Tahe Permafrost.
This was a granary of the north, with thousands of miles of fertile land, but with six months of snow season annually, allowing for only one planting.
Yet, the fertile soil still made it one of the renowned granaries.
Currently, due to the ravages of war, a large portion of the land lay desolate, with three out of every ten houses empty.
"What a disaster."
"Is this the food war that has lasted for a hundred years? And it has only just begun, with such intensity."
"Indeed, when order collapses, supernatural lifeforms will cause even greater destruction."
Beneath the permafrost lay vast amounts of clay, an essential material for pottery. To produce enough food, sufficient cookware was needed first!
"Mind Manifestation, Spiral Fist!"
With his greatly enhanced strength, Zhang Wei's fist energy was hundreds of meters wide. The special drill shape could excavate compacted soil.
However, striking the ground directly would meet immense resistance, as if battling the earth itself.
A thousand meters per punch!
Piercing through the humus layer, loess layer, sandy soil layer... he found clay deposits in the rock crevices!
"Mind Manifestation, Reverse Golden Bell Shield, Golden Ladle!"
Zhang Wei's colossal ladle could hold a massive amount of clay, 100*100*100 = 1,000,000 cubic meters. Even after removing thirty percent sand and gravel, it still held 700,000 cubic meters.
Effortlessly.
"How powerful have I become now..."
"Or rather, the ancient gods I drowned in my appetite were truly nutritious."
Let alone a mere seven hundred thousand tons, he was confident he could wrestle with an eighty-million-ton legally recognized mammoth.
Directly scooping up over a dozen ladlefuls, approximately ten million tons.
He summoned the Warm Harbor Toad and teleported to the Fiber Volcano on the Fiber Continent of the West Continent!
This was where he had used the high temperatures to pop the BB corn into popcorn back then.
"The temperature is still a bit low."
With a casual punch, he shattered the stable rock above the magma. The surging, scorching fibrous magma unleashed immense heat, directly igniting Zhang Wei's clothes.
He paid it no mind.
Zhang Wei tossed the clay he had retrieved from the Tahe Permafrost, molding it to his liking. The moment the clay touched the magma, a large amount of white steam erupted, and fibers from the magma adhered to the clay...
Just like steel reinforcement within concrete!
"When firing pottery, one must pay attention to the heat. It's my first time firing, and I'm a bit nervous."
The rough exterior was unavoidable; he could repair it later.
"Mind Manifestation, Chopsticks!"
Two colossal pillars, tens of meters thick and hundreds of meters long, materialized. Thick at the top and round at the bottom, they were in a traditional Chinese culinary style.
Stir!
To thoroughly mix the clay and magma!
He adjusted the shape, controlled the distance, and used his mind-formed giant hands to regulate the height.
The intense heat endured by his giant hands was faithfully transmitted to Zhang Wei's own palms.
At this moment, white smoke billowed from Zhang Wei's palms, but this temperature was nothing to the current Zhang Wei.
"Treasure Vault, Endless Water!"
More white smoke surged, covering an area of tens of kilometers, rising like mushrooms.
And within the mist, a colossal pot took shape!
Hundreds of meters in diameter, with a volume exceeding three million cubic meters!
"The birth of a new pot must first undergo the cleansing process!"
To make the dishes taste rich and fragrant, and to remove any off-flavors from rocks or metal, the best method was to temper the pot with oil.
Oil...
Plant-based oils came from sesame, soybeans, olives, sunflowers, flax, rapeseed, and so on.
Animal fats were the fat of various animals.
Extracting them was troublesome, and Zhang Wei truly had no stored oils.
"My giant cookware will take some more time. While I wait, I'll go find some."
"Speaking of which, there are still quite a few high-quality oils in the human realm, such as from San Dao Tu..."