The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 389 An Unbelievable Discovery

With the appearance of the seven Food Spirits, a visually stunning battle unfolds.

Although these seven food spirits are only one or two stars strong, they are still well-trained as professional actors who are specially assigned to perform.

One after another, seemingly intimidating but actually powerful combat techniques erupted on the stage. Flames, mist, lightning, rocks, and other forms of attack flew around the arena. Qin Lang even saw a deeply developed combat technique on one of the food spirits.

However, it was developed with a focus on visual effects.

For a moment, the audience gasped in surprise, and many were completely absorbed in the performance, shouting "Go Wei Ran!"

Finally, this epic battle, packed with special effects, ended with Wei Ran striking the evil nightingale with his sword. The evil nightingale transformed into a black flame, letting out a final lament before quickly dissipating.

All the lights in the theater were turned on, making the entire theater as bright as day, symbolizing the arrival of light as Wei Ran defeats the evil Nightingale.

"Ping—"

Wei Ran, who had defeated the evil nightingale, collapsed heavily to the ground, and the residents of Lanqiu City, who had just woken up from their nightmare, rushed over to him.

"No problem~"

Wei Ran forced himself to sit up and forced a smile. "The power of the Evil Nightingale is too great. I have already been terribly corrupted."

"Perhaps, I will never be able to use the power of the Food Spirit again."

"But if it can bring light to everyone, that will be enough."

After saying this, he fainted again and was carried off the stage by the residents of Lanqiu City.

A voice-over says, "Just one month after defeating the evil Nightingale, Wei Ran passed away due to a serious illness."

"He brought light to Lancho with his life."

"In commemoration of Wei Ran's achievements, the residents of Lanqiu City unanimously decided to bestow the title of 'Hero of Light' upon this great warrior."

"Let us remember his achievements!"

As the voice-over ended, the performance came to a complete close, and all the performers returned to the stage and bowed to the audience.

After a moment of silence, thunderous applause resounded throughout the theater.
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"Lomi, did you hear anything?"

Outside the theater, Liu Chuang raised an eyebrow as he listened to the faint applause coming from inside. "It seems like there's some kind of performance going on in there!"

"Should we go take a look too?"

“Foolish junior, do you even look at the performance time?” Lomi couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “The performance is already over.”

"And don't just focus on having fun, think about our important mission!" With that, Lomi picked up a fragrant burrito and took a big bite.

"Hmm~ This orchid sauce crepe tastes pretty good too."

"I never expected that night-blooming jasmine would go so well with hot sauce."

"Hey, hey, hey, is this the important task you were talking about?" Liu Chuang muttered with a dark expression, then his throat bobbed.

"Is it really that delicious? Let me have a bite."

"No way!" Lomi said with a look of disgust, hiding the burrito behind her back. "Go get it yourself, it's all free, isn't it?"

As the two were whispering to each other, a hurried voice suddenly came from the rare spirit detection instrument that Lomi was holding in her other hand.

The two fell silent, staring intently at the instrument's display screen.

The cursor did not flash and disappear as it had before; this time, the cursor indicating the target appeared clearly on the screen.

"We've found a rare spirit!" Lomi immediately turned off the notification sound, then looked at the cursor's location, her tone filled with excitement.

"Let's go take a look!" "Okay!" Liu Chuang nodded emphatically and followed Luo Mi in the direction she indicated, but then he thought of something.

"Lomi, can you tell if this rare spirit is the one we're looking for?"

"Could it be another precious spirit?"

“It’s not impossible,” Lomi thought for a moment and quickly said, “but rare spirits are so rare, how could you possibly encounter one so easily?”

"Unless the instrument detected Qin Lang, it's most likely the rare spirit that was stolen from Lan Jin Garden!"

As they were talking, Lomi suddenly slowed down.

"They're getting close, let's be careful!"

After whispering a sentence, Lomi crouched down, pressed herself against the surrounding low walls and obstructions, and cautiously approached her target location.

Liu Chuang followed closely behind, his footsteps so light they made almost no sound.

Close, closer!

The two men rounded a corner and cautiously peered toward their target.

Immediately afterwards, both of them showed expressions of disbelief.

How could it be...?
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"Stop here for now."

As Zhong Tu gave a low shout, the entire security management team following behind stopped in their tracks and looked at him.

"We're about to begin the operation, and I'll reiterate it again." Zhong Tu's gaze swept over everyone present as he spoke solemnly, "The purpose of this surprise inspection is to catch the wanted criminals off guard."

“When we conducted a thorough search before, we already found traces of their withdrawal, which means we are gradually cornering them.” Zhong Tu paused here.

"The Magnolia Food Festival was brought forward not only to appease the tourists who were stranded in Lanqiu City and unable to leave, but also to give these two wanted criminals a false sense of hope."

"Therefore, they will likely blend in with the tourists, trying to create chaos and commotion in order to find a way to escape."

"What we need to do is lure them out of their hole, deliver the heaviest blow to the wanted criminals, arrest them, and recover the stolen precious spirits!"

"Later, everyone will change into plainclothes and blend in with the tourists to look for suspicious individuals." Zhong Tu paused here.

"The two wanted criminals are a tall, thin man and a very short woman, the latter of whom has a distinct feature of being one-eyed."

“Wanted criminals have a strong ability to disguise themselves, so you should pay attention whenever you see a man and a woman together. If they match the above characteristics, you must report it immediately and follow them.”

"Also note that wanted criminals have disguised themselves in mascot costumes. If you encounter someone wearing a mascot costume whose identity cannot be determined, you must ask them to take off the costume for inspection."

“In addition…” Zhong Tu paused, “Wanted criminals are adept at using escape devices such as hot air balloons to escape from the air.”

"Everyone, bring your weapons! We are not allowed to let our guard down!"

"Yes!" the members of the security management team shouted in unison.

Zhong Tu's expression softened slightly. "Change into civilian clothes!"

As he finished speaking, the members of the security team present quickly changed into their prepared civilian clothes, soon becoming indistinguishable from other tourists.

Zhong Tu also changed into casual clothes, but his eyes remained cold.

"Everyone, split up and search separately. Contact me immediately if you find anything wrong."

"Now, let the operation begin!"

(End of this chapter)