Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Chapter 16 Compressed Cookies
  Under the curious eyes of Xie Mi and Tan Xiaoshi.

Bai Zhen first poured the white sugar, glucose powder, Moo milk powder, dried fruits, Salt Giant's [refined salt] and other ingredients into a large bowl according to the proportions.

Then pour in Oliva's olive oil, use a multipurpose tool to create a mixing stick and add flour.

After stirring, Bai Zhen kneaded the mixture into dough.

Use an all-purpose rolling pin to roll out the dough flatly, and get a flatbread that can cover the entire kitchen countertop.

Bai Zhen used a knife to cut the dough into small rectangles three centimeters wide and five centimeters long, and poked small holes in the dough with a fork.

Before putting it in the oven, Bai Zhen also asked the charcoal waiter to release the firepower and help dry the dough, and finally got a pile of hard dough.

Bai Zhen was not idle when putting it in the oven to bake.

He germinated the grape seeds he had obtained previously from the Padia region, used a universal tool to transform into a watering can, received some warm water, and then put the seeds in to soak.

Bai Zhen called Xie Mi: "Use Growth to help me stimulate the buds."

"Mi." Xie Mi's body exuded an emerald green light.

The seeds that originally took several hours to germinate were completed in only half a minute with the help of Xie Mi.

At least in this step, Xie Mi can help a lot.

Bai Zhen quickly obtained more than 300 Level 4 grape seeds that had been germinated.
  Originally, Bai Zhen would not go out to farm at night, but now time is tight. The earlier he plants, the faster he can get crops.

Bai Zhen turned on all the lights at home and found an open space around the villa. He took out a hoe and plowed it quickly, and finally buried the seeds at a certain distance.

This step is mainly to select surviving grape seedlings.

When he returns some time later, he will carve out a new area as a vineyard.

When Bai Zhen finished his work, the cookies were already baked.

Opening the oven, a rich aroma shot out like a tsunami.

Xie Mi smelled the aroma, and her mouth immediately started to water as she was not yet full.

"Is this a compressed biscuit? It smells so good. Can Semiy have some?"

"I'm not done yet, the next step is the key."

Bai Zhen used a multi-purpose tool to transform into a hand grinder, and he ground all the freshly baked biscuits into powder.

Put it in a clean, dry container, and Bai Zhen got about 20 kilograms of biscuit powder.

Now comes the last and most important step - compression.

To compress powder into biscuits, at least 120kg of pressure is required per square centimeter of powder.

In other words, a compressed biscuit that is 4 cm wide and 8 cm long requires nearly 4 tons of pressure to make.

If it were normal, he would definitely need to buy a hydraulic press, but now he can use his [Universal Tool] to transform it.

The universal tool can be transformed into any hand tool Bai Zhen needs, as long as Bai Zhen can imagine it.

For this reason, Bai Zhen also took out the design drawings, paper and pen, and drew the mold in his mind.

After about ten minutes, Bai Zhen finally got a mold for compressing biscuits.

Put the biscuit powder into it and close the mold lid.

Bai Zhen held the mold with both hands and pressed it slightly, and the biscuit powder was compressed into a biscuit.

With the attribute bonus of [100% labor saving], Bai Zhen does not need a hydraulic press of 4 tons or even higher pressure. He can compress the biscuits into shape with just his hands. Unmolding the compressed biscuit, Bai Zhen finally got a compressed biscuit.

[Compressed biscuits (rarity 3)——low-level cuisine. Using a lot of ingredients that are extremely nutritious and energy-rich, and you can eat a variety of sweet dried fruits in one bite, the compressed biscuits still have a lot of room for improvement. You don’t have to expect too much from the taste of compressed biscuits. This is food to satisfy your hunger.

Cooking effect: After eating, you will not feel hungry for 4 hours. Obtain 30 seconds of instant recovery [Small]. Instant recovery (small) - Mental power, physical strength, and HP are restored by 1% per second]

Seeing the cooking effect, Bai Zhen nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with this compressed biscuit.

It can not only fill your stomach, but also restore 30% of your status within 30 seconds.

One thing worth mentioning is that the rating of low-level cuisine will not increase as the rarity of the cuisine increases.

It is a rating of techniques, divided into five levels: [low-level cuisine], [intermediate cuisine], [high-level cuisine], [special cuisine], and [legendary cuisine].

This rating will affect the performance of the same dish.

For example, a rarity 3 compressed biscuit rated [low-level cuisine] will definitely have a worse cooking effect than a rarity 3 compressed biscuit rated [intermediate cuisine].

Wanting to improve the cooking rating has nothing to do with the rarity of the materials used. It mainly requires Bai Zhen to improve his cooking skills to improve the rating.

Let's take the compressed biscuits as an example. What is being produced now is low-level cuisine. If Bai Zhen can improve the formula of compressed biscuits, start with the ratio of ingredients, or control the baking time in the oven, this rating may be improved.

Improving the formula cannot be accomplished overnight, and Bai Zhen is not in a hurry to improve it now.

Bai Zhen handed the compressed biscuit in his hand to Xie Mi and said, "Have a taste."

Xie Mi, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately took a bite of the compressed biscuit.

She was originally looking forward to it, but now she had a complicated expression on her face.

As Bai Zhen said, this biscuit didn't taste very good. It felt pink and a bit hard to swallow when you took a bite.

Xie Mi still ate this piece of compressed biscuit with water on it.

"It's not delicious." Xie Mi said honestly, "But the dried fruits inside are very sweet, and Xie Mi likes it very much. You can put more dried fruits next time."

"This is not delicacy in the first place. After you eat this piece, do you still feel hungry?"

Xie Mi felt it carefully, and she was really surprised to find that her stomach, which was still growling, was not hungry at all.

"I'm not hungry anymore! It's amazing."

After receiving Xie Mi's feedback, Bai Zhen became more satisfied with the compressed biscuits.

If you can feed the big eater Xie Mi, then you don’t need to worry too much about Xie Mi’s food rations during tomorrow’s adventure.

They just need to find as many human villages as possible.

Bai Zhen began to compress all the remaining biscuit powder into biscuits. Bai Zhen finally obtained 99 pieces of 100g compressed biscuits.

These biscuits are enough for them to survive in the wild for 10 days.

After packing these cookies, Bai Zhen began to pack the luggage needed for tomorrow's adventure.

By the time everything was ready, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Xie Mi, who was noisy before, had already fallen asleep deeply in Bai Zhen's hood.

The extremely tired Bai Zhen simply washed up and took Tan Xiaoshi and Xie Mi back to the room to sleep.

When he wakes up tomorrow, he will be ready to explore the new world.

(End of this chapter)