According to Sento’s conjecture, if he used this skill book, he might only be able to obtain a skill similar to [the long dark Cooking Method (Bronze)], and the effect of the skill would be limited to obtaining recipes that appear in the long dark, along with some standard Western white-person meals.
Although Ai’s panel didn’t currently show a cooking skill, her own cooking techniques were not bad, and with the addition of the skill book, she might be able to create a cooking skill with stronger applicability.
Anyway, this wasn’t a particularly critical skill, so it wouldn’t hurt to give it to Ai.
More importantly, if Sento really needed a cooking skill, he could simply spend a little more time training the Carcass Harvesting skill, and then continue loading a cooking skill into the Survival Expert skill.
“Hmph, I know, Sento-kun, your way of thinking is the legendary ‘min-maxer,’ right?” Ai teased with a smile, gripping the book in her hand, and said with a serious face: “Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”
“Use it to your heart’s content.”
After Sento’s words fell, Ai used the skill book.
The book gradually dissipated, and Ai closed her eyes.
A few seconds later, she opened them, her eyes slightly unfocused as she stared into empty space.
Sento guessed she was looking at her panel.
“Sento-kun, I have a new skill, and the strength of this skill seems pretty good.”
Ai described the skill to Sento with pleasant surprise.
Just as Sento had guessed, with the support of the skill book and her already excellent cooking techniques, Ai had obtained a more comprehensive and perfect skill.
[Wilderness Gourmet (Bronze): If you were in a modern kitchen, you could only be called an excellent chef.
But if you were in the wilderness…
then the vast majority of chefs in your eyes would only count as mere amateurs.
You can skillfully apply the vast majority of natural ingredients collected in the wilderness, fully unearth their deliciousness, and occasionally discover certain recipes with peculiar effects.]
Good heavens, this skill is too strong; it perfectly adapts to their current situation.
Not only can she utilize ingredients from the wilderness, but judging by the skill description, Ai might even be able to make some food that adds buffs.
It’s a pity that they were already too full today; there was no opportunity for Ai to show her skills.
“Sigh, it seems I’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning.
I must put in 120% effort for tomorrow’s breakfast!”
While encouraging her, Sento busied himself moving up and down.
He got an iron drawer to use as a container, raked in the embers that were about to burn out in the first-floor stove, as well as a piece of glowing red coal, and then transferred them to the stove on the second floor.
“Hmm…
anyway, there are two beds we can’t use, so why don’t we both sleep on the lower bunk?
We can also take the bedding from the upper bunk and put it on the lower one; double-layered bedding should have a stronger warming effect.” Ai stood in front of one of the bunk beds, gestured, and suggested.
Sento agreed while moving the bedding.
If it were up to him, he would rather push the two bunk beds together and have them both squeeze in to sleep; that way, the heating effect would be better.
What?
You say Sento is lusting after Ai’s body?
How could you think that?
Sento just felt that in such a cold place, every bit of heat was precious, and everyone should squeeze together as much as possible to preserve that precious heat!
After indulging in a wave of wild fantasies, Sento shook his head.
Forget it, don’t think about nonsense, better continue moving the bedding.
In the process of busying themselves, the two discussed their plan for tomorrow.
“I’ve roughly estimated that the food reserves here are indeed quite sufficient, but they can probably only sustain about 5 days of consumption.
So we must find a way to obtain other food.”
Ai’s words reminded Sento of a theory he had once seen online: that the purpose of humans coming to this world was to obtain the 2000 calories of heat needed every day.
He had that feeling now; regardless of whether they were searching houses, unlocking skills, or hunting, it was all to find food.
“Food is indeed the primary issue,” Sento, having finished tidying the bed, sat down with a thud and counted on his fingers as he summarized: “As far as this game is concerned, the most important methods for obtaining food are nothing more than three: searching, hunting, and gathering.”
“These three methods each have their pros and cons, and it just so happens that the area we are currently in allows all three methods to be pursued simultaneously.
My idea is this: first, tomorrow we will go to the Mystery Lake to take a look around; we can try ice fishing, and try to gather some cattails.
Secondly, if there is time, we can go to the other side of the Mystery Lake; there is a row of houses nearby that is also worth searching.”
Ai nodded her little head: “Mm-hmm, I’ll listen to Sento-kun.”
Anyway, as long as Sento’s plan didn’t have any major deviations, Ai always just nodded and agreed.
The two added more details, such as what tools or supplies to carry tomorrow, what food to prepare, the general route, and so on.
As they chatted, Ai couldn’t help but start yawning.
Yawning is contagious; after Ai’s yawn fell, Sento also opened his mouth wide.
“Ha~ it’s getting late.
Discussing it to this extent is enough; let’s hurry and rest today.”
“Then, good night, Sento-kun~”
Ai was still trying hard to maintain her gal persona; she kicked off her shoes in a very bold posture, slid into the thick quilt, stretched out her little hand to wave cutely at Sento, and then quickly pulled it back in.
Because the Camp Office was warmer and the bedding was thicker, there was no one left to keep watch this time.
In his sleep, a line of text slowly emerged in Sento’s mind.
[You spent your day uneventfully and failed to gain much attention from the 5 gods.]
The next morning, the light from outside penetrated the glass and fell on Sento’s face; he slowly opened his eyes.
Facts proved that the two’s idea from yesterday was correct.
Sento moved his body slightly and could feel the heat inside the quilt, and when he turned his head to look, the fire in the stove had long since gone out.
‘Hmm…
warm enough.
It seems I can get a decent night’s sleep from now on.’
In a good mood, Sento twisted a few times and rolled off the bed.
Usually when at home, one could play on their phone while lying in bed, so one would naturally choose to stay in bed, but here, staying in bed just meant lying there doing nothing, which was very boring.
After rolling out of bed, Sento discovered that Ai’s bed was empty; obviously, she had gotten up earlier than him.
“Up so early?
But no one is here…
could she be downstairs?” Sento muttered to himself as he walked towards the stairs.
It might not seem tempting right nobut who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”