I was just fishing, how did I become a Great Old One?

Deep within the Lingxiao Data Center lies a simulated miniature universe.

In the dark void, a colossal eyeball, over ten kilometers in diameter, floated. It was more than just a collection of biological tissues and machinery; it resembled a living planet.

Each "blood vessel" on the surface of that eyeball is a thick fiber optic cable, flowing with massive amounts of data enough to power the entire Neon Sky Domain for tens of thousands of years; its "pupil" is a bottomless black vortex, seemingly capable of swallowing even light.

This is the true form of the Heavenly Dao.

Code name: Singularity.

The moment it fully opened, an indescribable, overwhelming will descended. This will had no emotions, no good or evil, only absolute rationality and a cold, orderly system.

"variable."

A voice resounded directly in everyone's minds. It didn't come through air vibrations, but rather by directly altering the electrical signals of the auditory nerves.

"Your existence violates the second law of thermodynamics."

"You are the source of entropy increase."

"For the eternal silence of the universe, for absolute order..."

The enormous eyeballs turned slightly, their pupils aimed at the tiny Tree Demon.

"It must be removed."

……

boom!

There were no dazzling magical effects, nor any earth-shattering explosions.

The attack is invisible.

That's a kind of conceptual erasure.

The space around the Treant suddenly began to collapse, and the physical constants were instantly altered. Gravity became a repulsive force, the strong interaction force failed, and matter began to disintegrate on its own.

"Warning! The vehicle's structure is disintegrating!"

Alice screamed, and the data stream in her eyes became a chaotic mess of characters.

"Boss! They've changed the definition of 'metal'! Our armor is turning into... air!"

On the roof of the chariot, Odin stared in horror at the golden shield in his hand. This indestructible artifact had vanished like smoke.

"How can we fight like this? This is cheating!" Odin roared.

"Don't panic."

Jiang Li stood at the front of the car, the gray aura around him (the effect of the Law Immunity Soup) glowing slightly.

He reached out and pressed his hand against the dissipating hood.

"In my kitchen, the right to define is mine."

The concept of gluttony as a god is solidified.

hum-

A domineering force instantly enveloped the entire vehicle. The metal that was disintegrating was forcibly "pinched" back. Jiang Li's logic was simple: this wasn't metal, it was "tableware."

The tableware must not be damaged before eating.

"Um?"

The Heavenly Dao True Body let out a low, questioning groan.

It cannot understand why the underlying physical laws modification fails to work on this "garbled code".

……

"What a huge fish eyeball."

Jiang Li looked up at the enormous eyeball that blotted out the sky, his eyes filled not with fear, but with a fervent appreciation for the ingredients.

"This level of ingredients definitely can't be stewed in a regular pot."

"Moreover, its meat is too firm, making it difficult for it to absorb flavor when cooked directly."

Jiang Li stroked his chin, his brain racing as he devised a recipe.

"Since it's an eyeball, it must be rich in collagen and high-energy phospholipids."

"This kind of thing is most afraid of fishy smells and greasy tastes."

"It must be steamed with strong-flavored seasonings over high heat to bring out its deep-seated umami flavor."

Jiang Li snapped his fingers, a smile playing on his lips.

"It's decided."

"Let's make one dish... Spicy Steamed Fish Head with Chopped Chili."

……

"Chopped chili peppers?"

Holding his fire-tipped spear, Nezha looked bewildered. "Where did these chilies come from? And how many chilies would it take to get one this big?"

"This is the core of the Heavenly Dao, the convergence point of all data."

Jiang Li pointed to the vast data starry sky around him.

In this cyber world, what's the "hottest" thing?

"Is it fire?" Nezha asked.

"No."

Jiang Li shook his head. "It's an emotion."

"These are negative emotional data filled with anger and resentment that have been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao for thousands of years and cannot be vented."

"That's even more explosive than the Abyss Pepper... the spiciness of data."

Jiang Li turned to look at Alice.

"Alice, time to get to work."

"You are the hacker, and you are also this 'key'."

"I want you to connect to the entire Neon Sky Network and collect something."

"What is it?" Alice asked.

"Go collect...the comments from trolls."

Jiang Li said in a very serious tone.

"Go and capture all the anger, insults, complaints, injustices... all the 'fire' online!"

"And Nezha."

Jiang Li looked at the irritable boy.

"Lend me a bit of your Samadhi True Fire."

"I want to transform these invisible 'angers' into tangible...chopped chili peppers."

……

Although Alice thought the request was outrageous, she did as she was told.

She closed her eyes, and countless virtual data tentacles extended from behind her, instantly connecting to the underlying network of the entire Neon Sky Domain.

next second.

The underground forums of Kowloon Walled City, the complaint mailboxes of Upper East Side, and even the private chat logs of those exploited miners...

Countless red data streams, like rivers flowing into the sea, converged on the Lingxiao Data Center.

"Boss...there are too many!"

Alice's body trembled slightly.

"The resentment in this world... it's a powder keg!"

"A lot of talent is good!"

Jiang Li laughed loudly, "Nezha! Light the fire!"

"Okay!"

Nezha opened his mouth and spat out a pure white Samadhi Fire.

Jiang Li summoned the enormous frying pan (which had now grown to the size of an alchemy furnace) and channeled the red streams of resentment data into the fire.

"Sizzle—"

Resentment, when it meets fire, instantly solidifies.

Under the influence of the binge-eating rule, these originally meaningless data points transformed into fist-sized, dark red, and pungent-spicy...data peppers.

Every chili pepper contains the rage of thousands of trolls.

The smell alone was enough to send your blood pressure soaring and make you want to start a fight.

"That's some serious power!"

Odin's eyes welled up with tears from the spiciness. "This isn't chili peppers! This is a mental pollution bomb!"

"This is exactly the flavor I wanted!"

Jiang Li raised his hand and brought down his blade, the lightsaber turning into a blur.

brush brush --

Hundreds of millions of red peppers were instantly chopped into mountains of chopped pepper sauce.

Then, Jiang Li added a bucket of Abyss Black Garlic (to enhance the flavor), a vat of Void Ginger (to remove the fishy smell), and a whole river of liquid nitrogen (as a solvent).

Stir.

Fermentation.

An incredibly spicy aroma, enough to make even gods and demons change color, permeated the Lingxiao Palace.

……

The true form of that day clearly sensed the danger.

Although it didn't understand what "chopped chili" was, its logic processor told it that the red thing contained a logic virus that could crash its system.

"Clear!"

The enormous eyeball's pupil contracted, and a black annihilation beam shot directly at Jiang Li's "Spicy Mountain".

"Trying to ruin my seasoning?"

Jiang Li sneered.

"Tree Demon! Stop it!"

"Nezha! Go wash its face!"

"Yes, sir!"

Nezha, riding on his Wind Fire Wheels, transformed into a streak of light and rushed toward the giant eyeball.

The fire-tipped spear in his hand flared up with towering flames, but this was just a feint.

His real purpose was to—sprinkle salt.

Jiang Li gave him a large bag of high-quality sea salt.

"Old man! Try this!"

Nezha flew above the eyeball, and the bag shook.

slam-la-

Crystal-clear salt grains fell like a torrential rain, sprinkling onto the surface of the moist eyeball.

"Sizzle—"

When salt comes into contact with biological tissues, it instantly triggers a violent dehydration reaction.

"roar----"

The true form of the Heavenly Dao let out a painful electronic roar.

The excruciating pain, like "rubbing salt into a wound," directly interfered with its computational core.

The Annihilation Beam missed, grazing past the Treant.

……

"Now!"

Jiang Li seized this opportunity.

"Take it off the heat!"

Of course, he didn't have a pot big enough to hold this ten-kilometer-long eyeball.

However, he has the environment.

"Use this Sky-Piercing Cube as a cage, and the surrounding stars as fire."

Jiang Li clenched his fists, unleashing his full Gluttony Divine Power.

He modified the gravity parameters of the entire Lingxiao Data Center.

"Change!"

The stars (fusion reactors) that were originally floating around suddenly shifted and came to the bottom of the eyeball, forming a huge star-stove.

The square building structure became a natural steamer.

"Add chopped chili peppers!"

Jiang Li waved his hand.

That red chili pepper mountain transformed into a red waterfall, cascading down.

It precisely covered that huge eyeball.

A thick layer of red chopped chili sauce, mixed with black garlic and ginger, was spread out.

The once majestic and cold "singularity" instantly transformed into a... huge, bright red fish head that looked incredibly tempting.

"Light the fire! Start steaming!"

Rumbling--

The Hengxing stove below is running at full power.

A terrifying heat rose up.

Combined with the "rage of the people" contained in the chopped chili peppers, the true form of the Heavenly Dao begins to undergo a comprehensive physical and spiritual cooking process.

……

"ah!!!!"

The true form of Heavenly Dao finally panicked.

It sensed that its surface data was being corroded and infused with that pungent force.

Those garbled characters representing "anger" followed its fiber optic optic nerve and frantically drilled into its core database.

Its originally absolutely rational logic began to show emotional fluctuations.

It began to feel...angry.

I feel...wronged.

I even felt like crying (from the spiciness).

"You...how dare you...blaspheme...the gods..."

The voice of Heaven became intermittent and filled with noise.

Its eyes began to become bloodshot (turn red), and its lacrimal glands began to secrete large amounts of cooling fluid (tears).

That's perfect.

The tears turned into a rich broth, allowing the flavor of the chopped chili peppers to permeate even more deeply.

……

"Not enough."

Jiang Li stood at a distance, watching the giant eye struggling in the "steamer".

"The heat is just right, but one final step is still needed."

"Pouring oil on it."

When making steamed fish head with chopped chili, you must drizzle a spoonful of boiling hot oil at the end to bring out the full aroma of the chili.

Jiang Li looked at the Howling Celestial Dog beside him.

"Ergou (really)."

"Can I borrow your oil?"

The Celestial Hound paused for a moment, then very obediently opened its belly fuel tank and spat out a large barrel of high-purity aviation fuel.

Jiang Li then looked at the Tree Demon.

"And yours too."

The Treant also squeezed out some golden biological oil.

"Nezha! Heat this oil!"

"The temperature must be at its highest!"

"good!"

Nezha heated the mixed oils to a boil.

Jiang Li manipulated the ball of scalding hot oil, sending it flying directly above his eyeball.

"The taste... hinges on this!"

"Drenched!"

Splash—

Boiling oil was poured on top.

It landed on the surface of the eyeball covered with chopped chili peppers.

"Sizzle s ...

A deafening explosion followed.

As white smoke rose, an intensely spicy aroma, strong enough to make one's soul leave their body, instantly filled the entire Lingxiao Data Center.

This aroma is so overpowering.

It is not only a taste pleasure, but also a rewriting of the rules.

Faced with this fragrance, all notions of "order," "indifference," and "rationality" seem pale and powerless.

What remains is only the most primitive, passionate, and vibrant... the atmosphere of everyday life.

……

[System Warning: Core Temperature Overload!]

[System Warning: The logic module has been infected with the "Spicy Chili Virus"!]

[System Warning: The main body is... maturing!]

The true form of Heavenly Dao ceased its struggle.

Its enormous pupils had lost focus.

The once distinct black and white pupils have now turned into an alluring maroon color.

The surface fiber optic cable was soft and mushy, and the core data flow was also cooked into a thick soup.

It is no longer the aloof observer of the universe.

It is now...

It's just a... dish.

……

"call……"

Jiang Li wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Looking at this masterpiece that is comparable in size to a planet.

【Dish Name: Wrath of All Beings - Chopped Chili Pepper Heavenly Eye】

[Rank: Unspeakable (Cosmic Wonder)]

[Description: A blend of humanity's fury and top-tier cybernetic ingredients, steamed on stars. Every bite delivers a spiciness and exhilaration of breaking free from constraints and defying the heavens.]

[Effect: After consumption, one can directly gain "Heavenly Authority" and has a high probability of awakening "Fiery Eyes" or "Data Vision".]

……

"Dinner is ready."

Jiang Li took out the huge lightsaber and used it as a dinner knife.

"This stuff is too big; there's no way the few of us can finish it."

Alice.

"Open the data interface here."

"Bring this dish..."

"Through the internet..."

"Shared with everyone in the entire Neon Sky Domain."

"Let those exploited miners, the civilians used as batteries, and those ants struggling in the Kowloon Walled City..."

"Come and have a taste..."

"This is the taste of God."

……

Alice nodded, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Data uploading..."

"Global broadcast... activated."

"[Deep Blue Heavenly Banquet]...Officially commences!"

next second.

The entire Neon Sky Domain, whether in the Upper City or the Lower City.

In all screens, all VR glasses, and all brain-computer interfaces.

This huge, steaming "chopped chili fish head" has appeared.

People were horrified to discover that they could actually smell the fragrance through the internet...

Even... just by wanting to eat, you can feel a warm current.

"Is this... the Way of Heaven?"

"The Heavenly Dao was... boiled?"

"It smells so good..."

Countless people shed tears.

Those were tears that had been suppressed for countless years and were finally released.

Tears welled up from the spiciness of this dish.

……

Jiang Li cut off the tenderest piece of "ribeye" (core data area).

Put it in your mouth.

It melts in your mouth, soft, tender, and fragrant, with a spiciness that hits right at your soul.

"Um."

"It tastes good."

"It's just a little...salty (because of too many tears)."

He turned his head and looked at Nezha and Odin, who were completely dumbfounded.

"Don't just stand there."

"Eat it while it's hot."

"After eating, I still have to clean up the mess."