Chapter 863: Strange Competition Event, Storm Rising

Chapter 863: Strange Competition Event, Storm Rising

Chapter 863: Strange Competition Event, Storm Rising
"Ah? Do you think you can beat me?"

After hearing what Lu Li said, Blanche stared at Xia Ren, like a street gangster provoking him.

"I...I...just thought that cooking..."

If Shrimp encountered this kind of thing at other times, she would be timid and speechless, but since this was a matter involving cooking, she steeled herself and said, "I won't lose to anyone."

She added silently in her heart that even if it was for Boss Lu, she must get a good ranking this time and not let Boss Lu waste his time for her in vain.

Seeing this human girl's surprisingly tough attitude, Blanche felt a little admiration for her and laughed, "Then let me see what you can do."

As they were talking, the host had already introduced the chefs and announced that the competition had officially begun. It was no longer possible to stay in the stands, so Blanche jumped down as well.

Although Xia Ren already has good physical abilities, he is a little afraid to jump from the high platform, mainly because of the strong psychological barriers and he does not believe in his own strength.

In the end, it was Lu Li who pushed Xia Ren, causing her to fall. As a result, Xia Ren lost her balance in her panic and almost fell to the ground. It was Lu Li who secretly helped and used gravity to pull her up, so that she did not fall headfirst to the ground.

Even so, her appearance was quite embarrassing. She stood up, dusted herself off, and was stared at by the audience with either curiosity or mocking eyes. Her face turned red to her ears.

Just like that, the chef competition officially began, and Lu Li’s old acquaintance, Director Mansam, also came over.

"Brother Lu Li, long time no see..."

When Mansam was greeting Lu Li, his eyes suddenly changed. He moved closer to Lu Li and sniffed Lu Li's body, making Lu Li feel a chill.

After all, it felt weird to be treated like this by a bald, muscular man in a vest.

"Director Mansam, what are you doing?"

Lu Li said in confusion.

"I seem to smell the taste of a fine wine I have never tasted before..."

Mansam's mouth was watering with greed, and the bottle of wine in his hand suddenly felt less fragrant. "Brother Lu Li...Tell me the truth, are you hiding something good?"

Lu Li was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Mansam could still smell it after such a long time. "I drank good wine before, but it was last week. I don't have any stock left."

Mansam was extremely disappointed when he heard this, "Brother Lu Li, this is just too much of a mistake on your part. Why didn't you think of me when you had such good wine?"

Lu Li felt a little embarrassed. Mansam had helped him a lot and often invited him to dinner at IGO. He thought for a moment and said, "Next time you brew new wine, I'll bring a few bottles over to you."

Mansam perked up when he heard that. "Hahaha, I'm looking forward to it. By the way, is this wine made by the girl who's your partner? She's really amazing."

"Yes, she is indeed amazing."

Lu Li said this, looking towards the arena with a smile on his face. The game was already in progress.

"Speaking of which, this competition is organized by the IGO organization. Why did you set up this kind of content..."

Lu Li looked at the competition field below and couldn't help but complain, because the first event of the chef competition was the 'triathlon', which was said to test the chef's endurance and physical strength.

"Any questions?"

Mansam handed Lu Li a bottle of fine wine from his collection. After the two clinked the bottles, Mansam exclaimed, "...This competition is pretty good."

“Shouldn’t a cooking competition be a test of your cooking skills?”

Lu Li said puzzledly.

"Brother Lu Li, you have also been in the food industry. Do you think that a chef really only needs cooking skills?"

Mansam said seriously, "As a partner of a gourmet hunter, it is impossible for me to take good care of my cook all the time. So, regardless of combat ability, as a top chef, I should at least have the physical strength to travel on my own, right?"

After hearing what Mansam said, Lu Li was unable to refute.

If you think about it carefully, it is true. This world is not a regular world. Chefs may have to fight sometimes. Some chefs do not have a gourmet hunter partner, so they are both gourmet hunters and chefs.

It was just that Lu Li had some preconceived ideas after referring to shrimp and pineapple, and thought that as long as the chef could cook delicious food, he didn't need any physical strength or combat power.

But in fact, what he saw was only half of the original part. Who knows, Xiaosong might awaken a food demon in the later period and become very powerful.

After all, according to Aizen's analysis, considering the comparability of entertainment works, Komatsu should be the "God's Cook" of this generation, so it is impossible for him to be a helpless mortal in the later period.

"That being said, is it really okay for a chef who relies on foot oil to speed up?"

Lu Li complained again because he saw a brown-skinned cook dressed in Indian style, lubricating the ground with the oil and sweat secreted from his body. His feet sweated especially heavily, so he glided forward at a very fast speed.

He found it hard to imagine the scene of this chef cooking, especially as he might step on the sauerkraut with his feet or something like that.

"Oh, you mean Cha Hu. His handmade pickled cabbage noodles are a specialty. His skills are pretty good too. He should be able to get a good ranking this time."

Mansam smiled and said, "I know him very well. How about I invite you to eat at his restaurant next time?"

Lu Li shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this, thinking that he was not worthy of enjoying this kind of handmade sauerkraut noodles. Even if it tasted good, he couldn't get over it in his heart.

At this time, the triathlon has reached the stage of crossing the sea. Those who can reach the island earlier can get the best ingredients first.

Unfortunately, although the shrimp has been strengthened, it is still not able to float on water in this world. She can only put on a waterproof swimsuit and swim all the way.

Even though she said not to let Lu Li help her cheat, Lu Li was actually still paying attention to her actions, quietly using his pressure to disperse any beasts that might be lurking in the sea.

Shrimp’s cooking was not the fastest among this group of chefs, but he was not slow either. After all, some of the chefs really did not have good physical abilities and were ranked very far behind.

When Shrimp arrived on the island, there were still half of the ingredients available for selection, but to Lu Li's surprise, Shrimp did not choose those high-end ingredients, but randomly chose some relatively ordinary ingredients. When it came to the cooking session after returning, Shrimp made a simple-looking egg burger, which won unanimous praise from the G7 judges, and Lu Li was itching to try it.

"What an amazing girl! She had the opportunity to choose better ingredients, but she chose the most ordinary ones. Doesn't this mean that the chef's skills are not just determined by the ingredients?"

Mansam said from the stands, "That's great. Maybe she can get into the top 50 in this competition."

After Shrimp passed the first round, Lu Li began to understand Shrimp's thoughts. Shrimp had not handled high-end ingredients for a long time in this space, but he was still able to make delicious dishes.

Therefore, her cooking skills are closer to the true meaning of cooking, which is not to stick to the ingredients, but to use cooking skills to make ordinary ingredients shine.

A chef who can use fairy-level ingredients to make fairy-level dishes is not really a skilled chef. A chef who can use epic-level ingredients to make fairy-level dishes is considered truly amazing.

The judges of G7 are all knowledgeable and will not simply judge the level of a chef based on the deliciousness of a dish, because this involves the quality of the ingredients. For the shrimp and egg burger, they felt that they saw the true strength of the chef.

The performance of the shrimps can be described as turning decay into magic, and some chefs, although they are well-known in the world, rely more on high-quality ingredients and publicity to create their own reputation.

After passing the first round, Xia Ren was obviously no longer so nervous. She looked back at Lu Li in the stands with a smile on her face, saying that she would continue to work hard.

After 50 chefs were eliminated, huge scales rose in the venue in the second round, randomly matching each chef with his opponent.

The rules are very simple. Two people stand on each side of the scale and cook for the audience. The lighter side will rise, and the heavier side will fall and be roasted by the flames below. The main test is the chef's cooking speed.

The speed at which she cooks shrimps is absolutely amazing, and her luck with food is also very strong. She has not been matched by a strong opponent like Granny Setsuno.

With the super cooking speed that she had cultivated from providing cooking for Lu Li and the Four Heavenly Kings, she easily defeated her opponent and advanced to the third round.

The third round was interesting, as the project was "whole island cooking", which meant they had to choose an island from the surrounding gourmet islands and cook the entire island.

Because this round involves a larger area, the organizers said that each chef can choose a partner from the scene to help them capture and process the ingredients.

Since Lu Li was there, Xia Ren naturally chose Lu Li.

"Boss Lu, how about we go to Xingxing Love Island? It's closer."

Xia Ren asked after Lu Li left the field, while the other faster contestants had already set off.

Like the Tengu Blanche who had provoked Shrimp before, he chose Zebra as his partner. The two of them were more like rivals than partners. They started fighting as soon as they ran to the island.

The other four heavenly kings were also favored by the chefs, including Alu, which made Xiaosong feel inexplicably lost.

At this time, facing Xia Ren's suggestion, Lu Li shook his head, "That island doesn't look very delicious. Now that I'm here, this is a rare opportunity. I want to eat something that my gourmet cells like. Let me think..."

Because this round of dishes can also be eaten as a partner, Lu Li started to think about it. After thinking for a while, he looked in one direction through the obstruction, "Let's eat that big oyster."

When watching the animation, he felt that the oysters on that island must be delicious to eat. Now that he had the chance, he naturally would not let it go.

"That's very nourishing, Boss Lu, you don't need it, right..."

Shrimp said in a low voice, but seeing Lu Li drooling with greed, she nodded again, "Then let's make an oyster island."

Soon, Lu Li brought the shrimps to the island almost instantly. Lu Li exerted a little force and used gravity to lift the entire oyster island up.

Because the actions of the contestants on all sides were being broadcast, the strange phenomenon he created caused the audience to exclaim in surprise, and also attracted the attention of some explorers who had just arrived on Earth to Lu Li.

Of course, among them there were also people who had seen Lu Li kill a seventh-stage powerful warrior in the starry sky in seconds before. They had long known how powerful Lu Li was, and when they saw that Lu Li was also at the competition site, they had to restrain some of their original little thoughts.

Because of Lu Li's help and Shrimp's own strong attributes, he was able to cook the oyster island very easily. When paired with the secret sauce she had prepared, the taste was simply amazing.

The judges of G7 took one sip and were very impressed with the efficacy. Some veteran judges even felt like they were rejuvenated.

It was just that Lu Li’s physique was too strong, and after eating it he only felt the deliciousness, which made his food demon even more intense.

On the other side, Grandma Jieno cooked a huge cake with the girl's wind island, which made Shrimp like it very much and his appetite was always seduced.

It seemed that Grandma Setsuno had been greeted by Jiro, and she was very caring towards the shrimp. She even kindly cut off a portion for the shrimp to taste. The shrimp was instantly conquered by the cake, and a happy expression of a young girl appeared on her face.

Just as the competition was in full swing, a group of uninvited guests arrived.

Lu Li put down the plate in his hand, took out a napkin and wiped his mouth, "You are braver than I thought."

He was sure that there were explorers in the Gourmet Club, and the explorers should also know that there was a powerful man like him in charge, but they still came to make trouble, which was enough to show that they were confident.

It’s just a pity for some of the low- and middle-level explorers who are unaware of the inside story. They were sent here as vanguards, just to die.

Lu Li sat at the dining table without moving. He simply accurately lowered gravity in each area, instantly crushing the advance team of the food party into a meat paste.

Those GT robots and a few unlucky fifth-level explorers simply disappeared in the pit, which horrified the team behind them.

But this time the food festival also drove Netero to fight. These creatures seemed to have no idea what fear was and continued to charge towards the venue.

The people behind the scenes thought they could break through the defense line this time, but outside the venue of the chef competition, it was as if there was an invisible barrier. The condensed sword intent chopped the Netero into powder the moment they hit it.

"It's really tricky, but it's a good thing that this guy is here to take charge."

At the food party, a seventh-level explorer commented after seeing this scene that he had seen Lu Li’s powerful military force a few days ago, so the temporary small team stopped their development of the food world.

After he finished speaking, he picked up the communicator and said, "Hey, you guys can start taking action now. We have confirmed that the guy is in charge of the venue. The food world is ours now."

At the same time, the explorers who received the news turned their attention to Yilong and Sanhu who were in a state of confrontation in the food world.

(End of this chapter)