The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 180: Nail Fist, Eat Up (6K)

Two days later, Tokyo Airport.

"Cook Meng and I will go back first." Chi Xiaobai said goodbye to Xia An at the security checkpoint and warned him in an experienced tone, "By the way, don't hang out in Okubo if you have nothing to do. I'm afraid that you are so young and talented, and you might accidentally get a terminal illness."

Xia An saw Chi Xiaobai suddenly look shifty and wink at him, how could he not know what he was emphasizing.

He immediately said unhappily: “Don’t worry, we are chefs who pursue clean and perfect ingredients.”

Meng Yulu said: "I will take the 'big' replica of the Tanlang pot directly to the headquarters of the Beijing Association."

"As for the commendation information, please read it yourself."

"The old guys at the association headquarters have been discussing this for two days. They should have made up their minds to spend a lot of money to appease a genius like you."

I watched the two of them pass through security and leave.

Xia An also turned around, returned to the parking lot, and took the special car arranged for him by the Nakiri family.

On the Late Night Cooking Association app.

[You have completed the competition of the true and false legendary kitchen utensils and won honor for the Shenzhou food world. ]

[Rewards: ① Choose any one of the special gold-level ingredients (list); ② Upgrade the membership level from gold level to honor level (can purchase or exchange extraordinary-level ingredients); ③ Cash and real estate...]

To be honest, after Xia An opened the door to the world and obtained the coordinates of the isolated island.

Rewards ① and ② become unattractive.

"Put the rewards on the list first and redeem them when needed."

"But the 'membership level' upgrade..."

Xia An pondered and opened the food store of the Late Night Cooking App.

Then he couldn't help but blink.

Is this the mall he knows, the one that only sells bronze and silver?

[Shenzhou Food Association Mall]?
Xia An was surprised. It seemed that after the membership level was upgraded, the Late Night Cook App Mall and the big data of the Food Association headquarters were interconnected.

Pull open the interface.

The hot-selling product hanging on the big banner advertisement turned out to be gold-grade ingredients.

"Extraordinary is a general concept, including special gold level, platinum level, diamond level, emerald level, etc."

Xia An selected platinum ingredients of level 20-30. As a result, only a few of the ingredient icons were lit, indicating that they were in stock.

The situation is even more extreme for jade ingredients of level 30-40, with the entire page showing "black screen" and out of stock.

Flipped a few pages down.

Finally, Xia An perked up and found the ingredients on sale and in stock at the end of the page.

……

【Andre Sailfish】

[Capture Level: 31]

[Adult individuals are 10 meters long, 2 meters tall, and weigh 1 ton]

[This is a huge deep-sea fish with firm and tender meat, just like 100% pure steel. The soup made from it is light and delicious, suitable for both young and old]

[Please note that this product is already cut and processed 'swordfish meat', please do not buy if you mind the processing method]

……

The ingredients page is quite detailed, perhaps even more detailed than the illustrations in the igo archives.

Xia An looked away with little interest.

It’s no wonder that it is in stock. A giant fish with a body length of 10 meters, plenty of fish meat, high price and difficulty in cooking are enough to stop many chefs.

Seafood?

Large deep sea fish?
Oh, that's okay.

The sea area surrounding the isolated island... is everywhere!
As long as you dare to go to sea to hunt!
"Five million in cash."

"Real estate... is it just a picture of the completed property deed?"

Xia An opened the picture and found that the address on the title deed document was very familiar: No. xxx, a village in Shilihualang, Lijiang City.

Damn it.

Isn’t this the small country house he rented in the city of Lijiang?

In terms of value, it is far inferior to the top first-tier properties in Beijing and Shanghai.

But Xia An felt the appreciation and intention of making friends.

"It seems that my performance at this international event has been appreciated by the big guys above."

Then open the igo application.

A total of 5000 points.

Just transferred from the certified official account of [Shenzhou Food Association].

"This is a massive increase. I remember the initial reward for this mission was only 1,000 points? It's increased fivefold!"

Unfortunately…

Xia An shook his head slightly, his mood was calm.

Again, he owns and is developing a resource-rich island in the food world.

On the chef panel, I also gained a lot.

[World Gate Lv.1 (50%)]

[Current coordinate record slot: 1 (used)]

That's right.

The upgrade progress instantly soared to 50% after the final battle.

Xia An was not surprised by this.

After all, in that team final, he was competing head-on with Dojima Gin and Jacob Kim.

He defeated two internationally renowned chefs by using a single cooked dish. Among them, Dojima Gin is a graduate of Totsuki Saga and is ranked very high internationally.

"It's only 50% away, and the World Gate can reach Level 2, capturing and recording another coordinate point." Xia An was secretly excited.

what.

He found that he had also completed the "final goal" triggered by the panel.

……

[The Chef God panel has temporarily switched to Food Battle (competition) mode. 】

[Goal completed: Complete the theme dish arranged by Higashino Tsuyoshi in the finals and win. ]

[Obtain 3 Food Skill Points]

[Goal completed: Win a food battle or competition with Jacob King.]

[Obtain 2 Food Skill Points]

[Ding, the target has been locked on 'Jacob King' (American chef)]

[Obtain the incomplete food skill "Nail Fist"]

[Obtain the incomplete food skill "Eat Up"]

……

The final goal is triggered on the same day.

The goal of the duel with Jacob King was triggered when Xia An and everyone else were watching the game on the day when the American team played against the European team.

Unexpectedly, both goals were achieved at the same time in the finals.

"You got the nail fist and food already?"

Food skill points are secondary. Xia An almost laughed out loud when he saw the gains of these two food skills.

My goodness, they have taken all the power from Jacob King, the team leader.

【Nail Fist】!
He can remember.

It was with this trick that Jacob King was able to successfully process the steak of the level 30 [Drunken Beef].

At the same time, people like Meng Yulu and Dojima Gin also said.

Jacob King has not really embarked on the [Food Tyrant] route, which means that he is not a Sequencer.

What it relies on is [Eat Up] which is also a food skill, or "secret method"!
"Great."

"I am worried about the lack of combat power. The progress of exploring and mastering the isolated island is too slow."

[Nail Fist] is an explosive, destructive food skill.

【食沒】 tends to be of an auxiliary nature.

It can be simply understood as eating. By eating a lot, the energy contained in the food is stored in the body.

When necessary, release the energy through food skills!

Xia An opened the information about these two new food skills.

……

[Food Skill: Nail Fist]

[Grade: Purple (Remnant)]

【Progress: Beginner】

[A food technique with a rather unusual origin]

……

【Food Skill: Eat Up】

[Grade: Purple (Remnant)]

【Progress: Beginner】

[Powerful auxiliary food skills can turn the human body into an infinite energy storage treasure house]

……

"Panel, give me more!"

Just as he was worrying about how to use the huge amount of cooking experience points he had accumulated, Xia An closed his eyes and directly activated the krypton gold warrior.

[Dingquan (beginner) → Dingquan (advanced)]

【Eat and drink (beginner) → Eat and drink (master)】

[The follow-up information of this food skill is incomplete and cannot be upgraded further. Do you want to consume 'food skill points' to deduce it? ]

No.

Xia An rubbed his eyebrows and denied it first.

"Should I use my food skill points here?" He glanced at the stock on him.

[Food Skill Points: 8]

Quite a lot.

However, considering the already accomplished [Harmony] and perfected [Soothing Touch], 5 food skill points are required for each to be upgraded to a gold frame.

Xia An was suddenly in trouble.

The first thing is to focus on cooking-type food skills.

Or can we turn to combat-type food skills appropriately?

The first two have proven to be very effective, and they have a strong presence even in the dish "Crispy Ruby Crab Feet" when cooking level 46 Ruby Crab.

Xia Jing calmed down and comprehended the profound meaning of [Nail Fist] at the great perfection stage.

After a while, he exhaled:

“Worth a try!”

then.

After consuming 1 food skill point.

[Nail Fist (Great) →Nail Fist (Perfect)]

[Level-up information detected. Do you want to consume 2 food skill points to try? ]

This is what Xia An was waiting for.

If I can't break through the level, why should I bother with this?

"I'll spend more money!"

Then, the food skill information became blurred on the panel.

[Nail Fist (Perfect) → Nail Gun Fist (Beginner)]

……

[Food Skill: Nail Gun Fist]

[Grade: Purple]

【Progress: Beginner】

[The full power of the nail fist is released in one strike, which is very taxing on the body and arms]

……

"Consume 3 food skill points."

"Deduced a completely new and perfect combat food technique?"

Xia An wanted to applaud and call it wonderful.

Obviously, [Nail Gun Fist] is an extreme development of the nail fist's concentrated power route.

As the name suggests, the fist force is concentrated into a line, just like a nail shot out from the muzzle of a nail gun, which can instantly penetrate the prey's armor and kill it with one blow.

He closed his eyes and allocated cooking experience points. This time, Xia An encountered no obstacles and increased his proficiency from [Beginner] to [Perfect] in one breath.

At the same time, Xia An's mind was filled with insights into the perfect level of boxing.

"So this is the technique, using muscles like this..."

Return to the Nakiri residence.

Xia An suppressed the urge to try something new.

He was afraid that he would become a human being!
It's not an exaggeration.

Now that he is no longer a Sequencer, there is not a single drop of cellular energy stored in his body. If he officially launches a [Nail Gun Fist], it will probably burn all his blood and energy.

Therefore, [Food] must be upgraded with some krypton gold to make up for Xia An's shortcomings in the Sequencer.

"I need to spend another food skill point to deduce?"

"Krypton!"

【食没 (大成) → 食没 (完美)】

[Level-up information detected. Do you want to consume 2 food skill points to try? ]

continue!

【Shiwan (perfect) → 100,000 Shiwan (beginner)】

……

【Food Skill: 100,000 Foods】

[Grade: Purple]

【Progress: Beginner】

[Can store 10 units of cellular energy in the body]

……

"This [Food] is interesting. If I spend more money on it, it's like expanding its capacity?"

Xia An's eyes flickered, and he also invested some cooking experience points, instantly increasing his proficiency to [Perfect].

However, after repeatedly spending a lot of time to acquire purple food skills, the vast amount of cooking experience he had accumulated was about to run out.

There will be attribute points.

Cooking experience is a plus.

There will also be food skill points.

Xia An felt much more satisfied than feeling empty-handed, and his heart was filled with the joy of progress.

Immediately, Xia An started testing [Hundred Thousand Foods].

He buys the ingredients.

Made "Golden Bread" with golden wheat.

I used the few remaining crab legs of the ruby ​​crabs I brought back to make half a plate of “Crispy Ruby Crab Legs”.

Then, he contacted Tsuyoshi Higashino, almost spent all his IGO points, and bought a live [Snow Catfish] from him.

Soon, Tono Tsuyoshi's specialist delivered the ingredients to Nakiri's residence.

At this time, Xia An had just finished the first two dishes.

The third dish, "Snow White Catfish Noodles", was immediately prepared for myself.

then.

Three dishes that could represent the pinnacle of Xia An's current culinary skills were placed on the table. If word got out about each of these dishes, there would be many famous chefs and wealthy people waving their money to ask for a taste.

"First test the 100% perfect control of Golden Wheat's "Golden Bread."

After Xia An finished a piece of bread, he looked inside his body and was secretly shocked.

The absorption and storage efficiency of [100,000 Foods] is surprisingly high. After eating a piece of bread, it can fill up about one tenth of the energy storage space.

Could it be that carbs are the ultimate source of happiness?

"Next is half a plate of Crispy Ruby Crab Legs."

Kaka.

After biting off a piece of fried crab meat in his hand, Xia An stared closely at the changes in energy storage in his body.

The next moment, Xia An's expression changed slightly.

Surprisingly, another two-tenths of the energy storage space was filled.

嗏

It seems that the efficiency is only twice as high as Golden Wheat?

Level 46 ingredients have only a little more energy storage efficiency than level 10 ingredients?

Xia An thought hard and concluded that the reason was a problem of completion and utilization:

“It seems that the 83% completion of “Crispy Ruby Crab Legs” is still far from 100%!”

He also truly understood it.

Why in the finals, Tsuyoshi Higashino told him that he must master the dishes 100% in order to help him accumulate to the later stages of Sequence 3.

“If you haven’t mastered it 100%, you can’t talk about perfect eating!”

At last.

Xia An devoured a bowl of catfish noodles.

The cellular energy absorption efficiency is between the first two dishes.

Xia An couldn't help but open the recipe interface.

……

[Recipe: "White Snow Catfish Noodles"]

[Grade: Fake Gold]

[Progress: Great Success]

[Fantasy food utilization rate/fusion degree: Snow catfish (99%)]

……

A fake golden recipe, is that it?
After a test.

Xia An sat down and rubbed his eyebrows and concluded:

"First of all, it depends on the controllability of the ingredients. Only 100% can maximize absorption."

“Secondly, look at the grade of the ingredients and the grade of the recipe.”

Therefore, "Golden Bread" naturally became Xia An's best choice to replenish his [100,000 Food Losses].

Even if he could immediately master [White Snow Catfish] 100%, the priority of [White Snow Catfish Noodles] would still not be high.

Because the most important thing is that the core ingredient of the "Golden Bread" recipe, [Golden Wheat], is available in igo mall all year round and is easy to purchase.

After a while, Xia An baked another piece of bread and ate it all, and his body was finally full of energy.

"Gate to the World!"

With a thought, he passed the coordinate point and returned to the isolated island.

"Ooooooooo..."

I saw Xia An in the forest at night, walking straight towards the swamp area.

Silverback was very anxious.

"Come on, since you know I'm coming, give me a ride." Xia An skillfully jumped onto Silverback's big shoulders and let the giant King Kong carry him on the road.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to die."

Xia An explained calmly.

Swamp area.

The air was filled with dead silence.

There was no giant beast fight like the last time the drone took a bird's-eye view.

The giant Kaira crocodile leader that looks like a red armored train is easy to find.

After a while, as Xia An deliberately made footsteps and approached, half of the body of a prehistoric monster suddenly popped out of the swamp in front.

"Roar…"

The eyes of the Kaila giant crocodile leader were filled with ferocity as he stared at the humans who were as tiny as reptiles.

Suddenly, the human moved.

Snapped!
Its figure quickly enlarged in the disdainful eyes of the Kaila crocodile leader.

The next second.

The stinging pain penetrated into the skull and tore the brain apart.

Until his consciousness sank into eternal darkness, Kaila the Crocodile did not understand the cause of his death.

"Boom——"

The beast tumbled back into the swamp.

Xia An stood on the huge crocodile's head, feeling the energy reserves in his body being depleted by a single blow, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"I have become stronger."

"But one-hit-kill man?"

The giant beast in the swamp that frightened him so much a few days ago that he dared not approach it was now crawling at his feet, its body still warm.

Xia An sighed, still unsatisfied:
"A little weak. He failed to test the limits of my punches and strikes."

"So, what level of food can I hunt now?"

[Nail Gun Fist] and [Hundred Thousand Food Losses] gave him great confidence.

Now, Xia An dared to look in the direction of the crater ranch and considered going there to explore in person.

moment.

He still shook his head and shifted his gaze.

Judging from the notes left by Senior Tang Meijun, she has undoubtedly embarked on the path of training to become a Food King, and is actually a Sequence 3.

Therefore, the evil spirit of food that was "cut off by itself" would not be weaker than Sequence 3.

Focus on stability and move forward step by step.

First occupy this swamp area that has lost its overlord!

"Silverback, don't just stand there. Call your descendants and grandchildren to come and bring me food." Xia An pointed at the giant crocodile corpse under his feet.

On the shore, the silverback was stunned.

What did it see?
The stubborn tenant in the swamp area was killed with just one strike?
Silverback stared blankly at Xia Anfeng's calm face, and suddenly thought of the fierce fight he had with this human a few days ago. He couldn't help but shrink his neck and felt a chill on his spine.

Facing the night wind, he wiped his face roughly. After waking up, Silverback became even more flattering and hurried back to his tribe to gather troops.

The 18-meter-long monster was dragged out to a clean and open area on the shore, waiting to be disemboweled.

Xia An frowned and scanned the open-air working environment.

Slaughter here?

How could the cut-off [Kaira Crocodile Meat] be clean!

He checked the igo app for food recycling quotes.

[Crocodile meat recycling price: ordinary individual 100 grams/10 igo mall points; leader individual 100 grams/100 points]

"This giant crocodile leader weighs at least 10 tons. After removing the skin, bones and internal organs, the net weight of the crocodile meat is at least 5 tons."

How many pounds are 5 tons?

5 thousand kilograms!
5 thousand kilograms!
Converted into grams, that’s exactly 500 million grams!

Therefore, by selling the entire Kaila crocodile leader to the IGO agency in one go, Xia An will instantly gain 5 points of wealth.

"Hunting a big game animal will make you rich."

“No wonder everyone goes to the food industry after becoming Chef Lin.”

Xia An was stunned by this windfall.

After careful consideration.

He decided to dismember the Kaila crocodile here instead of taking it back and selling it to Igo as a whole.

It's simple, there's no way to explain the source.

And it's easy to be remembered by others.

Dongye was a fake unicorn after all, so he threw out a variety of fresh and high-end ingredients one after another, without fear of attracting greedy gazes after the coordinates were exposed.

Although Xia An had just given a stunning performance in the final, as the main player, he won the new title and honor of team championship.

But if you think you can completely astound famous chefs from all over the world with this, then you are just wishful thinking.

"However, it is impossible to work in the open air. That would be a waste of food. If it gets stained with mud, sand, and wood chips, maybe it can be washed clean."

"But if it gets tainted with other flavors, the meat will go bad!"

Therefore, base construction has to be put on the agenda.

top priority.

It is nothing more than building an operating kitchen, mainly to provide a professional and clean slaughtering site.

After all, Chief Kaila the giant crocodile is only the first step for Cheyenne to develop the island. There will be more prey to be slaughtered in the future, and a slaughterhouse is necessary.

Second.

It’s a large fresh food cold storage!

But Xia An couldn't build a cold storage alone, and it was impossible for him to invite a professional team to the island.

Then the only option is to settle for the next best thing and buy multiple refrigerators to form a network.

As for electricity, it is also simple, just install solar photovoltaic modules.

It is a physically demanding job to peel off the red leather armor of the leader of the giant Kaira crocodile. Without the protection of the armor, the fresh meat inside is easy to cut.

Xia An called Silverback and asked it to mobilize the entire tribe.

Looking at the entire group of Tara Vajra, they were working enthusiastically around the 18-meter-long giant beast.

Xia An couldn't help stroking his chin:

"Are we going to take the 'Palu Homeland' route?"

But are there any intelligent groups like the Tara Vajra group on the island?

what.

He inexplicably thought of the deep sea and ocean.

if…

If we can tame an indigenous intelligent tribe in the deep ocean, then the next step would be to peek into the hidden treasures in the ocean, right?
"Forget it, eat one bite at a time."

Xia An returned to the Nakiri residence.

After the phone had a signal, a notification of a missed call suddenly popped up.

He glanced at the caller ID with the note "Higashino Tsuyoshi".

This number was added at the end of the thank-you banquet.

"Hello." He called back.

"Boss Xia, if you are interested in the coordinate point I know, please come to the seaside manor next Wednesday." Dongye Gang said bluntly.

Xia An was surprised: "Mr. Dongye, are you really willing to share the coordinates with me?"

Dong Ye Gang smiled and said:
"The opening pattern or rule of that coordinate point is very strange."

"It's hard to explain in words. I'll take you there and you'll understand."

"You will also know why I came to share with you instead of other famous chefs, Chef Lin."

Xia An could only suppress his doubts for the time being.

I definitely have to go.

He was not afraid that Dong Ye Gang was a fool setting up a trap. There was no need for that. The other party was already a True Lin whose rise was visibly visible to the naked eye. Apart from the ancient recipes and the secret of luminescence, there was nothing on him that was worthy of the attention of a potential True Lin.

At worst, Xia An still has a life-saving trump card, which is to travel to the coordinate point of the isolated island and yo-yo instantly.

"correct!"

Xia An suddenly thought of something.

Higashino Tsuyoshi is a personal force, a lone wolf.

Compared to Yuanyue and others, or Meng Yulu and others.

It would be more reliable to entrust Tsuyoshi Higashino to handle the entire giant crocodile.

Again.

Higashino Tsuyoshi himself has a 'coordinate point' and is willing to share it with him.

Xia An made a decision.

If Dong Ye Gang has ulterior motives, once the information that he is suspected of holding the coordinates is exposed, I don't believe that Dong Ye Gang can still hide his tail.

Just give it a try.

"Mr. Dongye, do you have the means to eat the entire leader of the Kaila crocodile?"

Higashino Tsuyoshi, who wanted to hang up the phone, said in a surprised tone:
"Kaira Crocodile? Leader?"

"It's a whole piece... Where did you get it from..."

I realized that I was asking too many questions and touching on sensitive areas.

Higashino Tsuyoshi stopped talking tacitly.

"I can eat it, but the exact black market price depends on the freshness of the meat."

(End of this chapter)