The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 719 Dream World 57
Why bother two people for one thing? What could be more suitable than the kitchenware in the {Mobile Kitchen Card}?

Those old friends had followed her for many years and had long since developed a spirituality under her influence, becoming very close to her.

Now, even without her using magic to control them, they can spontaneously prepare some simple dishes.

Moran also wanted to see how tamed kitchen utensils, which had been imbued with magic and had formed a spiritual connection with her, differed from ordinary kitchen utensil shadows.

Logically, given the relationship between the shadow and the main body, it should be much easier.

Driven by curiosity, she immediately got up, went to the largest living room, cleared out all the furniture, and materialized her {mobile kitchen card}.

The moment the kitchenware appeared, it caused a stir.

The cleaver trembled slightly on the cutting board, and the lid of the stew pot clicked and clattered, as if complaining that its owner hadn't called them for so long.

Moran could even sense a vague emotional fluctuation—a concerned concern tinged with grievance, asking her if she had been eating properly lately.

Lately, during the day, she either uses the {Food Card} to make do with a meal or orders food delivery from Canaan City online. After going to the Dream World at night, she eats even simpler meals, occasionally cooking for herself, and she hasn't used the {Mobile Kitchenware Card} in a long time.

"Alright, alright," she said, trying not to laugh, "I'll find you something to do."

Moran gently beckoned with her finger, and the kitchen knife that had been with her for so long obediently flew into her palm.

Under the dim light, the shadow of the kitchen knife was clearly visible.

She had already mobilized her magic, preparing to transform the power of shadow into a sharp blade to sever and stitch together the shadow of the kitchen knife, just as she would tame the shadow of an ordinary still object.

But just as the blade was about to fall, she suddenly stopped—the cleaver was trembling slightly, not with fear, but with a gentle, affectionate tremor, like a pet rubbing against its owner's palm.

Moran suddenly thought of a question.

Still objects in the dream world truly lack subjective consciousness, as evidenced by the fact that their shadows can be tamed without any resistance.

The reason for cutting the shadow into pieces and then sewing them together when taming the shadow of a still life is to allow the shadow of the still life to bear its own mark, be driven by the will of its own shadow power, and drive the original body to work.

But her kitchen utensils are different. Having been imbued with her magic for a long time, they have long since developed a unique spirituality and are very close to her. In fact, they are somewhat like the shadow of low-intelligence creatures.

She gently stroked the blade, and the cleaver immediately emitted a pleasant hum.

“Direct cutting and taming can indeed succeed…” Moran murmured to herself, the shadow power gathered at her fingertips gradually dissipating. She suddenly realized a problem: “The spirituality of these kitchen utensils was born from her magic. If the shadow is cut roughly, it may damage this precious spirituality. After all, many books have emphasized that if the shadow is damaged, the original body will be affected.”

Her gaze swept across the kitchen; the rolling pin rolled gently on the cutting board, and the wok handle turned obsequiously toward her. These lovely kitchen utensils had long been expressing their affection for her in various ways.

Why do the tamed creatures' shadows almost never retain their original form? It's because once the shadow is successfully tamed and imprinted with the creature's mark, the original form is essentially rendered useless. Controlling the original form through the shadow is only temporary, but once the shadow is tamed, it completely changes hands.

“Perhaps we can try that method!” Moran recalled a bold hypothesis in “A New Theory of Symbiotic Domestication”: when an organism voluntarily recognizes its master, it is theoretically possible to skip the step of dividing the shadow and directly imprint its own mark on the shadow.

Although this is still just an unverified hypothesis, isn't now the perfect opportunity to experiment?
Simply imprinting your mark with the power of shadow is much gentler than cutting away the shadow itself.

She took a deep breath and placed the cleaver flat on the countertop.

This time, she did not use any forceful means, but instead allowed the power of shadow to gently seep into the shadow of the kitchen knife like a thin mist.

The quiet shadow of the cleaver surged like boiling water. Slowly, Moran felt a connection between herself and the shadow, easily controlling it to "stand up" and hug the handle of the cleaver.

"Success!" Moran was overjoyed. This feeling was similar to her control of the white-spotted earthworm and the shadow of the underground worm, and even easier.

Because the kitchen knife also seemed to "discover" its own shadow under the guidance of her shadow power and establish a connection with it.

Although it didn't know why its master's command came from the dark shadows, it didn't stop it from obediently floating onto the cutting board and making chopping motions to demonstrate its ability.

It's naturally more convenient for the shadow and the cleaver to work together than for the shadow to control the cleaver alone.

This method of taming not only preserves the spirit of the kitchen utensils but also allows the shadow and the utensil to achieve perfect harmony.

As long as the kitchen utensils are careful, even if other shadow hunters see them, they will only think that her shadow is well-trained and will not think that there is anything wrong with these kitchen utensils.

Upon seeing this, the rolling pin immediately rolled to her side, and the spatula also jumped impatiently, clearly both eager to receive the same "advancement".

The taming process was too easy; basically, all that was needed was to infuse some shadow power to "activate" their shadows. Moran directly tamed all the kitchen utensils in the mobile kitchen, along with the shadow of the kitchen itself.

After taming them, restore them to cards and store them in the Book of Cards. You can then retrieve and use them after going to the Dream World.

With some time still to go before evening, Moran decided to continue expanding her shadow army.

Having swept through the Shadow General Store, she no longer lacked corpse materials from the dream world.

She basically followed the recommended taming order in the Shadow Village Family Training Manual, starting with small, unintelligent creatures and then slowly trying medium and large intelligent creatures.

However, since they are all shadows of corpse materials, the shadows themselves no longer resist. But the more intelligent the being, the more effort it takes to cultivate the shadow after taming it to make it as agile as the corresponding living shadow.

Fortunately, Moran had already discovered that the shadow power amplified by mental strength helped make these shadows quick and agile, saving her a lot of time.

When night fell and she finished taming them and prepared to go to the dream world, she had already tamed several shadows of various insect corpses and materials, forming a shadow insect team that belonged entirely to her.

At the same time, she also developed a new type of card – the Shadow Summoning Card.

Although currently, these {Shadow Summoning Cards} only contain various insect shadows, the variety will gradually increase as she tames more shadows.