A Comprehensive Network: An Endless Adventure Begins as a Wanderer

Cheng Yi pondered for a moment.

The recipes offered by the adventure preparation were of little use to him.

He is not a professional gamer specializing in cooking. They may have certain requirements for recipes due to limitations in the availability of ingredients and cooking methods.

But Cheng Yi clearly didn't care about that.

Not to mention, the restrictions on random recipes in Adventure Preparation also reduce the buffs of magically cooked products.

While impromptu adventures can amplify both positive and negative effects.

But Cheng Yi still understood the principle that the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

Furthermore, additional ingredient slots have been added, significantly raising the ceiling for the final quality of adventure dishes.

Having thought this through, Cheng Yi no longer hesitated.

[Network notification: Your support class trait "Improvisational Adventure" has been upgraded to level 5]

Cheng Yi now has 10 slots for adding unknown adventure ingredients when making magical dishes.

The increase in both positive and negative effects reached a maximum of 125%.

This is already a terrifying boost, more than doubling the original effect of magical cooking.

Looking at the integrated network panel, Cheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little itchy to use his hands.

Having acquired a new cooking skill, you should always give it a try.

He remembered that there was still an alligator tail lying in his system inventory...

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Cheng Yi dragged out the large pot that was used to boil dumplings during festivals, filled it with water, and placed it on the gas stove.

He then took out his newly acquired blue kitchen knife, quickly processed a piece of crocodile tail meat from the Frost Mud Crocodile, and threw it into the pot.

Cheng Yi was not used to it at first and even thought about how to match the ingredients, but then he realized that this was a risky cooking dish.

The ingredients don't matter, as long as they're generous with the ingredients...

So Cheng Yi gritted his teeth and threw in all the ingredients he had accumulated.

Spider venom, various kinds of seafood, magical parsnip, strange monster meat chunks...

The pot contains a diverse array of things, a vibrant scene of life and flourishing diversity.

Cheng Yi casually sprinkled some salt and pepper, then turned the knob to turn on the fire.

He knew that this was the most crucial step.

The water gradually boiled, and various ingredients floated and tumbled in the pot.

Cheng Yi took a long soup ladle and slowly stirred it in the pot.

As he stirred, a mysterious and untamed power surged from Cheng Yi's body into the pot through the ladle.

The broth in the pot gradually became cloudy and obscured all the ingredients.

Power surges forth, and the unseen adventurers laugh heartily, riding the waves of cooking!

The turbidity dissipated, and a rich, brilliant rainbow light shimmered in the pot!

[Network Notification: After a standard adventure cooking attempt, you have successfully created a magical dish: Rainbow Crocodile Tail (Purple)]

[You have used a total of 7 different ingredients, and your magical cooking has received a 50% increase in effectiveness.]

Rainbow Crocodile Tail (Improvisational Adventure 50%)

Genre: Magical Cooking/Adventure

Quality: Purple

Item level: 5

Description: This is a famous Drakenheim dish, or more precisely, a famous Drakenheim dish from 1111 years in the future. The people of the continent discovered that while the meteorite brought ruins and monsters, it also brought a delicacy from beyond the heavens. Of course, enjoying it comes at a small price…

After consuming one standard unit of Rainbow Crocodile Tail, you will receive a huge amount of mana restored and will be able to immediately cast the highest-ranking spell you know without any cost.

However, at the same time, you will need to undergo a physical exemption test of extremely high difficulty. If you fail the test, you will immediately receive a level 2 contamination level.

P.S.: Adventurers, if you've been corrupted, just stay in Ashwood Village and exhaust your strength... — Whispers from the Void

Cheng Yi stared at the crocodile tail in the pot, which was displaying brilliant colors, and couldn't help but scratch his head.

So your rainbow light is the eighth color rainbow light?

What's this about Drakenheim?

Looks like this pot is ruined...

Cheng Yi's understanding of Drakenheim was a product of global information exchange, supplemented by scattered information from forums, which gave him a certain understanding of the real Drakenheim.

In 1111, a meteorite struck Drakenheim, the capital of Westmarch, destroying the city and bringing with it a murky crystal called "Illusory Matter," which shimmered with the eighth rainbow and the pollution that accompanied it.

As the pollution intensifies, those contaminated initially experience slow, gradual decline, developing illnesses. They eventually become unable to sleep, unable to rest, and their intelligence deteriorates, until finally they transform into mindless monsters.

The contamination cannot be removed by conventional methods unless targeted by magic. Even if the contamination is removed, it will still cause the same level of exhaustion.

In short, it's a very troublesome effect. Cheng Yi scratched his head.

God knows what kind of magical reaction those ingredients underwent in the pot.

However, he still took out a lunchbox and put the magical dish inside.

The negative effects of Level 2 pollution are still tolerable, and it can be used as a powerful antidote in times of crisis...

Cheng Yi then threw the contaminated cooking pot into a dungeon; he dared not leave it in the Prime Material Plane.

After all, there are quite a few stray animals in the old town, and Cheng Yi didn't want to come back from a dungeon one day to find some polluted rat or a mutated Hakimi breathing on him...

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After doing all this, Cheng Yi glanced out the window.

Although it was still afternoon, the half-hanging sun was already showing signs of waning in the west.

Cheng Yi sat down at the computer desk, and as if remembering something, took out the "Observation Log of Strange Magic in the Shadow Realm" and a notebook from his backpack.

He had already used this skill book before and obtained a general skill called [Shadow Spell Transmutation].

Although it has become a skill, it is essentially still a kind of extraordinary knowledge.

Although that extraordinary knowledge was deeply imprinted in Cheng Yi's mind, based on the painful truth he learned during his student days: just because you've memorized it doesn't mean you've truly mastered it...

Therefore, Cheng Yi still has to learn on his own.

However, with the foundation of profound memories and Cheng Yi's experience immersing himself in the path of shadows over these past few days, the transformation of shadow magic was indeed not some kind of esoteric book to him...

As time went by, the sun set and the moon rose, and Cheng Yi closed the notebook in his hand.

He rubbed his temples, a faint glimpse into those glorious years...

"I've pretty much figured it out..."

Cheng Yi opened his spellbook; the next step was to combine theory with practice.

He pondered for a moment, then focused his gaze on a first-level spell.

I've decided on you!

The touch of crawling!