Chapter 838 The Deathly Gourmet Devil

"Brother Lu, how are you? Are you okay?"

Mansam saw that Lu Li was sitting there cross-legged without making any sound or speaking, and all the delicious cell solutions had been absorbed. For a moment, he didn't know what Lu Li's condition was.

Lu Li pulled the needle out of his body, stretched his muscles as he stood up, and said concisely: "I succeeded."

"Success!?"

Director Mansam was surprised and delighted. He didn't expect that Lu Li's injection of gourmet cells in such a ridiculous way would actually be successful.

However, he felt that Lu Li didn't seem to have changed much now.

At this moment, a gurgling sound suddenly came from the quiet room. It was the stomach rumbling.

"I'm hungry..."

Lu Li touched his stomach and found that after having gourmet cells, he seemed to have regressed in some sense.

Because although he liked to eat delicious food before, he could also do without meals.

But now, because of the appetite characteristics of the gourmet cells, he will feel hungry and very uncomfortable if he doesn’t eat.

Since he will gain resistance and recovery when he is full, which is essentially a powerful state, then now that he is not full, he will feel a little weak in disguise.

Because this gourmet cell is only level 1 and has not yet awakened any exclusive gourmet cell abilities, Lu Li feels that he must hurry up and eat delicious food in order to allow this bloodline that has just taken root in his body to grow.

Strictly speaking, the ratio of gourmet cells in his body is less than one billionth. There are only a few gourmet cells in various key organs. If he wants to make them grow stronger, high-end ingredients are indispensable.

"Hahaha, that's perfect. I've already prepared a feast. Brother Lu, we won't go home until we're drunk today!"

Mansam laughed heartily and invited Lu Li to have a meal. He knew how uncomfortable people with gourmet cells would feel when they were hungry, and he also wanted to see if Lu Li's gourmet cells were really awakened.

"Let's go. I'm starving."

Lu Li pulled Xia Ren and followed Mansam to the restaurant. He was so hungry that he felt like he could eat a Ligaru mammoth.

After sitting down, Lu Li couldn't wait to start eating. He was a generous eater by nature, and now he was so hungry that he didn't care about other people's eyes.

Under the surprised eyes of Xia Ren, Lu Li finished all the food on the 100-square-meter dining table in less than 30 seconds.

Even so, Lu Li still seemed unsatisfied. He touched his still empty stomach and asked, "Anything else?"

Mansam was also stunned. He didn't expect that Lu Li's appetite would be so strong as soon as his gourmet cells were awakened. He waved his hand and said, "Also, continue to serve me food, don't stop!"

Seeing that Lu Li was wolfing down the food and had no time to care about anything else, Xia Ren simply gave up eating and asked Director Mansam for the right to work in the kitchen.

Xia Ren felt that it would be difficult to satisfy Lu Li's bottomless greed with ordinary ingredients nowadays. High-end ingredients must be used, combined with top-notch cooking methods, to satisfy Lu Li's gourmet cells.

After the shrimps entered the kitchen, the kitchen's efficiency immediately increased by more than one level. Not only did the speed of serving the meals increase, but the taste of the meals also improved a lot.

This surprised Mansam. He didn't expect that this humble chef partner who had always followed Lu Li was such a powerful cook.

Mansam has met countless people and eaten all kinds of delicious food. He is sure that this usually shy and introverted girl in front of him has a cooking level that is among the top 100 in the world.

Lu Li ate for an hour straight, and almost cleared out all the food stocks in the IGO Gourmet Research Institute. Then he touched his stomach and said, "I'm 80% full, just right."

Mansam's eyes twitched. "Brother Lu, you were a big eater before you awakened your gourmet cells, and now it's even more outrageous. You've emptied out all my family assets."

Lu Li felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. To be honest, most of the materials he found for IGO were only worth the cost of making gourmet cells, and Mansam would treat him to a meal every time he saw him.

At today's meal, he ate up all the stock in the Food Research Institute, which made him feel a little guilty.

After thinking for a while, Lu Li said, "Including the food industry, if Director Mansam wants any ingredients in the future, just ask and I will get them for you."

"Although I am very happy that Brother Lu has this intention, I still want to remind you that if you go to the food industry again, you must not act recklessly. The waters in the food industry are too complicated. Even our president is very low-key in the food industry."

Mansam kindly reminded that he didn't want the strong man whom IGO had spent a lot of money to fall in the food industry inexplicably.

He believed that Lu Li's strength allowed him to dominate many areas of the food industry. After all, he himself was very successful in the food industry. Before Lu Li awakened his food cells, he could not beat Lu Li in a arm wrestling match.

But the eight kings of the food world, those overlords who have been passed down since ancient times, are really not easy to mess with.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I've just awakened my gourmet cells, and I need to let them grow. I'll explore slowly later."

Lu Li knew that it was useless to say more, so it was better to let Mansam be at ease. As for the Eight Kings, a new wave should have been set off in the food industry by now, and their opponents were not himself.

After eating this big meal, Lu Li felt that his body was full of strength, and this was not his illusion.

In addition to the bonus of gourmet cells when he is full, his overall attributes are also improved because of this meal. Lu Li glanced at the personal details menu.

[Pioneer 008, your unarmored equipment attributes are as follows (including equipment title bonus):]

Constitution: 196 points (+1)

Strength: 196 points (+2)

Agility: 196 points (+2)

Spirit: 197 points (Wisdom passive lock)

Charm: -4 points

Luck: 8 points

It was just a meal, but he gained a total of 5 points of attributes. This was because the food materials currently stored in the Gourmet Research Institute were not of high quality and did not meet the needs of his Gourmet Cells. Lu Li knew that in addition to the quality of the food materials, Gourmet Cells also valued the compatibility with their own cells. In simple terms, it was what your cells liked to eat, and you would get a very high bonus after eating the corresponding food.

For example, if they are both fairy-level ingredients, if Lu Li's gourmet cells don't like them, then after eating them, it may not increase any attributes. But if his cells like them very much, then the comprehensive attributes may increase by 1 point or even several points.

With the awakening of his gourmet cells, Lu Li finally completed the first part of the main mission before the deadline. He then received two new tasks, one of which was a sequel to the main mission.

[Main Quest. Second Ring: Demon Awakening]

Mission content: Pioneers must have their own gourmet devil within two natural months. A gourmet devil awakened in any way can be considered as completing the mission.

Mission Difficulty: Death

Mission Reward: Heritage Crystal. Large*200
Failure penalty: -5 to all attributes
This second ring is still a task related to gourmet cells, or in other words, a task related to the power system of this world.

Lu Li was also very familiar with this type of main quest. He had seen it before in the world of Death. It was the type where the space forced the explorer to become stronger. It was not a competitive main quest.

But in reality, this kind of task is not simple at all. It is a very comprehensive task. According to Lu Li’s experience, it is hard to say whether it is competitive or not. But if you want to become stronger, you often need to make comprehensive efforts.

The difficulty of the second ring of the main quest this time was directly marked as certain death, which made Lu Li feel a sense of déjà vu.

He couldn't help but reach out to the hilt of the Demon Prisoner, and gently patted his old friend who had accompanied him in battle until now, thinking, could it be that you are trying to trip me up again?

In the world of gourmet food, it is not difficult to find a gourmet devil. Almost every gourmet hunter with gourmet cells has his own gourmet devil.

Some of these food demons were born with him, while others found him later and leaned over him.

Although there are not many follow-up comics for explorers to refer to in the space, when entering the world, the markings below the world view also let Lu Li know the nature of the food demon.

Simply put, he would go find a food spirit, and as long as the other party was willing, he could attach himself to him and become a food demon. As long as he was not picky, this task should be very simple.

However, Lu Li couldn't be picky when it came to becoming stronger, and this task didn't seem like something he could accomplish without being picky.

Because there was still a lot of time, Lu Li was not in a hurry. He put this task behind him and continued to look at another task he had received.

[Hidden Mission: Full Meal of Life]

Mission content: The Pioneer has activated the gourmet cells and has become a gourmet hunter, so he obtains this hidden mission.

Pioneers need to complete their full life menu during their stay in this world. The menu includes: appetizers, soup, fish, meat, main course, salad, dessert, and drinks.

This task will be judged comprehensively based on the capture level of the Pioneer Life full menu and the deliciousness level of the full menu, and the rewards will be calculated accordingly.

Mission difficulty: Easy ~ Must die
Mission Reward: Calculated based on the score after returning
Failure penalty: None
This task is a relatively flexible hidden task. If Lu Li does it perfunctorily, he can finish it within ten minutes of leaving the house, so the difficulty can be very simple.

But if he wants to chase high, for example, if he targets something like the cosmic Taipan or a stellar elephant as the group members say, then the difficulty can be so great that he is doomed to fail.

The mission rewards will be settled after returning, so the menu is allowed to be updated before returning. If the explorer becomes stronger in the later stage, he can also change his menu as long as he confirms it before returning.

Lu Li confirmed his new mission, and after the meal he drank with Director Mansam for a while, until he got the bald handsome guy drunk, and then he said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Lu Li asked Director Mansam for a gourmet cell injection, because it was very little compared to the 100,000. Mansam nodded generously and gave Lu Li three injections directly.

Lu Li has already awakened his gourmet cells, so injecting this thing is useless. He asked for it on behalf of Xia Ren.

Because he felt that Xia Ren's strength was too weak, and he was almost no different from ordinary people in this world, and it was very inconvenient to take Xia Ren to various places.

For example, in the food world, the gravity in some places is several times heavier than the normal gravity on Earth, and there are unbearable heat and cold. Although Lu Li can find ways to protect it, it is still troublesome.

In addition, some dishes are difficult to cook if one is weak, so Lu Li thinks that Xia Ren can also take the opportunity to become stronger in this world.

Of course, Lu Li asked Xia Ren for her opinion. Xia Ren didn't expect Lu Li to care so much about her. She was happy and scared, and finally nodded in agreement.

The main reason is that as a cook, she naturally likes to taste delicious food. She has always been resistant to the way of becoming stronger by fighting and killing, but if she has a gourmet cell, she can become stronger just by eating.

Considering that it would be impossible for her to invite a strong and reliable man like Mr. Lu to accompany her on every mission in the future, she felt that it was always a good thing for her to become stronger.

As for the possibility of death after the injection of gourmet cells, Lu Li said that there is no need to worry. He can't say for people of higher levels, but for people at Xia Ren's level, he can be called a medical wizard and a soul chaser from the underworld.

……

After a while, Lu Li was surprised and depressed to find that Xia Ren didn't seem to need any help from him at all.

He looked at the shrimp in front of him, who was breathing slightly, her clothes soaked with sweat, and her pretty face was blushing, and he began to doubt his life.

Because he simply gave the shrimps an injection, without any special operation, the shrimps' gourmet cells were awakened.

You have to know that if a normal person is injected with gourmet cells, the probability of death due to rejection is over 98%. Lu Li was confident in his understanding of the human body structure and the low quality of the shrimps, so he had the confidence to help her deal with it.

But who knew that it was useless for him to reply throughout the process, and no surgical operation was performed. Shrimp himself just felt his body getting hot for a while, and his gourmet cells were awakened.

"Could it be that you have a strong food luck?"

Lu Li said suspiciously, he remembered a special setting in this world, that is food luck.

To put it simply, he could also think of it as luck, but it was luck that was more specialized in food.

"I don't know. My luck attribute is only 11 points."

Shrimp said innocently, "Maybe this world of gourmet food is more suitable for me."

(End of this chapter)

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