The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 564 This time... it's not us.

Qiao Yu was very angry.

Extremely angry, incredibly angry.

Having finally witnessed the sea fog with her own eyes, she traveled there with a mix of excitement and nervousness, solely to find her missing father and the security team. She cared about nothing else.

But now, they are being told that the fog is a hoax.

This gave her a strong feeling of anger after her expectations were dashed.

In addition, the two people in front of them are members of the rare animal hunting team.

The rare animal hunting team is a key target of the security management team.

Qiao Yu grew angrier the more she thought about it. She stepped out from behind Qin Lang and the other two, and three food spirits flew out from her star veins one by one. Sensing the anger of the Spirit Chef, they instantly turned their gazes toward Luo Mi and the other two with a shared sense of vengeance.

Three?!
Qin Lang and the other two were taken aback at the same time.

Because Qiao Yu didn't look much older than them, and didn't seem as composed as the other members of the security team they remembered, they had always assumed Qiao Yu wasn't very strong. But the reality seemed to be...

Qin Lang took out his phone and scanned the strongest of the three food spirits. His expression immediately became quite interesting.

A five-star Food Spirit?!
Even Tang Yu's strongest Food Spirit, Tornado, is still a bit short of five stars.

Qiao Yu is even stronger than Tang Yu!
"Lightning, use Thunder Strike!"

With a delicate shout from Qiao Yu, her most powerful food spirit instantly flew into the sky, and a bright purple lightning ball with a diameter of tens of meters gathered above its head.

Sensing the terrifying power contained within the lightning ball, Lomi's smug expression instantly froze on his face.

Something is wrong!
This is very wrong!
She blinked as she watched the ball of lightning hurtling towards them.

"No...no!!!"

"Bah-"

As terrifying lightning struck, the entire sea seemed to be crackling with electricity. The machine controlled by Lomi was the first to be hit, its indicator lights instantly going out, and black smoke with a burnt smell emanating from the gaps.

"Clang-crack-"

With a loud bang, the entire cabin was ruthlessly torn open by another of Qiao Yu's food spirits. Luo Mi and Liu Chuang, whose hair was electrified and whose faces were covered in black soot, were grabbed and thrown onto the deck of the speedboat.

"Hmph! You've finally met your match!" Zhao Qian looked at the disheveled Luo Mi and a smug smile immediately appeared on her face.

She resisted the urge to draw funny faces on Lomi's face and turned to Qiao Yu beside her, "Miss Qiao Yu, taking them back won't be a wasted trip."

"Yes, that's the only way." Qiao Yu nodded.

Although capturing two members of the treasure hunting team was a rare achievement, it was of no importance to her at this moment.

After restarting the speedboat, Qiao Yu was about to head back the way he came when he noticed that the coastline of Guanling City not far ahead was becoming blurry at an extremely fast speed.

Immediately afterwards, a fog obscured everyone's view.

"Why is there still fog?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but kick Liu Chuang. "Did you two do this again?"

"Hiss..." Liu Chuang gasped, staring blankly at the mist.

"This time... it's not us."

"What?" Qin Lang and the other two were startled at the same time.

"Hold on tight!" Qiao Yu's expression tightened, and then without hesitation, she stepped on the gas pedal to the floor. With a violent push, the speedboat's speed instantly increased to its maximum, emitting a series of loud engine roars.

A moment later, everyone's expression changed. The speedboat had already gone quite far; based on their estimation of the distance to the dock, they were likely already at the dock.

But they still did not leave the mist, as if there was an endless sea ahead.

"We...we haven't really encountered the Qili Bay Monster, have we?" Zhao Qian's voice was filled with panic, and her expression became tense.

"I don't know." Qin Lang's heart sank. He hugged Danbao and Lala in his arms and looked nervously at the front of the yacht.

Finally, a flash of azure light disappeared before my eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the group of people simultaneously felt the surrounding fog rapidly thinning.

"Finally out!" Cao Dongdong cheered, but the cheer was immediately cut short. "Where is this?!"

The others did not reply, for they were all stunned by what they were seeing.

What appeared before them was not Guanling City.

It was a pristine, isolated island, its outline slowly emerging from the mist, shimmering with a dreamy azure light, like a jewel set in the sea in the morning light.

"So beautiful..." Zhao Qian stared blankly ahead, her face showing amazement. At this moment, the tension and worry in her heart seemed to have lessened a lot.

“Where is this…?” Lomi and Liu Chuang stared blankly at the island in front of them.

"Hmph, wasn't it you two who tricked us with the fog!" Zhao Qian was furious at the mention of it. "Now look what happened! The fog has really come!"

"Do you know that everyone who came into contact with the fog has gone missing!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Mi and Liu Chuang were both taken aback, and then fell silent.

"The missing person should be here." Qiao Yu's face was tense. She had no mood to appreciate the beauty of the island, nor did she participate in the conversation with others. She controlled the speedboat to move towards the island at full speed, and more details came into view.

"Look over there!" Qin Lang suddenly exclaimed, pointing to an area along the island's coast where dozens of boats of different sizes were moored.

Qiao Yu's eyes narrowed, and she turned and headed towards the coast.

As they drew closer, Qiao Yu quickly spotted two of the large cruise ships. "These are... the two cruise ships that went missing a while ago!"

"Great, everyone's on this island." Qin Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Yu didn't speak, her gaze sweeping over the other boats, finally revealing a look of disappointment. "No, the boat that my dad and the other members of the security management team rented isn't here."

"What?" Qin Lang was stunned.

Not here?!
If the missing cruise ship is here, then why isn't the ship carrying Qiao Hong and the others, who also disappeared, here?

Or is there some other reason?

"Let's go to the island first." Qiao Yu didn't say anything more.

She drove the speedboat to the shore and then jumped off.

"Bring those two along too." Qin Lang glared at Liu Chuang. "We don't even know where we are right now, so I advise you not to try anything funny."

As he spoke, he lifted Liu Chuang, who was temporarily paralyzed by the electric shock.

Zhao Qian gave a soft snort and reluctantly picked up Luo Mi on her back.

"I'll settle the score with you when I have some free time!"

The group quickly followed Qiao Yu, who was walking at the front, and walked step by step into the depths of the island.

(End of this chapter)