Eternal food paradise

The golden sunset enveloped the ancient "Arena", and the four people standing in the center had long shadows trailing out.

This venue has a visual feel like the Colosseum.

Surrounding the central open space are stacked stands and seats, but these places have been transformed into food shelves, filled with a dazzling array of various food ingredients.

Further outside, there are majestic towers and walls, and there are flags ringing at intervals from the top of the city.

It's one thing to watch a drama and watch a show. Being there in person, looking up at the grids of ingredients arranged high on the four sides, Xia Yan had the illusion that these materials seemed to be the audience at this moment.

"This is the venue built for the special examination, and it has been used from generation to generation..."

Liu Pleiades was talking to himself in the team.

"Master Ding You, Master Luo Tian, ​​they were all here before and became winners!" Liu Pleiax clenched his small fist.

Da da da.

The sound of footsteps came from the corner staircase not far away.

"Welcome to the "Douwei Arena". "

A cold and serious female voice made Liu Pleiades and Lan Feihong look surprised.

When the woman walked out of the stairs, Han Wu saw her appearance clearly, his body trembled, his expression seemed to be excited and a little scared:

"Mrs. Thunderflower!"

The female examiner stepped forward, and it was not an illusion. Xia Yan noticed her gaze, glanced at him specifically, and stayed there for at least a few seconds before moving away, "Since you can make it this far, to the final round, there are more I don’t need to say more, [Special Grade] has always been a matter of preference for lack rather than excess——”

After a pause, her tone became particularly solemn.

"The four of you may all pass the level and become [Special Level] on the same day, but the greater possibility is that all four of you will fail and try again four years later!"

"So, in order not to regret it in the next four years, I hope you will use all your strength and fight hard. Even if you fail, you will be full of glory!"

As soon as Lei Hua finished speaking, there was a crash. On the tower behind her, two curtains fell from the wall stacks to the ground.

I saw the square Chinese characters first displayed on the first curtain——

"noodle?"

"Uh, is it a mistake? The second round is still an 'face-to-face' test?"

Han Wu, Lan Feihong, and Liu Pleiades were astonished.

Xia Yan looked around and found Lei Hua's eyes glancing over again. He coughed inwardly and tried to pretend that he was surprised and uneasy.

He didn't know whether his on-the-spot acting skills were up to standard, but no matter what, it was a good thing to reduce Lei Hua's suspicion and curiosity about him.

However, the "doubt" comes to mind.

Xia Yan couldn't help but laugh at himself.

How is it possible? The test questions for the two rounds of this year's special examination are only known to Lei Hua and a few government officials, and he is not related to these people. There is no need to be suspicious about leaking the questions, and it is impossible to be suspicious.

That's why Xia Yan laughed at himself and felt that his "acting skills" were unnecessary. He let outsiders think about it and he just stayed true to himself.

So the explosive on-the-spot acting skills suddenly subsided in just two seconds, and Xia Yan looked serious.

However.

Lei Hua, who was observing Xia Yan, nodded quietly in her heart: "Very good. He doesn't get confused when things happen. He can adjust his mentality quickly."

At the same time, the second curtain was fully unfolded, which was the other half of the test question——

‘Non-face’!

This time, the "Douwei Field" shrouded in the setting sun was completely silent.

Leihua said: "Time, from now until midnight strikes the clock!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked up the stairs, standing on the tower, overlooking the entire venue from a high place.

6pm to 12am.

In other words, the contestants have a total of 6 hours available from thinking about preparing the recipe to putting it into practice.

This time number seems generous, but if you are in Leihua's position and look at the expressions and reactions of the players, you will know that it is actually a simple digital trap.

The first round took four days to prepare.

In the second round, recipe planning and practical cooking were combined in one night!

You know, in the world of Shokugeki no Soro, each Shokugeki game requires at least one or two days of preparation time, and for large-scale events such as the autumn selections, the topics are announced to the contestants several days in advance.

"This is about being on the spot, completely competing for skills and hard power!"

On the tower, Lei Hua was thinking that it might be because of her miraculous performance in the first round that one of the five places was cut off, so she subconsciously set her sights on Xia Yan.

In clear view from high altitude.

Several candidates, except him, all took action.

The most capable person was Han Wu from Dongjiang Restaurant. This bald and shirtless macho man strode to a certain place in the venue and directly moved a calf to his stove. .

This scene made Lan Feihong and Liu Pleiades' temples jump.

at the same time.

Looking away, Lan Feihong also walked to the food viewing area arranged one by one, holding a bamboo basket, and carefully selected certain ingredients.

"potato……"

Even Liu Pleiades, who was incredibly young, rolled up his sleeves after some thought, walked to a fresh water tank, and touched a catfish with tentacles.

Among the people who started to take action, Xia Yan, who was still standing motionless under the sunset, was particularly eye-catching.

Outsiders don't understand Xia Yan's mood and feelings at this time.

That's it?

I saw that the plot of the decisive battle unfolded normally, without the cunning and intrigue in the original work at all. What is going on?

He remembered that here, Liu Pleiades was tricked by a certain player's "acupuncture sealing needle". His sense of taste was disabled and he almost overturned.

Maybe the person who used the "Acupoint Sealing Needle" move outside the plate was one of Shan Xiong and Zhilin?

Well, when they weren't here, the little weird episode disappeared naturally.

“‘Witch’ Zhilin’s poppy noodles are gone.”

"Shan Xiong's 'cat-eared face' is gone."

Han Wu, who was moving a calf to his stove, was stunned when he noticed Xia Yan's unclear gaze.

"This Han Wu appears to be naive, but in fact he is not a law-abiding character. During the mutual scoring process, he gave Lan Feihong and Liu Pleiades' cooking a low score and deliberately gave a bad review."

Xia Yan was extremely speechless.

Under the nose of Lei Hua, a cold and stern examiner, he still plays childish tricks like belittling his opponent. Does this big guy really have the sound intelligence to stand here and take the exam?

Forget it.

He looked back and ignored the suspicious Han Wu who touched his bald head. Several recipes flashed through his mind.

Is it ‘faceless’?

Because of a trip and a retreat, it can be said that Xia Yan has too many backup ideas. But sometimes, there are too many side roads, which is not always a good thing. At least Xia Yan is a little confused about which idea to use and which one. How about this recipe?

After thinking seriously for two minutes, Xia Yan made a decision.

Continue to be cautious.

Just use a recipe that he considers to be the strongest, containing the strongest traits and the sharpest weapons that he can currently display...

That’s it, let’s securely pocket the first stage rewards of the ‘Special Assessment Task’!