BXBX NOVEL Chapter 92 - 92: Limit
Time ticked away by the second.
Offstage, on the big screen, the countdown minute number was finally altered from ”01” to “00”.
The second hand changed from “00” to “59”, and then began to slowly fall back.
“Last minute countdown!”
There was a tense note in the host’s voice.
“We don’t know what happened in the kitchen, but contestant Qin Lang has not yet left the Competitive Standard Kitchen.”
“According to the rules of the game, if contestant Qin Lang is overtime, contestant Lei Ke will directly win this game!”
“Now the final ten-second countdown!”
“Ten…”
Listening to the host’s countdown, staring intently at the door of Qin Lang’s kitchen, Lei Ke did not take pleasure in the potential victory without a fight.
On the contrary, he looked slightly displeased.
He came to the Dongxia City Cooking Contest for the Second-Level Food Recommender Badge granted by Mr. Li Yuantu.
But it is also to exchange ideas with powerful Spirit Chefs and improve his culinary skills.
This kind of victory was not what he wanted.
He pulled out Citrus Embrace, his ace in the hole, not for such a rash victory!
Qin Lang’s performance in previous rounds flicked through his mind.
A Spirit Chef like Qin Lang would never avoid a fight now.
“Whatever the reason is, I will have a match with you for sure,” Lei Ke murmured.
Even if there was no chance in this game, he would compete with Qin Lang in a Food Fight.
“Nine…”
The tens of thousands of audience members in the stands seemed to have forgotten their breath.
In the tense atmosphere, they each clenched their lips, held their breath, and kept their eyes firmly locked on Qin Lang’s kitchen, hoping that the closed door would open before the countdown ended.
For the spectators, they would rather see a fantastic contest than a conclusion without suspense.
“Eight…”
“Come out, come out!”
Qi Xiaoyu’s clenched fists rested on her thighs, staring at the kitchen that had not yet opened, muttering quietly to herself.
This time, Du Weiwei didn’t complain about her friend’s impatience.
Because she couldn’t help biting her lip, holding her breath and watching the door in the arena.
Although she didn’t speak, the shouting echoing in her heart seemed to resonate with Qi Xiaoyu’s murmuring.
“Seven…”
Tang Xie couldn’t sit still among the players’ spectator seats.
He got up abruptly, came to the railing with his hands tightly clenching the protective railing, with his upper body slightly leaning forward, staring at the door.
Deep down in his heart, Tang Xie hoped Qin Lang could beat Lei Ke.
After all, Qin Lang was the man who had once defeated him. If he lost to Lei Ke, it would mean a larger gap between him and Lei Ke.
On the contrary, if Qin Lang defeated Lei Ke, then by rounding it off, he and Lei Ke were on equal terms.
“Six…”
The eleven Food Recommenders on the Judges’ Seats were staring at Qin Lang’s kitchen, too.
Zhou Qing, Song Hui, and Fu Hang, who had awarded Qin Lang the badge, were showing distressed expressions.
In their view, Qin Lang could go farther.
If he didn’t demonstrate his ability in this battle and suffered such a rash defeat, it would be a pity.
“Five…”
With only five seconds remaining, could Qin Lang really step out of the kitchen before the end?
Inside Dongxia Arena, everyone held their breath at this moment.
Not just in the arena, but even outside it, countless audience members watching the live broadcast stopped what they were doing to stare at the close-up of the door on their screens.
“Little Qin, hurry up and come out!”
Inside Starlight Restaurant, Luo Hui clenched his hands, his face was especially tense.
It was a pity to lose because he couldn’t complete his dish after getting this far.
“Four…”
“Three…”
“Two…”
“Ding— ”
A bell ring echoed in the entire arena.
The countdown on the big screen locked on the extreme time of “00:00:01”.
At a moment when everyone thought the outcome was already settled, Qin Lang’s kitchen door slowly opened.
In the huge Dongxia Arena, there was only the low rumble of the wheels of the kitchen cabinet car as it was pushed out.
The next moment, a cheer that almost overturned Dongxia Arena erupted!
“Contestant Qin Lang has successfully completed his dish!” The host shouted with the loudest voice, a look of surprise also on his face, “Just one second to the end of the competition!”
“Now, it’s the tasting section of Contestant Qin Lang’s dish!”
Lei Ke looked at Qin Lang who walked to his side, his eyes fell on the second Food Spirit fluttering next to Qin Lang.
The second Food Spirit has been born…
Then let me see, how strong you really are!
A fiery war intention ignited in his eyes, and he voluntarily backed away, giving the stage to Qin Lang.
Listening to the continuous cheers around them, both Qin Lang and Dan Bao had expressions of absolute relief on their faces.
Spicy, who had never experienced such a scene, instinctively moved closer to Qin Lang after looking left and right, and the green light ball over her head seemed to have a tendency to turn red again.
Noticing Spicy’s action, Qin Lang smiled and rubbed this hero who helped him successfully complete the dish.
The types of Food Skills are also limited, and there are much fewer than Combat Skills, only a hundred or so.
And Food Skills have an important characteristic that Combat Skills do not possess, and that is exclusivity.
Different Food Spirits from the same Spirit Chef must have different Food Skills.
This characteristic ensures that in the limited types of Food Skills, a Spirit Chef won’t have two Food Spirits with overlapping abilities, and a Spirit Chef can possess up to seven of these hundreds of Food Skills.
For Spirit Chefs with different preferences and habits, the relative strengths and weaknesses of these hundreds of Food Skills are different.
But there are always some Food Skills that every Spirit Chef covets.
Culinary Skill: Cooking Acceleration is one of them.
This skill can accelerate all cooking processes without external intervention.
The so-called no external intervention refers to the Spirit Chef not needing to intervene midway.
For example, the waiting time after sending food into the oven, the waiting time after sending food into the steamer, and also…
The half-hour stewing time of Twice-Cooked Pork.
As for processes like stir-frying, dealing with ingredients, etc., they can’t be accelerated using the Cooking Acceleration skill.
This skill will not enhance the taste of the dish in any way, but it allows the Spirit Chef to always be one step ahead in Food Fights and Cooking Competitions.
It was relying on this special Food Skill that Qin Lang significantly shortened the cooking time for Twice-Cooked Pork, and finally completed this dish, which normally takes over half an hour, amidst the thrilling countdown.
Of course, the Cooking Acceleration skill is not without its drawbacks.
It is the fastest Spiritual Power consuming skill among all Food Skills.
Just by accelerating for twenty-five minutes, all of the 125 points of Spiritual Power inside Qin Lang’s Tianxuan Star Vein was completely drained.
Pushing the kitchen cabinet car to the Judges’ Seats where the eleven Food Recommenders were located, with the help of Dan Bao’s thought waves, the dishes in the kitchen cabinet car were delivered to the Food Recommenders. Qin Lang put on a confident smile.
“Twice-cooked pork, please taste..”