The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 174: Seniors from the Previous Era (6K)

It is broad daylight on the Blue Star world.

But in the world of food, on the isolated island, there is a deep darkness without moonlight.

Fortunately, when purchasing the drone, the need for night exploration was fully taken into consideration. Xia An looked at the clear night vision scene on the screen of the remote control in his hand and quietly gave a thumbs up to his own wisdom.

buzzing...

The drone was flying over the island at a fairly high altitude.

The night sky was quiet and there were no birds flying.

Xia An stared at the outline of the island on the remote control screen with a somewhat obsessed look.

However, his admiring look quickly changed.

The drone flew to the swamp area where the Kaira crocodile was last seen.

Coincidentally, compared to the dense forest where Tara Vajra lives, this area is full of bare trees, and the view is suddenly much wider.

And from this…

What appeared on the screen was a disaster movie in which giant beasts were fighting each other!

The more than ten-meter-long [Kaira Crocodile] covered in red armor was currently being bound by layers of a giant gray swamp snake of unknown length.

Xia An let the drone hover, and with his other hand he took out his cell phone and took a picture of the clear image captured on the remote control screen.

beep.

The mobile phone illustration emerges.

……

Swamp Snake

[Capture level: 5 (10)]

[Reptiles, living in swamps]

[Snake meat is firm due to frequent activities, and the tail contains miscellaneous bones, which is suitable for stewing with vegetables, and the soup base is delicious]

[Snake meat ingredient recycling price: 500 grams/20 igo mall points]

……

"The other swamp monster that Silverback described the other day must be this group of swamp snakes, right?"

"Indeed, in the swamp, once you are entangled by this kind of monster, you will never be able to escape."

"Is this a boss swamp snake? Ordinary swamp snakes only have 5 capture levels, but this boss swamp snake has 10 levels."

The entanglement and fight between the giant snake and the giant crocodile was quite interesting at the beginning. After all, on the blue planet, this was a living fantasy blockbuster of giant beasts, and countless trees around it collapsed.

After watching for a quarter of an hour, the novelty wore off, and it seemed that the battle between the two giants would not end in a short time.

Xia An shook his head and controlled the drone, which had been hovering for a long time, to continue flying towards the center of the island.

The gray and dry swamp gradually turned into a rocky mountain.

Xia An had anticipated this.

He watched.

The overall topography of the island is low on the sides and high in the middle, much like it was formed by a huge extinct volcano.

then.

The drone has to climb a hill.

Suddenly, Xia An's hands, which were holding the remote control tightly, shook.

A pair of scarlet eyes appeared in the high-definition night vision footage.

The pair of eyes glanced over.

"Roar…"

Accompanied by a violent and irritable roar.

The air current instantly blew the drone away, and it broke into pieces in mid-air, falling into the forest below.

"Damn, we were not careful enough. The drone was too close to the hillside... Damn it... The first drone was killed just like that?"

Xia An's eyes twitched.

Moreover, the transmission signal was interrupted. Just now, Xia An only vaguely saw a winged pterosaur-like creature crawling in the cave.

Although he didn't take a picture to search the illustrated guide directly, Xia An used his memory to search for pterosaurs in the archive of the igo app.

"that's it!"

Soon, Xia An found the murderer who destroyed the drone.

【Kedon Dragon】

[Capture Level: 10]

[The meat is very unpalatable and worthless, and is called "the kaidon dragon that will never taste good no matter how you cook it."]

Saw reviews that were of no value.

Xia An lost interest instantly. There was no need to waste energy on it.

A second drone takes off.

This time, while climbing the slope, Xia An controlled the drone away from the mountain.

With excellent night vision and pixel shooting capabilities, he discovered that this huge extinct volcano was like an alternative ecosystem, inhabited by a group of monsters that were completely different from the forests and swamps on the ground.

"This giant bird that looks like an eagle... is it a [Hungry Bird]? Capture level 3."

"Hmm, another type of pterosaur? It's called [Pterosaur]... It's only at level 4..."

As for level 1 or below [Bronze Level] fantasy life, there are too many to count.

suddenly.

Xia An's pupils shrank slightly.

My sight was attracted by a lush tree on the cliff.

A raspberry tree!
The trees are full of strawberry-like fruits whose color cannot be concealed even in the darkness.

These "strawberries" are clustered together, covered with transparent glass-like coverings, tied to one end of the branches and hanging down.

Click!

Xia An was quick-witted and took a photo on the remote control screen with his mobile phone and connected to the igo application.

……

【Earth Berry】

[Capture Level: 60]

[Extremely rare plants and ingredients, usually grown in places rich in nutrients and minerals]

[The favorite sweets of all dragons and pterosaurs]

[All the dreamy fruits with sweet berry flavors are gathered together to make the most dreamy strawberry mousse cake in the world]

[Repurchase price: 1 capsule/50 igo mall points]

……

Level 60!
A full 60 levels of capture ingredients!
Xia An's heart sank, and then he was ecstatic, "This is indeed a treasure island, full of surprises, full of gifts from the gourmet world and nature!"

He studied the illustrated guide again and again.

His eyes fell on the recycling price and he frowned slightly, then he relaxed immediately after realizing it:
"1 points per pill?"

"One, just one strawberry."

"Inside that transparent capsule are clusters of 'earth berry' fruits, at least hundreds of them!"

In other words, a ball of fruit sac is equivalent to 5,000 points.

Xia An was shocked by the estimated price.

Because, there are at least a dozen transparent fruit sacs hanging from the whole tree, so the overall score should be at least 5, right?
“Is this the wealth that comes from discovering level 60 fantasy ingredients?”

Just as Xia An was staring at the remote control screen and muttering to himself.

Click.

The screen was blurred and the transmission signal was lost.

???

Xia An was shocked: "What the hell...what took down my drone?!"

He didn't even see the attacker, any form of attack.

This means that there is a top-level existence in the food chain near the earth berry tree that Xia An cannot afford to offend. If he were there, he would die instantly.

Xia An sat down, refusing to believe it, and was determined to take a picture of that top existence in the food chain.

however…

Perhaps the drone just now has disturbed that top-level existence.

The third drone was still climbing the hill, and the ground berry trees on the cliff at the top of the mountain just appeared in the night shot.

“Shh…!”

The remote control screen suddenly went dark and lost signal.

Xia An was silent, frowning: "You destroyed my two drones... I will remember this grudge!"

Say it.

On an aerial photo of the island on the mobile phone screen.

Mark the Earthberry tree with a red circle and red text:
【restricted area】

[Suspected to be the guardian of the dragon overlord]

Soon, the fourth drone took off and bypassed the area where the earth berry trees existed, and then smoothly arrived at the top of the extinct volcano.

The scene inside the crater, as shown in the night vision aerial camera, is actually a magnificent large pasture.

That's right!

The grassland is vast, and there are some unknown plants half a person's height, glowing like grass in the night.

"That's... the trace of human existence that Silverback mentioned?"

Xia An was stunned.

He discovered that there was actually a piece of fertile land that had been reclaimed and cultivated on the grassland of the crater. The fields were crisscrossed with paths and paths. From the bird's-eye view from high altitude, the square fields were divided very neatly.

What shocked Xia An was the most.

In front of this fertile field, there is an antique house surrounded by a fence.

That style was definitely an ancient Chinese style. Xia An couldn't tell whether it was from the Tang, Song or Ming dynasties, but the flying swallow brackets were like something that was imprinted in his blood. Xia An could tell at a glance that it was probably built by a Chinese senior who had entered the food industry...

It is even possible that they are the first batch of pioneers who followed the chef god Liu Maoxing and stepped into the food industry!
"The fields are already overgrown with weeds, and the plants in the fields are spreading wildly. No one has taken care of them for a long, long time..."

Wait for the drone to lower its flying altitude.

Xia An looked carefully at the crops grown in the fields and his eyes suddenly widened.

"and many more…"

"all these are?"

He noticed the lush crops in one of the fields.

The harvested wheat ears are full of rice grains that are like broken jewels, and each grain is as crystal clear as a gem.

Moreover, the gem rice on each ear of wheat has a different color.

There is red, blue and purple.

Xia An's heart was burning with excitement, and he quickly looked for the illustrated book.

……

【Gem Rice】

[Capture Level: 25]

[Only exists in the 'Gem Swamp', guarded by giant gem beetles, and the swamp environment is dangerous, nerve-paralyzing poison gas is everywhere, and the ground can collapse at any time]

[Each grain of rice is like a perfectly cut gem, showing different colors such as red, blue, green, and purple. The surface is crystal clear and reflects brilliant light under the light]

[It has a rich rice aroma and sweetness, with a subtle mineral flavor, similar to the refreshing feeling of natural mineral water...]

[Recycling price: 100 grams/ points]

……

what.

Xia An discovered that the illustration had an additional note affix added:

[In the food world, gem rice is regarded as a symbol of wealth and power. Some indigenous tribes, towns or countries even use gem rice as currency.]

“Can gem rice be considered the universal currency in the food industry?”

His eyes were subtle, and he thought of the magical rice or magical stones in the novels about cultivation.

However, Xia An's thoughts did not wander far, and his burning gaze immediately shifted to another completely different field and crop on the drone remote control screen.

In terms of vision.

A golden color!
……

【Golden Wheat】

[Capture Level: 10]

[The wheat ears are like gold, the surface of the wheat grains shines with metallic luster, and when they are ripe, they emit a fragrance that attracts wild beasts]

[Wheat grains contain high concentrations of natural sugars and rare minerals. They are the key ingredients for making ‘comprehensive’ and ‘God’s bread’. Top pastry chefs regard them as sacred objects, and the finished products they make can trigger the ‘ultimate happiness’ of the taste buds…]

[Recycling price: 100g/500 points]

……

Xia An held his breath, his eyes flickering, and let the drone take a bird's-eye view of another field.

……

【Corn with bones】

[Capture Level: 11]

……

[Thunder Onion] [Capture Level: 18]

……

Lots and lots of them.

After a while, Xia An collected six or seven new crop illustrations, all of which were of gold quality above level 10.

In his heart, he exclaimed how magnificent it was that this senior from China had brought the flower-growing talent of a farmer to the world of food.

You should know that both [Gem Rice] and [Golden Wheat] grow in fixed areas.

In other words.

They are a specialty of a certain region!

But now, in this crater pasture and artificially reclaimed fertile land, large tracts of crops are thriving!

Xia An suppressed his excitement and turned his gaze towards the fence and the house.

There are also a few small plots of land inside the fence, but no crops are planted there. Instead, some flowers and plants are grown there.

Behind the house, there are several lush and vigorous fruit trees.

A drone took a bird's-eye view.

Xia An kept taking pictures, and the picture book lit up with a "ding ding" sound:

"Level 33 [Broccoli Tree]."

"Level 10 [Red Wine Flower]."

"Level 30 [Mirror Lychee Tree]."

"And there's a [Marshmallow Pumpkin] whose vines have already covered the fence and even grown onto the roof... Level 34!"

To be honest, the people of Cheyenne are numb.

The sudden collection and discovery of so many high-end fantasy ingredients gives me a very unreal feeling.

half an hour.

Keep calm.

Xia An calmed himself down and carefully controlled the drone to approach the main house.

The exterior of the house looked dilapidated and had fallen into disrepair.

Fortunately, the Crater Ranch is surrounded by mountains with towering peaks, which block the wind and rain from all directions of the isolated island.

Otherwise, if a big typhoon hits, this wooden house will collapse.

But even so, the house was badly dilapidated, with doors and windows either broken or half-hanging and crumbling.

However, the drone camera was able to successfully capture the situation inside the house.

There is not much furniture, and the style is simple.

It was pitch black in the depths.

Watching through the screen, Xia An's brows knitted instinctively, with a creepy feeling of extreme danger.

"Something's wrong..."

The house may seem small, but the hidden danger is more terrifying than the guardian dragon beast of [Earthberry].

Xia An didn't hesitate and immediately let the drone fly high.

Ok?
Just then.

The evil red corners of the clothes quickly swept past the broken window on the second floor.

"Shadow?"

Xia An shuddered and muttered: "This dilapidated old Chinese building... It's full of the atmosphere of a Chinese horror movie. What's going on in the food industry that such evil things can happen?"

However, before figuring out the situation, the drone really cannot jump back and forth near the suspected evil.

You never know, you might just provoke it.

Xia An would rather let a few guardian dragon beasts hate him than get involved with these unlucky things.

Next.

A drone sweeps the crater pasture.

Soon there were new discoveries.

A stone house expanded from a cave!

The main fence house is located in the middle of the crater ranch, and the stone house is at the very edge, almost embedded in the mountain.

Moreover, the stone house has no door.

After the drone lowered to the doorway, it scanned the house.

"Foundry furnace?"

There was a thick layer of dust.

But the furnace inside, the hand-made bellows, and the tools scattered around are basically intact.

On the wall, there are many strange-shaped kitchen knives.

Some of them are still shining in the dark room, obviously not ordinary items.

Xia An's face suddenly froze.

That is…

He stared at the remote control screen with sharp eyes.

In the shot, there is a tool table with some books piled on it.

There was even a small notebook that looked like a diary, with one corner of it being pressed down by a stone slab.

“Fly in!”

Xia An decisively controlled the drone.

buzzing...

The drone’s multiple fan blades have a built-in dust-sweeping effect.

The dust on the tool table and notebooks was blown away, revealing the hieroglyphics that Xia An was familiar with:
[…I have been trapped on a deserted island for five years…The demon in my body is becoming more and more out of control. I need to leave here and find another extremely high-level sequence ingredient to break through and advance to another stage!]

[Another three months passed (crossed out)... I forcibly prevented a loss of control and autophagy (crossed out)... The test wooden boat I built was smashed to pieces by a sea monster as I watched... No... Without sturdy ships and aircraft, there is no way to go out to sea...]

[Great... I discovered a new type of gourmet cell sequence that can give me the ability to swim and breathe like a 'white shark in the waves'... My body can also secrete mucus to perfectly cover up the human breath, and those giant beasts in the ocean can't detect my existence at all... I am invisible in the ocean! ]

[(crossed out) Come on, I'm about to embark on another journey... No matter who you are, if you see this note, please don't go near the house with a fence! Remember! ]

[Inside, there is a 'demon' that I forcibly split out. It is completely out of control and may evolve into an evil spirit or a demon...]

[(crossed out) Of course, if you are a powerful person and can help me deal with the filth, that would be the best. The thank you gift is all the food resources on this island.]

[On the table is my food research and grinder's notes, I hope it will be helpful to you. ]

[(crossed out) Hmm... I may never come back, so... I'll give you an extra secret... Go into the tunnel behind the furnace and go underground, you will find a still-living 'Chalk Bird'... (crossed out) But I'm not sure how long it took you to land on this island, maybe the young 'Chalk Bird' has died...]

After reading it, Xia An rubbed his eyebrows.

The notes and messages from this senior from China contain an explosive amount of information.

He could actually forcibly split the gourmet demon that had already inhabited his body, which was equivalent to inviting the god to come out?

"It's probably some kind of secret method of self-mutilation and re-cultivation." Xia An whispered, "In the words of the immortal cultivators, the 'Dao Fruit' fetus that was created by self-mutilation has turned into an ominous and filthy thing."

This senior was truly magnanimous, and between the lines he wrote, he indicated that he was willing to give away the entire island, including all its resources. He even left behind notes and manuscripts.

"Notebook!"

"notes!"

Xia An did not hide his curiosity and desire as he stared at the pile of books on the tool table.

The dust on the top book had been blown away by the drone's fan blades.

The author's signature is written on the cover:

【Tang Meijun】

After a moment, Xia An controlled the drone to fly back.

The fourth drone finally did not become a consumable. Xia An wiped the sweat off his hands, put away the drone, turned around and shuttled back to the room in the Blue Star world, and plugged it in to charge.

call!
Subsequently, an observation map of the island was drawn.

Fence hut.

Stone house.

There are two exploration points that are circled.

Then there were some signs for the ingredients. Xia An had a headache looking at the densely packed names of the ingredients surrounding the fence hut:
"Unless we can get rid of that evil spirit, we won't dare to set foot here to collect food."

He resolutely put it aside and squinted his eyes to stare at the mark where the stone house was.

"The most urgent task is to get the notes of that senior!"

"Knowledge... inheritance..."

It is not possible to cross mountains and hills. You have to go through forests, swamps and climb mountains, which are full of deadly dangers.

Xia An thought of airdrop.

Is it possible for a drone to carry itself?

Or again.

By modifying the drone and installing a mechanical claw, he could easily bring back the notes and diaries without having to take any risks?

correct!

Xia An opened the igo app and searched for the name [Tang Meijun].

As a result, I really found the information.

……

【Tang Meijun】

[Cooking Rank: Chef Lin (Missing)]

【Born in 1965, disappeared in 1995】

[Titles/honors: Champion of the National Chef Championship (90th), ranked first in the world in the Forbidden City Five Ultimate Battle, champion of the World Chef Championship (held every four years)...]

[Evaluation: The most brilliant and outstanding talent of the Tang family of Longzhen Restaurant in modern times, he became Chef Lin at the age of 30 and is full of honors]

……

"Hiss..." Xia An was frightened by the title/honor column of this senior, which was so full that he couldn't write anything down.

From his youth and teenage years, he dominated the world until the year he disappeared.

Skillful.

People born in this year and month are of the same generation as Xia An's parents.

"The reason why we were able to find it is probably because this senior has been missing for a long time, and the files and information have been released over time."

However, Xia An felt that the ban was only half lifted.

There is only the resume and career of this senior in the food industry of the Blue Star World, but there is no record of her deeds in the food industry.

Xia An thought about it and sent a WeChat message to Meng Yulu.

[Xia An: Sister Meng, do you know Senior Tang Meijun? ]

[Meng Yulu: (confused) Of course I know this elder master of the previous generation. She even held me in her arms when I was a child. Why are you suddenly asking about this elder?]

[Xia An: I am quite curious about how Senior Tang Meijun disappeared in the food industry.]

[Meng Yulu: It involves a secret... Never mind, it doesn't hurt to tell you. In 95, IGO obtained a clue about the habitat of the 'Cretaceous Bird', so they organized a team of the most elite hunters in the world, led by 5 dragon chefs and followed by 10 lin chefs. Senior Tang Meijun was among them.]

[Later, the aircraft crashed on the return journey and everyone lost contact.]

It seemed as if he had predicted that Xia An would continue to ask about the chalk bird.

Meng Yulu looked annoyed, and after sending the message, she sent another food illustration.

……

【Cretaceous bird】

[Capture Level: 60]

【Known as the 'Fantasy Bird', on the verge of extinction】

[The body’s edible value is extremely low]

[Every five years, a 'Chak leaf' grows from the horns on its head. It is a top-notch herb in the food industry and has miraculous effects on injuries and diseases.]

['Chak Leaf' recycling price: 1 piece/? ? ]

……

Xia An was silent.

It was the first time he saw a food ingredient illustration with a question mark next to the recycling price.

"This 'Chak Leaf' is a priceless treasure."

Immediately, Xia An's breathing became slightly heavy.

According to the notes of senior Tang Meijun, behind the stone house, in a mysterious space deep in the tunnel, there is a young Cretaceous Bird whose life or death is unknown.

"It seems we have to send the 'robot dog' to explore the cave."

That's right.

Xia An suddenly thought of the emerging technological product robot dog in the past one or two years.

Domestic robot dogs can already walk on complex and complex terrains as if they were on flat ground. They can also be modified to have a live broadcast platform installed on their backs, or even carry baskets and mechanical claws to carry goods...

As a result, Xia An racked his brains and tried hard to recall the captive worldview of food.

He vaguely remembered that the villain force [Gourmet Club], which was famous for its technology and opposed to IGO, should have mass-produced science fiction products such as [GT Robot]. If he could get it, it would be like having a nanny for his exploration journey.

However, there is no information about these technological products on the igo app.

Xia An tried to ask Meng Yulu.

As a result, the female chef directly sent a question mark.

"Or maybe the technology of the Gourmet Club has not surfaced yet."

"Or maybe the food industry is ruined, the scientific knowledge and inheritance are cut off, and no one has dug it out yet..."

(End of this chapter)