How best to recycle and make use of all the contaminated meat—Yun Luohe was still thinking about it on the way back to Reef Base.As soon as she arrived, she heard the system release a new announcement.[Announcement 1: Autumn limited event, Mad Chef Tournament. The registration channel is now open, and players can begin signing up today. For event details, please check your mailbox.][Announcement 2: Tomorrow morning at 8:00, all Trade Hub districts will officially merge. Players will be able to trade freely. Rules remain unchanged. Cross-district trading will increase. For more details, see the Trade Hub rules.][Announcement 3: After three days, the Autumn Season base-upgrade mission will open. Please prepare upgrade materials in advance.]…Let’s check the event details first. Signing up was a given.Yun Luohe opened her mailbox.“This time it’s not just complicated—it’s a Master Tournament. Totally different from before.”The Mad Chef Tournament was structured like a grand culinary exam.It was divided into three types of contests: Daily Recipe Development, Limited Menu Challenge, and Points Sprint.Players would pass through ten days of three-stage trials: each day’s recipe development, each day’s menu challenge, and each day’s sprint for points.Every day, players were required to present one newly developed dish. The new dish would be submitted to the system for review. Aside from seasoning adjustments, it could not duplicate any food used in previous rounds.Over the ten days, everyone had to complete ten recipe tasks.The Limited Menu Challenge would start on Day 2. At the same time, the system would send the event’s fixed menu list to each registered contestant’s mailbox. Players would need to prepare the dishes on that list within seven days.In total, there were fifty dishes.As long as contestants could submit ten out of those fifty dishes, they would pass. The more they completed, the higher their score.The fifty dishes had different levels of difficulty, and the point values varied accordingly.The system would grade based on completion, difficulty, and flavor quality. In addition, the system would randomly select some dishes for mandatory taste-testing, which would also affect the score.The Points Sprint meant that during the ten days of the tournament, any culinary activity performed by the player would yield points.The system would total all scores over the ten days, and the top 100 players would receive a bonus.Finally, the system would select the top three contestants with the highest scores to compete in the final showdown, deciding the single ultimate Top Chef.The rewards for this tournament were extremely generous. The top three would all receive a Golden Cookbook, containing recipes tailored to survival in the Four Seasons Islands.And first place would win a divine-tier reward.Yun Luohe thought: “No doubt about it—this time my goal is first place. I’ll become a Top Chef.”She scrolled to the bottom of the message and clicked Register.A flash of light streaked across her screen.[Congratulations, player, you have successfully registered for the Autumn limited event. The event will begin in two days.][Cooking artistry score detected: high (biased). You are placed in the advanced bracket—Diamond rank.][Diamond-rank tasks will have higher requirements. Please take them seriously; the system will match your review standards to your rank.]Good, good. That was something to look forward to.With the tournament’s preliminary judging still ahead, there was no room to relax.—Yun Luohe arrived at the Trash Bin.She had already spent the entire day preparing her stockpile of harvested animals.“Barrels, all lined up.”Yun Luohe first switched the Trash Bin recovery option from “Recycle” to “Transform into Treasure.”Then she pulled out a piece of contaminated rabbit meat and tossed it in for a test.[Recovery successful. Transformed into Ordinary Rabbit Meat ×1]So it really worked.Yun Luohe blinked, but Ordinary Rabbit Meat didn’t seem all that useful.What she wanted was high-grade meat.She tossed in a few more chunks to test.This time, after throwing in five pieces at once—[Recovery successful. Transformed into Fine Rabbit Meat ×1]Yes, it upgraded!She immediately fed in another thirty pieces.[Recovery successful. Transformed into Golden Rabbit Meat ×1]Yun Luohe couldn’t help smiling. Excellent.Her backpack held over a hundred servings of contaminated rabbit meat.If she recycled all of it, she could at least end up with thirty servings of Golden Rabbit Meat.And that wasn’t even counting the piles of contaminated venison and deer meat.Right—Yun Luohe immediately contacted Mu Zitang:“Help me start bulk collection of contaminated meat and tainted plants. No matter how much, take it all. I’ll begin recovery now, and after the district merge we’ll keep scaling up.”Mu Zitang: “Got it, Yun. Are those tainted food materials actually useful to you?”“Mm. They can be purified. Store them first.”Mu Zitang: “In that case, I’ll start mobilizing right away. Some of the ordinary Pavilion members don’t have much to do anyway—assigning them collection tasks is perfect. These supplies aren’t wanted by anyone else. In my own dish list, tainted materials never appear. If I sell a batch, one portion of tainted meat only fetches about one Sea Coin.”Yun Luohe: “Then exchange at the rate of two Sea Coins per portion, or swap for other resources.”After that, Yun Luohe kept tossing meat into the Trash Bin while also opening the Pavilion chat group.“Perfect timing—it’s mealtime. I’m sending everyone a red packet. All dishes I made. Grab them and enjoy.”She pulled out more than a dozen servings of high-grade cuisine from her backpack and loaded them into the red packet.The Pavilion chat group had grown lively. Members were organizing in advance, helping each other out, boosting morale. They were already like a second commercial guild. Each had reached a certain level—every member’s skill now past Lv.75. Any member whose skill exceeded Lv.80 could apply to join the management sub-group, subject to Mu Zitang and Yun Luohe’s approval.But over all this time, only five had been admitted, plus one assistant spirit. At present, the group had 121 people.As soon as Yun Luohe’s red packet appeared, the group burst into excitement.“Wow, Yun’s red packet! Today’s lucky stars must be watching over me!”“Snatched it—never thought I’d actually get her cooking.”“Hah, Mu, quit bragging about your Dragon’s Claw Rice! I’ll trade you this! My Spicy Bean Salad and Sand Dune Meat—what do you think?”…Mu Zitang: “Everyone’s snatching up Yun’s dishes left and right, don’t just scatter off—Yun’s here, if there’s any problem, ask her.”“Yeah, stop saying you’ve got nothing. Let’s chat properly.”“Upgrade materials—the Red Crystal and Blue Crystal are the hardest to find. The whole Trade Hub is dry, no one has them, and there’s no intel. Does anyone know any leads?”“I don’t know, but aren’t we also about to have the Mad Chef Tournament? Yun will definitely take part, right? Did you sign up yet?”Yun Luohe: “I’ve already signed up. As for crystals, right now I only have a handful, all gathered with great effort. The system hasn’t opened any stable way to obtain them yet, so they’re still best saved for upgrades. Since there’s no reliable trade source, I’d recommend focusing on more common resources first. Red and Blue Crystals are too scarce, not like food that can be stockpiled by the dozens.”“Fair enough. I’ll stop stressing about it for now and just keep gathering.”Yun Luohe: “The Mad Chef Tournament registration is open, and I recommend everyone in the group sign up. Even if you don’t win, doing one dish every day isn’t hard. At the very least, those of you with cooking skills at Lv.75 or above should join. If you can’t develop new dishes yourselves, you can always use ingredients I supply. I’ll soon have another large batch stored at the exchange center.”—Currently, the group already had two players with [Gathering] Lv.6. They had taken different profession routes: Plant Scholar and Risk Explorer.Plant Scholar: +25% chance of gathered herbs being high-grade.Risk Explorer: +20% gathering movement speed.There were also two others at [Gathering] Lv.5.One chose the Herbalist branch, the other became a Gemstone Researcher.As for cooking, apart from Yun Luohe, only one other had broken past Lv.5—a girl called Rose, younger sister of Yang Mian. She had joined the Pavilion group later.Originally she hadn’t intended to train cooking, but after receiving a Golden Cookbook from an early event, her culinary level shot up. With Yun Luohe’s constant support, she too had reached Lv.5.However, Rose’s chosen profession branch was Survival Chef: using rotten ingredients would no longer reduce HP.In other words, regardless of the taste, anything she cooked could become usable food—even contaminated meat or toxic materials.Right now, most chefs picked the Gourmet branch. Very few had chosen Survival Chef.Yun Luohe privately approved of her choice.—In addition, the group’s Alchemists had all been gathered into a dedicated research sub-group. At present there were more than twenty of them.An entire team of Lv.5 Alchemists worked on potion development every day, and the constant stream of new formulas was thanks to them. Now the Pavilion group almost never lacked medicine.Even when District 2 split, their stockpile of common potions was released through the group. Some went directly into the Mutual Aid Association sub-group, while others were put up for trade at the Hub in exchange for high-grade materials.Many players owed their lives to these potions.Alchemists split into two branches:Poison Alchemist: +50% poison duration.Healing Alchemist: ×1.5 effectiveness of healing potions.Most people chose Poison Alchemist. Only main combatants preferred it, since it boosted direct strength. Plenty of power-type players had started leveling the poison branch.—As for Blacksmiths, there were currently three.Yang Mian’s level was the highest, already maxed at Lv.6 and soon to break into Lv.7.Previously he had received Yun Luohe’s Strength Blessing recipe, and before the Pavilion was founded, all players in # Nоvеlight # need of weapons had to come to him. So his forge had always been in constant use. As long as he kept hammering, his proficiency climbed fast.The other two Blacksmiths had joined later. They were newer recruits who came in after the Pavilion was formed. Both were now at Lv.5.Blacksmiths split into two branches: Weapon Master and Armor Master.Weapons crafted by a Weapon Master: +10% crit rate.Armor crafted by an Armor Master: −25% durability loss.Both roles were extremely important—neither could be neglected.Yang Mian specialized in weapons. The other two were split: one Weapon Master, one Armor Master.Since top-tier gear usually required rare Blue Crystals, progression was slow. Yun Luohe herself had Blue Crystals, but she couldn’t possibly hand them all over just for blacksmithing. Most of the time, she forged her own defensive gear.—Last was Beast Taming.At present, the group had only one Lv.6 Beast Trainer. She was a young girl named Lin Xiaomei, newly joined.Yun Luohe had given her ten Crimson-Blood Spider Eggs to train with. How well she could raise them would depend entirely on herself. After half a month, she could keep two spiders for herself. The rest had to be returned to Yun Luohe.If the Pavilion management wanted more, they could always negotiate an exchange.Beast Trainers were extremely rare.No one knew how Lin Xiaomei had leveled so quickly to Lv.6. She kept quiet, and most people didn’t dig deeper.Currently, most Beast Trainers were only around Lv.3. Even if they had two high-tier pets, their own level remained low.Across all districts, there were likely fewer than a hundred professional Beast Trainers.The two Beast Trainer branches were Beast Speaker and Beast Tamer.The former boosted pet loyalty and carried some healing ability.The latter increased a pet’s combat strength.After receiving the Crimson-Blood Spider Eggs, Lin Xiaomei first asked Yun Luohe what she wanted the spiders trained to do.Without hesitation, Yun Luohe passed her the Spider Breeding Compendium.“You can try teaching them worker-spider skills from this book.”Lin Xiaomei found the Compendium extremely detailed. Already adept at handling all kinds of animals, she immediately grew excited about the idea of raising spiders with precision.Though her initial interest in Beast Taming hadn’t been particularly strong, now her enthusiasm overflowed.She set up a special training room in her personal lab just for the ten spiders.Gathering every kind of feed she could find, she prepared to follow the Compendium’s instructions, aiming to raise a batch of all-purpose spiders.At the same time, she noted their unique habits and traits, and began formulating countermeasures.From current research, there were already multiple approaches—different methods could stimulate the Crimson-Blood Spiders, coaxing them to spin specialized silk.—While Yun Luohe was still talking with her, Mu Zitang sent over new intel:“Yun, people have started mass-collecting contaminated food. Meat is relatively easy. Most players won’t risk hunting contaminated beasts, so the current supplies are all scavenged from contaminated corpses.”Yun Luohe instantly saw the opportunity:“In that case, you can post about tomorrow’s Trade Hub event. Say that contaminated foodstuffs can be exchanged for intel. That’ll flush out a wave of basic resources.”“Good thinking. That way it’s not just me collecting directly. We’ll pull in bulk at once.”Yun Luohe: “Move fast. The Trade Hub merge is tomorrow. We’ll be too busy once it starts.”

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.