There can't be a Harvest Moon in the RimWorld.

"New usable materials have been detected."

"Please have the colonists choose their work assignments."

Choose from the following:

Cook a simple meal.

Cook a delicious meal.

Cook a luxurious meal.

Make dried meat patties.

What is this dried meat patty?

I subconsciously chose this option.

"Select a task: Make dried meat patties."

Then, I picked up a piece of raw beef with one hand and an ear of corn with the other, and my body moved quickly and unconsciously to a cutting board.

First, peel off the outer leaves and silks from the corn, then use one hand to twist and peel off the kernels one by one.

With his other hand, he took a rolling pin and pounded the meat at a very high frequency, then added corn kernels and pounded them together.

The corn kernels and beef tendons were visibly broken and messy, mixed together into one large, monolithic meat patty.

Then, during the patting process, techniques such as kneading, folding, and stretching were added to spread the texture of the meat patty into a large, evenly distributed paste.

Then he turned on the stove next to him, hung the meat patties on the stove with hooks, and began to quickly roast the meat patties with flames, forcing out a layer of delicate oil, which evaporated and dried with a crackling sound.

On the other side, I quickly spread out another meat pie and hung it directly by the window where the sunlight was strongest, indicating that it would be fine to let it air dry naturally.

The dried meat patty on the flame quickly took shape, becoming a slightly charred patty on the outside, but still retaining the color of beef. The only unusual thing was that there were no beef tendons or corn kernels on the patty, as if the two had been combined at the molecular level during the kneading and patting process.

Boss Dart took the baked dried meat patty, tore off a piece, and examined it closely.

The tearing action was clearly somewhat difficult, but once the crack appeared, there were no uneven areas visible.

The dried meat biscuit was so dry that Boss Dart managed to swallow it with great difficulty. He took a sip of water before speaking.

"Too dry, no texture. The natural aroma of the beef and the flavor that roasted corn should have are all gone. It feels like chewing on a piece of linen."

The boss frowned and added.

"But this is something you can't bring yourself to hate."

I looked at the product description on the dried meat pie with a bit of guilt.

Dried meat patties

Ingredients: Beef, corn

Shelf life: Expiries in three months and three days.

Item Description: This is a dehydrated food made from a mixture of meat and vegetables. The taste is bland but not unpleasant. It can be stored for a long time without refrigeration. Recommended for inclusion in the database by a barbarian tribe in the ruins of civilization.

Ingredients: 0.25 units of meat and 0.25 units of vegetables

Nutrient: 0.4 (Nutritional intake of a standard human meal)

"...What exactly is your background?"

The boss asked with a gloomy face, his emotions subtly turbulent.

After all, a chef who specializes in making food that makes you want to eat it but then turns out to be delicious has challenged the bottom line of every chef.

I said, covering my face helplessly.

"I'm really not a chef, boss..."

Chapter 8 Starting Rewards

As I stepped out of the tavern, it was already getting dark. A row of iron streetlights along the roadside were struggling to emit light to illuminate the road, but to little avail.

I estimate it will be dark in another hour or two.

Because my ranch, which is clearly in a wild state, has not yet had its power system restored, I can only return to the primitive state of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Walking along the road, my steps uneven, I recalled Mr. Dart's expression from earlier and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I really wanted to capture that expression of someone whose entire career had collapsed with a camera.

But then I thought about all those subtle features the system offered, and I couldn't help but feel a little less amused.

No one could have predicted what unexpected effects this "Tynan Sylvester's Colony Simulator" would bring me!

Although I had a vague feeling about it.

This system doesn't have any fancy bonuses or special effects, nor does it have any magical abilities like turning fighting spirit into a horse or releasing true energy.

It may indeed be a system designed to plan the colonists' daily work and maximize their survival capabilities.

From those two "simple foods" and "dried meat patties," it's clear that the basic functions of this system's cooking menu were developed entirely with the aim of simply and directly feeding everyone.

Even the cooking methods and the selection of ingredients have been simplified to the extreme. Basically, you can make the food you need to survive with just a stew pot, a campfire, or even your hands.

This essentially cut off my chance to become a superhuman who could fly and teleport through the system.

It's true that I can push two tons, but modern mechanical transport vehicles and even the guards in the dazzling city wearing mechanical exoskeletons can carry ten tons...

"No matter what difficulties we encounter, we should not be afraid, but face them bravely."

"The best way to eliminate fear is to face it."

"come on!"

"Go for it!"

This passage suddenly popped into my head.

The first two sentences sound like platitudes, but what the heck is that last sentence?!

Is it Trollish?

Wait, what's a troll?

.........

After a short walk, I returned to the outskirts of the ranch and saw the rusty and faded ranch sign in the distance.

Taking two more steps closer, there used to be a path leading to the entrance of Mineral Town Ranch, but it had collapsed due to years of disrepair, revealing the muddy ground beneath.

Only a few lonely drainage ditches along the roadside show that someone once carefully arranged this place.

I increasingly felt that the task here was extremely difficult, and I could only hope that the system would give me some special methods to help me get through this difficult period.

I arrived at the clean and tidy land and tried to trigger the work task by looking at the ground, but no matter how I looked at it, there was no response.

"That's not right. I clearly got the quest list when I was near the kitchen at the tavern. Is the land here wrong?"

I slowly scrolled through the work interface, and apart from the real-time character status and the character attribute list, it didn't seem to have any other functions.

As I tried to focus my attention on the area where the cooking list had appeared, a semi-transparent wave could be seen spreading out from above my head, quickly enveloping the entire ranch and forming a semi-transparent canopy at the zenith, firmly covering the land.

A new function slowly emerged in my field of vision, accompanied by a cheerful whistle.

"Congratulations to the colonists for acquiring their first piece of land!"

"Architectural planning functions are now officially open!"

"Starting bonus: One production workbench (up to the current colony's technology level)"

"Please select one: Sculpture table/Slaughtering table/Tailoring table/Stove/Stone cutting table."

Appeared!

I saw a semi-transparent functional module that had been permanently placed in what was originally an empty field of vision.

Upon opening, you'll find many different module categories, but most of them are grayed out and completely unusable. Only the first four modules are brightly colored.

The first is "commands," which contain a series of action instructions, such as moving, harvesting fruit, demolishing buildings, mining minerals, cutting plants, logging, and unloading furniture. These should be work orders for the character.

The second is "Regions," which contains commands for setting up and dividing work and living areas. For example, adding/removing planting areas, adding/removing orchard areas, and adding/removing active areas.

The third section is "Structure," which contains blueprints for the basic structures of buildings. These include elements such as doors, walls, foundations, bridges, deep-water bridges, and railings—essentially the basic options for arranging the house.

The last one is "Production," which displays equipment and workbenches commonly used in colonial production and daily life, all closely related to daily routines. Examples include the sculpting table, slaughterhouse, and stove mentioned in the options, as well as the more complex-looking forging table, basic research table, and drug testing table. I also found an empty icon here, named "Handcrafting Point."

If I can plan all these things, then my ranch should be able to have complete walls and buildings, clear zoning, and be equipped with various production equipment to process the products. Wouldn't that put it on the right track?

I happily began issuing grand planning orders.

"Select a construction task: Build a wall."

Before I could react, the comical arpeggio rang out.

"Without sufficient materials, the building cannot be constructed."

.........

"Select the construction task: Repair the door."

"Without sufficient materials, the building cannot be constructed."

.........

"Select the building task: Forging Table".

"Without sufficient materials, the building cannot be constructed."

.........

Frustrated, I tried everything, but none of the building functions worked properly. That's when I finally noticed a line of small print in the notification area.

"Initial reward: One production workbench (up to the current technology level of the colony)"

"Please select one: Sculpture table/Slaughtering table/Tailoring table/Stove/Stone cutting table."

It seems that I, who started with nothing, will have to find a breakthrough from these projects!

After careful consideration, I eliminated the previous options one by one.

The sculpting platform, used for making handicrafts and statues, is clearly equipment used in the later stages of development. For someone like me who can't even afford to eat right now, it seems far too extravagant.

The slaughterhouse is even more useless. My ranch has no chickens, ducks, cattle, or sheep. The only living thing I have is myself. I can't use it to dissect humans, can I?