Chapter 338 - 192: Extraordinary Ice Cellar! Window Transformation Card! Someone at School Became a Transcendent?

Chapter 338: Chapter 192: Extraordinary Ice Cellar! Window Transformation Card! Someone at School Became a Transcendent?

[Daily settlement has begun. Based on your gains and performance over the past day, you will receive a score and Rating, which will be automatically exchanged for Card rewards of the corresponding level.]

[Over the past day, you have successfully tamed a swarm of Fierce Poisonous Bees. Your crops and various livestock are thriving, and members under your command have acquired a large amount of resources from the Primitive Jungle...]

[Score: 161 points]

[Rating: A]

[Rewards: Building Card · Extraordinary Ice Cellar, Building Card · Window Transformation Card, Building Card · Height Card]

[Note: Your excess score has been automatically exchanged for lower-level Cards.]

Half-asleep, Chen Chong heard the daily settlement notification. But unlike in the early days after his arrival, he didn’t fight off his drowsiness and climb out of bed in excitement to check.

After so many days in this world, Chen Chong, like most others, had grown accustomed to the daily settlement.

’The Cards aren’t going anywhere. It’s better to get a full night’s sleep and check them tomorrow.’

’Besides, yesterday’s haul wasn’t that impressive. Based on my own estimates, I probably won’t get any ridiculously good rewards.’

’Not getting a good night’s sleep would seriously impact tomorrow’s hunt...’

Time trickled by, and soon, the darkness outside the window began to fade. The first ray of sunlight touched the ground.

Chen Chong slowly opened his eyes.

He first stroked the Tiger Striped Dog beside his bed, then glanced at the Rock Armor Eagle, which was still perched on the headboard with its eyes closed. Only then did he turn his gaze to his pillow.

As expected, the familiar three Cards were lying there.

’Looks like you generally get three Cards once you hit an A-Level Rating...’

But that wasn’t always the case.

After all, Chen Chong had received only two Cards from an A-Level Rating before, and it was possible to get three from a B-Level. Still, once he reached A-Level, three Cards became the most likely outcome.

It all depended on the quality of the Cards.

If the Card quality was high, the excess score might just be enough for an extra low-level Card.

If the Card quality was low, the system would make up for it in quantity...

He picked up the three Cards, recalling the settlement notification from last night.

’Extraordinary Ice Cellar?’

Chen Chong was slightly startled.

’I can’t believe I got three Building Cards in a row. Looks like today’s a building day.’

But as long as it was related to the Extraordinary, he was extremely interested.

’As for Extraordinary Architecture, Chen Chong could never have too much...’

The first was the purple Extraordinary Ice Cellar Card. With a mental command, its information flooded his mind.

[Card Type: Building Card · Extraordinary Ice Cellar]

[Rating: A- Level]

[Description: Upon use, you can construct a 100-square-meter underground ice cellar for storing all kinds of supplies. The initial temperature of the ice cellar is -30 degrees Celsius, and all food stored within will be frozen solid instantly.]

[Extraordinary Traits: Freezing does not damage the food’s nutritional value or taste. No matter how long it has been frozen, it will thaw completely within one minute of being removed from the ice cellar, returning to the state it was in when first placed inside.]

[Warning: Living creatures are not subject to the Extraordinary Effect of the Extraordinary Ice Cellar. If frozen for a certain period, they will perish.]

The effects of the Extraordinary Ice Cellar made Chen Chong raise an eyebrow. ’A full 100 square meters?’

Compared to the 30-square-meter Basement Card he’d gotten before, this was more than three times the size.

Furthermore, the basement’s temperature only stayed at 10 degrees Celsius.

A temperature of 10 degrees was nowhere near as effective as a refrigerator. At best, it provided a cool, shaded environment suitable for short-term food storage, but it couldn’t preserve things for long.

Therefore, before he started curing meat, most of his stock had to be processed immediately. Fruits and vegetables had to be eaten as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the longer he waited, the more the food’s taste and freshness would deteriorate.

But the Extraordinary Ice Cellar, at -30 degrees, was a different story entirely.

This temperature was far colder than a typical refrigerator and could even rival a professional cold storage facility.

More importantly, its Extraordinary Traits solved the problem of nutritional loss and poor texture that came with long-term freezing.

The more Chen Chong thought about it, the stranger it seemed. ’The freezing effect of the Extraordinary Ice Cellar... it’s less like freezing and more like time itself has been paused inside.’

’Or maybe time just flows incredibly slowly in there.’

No matter how long the food was frozen, its original state was preserved. And upon removal, it would thaw in one minute, just as it was when he first put it in.

’Doesn’t this mean that if I catch some prey, I don’t have to skin and cure it right away? I can just toss it into the ice cellar, pull it out ten or fifteen days later, and it’ll be as if it were freshly killed?’

At this thought, Chen Chong grew a little excited.

’Does this mean I can eat fresh meat whenever I want?’

Cured meat could extend the shelf life of meat significantly, but its preservation time was still limited. Besides, it just wasn’t as delicious as fresh meat.

To be honest, after eating it for so long, he was getting a little sick of it.

But fresh meat was another matter entirely. It would undoubtedly be far more delicious than the cured stuff!

However, Chen Chong knew this wasn’t a permanent solution.

A hundred square meters couldn’t store that much. After piling in all his other supplies, fruits, and vegetables, the space left for meat would be quite limited.

Still, it was enough to store a portion of fresh meat, at least enough to satisfy his own needs, as well as those of Xu Jun and Wang Biao.

That way, they could alternate between fresh and cured meat, preventing their taste buds from getting bored.

Chen Chong placed great importance on food. After all, a bad meal could ruin his mood for the entire day.