Chapter 377: The game is over; one vote decides the outcome
Gui finally announced that the competition would continue. Although she was only a special guest, no one in Liyue dared to disobey her words.
Except for the guest from Wangsheng Hall who is drinking tea now.
So the matter of Guoba was put to rest and the game continued, even though it was not a very important matter.
But with the judges coming forward, at least after the game no one will say that Xiangling used rice crust to illegally interfere with the contestants.
The judges and Lord Dust both said there were no violations, but you said there were. You are being disrespectful to the gods!
After this little episode, Guoba returned to Xiangling's side, and representatives from Liuliting and Xinyuexuan also began to prepare with Guoba's encouragement.
The two representatives found it amazing that they no longer felt nervous after Guoba encouraged them.
Jun Bai: The blessing from the Kitchen God is naturally extraordinary.
Off the court, the shopkeepers of Liuliting and Xinyuexuan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The helpers they had hired at great expense would not have been able to complete the game due to nervousness.
Then both families would suffer a huge loss.
Four contestants race against time on the field.
When the last contestant finishes preparing the dish and is putting it on the plate, the gong sounds, indicating the end of time.
"Time is up, contestants please stop. The organizer will deliver the dishes to the judges in the order in which they were completed."
Xiangling and Yanxiao started almost at the same time, but at different speeds. Xiangling finished first and Yanxiao was the last.
Therefore, the judges will be the first to taste Xiangling’s dishes.
Xiangling’s dishes include: tender and spicy chicken as the main course, braised shredded vegetables with garlic sauce as the side dish, and crystal shrimp as the dessert.
Xiangling began to introduce:
"The title of the dish is 'Land and Water Ritual', which includes the two major areas of land and sea, which means that animal meat, poultry meat, fish and shrimp are all optional ingredients."
"My main dish, tender pepper chicken, is a combination of poultry and peppers. Jueyun peppers grow in the mountains and are the essence of the mountains..."
Poultry is also used as the ingredient for the dish, as well as ham and bamboo shoots, which also have the flavor of the mountains.
Spicy and fresh, hot and cool, the two complement each other and echo the main dish.
As for crystal shrimp, the raw materials are rice, shrimp and carrot.
Rice and carrots grow in the fields, absorbing the essence of the earth. Shrimp is a gift from the sea, tightly wrapped in a rice skin. The fusion of sea and land, the freshness is slightly sweet.
[MiHoYo, were you watching a food show when you were doing this activity? Add subtitles to introduce the food and give a close-up of the food! ]
[Not only is there a real-life performance, but also a close-up of details down to the pores... With this technology, can't you do something else? ]
[Close-ups of Keqing, Ningguang, and Guizhong. It’s not that I’m greedy, I just want to see my wife’s beautiful face.]
[I just watch this live broadcast at mealtime, and now I want to eat something... I'm on a diet to lose weight! ]
After the contestants were introduced, the five judges began to taste the food and gave Xiangling high praise.
Jun Bai, who was standing off the stage, smiled as he watched Zhongli having no idea how to deal with the crystal shrimp, but he had no choice but to taste it and finally gave a positive review of the performance.
[Master Zhong’s indescribable expression…]
[Don't forget that it was because of Zhongli that Jun Bai didn't prepare seafood for the Lantern Festival. ]
In the end, I was glad that I was a special guest and not a judge. I didn’t have to eat it if I didn’t like it.
After the judges' comments, the five of them gave Xiangling very high scores out of 100, and no one gave a score lower than 90.
Then the lottery will begin, and the fifteenth audience members who are drawn need to go backstage to taste and score.
This is roughly the process.
Xinyuexuan's representative dishes are: squirrel fish, pickled pork with preserved vegetables, and moon-shaped eggs. The appearance is exquisite and the presentation looks very expensive.
However, because her cooking skills were slightly inferior and one of the dishes was seafood, the average score was less than 90, which was far lower than Xiangling.
It depends on whether the scores of the judges can be brought back.
[I feel that Zhongli is already very objective, but he really doesn't like seafood, so that affects his score.]
[Eighty-five points. For Zhongli who doesn't like seafood, this is already as much as possible without considering personal factors.]
Next is the representative from Xinyuexuan.
The works are boiled black-back sea bass, honey-glazed barbecued pork, and four-sided peace.
This is obviously a recipe that was prepared according to the taste mentioned before the final game while taking the competition into consideration.
Suspected to be a believer in the final rebirth, very wise.
The judges' scores are obviously no longer important in the eyes of this contestant. Compared with the competition, the contestant cares more about the final score.
Because the scores of the special guests are not included in the evaluation and are only for the audience's reference, Gui finally gave the representative of Xinyuexuan a full score without hesitation.
The representative of Xinyuexuan jumped up excitedly in public, indicating that this trip to the competition was not in vain.
[Oops, this guy found the point. ]
[It doesn’t matter whether he competed or not, this player has already won something more important.]
[Gui Zhong: You are on the right track and have a bright future. I am optimistic about you. ]
The last one is Yan Xiao, whose entries are: Xian Tiaoqiang, Cold Mint, and Golden Shrimps Shrimp Balls.
The moment Jun Bai saw the golden shrimp ball, he knew that Keqing would give it a very high score.
The five judges gave high praise to Yan Xiao.
Among them, Ningguang, Keqing and Zhongli not only received very good reviews but also a fairly high score because of Fairy Jumping Over the Wall and Golden Shrimp Balls.
However, Tianshu and Xuanjian gave a relatively average score, but overall it is higher than Xiangling's current score.
【The cat's eyes were fixed on the golden shrimp ball. 】
[Zhongli gave this rating...Does it mean that you like to drink soup when you are older? Or do you not order it often because you don't have money? ]
[Xian Tiao Qiang is still affordable. The best you can do is to go to Fengdeng Tower or Wangsheng Hall for accounting. Beiguo Bank is also OK. ]
[Zhongli's wallet: Choose one from Junbai, Hutao, or Gongzi]
"Uh... Damn it! There's not even one person among the sixty people!"
Paimeng watched the lottery machine miss his number again and couldn't help but stomp his feet in anger.
"I am very obsessed with eating and very proficient in it. It's their loss if they miss my rating!"
The man has begun to talk nonsense.
"Whatever dish you want to eat, can't you just ask Ying to make it for you later?" Jun Bai said to Paimeng.
Put a pot on the ground, throw the ingredients into it, and then you can make all the delicious food in Teyvat.
This is what travelers are talking about.
"Ying~"
Paimeng found that what Jun Bai said made sense, and immediately looked at Ying with a pitiful look.
"The money for buying groceries will be deducted from your pocket money."
Ying said with her arms folded across her chest.
Paimon immediately made an expression as if he had been pierced: "You really have a cruel heart!"
"You two have such a good relationship." Jin Chen smiled and said, "Hey, the results of the competition are out."
While chatting and laughing, all the judges had finished scoring.
After removing the highest and lowest scores, the total score is calculated and averaged, and finally the scores of all the players are calculated.
Xiangling and Yanxiao had the same score, so the game ended in a tie.
"Eh? It's a draw?"
Paimon said in shock.
"This shows that their cooking skills are really comparable."
Ying looked at Jun Bai: "Has there ever been a precedent of a tie?"
"Yes, but to avoid this situation, a rule was added. When there is a tie, the judges will randomly select one person from the audience."
"That person will taste each one and make the final decision."
"In other words, one vote determines the outcome."