Physical conditioning took three days. It had to be said that these chefs, accustomed to eating well, recovered at an astonishing rate.
They had been exhausted like dead dogs on the first day but could be back on their feet after just two hours of sleep.
The training difficulty was slightly increased, making the ice block hauling take less time, and radish carving became rice grain carving!
Even so, they could complete the tasks within six hours, whereas before they needed a full ten hours to finish the series of training missions.
In their free time, Zhang Wei added knife skill practice.
Over these three days, Zhang Wei forged a large number of knives, completely replicating the "Nine Knives" from his previous life.
The new training task was to become thoroughly familiar with and use these knives. Zhang Wei happened to have a large backlog of replicated ingredients that needed processing, which he decided to assign to these over 10,000 energetic chefs.
Zhang Wei calculated the time; the progress was not ideal, and the current time was simply insufficient for their training.
"After today's training, call everyone over. I'm taking them to a good place."
Wu Yong, standing beside him, asked, "Could it be... there?"
"That's right, your training 'Spirit Time House'!"
Wu Yong hadn't expected that so many people could be accommodated there. However, the space inside was indeed vast...
Zhang Wei had chosen a location beforehand and transferred a large quantity of kitchenware there.
Here, Zhang Wei intended to elevate the skill level of all the chefs!
There were also ingredients and training tools!
Luggage, clothing, and other necessities also needed to be prepared, along with the construction of some simple structures and cookware...
Transferring ten thousand people!
This was the first batch. Without any preamble, Zhang Wei immediately stated, "See the stones and dirt over there? Go build your own cooking stoves first!"
"Then go haul materials and make your own wooden tools. Each person must prepare at least one hundred tons!"
Ice blocks couldn't be transported here, but cardiovascular capacity could be trained through long-distance running, combined with muscle training using heavy Yuan Water, so their physical fitness wouldn't lag behind.
Next, Zhang Wei would focus on skill enhancement, the first step being knife skills!
Proficiently using nine types of kitchen knives to process any ingredient.
After meticulous selection by Zhang Wei, he prepared Level 15 Dog-Head Goblins.
These humanoid monsters were extremely ugly, with the heads of canine animals and highly developed senses of smell! However, their heads were as delicious as monkey brains, perfect for oil-blanching or hot pot.
But to ensure freshness, goblin heads couldn't be removed after death, as blood would pool in the head, ruining the texture.
This placed extremely high demands on the chefs' operations, especially since Zhang Wei's Dog-Head Goblins were each the size of a bull, making them very difficult to control.
Secondly, there was the Slippery Pitcher Plant, a carnivorous plant. Within its pitcher was a soft, large tongue, very agile, which it normally used to help capture prey.
When preparing it, one had to drain the acidic liquid to avoid affecting the taste, and on the other hand, preserve the body fluid, otherwise, the meat would become dry and tough.
The most delicious part was its soft tongue, a delicacy of plant-based meat! It had a soft, springy texture, like eating jelly, with the unique sweetness of plants and the aroma of meat.
The last item was the Hard Bone, the Stone Lobster!
They were called lobsters, but they were only half a fist in size, and most of their structure was hard and solid, making them extremely difficult to prepare. One Stone Lobster could only yield a finger-sized piece of meat.
Its processing difficulty far surpassed its capture difficulty; at least 20 Stone Lobsters were needed to make a plate of sashimi.
"Today's task is: five people to work together on one Dog-Head Goblin, one person on one Slippery Pitcher Plant, and one person on 100 Stone Lobsters."
Instantly!
A chorus of wails erupted!
Chapter 1 The Task