Swallowed Star: Food Shocks the Universe

In the vast starry sky, various nebulae form the gorgeous wallpaper of the universe, which is beautiful, distant, and hidden with danger.

A deep blue nebula shaped like a conch. In the outer edge of the whorl, a huge spaceship suddenly appeared. Xue Xi watched the exterior scene simulation in the spaceship and couldn't help but sigh at the magnificence of the universe.

The flight attendant master Ling Ke came forward and introduced the scenery of the journey to Xue Xi: "Ms. Xue, we have entered the Fengluo star field and arrived at the blue star system where Baishao Star is located. The spacecraft will arrive at Baishao Star within 6 hours. I will stay at the port for a year and wait for your return."

Xue Xi nodded. For the past three months, she had been staying on the spaceship and practicing cooking in the virtual space. Although she had no interest in entering the Qianwu Secret Realm, there were only two identities for tasting the contestants' dishes: one was the referee, and the other was the opponent. In order to watch and taste up close, Xue Xi also signed up for the competition.

Six hours later, the spaceship docked on a huge blue and white planet. Under the gaze of Ling Ke, Xue Xi left the spaceship and headed towards the city where the evaluation conference was held.

The gate of Baishao City stood majestically. In response to the food appreciation conference held by the third princess of Qianwu Universe, a light curtain was opened above the gate. It was painted with all kinds of rare delicacies. The clear and eye-catching words could be seen clearly from thousands of meters away: "Warmly welcome gourmets from all over the world to Baishao Star. You can travel freely in the city with your registration number. Accommodation is also available for everyone. I wish all gourmets success!"

Xue Xi walked slowly into Baishao City from under the light curtain. This city was not as high-tech as Qiulong City. Instead, it was a bit like a combination of ancient Chinese cities and future cyberpunk. A wide avenue ran across the east and west in the quaint city. There were no horse-drawn carriages on the road, but suspended transportation and hovering cars in the sky.

Next to the city gate, official personnel used a mirror-like instrument to check the authenticity of the identities of the contestants. Those who passed the test would be given a small accessory engraved with food, which also served as proof of the contestant's identity.

There was only one man in a green coat in front of Xue Xi, so she simply followed him in line. When she saw the staff entering the man's number into the mirror and carefully checking it, she immediately exclaimed, "A world-class gourmet! This is the first world-class gourmet to report to Baishao City. This evaluation conference looks like it will be interesting."

Then he gave the man a red jade pendant engraved with a cake, and said that this was an exclusive accessory for world-class gourmets and that he would receive more comprehensive services.

The man in green played with the jade pendant for a while, tied it around his waist and turned to leave. Xue Xi hurriedly came over and showed him her number.

While the staff was entering the number, Xue Xi saw the information of the person in front of her on the mirror:

[Yu Qingchuan]: Vice President of the Wufeng Empire Gourmet Guild, a world master, a mid-level pharmacist, a world-class gourmet, his famous dish 'Spicy Stir-fried Yuan Yao Beast Meat', which can improve one's perception of the fire element after eating it, is highly sought after by practitioners of fire-attributed energy. However, due to the scarcity of Yuan Yao beasts, this dish is hard to come by!

There seemed to be some more information behind it, but the mirror had been refreshed, and it was Xue Xi's own information:

[Xue Xi]: A chef from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, stellar level, no union, no rating, no famous dishes.

Xue Xi couldn't help but curl her toes in her shoes when looking at her information. Compared with the last person, her information was really shabby. The staff opposite her also gave her a strange look. She thought to herself: Could this beautiful girl with nothing on her name be some rich girl who spent tens of billions of Qianwu coins to sign up for the competition just for the sake of the masters' delicious food? She had a good plan!

But out of responsibility as a staff member, he did not say much. He took out a white jade token and handed it to Xue Xi. Xue Xi quickly thanked him and escaped from this embarrassing place. He claimed to be a cooking god from the earth, but he actually lost points for the first time in a cosmic food competition. Xue Xi was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the genius battle, so that she could become famous in the human race as soon as possible. Then she would come here again and ask this person to be responsible for entering the information to avenge her previous shame.

Xue Xi was struggling with her conscience and her desires in her mind as she quickly walked to an unmanned vehicle. A ray of light swept across the jade pendant in her hand and the vehicle started up automatically, hovering in the air and weaving through the alleys of the ancient city.

Xue Xi, who had recovered from her shock, leaned on a transparent metal of unknown material and looked at the car. The buildings with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes quickly receded in her field of vision, making her feel as if she was driving in the Tang Dynasty City that Never Sleeps.

Soon, the car dropped Xuexi off in front of a luxurious hotel that was out of tune with the surroundings. Xuexi looked at the room number 444 on the jade pendant and was silent for a while. There couldn't be ghosts on the alien planet like there were on Earth, right? Well, there definitely wasn't. She was just scaring herself.

Stepping into the luxurious hotel, there were already many people chatting in groups of three or four in the lobby on the first floor. Xue Xi discovered that most of their jade pendants were silver-grade green and sun-grade yellow jade pendants, and there were also a few pure white jade pendants like her own.

Each group gathered to communicate, and excluded three people, one man and two women, wearing white jade pendants. When the three saw the white sign in Xue Xi's hand, their eyes lit up and they walked towards Xue Xi.

The fat boy with two firefly-like tentacles on his head spoke first: "Hello, beautiful lady. My name is Qian Yun, and their names are Hu Sang and Ye Yunzi. We are all from the Fire Bear Empire. Hehe, we are all here to find delicious food. How about going together?"

Ye Yunzi with goat horns and Hu Sang with a leaf on his head also nodded. Xue Xi understood that these three foodies were definitely excluded by the chef group, but Xue Xi herself was a foodie, and maybe she could learn more about food from these gourmets: "Okay, I'll go check on my room first, and then we can go out for a walk together."

Seeing that they were like-minded people, the three of them nodded quickly to show their agreement. Xue Xi said goodbye to them temporarily, went up to the fourth floor, and came to her room 444.

Xue Xi looked at the house number with special numbers and tried hard to suppress the ghost stories she had read that kept popping up in her mind. She shook her head left and right and slapped the white jade plate into the groove on it, and the door of the room slowly opened by itself.

The layout inside the door is simple and refreshing, and the planet's unique flowers on the balcony fill the room with a light and elegant fragrance.

Xue Xi took out a bead from the Qiankun Pot. This was something she learned from the guide to space travel. An inexpensive closed bead provided a private environment for the journey. The bead was activated and turned into a transparent film that expanded instantly, ignoring Xue Xi's body blocking the entire room, covering the entire room in all directions without any blind spots.

Clapping her hands, Xue Xi walked inside with satisfaction and put away her belongings. When walking in the world, it is always better to be more careful and cautious!