Camp Chef

At this moment, Zhang Jiajia was standing at the door waiting for Ye Miaomiao.

He waited for a moment, and saw several buildings rising out of nowhere, filling the originally empty territory with something presentable. Although the houses beside the campfire were very simple, they stood firmly in this dark plain.

Suddenly a strong wind blew, and the whole grassland was rustling. Among the vast sky and earth, this small camp seemed to stand firm.

Zhang Jiajia suddenly felt like crying again. He rubbed his eyes and felt that he was useless. He cheered up and murmured, "Master, this is my first job. Although it's not the restaurant I thought it would be, but..."

The "Hungry Hungry" territory has hired you as a camp chef. Use the "Kitchen" building and accept all posted quests to receive a bounty. Do you accept?

[Player Ye Miaomiao gives you a prop: 5 points, do you accept it? ]

Zhang Jiajia's mood suddenly cleared up, and he was overjoyed: "I agree! I agree!"

but...

Territory...hungry, hungry, hungry?

Zhang Jiajia's expression froze. After paying the territory tax, the invisible wall in front of him suddenly disappeared. He walked in slowly and saw Ye Miaomiao swinging a rack in front of the campfire.

And on that poor, shaky rack, there was actually a whole fat pig weighing about 200 pounds!

His lord looked at the pig with green eyes and gestured with his knife left and right.

Zhang Jiajia: I was really scared. The lord must be very hungry.

...

Ye Miaomiao was about to cut the pork, but she was a white-collar worker who ordered takeout from the cafeteria every day, and cutting pork... really, she couldn't be said to be good at it.

"Lord, do you need my help?"

Just as Zhang Jiajia walked in, Ye Miaomiao hurriedly said, "Come and take a look."

She introduced them one by one: "This is the bacon rack, and this is the barbecue rack. Raw meat can only be kept for three days, barbecued meat can be kept for seven days, and smoked meat can be kept for a quarter. I want to make most of the pork into bacon to store so that I won't go hungry later, and make a small amount into barbecue."

"Also, don't call me Lord, just call me Miaomiao."

Zhang Jiajia quickly shook his head: "That won't work. The lord is the boss. I can call you boss, right?"

Ye Miaomiao didn't care about titles, as could be seen from the pitiful NPCs "Toolman No. 1" and "Security Team No. 1", so she simply said, "That's fine too."

Now the point is...

What to eat!

Hungry! I've been hungry all afternoon!

The chef NPC's rest schedule was too regular, and now he was standing there motionless and had broken down. Ye Miaomiao could only look at the raw meat anxiously.

Zhang Jia grew up in a restaurant, so he immediately sensed the hunger and resentment, and quickly said, "I'm good at cooking."

Then he eloquently recounted, "The pig's head is best when the hair is burnt off, braised, smoked, or in sauce. The pig's ears are soft yet crispy, and the pig's snout is chewy—all rare and unique delicacies. The leg meat has a thin skin, alternating between fat and lean, and is best smoked."

"The pork neck is six ounces of gold, plum-shaped, and the fat is evenly distributed, so grilling it won't make you feel greasy. The pork belly is fat and lean, so if you can't stand the fat, you can grill it a little harder and use the fat to stir-fry some tenderloin and vegetables..."

"Speaking of offal, grilled pig intestines are common. They're rich in fat, and they taste best when grilled until they're sizzling and slightly crispy. Pig hearts and lungs..."

Ye Miaomiao wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth vigorously.

She opened the system panel and quickly issued a kitchen task: [Make 1 serving of food for player Ye Miaomiao, reward: 5 points]

After a moment's thought, he posted another task: [Use kitchen materials to make 200 servings of smoked meat. Every 20 servings of smoked meat increase hunger by 10 points, and you'll be rewarded with 10 points. Note: For every 10 servings of kitchen materials wasted, you'll lose 5 points.]

Successfully completing this task would earn you 100 points and allow you to join Hungry Hungry as a permanent resident. Ye Miaomiao blinked, "The first task is a newbie benefit for you. You won't get this benefit in the future."

"Okay!" Zhang Jiajia was in a joyful mood and ignored Ye Miaomiao's cunning eyes and kept moving.

Ye Miaomiao gave him the bone knife and fetched a bucket of water. She washed the "dirty fur" looted from the savage tribe and put it by the fire to dry.

It is spring now and it is still a bit cold. It is not easy to catch a cold if you sleep against fur at night.

Halfway through washing, "Scientific Research Team No. 1" came to find Ye Miaomiao with heavy dark circles under his eyes, holding a small light spot emitting faint light in his hand.

"Lord, can I use the crude divine light to speed up my research?"

Ye Miaomiao took it and took a look.

[Crude Divine Light

Introduction: Special props, from the disaster "People of God"

Effect: Genetic modification: You can modify buildings and organisms to achieve unexpected results. (Warm reminder: The effect of the divine light modification depends on the quality of the divine light)

(Friendly reminder: Research on divine light is limited to this round of disaster.)

This is good stuff.

The core of "Civilization" is to develop civilization. Things that are related to gods, demons, and ghosts can be put into the research institute for dissection and research, which may light up a technology tree beyond "primitive civilization".

Since the NPC can be used, Ye Miaomiao will naturally not be stingy.

"Let's do the research," she said, cautiously glancing at the disheveled hair and haggard eyes of "Research Team One." "But... you should get some sleep, right?"

Research Team Number One took the divine light expressionlessly. "Lord, my program setting is that researchers don't need to sleep. Thank you for your concern."

After saying this, he left holding the divine light.

Ye Miaomiao: Solemn.

After dinner, it was almost dark.

He gave the cleaned fur to Zhang Jia's family and returned to the wooden house.

The night on the grassland is particularly bright, and the moonlight outside the window shines through and spreads all over the ground.

Ye Miaomiao draped the fur of some unknown animal on the wooden bed, and the cold wooden house suddenly became warm.

She received a system reminder as she lay down.

Currently, players around the world have completed the primary disaster. A total of 12 million territories have survived, divided into eight territories per region, with the world divided into 1.5 million regions. The situation is good.

【Please unite, human players around the world, and help each other. We are with you. 】

Ye Miaomiao fell asleep after hearing this, and thought in a daze... What are "human players"? Are there "non-human players"?

But she didn't think much about it, because sleepiness quickly came over her.

......

It is still night, but for some people it is a sleepless night.

As the sky grew darker, it became pitch dark in the already dense forest.

It would be fine if they were all young people, but the terrible thing is that most of this group of people are elderly people with gray hair.

"Grandma, please sit here for a while, they will be back soon."

The little girl with dry yellow curly hair looked into the depths of the dense forest, worry evident on her face.

She was wearing an obviously modified school uniform and heavy makeup that was completely inappropriate for her age. Her red lipstick smeared on her cheeks in a panic, making her look a little ridiculous.

"It's over, it's over. Mom and Dad are gone, so it's just us and Grandpa and Grandma. Now we're in this game, what should we do..."

A fat boy next to the little girl, known as "Brother Tian", was squatting next to his grandfather, crying heart-wrenchingly.

"Show some promise! Zhang Tiantian!"

Xu Lu took a big fight photo on Zhang Tiantian's head, and then she felt a little embarrassed when she saw Grandpa Zhang with a kind face next to Zhang Tiantian.

"Grandpa Zhang, please sit with my grandma. Brother Fang Yan said that if the territory accepts us, he will bring back some food to replenish your hunger. Please don't stand all the time. Standing consumes energy and your hunger will drop faster."

The Fang Yan she mentioned was the young man living alone downstairs. He was the only young man in this group.

Their community is a typical old and dilapidated suburban area. Those who are able to work have gone to the city to find jobs, leaving only the elderly and high school students attending the art and sports school next door.

The community is so small and there are many elderly people there, so people there become familiar with each other after coming and going together.

Fang Yan moved in a few months ago. This stern-looking man was warmly welcomed as soon as he moved in. Today, Grandma Zhang brought him stewed duck, and tomorrow, Grandpa Li helped him fix the light bulb in the corridor.

As soon as Xu Lu finished speaking, she saw two figures not far away. One was her grandfather, and the other one had an excellent head-to-body ratio and long legs, so it couldn't be anyone else.

She went to greet him happily, but saw Fang Yan frowning.

"What's wrong, Brother Fang Yan?"

"I don't accept it." Fang Yan said briefly, holding a few pieces of firewood and thinking.

Xu Lu frowned and was about to say something when she suddenly saw mud and stones stuck to Fang Yan's knee, with a particularly hideous streak of blood. She exclaimed, "Brother Fang Yan, you're hurt!"

"It's just a minor injury." Fang Yan patted the mud off the wound expressionlessly, as if he didn't feel any pain.

A shocking "hiss" sound came from Zhang Tiantian next to him, as if he was the one who was injured.

"Lively treasure!" Grandpa Zhang slapped Zhang Tiantian on the head with a big slap. It was obvious who Xu Lu learned this technique from: "Xiao Fang, was it done by those people in the territory?"

Before Fang Yan could say anything, Grandpa Xu beside him blushed and said angrily, "These people are really hateful!"

It turned out that he and Fang Yan took the wild ducks caught by Fang Yan to the western territory. The lord saw that Fang Yan was agile and was willing to keep them.

But when they heard that there were a few disabled grandmas and grandpas and a few underage high school students waiting for them in the central area and wanted to join the territory together, they immediately drove them away.

Grandpa Xu originally said that he would not burden Fang Yan and let him join the territory on his own.

Unexpectedly...

"Not only did these people want us to leave, they actually followed us secretly and tried to steal the wild ducks that your brother Fang Yan caught! They are truly unpredictable..."

Suddenly a cold wind blew, and everyone present shivered.

How much time has passed, and people who might have been friendly yesterday are now able to snatch things without any scruples today?

Grandpa Xu didn't say that he hated the people in these territories, but he suddenly realized that this was no longer a peaceful era and the territories were no longer the government agencies they used to be.

"Damn it!" Zhang Tiantian stood up suddenly: "No one can bully my grandfather and me..."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Lu interrupted him: "Listen to Brother Fang Yan."

Xu Lu looked at the elders worriedly: "Brother Fang Yan said before that the central public area will become very dangerous in a few days. He can't protect us alone. We must find a territory to join."

Fang Yan nodded, half-knelt on the ground, took out a ball of hay from his trouser pocket, and skillfully put his hands together, turning the wooden stick to make a fire, as if he had done it a thousand times.

But in a moment, a faint spark appeared on the hay, and suddenly rose up to dispel the chill of several people.

"Warm up first and recover."

Facing several pairs of sparkling eyes, Fang Yan explained: "Not all territories are so unreasonable. At worst, we can just travel through all the territories. Looking at the map, we are located in the southwest of the central area. We have seen the 'Flying Crazy Dragon Gang' in the southwest..."

Fang Yan was silent for half a second and skipped the topic directly: "Tomorrow we'll go to the 'Hungry Hungry' territory in the south to see... If that doesn't work, we'll have to find a way to survive in the central area..."

The rest of them nodded vigorously, and Zhang Tiantian patted his chest: "I'm here, Brother Fang Yan."

"Hurry up and find something to wipe the wound on your brother Fang Yan's lip." Zhang Tiantian's grandmother scolded Zhang Tiantian who had stood up again. Several old people told him to take his handkerchief and wash it in the nearby stream. The scene was in chaos.

Fang Yan lowered his eyelashes and said nothing more, letting the firelight cast long shadows on his face.

No one noticed that his eyes turned to the half-cut dark blue drawing in the pocket of his work shorts.

The blue drawing flickered with a faint glow, and a rather complicated structure was drawn on it.

"Hungry, hungry, hungry? Is it her..."

He spread out his palm, and in front of the dancing flame, the thin piece of unknown material was dyed red.