essence, 【Cook (A+)】 was actually a terrifying ability capable of modifying reality and rewriting causality.

Under that mediocre description, this ability allowed the user to "cook" a pile of feces, and it would become delicious.

Even if that thing could never be associated with deliciousness, the result was that it had become a delicacy in everyone's heart.

In the original work, this ability was considered to have the potential to end the existence of Rimuru, who had already surpassed the Creator God.

Bai Cangshu did not feel this trade offer was too high; on the contrary, he felt as if the other party was giving him a Gift.

"I can trade now."

He contacted 【Bai】 through the offer, and soon, a flash of light appeared in the space; a Reincarnator in the form of a young girl appeared in front of the Stall, her long white hair almost covering her ankles, her figure slender, floating in the air.

Her two eyes were one red and one blue; even viewed as an Avatar, the other party's posture was very special, almost not like a biological entity that truly existed.

Bai Cangshu instinctively felt that the other party was likely an unimaginably powerful Reincarnator.

"Trade."

【Bai】 was like a robot, her voice without inflection.

【You have lost Sage Art Cultivation Method of Ryuchi Cave *1】

【You have lost B-rank Singularity *1】

【You have obtained Ability Crystal · Cook (A+)】

Bai Cangshu naturally would not trade the 【Dust Release】 ability as a B-rank Singularity; he paid another B-rank Singularity from Li Qingzi's Singularities, combined with the Ryuchi Cave Sage Art, to obtain this special 【Cook】 ability.

For Bai Cangshu, not considering the potential to modify reality or rewrite causality, this thing could be considered an urgent need at the moment.

He had not forgotten that in the Naruto World, it was by relying on the cooking ability of that Ping Zhonghua that he had barely obtained the enhancement of 【Gourmet Cell】.

This 【Cook】 ability would allow him to fully exert the Tese of 【Gourmet Cell】 in various worlds; as long as he wanted, he could even take anything and feed it bit by bit to the Gourmet Cell to upgrade it.

【Bai】 obtained the 【Sage Art Cultivation Method of Ryuchi Cave】, and after those special eyes looked at Bai Cangshu, she spoke.

"Beware of 【Fatalism】."

"This is a Gift for the trade."

The next moment, 【Bai】 disappeared.

Bai Cangshu frowned and consulted 【Black Butler】, but the other party indicated they did not know of such a powerful Reincarnator in the East District; the only one close to that appearance description was the leader of the 【Far East Magic Society】, 【Solomon】, but Solomon was undoubtedly a male Avatar.

Their style of conduct was also not like what Bai Cangshu described.

Bai Cangshu recorded the name "Shuming" in his mind, then rejected all other offers.

The most valuable items in his stall at this moment, a Scarlet Drop Card of Qilinsi and a Dust Release training manual, were things that would usually be fought over by most Reincarnators in the Shanty Town.

But because of rumors that a bloody large-scale deployment was about to begin, a large number of Reincarnators had put their resources into survival abilities; the Scapegoat Scarecrow of the chosen ones had already been driven up to the level of nearly a double B-rank Singularity, yet it was still in short supply.

His own two items, on the contrary, had no takers.

Bai Cangshu had no intention of selling them cheaply either; he quickly swept through the Shanty Town, but those healing-type items and abilities had almost all disappeared, and their prices had been driven very high.

Conversely, the prices of other types of items and abilities had not increased.

He spent 1 C-rank Singularity and 5,000 Dimension Points to obtain a special item.

It was a black disc.

【Ghost Disc: Same Fate】

【Quality: Rare】

【Description: A disc recording special abilities from Pokémon and its Derivative Worlds, possessing magical effects】

【Effect: After crushing it, you can link yourself with any visually captured target to enter a state of Same Fate; damage suffered by one party will be applied to the other】

This was a special item that could only be used once, but its effect was quite powerful.

Especially for a Reincarnator like Bai Cangshu who possessed a certain degree of Immortality, this thing had many application scenarios.

Bai Cangshu even wanted to buy a few more, but learned that the other party had no more.

【Special Reincarnator ex051, deployment is about to begin, please confirm the environment is safe】

With a thought, Bai Cangshu returned to his Private Space and placed the Devil Fruit he had neither eaten nor put up for trade, 【Paramecia Devil Fruit: Superman-type Heart Fire Fruit】, into his Backpack.

【Deployment starting now】

【3...】

【2...】

【1...】

A silver-white stream of information instantly submerged Bai Cangshu's body; this time, the duration of sensory loss seemed unimaginably long.

The excessively massive amount of information made Bai Cangshu feel as if he had lost all sensory capabilities.

It was not until a slick, slimy sensation crawled across his skin that his eyes trembled twice, and the stiffness in his body gradually disappeared.

Pfft!

Bai Cangshu flicked his finger, and foul-smelling blood gushed out.

A long black snake was slithering on Bai Cangshu's skin, but as if a force had exploded inside it, it snapped in half.

After fighting Tao Baibai for a long time, Bai Cangshu's Martial Arts proficiency had progressed further, and with the enhancement of Tao Baibai's pink robe, it had reached level 8.

【Martial Arts proficiency lv8: The realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster where Force flows as one wishes; Force is continuous and endless, and can be unleashed at will within tens of meters】

He merely tapped it, and thousands of pounds of force erupted several times inside the long snake's body; the snake's flesh could not withstand it and was torn apart directly.

Bai Cangshu stretched his limbs; it was pitch black all around, and his feet felt as if they were stepping in some kind of liquid.

In the silent darkness, only the sound of those mollusks slithering could be heard.

Bai Cangshu clicked his tongue; the place he was deployed to this time was surprisingly "fresh."

The next moment, a scarlet luster radiated from Bai Cangshu's eyes, and long snakes were marked one by one in the darkness; golden Qi lit up at the tip of his right finger in an instant.

Hiss!

In the darkness, a large number of long snakes were instantly stimulated and began to writhe; at the same time, using the light of his Qi, Bai Cangshu saw that in this place, which looked like a sewer, over a dozen pale corpses were floating in the sewage.

There was no stench, and the corpses were not decaying, but they all had their eyes wide open, looking at Bai Cangshu.

【Ghostly Roar, Hero's Swan Song】

【World loading complete: Secondary World b711 (World Distortion 31%)】

【Mission Type: Team Survival】

【World Difficulty: High~Purgatory】 (Reincarnators, please explore carefully while ensuring Survival)

【Time Limit: 30 days】

【Note: Based on the effect of Proof of Sin, your appearance and identity information have been modified (appearance and identity will be subject to hidden 3D correction)】

【Note: You have been granted constant language proficiency in this world】

【In this world, you can obtain and unlock the following Milestones; Milestones will affect mission Rating and title acquisition】

【Martial Arts Grandmaster (Rare): Create any school of martial arts and gain over 1,000 disciples】

【Monster Killer: Kill over 20 monsters】

【Evil Gourmet: Consume over 50 dark dishes cumulatively across different worlds】

【Exorcist: Eliminate over 10 Resentful Spirits】

【UFO: Make contact with aliens】

【Hero: Save over 30 civilians in any event】

From the nearly one hundred unlockable Milestones that appeared, Bai Cangshu could sense the complexity of this strange world.

However, the more important matter at hand did not seem to be those...

【Main Mission started: Survive for 30 days】

【Mission Reward: Obtain B-rank Singularity*1, 10,000 Dimension Points】

"Ah!"

A miserable scream rang out above Bai Cangshu's head, and at the same time, Bai Cangshu felt a cold sensation drift past his head; he looked up and saw only a pale phantom sweeping past him.

【You have triggered Side Mission: Cursed Captive Institute】

【Mission Details: Within seven days, find a way to leave the Cursed Captive Institute and successfully escape】

【Task Reward: Randomly obtain Material *1】

(End of chapter)