Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 98 Generous Rewards

As the dumplings were wrapped one by one, the table was filled to the brim.

At this moment, the doctor came out with the researchers.

Dr. Orin: "I was wondering why I didn't smell anything delicious today. Is dinner not ready yet?"

Anjie said with a smile, "I tried something new today, so I'm a little late."

Upon hearing about the new idea, the doctoral students and researchers' eyes lit up.

Dr. Futu: "Looks like we're in for a feast tonight!"

Anjie said, "Everyone, please sit down for a while. It will be ready soon."

So the two PhDs and the researchers sat down around the table, looking forward to dinner while chatting about the day's experimental progress.

The afterglow of the setting sun cast a soft glow on the grass, and the sounds of the professor and researchers chatting, the Pokémon playing, and the bubbling of boiling water in the pot... all intertwined like musical notes.

Anjie glanced at everyone, a serene smile spreading across his face. He dropped the plump dumplings into the hot water, watching them dance in the water.

Rakel leaned closer to the pot and asked, "Your Highness, is this what dumplings are? They look delicious." He had already learned from Diancie what they were having for dinner tonight.

"Yes! You'll definitely like it." Anjie nodded. "But don't get too close, or the hot soup will splash on you."

"Oh, oh..." Rachel quickly moved away.

As time passed, the dumplings in the pot began to float to the surface one by one. Rakel watched them expectantly. "Your Highness, are they ready yet?"

At some point, Bubo also stood next to Lakel, standing on tiptoe, staring longingly at the pot, its lips even glistening with tears.

"Alright, alright! Go tell everyone it's time to eat!" Anjie said helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Raquel's eyes lit up, and he turned and ran towards the dining table.

"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!" he shouted as he ran.

Anjie then took out a large bowl and filled it to the brim.

Just then, Tianxi came over, so Anjie handed her the large bowl filled with dumplings, saying, "Take it to the table!"

Seeing this, Munchlax, Lizard, and Chilipod all came over to help carry the dumplings to the table, and soon everyone was eating them with great enthusiasm.

"Hoo-ha~ hoo-ha~" Dr. Futu exclaimed as he eagerly stuffed the dumpling into his mouth. "These dumplings are so delicious! They're the best food I've ever eaten!"

Dr. Orin said helplessly, "Eat slowly, be careful not to burn yourself." Despite saying that, she herself ate very quickly.

Everyone sat silently around the table; the only sounds were the sounds of them chewing and slurping their soup.

"I want another bowl!"

In the blink of an eye, Raquel finished a bowl and shouted loudly while holding up the empty bowl.

"Pah!"

The chubby girl next to him shook her head helplessly, took the bowl from his hand, and filled it to the brim.

Raquel: "Thank you, Fat Sweetie, you're so kind!"

Seeing this, Anjie said, "Rakel, even if the dumplings are delicious, don't overindulge. Overeating at night is bad!"

Rachel chuckled, "Okay, I'll stop after this bowl." With that, he scooped up a dumpling with his spoon and stuffed it into his mouth, his cheeks bulging and his eyes squinting happily.

"Bu~Bu~"

At this moment, Bubo unknowingly finished a bowl of food. He carried the empty bowl to Anjie's feet and kept tugging at Anjie's trouser leg.

Anjie bent down to take the bowl from it, but its other hand reached out first and took the bowl from it.

"Gang~ Gang~" Let me serve you, don't disturb my master's meal!

It turned out to be a little Snorlax. As it spoke, it took the bowl with the cloth and walked towards the pot.

Even though Bubo was scolded by Munchlax, it wasn't angry. It happily followed behind Munchlax and then excitedly took the bowl full of dumplings from Munchlax's hand. It couldn't wait to grab the dumplings with its hands.

slap~

The little Snorlax slapped it.

"Gang~" with a spoon.

Bubo looked aggrieved and took the spoon out of the bowl, then started eating with it.

Snorlax is quite a qualified senior!

Anjie looked at the little Snorlax with a look of satisfaction, feeling as if he were witnessing his son growing up.

The Chili Pepper family was currently gathered in a circle, feasting on human food. It was their first time eating human food, and they never expected it to be so delicious. They couldn't stop eating it.

They didn't follow the wrong person!

So happy!

Anjie and his friends made hundreds of dumplings, and they ate them all in one meal. The amazing thing is that the dumplings they made were huge! Even the dumpling soup was drunk up.

"I'm so satisfied."

Dr. Futu lay on the chair like a corpse, and couldn't help but let out a burp.

Dr. Orin said, both amused and exasperated, "You've eaten way too much."

Dr. Futu retorted, "Don't talk about me, you ate just as much!"

Dr. Orin: "I don't eat as much as you either, that's so unhealthy!"

Dr. Furtu said nonchalantly, "What's wrong with doing it once in a while?"

Dr. Orin mercilessly exposed her husband's lie, "Don't tell me it's just occasionally. Ever since Angie came, you've been eating until your belly is round and full at every meal!"

Pipa leaned against his mastiff godfather, watching his bickering parents, and shook his head helplessly.

"Awoo~~"

The Mastiff Godfather gently nuzzled Pipa, and Pipa hugged the Mastiff Godfather's neck in return.

After resting for a while after dinner, the professors continued working through the night, while Angel took the Pokémon, Piper, and Laquell to sleep.

Diancie, Snorlax, Lizard, two Charmanders, and the Chili Pepper family were teleported back to the Nibel Plateau by Ange.

Before going to sleep, Anjie, as usual, planned to claim the system task rewards first.

There is still only one daily task.

After clicking to claim, a prompt will appear in the system.

Congratulations, owner, on receiving a reward: 10 jin of premium pork belly.

Anjie's eyes lit up when she saw the reward. This reward is great! Premium pork belly, it must be delicious! I'll eat this tomorrow!

After depositing the rewards directly into his system inventory, he turned his attention to the two [seasoning collection tasks] he had just completed that day.

The first task is [Seasoning Collection Task 2].

After clicking to claim, a prompt will immediately appear in the system.

Congratulations on completing the [Seasoning Collection Quest 2]! You have successfully captured at least one Salt Stone Treasure, Salt Stone Fortress, or Salt Stone Giant. Reward: Special Recipe – Bean Paste Recipe (an essential ingredient for certain advanced recipes).

If you exceed the task requirements, you will receive an extra reward: Constitution +2.

Upon seeing the reward, Anjie couldn't help but grin – Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste)! It's a seasoning that's essential in many recipes, such as braised pork, twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, and so on.

Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste) can be considered a versatile condiment; a little bit can be added to most dishes, and the flavor will immediately change.

Moreover, the fermented bean paste recipe rewarded by the system must make a very special fermented bean paste! An Jie couldn't help but feel excited.

He opened the recipe interface and found that making Doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste) requires two very important ingredients: spicy seasoning produced by Henlajiao or Relawa and rock salt produced by Yanshijuling, Yanshilei, or Yanshibao.

Sure enough, the tasks issued by the system were not issued randomly.

As for the extra rewards, Anjie was used to it.

Next is the reward for [Seasoning Collection Mission 3].

Click to claim, and a system prompt will appear.

Congratulations on completing the [Seasoning Collection Mission 3]: Tame at least one Hot Lava or Chili Pepper. Reward: Special Recipe - Hot Pot Base Recipe.

If you exceed the task requirements, you will receive an additional reward of +1 to Constitution and +2 to Intelligence.

Hot pot base? What a surprise! Another surprise!

Anjie hadn't had hot pot in ages, and just thinking about how delicious it was made his mouth water! He never expected the reward to be a hot pot recipe!

Anjie opened the recipe and found that there are two main types of hot pot base recipes: a spicy red broth base and a non-spicy clear broth base. The red and clear broth bases are further subdivided into many varieties. For example, the red broth includes beef tallow red broth, spicy red broth, etc., while the clear broth includes tomato clear broth, mushroom clear broth, etc.

Just looking at these recipes, Anjie's imagination is already running wild! She'll make them right away!

Just as Anjie was overjoyed, he suddenly felt something was wrong with his body. A strange power rose from his body and flowed throughout his entire body.

Just then, Tianxi suddenly called.

Anjie dialed the number, and Tianxi's voice came from the other end.

"Anjie, do you feel anything is wrong with your body?"

Anjie quickly said, "Yes, I feel like there's something extra inside my body, it's really strange."

Diancie said, "That's right. I just received a system notification that your Intelligence points have exceeded the threshold, and you're about to awaken your Aura power!"

"Aura tracing power?" Anjie exclaimed in surprise, "So that's what Intelligence Points are for?"

Diancie said, "That's right. Aura will be very useful for your cooking in the future. When you use Aura to cook, there's a certain chance that you'll create special-grade food that has special effects on Pokémon, based on advanced recipes!"

Everything has waveguides, which are a kind of life energy in living organisms. However, the waveguide power in most living organisms is too weak for them to perceive or use.

After mastering the power of waveguides, Anjie can use waveguides to manipulate the waveguide energy of ingredients during the cooking process, making the food more delicious and even creating special effects.

The recipes that Anjie unlocked through the system are divided into two categories: ordinary recipes like those for steamed buns, and advanced recipes like those for milk-flavored steamed buns.

After such a long period of observation, Anjie discovered that the ingredients for high-end recipes are generally produced by Pokémon. For example, milk-flavored steamed buns require grass goat milk produced by the goat mount.

Only foods prepared according to advanced recipes have a chance of becoming premium foods with special effects.

After Diancie's explanation, Ange finally understood why the system had awakened her Aura power. This was too awesome! It could even be used for cooking!

He opened his personal information interface.

Anjie

Race: human

Sex: Male

Age: 16 (+500)

Physical condition: 42

Intelligence: 21

Cooking skills rating: A newbie whose cooking skills are just barely passable.

The Intelligence score is 21, so it seems that 20 points is the critical threshold.

Feeling the special power within his body, An Jie understood.

"Anjie, the system has given you another mission. I've accepted it for you. Take a look," Tianxi said on the other end of the phone.

Okay, I understand.

As he spoke, An Jie opened the system task interface, and sure enough, two new tasks had appeared.

First:

[Aura Training Quest] Interact with 1000 Pokémon and sense the aura within them (0/1000) - To be completed.

the second:

[Temporary Mission] Request Dr. Orin and Dr. Fortu to modify Robert 1 - To be completed.

Looks like I'll be busy again tomorrow.

Fortunately, he is currently in Zone Zero, where a large number of Pokémon reside. If he were in another place, this Aura training would be a real headache for him.

However, this "temporary mission"... Anjie was a little confused. Was it because his Robert No. 1 was too stupid?

Without thinking too much, An Jie simply put the task aside. Since the system had issued the task, he could just do it. Why think so much?

After chatting with Tianxi for a while, Anjie hung up the phone, then closed the lid and went to sleep.

The next morning, Anjie made breakfast for the doctor and the others as usual, and then busied herself with other things.

He called Jerami, the assistant the royal family had assigned to him, and asked Jerami to buy a lot of pork and send it to Nibel Plateau, then have Tianci bring it to District Zero.

Because she had things to do at home, Tianxi went back after delivering the pork.

Looking at the table piled high with pork, Papa asked in confusion, "Brother Anjie, what are you going to do with all this meat?"

Anjie explained, "To make some snacks."

The system allows him to interact with 1000 Pokémon and sense the aura within them, so Angela plans to make snacks to attract the Pokémon.

Besides, he couldn't let Pokémon help him for nothing.

"Snacks?" Pipa looked puzzled.

"Yes, I'm planning to make some dried meat."

As he spoke, Anjie took out a large basin and put the pork into it to wash.

"Bu~Bu~" Is it delicious?

Bubo held a tomato, munching on it as he asked.

Anjie rubbed its head and said, "I'll make it so you can have a taste."

"Bu~Bu~"

*(ˊˋ*)* Bubo excitedly ran to the Fragrant Pigs and told them the good news. Soon after, the Fragrant Pigs also ran to Anjie and looked at him expectantly.

"Then I'll help!" Pipa said.

"Okay, thank you for your help!" Anjie said with a smile.

"Bu~Bu~" Me too! Me too!

As soon as he heard that Anjie was going to make something delicious, Bubo couldn't sit still.

"Hiss~ Hiss~"

The Super Ecliptic was not to be outdone.

"Okay, okay, let's all do it together," Anjie said with a smile.

With the help of the Pokémon, the pork was quickly cleaned, and then Angel put it into a food processor and minced it.

Because there was so much pork to process, Anjie's arm would break if he chopped it by hand, so he decided to use a food processor instead!

Once the minced meat was ready, Anjie added the seasonings little by little, including light soy sauce, cooking wine, fish sauce, oyster sauce, red yeast rice powder, salt, sugar, black pepper, etc., and then started stirring.

"Super Powerful Ostrich, could you please help me?" Anjie asked, bringing out a large bowl of minced meat.

There was too much meat and it was too heavy for him to stir. Stirring it separately was too much trouble, so we decided to let Super Ostrich use his superpowers!

"Hiss!" Okay.

Super Powerful Ostrich walked to An Jie's side, its eyes flashing with white light. In an instant, a large bowl of minced meat began to churn and stir rapidly.

Anjie stirred for half an hour until the minced meat and seasonings were fully combined before stopping.

"Super Powerful Ostrich, thank you for your hard work!" Anjie said gratefully.

"Hiss~ Hiss~" It's a small matter.

Super Ecliptic shook its head, indicating that it was no need to thank it.

(End of this chapter)