Ch15 - I’m In Debt

(changing the name “No. 5” to “005”)

“Of course. I will cook it later and you will know how it tastes.” Mu Yan picked all the mushrooms in that area.   

“Thank you, Host. This is your first ingredient, nine more to go!” 005 said excitedly, looking forward to going back to eat mushrooms later.

Mu Yan’s luck seemed to be very good today. After finding mushrooms, he came across a wild vegetable that he was familiar with – spinach.

Both Mu Yan and 005 were very satisfied with today’s harvest.

“Yanyan, Yanyan, let’s go home to cook and eat.” 005 was very happy that the way it called Mu Yan had changed from ‘Host’ to ‘Yanyan’. 005 hadn’t been able to eat delicious food for a long time, so now it was so greedy. 

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005 looked at Mu Yan, who was worried about the kitchen utensils, and looked at the washed spinach and mushrooms. It couldn’t help swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva. Its furry little face was tangled in something, before finally making up its mind.  

With determination, it said to Mu Yan, “Yanyan, actually there’s kitchen utensils in the system, but you need to redeem them with points. You are still in the initial level with zero points and can’t redeem anything, but I can lend you to use them first. When you have points in the future, you can pay it back.” 

Hearing this, Mu Yan asked, “How do I get points?”

“In the future, I will release some small tasks from time to time, and there will be points when each task is completed. Of course, you will also have points when you cook. Although the points are relatively small, the more you do, the more points will be.” 005 explained in detail.

Mu Yan thought for a while, since he could also get points for cooking in the future, the points shouldn’t be too difficult to obtain. Borrowing and exchanging for kitchen utensils was the best choice at present, so he immediately nodded. “Okay, then I will borrow points for the kitchen utensils.” 

But then 005 added with guilt, “It’s just… The points you must pay back in the future are five times more than the ones you borrow.”

To put it simply, if Mu Yan borrowed 100 points for redeeming kitchen utensils now, he must pay back 500 points in the future. It was a system rule but also a pit for the host, so 005 was worried that Mu Yan would refuse after listening to it.

Mu Yan was silent for a moment, and 005 stared at him nervously. Not long after, Mu Yan said, “It’s okay, I want the kitchen utensils.”

005 was relieved, and immediately took out the kitchenware, and explained the additional functions of these kitchenware carefully to Mu Yan. However, at this moment, Mu Yan put all his mind on the food to be prepared, and did not hear much about the explanation. 

“005, do you have any seasonings there?” Mu Yan asked directly. After the kitchen utensils, he thought he could ask 005 directly if there was any shortage in the future.

Sure enough, 005 gave a positive answer, “Like kitchen utensils, it needs to be repaid with five times points in the future.”

Mu Yan thought about it and said, “Then give me some salt.”

Salt was a necessary seasoning for cooking. As for the others, he would look for alternatives in the forest later, or exchange them after he had accumulated points. 

005 handed a small bag of salt to Mu Yan, and then Mu Yan started to build a simple stove, ready to cook.

“Yanyan, what if there are only vegetables and no staple food? I still have flour and rice here, do you want it?” 005 asked.

“No, I don’t need it for the time being.”

Since Mu Yan had already owed a lot of points, he was afraid it would be difficult to pay them back in the future if he took more ingredients. 

005 was a little disappointed when it heard this. It slumped its furry head full of melancholy.