The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 175
Episode 175: I can’t cook that thing.
“Going through that….”
“Don’t do anything, dude.”
A ton of lightning.
The power of each of them never seemed weak.
‘The moment it touches it, it starts grilling with electricity….’
Although I am a chef.
I am confident in cooking.
I absolutely do not want to become a cook.
An island with a huge amount of lightning.
I glanced up at the sky.
‘It’s bright.’
The weather was no problem.
The sky was so clear that it was hard to believe that it had snowed a few days ago.
In the first place.
When Jeong Su-ah scouted through the spirit, there was no lightning like that on this island.
in other words.
“Sergeant Shin. This…”
“It must be the monster inside.”
A monster that is said to be staying inside the power plant.
It was clear that the guy was up to something.
but.
“Because the lightning is striking like that.”
“It would be difficult to confirm the identity of the monster.”
It would be nice if it could be confirmed with Jeong Soo-ah’s spirit.
The spirit is afraid of the monster inside.
No matter how we try to create a law of destruction.
This is only possible after finding out the identity of the enemy.
Then…
I took a quick look around the size of the island.
“Let’s see.” “Do you think 3 hours will be enough?”
“yes?”
I looked at my unit members and opened my mouth.
“Three hours?”
“Literally. You guys step away for now. “Come pick me up again in about 3 hours.”
“You’re coming to pick me up…”
“You mean that.”
To find out the identity of the enemy.
Well…
I guess I have no choice but to run myself.
“I will be back!”
“Sergeant Shi Shin!”
I quickly got up.
I took a bite of one of the combat rations I had brought.
[With the effect of absolute taste-]
[Temporarily acquire the attribute ‘Environmental Assimilation’.]
As soon as you confirm that the attribute has been applied.
Immediately…
splash!
I threw myself into the river.
“You’re doing that alone again!”
“Get the sergeant!”
The soldiers were confused when they saw me throwing myself into the water.
They were in a hurry to find my location.
“Damn it.”
“I can’t see where you are.”
Due to the effect of the characteristic, my appearance is invisible.
Leaving behind the panicked soldiers.
I shouted as I swam towards the island.
“In 3 hours! do not forget! “If you’re late, you’ll miss lunch later!”
“….”
* * *
The operation was simple.
Use the characteristic [Environmental Assimilation].
While in hiding, I entered the island alone.
Understanding the identity of the enemy.
Because I’ve already done something similar a few times.
I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal.
‘crazy!’
I throw myself into the river and a few seconds pass by.
I deeply regretted it.
‘It’s so cold I’m dying…!’
The winter river water was cold beyond imagination.
If you have the stamina of an awakened person, you won’t die, but it will still be quite painful.
of course.
There were preparations for times like this.
He took out another combat ration from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
[War Chef’s Spicy Pie Jerky with Warm Feelings]
Spicy enough to make your face burn.
I felt heat rising all over my body.
[Temporarily acquires the attribute ‘Minimum Cold Resistance’.]
[Cooking effect applied: 2]
At the same time.
The phrase “characteristics have been applied” fills my eyes.
“Whew… I guess I’ll live a bit.”
Let’s look back.
Although I was embarrassed, I saw the soldiers’ ships retreating according to my orders.
How many minutes did it float on the water like that?
By the time the ship with the soldiers was out of sight.
The lightning that surrounded the island also subsided.
‘As expected.’
It was clear that the monster inside had sensed our approach and unleashed a curtain of lightning.
As the soldiers retreated, it was clear that they had stopped defending themselves again.
‘Carefully…’
I moved onto the island carefully so as not to be detected as much as possible.
* * *
Let’s move ourselves onto the island.
A huge number of solar panels were seen laid out.
‘I heard it’s the largest in Gangwon-do.’
As expected.
As Jeong Soo-ah said, the panels are perfectly preserved with no damaged parts.
If it can be properly secured, it will consistently produce a significant amount of electricity.
‘The problem is that we have to deal with the monster inside.’
Otherwise, it wouldn’t even be possible to access it.
My specialty is figuring out the opponent’s identity and then targeting the opponent’s weaknesses through cooking.
If you know the identity of your enemy, you can prepare ways to deal with it.
It might be a little dangerous, though.
That was the reason I decided to infiltrate even if it meant taking such risks.
‘If you get caught, you’ll be hit with electricity…’
Passing through the area where solar panels are installed.
I cautiously walked towards the power plant building in a corner of the island.
And at the same time.
A question was floating in my mind.
‘That lightning curtain earlier… seems too strong.’
In the past, I would have just thought he was strong.
lately.
While going through [Gate], I learned one law of this world.
‘Monsters that are too strong are sealed for a certain period of time.’
As far as I know, there are only a few beings that deviate from this law.
Bosses encountered in the dungeon.
Or the watchmen occupying the military base.
‘He’s neither of those, right?’
This is neither a military base nor a dungeon.
‘Did you think the power plant was a human power and tried to suppress it?’
The foundation of civilization is energy.
The power plant is responsible for that energy.
It was a reasonable guess.
Besides that, one thing.
A case that deviated from that rule came to mind.
‘In the beginning… it wasn’t that strong.’
There was one similar case.
Even very close.
Even now, you stay in my shadow.
A being who eats [teppanyaki fried food] made by myself five times a day as a staple food.
[Talk eating steel]
It’s black.
Even by the standards of our current unit, Kamangi is a fairly strong member.
The more hardware he eats, the stronger he becomes.
‘Even I have not yet experienced the maximum extent of that power…’
It is said that friendly relations were built through the power of cooking.
An entity that could become a threat to our troops if it becomes too strong.
Therefore, food was limited to some extent.
Five meals a day is the standard.
No matter how cute I tried to ask for more, I never gave him any more food.
‘Considering the power of the Black Man, it would be normal for it to be sealed.’
but.
Not long after we came down to the ground, our unit encountered a kamangi.
The reason why he wasn’t sealed.
There is only one guess.
‘Because the body is not that strong when it has not consumed iron.’
A monster that gains strength by eating hardware.
On the other hand, before it gains strength, Black Cat is at a level where it can compete with cats in the neighborhood.
Why are you so weak?
Of course, he wouldn’t have been sealed.
‘In that state, I increased my strength by eating hardware…’
It is said that I increased my strength in a weak state.
That they will not be sealed late.
Well, guess what.
I can’t believe I was thinking like that.
I was able to get to the power plant in the interior of the island.
‘That’s a power plant.’
and.
When I saw what was inside, I was convinced.
‘This guy is a similar case to Kkamangi.’
[Identification of food ingredients (enhanced)]
[Salmoneus eating lightning]
Inside the power plant.
A huge snake-like shape was coiled.
‘Big… strong.’
A huge snake fills the inside of the building.
The magical power felt within it was also powerful enough to give me goosebumps.
‘no. ‘It might be a bit absurd to just describe it as a snake.’
As far as possible.
The shape just resembles a snake.
[Chef’s Eyes]
[Advanced Cooking Secret – Obtain ‘Enlightenment on How to Prepare Salmoneus’]
[Salmoneus is a life form made of electrical energy…]
[Its stock is also energy, so go to places where a lot of energy gathers. tend to prefer it. Once it has established its territory, it is reluctant to leave, but its basic nature is violent and hostile to those who invade its territory…] A
completely transparent yellow body.
Behind it, the interior of the building was clearly visible.
That guy.
‘The whole body is lightning.’
If it’s a monster that can be dealt with to some extent.
I was planning to solve it with just me and ‘Ariella’ and ‘Black Mangi’ in the shadows.
‘It’s going to be hard.’
Will I be able to deal with a monster whose entire body is made of lightning?
I wasn’t sure.
* * *
“Mac… So, it’s a similar case to Black and White.”
After returning to the unit.
I shared the information I found out with my unit.
“uh? however.”
“If it’s really black and similar, there’s no problem, right?”
OK.
Some soldiers opened their mouths as if it was no big deal.
“You just have to solve it like you did with Kkamangi, right?”
“that’s right. Just like Sergeant Shin threw a debuff dish at that time…”
Definitely.
When we first met.
Black Mangi was so powerful that there was no way to attack it.
The reason I attacked that black guy was.
‘It was my cooking.’
My first experience cooking on an iron plate.
The guy who ate my cooking was so overcome with a deep sense of defeat that he was unable to fight properly and was captured by us.
As the unit members said.
Similar to back then, if only I could cook and throw ingredients that the enemy would like.
It may be easier to subdue than you think, but…
“Even if you say so.”
To use that method.
There was one fatal problem.
“Lightning… can’t cook, man.”
“ah.”
What that guy eats is neither meat nor griddle.
That thing is electricity.
During this time, my cooking skills improved considerably.
I am proud of my skills.
‘No matter how I am, I can’t cook with electricity.’
Even if you want to cook something, it has to be an object that you can somehow grab.
Even if I try to cook with electricity or lightning, I have no idea what to do.
“It eats electricity… that is, energy. “Even if I cooked something and threw it at him, it would be like a rock to him.”
It was also understandable why it was located at a power plant.
That place accumulates sunlight.
This is because it is a facility that converts it directly into electricity.
Even if the power plant itself doesn’t work.
Power would have been continuously accumulating in the panel.
I ate that and gained strength like that.
“Then how…”
“I don’t know. Since there are some monster fish with electrical resistance, we can use them to obtain electrical resistance… but.”
“The problem is that I don’t know if that will be enough.”
As Minjae said.
[Electricity-eating Salmoneus] seemed to have already swallowed a considerable amount of electricity.
Huge size.
The amount of magical power contained within it is beyond imagination.
‘Of course our unit will not lose.’
Our unit has also achieved tremendous growth so far.
If you try to subdue it with all your might, I don’t feel like you’ll lose.
the problem is.
Even if you attack, the damage is likely to increase.
“It would be better to give up on this.”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk spoke firmly.
“Even if you gain resistance, there will be limits. If Sergeant Shin Young-Jun says something like that, it means that he is truly a huge monster. “I think it’s right to give up for now.”
“Give up.”
“I heard that guy is like a territorial animal anyway? Just because it doesn’t come out of the zone means it won’t harm us. “Then there is no reason to rush to subdue it, is there?”
Um…
‘Definitely. It’s not wrong.’
A monster that only protects its territory.
For our unit, electricity is good to have, but it is not necessary.
“What about the awakened people in the city?”
but.
It was Sergeant Lee Min-jae who came forward to contradict that statement.
“That electricity is essential for the awakened people of the city.”
“They are all awakened. “I wonder if there is a need to care so much about people who are not even members of our guild.”
No matter how hard we try.
It will be difficult to save the many awakened people in the city from the coming cold wave.
Even if we somehow manage to do it, it would be a huge drain on our unit’s resources.
“Awakened people at that level do not have that strong resistance. It will also be greatly affected by the cold. Securing electricity there will also help us.”
“That would have been correct if securing the electricity itself wasn’t dangerous.”
Sergeant Lee Min-jae and Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk begin a war of words.
Since both of them have quite logical tendencies.
Both opinions felt reasonable in their own way.
The biggest problem is.
In the end, you have to decide between the two.
“Sergeant Shin Youngjun.”
“Youngjun.”
“….”
It’s me.
I sigh inwardly.
On the outside, he pretended like nothing had happened.
“We try to secure electricity as much as possible.”
“Hmm.”
In those words.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk asked back as if he were puzzled.
“Why?”
“The compensation promised to survivors when electricity is secured is significant.”
“It’s compensation.”
“Besides, if we secure it, we will be the owners of the electricity generated over there. You will be able to exert greater influence on other awakened people. “I don’t want to miss this opportunity.”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk is cold and calculating.
but.
“If Sergeant Shin decided that the benefit was greater. All right.”
An order at an understandable level.
I follow it pretty well.
‘The reason why the argument with Minjae hyung escalated was probably because Minjae hyung’s logic was that the awakened people of the city should be saved.’
Although I object to that side of logic.
If you present a clear benefit, he will obediently follow it.
There were a few more reasons why Suhyuk didn’t tell him.
The first is, of course, to keep as many ‘humans’ alive as possible.
The electricity from that power plant will at least be of great help in saving the lives of people in this area.
And the second one.
‘The foundation of civilization is energy.’
A civilization that was destroyed.
However, the machines of that civilization did not completely disappear.
There are many machines that can operate again at any time if energy is supplied.
A civilization that has now been completely destroyed.
It never occurred to me that it would be possible to restore it.
If we succeed in securing that electricity.
‘We can get one step closer to restoring our broken civilization.’
The fallen human civilization was by no means weak.
Reviving it would be a great help to our survival.
“Even so, it is true that the attack will be a bit difficult.”
I said, getting up.
“Let’s just do what I can and if it doesn’t work, I have no choice but to give up.”
“You can do it.”
“What’s wrong with you?”
People who ask questions as if they are puzzled.
“There is such a thing.”
Ignoring the curious looks of those people.
I am a facility in a corner of [Vimana].
[Restaurant Lv.4]
I went to the restaurant.
As a result of investing points whenever I have time, I raised my level.
The restaurant has now reached level 4.
‘What can I do?’
My job is a chef.
If you ask what you can do, there is only one answer.
‘Cooking, of course.’
I sat there.
I took out an item that had been stored in the shadows.
[Top quality ingredients]
[Essence of Dasmur’s chef]
Not long ago.
An item obtained as a reward for clearing a dungeon.