Chapter 106

Colorful Mist Coast.

The horizon glowed with the pale white of dawn; the night had not yet fully faded.

The newly risen golden light wove with the lingering night, gilding the sea surface in a gradient hue.

At this moment, behind the coast, a player lay flat on the ground, carefully observing a crimson flower.

The flower's form appeared plain and unadorned, its petals slightly curled, edges edged with delicate serrations, its center clustered with golden stamens, emitting a faint, sweet fragrance.

After careful observation and screenshotting, Qin Kong reached out, plucked a petal the size of his thumb, and placed it in his mouth to chew.

As he savored it, an intense spiciness exploded instantly on his tongue, as if countless tiny flames danced in his mouth, making him frown—but he couldn't help wanting to taste that unique sting again.

"Good, good."

When the spiciness faded, Qin Kong summoned the forum function and entered his personal homepage.

Two unposted drafts remained there.

Qin Kong selected the first draft with his mind, clicked to open it, and began editing its content.

Though incomplete, the post already recorded vast amounts of plant information.

1. Earth Mint Grass:

Source: Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.

Description: A non-spiritual plant growing near the Gray Mist Forest, its leaves shimmering with a faint silver glow under the Evil Moon.

Properties: Emits a fresh minty aroma, capable of refreshing the mind and cutting through greasiness.

Suggested Use: Suitable for cold salads, dressings, or as a flavor enhancer for desserts, adding a touch of coolness.

2. Dew Sauce:

Source: Colorful Mist Coast region.

Description: Common near teleportation points—collect the dew condensed on the leaf tips of Bloodleaf Grass, mix with Woodfruit (produced in Emperor Tomb Mountain Range), crush, and blend.

Properties: Sweet and fresh in taste, carrying the fragrance of nature, capable of balancing sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy flavors.

Use: Ideal as a dipping sauce or seasoning, adding a touch of natural flavor to various dishes.

3. Great Spirit Pepper Grain:

Origin: Colorful Mist Coast region.

Description: Four kilometers east of the rainforest lies a grove of fruit trees bearing Great Spirit Fruit; after peeling, crushing, and air-drying, the color turns black—I named it Great Spirit Pepper Grain.

Properties: Rich in flavor, with smoky, pungent heat, significantly enhancing the taste of food.

Use: Ideal for grilled meats, stews, and other dishes requiring deep aroma enhancement, making flavors more robust.

Starlight Seed, Thunderclap Fruit Powder, Sea Salt…

The unpublished post recorded the flavors of different plants and their exact locations.

It was clear this was a spice compendium under construction, each plant listed capable of being processed into a unique seasoning.

…

At this moment, Qin Kong was inputting the fifteenth spice.

15. Flame Flower Powder:

Origin: Colorful Mist Coast region.

Description: A common plant randomly distributed across the Colorful Mist Coast region, scarce in number, its color vivid as flame.

Properties: Extremely spicy; consumption causes mild burning sensations on the tongue and in the mouth, suitable as a substitute for chili.

Use: Recommended ground into powder and used in grilling, stewing, or any dish requiring intense heat, significantly enhancing flavor depth, especially suited for players who favor spiciness.

…

After saving the record, Qin Kong closed the forum function, casually plucked the Flame Flower from the ground, and tossed it into his spatial sack.

He planned to grind it into chili powder when he had time.

Stretching lazily in place, Qin Kong walked toward the coast.

It was his thirty-first day in the game.

As an experienced player, before experiencing the content of the Dark Lands, he had originally planned a combat-focused growth path.

That is, the PvE route chosen by the vast majority of players.

But after experiencing the game's content, his thoughts gradually changed.

He found the game's realism could be called perfect; its boundless freedom allowed any approach to gameplay.

Combat growth path, fishing growth path, weapon development path, landscape exploration path, gene research path—each player could find their own suitable mode within this game.

This gave Qin Kong an idea.

In the real world, his identity was a chef.

This once wildly popular profession had become exceedingly rare in today's era.

With rapid technological advancement and deep penetration of artificial intelligence, human society entered an unprecedented era of universal intelligent living.

In this era, AI technology not only reshaped industries such as industry, healthcare, and education, but also transformed daily human life.

The greatest change was that AI robots began replacing traditional professions en masse; the chef profession underwent intelligent transformation.

For reasons including food safety and production efficiency, AI replacing humans was an inevitable trend of the times.

Perhaps early intelligent robots struggled to meet humanity's personalized food demands, plagued by many unsolved shortcomings.

But after the arrival of the StarNet Era, powerful data processing capabilities granted AI robots revolutionary upgrades.

All AI robots could undergo deep learning via specialized occupational databases, combined with advanced sensor technology upgrades, enabling them to precisely simulate and optimize every cooking technique—from ingredient identification, cutting, seasoning, to heat control—each step surpassing professional chefs in precision and efficiency.

Customers could also provide optimization directions through post-meal ratings and reviews.

This formed a positive feedback loop.

Today, AI robots could customize personalized menus for different clients based on vast recipe databases, satisfying diverse dining needs.

Most importantly, AI robots not only greatly improve production efficiency and reduce labor costs but also minimize waste through precise control of ingredient quantities, thereby reducing food waste in the catering industry; with all these advantages combined, it is destined that AI robots will completely replace the chef profession.

Although he is a chef, more accurately, he is a creative dish R&D specialist.

His job is to develop novel and unique dishes, add new dishes to the Star Network recipe library, and then have AI intelligent robots complete the production, with customers scoring the results.

Income depends on the comprehensive subscription volume of new recipes and review data.

His recipes have 160,000 annual subscribers on the Star Network, and he updates roughly one innovative dish per month.

But how much income he makes is secondary in Qin Kong's eyes.

His research into dishes stems from heartfelt passion; every ingredient in his eyes holds infinite possibilities, and every innovation is an unknown exploration filled with anticipation.

This passion caused him to conceive an idea while experiencing the game content.

He was surprised to discover that the spiritual ingredients in the game offered a taste experience surpassing all foods in the real world.

Even with the best combinations, real-world ingredients cannot reach the level of spiritual food made with the most ordinary cooking methods in the game.

Qin Kong, who was already a foodie, thus had an idea.

He wanted to taste various spiritual materials in the game and create a culinary atlas.

Since the original taste of spiritual food is already so delicious, could cooking elevate the flavor to surpass the taste of the ingredients themselves?

After this idea took root in his mind, it quickly sprouted and grew.

One week ago, Qin Kong finally made the decision to become an exploration-type player, or more accurately, a chef within the game.

His first goal was to create a spiritual food atlas.

In his conception, this atlas is divided into two parts.

The first part is the spice atlas.

During food preparation, the importance of seasoning is self-evident.

Various seasonings can enhance food flavor, endow food with unique and rich aromas and tastes, and revitalize ordinary ingredients.

Furthermore, seasonings can balance the various flavors of food, such as salty, sweet, sour, and bitter, making the dish's taste more harmonious and unified.

In cooking, seasonings are the core key.

But real-world seasonings cannot be brought into the game; to use various seasonings in the game, one must source them locally.

This is why he travels between the Di Zhong Mountain Range and the Colorful Mist Coast region, making spices (seasonings) in the manner of Shennong tasting the hundred herbs.

At this stage, he has already found 15 natural seasonings usable in cooking.

Each seasoning brings a unique flavor impossible to experience in reality.

Initial success gave Qin Kong the motivation to move forward.

Next, he plans to search for ingredients near the coast and begin his first cooking attempt.

Not long after, Qin Kong passed through the dense rainforest and arrived before the white sandy beach.

Scanning the area with his gaze, his eyes locked onto a golden-clawed crab moving rapidly sideways, and he immediately advanced to capture it.

The golden-clawed crab is the most common ingredient at the Colorful Mist Coast; after players capture them, they are directly roasted over fire, with at most a sprinkle of sea salt added to make a delicious meal.

But Qin Kong has higher pursuits for dishes and wants to elevate the taste of spiritual food several tiers through ingredient pairing, spice seasoning, and other methods.

He caught two golden-clawed crabs, killed them, and tossed them into his spatial satchel.

Qin Kong continued hunting for golden-clawed crabs.

As for the issue of ingredient freshness, he had no need to worry at all.

The spatial satchel is the best preservation vault; whatever state food is in when put inside is the state it is in when taken out.

There are no issues affecting ingredient quality such as microbial enzymes or oxidation.

Just as Qin Kong was busy, a challenger prompt suddenly popped up in his mind, displaying a friend request to connect.

Glancing at the connecting player's name, Qin Kong chose to accept the connection.

Instantly, a video screen popped up in his eyes; standing in the center of the screen was a skeleton about 1.6 meters tall, with black flames burning around its body.

The skeleton opened its mouth at this moment:

"Brother!" A slightly childish girl's voice came from the screen.

"Out of Shou Shou Jili again?" Looking at his sister in the form of bone fire on the screen, Qin Kong asked curiously.

"Being out of Shou Shou Jili is one thing; more importantly, I was just scrolling through the forum and saw a player mention discovering a seabed cave near the shallow waters of the Colorful Mist Coast. The spiritual fish caught inside are very delicious. Since you are currently looking for delicious ingredients, I came specifically to remind you... Oh, by the way, transfer me 100 points of Shou Shou Jili; I'm going out of the village with the guild to kill evil spirits later, and I've used all my Shou Shou Jili to improve body tempering experience, so I'm broke."

"Alright, I'll transfer it to you right now."

After hanging up the connection, Qin Kong summoned his friend list, selected his sister's avatar, and transferred 100 points of Shou Shou Jili to her.

Afterwards, he summoned the forum function and began searching for the post his sister mentioned.

Quickly, he found the target post.

After opening the post and spending half an hour reading the content and watching the attached video, Qin Kong immediately became interested.

The poster was a fishing-type player.

In the post, he complained that the sea fishing process was extremely difficult.

Mainly because many baits from the land could not meet the needs of sea fishing; spiritual fish in the sea preferred active bait, so this player had the idea of diving directly into the sea to scoop up fish.

As a result, while exploring the shallow sea, he accidentally discovered a seabed cave.

In the video, one could see groups of silver-white, fierce fish swimming and darting through the cave.

At the end of the video, this player caught a small silver fish; after roasting it on shore, he found the taste surprisingly delicious, far superior to aquatic creatures caught by fishing in the Di Zhong Mountain Range region.

After watching the video, the expression of the posting player repeatedly praising the taste of the fish meat kept replaying in Qin Kong's mind.

After noting the address provided in the post, he decided to set off immediately to catch one, taste it, and then record it in his ingredient atlas.

Summoning the map function, the location where the posting player caught the silver fish was four kilometers west of the teleportation point.

After killing the golden-clawed crab he had just caught and tossing it into his spatial satchel, he immediately turned and headed toward the marked coordinate location.

Half an hour later, he arrived at the coordinate location, and the surrounding noise entered his ears.

"Roasted Golden-Claw Crab, 3.5 Shou Shou Jili each; delicious and grants Body-Forging experience."

"Small sea fish without a Hunting Level can be taken for just 3 Shou Shou Jili each, and we offer grilling services."

"Roasted Golden-Claw Crab, discounts for bulk purchases; today is our grand opening, the first 10 orders get 10% off."

This beach was unusually lively, with many players gathering here; one could even see players setting up stalls selling roasted crabs or grilled fish.

Pushing through the crowd, Qin Kong walked against the waves toward the coordinate location.

The seawater gradually rose past his knees until it completely submerged his upper body; at that moment, Qin Kong's body twisted and transformed into a twelve-meter-long black-armored snake, swimming toward the underwater coordinate location.

His head broke through the water surface, and a dreamlike underwater landscape unfolded before his eyes.

Sunlight piercing the water surface cast a layer of soft, shifting light and shadow over the Underwater World, revealing coral reefs of various shapes below.

Some branched intricately like deer antlers, others were rounded like mushrooms... all seemed like artworks carefully carved by nature, colorful and interwoven, forming a brilliant and dreamlike Undersea World.

As he swam forward, spiritual fish constantly approached on their own, then suddenly flicked their tails to retreat once they reached a dangerous distance, as if provoking him.

Qin Kong looked up toward the direction of the coordinate location; two turtle-like animals carrying rocks covered in seaweed were slowly swimming forward, blocking his view.

After he approached, the two turtle-like underwater creatures quickly paddled with their front limbs and voluntarily withdrew.

Continuing forward along the coordinate marker, passing through swaying blue seagrass, Qin Kong spotted the underwater cave indicated by the marker.

The cave entrance was concealed by a layer of seaweed like a sheer veil; only when the water flow was particularly fierce could one glimpse the irregular cave entrance.

Arriving before the cave, he pushed aside the seagrass and peered inside.

The cave interior was spacious and deep; the ceiling was inlaid with naturally formed underwater spiritual stones that shimmered with a pearl-like luster under the faint light, resembling an underwater starry sky at first glance, while the cave walls were covered by a thin layer of fluorescent moss.

Under the light and shadow, schools of fish the size of an adult's palm swam within, or nibbled on the moss clinging to the rock walls.

Their scales refracted bright silver-white light under the fluorescent glow; one could see their mouths occasionally opening to reveal rows of sharp teeth.

Focusing his gaze, analysis information floated into view:

【Silver-Tailed Fish】

Hunting Level: 7

Target Description:

An omnivorous fish living in deep-sea caves, named for its shimmering silver tail fin; fierce in temperament, usually moving in groups.

Skilled at using the complex terrain within caves for hiding and foraging; their food sources are quite broad, including plankton and small crustaceans, as well as underwater plants. In hunting mode, Silver-Tailed Fish display astonishing teamwork, executing high-frequency attacks and evasion switches through collective swimming and coordination. Their flesh is tender and delicious, making them a standout among deep-sea delicacies and a commonly used ingredient in spiritual food recipes.

Based solely on the description in the analysis information, Qin Kong could confirm that the Silver-Tailed Fish would surely taste delicious.

But before launching an attack, he decided to surface for a breath first.

Shortly after, Qin Kong returned to the cave entrance, bared his vicious fangs, and then suddenly lunged at the school of fish.

Facing the attacking Qin Kong, the Silver-Tailed Fish seemed to receive some command, quickly assembling into a silver barrier and opening their mouths to reveal sharp teeth.

Qin Kong's gaping maw bit down fiercely, but the Silver-Tailed Fish formation shook violently; the spot he bit collapsed inward, while Silver-Tailed Fish from other positions surged forward, viciously biting Qin Kong's black-armored snake body.

Their sharp teeth could easily tear through scales and armor, and each time they bit once before flicking their tails to retreat, giving Qin Kong no chance to react and counterattack.

This was Qin Kong's first battle in the sea; in this unfamiliar environment, he was completely no match for the vast numbers of Silver-Tailed Fish. Several lunges failed to land a single bite, while large areas of scales on his body were torn away, with thin streams of blood oozing from the wounds. This made the school of Silver-Tailed Fish even more frenzied, their attack rhythm suddenly accelerating.

To Qin Kong, the fish school felt like an unpredictable formation.

Whichever direction he attacked, the Silver-Tailed Fish in that direction would retreat at high speed, making it impossible to get close.

The pain intensified; Qin Kong choked on water several times in succession, yet he still did not give up, choosing to continue fighting the school of Silver-Tailed Fish.

Finally, he successfully bit down on three Silver-Tailed Fish in one strike.

He suddenly exerted force downward with his jaws, and immediately a Challenger Notification sounded in his mind.

【Challenger Notification: Successfully defeated monster "Silver-Tailed Fish," gained 112 Evolution Points, received 22 Shou Shou Jili reward】

After three consecutive identical notifications, a prompt appeared in his mind asking whether to disassemble the Silver-Tailed Fish.

Qin Kong decisively chose "No," then stored the three dead Silver-Tailed Fish into his Spatial Satchel.

His stamina was exhausted at that moment; facing the fierce assault of the Silver-Tailed Fish formation, he completely lost the ability to resist and closed his eyes, giving up.

The scene gradually dimmed at that moment.

"Sigh, another hour in the small dark room."

One hour later.

Qin Kong logged into the game, appearing at the Resurrection Plaza in Di Zhong Village.

Using the teleportation array to reach the Colorful Mist Coast region, he decided to begin crafting the first spiritual food dish since entering the game.

How to prepare it? During the hour in the small dark room, he had already formulated a plan.

Leaving the Spatial Plaza, he found an uninhabited beach and began continuously retrieving items from his Spatial Satchel.

Metal stands, hot-stone slabs, firewood, flint... After taking out all the tools needed, he began working busily.

First, he ignited the firewood, then placed the hot-stone slab atop the metal stand within the bonfire.

This slab was obtained by him at the foot of a volcano in the Di Zhong Mountain Range - Earth-Cleft Furnace region. Although not classified as a spiritual ore, the stone contained energy constantly radiating outward, keeping its surface at a consistently high temperature.

But the current temperature was still insufficient; he needed to further heat it with flames.

Having completed all this, Qin Kong took out a bottle of Basic Recovery Potion from his Spatial Satchel, but inside the white transparent container was not medicinal liquid, but plant seed oil he had squeezed by hand.

Using a wooden brush, he spread the oil over the slab's surface; immediately, a sizzling sound arose, and a faint fragrance began to permeate the air.

Qin Kong's nostrils flared, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

All these things were obtained by him from nature and crafted by his own hands, carrying extraordinary significance.

After brushing on a layer of oil, he took out various spices packaged in Shangcheng potion bottles from his Spatial Satchel and arranged them neatly beside him.

Finally, he retrieved the star of this cooking session: the Silver-Tailed Fish.

Completely different from how they appeared in the underwater world, the Silver-Tailed Fish shimmered with silver radiance under the sunlight, their eyes still retaining the deep-sea gloom, resembling a work of art.

With a light flick of his wrist, he lifted the silver-tailed fish by its tail and placed it on the oiled stone slab.

Immediately, a sizzling sound arose.

The fish scales curled under the high heat; Qin Kong's other hand retrieved from his spatial pouch a knife forged from a weapon picked up in an ancient battlefield, and with a skilled sweep, he scraped off the scales on both sides.

He had intended to remove the fish's internal organs.

But upon further thought, there was no need to do so.

In the real world, this was done because fish organs accumulate harmful substances, and removal was a matter of hygiene and safety.

As for flavor impact, he had never found any substance in spiritual food that affected taste.

For this initial attempt, he decided to keep the organs and continue cooking.

As the stone slab's temperature continued rising, the fish flesh adhering to it emitted an enticing aroma.

But Qin Kong did not rush to flip it; he waited patiently, allowing a thin golden crust to form between the fish flesh and the stone.

The aroma in the air grew increasingly rich during this time.

Finally, one side of the fish flesh turned golden; Qin Kong decisively used slender wooden chopsticks to gently flip the silver-tailed fish over. The other side rapidly turned golden and crisp under the slab's high heat, while the interior remained tender and juicy.

Next came the selection and use of spices.

He first used chopsticks to lift a piece of fish flesh into his mouth and chewed slowly to savor it.

The silver-tailed fish flesh was golden and crisp on the outside, tender and fine within; as he savored it, he seemed to taste the ocean itself.

Its delicate texture glided across his tongue like silk, followed by the rich juices within the flesh, freely flooding his mouth with a sweet, refreshing flavor—like a cool spring in the heat of summer, refreshing and invigorating.

After tasting the fish in its original form, Qin Kong had an idea.

He cut the fish flesh on the slab into segments and arranged them, then took from his spices a bottle of Dew Sauce and a handful of Great Spirit Peppercorns, evenly sprinkling and coating one piece of fish.

The stone slab's heat dissolved the spices, allowing them to seep into the fish flesh.

Instantly, the aroma in the air changed.

Qin Kong then picked up a piece of the seasoned fish and put it in his mouth, savoring it carefully.

This attempt, he couldn't help but shake his head.

The fish's flavor gained depth from the combination of the two spices, but the taste became chaotic, the overall flavor significantly worse.

After swallowing the entire piece, he turned to the other pieces of fish.

Throughout the process, every detail Qin Kong displayed revealed his respect for the ingredients and his passion for cooking.

But the process did not go as smoothly as he had expected.

After consecutive failures, Qin Kong took out another silver-tailed fish and began cooking again.

Before this cooking, he washed the stone slab with clear spring water to ensure the ingredients would not be contaminated by the spices he had previously sprinkled.

After cleaning it thoroughly, he reapplied plant oil, removed the scales as before, and began cooking.

Half an hour later, Qin Kong again shook his head, then took out another silver-tailed fish.

After repeated attempts, he realized the spices could indeed impart distinct flavors to the fish flesh, but after tasting, none could rival the fish's own natural flavor.

It seemed that for spiritual food made from spiritual ingredients, the original flavor was the most perfect presentation.

There was still one last silver-tailed fish to test; Qin Kong did not give up.

Five minutes later, the fish flesh turned golden on both sides; judging by its flavor, he sprinkled three spices in sequence and evenly coated the surface.

Just as he was about to taste it, he saw the spices on the fish flesh rapidly merge with it, and the surface of the fish briefly glowed—a flash of light, gone in an instant.

"Hmm?"

As Qin Kong puzzled over this, a Challenger Prompt suddenly rang in his mind and across the global channel:

【Challenger Prompt (Global Channel): Congratulations, player "ai da chu," has successfully cooked Spiritual Food: (Unnamed), awarded 3000 Shou Shou Jili (Innovation Achievement Reward).】

【Unnamed (Spiritual Food)】

Spiritual Food Rank: Level 3

Spiritual Food Description: A carefully prepared spiritual food using the rare oceanic silver-tailed fish as the main ingredient; during cooking, it reacted with other spiritual materials, greatly enhancing its spiritual effect and upgrading to a Level 3 spiritual material.

Consumption Effect: Grants 242 Body Strengthening experience, Water Element Resistance +3 (permanent attribute boost; the more times this spiritual food is consumed, the weaker the permanent boost becomes).

……

Qi Sheng watched the entire process of Qin Kong's spiritual food preparation from behind the scenes.

And this very method of spiritual food preparation was precisely the game feature he wished to introduce.

Across the vast lands of the Monster World—mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, forests, grasslands—countless spiritual ingredients existed.

These ingredients, when eaten directly, nourished the body.

Spiritual food refers to dishes prepared by combining and cooking spiritual materials, much like chemistry in the real world, where combinations produce effects surpassing the individual materials.

For example, Qin Kong's silver-tailed fish paired with three spices.

These three spices reacted mysteriously with the silver-tailed fish, greatly increasing the Body Strengthening experience gained upon consumption, while also granting a permanent +3 Water Element Resistance boost.

Each spiritual food could produce different effects: temporarily boosting a specific attribute, permanently enhancing all attributes, permanently improving perception clarity, healing injuries, and countless other miraculous effects.

Less than a month after server launch, he had considered introducing the spiritual food crafting feature.

But at the time, players' conditions were limited, and no new gameplay mechanics had been developed.

Players were either killing malevolent spirits, on their way to kill malevolent spirits, or mining in caves—gameplay was monotonous.

The quantity of spiritual materials produced at the time was also extremely scarce.

But with the growth of player factions, a series of fresh gameplay mechanics had emerged.

As exploration expanded outward, the yield of all types of spiritual materials increased dramatically.

Spiritual fish, spiritual plants, spiritual minerals—the Spiritual Materials Catalog was updated daily with new entries.

Especially after the containment of the Yun Tian Domain Node, 1,000 players received 5x5 spiritual fields capable of batch-producing spiritual plants.

At this point, Qi Sheng already had the idea to introduce spiritual food.

The launch of this feature can significantly enhance players' efficiency in exploring the Monster World.

Spirit Food can be understood as special potions, alchemical elixirs, or buff items in other games; consuming them at critical moments can boost certain status bonuses, allowing players to perform beyond their own strength when facing battles or special environments.

Secondly, some Spirit Food can also bring permanent attribute amplification effects.

After player Qin Kong successfully crafted the first Spirit Food this time, Qi Sheng awarded 3,000 points of Shou Shou Jili and decided to roll out the Spirit Food crafting function, seizing the momentum.

In an instant, the Spirit Food function, already implanted in the Challenger System, began to operate.

Among the countless characters rotating around Qi Sheng, a dim, sealed character lit up and entered an activated state.

A Challenger Prompt then rang in the minds of all players:

【Challenger Prompt (All Channels): Congratulations to player "ai Chef" for successfully crafting the first Spirit Food dish, triggering the hidden function: Spirit Chef (Open to Entire Server). Players can enter and view it via the function panel.】

Spirit Chef (Available to All Players):

Sub-class Function Introduction: A Taste Bud Artist, and also a Spirit Weaver. Relying on a profound understanding of ingredients and extraordinary cooking skills, the Spirit Chef can transform ordinary spirit materials into delicacies containing endless spirit power, weaving and stacking the spiritual energy within spiritual foods to produce spiritual value surpassing the Spirit Food itself.

Spirit Chef Recipes (23,384 types):

1. Starlight Illusion Dream Soup

Recipe Brief: A soup crafted by carefully simmering Star Fruit as the main ingredient, with Moonlight Grass, Starry Sky Fruit Grass, Dream Flower... as auxiliary ingredients.

Cooking Technique Introduction:...

Consumption Effect: Permanently increases the eater's mental strength, enhancing perception and insight.

2. Dragon Breath Blazing Pot

Recipe Brief: Made using Dragon Breath Grass and Blazing Fruit, paired with Flame Sauce, through high-heat stir-frying and slow stewing to create a pot dish full of fire element power.

Functional Taste: After consumption, significantly increases permanent fire element resistance.

Dark Star Cake, Ice-Congealing Drink, Element Salad... The number of recipes in the recipe library has reached over 20,000 types.

The sudden update feature immediately caused the forum to explode.

A large number of players flocked to the forum to discuss the sub-class "Spirit Chef" function.

In the comment section of the official post, the number of comments kept growing.

Comment Section:

Nightfall Approaches:

Holy crap, can sub-classes be played like this?

After reading the introduction to the Spirit Chef sub-class, I'm a bit confused.

Having played games for so many years, I count as a super veteran player.

Based on my understanding of games, shouldn't the launch of a sub-class function normally come with a corresponding growth system?

For example, Level 1 Spirit Chef, Level 2 Spirit Chef; once the proficiency of each sub-class reaches the requirement and an advancement is completed, new recipes are unlocked, gradually lighting up the sub-class skill tree.

Even in more complex game settings, sub-class growth requires paying money.

Besides increasing sub-class proficiency, one must also purchase matching recipes; the growth progress is nothing short of torture.

As a result, the sub-class in the Dark Land not only has no level limit in its introduction but directly unlocks all skills at max level, releasing 23,384 types of recipes at once.

More importantly, 99.999% of the spirit materials needed in the recipe library do not exist in our recorded and updated spirit material encyclopedia.

That must be at least several hundred thousand types of spirit materials, right?

This setting is too outrageous; I can tell everyone with absolute certainty that no player will ever taste all the Spirit Food in the recipe library in their lifetime... let alone all of it; completing even one-tenth in a lifetime would already be very impressive.

After all, we don't even know where the production areas of most spirit materials are.

I can already imagine how vast the unexplored areas of the Monster World are; perhaps... we will never finish exploring the scenes of the Monster World in our lifetimes.

The Spirit Chef, a sub-class that seems to have no thresholds or restrictions, is in my eyes an impossible mission to achieve the "Full Clear" achievement.

The Eclipse Clan is so ruthless; they actually made a game that cannot be fully explored in a lifetime.

But the problem is, I don't even know if there is a next life; I just want to ask if the account can be inherited so my grandson can continue playing for me.

Is This Beaver? replying to Nightfall Approaches: Brother Night, don't be afraid; whether the sub-class is hard or not has nothing to do with us. We just need to spend money in the Trading Hall to buy the Spirit Food they craft; money solves all problems. As for how to find spirit materials or how to craft Spirit Food, leave that to players who like crafting. Every player has a different division of labor in the player camp; your duty is to guide newbies and help us develop more Star Pulse combination builds, while my task is to flatter you after every comment you make, providing you with spiritual support (Brick Mover Smiles. jpg).

Frenzied Little Chicken: I have no interest in sub-classes; my mind is now full of fighting the Black Tide. Every morning I wake up to check if the guild is organizing a charge. These past few days have ignited me; I feel boiling battle blood flowing through my veins; I want to fight, aaaaaah... Also, just a note, I hope this sub-class develops well, crafting more Spirit Food that increases permanent attributes. If the price is cheap, I'll buy it; if it's sold too expensively, I'll roast it.

Swear to Only Love My Wife: The Spirit Chef sub-class looks very important; the special effect bonuses of various Spirit Food are fierce. Just now I browsed some and found a Spirit Food meal called "Clouds of Green Waves"; after eating it, all attributes +300. Most importantly, it can be eaten repeatedly. Although the effect weakens with multiple consumptions, the effect of this Spirit Food is too fierce; eating it makes you take off on the spot. It's just that the crafting materials total 103 types, and none of them are recorded in the encyclopedia library (Wiping Tears. jpg).

Death Scythe Specializes in Killing Lucky Ones: Holy crap! Holy crap! I found this thing in the recipe library (Jump Link: Stardust Deep Blue). The effect after eating is actually Body Constitution Strength +2,000. What kind of god-tier recipe is this? Which big shot can quickly craft one for me? The kid wants to become a muscle man, please, please.

Game Brick Mover: Scanned around and found that the effects of Spirit Food are bizarre and varied: short-term, long-term, permanent. The sub-class gameplay feels very interesting. Unfortunately, I don't like cooking. I hope the official releases a forging-type sub-class; I like that one. In games I played before, the sub-classes I chose were always forging-related. However, given the extremely high freedom of the Dark Land, I'm afraid this forging sub-class will require players to personally hammer and forge, rather than just calling up the function panel to do it with one click.

Can This Game Fish?: Trouble asking, who knows how to craft the "Power of the Great Sea" Spirit Food? I checked the spirit material recipe; about half of it is in the encyclopedia. This Spirit Food is fierce; after eating it, one can maintain underwater breathing for 35 hours. I'm currently exploring the ocean and urgently need this Spirit Food. I just don't know if the remaining status bonus effects after death can be maintained after resurrection.

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng's consciousness quickly flipped through the new content on the forum.

Regarding the sub-class "Spirit Chef," players launched a heated discussion on the forum.

Among them, the discussion with the highest heat was the 23,384 selectable recipes that debuted alongside the Spirit Chef sub-class.

The effects of many of these Spirit Food sets made players envious.

In the sub-class function panel opened this time, the recipe library detailedly recorded the crafting method for every dish and the various spirit materials required.

But for the vast majority of spirit materials, players haven't even seen them with their own eyes; they aren't even in the encyclopedia library, proving they simply haven't been discovered by players.

Regarding this, Qi Sheng appeared very calm.

Before launching this function, he carefully considered various potential problems.

Players mentioned in the forum that the newly launched Spirit Chef sub-class has no growth system function; it starts with max-level skills.

This was also done intentionally by him.

In normal games, after players activate a sub-class function, there is a corresponding sub-class growth system.

For example, a Level 1 sub-class can only craft Level 1 items and props; the strength of crafted items needs to increase along with the sub-class level.

It even sets proficiency as the experience value for sub-profession advancement.

In more complex game settings, to craft special items with a sub-profession, one must also purchase additional channels, such as recipes, potion formulas, and engineering schematics; they cannot be obtained and used directly.

But the Monster World is, after all, not a game.

Letting players develop the "Spirit Chef" sub-profession themselves and research recipes on their own would be a waste of the players' time and energy.

The research process also involves serious waste of spirit materials.

After all, research is not achieved in one step; it requires accumulating experience through numerous failures.

How could he let players waste precious development time researching spirit food recipes?

Before launching the new feature, he contacted the four Great Servants, including Guidance, and obtained all the spirit food recipes known to them through their memory banks, focusing on a grand giveaway of recipes at the start.

Players only need to follow the spirit material combinations on the recipes to craft spirit food.

This greatly shortens the players' process of research and exploration.

Of course, the recipes known by the four Great Servants are only a portion, and most of them lean toward the high-end, uncraftable by players at the current stage.

In the future, as players research the Spirit Chef sub-profession, any recipes they successfully create themselves will be added to the recipe database, and they will be given a certain amount of Shou Shou Jili as a reward.

For instance, the low-grade spirit food crafted by Qin Kong using silver-tailed fish was a dish nonexistent in the memories of the four Great Servants; after granting him a reward of 3,000 points, he recorded the production process of this dish into the recipe database.

In addition, Qin Kong also obtained the right to name this dish.

Henceforth, whenever any player opens the detailed production introduction for this dish, they will see Qin Kong's game name displayed on the first line of the recipe.

This is also Qi Sheng's encouragement and support for innovative players.

Today is a double chapter; the ten-thousand-word explosive update continues.

Thank you to Mang Mang Xingxing for the donation of 10,000 Qidian coins.

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