Chapter 460

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Hearing the system prompt in his mind, Lu Feng subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

He then recalled that the system had previously mentioned that after upgrading, each time a task was completed, the next task would automatically refresh.

Lu Feng opened the system task interface in his mind and began checking this task's content.

【Task Name: The First Step to Becoming the God of Cooking】

【Task Content: Please have the Host read and master the culinary books specified by the system within one month. To assist the Host in completing the task smoothly, the additional skill Photographic Memory has been automatically unlocked (Skill Effect: After the Host reads any text content, it can be permanently remembered without needing to reread).】

【Task Reward: Cuisine Fragment Lottery once.】

After the system's electronic voice finished broadcasting, Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

The first step to becoming the God of Cooking is reading books?

This task seems a bit simple; compared to previous tasks like high-altitude bungee jumping, it's practically a freebie exam question.

Lu Feng has always been very confident in his reading speed.

During university, because he often had to go out for part-time jobs, Lu Feng never had time to review his major courses normally.

Every time he would wait until the week before exams, then start cramming, directly finishing all the professional books in one week.

Not only did he not fail any exams, he could even rank in the top fifty of his major.

This talent of his made the several roommates in the dormitory who often failed courses genuinely envious for a good while.

Although after graduating university and starting work he rarely read books anymore, this talent of his probably hasn't been lost.

And on top of that, this time the system also gave the Photographic Memory skill; with this skill, no matter how thick the book, he's confident he can finish reading it within three days.

Moreover, the time limit the system gave this time is still one month; Lu Feng feels he simply won't need that much time.

This task reward is still Cuisine Fragments; he just got three new recipes from the lottery, looks like before long he'll be able to unlock a few more new dishes.

He's one step closer to assembling a complete cuisine.

"System, where are the books needed to complete the task?"

Lu Feng could barely contain the excitement in his heart, already impatient to go back tonight and start reading.

Getting back to the villa, it wasn't even ten o'clock yet; he planned to read for two hours before sleeping, finish early and draw the lottery early.

【Books required to complete the task have been issued.】

Lu Feng immediately started searching in the shop, first looking around the kitchen, but didn't see any books.

Then he looked out through the kitchen's glass window, and discovered a hardcover book placed right in the center of the counter.

He walked out quickly, picked up the book and weighed it in his hand.

This is a book about one centimeter thick, size similar to common reference books in bookstores.

"Just this?"

Lu Feng couldn't help but laugh: "This book doesn't have many pages; I could finish reading it before going to sleep tonight!"

This system task is unexpectedly simple!

But he hadn't been happy for three seconds when the system voice in his mind rang out again.

【Friendly Reminder: The book in the Host's hand is not the task book, but the book list of books that need to be read and mastered to complete the task. Please have the Host purchase the corresponding books according to the titles on the list and complete reading them to finish the task.】

"Nani?"

The smile on Lu Feng's face instantly vanished; he didn't hold the book steady, and it fell onto the counter with a "pa" sound.

This isn't the book to read to complete the task, but a book list?

Such a thick book list, how many books would that be to read?

Lu Feng hurriedly flipped through to carefully examine the content inside; after flipping a few pages he discovered it really was all names of books related to the chef field.

Lu Feng instantly felt the weight of this not-too-thick book in his hand become much heavier.

This book list has a full 120-plus pages, each page averaging about 15 books.

Lu Feng rapidly calculated in his head.

Holy crap!

Calculated out, he has to finish reading over 1,800 books to complete the task?

That's even more than all the books Lu Feng has read in all his years of schooling combined!

The system requires finishing within one month, meaning on average he has to read over sixty books a day!

"System, I just want to cook well, not get a PhD in culinary arts, is there a need to read this many books?"

Lu Feng instantly felt his head swelling, and started complaining at the air: "This book list is so thick, I'm afraid it includes all culinary books from ancient to modern, China and abroad, right?"

【This book list is only for chef basic index related books, accounting for approximately ten percent of the system's total recommended books.】

"So many books, and that's only ten percent?"

Lu Feng couldn't help but open his mouth wide: "System, you mean these one thousand-plus books are just the introductory books for chefs? If I bought all the books you recommend, my villa would be stuffed full, right?"

Then, he slapped the book in his hand making "pa pa" sounds, complaining with a dissatisfied face: "Not to complain, but isn't this task difficulty too high? You want me to finish this many books in one month; even if I read one book in ten minutes, I'd have to read at least ten hours a day, right?"

【Please have the Host strive to complete the task.】

No matter how Lu Feng complained afterwards, the system always only had this one cold response, just like some robot customer service on certain platforms.

"Sure enough, the familiar taste of a trap; fine, system you win, I'll take this trap."

Lu Feng stared at the book in his hand for a while, took a deep breath, and decided to accept this system task.

No choice, he still really wants the Cuisine Fragment Lottery task reward.

Although the system had him read and master quite a few books this time, the Photographic Memory skill the system just unlocked should be a considerable help in completing the mission.

The system probably also felt that finishing over a thousand books in one month was too difficult, so it unlocked an extra skill for him.

This system still counts as having a bit of conscience, but not much.

Ever since he got this system cheat, Lu Feng went from a down-and-out unemployed youth to the current restaurant owner in just over a month, even gaining some fame in the Jiangcheng food circle.

Moreover, his goal now is to become a true God of Cooking; since he is taking this path, a chef's basic foundation indeed should be solidified.

It's just that from now on, he can no longer be like before, leisurely lying on the villa's big bed playing games until midnight.

The game on his computer that he still hasn't cleared to this day flashed through Lu Feng's mind, but it was quickly replaced by the thought of finishing all the cooking skill books sooner.

Lu Feng placed the book list on the food ingredient box, planning to first organize a reading plan after returning to the villa later.

He decided to set aside at least eight hours every day to read books from now on; with the system's Photographic Memory skill's boost, he might even complete the mission ahead of schedule.