At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

"We've made it into the top 200!" Erina Nakiri gasped, her chest heaving as if trying to push up her white apron.

【93】

"We're in the top 100!" Erina Nakiri's eyes began to glaze over; she was too excited and her blood was rushing to her head.

【9】

"Top, top ten..." Erina Nakiri quickly grabbed the stove to prevent herself from fainting from excitement, her elemental power boiling over due to her excitement.

The final number stopped at eighth place.

"Eighth place! I'm eighth place! Eighth place!" Erina Nakiri jumped up involuntarily, completely disregarding what the audience thought of her.

After the rankings were announced, the people watching the live stream in the Food Wars! parallel world were even more excited than Erina Nakiri, constantly shouting at the live stream, and some were so excited that they drank heavily to celebrate.

"Eighth place... She's the number one chef in our world, and even in the God Chef Competition where countless monstrous chefs from countless civilizations and worlds gather, she still manages to rank in the top ten! As expected of the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family! My granddaughter! Hahahaha!"

Erina Nakiri's grandfather, the previous "Demon King of Food" Senemon Nakiri, was laughing and crying with joy.

"Don't laugh, don't open the champagne yet, this is still the qualifiers, the official matches are yet to come, hahahahaha—"

As he laughed to the end, he thought of his foolish son-in-law who had never even awakened a trace of extraordinary power, and his expression turned a little cold.

"Hmph, even now that stupid son-in-law still clings to the bullshit belief that so-called cuisine should be like art and only a few elites can taste it, and he even dares to say that the general public is only fit to eat animal feed."

"Such ignorance and stupidity deserve to be unrecognized by the world; it is a disgrace to the Nakiri family!"

"How could Erina, with such ambition and a kind heart, have such a beastly father who has been to pigsties?"

Hearing the cheers that echoed throughout the city from outside the mansion, Senemon Nakiri said with satisfaction, "My dear granddaughter, the whole world has changed because of you. I can only imagine how far you will go in the future."

The world reveres the way of the chef, and the status of an extraordinary chef far surpasses that of an ordinary extraordinary person. Almost everyone with ambition wants to become a chef.

After the rankings were announced, the shortlisted chefs danced happily, while the chefs who were not selected wept bitterly.

"Waaah, this is the third time! I haven't made it to the finals for three years in a row. Do I really have the talent to be a chef?" A fourth-level chef knelt on the ground and wailed, but the next moment he wiped away his tears and roared hysterically, "I will never give up! I'll be back for next year!"

"Master! You're ninth! Ninth! That's amazing!" Shiro, the henchman, jumped up excitedly and shouted.

"Really! Ninth place! I'm in the top ten!" Liu Maoxing grabbed Silang's hand and danced with unbridled joy.

"Hey! Erina Nakiri! Isn't that the female chef I met two days ago?!" Zhou Meili pointed to the ranking list in shock.

"Where? What's that female chef's ranking?!" Liu Maoxing quickly looked up and shouted in disbelief when he saw that her name was ahead of his.

"Eighth place! Ahead of me!"

"Wow, that's amazing! She's ranked one place higher than me! She's so strong!"

"I never expected that such a beautiful female chef would be even more skilled than Master Chef! Master Chef is the strongest in our world!" Shiro's eyes popped out of their sockets.

"So many amazing chefs! Even one I randomly met is this good! I definitely need to give it my all." Liu Maoxing calmed down.

In the audience.

"Made! Saint Healer made it! She can participate in the official competition now! That's awesome! As expected of the Great Demon King who can suppress my fifth-rank opponent at the fourth rank!" Rikka Takanashi said happily, hands on her hips.

"Sister Shihua is indeed amazing, hmph, as expected of a divinely favored one who was able to advance to the fourth rank under the grace of the gods! She is second only to me!" A girl with long chestnut hair covered her forehead with her hand and said with a hint of loneliness in her eyes.

"As expected of Lord Mori! So handsome!" Sanae Dekomori clapped in agreement.

"Yes, is that so..." Dansheng Valley Mori Natsumi's eyes still showed panic, but she quickly regained her composure: "As expected of me!"

She originally thought she had chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) and was prepared to graduate from it and seal away all her embarrassing past. But she never expected that she would actually possess magical spirit power! Although it's actually called elemental power, it doesn't matter. Doesn't this prove that she's not a chuunibyou, but has truly received divine revelation?

"Pfft..." Luo Sheng couldn't help but laugh out loud from the 'Gourmet' seat.

The things that happen when the extraordinary encounter the chuunibyou are really too interesting. Before the extraordinary, I didn't care if you called me a chuunibyou, but after the extraordinary, what should you call me?

"Have you discovered something interesting, our patriarch?" Quetzal asked with a smile from the seat next to him. "Let me hear it too."

"See those girls? They're hilarious." Luo Sheng pointed to a corner of the audience.

"Huh? Is it funny?" Quetzal asked in confusion. There was nothing strange about it. It was just a fifth-tier superhuman from a parallel world with a few fourth-tier superhumans. It was nothing special.

Beside the stove at the competition venue, a girl who looked seven-tenths like Rikka Takanashi, as if she had grown up to be a mature young woman in her twenties, clenched her fists in front of her chest.

"We made it! And we're even in the top 100,000! That's fantastic! If we put in 300% effort, we might even break into the top 50,000!"

Making it into the top 100,000 in the preliminary rounds is possible, but getting into the top 10,000 is extremely difficult. Only those who make it into the top 10,000 will have the opportunity to be personally taught cooking skills by two master chefs.

At the gourmet's table, the gods are engaged in lively discussion.

"First place, that's quite unexpected. It's actually a Mondstadt chef. Since a Mondstadt chef is ranked first, then Mondstadt will prohibit any competition for those two promising chefs."

"agree."

"Well said."

"I have no objection."

"Why? Why?! Gods should have a conscience, I'm telling you."

Wendy, the "best bard," "master of wine," "master of singing," and "renowned gourmet" with 30 billion fans in the pan-human civilization, argues with this group of eccentric gods while keeping an eye on the first place in the preliminary rounds.

She was an elderly woman with white hair but a very kind and gentle smile. She was one of the few sixth-tier chefs in the entire venue, and also the strongest chef in Mondstadt.

Grandma Ruoxin, the head chef of 'Zui Xian Lou', the most famous hotel in Mondstadt.

Grandma Ruoxin's culinary stories are entirely based on her rich life experiences and the hardships she has endured; they are a summary of her life. If he didn't give Grandma Ruoxin special treatment, she could only reach level six at most in her life.

"The second and third ranked chefs are also from Liyue. According to this calculation, the old man is not allowed to participate either."

The second-ranked chef is Xiangling's father, Master Mao, and the third-ranked chef is Yan Xiao, the head chef of Wangshu Inn; both are sixth-level chefs.

Then, the fourth to seventh place are from various native civilizations on Earth, and they are also at the sixth level. One is from Xia, one is from France, one is from Italy, and one is from Mesopotamia.

"Why go through all this trouble? Just play rock-paper-scissors to decide. It's that simple," Luo Sheng said, watching the gods argue back and forth.

"..." the gods.

The chef competition continues until 10,000 winners are determined.

These 10,000 chefs will be selected in the main arena, and their dishes will be enjoyed by high-ranking extraordinary individuals holding invitations from the Chefs Association, as well as specially invited gourmets and even descending gods.

At the main venue, the lowest level of high-level extraordinary beings was the peak of the fourth rank, with one-fifth of the extraordinary beings being at the fifth rank or above, and more than one hundred being at the sixth rank or above.

The official competition of the Master Chef Contest lasted for 13 days, finally determining 10,000 chefs.

The competition has officially reached its climax.

Ten thousand chefs from different civilizations, planets, and parallel worlds marched proudly toward the main arena amidst the cheers of enthusiastic spectators lining the wide "God of Food Avenue."

That is their final battlefield, where they will unleash their ideals under the watchful eyes of the great figures of pan-human civilization.

"It's like a dream, I actually made it into the main tournament." Takanashi Touka was wearing a pure white chef's uniform and a chef's hat with a glittering gold badge on it. This was the Chef Association's Master Chef Badge, which was awarded to those who made it into the top 10,000.

She thought it would be great to be in the top 50,000, but she didn't expect to reach 9678th place.

This ranking is not inflated; it was determined by the 10 billion live viewers.

Takanashi Touka's breath trembled with nervousness: "Next, I'll be cooking for those heroes of rank five and above, the guardians of various civilizations, and the gods who created everything, hahaha..."

"Now, people from all the worlds of the entire pan-human civilization are watching me. I will never forget this most glorious moment of my life!"

【Please welcome our top 10,000 renowned chefs from the 7th Pan-Human Civilization Chef Competition!】Coral Palace Heart Sea's voice resounded throughout the main venue.

Under the gaze of nearly five million eyes in the main arena, the chefs walked proudly across the field. Each of the five million people present was a well-known figure in various civilizations throughout human history.

Erina Nakiri looked up at the 'Gourmet Seats'. One hundred gourmets of level six or above looked at her expectantly, with more than thirty of them staring at her. She quickly looked away.

Looking towards the highest seat of the tournament, King Arthur, the god of knights, and Funina, the goddess of Fontaine, sat on the throne with a smile.

Below them are two of the most powerful chefs in the current pan-human civilization, the 'divine chefs' who have already entered the mysterious realm.

[Audiences, gourmets, and food connoisseurs! We have now arrived at the grand finale of this competition, where ten thousand renowned chefs from different worlds and countries will compete for supremacy!]

[Now, let's begin the battle of the top 100, the final competition to determine this year's champion!]

Are you ready, chefs?!

Now, let's have our two master chefs pose their questions!

"My test question is: Healing!" Xiangling's voice rang out, echoing throughout the main stadium.

“My test question is, love!” Ai Kefei’s voice followed closely behind.

Chapter 291: The Divine Chef Competition Ends

“Healing and love, huh? No wonder it’s a challenge set by the top 10,000 chefs of the pan-human civilization. The difficulty is terrifying!” Erina Nakiri couldn’t help but clench her hands together.

The previous test questions were within her ability to complete with 100% effort, but the current questions require her to push her limits, and even then, she may not be able to achieve what she considers 'perfection'.

All the renowned chefs had different expressions upon hearing the challenge. Some looked solemn, while others breathed a sigh of relief. Those who breathed a sigh of relief were the chefs who thought they were bound to lose. They had already achieved their goal of entering the top 10,000 and receiving instruction from the master chef. Even if they tried their best, they couldn't possibly complete the challenge in the main competition.

Because the main competition questions for each year are designed for the true geniuses among geniuses. Although those who make it into the top 10,000 are already considered top geniuses by others, once they actually come to this competition, they will know what a genius looks like in the eyes of a genius. It is an insurmountable chasm.

【Alright! The match begins!】

Each chef has one hour to find the ingredients! Participants who fail to begin preparations after one hour will be considered to have automatically forfeited.

The ingredients provided in the main arena come from all worlds, ranging from rank 1 to rank 6.

Countless ingredients are stored in a specially created "Fairyland," which chefs also call the "Treasure Trove of the Divine Chefs."

In fact, most of the ingredients in the 'Master Chef's Treasury' are grown, but a small portion comes from commissions from the 'Adventurers' Guild'. This small portion consists of high-level ingredients of rank five or above.

Now, unlock the 'Master Chef's Treasury'!

Discussions among netizens from various planets and parallel worlds on the 'Interstellar Internet' began to rise sharply.

"The Chef's Treasury! Every time I see it open, I want to go in and take a look. It's said to contain all the ingredients in the world."

"Yes, it's said that it even contains divine-level ingredients of the eighth rank or higher."

"I can't believe how many high-grade ingredients are inside; each one is a rare and precious treasure."

"Yes, according to the Adventurers' Guild's commissions, fifth-tier ingredients are worth millions, sixth-tier ingredients are worth tens of millions, and seventh-tier and above are beyond monetary value."

hum~

On the main field, doors made of earthen-yellow runes appeared in front of the chefs. When the doors opened, they revealed shelves taller than the sky, with ingredients protected in colorful bubbles.

Any chef who sees the ingredients in the bubbles knows that even ingredients without any rank are rare treasures.

Liu Maoxing's heart raced as he walked through the door, mesmerized. What greeted his eyes was a whole 'world' neatly filled with ingredients; the higher the shelf, the higher the quality of the ingredients.