"This is really amazing, the precision even surpasses mine... It's no less than a top-grade Alchemy Furnace, right?"
Vladimir leaned forward, marveling, "Indeed, Miss Huaizhi is a formidable foe beyond my expectations... Even if plans change, it's no big deal; truly satisfying, satisfying!"
Endlessly rambling, talking to himself, speaking his own words.
Like someone living in their own world.
Does not care if others can understand, nor does he care what others think of him.
Vladimir reached out, retrieving a bespoke material box from under the table, placed it on the cooking station, and asked, "I know Miss Huaizhi tends to act later, so if I handle the ingredients a bit before the competition starts, it's alright, right?"
From the slight opening of the material box, continuous cold mist wafted upward.
Undoubtedly, it was artificially simulated extreme cold.
A hefty block of ice, as if excavated from beneath some ice layer, emitted a faint blue glow. It revealed a thick hind leg with a graceful cross-section, clearly showing the texture of the meat.
But the question is... the hind leg meat occupying the entire inside of the ice block was as large as half a table... What kind of animal's leg could be big enough to reach such a size?
Without any profound sedimentation and Hell's aura.
Any Chef Demon could tell that it was a native creature of Current Circumstances.
And the outer layer of gray fur looked exceptionally familiar, yet impossible to recall where it was seen before.
Raising the Hand Axe, Vladimir crudely dismantled the ice block on the cooking station, scraping away irrelevant edges, skillfully extracting the hind leg meat already embedded... no, merged with the whole ice block.
With a swipe, he scraped a bit of crimson blood powder, tasted it slightly, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Honestly speaking, I'm actually skilled at steaks, but a true steak doesn't need such intricate tools, just a heated Stone and a piece of meat—even the type of meat doesn't matter... After all, in prison, having rats to eat is already a blessing."
"However, to treat such precious materials, one must cook with utmost solemnity."
Huai Shi's eye twitched slightly, finally vaguely guessing a bit.
"Is this... an elephant?"
Vladimir froze, looking incredulously at the woman, astonished... Then, seriously said, "Elephants are protected animals, Miss Huaizhi!"
"???"
What the heck?
Huai Shi had tens of thousands of question marks rise from her forehead.
What did you say?
"Currently, the global population of elephants is not even four hundred thousand, due to vegetation destruction and environmental changes, the number of elephants decreases every year. Even so, poachers continue to attack these poor creatures for ivory products... Their survival is already very difficult, why eat them?"
Vladimir earnestly advised, "Every year, Africa Conservation Association for Rare Animals makes great efforts and sacrifices to help sustain this poor species, even those unrelated to animal protection should not think of eating it!"
"..."
Huai Shi's mouth corner twitched violently, her entire being stunned.
For the first time, being lectured by a Chef Demon... about animal protection? Unbelievable! What kind of Chef Demon are you! Also, you're really an animal protectionist, huh!
Seemingly seeing the glow of the Holy Mother shining upon the earth.
This tattoo-covered muscular guy exuded a loving light, making it hard for Huai Shi to bear.
No male motherhood...
"Alright, enough talking."
Huai Shi covered her face, pointing at the hind leg meat on his cooking station, "Then what is this?"
"Allow me to introduce, the exotic treasure I specially prepared and brought for this Chef Demon showdown, extracted from the deepest ice plains of my homeland, one of the few remaining marvelous materials in the world!"
Vladimir spread his arms, loudly proclaimed:
"—mammoth!"
"Wait..."
Huai Shi raised her hand, took out her phone, opened the translation software, pointed at him, "Say it again."
"mammoth."
The screen showed the translation software's quick result.
Mammoth, a Russian word initially used to refer to 'subterranean lurking creatures,' now generally refers to a proboscidean species that went extinct over eleven thousand years ago, namely...
Suddenly, a loud trumpet sound echoed in her mind, instantaneously, amidst the hallucinatory snow, an imposing woolly giant emerged, its massive Teeth pointing toward the sky, sharp as knives.
The ground trembled as it stepped, the ice plain's ruler moving through its own territory, roaring loudly.
—Mammoth!
Huai Shi felt as if struck by lightning, nearly roaring, "That's also a protected animal!"
"The ones already dead aren't included." Vladimir shrugged, raised his hands, "Moreover, I already treated it with the utmost respect, I'm sure it would understand and appreciate if it knew."
Yeah, the mammoth would thank your ancestors from eight generations ago...
Why can't rare animals be eaten, but extinct species don't matter!
Your animal protection standards are so damn weird!