There were many finished dishes.
Coupled with repeated experiments and production, the time to replicate was much shorter than for the ingredients.
Golden soup, milky soup, clear soup, delicious soup, vegetarian soup, bone soup, medicinal soup, dragon and phoenix, second soup…
Each time he perfected a type of soup, Zhang Wei would break through a bottleneck and level up by one.
Nine Absolute Jade Dew Soup, a condensed dew-like soup made by simultaneously simmering nine types of soups. Unlike the previous nine, it was a rare cold soup.
Nutritious Vegetable Porridge, a vitamin porridge made from the essence of most of the collected ingredients from the Cloud Kingdom. Its nutritional value was terrifying, and a small bowl could sustain Bo Gang's life.
"Which one should I use..."
"Or..."
Zhang Wei scanned the right side hall.
Besides the finished dishes, there were also a large number of failed products. These failures were not dark cuisine, but rather dishes whose taste did not satisfy Zhang Wei.
Although Zhang Wei had high standards for himself, for outsiders, they were undoubtedly exquisite.
In order to research Wuxiang and a host of ingredients and dishes, Zhang Wei's 'failed products' were piled up like a mountain.
...
...
Two hours later.
Zhang Wei had brought over a mountain of dishes.
A preliminary estimate put the total amount at around twenty tons.
The moment these foods appeared, a mixed aroma immediately swept through Yu City!
In the torture chamber, Hao Dongxi was being punished.
Several accomplices were cutting his flesh with dull knives.
"Old Hao, don't blame us. After all, you're the ringleader."
"Yeah, who else could you provoke but the King of Northern Chefs."
"Zhang Wei has already promised us that if the torture is carried out diligently and you scream loudly enough, we might be spared the death penalty."
"What, not screaming? What do you want us to do?"
As they spoke, the small wooden knives of a few people dug deeper.
But Hao Dongxi stared with blank eyes, his throat unable to emit a single sound.
His vocal cords had already been completely damaged by repeated screams.
Just then, a delicious aroma of food wafted in, and everyone stopped their actions.
Hao Dongxi's eyes flickered with the last enjoyment of his life...
He lost his last heartbeat...
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Outer City.
Wu Yong was still immersed in the excitement of Warrior's Blood.
"Brothers, pay attention. We can't let Chef Zhang Wei's delicious food go to waste."
"Wait, what is this smell!!!"
"So fragrant! This is too fragrant!"
Gulp, gulp, gulp~~
His stomach, which had just been filled, let out a cry again.
His legs moved uncontrollably towards the camp.
This was the ultimate craving of the food cells, almost suppressing the reason of everyone!
"Damn it, everyone snap out of it!"
...
The nearby area was more severely affected. The more than two hundred assistant chefs, who were accustomed to delicacies, were not as unbearable as ordinary guards.
But their dedication to cooking made it impossible for them to control their curiosity.
The ordinary wounded soldiers drooled, exchanged glances, and the delicious porridge in their hands instantly became bland and tasteless.
The severely wounded, whose willpower was already weak, could hardly resist their body's instincts. Even with only one hand left, they would roll off the stretcher and crawl over.
...
"Qiu En, the dishes are ready. I think these will be enough."
I originally intended to feed them to the dogs... to 626, but during the great battle with Sponge and Starfish, this little guy was blown away by the aftermath and is nowhere to be found.
"Huh? Qiu En, what's with that look in your eyes?"
At this moment, Qiu En, opposite Zhang Wei, approached him slowly with vacant eyes, like a zombie.
The female nurses by his side had the same expression.
This chilling scene startled Zhang Wei!
"Resident Evil? In the Great Food Era? Wrong genre?"
Lifting the tent flap, the terrifying sight outside made Zhang Wei break out in a cold sweat!
He saw countless people rushing over like puppets, and wounded soldiers wrapped in bandages crawling with the help of one hand.
The most tenacious were using their tongues; their tongue strength was astounding!
Not only were they rolling and crawling, but their eyes were completely vacant, and everyone was drooling as they walked...
Looking at the people surrounding him from all directions, Zhang Wei's skin crawled.
"What kind of nightmare is this?"
"This is too ridiculous!"
Cautiously, Zhang Wei knocked down Qiu En and even put on gloves.
"Cough, cough, cough~"
At this moment, Lang Tu was also awakened by the aroma.
"So fragrant... Where is this?"
"Holy crap, finally, a normal person."
At this moment, the knocked-down Qiu En got up again, bypassed Zhang Wei, and pounced on the mountain of ingredients.
The expression on his face became even more frenzied.
"Could it be..."
"It's because of these dishes?"
Zhang Wei waved his hand, and the mountain of dishes was once again stored in the Treasure Hall.
The source of the smell disappeared, and it quickly dissipated in the wind. Qiu En and the nurses stared blankly for a long time before gradually regaining their senses.
Qiu En stood up abruptly, wiped the drool from his chin, and said, "Chef Zhang Wei, I apologize. I lost my composure just now."
The nurses by his side also blushed with shame and stood aside.
"Do you remember what just happened?"
Qiu En said, "Not only do I remember, but my consciousness was very clear. However, the moment I smelled that aroma, I couldn't control myself at all, and my entire being was consumed by the urge to chew."
Lifting the curtain, the outside also gradually returned to normal.
Lang Tu, without the support of the aroma, was still moaning in pain...
"Lang Tu wasn't controlled by the aroma and could speak freely. It's a matter of level, isn't it..."
"That aroma... I didn't have any strange reactions when I smelled it myself."
In his mind, Zhang Wei pondered continuously.
It seemed that there was a type of ingredient that could achieve the same effect.
He summoned a book with a flip of his hand, and a page in it described the legendary treasure of fruit – the Rainbow Fruit.
It was said that a large number of carnivorous animals would circle around each wild Rainbow Fruit. These carnivorous animals could hunt using the aroma of the Rainbow Fruit.
For example, there might be glass in a zoo, but if a fierce beast pounced, it would instinctively dodge even if it knew it wouldn't be harmed.
The ingredient animals that smelled the aroma of the Rainbow Fruit would reflexively and instinctively be dominated by the desire to 'eat,' and they would not stop moving forward even if their bodies were torn apart by carnivorous animals.
And the aroma of the dishes Zhang Wei had just retrieved, when mixed together, seemed to have coincidentally achieved this effect.
Lang Tu's cell level was very high, and he was relatively more discerning, which was why he was not controlled by desire.
"Let's try again..."
Zhang Wei summoned the dishes.
Qiu En pounced without a word...
Zhang Wei pinned Qiu En to the ground and put away the dishes, saying helplessly, "What am I supposed to do about this?"
Qiu En licked his lips and said sheepishly, "Perhaps, you could let me eat my fill first? I'll pay you for the nutritional expenses."
Desire came from the body's instincts.
Although Qiu En had regained his sanity, his pursuit of that taste would never change.