Chapter 1 Fried Pseudo-Mother Larvae

“First course, fried pseudo-mother larvae~”

As the God of Cookery finished speaking, golden balls were scooped up one after another. A folding mechanical arm extended from the ground beside the oil vat, sprinkling powder onto the “golden balls” with a series of *chua chua chua* sounds.

The surface of the freshly fried “golden balls” was still covered in hot oil. Upon contact with the powder, the ground spices released a potent aroma that wafted into the noses of everyone on the platform.

Soon, a small robot brought two fried pseudo-mother larvae to the God of Cookery. He placed them on the table in front of the players.

“Have a taste~ Eat it while it’s hot.”

In the end, it was time for the God of Cookery to have the players sample the dish again.

Unlike the previous round, where everyone had no psychological burden when they didn't know where the ingredients came from, this time… they had personally witnessed where these pseudo-mother larvae came from!

Moreover, the thought that these things actually liked to suck human brains made their stomachs churn once more.

Even though they could still smell the special aroma of the spices on the surface of the fried food, triggered by the high temperature of the oil, they still… couldn’t accept it!

“I’ll do it!”

Just as the players were showing signs of distress, Lou Jia, who had previously made no secret of his hatred for the pseudo-mother, stepped forward and picked up the knife next to the plate, decisively stabbing it into the middle of one of the golden balls!

*Crack!*

The crisp sound of the fried food reached everyone’s ears.

Then, Lou Jia cut the sphere in half.

Through the cut, everyone could clearly see that the pseudo-mother larva was completely cooked through.

Its entire body had changed from pink to snow-white. Upon closer inspection, the snow-white flesh of the pseudo-mother larva even had a hint of seafood-like freshness.

Watched by everyone, Lou Jia continued to cut the fried pseudo-mother larva, using a fork to pick up a piece of white meat with crispy skin and put it into his mouth without hesitation, chewing slowly.

“Is it good?”

Some people around him couldn’t wait to ask. In the end, they saw Lou Jia eating and weeping.

Everyone: ???

After Lou Jia swallowed the meat in his mouth, he wiped away his tears and said with red eyes, “It’s delicious! If you don’t eat something like this, you’re really doing it a disservice!”

“Hahahaha, that’s right, that’s right, something like this is born to be eaten!”

The God of Cookery patted him on the shoulder, his admiration for Lou Jia undisguised. Then, he glanced at the others. Perhaps inspired by Lou Jia's lead, the others also picked up their knives and forks, overcoming their psychological burden to taste the dish.

“Mmm…”

Lu Xiaoyao took a bite and immediately fell in love with it. A complicated expression flashed across her face as she stared at the “golden crispy skin” in her plate and said, “If this thing didn’t like eating brains, I think I could actually eat a few more bites.”

“It’s okay, the pseudo-mother larvae in the pseudo-mother’s belly haven’t eaten human brains yet. They won’t go back after they come out of the pseudo-mother’s belly. Their self-reliance starts with the first bite they take. So, I squeezed these out of the belly before they had a chance to ‘eat’~”

Although the God of Cookery said it in a joking tone, everyone who knew what the pseudo-mother larva ate had an unnatural look on their faces.

Mingmei also mixed in and tasted a bite of the fried pseudo-mother larva. It was indeed salty, fragrant, crispy, and tender on the inside. While chewing, she was also thinking about whether this thing could really be popularized as a snack.

“Alright, there’s still the pseudo-mother, are you all just going to stare at this little bit of food?”

Seeing everyone go from being unable to accept the pseudo-mother larva to now being in a “true fragrance” state, the God of Cookery seized the opportunity and pointed to the pseudo-mother over there, who was only barely breathing after being forcibly squeezed. He said, “This is also very delicious after processing!”

After saying that, everyone watched as the God of Cookery’s hands moved so fast on the operating table that they almost became a blur. The mechanical arm holding the pseudo-mother also began to quickly and accurately disassemble it.

The God of Cookery peeled off the tough outer skin of the pseudo-mother, separated the tentacles and body. The tentacles met the same fate as the pseudo-mother larvae, being directly fried and sprinkled with powder.

As for the pseudo-mother’s body, the God of Cookery directly used the mechanical arm to shred some into strips, slice some, and even cut decorative patterns into some slices.

Finally, he said, “The meat on the pseudo-mother can be fried, grilled on an iron plate, made into porridge, and even dried to make snacks. There are many varieties, but there isn’t enough time, so I won’t demonstrate it to you for now.

After lunch break, we’ll gather in the previous cooking classroom. In the afternoon, we’ll deal with how to make the remaining meat on the pseudo-mother. Alright, class dismissed~”

With the dismissal, the God of Cookery left the players with a dashing back view. Mingmei finally found an opportunity to promote her boxed lunches.

“It’s almost noon, I’ve prepared boxed lunches, does anyone need one?”

“Huh? Doesn’t the school provide food?”

Hearing Mingmei’s recommendation, Lu Xiaoyao looked at Mingmei in confusion. For a moment, Mingmei felt a thump in her heart when she heard Lu Xiaoyao speak, secretly thinking that things were not good.

“Doesn’t the school have a cafeteria?”

Lu Xiaoyao asked again.

Mingmei: “…”

“Great, what I learned this morning was so shocking to me that I don’t have the energy to go to the cafeteria anymore. What kind of boxed lunches do you have here?”

As expected, it was good to have an “inside agent”. Mingmei looked at Mu Chen walking towards her and secretly winking at her, and her heart blossomed.

She had once privately asked Mu Chen why he could remember her and find her in every game.

Mu Chen said that although his memory as a player would be suppressed, there was no such restriction as a game boss. Even though he didn’t play the boss, it didn’t prevent him from using the boss system to deceive the memory suppression system in the game when he entered the game.

As long as she was in the boss’s memory, he could always remember her.

It was really… a cheat artifact~

Mingmei looked at Mu Chen and said that the other players standing next to Mu Chen were also tempted. Just like Mu Chen said, the previous lesson was simply a shock to their worldviews.

They just wanted to eat something to fill their stomachs and then rest quietly for a while.

“No need, I’m already full from what I ate just now.”

What Mingmei didn’t expect was that Lou Jia was the first to refuse, and Lu Xiaoyao could only be “second best” this time.

“I remember there were still a lot of fried pseudo-mother larvae just now, right? And that leg, the teacher also fried it just now, but he didn’t let us taste it. Hehe~ The teacher didn’t take it away either… it’s all in the food cabinet next to the oil vat~”

As she spoke, Lu Xiaoyao had already rushed to the oil vat, which had its protective wall removed, and found the fried pseudo-mother larvae and pseudo-mother leg neatly placed in the food cabinet. She excitedly said, “To be honest, I can still eat some more.”

“Take me with you.”

Lou Jia, who had just refused Mingmei on the grounds that he was full, also went over. If he could still eat this stuff, Lou Jia felt that he could.

“I want some too!”

Zhen Hu looked at Zhen Po, who was running faster than a rabbit, and felt tired!

How could fried food be a proper meal?

But even though Zhen Hu was disgusted by it, when he chose Mingmei’s boxed lunch, he didn’t forget to tell Zhen Po to save him a portion as an after-meal snack.

Mingmei: “…”

In the blink of an eye, there were only four players left in front of her.

So, why couldn’t she sell all of her boxed lunches at once every time she sold them?