A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

"Good marksmanship."

Just as the three groups of people were returning with their loot and preparing to report back to the Primordial Giant Tortoise, Raine's side finally began its operation.

In the underground rift, Renn slowly stood up.

Instead of heading towards the twin flowers of ice and fire, he walked to the boundary between lava and ice.

He placed the enormous shape-memory alloy wok steadily on the ground, half of the wok submerged in scalding lava, while the other half was embedded in hard ice.

"What is the head chef trying to do?"

The images transmitted from the back of the Primordial Giant Tortoise via a drone urgently modified by Dorum and connected to a miniature video Den Den Mushi left everyone completely bewildered.

"I don't know, but I feel... it's going to be amazing."

Dorum adjusted his glasses, looking on with a puzzled yet impressive expression.

Only Dr. Clover, watching Rein's ritualistic movements in the scene, had a glint of light flash in his cloudy old eyes.

"He wasn't gathering, he was... cooking."

The doctor murmured to himself, "He is using food to communicate with this world."

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, Ryan in the picture moved.

He took two items out of the food box.

It was the same tenderloin from the Lava Rhinoceros, just delivered by Gatz, still smelling of sulfur.

The meat was like top-grade Wagyu beef, with clearly visible red and white marbling, containing a violent fire element energy.

The other item was an unidentified deep-sea fish that Marco and his team had just brought back. It was caught near a tranquil spring in the deep sea and was crystal clear, as if it had been sculpted from ice.

Raine took a deep breath, and the meaning of food, like invisible hands, lifted both ingredients at the same time.

"Food Techniques: A Concerto of Ice and Fire"

His voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to carry some kind of power of law, echoing throughout the entire underground rift.

With his left hand, he rapidly cut and pounded the tenderloin of the Lava Giant Rhinoceros with an extremely exquisite technique. The meat fibers were fully activated during the pounding, and the violent fire elemental energy was guided and compressed.

In his right hand, he used a completely different, gentler method to process the icy deep-sea fish. The fish meat was sliced ​​into paper-thin sashimi, and the extreme cold was perfectly locked in each slice.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, Ryan threw both kinds of prepared ingredients into the wok, which was half hot and half cold, at the same time!

It's sizzling!

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Two distinct sounds came from the pot at the same time.

On one side, the mouthwatering sound of molten rhinoceros meat sizzling as it came into contact with the molten lava filled the air, releasing an irresistible aroma of meat.

On the other side, the frozen fish meat instantly sublimated upon contact with the extreme cold of the Xuanbing ice, emitting a clear, refreshing chill like an ice spring, and a pure, extremely fresh aroma spread throughout the air.

Two flavors, two energies, unfolded in this small wok, with the dividing line between ice and fire serving as the boundary, in a fierce and clearly distinct battle.

"My God... multitasking? No, this is more than just multitasking!"

Dorum stared at the strange sight of the pot, half of it bubbling with flames and the other half emitting icy air, feeling as if his knowledge of shipbuilding had been subjected to a dimensional reduction attack.

"He... he actually cooked two dishes with completely opposite properties in the same pot at the same time!"

This is completely beyond the realm of common sense.

Any chef knows that different ingredients require different heat levels and techniques to cook. Putting two ingredients with extreme properties together will inevitably result in an energy conflict, ultimately leading to an explosion.

However, a strange harmony was present in Ryan's pot.

His concept of food acts like the most precise barrier and the most efficient catalyst, perfectly separating the two energies while guiding them to influence and resonate with each other in a mysterious way.

The heat becomes purer.

The coldness has become even more extreme.

Gradually, the invisible force field around the Ice and Fire Twin Flowers was also affected by this cooking aura and began to undergo strange changes.

The intense heat of the force field seemed to be drawn by the aroma of the roasting meat in the pot, and the energy fluctuations began to synchronize with the rhythm of the roasting meat.

The extremely cold part of the force field seemed to be soothed by the refreshing aroma of fish, and the flow of energy became increasingly smooth and tranquil.

Raine actually resonated with the laws of this world through a dish!

"Not enough."

Raine's eyes remained calm. He could sense that this was only the initial communication. To truly open the path to the core, the final ingredient was needed.

He took out a small crystal bottle from the food box, which contained the Tranquil Spring from the deep sea that Marco and his team had brought back.

Instead of pouring the spring water directly into the pot, he held it high and then let go.

The crystal bottle traced a graceful arc in the air before landing precisely on the dividing line between ice and fire in the center of the pot.

Just as the bottle was about to come into contact with the violent energy, Renn moved.

The chef's knife in his hand had been drawn at some point, and its blade flashed.

"Food skills: Destruction before construction."

The crystal bottle was split in two in mid-air, but the spring water inside did not scatter. Instead, it was enveloped by an invisible force, with one half splashing onto the scorching roasted meat and the other half melting into the extremely cold fish.

boom!

An indescribable, contradictory aura, a mixture of ice and fire, stillness and movement, suddenly erupted from the pot!

The scent was no longer simply cold or hot, but a more primal, new flavor representing neutrality and balance.

As the scent spread, the invisible force field protecting the Ice and Fire Twin Flowers seemed to encounter a lock with a key, slowly and silently cracking open a perfectly neutral, safe passage that could only accommodate one person at a time.

The moment the force field shattered, a narrow passage made of nothingness, devoid of any temperature or energy fluctuations, appeared before Renn, leading directly to the roots of the Ice and Fire Twin Flowers.

On one side of the passage, there was intense heat that could distort light, and on the other side, there was extreme cold that could freeze the soul.

The passage itself is like an absolute vacuum, safe, yet filled with an unknown sense of oppression.

Chapter 247 The Real Way to Eat This Dish

"It's a success! The head chef succeeded!"

"My God, this is simply a miracle!"

On the back of the ancestral giant tortoise, the crowd saw this scene through footage transmitted by a drone and erupted in thunderous cheers.

Gatz was so excited that he slammed his fist on the deck, causing Dorrum's maintenance budget to rise even further.

"I knew it! There's no dish the head chef can't cook! And no door the head chef can't open!"

Little Robin watched intently, her large, black, gem-like eyes filled with adoration for Raine. She felt that this man was more powerful than any hero recorded in the Tree of Knowledge.

In the underground rift, Renn did not relax his vigilance in the slightest.

He picked up the sizzling wok, which was still emitting a contradictory aroma, and calmly stepped onto the narrow doorway opened up by the smell.

He walked slowly and steadily.

Each step requires consuming a huge amount of "food essence" to maintain the fragile balance in the pot, and also requires that balanced flavor to maintain the stability of this passage.

It's like walking on a tightrope suspended above a bottomless abyss; one wrong step and you're doomed.

To his left, the roar of churning lava was intense, and the scorching heat almost scorched his skin.

To his right was a deathly stillness, frozen solid, the biting cold seeming to freeze his blood.

For the first time, fine beads of sweat appeared on Ryan's forehead, but his hands holding the wok remained as steady as a rock, and his eyes remained frighteningly calm.

He could clearly feel that his sense of righteousness regarding food was being compressed and purified at an incredible speed during this extreme test, becoming more condensed and more resilient.

Finally, after traveling dozens of meters that felt like an eternity, Renn arrived in front of the Ice and Fire Twin Flowers.

Upon closer inspection, this natural wonder is far more breathtaking than it appears in the pictures.

On the burning coral, life veins flowed like magma.

On its crystal-clear, frost-covered surface, energy points shimmered like stars.

At the center of the roots where the two meet, the fist-sized core of neutralization beats slowly like a heart, and with each beat, a pure, balanced energy that does not belong to any attribute emanates from it.

Renn did not rush to make a move.

He gently placed the wok on the ground. The balanced aura emanating from the perfectly cooked ice and fire concerto in the wok resonated wonderfully with the core of neutralization, making the surrounding violent energy become more docile.

Raine extended his right hand, and an invisible blade, thinner than a hair and composed of the meaning of food, condensed on his index finger.

"Food Techniques: Seamless Cutting"

He did not choose to violently pluck it, as that would destroy the very essence of this miraculous plant.

Like a top surgeon, he precisely located the crucial node in the intricate network of roots and stems that connected the core of neutralization without damaging the plant itself.

My fingertips lightly brushed across it.

There was no bloodshed, no loss of energy.

The pulsating core of neutralization, like a ripe fruit, silently detached from the rootstock and landed steadily in another crystal container that Rein had prepared beforehand.

After doing all this, Renn nodded slightly to the twin ice and fire flowers that, although they had lost their core, were still growing tenaciously, expressing his utmost respect as a chef for top-quality ingredients.

However, just as he put away the Neutralization Core and was about to turn and leave, a sudden change occurred.

Without the suppression of the neutralizing core, the fragile energy balance inside the Ice and Fire Twin Flowers was instantly shattered.

boom!

A violent energy storm, a mixture of extreme heat and extreme cold, erupted from the roots of the plant!

The safe passage behind Raine, maintained by the scent, vanished without a trace in an instant under the impact of this violent energy, like a candle flame extinguished by a gale!

"Oh no! The head chef is trapped!"

"Think of a solution quickly!"

On the ancestral giant tortoise, everyone's expression changed drastically.

Renn was also taken aback by this sudden turn of events, but he remained completely calm.

He looked around at the energy field that had become violent again, powerful enough to tear him to shreds in an instant.

He glanced at the pot in his hand, now that it had fulfilled its purpose but still exuded an enticing aroma—a symphony of ice and fire—and a helpless yet amused smile appeared on his lips.

"It seems that we have no other choice but to use that method."

He picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of piping hot lava rhinoceros meat and a slice of cold deep-sea fish, and, to everyone's puzzled look, put both of them into his mouth at the same time.

When the two extreme flavors, one hot and one cold, exploded simultaneously in Renn's mouth, even his seasoned taste buds couldn't help but feel a momentary daze.

The feeling was as if half of my soul was being roasted in a volcano, and the other half was floating in an icy sea.

But then, an even more wondrous sensation, transcending the realm of taste, surged up from the depths of his soul.

Guided by his understanding of the meaning of food, the two completely opposite flavors did not conflict with each other. Instead, they neutralized and sublimated each other in a wonderful way, ultimately reaching an unprecedented supreme realm called harmony on his taste buds.

"I see, this is the proper way to eat this dish."

A brilliant light shone in Renn's eyes.

Without further hesitation, he picked up the huge wok and, in an extremely bold manner, directly mixed the two distinct dishes together!

He stir-fried the food quickly with a spatula, his movements bold and expansive, full of a kind of wild beauty.

The piping hot rhinoceros meat envelops the cold fish meat, and the refreshing aroma of the fish permeates the bold texture of the grilled meat.

Cold and hot, salty and umami, dynamic and static—two completely opposite styles are perfectly blended together in this final stir-fry.

Finally, a brand new dish, exuding an aura of chaos yet filled with an indescribable sense of harmonious beauty—the Feast of Contradictions—was officially born.

"What...what is he doing? Has he gone mad?!"

Looking at the bizarrely shaped pot of stew, Dorum felt his heart attack was about to flare up again.

However, what Ryan did next made everyone's jaws nearly pop out.

Instead of eating it himself, he poured the freshly cooked, still steaming feast of contradictions directly onto the ground, into the raging energy field.

Shila-

The intense heat, enough to melt steel, seemed to encounter its nemesis the moment it came into contact with the dish. Instead of evaporating it, it was neutralized and soothed by the extreme cold contained within it.