Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 08/26/2023
While Su Bai was still amazed by the information he had just seen, on the other side, Qiu Wen had already grabbed the bowl of bone broth noodles and couldn't stop eating.
The noodles were nothing special, just the usual store-bought ones used in the cafeteria kitchen. Normally, eating noodles in the cafeteria didn't feel like much, but the bowl of bone broth noodles that Su Bai had just cooked was different. The long noodles were perfectly cooked, offering a satisfying and smooth texture. As the noodles were lifted, steam from the bone broth wafted up, mingling with the aroma of the noodles. A sense of contentment filled the air.
Taking a bite of the satisfying noodles, followed by a sip of the warm bone broth, then another mouthful of noodles, and finally a bite of the golden, runny yolk of the fried egg...
Qiu Wen's mind wasn't preoccupied with whether Su Bai would pass the assessment or not at this moment.
Pass?
How could he not pass?
In fact, Qiu Wen was already thinking about how he absolutely had to suck up to his good roommate after this. Daily free meals, here he comes!
How did he not realize that Su Xiao Bai's cooking was so delicious before?
After sharing a room for so many years, he had just had his first taste of Su-style noodle soup, and he felt like he had been missing out!
Su Bai had no idea what was going through his roommate's mind. At the moment, he was focused on watching Qiu Wen and Sun Xiangdong's back-and-forth glances. No matter how much he looked, the scene from just a moment ago remained unchanged.
Yes, he unexpectedly saw an interface that could be activated on Qiu Wen and Sun Xiangdong. The interface displayed their basic physical information and status.
Primary Linked User 1
Name: Qiu Wen
Age: 22 years old
Height: 1.86 meters
Occupation: Sprinter
(Primary event:
Men's 100-meter dash, Secondary event: 200-meter dash)
Personal Best:
100-meter dash - 10.62 seconds, 200-meter dash - 21.37 seconds
Event Potential:
100-meter dash (3.9/10),
200-meter dash (4.2/10)
Current Competitive State: 50/100 (Suboptimal condition, can be improved with nutrition)
Physical Fitness: 40/100 (Can be improved with nutrition)
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This series of content covers a wide range of information, including a distribution chart of the muscular exercise status of associated users, details of various skills mastered by associated users, and more. However, these details are locked, and when Su Bai attempts to access them, the feedback received is 'Host level insufficient, relevant permissions cannot be opened temporarily.'
At the bottom of the page, there is another line of information:
Associated user validity: 6 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, 32 seconds
The numerical value of the associated user validity is continuously decreasing, indicating that once this validity period is exhausted, the associated user will be disconnected.
While Su Bai is studying these data and the sudden appearance of this functionality by the whimsical system, a system prompt sound emerges again.
Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the first junior associated user, gaining the recipe for a delicious nutritious meal *1, and activating the food safety monitoring function.
Host triggers target task.
Task objective: Obtain 20 junior associated users
Task duration: 3 days
Current progress: 2/20
Task reward: Host level upgrade, open level 2 observation permissions for associated users.
Failure penalty: None
Su Bai was puzzled for a moment. He temporarily disregarded the reward of the delicious nutritious meal recipe provided by the system. Instead, he carefully examined the task issued by the whimsical system and then looked at Qiu Wen and Sun Xiangdong in front of him. At least he now knew how to obtain this so-called junior associated user.
Within this short day, Su Bai finally formed a preliminary conjecture about the system he had acquired: this whimsical system that seemed to drop from the sky appeared to be a cooking system, but the abilities associated with it were related to athletes' training.
Without going into details, just looking at the basic status table of Qiu Wen that he could currently see, it was the real data that a coach would dream of having. If these data could be maintained as a set, recorded as a personal training manual for athletes, then understanding the athletes' physical conditions, the fluctuations in their performance, and observing their training statuses would all be of high value!
Not only that, the entry regarding athletes' project potential values, with direct scores attached, was an ability that every coach would desire.
Moreover, among the locked features, Su Bai also saw options related to managing user potential queries. According to the straightforward literal meaning, Su Bai had no doubt that as long as he could activate the corresponding permissions, he might even be able to directly observe the individual potentials of all associated users in various sports projects!This discovery left Su Bai momentarily speechless.
He had a rough understanding now. This whimsical system might actually be a coach development system, except that the name of this system was somewhat inexplicable. Why didn't they just call it the Super Coach System? Why did it have to be named something like the Super Idol System?
Although Su Bai didn't have the same straightforward mindset as Qiu Wen, he still couldn't understand the naming logic behind this system.
While Su Bai was lost in his thoughts about various random questions, on the other side, Qiu Wen had already slurped up a whole bowl of bone broth noodles with a contented sound.
Not just the noodles, even the soup in the bowl was so clean that not a trace of green onion could be seen.
Qiu Wen held the empty bowl in his hands, his face wearing a look of disappointment. Then, with a sudden exclamation, he put down the bowl and grabbed Su Bai's shoulder.
"Ah, Xiaobai, could you get me another bowl of bone broth noodles?"
A towering figure of 1.86 meters, now clinging to Su Bai and pleading, looked quite pitiful. Those who knew that he just hadn't had enough noodles might understand, but those who didn't might think he had been starving for days.
Before Su Bai could say anything, Sun Xiangdong beside them also put down his shiny bowl and chopsticks, patting Qiu Wen's shoulder. "Alright, enough already. Your training load hasn't been that heavy lately. Having an extra snack in the evening is sufficient for now. Your calorie intake has been more than enough."
The sports team in S Province, due to its good performance and the relatively developed economy of the province, received a reasonable amount of subsidies from both the national and provincial levels.
Most of this funding naturally went towards the athletes. Take the athletes' meal standards, for instance. Although they couldn't compare to the nutrition standards of national teams, athletes who reached the national level in the team had a daily meal allowance of 120 yuan. For higher levels like national champions and international champions, there were additional standards.
With these meal allowances, young athletes like Qiu Wen wouldn't starve themselves. His request for more food now wasn't due to hunger; it was purely because he was craving for it.Sun Xiangdong had known Su Bai for quite some time. One reason was that Su Bai grew up in the sports team, and everyone knew about his background. The other reason was that Su Bai would occasionally borrow the kitchen to cook something. Sun Xiangdong had also heard that Su Bai's parents used to run a restaurant, so his interest in cooking wasn't surprising. However, until today, Sun Xiangdong hadn't paid much attention to the level of Su Bai's culinary skills.
The bowl of bone broth noodles just now seemed simple and homely, but the perfect balance of texture and seasoning in the noodles was beyond belief. When Sun Xiangdong finally put a mouthful of noodles into his mouth, he couldn't help but be amazed. The food was so delicious that he couldn't stop eating, and he was already thinking about the next bite. Surprisingly, the ingredients for this delightful dish were just the basic materials in their kitchen.
After thoroughly enjoying the satisfying bone broth noodles that evening, both Qiu Wen and Sun Xiangdong were tempted to ask Su Bai for another bowl. However, when Sun Xiangdong saw Qiu Wen beside him, he restrained himself and made an effort to imitate Qiu Wen's behavior, encouraging Su Bai to take Qiu Wen back to their dormitory.
"Alright, late-night snack is done. Go back and digest your food. Get some rest early. You've got training tomorrow, don't you?" Sun Xiangdong playfully scolded Qiu Wen, then turned to Su Bai with a broad smile.
"As for you, Xiaobai, you sure have some skills! Anyway, I'll talk to Lao Zhao later. You don't need him to bring you here anymore. Tomorrow, during the cafeteria break, come over to the administrative office. I'll help you get registered. From then on, you'll be under me, Sun Xiangdong!"
Whether Su Bai had experience as a cook or held a chef's qualification wasn't really a big deal. Typically, retired national-level athletes like Su Bai were entitled to certain privileges and reductions in procedures if the team chose to employ them. After all, they had dedicated more than a decade of their lives to the team's training. If conditions allowed, who wouldn't be willing to help them out?
Sun Xiangdong's words firmly anchored Su Bai back to reality. He understood that this was the job opportunity provided by the system, and he had already firmly grasped it.
If previously, when Coach Zhao Heping mentioned the position of the team's cook to him, he hadn't considered it as an absolute necessity, then after gaining a deeper understanding of the system's capabilities, Su Bai suddenly realized that the role of the team's cook was irreplaceable for him.
After all, once he left the sports team, even if he could cook delicious food, he wouldn't be able to fully exploit the system's capabilities. Now, with his enhanced knowledge of the system, Su Bai understood that the position of the team's cook in the kitchen was an opportunity he couldn't afford to miss.
As Su Bai's mind was occupied with thoughts about the system's capabilities, he was simultaneously browsing through the 'Manage Associated Users' section of the system page to review Qiu Wen and Sun Xiangdong's information.
He also noticed that his current level had a maximum limit of 20 primary associated users, and the option to remove the current associated users was still grayed out in the system panel. Presumably, he would need to continue leveling up to gain that specific privilege.
At the moment, it seemed that the type of associated users he could acquire in the initial stages might largely depend on luck.
Su Bai's mind was so preoccupied with thoughts that he didn't pay attention to what Qiu Wen was saying, even though Qiu Wen had been talking to him the whole way back to the dormitory.
It wasn't until they returned to their room that Qiu Wen clung to Su Bai and said with a pitiful expression, "Xiaobai! You can't be so heartless. Starting tomorrow, you're responsible for all my three meals and two snacks per day!"
...Huh?
Su Bai was puzzled, "Why?"
"Why? Isn't it obvious? The stuff you make is delicious!" Qiu Wen adopted a righteous expression, "Eating good food improves my mood! The new season is about to start, and I need to prepare for the competitions, increase my training, and eating well is crucial!"
Qiu Wen's serious expression and reasoning were flawless, leaving no room for objections.However, after recalling how Qiu Wen had acted like a whining puppy in the kitchen earlier, Su Bai ruthlessly unveiled his true intention, "You're just greedy."
Qiu Wen was left speechless by Su Bai's comment. He cleared his throat a couple of times, refrained from arguing further, and patted his chest, saying, "Xiaobai, don't say it like that. I'm serious when I say I'll train hard!"
Observing Qiu Wen's reaction, Su Bai didn't push the matter further and simply nodded, "Alright, focus on your training. Tomorrow, I'll talk to Master Sun about how to design your nutritional meals."
Su Bai's response made Qiu Wen practically jump with joy, and he happily went off to take a shower.
Su Bai, on the other hand, waited until Qiu Wen left the room before he thought deeply. He then earnestly took out the sports training textbooks from his bookshelf that he had accumulated during his college years.
Since the system had granted him a foreseeable and promising future, he realized that his focus should not only be on improving his culinary skills but also on enhancing his expertise in sports training. After all, when he gained the ability to pinpoint athletes' technical shortcomings, he should be prepared to correct and train them effectively. This was the least he could do to honor the golden finger that seemed to have dropped from the sky.
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