Chapter 482

"Isn't this... a bit too simple?" Sui Xiong frowned as he looked at the grayish-white box.

Akane sighed. "Of all the proposals submitted over the past month, this is the most reliable one."

Sui Xiong lightly pressed it with a tentacle, and the box opened. There was no chill inside at all; it was completely at room temperature. This surprised him. "Isn't this supposed to be cold storage?"

"Cold storage is difficult to scale up, and both its preservation time and cost are much higher." As Akane spoke, he took out an exquisite silver-white box. "This is a refrigeration box once commonly used to preserve high-end food. One costs around five hundred gold coins. Even people with relatively high incomes would generally only be willing to rent one. It can preserve food for about two days, but in fact, after more than a day, the food's texture noticeably declines."

Sui Xiong nodded. Though the silver-white box was exquisitely made, a closer look made its workings obvious—nothing more than an outer shell, an insulating layer, and ice compartments inside. Once food was placed in it, it was effectively stored in an ice cellar, so naturally it could last longer.

"There are also advanced versions of these refrigeration boxes, which use spells to lower the temperature inside. At their lowest setting, they can keep ice from melting indefinitely," Akane said. "But the cost is even higher. The cheapest cost over a thousand gold coins, and the magical crystals inside, which serve as their energy source, need to be replaced frequently. They're true super-luxuries—I've lived this long, and only recently saw one in person because of an investigation."

Sui Xiong nodded gently. He now understood the actual state of "refrigeration" technology in this world.

Technically speaking, it was quite advanced.

In terms of