Swallowed Star: Food Shocks the Universe

The next morning, a pair of white and tender hands stretched out from under the quilt. Xue Xi stretched her whole body, let out a strange cry, and then jumped out of the quilt refreshed.

She went to the bathroom to wash up in her suspender nightgown, then picked out a beige short-sleeved shirt and dark blue jeans from the closet, changed into pajamas, simply tied her hair into a bun, and went downstairs to open the door.

After breathing in some fresh air, Xue Xi found a sign, wrote the only dish of cat ears on it, indicated the price and the edible effects to avoid any more arguments, then washed her hands again, picked out fresh ingredients from the freezer and started to brush up on her cooking basics again.

The old man taught me for three years, and half of the time was spent practicing basic skills. He said that cooking is like building a high-rise building, and the foundation must be solid.

A chef must master three basic skills: knife skills, spoon skills and fire skills.

Spoon skills refer to the skill of flipping the spoon, flipping the pot forward, backward, left and right, and flipping the pot widely. As long as one is cooking dishes for fifteen or sixteen tables and can flip more than twenty kilograms of dishes, the spoon skills are basically qualified. Due to Xue Xi's weak physical strength, she could only barely learn a little in her previous life, which was far from the passing line.

Knife skills require that the knife be cut evenly and neatly. When you are a beginner, you need to be able to kill fish and frogs, chop chickens and ducks; when you are more advanced, you need to be able to cut into various shreds, chop into phoenix tails, and chop into lychee flowers; when you are qualified, you need to be able to make edges and marinated platters. As for the more advanced carving and dragon painting, it depends on your own ability.

Xue Xi's knife skills were what pleased the old man the most. Ever since she used a boning knife to carve a peacock with its tail spread out on tofu, he no longer had to worry about her knife skills.

Fire control is how well a chef controls the temperature, which determines how far he can go and how high he can be promoted.

There are twenty to thirty cooking techniques, and the key is to master the common techniques of steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, braising, stewing, and simmering. The dish is qualified only if the heat is right, the taste is appropriate, and the color of the oil is stable.

Xue Xi mainly practiced her fire skills, and also trained her arm strength, and improved her flipping skills.

For a moment, the kitchen was filled with smoke and the sounds of stir-frying, boiling and frying. Xue Xi used the ingredients she had learned in practice to make all kinds of toppings, all of which could be paired with cat ears, so as not to waste the good ingredients.

While Xue Xi was diligently practicing the basic skills, in the army base in this wilderness area, the God of War Lu Gang received an order from his superiors to investigate a wilderness restaurant that had been widely discussed online.

Following the satellite intelligence, Lu Gang used the perfect-level body movement skill "Liu Guang" to glide in the air and quickly approached the mission target.

Xue Xi's restaurant was not too deep into the wilderness area. It was located in the buffer zone between the base city and the wilderness, where only monsters of the highest beast general level roamed.

However, Lu Gang soon discovered something was wrong. He saw a group of beast soldiers and monsters forming a large circle with a diameter of 1000 meters, but they did not step into it at all, as if they would be reduced to ashes if they stepped into this forbidden area.

This situation actually frightened Lu Gang, and for a moment he didn't know whether to go in or go back to report the situation. At this time, a breeze blew, and the smoke from Xue Xi's kitchen drifted towards Lu Gang with the fragrance.

Lu Gang's eyes lit up, it seemed that he had found the right place, and there was smoke from cooking, so he thought there wouldn't be any danger. Then, relying on his war god-level strength, he quickly approached the restaurant, causing the herd of beasts in the 'Monster Circle' to become restless.

Xue Xi put the prepared sauce into the freezer, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat from her forehead, and planned to take a short rest.

As soon as I walked out of the kitchen door, I felt a figure breaking into the thousand-meter cordon. I walked out of the door quickly and saw a warrior wrapped tightly in black and red armor flying over from the air. After a few seconds, he landed steadily at the door of the restaurant.

Lu Gang's visor shrank, revealing a resolute face with a crew cut. He and Xue Xi looked at each other curiously, and he stretched out his armor-covered right hand to introduce himself first: "Hello, little girl, my name is Lu Gang, and I work for Huashan, China."

Xue Xi had never expected that the man in front of her was actually the god of war Lu Gang who died heroically in the rat tide in the original novel. She immediately stood in awe and stretched out her hand to shake Lu Gang's hard armored hand: "Hello, hello, I'm the manager of this restaurant, what can I do for you?"

It shouldn't be illegal for me to occupy an abandoned hotel that was built decades ago in the wilderness, right? Would they check my business license? I couldn't help but think wildly.

Lu Gang looked at the little girl in front of him who was about the same age as his high school daughter, and tried to make himself look amiable. "Nothing much, we just found you alone in the wilderness area, so we came to ask if you needed help, and by the way, we checked online to see if it was true that the food you cook can help warriors quickly comprehend body movements."

Xue Xi nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, my food is so magical. Uncle, would you like a bowl? The menu is right there. There is only one kind of noodles at the moment."

Hearing is believing. Lu Gang planned to try the mysterious magical food himself. He glanced at the sky-high price of cat ears on the menu and said, "Okay, let's have a try." If it really has that effect, 10, what's the difference between this and picking it up on the street? He neatly transferred 10 Chinese yuan to the account displayed on the cash register.

So he followed Xue Xi who was skipping back to the kitchen, chose a seat close by and sat down. He sat upright and clicked on the communication bracelet on his wrist to report his work progress to his superior.

Xue Xi picked out different marinades that had been prepared earlier and made her favorite red-braised cat ears, which tasted even better.

When the dish was served to Lu Gang, he had just put away the bracelet that had sent him a video of the restaurant. He took the bowl without changing his expression and slowly tasted it.

The soup was thick and the noodles were chewy and fragrant. Lu Gang closed his eyes and savored the taste. He couldn't help but sigh, "This is the authentic Jincheng cat ears. I haven't tasted this for many years since that place fell. Little girl, oh no, store manager, your cooking skills are not bad!"

Xue Xi happily accepted the great hero's praise and said modestly: "This is just the beginning, it will be even better in the future!"

After some praise, looking at the evaluation buttons projected around the empty bowl, he was not surprised and slapped the like button. The next second, the extremely familiar "Liu Guang" movement in his mind actually gave him new insights.

Xue Xi was surprised to find that Lu Gang did not rush out to find monsters to hone himself like Luo Feng and the others did before, but instead sat down and entered a state of meditation.

As China's veteran war god, Lu Gang had accumulated a wealth of combat experience since the Great Nirvana Era. He began to practice in his mind, and his perfect body movements could not be improved any more, slowly moving towards an indescribable realm.

After a while, Lu Gang slowly opened his eyes, with a mysterious feeling in his eyes, and then he laughed: "It's done, after so many years of wasting time, the artistic conception is finally there! Manager, your rice is really magical!"

Xue Xi looked like she was saying "that's right", with her hands on her hips. Lu Gang was in a good mood, thinking of his mission, and invited him expectantly: "Manager, do you have any idea to develop in Huashan? Don't worry, the treatment is absolutely generous!"

At this time, a silver-gray swallowtail fighter plane stopped above the restaurant. Xue Xi and Lu Gang both sensed it and immediately went out and looked up.

I saw a figure in a black robe flying down from the sky without any help, and he laughed heartily: "Hahaha, Lu Gang is still so agile. After all, it was my Extreme Martial Arts School's warrior team that discovered this place first, and we were the first to recruit, don't you think so!"

Lu Gang frowned and cursed inwardly: Why did the Extreme Martial Arts School send old man Wang Yu? Is the inspector so idle all day?

But he was helpless because he was stronger than himself. He could not resist a planetary-level strongman. He could only hold his nose and greet Wang Yu: "Hello, Inspector Wang, but a virtuous person will choose the right place to live. It's not good to use your power to suppress others, right?"

Wang Yu fell to the ground and lowered his hood, revealing an old face with untidy beard. He stepped forward and patted Lu Gang's left shoulder gently. "What are you talking about? I'm not using my power to bully people. I just came here to eat a bowl of rice. You're exaggerating, exaggerating."

Then he said to Xue Xi who was laughing beside him, "Little shop owner, give me a bowl of your noodles too."

Just as Xue Xi was about to ask the customers to pay first and eat later, two fighter planes and several figures flew in from the horizon. Xue Xi only heard Lu Gang muttering, "We just got to the Extreme Martial Arts School and the Thunder and Lightning Martial Arts School, the HR Alliance, and the other four countries are all rushing here non-stop. They are really a bunch of dogs! We can't handle this."

Then Lu Gang tapped his bracelet several times quickly, "Chief Jia, now all the planetary-level people are here to snatch people. I can't handle it. Come quickly!"

Then he breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Xue Xi, who was turning her head like a curious baby, to the back and watch the show.

Representatives from various forces arrived in front of the restaurant and started negotiating. In the end, they all stared at Xue Xi politely and wanted to try a bowl first to see the effect. After all, how much it was worth and how much they were worth it depended on the actual benefits it brought.

Xue Xi is not stupid. If she cannot reach an agreement with this group of people, some sinister people might forcefully attack her. But so what? She just needs to wait for the progress points to be reached, and then make a small move to let these people know that she has no limits, and all her future troubles will disappear.

Showing a standard waiter's face, the kind with eight teeth showing in a smile, he led this group of the most powerful congressmen on Earth into the restaurant. After each of them paid 10 oceans, he went into the kitchen and started working.

Xue Xi was busy inside, while outside various forces were squeezing each other openly and covertly. Lu Gang and Wang Yu were sitting at a dining table in the corner, having a panoramic view of the whole restaurant and finding it quite lively.

Wang Yu glanced at Lu Gang who was standing by and looking idle. "Call the parents now. When will Old Jia come? If he hasn't come yet when the fight starts, I won't protect you for free. There are too many people and it's hard to protect you."

Lu Gang smiled awkwardly: "No, no, the commander will be here soon, so I won't bother you with any more worries."