The European Emperor’s character remains standing

Chapter 198: Meeting here, a tacit understanding
As soon as they logged in, they acted separately according to the plan. Lin Shilu and An Zhe'er were together, but just after they finished the summer mission, Zhe'er discovered that the deer cub was missing.

Hoping that the young deer might still be around, he didn't send a message to anyone else and started looking on his own. After all, the map of this small town wasn't too big.

As Lin Shilu was walking, he smelled a fragrance. He followed the scent and after asking around, he found out that it was a snack stand set up by players for their own goals in the summer event.

During the summer event, players can choose various tasks or modes at will, and accumulate summer coins to exchange for limited items in various summer stores. Therefore, players are not limited to playing dungeons, some start construction, and some start business stalls to make a fortune during the summer event.

The stall owner's business was extremely brisk. Ten minutes later, it was Luzai's turn. He selected a few of the stall's signature dishes, ordered ten portions of each, and said as he ate, "They taste so good, no wonder there are so many people lining up."

A passerby in the queue replied to her: "It's normal. This is a holographic game. No matter how much you eat, you won't get fat. The taste is also authentic. Not to mention that a chef patch was released a few days ago."

"What is that?" The deer cub looked at the passers-by eagerly. Lin Shilu was not online during the patch update and didn't know about it. No one could withstand being looked at with such expectant eyes for 3 seconds.

“No matter how bad you are at cooking in real life, there are various tutorials here. You can set a goal for what you want to cook and learn under the system and guidance, just like in real life. The most perfect work will emit golden light. Even if it’s a dark dish, it doesn’t matter. You can choose the simple mode and do it step by step.”

“I heard that many people have learned how to cook in real life through this, and there are also various cooking tips shared by other players on the forum.”

"I heard that there will be a summer cooking competition soon." The stall owner interrupted, "As long as you participate, you can get basic summer coins and event-limited clothing."

"Wow." Lin Shilu's eyes were full of longing, "What a grand occasion that would be. Would it be possible even if I have no cooking experience?"

The dark cuisine contestants are excited.

"Of course you can, provided you pass the pre-match assessment and complete the training and preparation of various basic dishes in chef mode. There is still more than a month before the start of the competition, so if you practice more, nothing is impossible."

The stall owner was promoting the food while preparing it.

"It is said that the contestants can compete with their best dishes, and the audience will be the judges. However, they also need to pay a certain fee, which is summer coins and game coins. As long as you complete the tasks during the summer event, even if you set up your own tasks, you will get summer coins."

"Yes, it's almost like getting something for free. In this world, only delicious food and stories are worth living up to." Lin Baiwei took the crepe and gelato he ordered and said, "That scene felt like a full banquet. If you enter the competition, I will definitely vote for you. Your crepe is so delicious."

"That's right!" echoed the queue behind him.

The stall owner smiled happily, "Thank you for your support. Today, crepes are 95% off, and Italian ice cream is % off. I hope you will support me during the competition. You can buy physical summer coins and various game currencies. If you don't have money, you can use food ingredients, medicinal materials, or bring my books to offset it."

Who said this chef is not good? This chef is really good.

Sometimes diners are short of money, and they will use the food and herbs they pick and grow to make up for it. Some even go so far as to bring their own money to eat, and it is best to have more of this kind of good thing. There are also some who run away from the bill, but there is always a shortage of powerful diners.

The stall owner looked at the diners in front of him, who were like ripe cabbages in the field, and felt happy. He gave Lin Shilu and Lin Baiwei each a piece of Italian gelato.

As a result, she turned around and found that Folded Ears was missing. She wanted to ask the elf, but the customer service staff were on vacation recently and had not returned yet. The deer cub had to manually search for information about the Summer Chef Contest. After the search, she opened the panel and sent a message to her bestie.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: I bought some delicious food on a street in the town, let's go and taste it together. (Links to the food stored in my backpack) (Crêpes in hand, overhead shot of the Italian ice cream system)
[Scottish Fold Cat]: Where have you gone? When I turned around you were gone. I looked for you for a long time. (Cat crying emoji)
Lin Shilu finished a strawberry crepe without noticing, turned around and hid under a nearby eaves to cool off, and replied with his ears folded.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: I found this stall by smelling the aroma.

[Scottish Fold Cat]: You! Remember to save some for me.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: I heard that the God of Cooking Contest will be held in a little over a month, with two types of competitions, dessert and cooking. (Information link) Why don’t we go and participate? The Otherworld System will teach you everything. There is still more than a month before the competition starts. If you choose your entry and practice more, we will definitely succeed.

On the other side, Zhe Er was checking the shared link. To be honest, she was moved.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: Even though the competition is fierce, as long as you register for the competition there are consolation prizes. I believe that as long as we join forces, we will be invincible.

Don't you want to give it a try?

Normally, Sister You and the others don’t let us cook because they’re afraid of wasting ingredients and there are some problems with our cooking skills. But this is a game where you can eat without getting fat. We can collect the ingredients ourselves if we want to make anything, so there’s no waste at all. Even if there are problems, they will only have negative attributes after eating, but there are healing potions that can directly remove the negative status, so what are you afraid of?
The series of words spoken by the young deer are extremely tempting.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: I looked at the official forum and in about half an hour a new map will be opened in the game for the God of Cooking competition that will be held in a month.

As long as you follow the rules of the food map and turn on the chef mode, players can collect the ingredients they need everywhere and even raise them themselves. There are also two small maps, corresponding to cooking ingredients and desserts and pastries respectively.

[Seven-Colored Deer]: Share comments on the official forum - The food and pastry map is full of fairy tale style, and there is a real candy house. The representative buildings include the flowing chocolate river, ice cream snow mountain, cream waterfall, annual ring cake forest, egg tart pudding...

Cooking Ingredients Map - Various new delicious ingredients have been added, including crystal braised pork, honey pear balls, and flavors from all over the world. As long as you defeat them or trade with them, you can get unique ingredients from them. There are finished products, ingredients, and recipes. What are you waiting for?
[Folded Ear Cat]: I will collect the cooking maps, and you will collect the pastry maps.

We will advance and retreat together! We will definitely be able to create a better future. Cheers to the MasterChef Contest in a month.

Lin Shilu divided the system page into two parts, one was the chat interface with Zhe Er, and the other was the location of the pictures and the food stalls. He edited the content and then submitted it to Today's Newspaper - Food Column.

It was quickly approved, sparking widespread comments and enthusiasm, with most players being teleported to the snack street in the small town.

Seeing that more and more people were coming, Lin Shilu decided to slip away and bought two or three freshly baked cakes from other stalls.

Later, he was teleported to Water Town. Water Town was the first to be hit by the hot summer. With the arrival of summer in the game, the game officials released many tasks to plant ice grass in Water Town. Large areas of ice grass replaced the Yao Shi (a greening variety) which grows in the presence of water and produces water without water.

It has many names. The one that grows in water and looks like a jellyfish and has a jelly-like feel is called ice crystal flower or ice grass flower. The one that grows on the ground is called ice ridge grass or ice flower grass.

Ice grass only needs to absorb the hot climate to grow. When it blooms, the mature ice grass will melt in an instant. The melted water droplets fall on the ground, water flow, and air, and turn into tiny snowflakes through the clouds, falling one after another, which is a beautiful sight.

The immature seeds are like ice ridges that you can break off at random, and are easy to preserve, but they still need 2 to 3 days to take root and sprout after being planted. Whether it is a seedling or a flower, the shape of ice ridge grass is ice. The seedlings are small ice ridges that look like grass, and the mature seedlings are transparent grass with ice flowers of various shapes.

The ice grass that grows on the ground has an ice shape. When it melts in the water and flows with the water, it becomes the ice flower grass that feels like jelly and has an icy feel.

Due to excessive planting, the water town, which was very hot at the beginning of summer, is now covered with snow. This is what the summer snow scene looks like.

After some time, the ice grass and the temperature will reach a balance, and then the water town will be the most popular. Although the weather in the water town is a little hot at the moment, due to the characteristics of the ice grass, the water with the icy grass is cool, which dispels the scorching temperature.

The water in the water town hangs upside down in the sky. At this time, the water is covered with tiny snowflake-like ice grass. With them, even in the hottest summer, the water will not be affected by the temperature and it feels cool to the touch. The water in various parts of the water town converges into a huge waterspout in the air, and through this waterspout you can go to the sky map - the floating island. After being teleported to the water town map, Lin Shilu just finished eating Italian ice cream and was very comfortable.

It is summer and the flowers are in full bloom.

There is a breeze in the water town today. The flowing water in the town is covered with petals blown into the water by the wind, and the petals flow with the water.

A gust of wind blew, and more petals were swept into the suspended water flow. The players who were riding the waterspout to tour the town were now more like riding on a float made of water, parading around.

Lin Shilu was fascinated by the scenery, and suddenly heard a question in his ear: "Is it beautiful?"

“It looks good.” Turning her head, she saw the culprit who caused all the flowers in Shuizhen to be swept into the water was standing next to her, with his ID above his head hidden.

There are special masking symbols in the mall that can cover the ID above the head. This is usually used to avoid vendettas. There is also an immersive mode that has been recently added, which can hide the difference between players and NPCs.

"Are you a player?" she asked, the bracelet feeling slightly hot.

"Yes, I'm Ling Xia." The person was dressed brightly, had a beautiful smile, and had a vivid image that was unforgettable. "Ling for ice, Xia for summer."

"Real name?" Lin Shilu was a little confused. In the game, most people introduced themselves using their ID or nickname. Few people said their real name unless the ID was too difficult to say. But even so, few people would say their real name right away.

"Yes." She directly opened the system panel and showed the real name column: Ling*.

"What about you? Whatever your name is, it doesn't matter if it's not your real name."

The other party was so frank, Lin Shilu couldn't resist her enthusiasm: "Lin Shilu."

"I see deer near the clouds, drinking water near the Zen gate. What a good name."

"Uh, yes, the one about when deer are seen in the deep woods and when the stream is at noon, no bells can be heard. Although there is no difference, my name comes from this..." Lin Shilu said awkwardly.

"So that's how it is. Then I can call you Xiaolu, is that okay?" Ling Xia wasn't embarrassed and said in a familiar manner.

"Okay." Lin Shilu nodded and added the friend. Recently, the avatars of Lin Ximing and Ling Qixian on the list turned gray, indicating that they were offline.

Ling Xia's excessive enthusiasm made Lu Cub a little timid. She gave people the impression that a heat wave was blowing in her face, accompanied by a sticky and humid feeling, like a tropical rain forest. She felt that even her fingertips were slightly numb.

It's not her fault. Anyone who is stared at by a pair of golden eyes would feel like being stared at by a large carnivore.

Whether it was intuition or the backup plan left by Xi Ling, the bracelet that was now getting hot was telling Lin Shilu that this was the next fragment!
Lin Shilu thought: "A Ling's fragment is too passionate. What should I do if I can't handle it?"

"What are you going to do next? Can we do it together?"

"Okay." Lin Shilu's face looked calm, but his body was very honest. When the other party approached, he subconsciously took a step back.

"You seem very afraid of me. Is it because I did something wrong that makes you afraid of me?" There was a sense of adhesion between Ling Xia's words. They sounded very intimate, like she was acting coquettishly.

There was disappointment in his tone, and self-blame and depression on his face.

"I'm not, I don't. I really like you, not anyone else." Lin Shilu instinctively stepped forward and held the other's hand to show his sincerity. Every time Xi Ling did this before, she would comfort him like this, and now her body instinctively came forward. After she finished speaking, she realized that she had used the old little combo again.

"Uh, I mean." She quickly made up for it: "I'm preparing for the MasterChef competition next, and I want to go to the newly opened pastry map to collect all kinds of delicacies. Let's go together."

"Okay." Ling Xia responded. She moved closer to Lin Shilu, sticking very close to him, as if she was hugging the fawn from behind. "But when it comes to collecting, we shouldn't limit ourselves to dessert maps, we should also include other maps."

Lin Shilu’s permission setting is that as long as you add a friend and open the panel, you can share it and both parties can see it.

The same thing happened to Ling Xia. She hid the friend panel, so Lin Shilu didn't know that he was the only one in the other party's friend list, and it was pinned to the top.

"As long as you click here and search for desserts, you can see that all the maps have the ingredients needed to make desserts, as well as the finished products."

The burning breath sprayed on his neck, making Lin Shilu feel a little uncomfortable, but the next moment the other party loosened his arms, pulled up the deer cub's wrist and slid down, their fingers intertwined.

"Let's go. The nearest place is a store selling ingredients for making ice cream. According to the list you listed, you should need a lot of them. The quantity is limited and it's first come first served. Let's go and collect them together so that others don't get there first."

"Okay." The deer cub replied with a smile.

There are too many icicles in the water town. In order to maintain the balance, along with the hot weather, fine snowflakes are quietly falling to cool down the temperature.

These tiny snowflakes will not take root and sprout again as seeds, but will quietly melt into the hair, skin and even every corner of the town as part of the cooling process.

Water flows in various places in the water town are suspended in the air, forming water tornadoes. The sunlight shines through the water tornadoes and falls all over the town, bringing scorching temperatures to provide nutrients for the growth of ice crystal flowers.

At noon, the weather is the hottest, and a large number of ice crystal flowers bloom to cool down the temperature. At this time, the mature ice crystal flowers will not turn into seeds, but will only turn into tiny snowflakes and melt quietly, paving the way for other immature ice crystal flowers.

By the evening, these immature ice crystal flowers will become mature, and like dandelions, they will sprout and grow rapidly in a suitable environment overnight.

Snowflakes will melt soon after falling on the ground. Where there are ice crystals, a rainbow will definitely appear after heavy snowfall.

Gradually, a beautiful rainbow rose in the town, shining brightly together with the suspended water.

Under the snowflakes, the two reunited hand in hand and headed to poetry and distant places to find ingredients for the chef competition.

Known fragments: Ling Qixian, Lin Ximing,

It was so difficult to come up with a name, and before I knew it, hours had passed.