Chapter 221.2: New Years Day

The prize for the most popular wasteland food amongst players was also won by Teng Teng.

And the food approved by NPCs such as Xia Yan, Xiaoyu, Yin Fang, Hyrja, the guards, and warehouse managers was the Mushroom Cloud Cake made by Yaya.

As a taster, she also participated in the competition.

After using eggs bought from the Frost Spear Tribe and sugar to make egg paste, Yaya skillfully used the egg paste with a round-mouth piping bag to make small mushroom caps and sprinkled with chocolate chips around them.

The whole cake looked like a mushroom cloud, and the surrounding chocolate chips formed a nuclear bomb crater. To be honest, it could barely be regarded as wasteland-style food.

In fact, in Chu Guang's view, this was simply a gimmick.

Chocolate, sugar, and eggs were all bought, and they were far from cheap.

Although Chu Guang repeatedly emphasized that he needed cheap and delicious food, the NPCs were all overwhelmed by the taste of chocolate, and they were completely uninterested in those wasteland-style foods.

Looking at Xiaoyu whose eyes were sparkling, Chu Guang couldn't bear to veto her vote, so he didn't say anything.

Fortunately, he also expected the results of the vote to be biased, so he set up a third award, "The Most Approved Food by Administrator".

He could choose who he wanted to give it to!

The food that won the prize was the Bull and Horse Squad's Crackleclaw Crab Cakes.

400 grams of Crackleclaw Crab meat was mixed with 450 grams of green wheat flour, 10 grams of salt, a little Buffalo Grass powder, and white berries juice to get a full kilogram of Crackleclaw Crab minced meat.

The meat patties kneaded with this kind of minced meat did not have the sour taste of green wheat but also retained the flavor of crab meat. It was undeniably delicious.

Moreover, it was large in quantity and easy to preserve. So Chu Guang awarded the prize to its inventor without any hesitation.

Since it was a group work, except for the name of chef Tomato Eggs, which would be displayed on the first-level page of the Hall of Fame, the list of other collaborators would be included in the second-level sub-page.

The collaborators had no opinion on this, after all, their names were already in the Hall of Fame.

Giving this rare opportunity to their fellow teammate was their decision after consultation.

Standing at the north gate of the base, Chu Guang, wearing an exoframe, announced the final result of the competition with a loud voice, and then raised his glass to the celebratory crowd. "Enjoy the last day of the new year! Let's drink to the good harvest in the coming year!"

Originally, there were so many things he wanted to say, but looking at the excited faces of the players, Chu Guang suddenly felt that the long talk seemed a bit meaningless at this time.

So he decided to leave the celebration time to them.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

He just needed to be a quiet and handsome NPC.

As his voice fell, the market at the north gate instantly resounded with cheers, and the wooden wine glasses were all raised high.

"

AWOO

!"

"The developers are awesome!"

"

Wuuwuu

, I finally don’t have to eat takeaway alone on this year's New Year's Day!"

"Hey Brother, you will have to take off your helmet."

"Please don’t say it anymore. The more you say it, the sadder I feel."

There were about 500 players who chose to celebrate in the game, basically, all of them were online.

As for the other 300 players, either they were busy in reality, or they were with their families, and it was estimated that they would come back after noon the next day.

In addition to the players, the NPCs who came to participate in the celebration were also full of joy, their faces were filled with happiness.

So the celebration is such a happy event.

As it turned out, festivals were such a wonderful thing!

There seemed to be a new hope in their lives. Even if they didn't realize it, cultural identity was gradually taking shape in their hearts.

Chu Guang took out the last few barrels of red wine in the inventory and distributed a small glass to everyone. Although he no longer had any wine left, he didn’t regret it at all. After all, he had already decided to drink less alcohol in this life, so he didn’t mind giving all the wine to his players. Secondly, those wines were taken from the old leech's cellar anyway; it wasn’t his in the first place.

Besides, there will be new ones next year.

"Cheers! Gulp..." Xia Yan raised her wine glass excitedly and finished it in one gulp. She then staggered over with a blushing face and asked Chu Guang if he still had more, perfectly illustrating what a useless foodie looked like.

Xiaoyu, who was sitting beside the brazier, drank milk in small sips and gave Xia Yan a worried look, worried that she would pass out again like last time.

Yin Fang stared at the wine glass for a while and sniffed it a few times before drinking it with a frown. Then he returned to the shelter to carry on his research, murmuring something quietly along the way.

Hyrja on the other hand, didn’t seem to have much reaction after drinking. Her expression did not even change. She stood there watching the lively players and wastelanders with interest.

For her, who grew up in a shelter, everything was so fascinating.

Whether it was DNA or culture.

Giving his wine to Xia Yan, Chu Guang glanced at the empty cup in Hyrja’s hand with a slightly surprised expression. "I didn't expect you to have such a high alcohol tolerance."

Hyrja didn't feel that there was anything incomprehensible and replied in a tone as if it was a matter of course. "After all, my liver and stomach and... Well they’re all bionic organs, which can selectively absorb or not absorb any substances."

"..."

All right.

What a waste.

It was not just the outpost that celebrated the New Year. After Chu Guang announced the start of the celebration, he released a mission through VM, selected a few players to go to the temporary shelter in the abandoned department store, and sent the New Year's blessing to the refugees there.

It wasn’t a lot of things.

Only about 300 kilograms of crab cakes.

Although each person could only get a small piece of 200 gram crab cake, it was still the meat of Crackleclaw Crab.

He believed this New Year's gift from Shelter 404 should bring them a touch of warmth.

...

"Damn it, why can't the catfish soup stewed with the bear's paw win the competition?!"

The celebration had already entered the second half of the event. Guarding a pot of black fish soup that had almost become cold, Tail, who was devastated by the winner's announcement, crouched down on the ground and drew circles in the snow with a branch.

Sisi comforted her. "I don't think there is a problem with the dish itself, maybe there is something wrong with the way it is done... Why is the soup black when it is stewed? I remember that it wasn't this color before."

"Please don't pay attention to these details."

"No... I think it's better to figure it out."

Irene, who ate all the legs of the mantis when no one was looking and pretended they were all sold out, just happened to walk past.

Seeing the questionable dish stuffed with bear's paws and fish's heads, he couldn't help ridiculing gleefully. "Did you guys stew Roro?"

Tail gave him an annoyed look. "How is that possible? Roro can talk!"

Moreover, she was her mount, and it took her a while to finally tame her.

Sisi, who was beside Tail, sighed and said helplessly. "It's not Roro's hand, but it has something to do with Roro. In short, Tail used Roro as bait to lure the hibernating brown bear out of the cave, Emmm... The situation was a bit chaotic at that time, so it’s quite difficult for me to explain it in detail."

Irene scratched the back of his head. "Well, although I'm curious about the details, I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to keep asking."

The players who heard it all cast sympathetic glances at Roshan, only she showed a look as if she was about to cry. "Wait a minute, you have to explain it! Everyone clearly misunderstood what you were saying!"

Ignoring the noises of the teammates, Tail was still muttering in a low voice, "Damn it, the taste is clearly not bad!"

Sisi tapped her on the shoulder. "Okay, okay, don't be sad... Ah, there’s a new mission! And it seems that it’s a hidden mission. Do you want to come with us?"

Hearing that it was a hidden mission, Tail immediately stood up and said with shining eyes. "Of course!"

Sisi's face instantly showed an old, motherly smile.

This kid is so easy to coax.