This creates a positive optimization cycle.
Today, AI robots can customize personalized menus for different clients based on a vast repository of recipe materials, satisfying the dining needs of various types of customers.
Most importantly, AI robots not only greatly improve production efficiency and reduce labor costs, but also minimize waste by precisely controlling the amount of food ingredients, thereby promoting reduction in kitchen waste. With these combined advantages, AI robots are destined to completely replace the culinary industry.
Although he is a chef, he is more precisely a Creative Dish Development Master.
His job is to develop new and unique dishes, adding some innovative items to the Star Network recipe database, and then have AI robots complete the preparation, with customers scoring the results.
Income depends on the comprehensive subscription volume of new recipes, as well as review data.
His recipes have 160,000 annual subscribers on the Star Network, and he updates with an innovative dish about once a month.
But for Qin Kong, the amount of income is secondary.
His research on dishes is driven by a heartfelt love; he sees boundless potential in every ingredient, and each innovation is an exciting exploration into the unknown.
This passion led to an idea while he was experiencing game content.
To his surprise, he discovered that the spiritual ingredients in the game provided a taste experience that surpassed all foods in the real world.
Even with the finest combinations in the real world, they can’t compare to the simplest cooking methods used to make spiritual food in the game.
Being a foodie, this gave Qin Kong an idea.
He intended to try all kinds of spiritual materials in the game and create a Gourmet Atlas.
Since the original taste of spiritual food was already so delicious, perhaps its flavor could be enhanced further through cooking, achieving a taste that transcends the ingredients themselves.
This idea took root in his mind and quickly bloomed.
A week ago, Qin Kong finally decided to become an Exploration Faction player, or more precisely, a Cook in the game.
His first goal was to create a compendium of spiritual gourmet food.
This compendium, in his vision, is divided into two sections.
The first section is a seasoning compendium.
During the dish preparation process, the importance of seasoning needs no explanation.
Seasonings enhance the food’s flavor, endowing them with unique and rich aromas and tastes, revitalizing ordinary ingredients.
Moreover, seasonings balance the various flavors in food, like saltiness, sweetness, sourness, bitterness, etc., making the dish’s flavors more harmonious and unified.
In cooking, seasonings are the core key.
But since real-world seasonings cannot be brought into the game, sourcing local seasonings is necessary for in-game use.
This is why he’s been traveling back and forth between the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range and the Colorful Mist Coast Region, creating spices (seasonings) in the style of Shennong tasting herbs.
Currently, he has found 15 kinds of natural seasonings that can be used in cooking.
Each seasoning brings a unique flavor that cannot be experienced in reality.
These initial successes gave Qin Kong the motivation to keep moving forward.
Next, he planned to search for ingredients near the coast and begin his first cooking attempt.
Shortly, Qin Kong passed through the dense rainforest and arrived at the white sand beach.
Scanning the area, his gaze locked onto a quickly scuttling Golden Claw Crab and he went forward to capture it.
Golden Claw Crabs are the most common ingredients on the Colorful Mist Coast. Players catch them and usually grill them directly over fire, at most sprinkling a bit of sea salt to make a delicious dish.
But Qin Kong had higher aspirations for his dishes, wanting to elevate the taste of spirit food through ingredient pairing and seasoning.
After catching two Golden Claw Crabs and killing them, he tossed them into his Space Bag.
Qin Kong continued hunting for Golden Claw Crabs.
As for food preservation, he had no concern.
The Space Bag was the best kind of preservation storage; whatever state the food was put in, it would come out exactly the same.
There was no microbial enzyme, oxidation, or other issues that could affect the quality of the ingredients.
While Qin Kong was busily engaged, suddenly, a Challenger Tips notification popped up in his mind, showing a friend request to connect.
He glanced at the name of the connecting player and chose to accept.
Instantly, a video image flickered before his eyes, with a skeleton about 1.6 meters tall, engulfed in dark flames, standing at the center.
The skeleton opened its mouth:
"Bro!" A slightly immature girl’s voice came from the image.
"Are you short on sacrificial power again?" Looking at his sister in Bone Fire Form on the screen, Qin Kong curiously asked.
"Lacking sacrificial power is one thing, but more importantly, I was scrolling through the forum and saw a player mention that a mysterious sea cave has been discovered near the shallow sea area of the Colorful Mist Coast. The spirit fish caught there are very delicious. Aren’t you looking for tasty ingredients? So I came especially to remind you... Oh, and also transfer me 100 points of sacrificial power while you’re at it, I need to go on a quest with the guild to hunt Evil Spirits, and I’ve spent all my sacrificial power on Body Refining Experience, I’m broke."
"Alright, I’ll transfer it to you now."
After ending the call, Qin Kong brought up the friend list, selected his sister’s avatar, and transferred 100 points of sacrificial power to her.
Then, he activated the forum feature and began to search for the post his sister mentioned.
Soon, he found the target post.
After spending half an hour reading the content and attachment videos, Qin Kong became interested.
The post was made by a Fishing Faction player.
He complained about the difficulties of sea fishing in the post.
Mainly because many land baits couldn’t meet the needs of sea fishing, and the spirit fish in the sea preferred live baits. This led the player to have the idea of going into the sea to catch fish directly.