Chapter 1298: The Full Set Of Recipes For Cooking Crayfish
“According to the system’s three major principles, the system will be reset if it causes the collapse of this world’s ecosystem!”
“What do you mean?”
“The system and the host are already tightly bound together. If the system is reset, it means the host would be erased.”
“Damn! This is a rogue clause!” Mag raised his eyebrow. He hadn’t expected that he would be tied to the system and this stupid system could be reset. This was simply… too stupid, wasn’t it?
“As an auxiliary, the system was created for the host, and to prevent the system from taking over, God has established the three major principles. Hence, all the systems have to act according to the principles,” the System said mechanically.
Mag didn’t want to argue about the clauses as they were too complicated and beyond his control. So, he instead said, “It’s fine that you have 300,000 lobsters, but why are they reared in the Boundless Sea Realm? Isn’t crayfish a freshwater shrimp? Why the hell are you rearing them in the sea? And how did you, a system, let them escape? You are too unprofessional, aren’t you?”
“This is the Super Devil Crayfish that this system cultivated by doing a gene recombination of the crayfish, Australian Lobster, and this world’s Devil Prawn. It has adapted to the Boundless Sea Realm extremely well.
“This crayfish is not only big and fleshy, its meat is also rich and tender. It also resolved the problem of the crayfish being difficult to handle and dirty. It’s an excellent ingredient regardless if you are making the garlic crayfish or the spicy crayfish!
“Moreover, this system isn’t responsible for this leakage. It was because an unknown black fog has seriously corroded the netting at the edge of the lobster farm and caused this leakage,” the system said, feeling rather maligned.
“Is that the black fog that appeared on Borg previously?” Mag was a little shocked to hear that too. The system had mentioned the black fog to him before. He didn’t expect it would appear at the Boundless Sea Realm this time.
“Based on this system’s analysis, both have identical components, so they should have come from the same place. Furthermore, according to this system’s surveillance, the range of this black fog is increasing rapidly, and the living things that are within the range of the black fog have begun to display a trend of mutation!”
“Then, isn’t that crayfish going to be unfit for consumption?” Mag glared as this was most probably the very first reaction of him as a crayfish aficionado.
“This system has already isolated the sea area where the mutations have occurred. All the mutant creatures are confined in this area, and moreover, mutation takes time. Getting in contact with the black fog for a short period of time wouldn’t cause the crayfishes to mutate. Hence, the 300,000 crayfish that have escaped are still fit for consumption.
“However, because the black fog couldn’t be eradicated, the separation net couldn’t be repaired. Therefore, another separation net has to be built 300 meters away from it. Right now, the black fog is expanding rapidly, and according to its expansion rate, it would threaten the second separation net in 72 hours and cause the danger of a second leakage.
“Thus, could the Host please set off to the Boundless Sea Realm as soon as possible to eradicate the black fog and control the spread of the crayfish?” the System said gravely.
Mag rolled his eyes in his heart. Even so, those 300,000 crayfishes were enough to give him a headache. Demons were not fishermen.
“This mission is urgent. And to ensure that the Host would complete the mission smoothly, the Host would receive the full set of recipes for cooking crayfish, which includes: spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish, thirteen-spices crayfish, steamed crayfish, chilled crayfish, etc.”
“Oh, it could work like this too.” Mag’s eyes lit up upon hearing that. All the mainstream cooking methods of the crayfish were included, and the spicy crayfish was his favorite.
Furthermore, if he had this set of recipes, then he already knew how to deal with those 300,000 fugitive crayfish.
As long as the thing tasted good, he didn’t have to worry that there were too many of them. He only worried if there were too few of them.
“So, you don’t want me to go?” Irina asked Mag, who suddenly froze, with a smile.
“No, I have intended to go with you.” Mag shook his head smilingly. There wasn’t a choice now, as a trip to the Boundless Sea Realm seemed to be inevitable. Besides, he also didn’t want to let Irina go and risk her life on her own. So, he would take it as their family of three going to the Demon Islands for a vacation.
Moreover, Mag also wanted to find out what that black fog was because even the System couldn’t handle it. And it had also appeared on Borg before.
Irina’s light-type magic had a purifying effect on the black fog. Traveling along with her could save Mag a lot of trouble. Otherwise, there was no way for him to deal with the black fog with a sword alone.
“You better stay back in Chaos City and recuperate.” Irina shook her head, but she was feeling rather touched.
“Let’s depart the day after tomorrow. Before we go, let’s get the Night Elves settled down first. I am not going to the Demon Islands to kill someone. Instead, I have something else to do,” Mag replied smilingly.
“Alright.” Irina nodded gently after staring at Mag for a while. There was someone coming in, so she washed her hands and walked out of the kitchen.
Mag wasn’t an impulsive person, so she wasn’t worried about him at all.
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“Let me do it, Mother.” Rena saw her skinny mother scooping the porridge with difficulty just as she reached home. She quickly put down the takeaway box in her hands, and took the bowl and ladle from her.
“Why are you back, Rena? Didn’t you say that you are going to have your dinner at the restaurant?” Clarince asked Rena, feeling a little surprised.
“Boss taught me how to make the hot pot this afternoon, and he let me bring it back for you to try. We are not eating porridge tonight. We will be having hot pot,” Rena answered with a smile as she put down the bowl and ladle, and helped Clarince sit down at the table. Then, she took out all the stuff that Mag let her bring back one by one. There was even a little stove at the bottom.
Clarince looked at all the ingredients on the table, and anxiously asked Rena, “Why did you take so much food home, Rena? This is only your first day at work. This isn’t very nice.”
Rena was also rather surprised that Mag gave her so many ingredients like duck intestines, tripe, and beef… These ingredients cost tens and even hundreds of copper coins on the menu, and they were all present on the table. Their total price was already over 2,000 copper coins.
“Boss is a nice person, so don’t worry, Mother. I will pay him back for this meal when I get my salary. Just take it that I am treating you to hot pot on my first day at work,” Rena said with a smile, and placed the pot that she usually used on the little stove before pouring in the broth that she made in the afternoon. Then, she lit up the fire and reboiled the soup.
“Yes, we have to pay him back.” Clarince nodded before she suddenly had a hacking cough.
“I have boiled this bone broth for the whole afternoon. Drink a little of it first.” Rena swiftly poured a bowl of bone broth and passed it to Clarince before walking over to pat her back.
Mother’s cough is getting more and more serious. I have to bring her to see a better doctor after I receive this month’s salary, she thought with a heartache.