According to Christopher’s current rate of increase in experience points for each skill, his daily average would be around 300 points. In that case, he would reach around 10,000 in a month. At the moment, each of his culinary skills were at Beginner Level. To get to Intermediate Level, he needed 100,000 experience points. In other words, he needed at least another half a year before he could level up on his skills. The amount of experience points needed to level up from Beginner to Intermediate was 100,000, from Intermediate to Advanced was 1 million, and from Advanced to Expert was 10 million. Beyond Expert Level, there was also Master Level, Legend Level, and Divine Level. Scarlett’s Knife Skills was currently at Master Level. Using his judgment, Christopher figured that if she used the North’s Knife Skills, ‘Thousand Birds Song’, she might actually be able to reach Legend Level. By the time Christopher’s Knife Skills reached Legend Level, his bones would have probably turned to ash. Now it seemed like, in addition to the amount of thumbs-up, finding a way to quickly increase experience points on each of his skills was also a problem he needed to resolve promptly.Speaking of thumbs-up, he suddenly remembered that Declan had already put all of the remaining 20 million in his card. After spending 1 million to buy a house, he had 19 million left now. He needed to use the money wisely to get the most return. Thus, he decided to make another bout of donation. Not long after, the amount of thumbs-up he had surged. “I’ll draw a round before proceeding.” A few million were left in the card now, while he had over 160,000 thumbs-up. Since he couldn’t afford items in the Thumbs-Up Online Mall, he could only find solace in playing the Lucky Draw. Ding! Ding! Ding! After drawing about seven to eight Experience Scrolls, the Lucky Draw interface indicator stopped on ‘Others’, which he had longed for. Ding! “Congratulations, Host. You have received a software update package. The system will begin upgrading!” The automated alert tone provided him with this message in his mind. Huh? Software update package? System upgrade? He was dumbfounded. What does that mean?Does that mean the Thumbs-Up System is like other regular phone apps that also go through updates? While he was thinking about how this system update worked, his phone suddenly started to shake violently in his hand for a moment before the screen went black. F*ck! What is happening? When he saw the screen, he instantly became stunned. “No!” Pressing down on the power button on the side of the phone, he realized that it wasn’t responding one bit. Gulping nervously, he said, “Why did the perfectly-functioning phone suddenly go dark?” “Don’t act up! Did it run out of battery?” Even though he remembered seeing the battery percentage at 59% on his screen before he played the Lucky Draw, he still held onto that sheer hope. Unfortunately, even after he plugged the charger in, the phone still showed no response. “No!” He was close to tears. Sh*t. If my phone really is broken, I’d be as good as dead.“Where’s my upgrade?” he cried. From the moment he received the Thumbs-Up System, he feared that his old Android phone that he had been using for many years would break down, so he always took extra caution. Who would’ve thought that his biggest fear would still come true! “Damn it…” He felt like there was not a single word that could describe how he felt right now. From being an underdog to slowly rising up in the field, he relied solely on the Thumbs-Up System to get stronger. If my phone really is broken, then… Without even realizing, five minutes had passed, yet his phone still showed no response. Even when he changed the battery or connected it to his computer, it was still a black screen. Sitting on the couch, he stared at his phone on the table blankly with an ashen complexion. Without a hint of color on his face, he looked just like a walking corpse. “It’s over. It’s over. It’s all over!” he muttered to himself. Ding! When he was about to fall into despair, however, the familiar automated alert tone suddenly rang in his mind. It said, “System upgrade complete. You are currently using Thumbs-Up System V2.0.” Huh? When he heard the message, he felt like he had woken up from a nightmare. Jumping up from the couch, he looked up and saw the phone rebooting. “F*ck you!” As if he had survived a disaster, Christopher let out a heavy sigh of relief. “That scared the sh*t out of me!” The ups and downs in life were truly sudden. He never ever wanted to feel the way he felt just now again. “Phew!” After wiping off the cold sweat on his forehead, he picked up his phone and entered the system. He wanted to see the difference in the 2.0 version of the Thumbs-Up System. It still had the two major options—Thumbs-Up System and Thumbs-Up Online Mall. A notable difference was that on the lower right corner of the screen, there was an icon that looked something like a Pet Egg. “A pet?” He felt a slight urge to complain. What the h*ll? Is this an online game now? Despite the thought, he still used his thumb to tap on the Pet Egg.Crack! The egg broke as soon as he tapped on it, and he saw a cute pet that looked like an adorable newborn Husky. It had a kitchen knife in its left paw, a spatula in its right paw, a pot cover on its head, and some kitchen appliance around its neck. It was looking at Christopher with big sparkling eyes through the screen of the phone. What is this? He felt perplexed. I don’t even know what’s special about this pet even after it hatched! At that moment, he heard the automated alert tone go off in his mind once more. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. As part of the system upgrade, you have received a pet, a Bonus XP Pet. Your current Pet Level is one.” “Bonus XP Pet?” It sparked his interest in an instant. As a senior gamer in online games, he knew that this Bonus XP Pet was certainly something good. As expected, after the machine finished introducing the level of his pet, it continued, “Bonus XP Pet allows you to build on your current Culinary Skills and experience. The higher your pet’s level is, the more bonus experience points you will get. Currently, Bonus XP Pet is at 10%. A special reminder: During the early stages, providing your pet with Unique Cookware and gourmet food will swiftly increase Pet Level!”10%? Sh*t! He was shocked after hearing the system’s introduction of the proportion of bonus experience points. Everyone knew that, compared to those fixed bonus experience points, bonus percentages were the real deal. Most importantly, the pet could level up. The bonus percentage at Level 1 was 10%. What would it be at Level 10 or 100? Who knew how much a pet bonus could amount to? Perhaps there was no limit at all. Moreover, the way to level up a pet was simple—he just had to provide it with Unique Cookware and gourmet food. For the time being, he couldn’t make gourmet food. But he had Unique Cookware! While it was extremely difficult for other chefs to own even one Unique Cookware, they were essentially disposable goods to Christopher, and he wasn’t short of it. He only had to go through the Parallel Universe Kitchen Appliance and Storage Pack. Exchanging the number of thumbs-up with years was simply too easy.