Carl woke up to see the bright sun shining over Planet Noah. Seven days had passed and each time, he only got multiverse fertilizer from the lottery. He understood that the fertilizer was actually the equivalent of a 'thank you for playing' consolation!
Initially, he felt like rage quitting, but then he decided to use the fertilizer in his harden and within a few days saw incredible effects. The garden was filled with vibrant life. The tomatoes and potatoes, the beans and chillies, suddenly all sprouted in rapid succession and Carl discovered that their quality was at the pinnacle! This was top quality produce even at the galactic level! Even the consolation prize fertilizer was not ordinary!
The tomatoes were the juiciest and freshest tomatoes he had ever seen. Same went for all other vegetables he grew in the garden.
He smiled as he took a look at the system. He had a lottery opportunity left today. This time he was hoping he would get something new. The chicken would see end up completely consumed by him.
[Activating Lottery.... You won a Sea Infused Fish.]
Suddenly a tiny wormhole appeared and a fish suddenly landed on the grass outside the house, flopping breathlessly due to lack of water, before suffocating to death.
Carl waited for some time. After the fish died, he walked towards it to pick it up, but shockingly, he couldn't lift this mackerel sized fish off the ground. It was extremely heavy. At least several hundred kilograms. Carl couldn't even budge it.
He decided to cut it on the spot, however, his chef's knife failed to even scratch the fish. Carl suddenly had a fear birth in his heart. Luckily the chicken was subservient to him and the fish couldn't breathe outside water, but what if he picked some dangerous beast that killed him next time? This gamble was really too risky, he thought.
Eventually he remembered the rainbow feathers of the Energy Chicken. He found that the feather was able to cleanly cut through the meat. But even after slicing the meat he found it too heavy and it would be impossible to eat so much without dying. Eventually he sliced it into wafer thin sashimi slices after cleaning out the internal organs.
Then he transferred a couple of slices on at a time to the cold storage He took out one sashimi slice to experiment. He dipped the sashimi slice into water and suddenly it absorbed all the water and grew to the size of a rib eye steak.
Shocked, he realized why the fish was so heavy. "It must be compressed to such an extent from the extreme pressure of the underwater depths from whence it came." Carl hypothesized.
He took out the now steak sized piece and put it into a much bigger vat of water. Soon the slice swelled up to the size little less than the vat, which seemed to be its maximal size.
"Just a single sashimi slice so thin is enough to feed me for three days." Carl thought in shock. "I have enough meet to begin my project, but I need other things. Let us wait for a month to end before launching it."
The next whole week he once again only received fertilizers, but he wasn't sad, he slowly continued to expand his garden to include various fruits as well, using the fertilizer to full effect.
After a week his lottery finally lucked out again, but what he received left him dumbfounded.
[Activating Lottery... You won Clean Body Sutra]
[A true chef needs to be clean, even internal impurities in the body can affect the food! Cooking is a spiritual process!]
The system suddenly threw out such a nugget of advice. A book appeared in Carl's hand which was written in a language he didn't understand. However, the book disintegrated before he could even open a page and an explosion of knowledge flooded his mind.
"Clean Body Sutra... this thing is so special. I have seen hints of the Lune family's Lunar Body formula, and it doesn't bare a candle to something like this. Absorbing the power of the stars to clean the body and make it stronger through constant rebirth. But the knowledge warns that this process is very painful. However, the threat of mysterious animals spawning through the lottery is very real! I need to practice this!"
The next few days, Carl's life was very simple. He either pulled fertilizer from the lottery, took care of his garden, experimented with the fish meat and finally practiced the Clean Body Sutra.
This was actually an exercise practice, moving in weird angles and having awkward breathing patterns. Carl would silently groan as he tirelessly performed these moves. He felt the rays of light from the stars condense all over him, entering his skin. He could also feel his body slowly getting slight stronger.
Just a couple of days before the month ended, Carl finally obtained a useful item that wasn't dangerous to him.
[Activating Lottery... You obtained a Spirit Grain Seeds.]
This spirit grain was basically a high yield variety wheat, that Carl planted in a separate garden with a good dose of the fertilizers to accompany them.
When the time comes, he would turn this wheat into bread to accompany his meals. He smiled, as his plan was beginning to take shape.
On this day, his social media which was inactive for a couple of months since his reputation went down the toilet activated.
"I am announcing my new experimental gourmet project - The Mystery Restaurant.
The address is on Planet Noah....
The Mystery Restaurant has the following rules.
1. The Mystery Restaurant will launch a lottery pool. One person will win the appointment slot per day.
2. Lunch or Dinner can be decided by the customer.
3. Customer can bring along up to five other guests.
4. The menu will be specially designed by the chef, no requests will be entertained - everything will be fresh local produce.
5. Payment - If you are dissatisfied, you can choose not to pay for the meal. However, if you choose to pay then minimum price is 10,000 Star Coins, per person.
6. If you choose not to pay, you will be disbarred from entering the lottery in the future appointments."
Immediately, this news spread through lile wildfire among the gourmet fans and even the gourmet industry worldwide.
Carl Lune was not an ordinary chef after all, he was a famous sous chef at a former Michelin 3 star restaurant on Earth! He was also embroiled in a huge controversy recently, and people were waiting to know his side of the story.
However, Carl had ignored the matter entirely and started a new experimental project. What did experimental project mean? It was an exclusive restaurant experience!