A single-player post-apocalyptic game, but with an all-female teammate mod.

Looking at the gentle and beautiful girl with a bright spirit in front of him, Qingye smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so understanding, Dudu."

"What do you mean! She's always been very sensible and considerate, okay!"

Seeing Dudu pouting, Qingye decisively changed the subject and started talking about things like personal panel and experience.

During their conversation, Aono learned that Dudu's dream memories contained some basic information about this world.

But as always, it was rudimentary, and Dudu couldn't understand it at all.

There are no online games in the anime/manga series "Cooking Master Boy".

However, simplicity also has its advantages. Qingye explained all the system functions to Dudu in just a few minutes.

However, Dudu will have to spend time figuring out exactly how to use it.

"yawn--"

Before they knew it, it was past midnight. Qingye yawned and said, "Dudu, it's getting late, let's go to sleep."

The beautiful girl with long, orange-red hair instinctively crossed her arms over her chest and took a few steps back.

Where to sleep?

Aono glanced at the only bed, then at the wary girl, scratched his head, and said, "Of course, I'll sleep here."

"With you?"

"if not?"

"Pah, I don't want to, you big pervert!" Dudu spat, her face flushed.

Aono was somewhat speechless. "We've been sleeping together these past few days, and I haven't... done anything wrong with your body..."

The beautiful girl's fair and cute face was completely flushed.

"Stop, stop, stop!" she interrupted Aono, both embarrassed and annoyed. "Let me make this clear first, the person who slept with you before wasn't me, it was just a doll that looked like me!"

9. Different upgrade methods

Aono was stunned for a moment, not quite able to react.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Dudu endured the shame and explained again, "I just checked in the bathroom, I'm still a virgin."

The last few words were barely audible; if Aono's five senses hadn't been enhanced considerably, he might not have been able to hear them at all.

"What is this... Not only has the soul been reshaped, but the body has been reconstructed as well..."

Aono was somewhat dazed, and then an even stranger thought followed.

If that's the case, wouldn't each one have to be broken twice in the future?

What a happy problem!

Whether it was his expression that was too obvious, or a woman's keen sixth sense, Dudu rolled her eyes and spat at him.

"You big pervert, you can go to sleep by yourself. I'm going to the kitchen."

She planned to rest in the kitchen before the new residential area opened on the Ark.

Anyway, she grew up in a restaurant and spent most of her time in the kitchen.

She has experience playing, resting, and even sleeping in the kitchen.

The girl strode briskly toward the kitchen with her long, slender legs.

Her long, bright orange hair, tied in a high ponytail at the back of her head, swayed back and forth, making her look incredibly cute.

Aono subconsciously recalled the scenes of using it as a rein over the past few days, and his heart burned with passion once again.

"As expected, compared to vibrant and beautiful girls, survivor NPCs without independent consciousness are at best human-shaped Fiji cups."

The charm of the anime girl is even greater when she appears in person than when she's on a screen.

"What a pity, the blissful days only lasted three days. This 60% trust value is indeed just the passing grade... I should have waited until I met the second survivor NPC before recruiting him."

Just as Aono was muttering to himself, Dudu, who had walked to the kitchen door, suddenly turned around.

She pulled down her lower eyelid with her index finger, stuck out her tongue, made a face at Qingye, and mouthed again, "You big pervert!"

Aono turned her head away somewhat guiltily.

He only breathed a sigh of relief and lay back down on the bed after Dudu had completely disappeared behind the door.

"By the way, how do I increase the trust level from now on?"

Judging from Dudu's panel, it seems that continuing to increase the trust value can provide some kind of bonus.

If we still can only ejaculate through intrauterine penetration, then that would be a real problem.

A young girl's shyness and reserve are formidable obstacles; it's anyone's guess how long it will take to completely win her over.

As for using force...

It's good enough if we don't lose trust points, let alone increase them?

When it comes to things involving players, you definitely can't just blindly apply the game rules.

Aono is well-qualified to speak on this matter.

Moreover, he couldn't force the lively and adorable young cook.

If it were a bad woman or a fairy, he wouldn't mind testing her with force first.

"Hmm... Next time, after reaching 60%, don't recruit anyone. Let's see if the trust value can continue to increase in the puppet state."

A purple figure flashed through Aono's mind, and his good brother, who had just settled down, suddenly showed signs of wanting to rebel again.

"Whether it succeeds or not, I won't lose out."

……

……

What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.

Aono didn't know when she fell asleep, and when she woke up, her mind was still filled with that purple figure with lightning.

However, the golden yellow color soon replaced the mysterious purple.

In the kitchen.

Aono stared blankly at the table full of fried rice with eggs.

"Beep beep..." He looked at the young cook with her back to him and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

"No, it's nothing, I just wanted to cook for you."

"There are only two of us, there's no way we can finish all this, right?"

Aono roughly counted, and it was almost twenty rounds already.

"Can you finish it?"

“If you could turn around and face me, it might be more convincing.”

"hey-hey……"

The girl with long orange-red hair smiled shyly and slowly turned around.

Also present were two plates of egg-fried rice that she was carrying.

Aono:……

He no longer knew how to complain.

"Brother Qingye, I'm sorry, but the feeling of leveling up is so wonderful that I didn't notice and did too much."

"How could they not have noticed?"

Aono realized what was happening and asked, "Wait, did you just say upgrade?"

"Yeah, look, I'm already level two. If we hadn't run out of ingredients, I might have reached level three!"

Dudu excitedly put down the fried rice in her hand, opened her personal panel, and showed it to Qingye as if to show off.

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Name: Zhou Meili

Occupation: Chef

Level: 2 (120/200)

Talents: Ultimate taste (rare), First-class Chinese cuisine (legendary)

Talent effect: (folded)

Combat strength: 8

Trust value: 60% (Bonus: None)

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Looking at Dudu, who was almost at level three, and then at the table full of fried rice, Qingye already had a rough guess.

Dudu's next words completely confirmed this guess.

"Brother Qingye, a serving of fried rice will give me 10 experience points. I was planning to try other dishes, but the ingredients... especially the seasonings, are insufficient, so I can only keep making fried rice."

The young cook looked regretful.

If she hadn't run out of eggs later, and hadn't been unable to make fried rice, she would have easily reached level three.

Aono blinked.

He risked his life to kill a common mycelium zombie, but he only got 10 experience points, and even with the talent bonus, it was only 15.

As a result, Dudu can easily gain experience simply by cooking.

He had also made fried rice with eggs before, but he had no experience with it.

It's probably only chefs who can gain experience in this way.

I wonder if other survivors can gain experience by cooking.

Or is it that you have to do a job that corresponds to your profession?

Currently, there's only one example with Dudu, so Aono can't confirm it either.

After learning the reason, he didn't say anything more, but only instructed: "Right now, it's just the two of us, and we have very few ingredients and spices. It's too slow for you to level up by cooking. For now, you should come with me to fight monsters and level up."

Dudu nodded.

Even if she wanted to, there wouldn't be any materials to make it for her now.

Moreover, she is very curious about the outside world. After accepting reality yesterday, she looks forward to going out and seeing it for herself.

Dudu twisted her fingers shyly, "Brother Qingye, what are we going to do with all this fried rice? The fridge is full..."

Wasting food is a shameful act; this is the education she received from childhood.

Aono shook his head helplessly, "Luckily, my backpack has a large capacity, otherwise at least half of it would be wasted."

"Oh right, you also have a backpack...it's much more useful than a refrigerator!"

Dudu realized what was happening and felt much more relaxed.

The rules related to the panel and Ark are almost exactly the same as those in single-player games.

Only Aono possesses abilities like backpacking and automatic item pickup.

Even though Dudu has been recruited as a teammate and become a new player, he doesn't have these auxiliary functions.

In addition, Aono has absolute control over everything, including the kitchen, the manufacturing room, and other areas that will be unlocked in the future.

If he doesn't allow it, no one else can use it.

This is not tyranny, but the rule itself.

Just like the main menu of a single-player game is always only open to the player, even if an NPC is standing next to you, you can only watch.

Conversely, as the captain, he can only gain experience by fighting monsters and upgrading the Ark.

Unlike Dudu or other professions, you can't safely and continuously gain experience and level up to become stronger just by performing your job within the Ark.

At present, Aono only has some vague guesses about these rules.

Later, as the Ark was upgraded level by level and new areas were opened one after another, teammates of various professions gradually became teammates, and things became completely clear.