Although he had seen the legend of what was needed to level up.
He had the resilience.
Currently, the materials required for camp upgrades were still too expensive for Chen Yu to afford.
Six Earth Element Shards were needed.
Fire and Wind required two each.
Water needed one.
This totaled a whopping nine Element Shards.
Calculating based on the preferential rate of 3 Element Crystal Shards for 1000g of meat, Chen Yu would need to provide six units of roasted meat.
It wasn't much.
The problem was that currently, the only sellers of Element Crystals were Xiao Jiang and Ya Qing.
Even if someone sold Element Crystals to him in the future, Chen Yu wasn't particularly inclined to part with his exquisite roasted meat; he wanted to keep it as a contingency.
In the early stages, selling some ordinary food would suffice.
If Chen Yu's assumptions were correct, trading would eventually open up in the future world. At that time, the big players from various regions might also start selling food and water.
To capture market share, they might even acquire them at a premium.
The price would be driven up, and the suppliers would be at a disadvantage.
In such a scenario, acquiring at a premium would clearly not be worth it.
Chen Yu would not do such a foolish thing.
What he needed to do was to suppress them in terms of food taste, so the roasted meat was his trump card, and he wouldn't reveal it casually.
He had to reveal his trump cards little by little.
Playing his strongest hand right from the start and being left with a weak card at the end would lead to a loss, no matter how glorious the early game.
He approached the Cheese Maker.
Two hours had long passed, and the damaged Fire Element magic array at the bottom of the Cheese Maker was no longer functioning.
The produced cheese was stored in the golden chest.
"Crit, crit!"
Chen Yu prayed in his heart.
He pulled open the chest door.
!!!
Immediately, Chen Yu's eyes widened.
A total of fifteen units of cheese, divided into groups of three, five groups in total, were piled in the golden chest.
"No way!"
Chen Yu exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the cheese in the chest.
Cheese could indeed crit.
He had just tried it, not really expecting much, and it truly didn't disappoint him!
300
The cheese melted in his mouth.
His mouth was instantly filled with melted cheese.
The rich, mellow flavor exploded in his mouth.
Could a human have made this?
Chen Yu looked down at the Cheese Maker, then at the cheese in his hand.
[Exquisite Scaled Milk Cheese: Exquisite Cuisine, Worthy of You. Made from Scaled Milk, consumption enhances personal defense.]
Exquisite Cuisine!
The Cheese Maker's output was also counted towards him.
This meant that after he provided the raw materials, even machine-made items were considered his work. It was like putting food in a microwave to process it, which was also a form of cooking.
Cheese making was the same!
Chen Yu couldn't help but look down at his hands.
What kind of hands were these?
The hands of a culinary god.
If this were reality, he would have to buy insurance worth hundreds of millions for his hands.
They were too amazing.
If Chen Yu didn't want to become disabled, he would even want to chop off his hands and cook them to see what they tasted like.
Wouldn't that be exquisite plus exquisite?
Double exquisite.
Ascending to the heavens?
After a brief moment of awe, Chen Yu took another bite.
[Personal Defense +3]
[Cooking Effect +3]
Huh?
Chen Yu blinked.
Defense.
He had seen the Cooking Effect before, but this physical defense...
Chen Yu looked at the cheese in his hand again, which was labeled as increasing personal defense upon consumption.
"Hei Dou, do you feel any increase in your defense after eating the cheese?" Chen Yu looked down at Hei Dou, who was licking its paws, and blinked. "I was too busy eating to notice. This is made from Scaled Milk, right? It will increase defense, that's the characteristic of Scaled Milk."
Alas!
He had gotten excited for nothing.
Chen Yu had thought only he would gain the benefit, but if everyone could gain it, then there was nothing special about it.
He took a few more bites until the cheese was gone.
It was still not enough.
Chen Yu, like Hei Dou, took another piece of cheese and took a bite.
[Physical Defense +21]
...
Huh?
Chen Yu stretched his neck to look at the notification.
The attribute had crit!
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Hu Die Lan