Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 80

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 80

‘It’s round…’

Like a giant glass sphere cut in half, the ceiling curved in a rounded shape.

Beyond the transparent windows, stars spun and floated around.

“Wow…”

An exclamation escaped from my mouth.

It felt like being inside a snow globe floating in space.

Squish squish squish.

I moved my steps while examining the surroundings.

The floor was made of a translucent material. It felt slightly soft, like stepping on solid jelly.

Looking around, I could see a large circular device in the center of the space.

Several round grooves were carved into the metallic surface.

And small hologram windows floated above it.

“Ohh…”

[Ohh…!]

Shane also exclaimed in admiration as he flew after me.

[Amazing, Master…]

[I’ve never seen a place like this in my life.]

[The hologram says to put in ingredients?]

[Is this a cooking device?]

[Do you make vending machine items here?]

[Indeed, is this an alien kitchen?]

Shane was making various deductions on his own without giving me a chance to explain.

I could feel he was very excited, so I moved a little away from Shane.

“I don’t really know either. I have to figure it out from now on. Actually, I’m a beginner alien who was just born recently.”

[Aha! I see!]

[Then this must be technology left by your predecessors!]

[My heart is pounding at the thought of discovering it together with you!]

“Mmm.”

I nodded halfheartedly while examining the central device.

Below the large circular device, there was a cylindrical machine positioned there.

What was fascinating was that it was operating on its own with a whirring sound.

After watching for a moment, a bag of instant noodles popped out from the outlet.

“…!”

I could tell intuitively.

The items ordered from the vending machine (like purified water and ramen) were made here.

‘So this is what the System Synthesis Room meant.’

I walked around the device examining various parts.

Several holograms floated above the large circular device, and one of them had this sentence written on it.

[Please select a recipe.]

When I brought my hand close, the hologram window smoothly expanded.

[Unlocked Recipes]

-Purified Water

-Galaxy Canned Food

-Juice Can

-Earth-style Instant Noodles

[Oh!]

[Master! I can see the item list!]

Excited Shane buzzed around next to me like a fly.

I got a little excited too and my steps quickened as I circled the device.

Shane also tried touching various things with his tiny hamster hands, but the device didn’t respond to Shane’s touch.

He was a bit disappointed at first, but soon his eyes sparkled as he followed me around.

There were also other areas that would unlock new recipes when ingredients were added.

I tried putting a Galaxy Tutu Pepper into the slot.

The moment the pepper fell into the slot.

The surface of the circular device became transparent, allowing a clear view of the interior.

The Galaxy Tutu Pepper that stopped in the center crumbled into pieces and scattered like light particles.

I stared blankly at the scene.

The tiny light particles floated in the air for a moment before starting to gather again.

As if invisible hands were reassembling the ingredients.

After a moment.

Ding.

[New Recipe]

-Spicy Ramen

Spicy ramen popped out from the outlet. I immediately picked it up.

[Spicy Ramen]

When consumed, body heat rises for a certain period of time. Spicy heat bursts periodically, burning away surrounding contamination.

“Oh.”

It’s spicy ramen.

I was about to turn my head to show this to Shane too.

[…]

Shane was standing still, staring at the device.

“Shane Heart?”

[Amazing…]

[It arbitrarily reassembled the basic particles of matter.]

[To perfectly convert substance ‘A’ to ‘B’ without energy consumption or byproducts…]

[If the ultimate catalyst that alchemists searched for so desperately, the ‘Philosopher’s Stone,’ truly exists, it would be this device.]

[The moment this technology becomes known to the outside world, all of humanity’s value standards will go into the trash.]

[Gold, oil, rare earth elements… All of that becomes meaningless before this.]

I had heard of the Philosopher’s Stone before.

A legendary substance mentioned countless times in human history.

The ultimate goal of alchemy that could turn all metals into gold and held the secret of immortality.

But that was only an imaginary existence.

In the age of advanced science, it was concluded to be nothing more than a medieval fantasy.

Hmm. I looked at the device with an intrigued expression.

‘So this is the Philosopher’s Stone created by highly advanced technology…’

For something like that, I had been using it quite modestly.

I examined the effects of the spicy ramen and then tried touching the device here and there.

But the device didn’t allow me to create whatever I wanted freely.

No matter how amazing the machine was, it ultimately operated under the rules called recipes.

“Don’t get too worked up. It seems like they put recipe restrictions to prevent reckless use.”

[Now that you mention it, that’s true…]

“So don’t think about capturing me and squeezing me dry.”

[I had no such thoughts at all!]

[Not at all! Not at all!]

[Masterrr!]

Shane protested as if wronged, shaking his hamster drone vigorously, but my gaze was already fixed on new text that appeared above the device.

Flower petals were floating around the text, and fanfare was even playing.

[‘Food Synthesis’ Achievement unlocked!(1/3)]

[Food Synthesis (5/5)]

-Purified Water (Complete)

-Galaxy Canned Food (Complete)

-Juice Can (Complete)

-Earth-style Instant Ramen (Complete)

-Spicy Ramen (Complete)

[Reward]

-Hidden Recipe

‘Hidden?!’

My eyes sparkled.

But 1/3…

Was there a reward system like in games?

I squinted for a moment.

The time and hardship I’d endured to get the Galaxy Tutu Pepper flashed through my mind.

A few more times of that?

Just as the word “hellish suffering” was dancing before my eyes.

[Master!]

[Master…!]

[This is incredible!]

[You’re amazing!]

Fireworks exploded on Hamster’s tablet.

I proudly pressed the receive reward button.

[Hidden Recipe]

-Cosmic Fortune Cookie

Fortune cookie?

The description of the Cosmic Fortune Cookie was as follows.

[Cosmic Fortune Cookie]

A cookie containing the probability algorithm of cosmic civilization. When consumed, randomly increases stats for a certain period of time.

※24 hours required until next consumption.

※Low probability of rare effect ‘Future Prediction’ occurring.

“Oh…”

[Oh…!]

Shane and I exclaimed in admiration simultaneously.

It increases stats? And randomly at that?

If the Hunters who bought all sorts of equipment just to raise 1 stat point saw this, they’d rush at it with fire in their eyes – it was a cheat item.

Currently, my Cosmic Coins were approaching 800,000 thanks to the Yeouiju.

If I sold fortune cookies on top of that, profits beyond imagination would surely come in.

Of course, that’s assuming this fortune cookie actually performed properly.

Without hesitation, I immediately made one fortune cookie.

A fortune cookie rolled out from the dispenser making a whirring sound.

I picked it up and showed it to Shane, who was dying of curiosity.

Hamster flew around examining the surface from all angles.

I also turned the cookie this way and that to check it out.

It looks ordinary on the outside.

It was a golden-brown baked crescent-shaped cookie with faint star patterns carved on it.

“It just looks like a regular cookie.”

[Will it really increase stats?]

Shane seemed full of anticipation.

“We’ll know once we eat it.”

I snapped the cookie in half with a crack.

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