Chapter 383
The Mai Mang Crab didn’t hold back, saying, “Your cooking skills are decent for running a restaurant, but for a competition, it’s a bit of a stretch... You probably won’t get a good restaurant. The rankings determine the restaurants, so there will definitely be good and bad ones.”
Yu Xunge didn’t take offense; she knew Mai Mang Crab was speaking the truth.
Her culinary talent was at best slightly above average. After spending at least one hundred and fifty years learning in various places within the tower, she had managed to stabilize her dish ratings above 92. If it were Shen Yushi, she would have already reached the pinnacle of culinary arts.
In this world battlefield, where the best of the best gathered, there was no shortage of players with top-notch cooking talent, even those with divine gifts specifically related to cooking.
In fact, the reaction of the octopus customer earlier hinted at this.
Initially, it only wanted to buy Mai Mang Crab, but then it asked if it could also take Yu Xunge along. This suggested that it had likely learned about the game’s octopus customer through some means and was initially dissatisfied with Yu Xunge’s cooking level.
However, Yu Xunge believed she wasn’t that bad; otherwise, the octopus customer, which couldn’t even defeat Mai Mang Crab, wouldn’t have insisted on bringing her along in the end.
As Mai Mang Crab said, it seemed unlikely they would get a good restaurant.
Yu Xunge said, “I have a skill. If you keep causing chaos while I cook, it will unleash my potential and temporarily elevate my cooking level.”
【Kitchen Chaos】 (S-rank): When activated, it opens the Chef’s Domain. Within this kitchen domain, if a being completely unskilled in cooking continuously disrupts you while you prepare dishes, it will unleash all your potential, and the dishes you create will be of your highest standard. The domain lasts for 5 hours, with a cooldown of 3 natural days.
With the enhancement of the ultimate skill, “it will unleash all your potential, and the dishes you create will be of your highest standard” transformed into “significantly boosts your culinary talent, and the dishes you create will surpass your limits.”
Mai Mang Crab looked at Yu Xunge with skepticism: “Are you sure?”
Yu Xunge was reluctant to explain the skill details to another player, but she nodded, “I’m sure!”
Mai Mang Crab said, “Alright, I’ll do my best to cause chaos then.”
As they were talking, they both turned to see a player suddenly hovering beside them—Feng Tang?
Feng Tang glanced at the octopus customer, her expression unchanged, and nodded at Yu Xunge, “What a coincidence.”
With that, she flew away without hesitation.
Both Mai Mang Crab and Yu Xunge sensed the subtle tension in the air.
They looked at the players flying around and then at the nearby tourists, noticing that many of them were accompanied by 1 to 2 players, at least one of whom had the title of 【Chef】 above their heads.
The frequent disturbances in the time stream must be related to the 【Chef】 title—either their own chefs were being snatched away and they wanted to reclaim them, or as chefs, they were trying to avoid being “captured.”
The atmosphere grew noticeably tense.
Restaurants were originally allocated based on the number of divine game players—4 players per restaurant, with 50,980 players managing 12,745 restaurants just right. However, now nearly 50,000 tourists had joined.
This meant that 49,325 tourists, along with 50,980 players, were competing for 12,745 restaurants, with a maximum of 4 staff per restaurant.
In the end, at least 49,325 beings would be unable to enter a restaurant.
Players losing their restaurants meant no revenue, which essentially equated to being out of the game.
And this exit was certainly not the end.
After all, the game lasted for 3 Star Sea Days.
Yu Xunge immediately thought of the restaurant’s operating hours; there would definitely be closing times...
Did losing a restaurant mean losing a sanctuary? Would something bad happen?
Otherwise, she couldn’t understand why tourists without divine game rewards were so eager to snatch up restaurants.
Just then, a mechanical voice echoed in her mind.
B8017913: “That’s 100 times now.”
As soon as the words fell, she heard a system notification.
【Time Disturbance: The time stream in this area has been frequently disturbed, and it’s a bit angry. Players who have used time skills during this period will be penalized. Please respect time as you would respect fate.】
The phrase “a bit angry” was too jarring.
Yu Xunge asked her new assistant: “What happens if I use a time skill now?”
B8017913: “It will reset the count.”
Yu Xunge: “The time stream is a bit angry... Will it be angrier next time? Will this punishment escalate?”
B8017913: “Haven’t you already guessed?”
Yu Xunge: “Looks like it.”
This was indeed bad news, especially on the first day of the game...
For now, it was just a ban, but would there be a chance they would directly revoke time skills later?
She firmly decided that she would rather lose her S-rank skill and die once than use a time skill.
...Wait a minute.
Yu Xunge: “Will the death penalty escalate? Is the penalty for dying the first time the same as the second?”
B8017913: “Since my inception, I have experienced 50 cooperative combat divine games, and in 51 of those, the death penalty escalated. In the other 9 instances, while the death penalty didn’t escalate, each death resulted in the loss of one World Tomb.”
Yu Xunge: “I understand.”
She calmed her mind and began to contemplate the possibilities that might arise after this game...
Position changes? Restaurant closure crisis?
At that moment, the octopus customer stopped in front of a restaurant, its tentacle pointing at a mini whale floating behind the cash register. Small waves were surging beneath the whale’s belly, occasionally splashing up onto its body.
Yu Xunge: “Oh, is a new teammate about to join?”
Mai Mang Crab: “Looks like it.”
A few minutes later, beside Yu Xunge and Mai Mang Crab lay a one-meter-long dead whale, surrounded by a mist that preserved its freshness.
Mai Mang Crab: .
Yu Xunge: .
【Chapter 499: Divine Game: Chaos Restaurant 14】
The octopus boss tapped Yu Xunge with a tentacle: “Can you make this?”
Yu Xunge: “…”
You’ve already processed it like this and are asking me?
Yu Xunge smiled: “I wouldn’t dare to say I can.”
The octopus boss withdrew its tentacle with satisfaction and moved on.
Yu Xunge asked Mai Mang Crab: “Do you think it can be revived in this state?”
Mai Mang Crab: “Hard to say. Didn’t the buried Spring Bear return pretty quickly?”
The two exchanged glances and, without a word, opened the battlefield chat channel to eavesdrop.
As soon as they opened it, they saw a very familiar ID.
【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】: Yu Xunge, Mai Mang Crab, can you both see me?
The two slowly turned their heads to look at the fresh ingredients tied nearby.
At that moment, the other party’s ID was still hovering above their head—【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】.
Though it was only their second meeting and they had spent less than 5 hours together, Mai Mang Crab found that she and Yu Xunge were truly kindred spirits.
For instance, right now, neither of them spoke, nor did they even exchange glances, but they tacitly chose to play dead, refusing to respond to Tingzhou Mirror Goose’s words.
【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】: I saw you both looking at me! Speak up! Don’t play dead! Otherwise, when I revive, you two can expect my revenge!
【Zichuan·Pear Fruit】: What’s wrong with you?
【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】: I’ve been locked in as an ingredient and can’t revive for now.
【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】: Yu Xunge, Mai Mang Crab, can you ask that tourist for me? Can I join the restaurant as an ingredient for the competition?
The two tacitly pretended to be deaf and mute.
At this moment, the battlefield chat channel was either looking for chefs or discussing players being turned into ingredients by tourists.
Yu Xunge’s eyes were glued to the chat channel, but her thoughts kept drifting to Tingzhou Mirror Goose.
Though she had previously complained about Song Gui wanting to turn the buried Spring Bear into a dish and had secretly vowed never to think that way...
Yu Xunge wasn’t afraid of being struck by lightning; her vows were utterly unreliable, as Black Jade was already on her menu.
What she was thinking about was her God of Cooking skill.
【Skill 2】Who is Hannibal?: If you turn any target into thirty-eight different delicacies, with each dish scoring above 19 points, and then consume all thirty-eight dishes alone, you will randomly acquire one of the skills they had in life (each target can only trigger this once).
If this skill were activated with the ultimate enhancement, it would not only require turning the target into 85 delicacies, but “consuming all thirty-eight dishes alone” would change to “tasting these 85 delicacies.”
The prerequisites would be significantly lowered.
As a chef, it was reasonable for her to take a bite after finishing a dish to check the seasoning, right?
As long as she met the conditions, she could randomly acquire one of Tingzhou Mirror Goose’s skills from their life.
If it were any other player, Yu Xunge might not have been tempted. Without being able to use the Thieving Milk Dragon, gambling on “one of the skills from their life” seemed pointless.
But it just had to be Tingzhou Mirror Goose...
A top hundred player on the ladder, with a combat power of 85!
The biggest cost during this period might be the ultimate points. In this special setting of the world battlefield, this skill would likely consume ultimate points throughout, meaning it would cost at least several hundred points.
But... it was worth a try!
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