Chapter 165: A Bowl of Rice, A Base Full of Hope

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: A Bowl of Rice, A Base Full of Hope

The crowd was jubilant and laughing, and more and more people were watching. The whole base was so lively that it seemed like the New Year was coming in advance.

Many people had also wandered outside the base to collect some things, so they were not practically empty-handed. They still had some things.

Just as everyone was curiously discussing the new canteen, operating the machines, and testing it, The familiar figures slowly walked over from the other end of the base.

It was Liora’s companions..

Chen Wei, Liang Zihan, Zhou Yinuo, Zhao Ren, Ji Ming, Yan Lin, Yun Shou, Shen Haoran, Xu Kai, and Yang Ming, all of them were present.

"... Damn, what’s wrong with this building?" Liang Zihan was the first to shout.

"It wasn’t there last night!" Zhou Yinuo frowned, staring at the wooden house with a golden plaque.

"Could it be that it was the ability of some superpower? It was built overnight?" Shen Haoran asked suspiciously.

"But I didn’t notice anything." Xu Kai said with a cold face, but his eyes were also a little surprised.

"Speaking of which... Could this be done by Atlas?" Chen Wei turned his head and looked at the crowd, as if looking for a figure.

Just then——



Liora walked slowly from a distance with little Eli, pretending to be surprised, "Huh? When was this built? How come I don’t know about it?"

As she spoke, she mixed into the crowd and followed the crowd, "I passed by yesterday, and there was nothing there..."

Eli hummed softly, rolled his eyes, and turned his head away with a look of "You act, I won’t expose you."

He complained in his heart: "You act too fake, only idiots believe that you didn’t participate."

But unfortunately, in his eyes——these adults are stupider than each other, and they all believe it.

While everyone was still talking, Chen Wei and others also came forward one after another to try the system terminal. Zhao Ren threw in the potatoes and mushrooms he picked yesterday and got dozens of points. He was as excited as a child.

"Fuck, this system is so easy to use!"

"I feel like we can come here every day to exchange food."

"It’s much more convenient than the convenience store."

Just as everyone was exchanging materials, Liora also walked to the terminal, took out ten bags of five-kilogram rice, five bags of salt, and three bags of white flour from the space without changing her expression, and put them into the item slot without hesitation.

Everyone was stunned.

"Is this... Miss Liora’s food reserve?"

"What does she mean?"

"Is it all donated?"

The terminal flashed a prompt:

[High-quality rice × 10 bags, white salt, flour have been successfully tested and stored, converted into 1200 points, and have been credited.]

But no one cares how many points she got, because everyone understands –

She is not doing it for points.

She is supporting the canteen.



She wants to let more people have a bite of hot rice, to let the canteen have more dishes, and to make this base run more like a "home".

For a moment, the crowd around was silent for a moment, and then burst into warm applause and cheers.

"Miss Liora is so awesome!!"

"The lady is so generous!"

"I will follow her in the future!!"

Liora listened to the applause, just smiled slightly, and said nothing.

After the hustle and bustle gradually subsided, people in the base began to get busy again. No matter what they held in their hands, as long as it could be exchanged, even if it was just a fresh wild herb, everyone was willing to try to exchange it.

The crowd was flowing, and a long line formed in front of the system terminal, and the sound of whispering came one after another.

"Look who that is? He took several wild fruits."

"I just picked this green pepper, I wonder how much it can be exchanged for?"

"Don’t underestimate it. It’s just a small thing. Everything is valuable now."

Just as everyone was working hard, the loudspeaker in the management hall suddenly sounded, and a clear, cold, and orderly AI-synthesized female voice echoed over the base:

[Announcement: Due to the opening of the canteen, we are now in urgent need of recruiting two chefs and three chef assistants. Today is the probation period, and those with outstanding performance will be formally hired.]

At this moment, the originally busy scene suddenly exploded again.

"Chef!? I want to apply!" A middle-aged man was so excited that his eyes lit up, "I used to cook in my hometown!"

"I can do it too, I can grill meat, it tastes great!"

"I have made game soup! Come on, let me do it!"

However, just a few seconds later, the AI voice sounded again:

[Additional explanation: Once the chef and assistant are hired, the monthly salary is 500 low-level crystal cores.]



"What?! 500 crystal cores?!" Someone shouted, and the whole base was silent for two seconds, and then it was –

"I can cook too!!"

"Wait! I can fry eggs!! I can cut vegetables!! I can be an assistant!!"

"I can pickle vegetables!! Does it count!!"

In front of the management hall, a long line formed in an instant, and people who had not originally planned to participate also joined the application line.

Liora stood at the back of the crowd, raised her eyebrows slightly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

The AI voice continued to release calmly and rationally:

[Due to the large number of applicants, today’s canteen trial operation will adopt a scoring system. All trial cooks please prepare today’s menu: high-quality white rice + turtle meat mushroom soup + three side dishes of their own. The residents of the base will conduct on-site evaluation, and those with the highest score will be officially hired.]

The whole audience cheered and everyone was ready to go, as if they had seen the moment when the crystal core was earned.

"Turtle meat mushroom soup? Isn’t this what Lao Zhang picked yesterday?"

"It’s over, I can cook, I have to find someone to form a team quickly!"

"Hey, brother, let’s form a team? I’ll cut the vegetables and you cook!"