North entrance.

Under the spacious shed, there was a long table, and next to it were two braziers, and the charcoal fire in it was burning vigorously.

Chu Guang, who was wearing blue power armor, stood in the shed, looking at the young players who were busy in the bazaar, with an old fatherly smile on his face.

Not bad.

Draw a cake and let the players cook it themselves, and sure enough, this is the job that the planner should do.

Originally, Chu Guang thought that holding this celebration would consume a lot of inventory, but now it seems that his worries are completely unnecessary.

Those little players obviously read his event copy several times, and even from the perspective of the game background, they also dug out what he wanted to express but was not embarrassed to write in the copy.

Wasteland foodies.

Naturally, you have to use some "original" food from the wasteland.

Or are you embarrassed to say that the dishes you cook are the "purest wasteland"?

Cricket meat in the crunchy stove, fried mutant cockroach legs, leech pans, and glowing vampire meat steaks, all of them are put together!

Of course, Chu Guang himself would not eat it.

He doesn't have an N lives.

It's better to eat something healthy and hygienic.

There are three prizes in total.

One is the food in the minds of the wastelanders, the other is the food in the minds of the players, and the other is the approval from the Administrator.

The selection criteria for the three awards are different, and the judges are also different, but the rewards are mostly the same.

Namely, huge event points!

Limited Title!

As well as being inducted into the Hall of Fame and sparkling at the forum!

As in the previous events, you can earn points for completing tasks in the event, which can be used to redeem event-limited rewards and New Year's red envelopes - in fact, it is a lottery with a different name.

Prizes include, but are not limited to, 666 silver coins for the first prize, but also include the grand prize – a carbon nano bulletproof vest worth 6666 silver coins.

This thing has never been on the shelves of the NPC store, and the price is randomly marked by Chu Guang, anyway, no one will refute even if he adds another zero estimate.

In addition to the lottery, what interests players the most is, of course, the limited title and the opportunity to enter the Hall of Fame.

And according to the manager himself, if he receives the title of "wasteland gourmet", the dishes he designed will be included in the menu of this year's New Year's party.

For life pro gamers, the temptation is too great.

In order to compete for this title, the warehouse was almost sold out of condiments other than salt.

So much so that Chu Guang had to temporarily adjust his activity strategy, temporarily removing the seasoning from the shelves in the warehouse and changing it to completing the task to receive it.

It is also thanks to this that the progress of completing the daily tasks in the past few days is quite gratifying, and he, the manager, has not received any reward points from the system.

In order to meet the cooking needs of the players, Chu Guang has smashed almost all the points on the primary blind box these days, and has also obtained a lot of seeds for high-yield crops.

This is a windfall.

Looking at the wooden plaque on the table, Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang with a confused expression and asked.

"What are the judges?"

She had never heard such a strange word.

Chu Guang explained after a little thought.

"To put it simply, you take a walk around the north gate, and if you think the food looks good, you can take a copy back, and if it's delicious, just give it a thumbs up."

Of course, you have to give Crow a taste before you eat it.

As a perceptual player, she has a talent for toxin intuition, and she can tell at a glance what she can't eat.

In addition, her physical attributes are not high, and if she eats something that is fine, others can basically eat it.

Crow, who became a "taster", was happy.

Chu Guang still remembers how the little player patted his chest and assured himself that he would do his best to maintain the order of the celebration, and asked himself to give her this "glorious and arduous" task.

"Oh, I see." Xia Yan nodded confusedly.

To sum it up...... See what you like to eat?

Eat and drink for nothing without spending money?

That's cool, right!?

Xiao Yu, who was sitting behind the long table, had a slightly cramped expression.

Sneaking a glance at Brother Chu, she said in a small voice.

"But...... Is it really good if you don't give money? ”

To be honest, this is a somewhat redundant question.

What money do judges give for eating?

No entry fee is generous enough, okay!

Not to mention that there are points rewards for participating in the competition, even if it is the most consolation prize, it is definitely enough to pay for that little bit of food.

Chu Guang originally planned to say this, but seeing Xiao Yu's expression of disappointment, he changed his words when he came to his mouth.

It's okay for a dog to plan it by himself.

You can't teach bad children.

"It's part of the festivities, and the cost of the event will be covered by the shelter...... You can understand that the money has actually been paid. ”

There was a pause at this point.

Looking at the ignorant little fish, Chu Guang smiled gently and continued.

"Say thank you to them before you taste it."

"They'll be happy all day."

Boss Xia, who was standing aside with his arms crossed, also nodded as if he didn't understand.

Got it.

It turns out that it is not for nothing to eat and drink.

It is public and money to eat and drink.

……

The New Year's food contest is in full swing, and in order to get the limited title, whether it is a life professional player or a combat professional player, they have done their best.

The event lasted until the last day of December.

It was a rare sunny day.

The howling north wind and blizzard are at the end of the crossbow, and the harsh winter seems to be coming to an end.

Everything is foreshadowing, the dawn is coming, and victory is at hand!

In anticipation of the upcoming Wasteland Era 212, the outpost is lit up with lights.

Many houses have red paper pasted on the doors, and bright red strips of cloth and ribbons are hung.

In order to make the atmosphere of the festival stronger, Chu Guang also specially issued a task to make more than forty lanterns from the carpentry hut, which were hung from the square in front of the sanatorium to the market at the north gate.

At dusk.

More than forty lanterns were lit.

The hazy light, set against the blazing torches, made the entire outpost lively and festive.

Chu Guang found that his little players were simply geniuses.

In just one week, in the face of a shortage of supplies, his little players unlocked an astonishing number of recipes.

There are some very creative brain holes, and even he can't help but be amazed when he sees it.

For example, rattan rattan.

It is said that she gained experience from nomadic herders, and with the help of the Akikusa and Akiba sisters, she used the pupa of the devil moth to make shellac and make something similar to "bamboo shoot jelly".

It was crystal clear, white, soft, and tasted like jelly, and if you didn't mention it, no one would think of the devil moth at all.

Without any suspense, the delicacy won the award of "Most Popular Wasteland Food among Players".

After all, this dish cleverly finds a balance between Na's salt-and-pepper charcoal-grilled mantis legs and some "real-life delicacies" that have nothing to do with the wasteland at all.

And the taste and texture are not bad, belonging to the "order-neutral" kind.

The only pity is that there is no chili sauce, otherwise it would have been more delicious.

However, not everyone is happy with such an outcome.

Especially for those who "narrowly" won the game......

"Gan! Why isn't the wasteland foodie me! It's so delicious! ”

"That's it!"

"It's too much!"

The judging session ended as early as noon, and now it's time for the celebration.

The undead canyon fugitive mole, the elf king Fugui and Lao Na roasted all the unfinished mantis legs, trying to prove themselves with the taste.

However, helplessly, the booths of the three were sparsely populated and not patronized at all.

Even after confirming that there was no poison, Raven still shook his head into a rattle.

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, I really can't accept this kind of food!"

Miss Fujito, who was beautiful and kind-hearted, looked closer, thinking of buying a little to comfort them, but when she was about to pay, she couldn't help but whisper a question.

"Speaking of which...... Is there really no nematode? ”

Hearing this, the mole brother suddenly felt as if the wound had been sprinkled with salt, and said with a sad and indignant face.

"There are so many nematodes! And not all praying mantis have nematodes! ”

Elf King Fugui: "That's it!" It's all blown up like this! And isn't it not toxic? ”

Irena: "Gan! Do you know how hard it is to find these things in the middle of winter! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't ask......" Fujito hurriedly took out the VM, although she didn't know why she apologized, but anyway, she paid for a little first.

Unable to stand it anymore, Yeshi walked over, patted Irena on the shoulder, and sighed.

"Forget it, Lao Na, let's give up, don't struggle."

Irena said angrily, "Mud Kai! If I don't sell out, I won't go offline! ”

Night Ten silently let go of his hand.

Boy.

I was ready to stay up all night......

……

The most recognized food award by players was won by Fuji in one fell swoop.

The delicacy recognized by many NPCs such as Boss Xia, Xiaoyu, Yin Fang, Heya, guards and warehouse managers is the "Mushroom Cloud Cake" made by Crow.

As a taster, she also participated in the competition.

Using eggs bought from the Frostspear clan mixed with sugar, Raven crow cleverly made small mushroom caps from round-beaked piping bags and sprinkled with chocolate chips around them.

The whole cake resembles a mushroom cloud, and the chocolate chips around it are surrounded by a nuclear crater, which can barely be considered wasteland-style food.

But to be honest, in Chu Guang's opinion, this is completely a tricky act.

Chocolate, sugar, and eggs are all bought, and they are far from cheap.

Although Chu Guang repeatedly emphasized that what he needed was cheap and delicious food, the NPCs were all conquered by the taste of chocolate, and they were not interested in those wasteland-style foods at all.

Looking at the little fish with his eyes shining, Chu Guang really couldn't bear to veto it, so he didn't say anything.

Fortunately, he also expected that the results of the voting would be skewed, so he set up an additional third award - "the most recognized food by managers".

The award was presented by him personally.

The dish that won the award was the "Split Claw Crab Cake" of the Beef and Horse Squad.

Add 450g of green wheat flour to 400g of split-claw crab meat, mix 10g of salt and a little buffalo grass powder and white berries to squeeze the juice to get a full kilogram of split-claw crab mince.

The meatloaf made with this minced meat does not have the grassy sourness of green barley, but also retains the flavor of crab meat, and there is no doubt about its deliciousness.

The amount was large and full and easy to preserve, and Chu Guang presented the award to its inventor without saying a word.

Since it is a group work, except for the name of Chef Tomato's Scrambled Eggs, which will be displayed on the first-level page of the Hall of Fame, and the list of other collaborators will be counted in the second-level sub-page.

The collaborators didn't have any opinion on this, after all, their names have long been in the Hall of Fame.

Giving this rare opportunity to the scrambled egg brother was originally their decision after discussing it themselves.

Stand at the north entrance of the base.

Chu Guang, who was wearing power armor, announced the final result of the competition in a loud voice, and then raised his wine glass to the crowd in the celebration.

"Enjoy the last day of the new year!"

"Let's toast to next year's bountiful harvest!"

There was a lot I wanted to say.

But looking at those little players whose faces were full of excitement, Chu Guang suddenly felt that a tirade seemed a little redundant at this time.

Leave the time to them.

It's good to be a handsome NPC quietly.

As the words fell, the market at the north gate instantly resounded with cheers, and the wooden wine glasses were raised high.

"Whoa!"

"The mastermind is awesome!"

"Woo woo, this year's New Year's Day finally doesn't have to eat takeout alone!"

"Brother who doesn't exist, you have to eat like you take off your helmet."

"Okay, don't talk about it, and besides, the tears are about to fall."

There are about 500 players who choose to spend the holiday in the game, and basically all of them are here.

As for the other 300 players, they are either in reality or accompanying their families, and they are estimated to come back after noon tomorrow.

In addition to the players, the NPCs who came to participate in the celebration also had joy and joy written on their faces.

It turns out that the celebration is such a happy thing.

It turns out that the festival is such a thing!

Life seems to have a new hope, and even if they don't realize it, a sense of cultural identity is taking shape in their hearts.

Chu Guang took out the last few barrels of red wine in the inventory and gave everyone a small glass.

Although they were all divided, Chu Guang was not distressed.

First, he has decided to drink less in his life, and he will not drink if he can.

Another one of these wines was he snatched from the old leech's cellar anyway, and it didn't matter if he drank it.

There will be new ones next year.

"Cheers! Hiccup—"

Boss Xia excitedly raised his wine glass, took a sip, and ran over with a staggering red face to ask Chu Guang if he still had it, which perfectly explained what it means to be a good eater and a drinker.

Xiao Yu, who was sitting next to the brazier, took a small sip of milk, and glanced at Xia Yan with some concern, worried that she would drink herself and faint like last time.

Yin Fang stared at the wine glass for a while, sniffed it, frowned and finished it, then muttered back to the shelter and continued to busy his research.

It was Hea, and after taking a sip, her expression didn't change at all, and she stood there watching the lively players and wastelanders with interest.

For her, who grew up in a shelter, everything here is so fascinating.

Whether it's DNA or culture.

Giving his cup to Boss Xia, Chu Guang glanced at the empty cup in her hand with a slightly surprised expression.

"I didn't expect you to drink unexpectedly."

Hea didn't feel anything incomprehensible, and said as a matter of course.

"After all, my liver and stomach and ...... They are all biomimetic organs, which can be absorbed selectively or not at all. ”

Chu Guang: "......"

All right.

That's a waste.

After announcing the start of the celebration, Chu Guang issued a mission through the VM, selected a few young players to go to the temporary shelter located in the abandoned department store, and sent a New Year's greeting to the homeless people there.

Not much stuff.

About 300 kilograms of crab cakes.

Although each person can only get a small piece of 200g crab cake, it is also the meat of the split-claw crab.

I believe that this New Year's gift from Vault 404 should send them a touch of warmth.

……

"Damn, why can't the bear's paw stew catfish soup work!"

The festivities have entered the second half, guarding a pot of black fish soup that has almost cooled, and the tail is squatting on the ground with a deep blow, drawing circles on the snow with branches.

Sisi comforted her and said.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with the food itself, maybe there's something wrong with the recipe...... Why is the soup stewed black? I remember it wasn't white before? ”

"Please don't worry about these details."

"No...... I think it's better to figure it out. ”

Irena, who ate all the roasted mantis legs and pretended to sell them all while no one was paying attention, happened to wander here.

Seeing the dark dish stuffed with bear paws and fish heads, he couldn't help but gloat and tease.

"You can't be stewing meat, are you?"

Tail gave him a disgruntled look.

"How is that possible! Flesh can talk! ”

And it's her mount!

It was not easy to tame.

Si Si, who was next to his tail, sighed and said helplessly.

"It's not a fleshy hand, but it has something to do with meat. In short, the tail lures the hibernating brown bear out of its hole with flesh as bait, emmm...... It was a bit confusing at the time, so I won't describe it. ”

Irena scratched the back of her head, "Uh, I'm curious about the details, shouldn't I ask more?" ”

The players around them threw sympathetic glances at Rou Rou, only Rou Rou had an expression of almost crying.

"Wait a minute, you made it clear, everyone obviously misunderstood!"

Ignoring the noise of his teammates, Tail was still muttering there.

"Damn, it tastes okay!"

Sis patted her on the shoulder.

"Okay, okay, don't be upset...... Ah,It looks like it's a mission.,And it seems to be a hidden mission.,Oh, do you want to come along? ”

As soon as he heard that it was a hidden mission, Tail immediately stood up and said with bright eyes.

"Yes!"

Siss's face had an old fatherly smile.

This kid is too easy to coax.