A Foodie's Soul

#Putting Every Monster in the Pot##Everyday Life at the Top of the Food Chain##Why Can't Cosmic Horror Cuisine Be Eaten# A warning: If you decide to dive in, please read one story at a time to avoid being tortured by the update schedule. Old Ge has gone missing, leaving behind the recipes he collected over the years and a diary. The diary ends with nothing but an endlessly repeating descent into madness, and one piece of advice to his disciple Chi Jiang, written in a rare moment of clarity: There is no end to the culinary arts, but exploration should be done in moderation. Chi Jiang is in a bind. He understands the principle, but the food in the world he's stumbled into is terrible, and monsters are everywhere. He can't exactly avoid exploring. Take this winged octopus, for example. Sweet, salty, and cool in nature, it's non-toxic and tastes delicious when roasted with salt. He hopes he can find Old Ge soon and get him to take back that advice. Other people clear stages; I chow down. A chef's personal creed. A lighthearted, silly food story about eating, containing the proper ways to prepare one hundred kinds of creatures (not really). P.S. A little cosmic horror (they're all ingredients; no Cthulhu terminology), a little tabletop role-playing (food-filled everyday life with exploration and puzzles), and a little CoC (just lighthearted comedy, with a few horror elements, but the main cast isn't going for a horror vibe). The story is about a lucky hero who can do anything and an unlucky one who has a talent for getting himself killed. ★ Next up, a no-romance Quick Transmigration novel, pre-release: Animal Manor After inheriting an estate out of nowhere, Ji Bozhou becomes the owner of a vast manor. It's the kind where you get around on a battery-powered cart on the ground floor, take an elevator between floors, find a fountain in front of the main house, and a garden behind it. The only problem is the hefty yearly maintenance bill, which comes to nearly a million. That's ten million over ten years and a hundred million over a century. After spending his first night there, Ji Bozhou decides to sell the manor the very next day. The maintenance costs are high enough, and on top of that, the place is haunted at night. But after calmly inspecting the entire estate, he discovers that there are no ghosts. There are just so many little animals that he could call animal protection services on the spot. The reason he doesn't make the call is that these animals can talk. Hah, it's just looking after a manor. If he works hard, he can afford it. And so Ji Bozhou embarks on the difficult daily routine of working diligently to earn money, rebuilding the manor, and traveling to the places where the little animals used to live to save the world. It's probably a story about a manor owner saving all kinds of little animals, who are actually people. ★ Next up, a contemporary romance novel, pre-release: A Boat Laden with Starlight Zhang Juntao first meets Chu Yu during interviews for new teachers at Langcheng No. 1 High School. The man is wearing a suit and crying so hard in the restroom that his whole body is shaking. But then he gathers all his personal documents, composes himself, and leaves. The second time she meets Chu Yu is in front of the grape display at a supermarket. The man is wearing an apron and a mask, with his employee ID clipped to his chest, and tells her the grapes are guaranteed sweet. Later, after running all over the place, she finally manages to build a new school. She never expects to receive Chu Yu's resume. She discovers that he is skilled at both teaching and bargaining, and the grapes really are guaranteed sweet. → Chu Yu clawed his way out of a remote, impoverished backwater and grew up wild. Whenever he crossed paths with the rough crowd, they all had to call him Boss. But he has turned over a new leaf. He's determined to become a respectable person and to soak up knowledge at school. Then he meets a female principal who's heading to a remote, impoverished backwater to build a school, and every time she looks at him, there's something strange in her eyes. A little wild and a little respectable at the same time: that can work. Life is full of hardship, but when you meet the right person, it feels as if all the bitterness has turned to sweetness. Weibo: Jinjiang Nai Xi Cover: Yan Yu Theme: Treasure every bite of food.