Food: I found Eri Nakiri in the world of Food Prisoners

"Once the level of the gourmet cells is raised to a certain level, their lifespan will naturally be extended, so it is normal for these seniors to have lived for so long."

After saying that, Xu Yong went straight to knock on the door.

Although Setsuno's Diner is open to the public, its opening hours are irregular and are entirely decided by Setsuno herself. Setsuno is always trying to understand the feelings of the ingredients.

Once the ingredients are ready, the store will open for business. Sometimes it may be open for several days in a row to entertain guests, but other times it may be closed for a whole month.

"You must be Mr. Xu Yong, please come in!"

The person who opened the door was Bubu, Granny Jie's apprentice. Xu Yong knew her, and she naturally knew Xu Yong as well, since Xu Yong was quite famous among the younger generation of regeneration masters.

Furthermore, Master Jiro had already greeted Granny Setsuno and the others beforehand, so after recognizing Xu Yong, Bubu let Xu Yong and the others in directly.

"The interior looks very retro too!"

Upon entering the cafeteria, everyone discovered that the interior decoration style was the same as the exterior, very retro.

"Please have a seat, everyone. I'll go find my master."

After pouring tea for everyone, Bubu left the kitchen through an underground passage.

This scene aroused everyone's curiosity, wondering what the underground area was like.

Soon, amidst the curious gazes of the crowd, an elderly woman with pink hair emerged. This was none other than Setsuno, one of the national treasures of Gourmet World.

"Xu Yong, it's been a long time! You've arrived so quickly, much earlier than Kojiro expected. It seems Kojiro underestimated your potential!"

Upon seeing Xu Yong, Granny Setsuna greeted him with a smile. She had been to the Land of Healing several times, so she had naturally met Xu Yong before.

However, she was somewhat surprised because Xu Yong had arrived too early. Master Jiro had indeed told them that Xu Yong would be coming.

Granny Setsuna knew very well how sharp Jiro's judgment was; how could she not be surprised that he had misjudged the timing, and by such a large margin?

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Kitchen Hollowed Out from Underground, the Factors Missing from the Century's Thick Soup

"It's been a long time since I've seen Granny Setsuno. I never expected to reach the Master level of Food Arts so quickly!"

Xu Yong said with a smile that Master Jiro's estimated time was not wrong, but Master Jiro did not know that Xu Yong was a cheater.

"The sooner we can master the art of food, the better. By the way, shall we introduce these people?"

Although it is unknown how Xu Yong managed to do it, it is undoubtedly a good thing. The future of the human world will eventually be handed over to these young people, and the more outstanding these young people are, the better it will be for Granny Jie Nai and others.

However, Granny Jie then looked at the three people beside Xu Yong.

“These three are my partners: Erina Nakiri, Hisako Shinto, and Mirajin Strauss. Erina and Hisako are chefs, and Mirajin is a gourmet hunter.”

Xu Yong introduced the three people to Granny Jie Nai, and also introduced Granny Jie Nai and Bu Bu to the three of them.

"Three partners? Xu Yong, you're really something!"

Granny Jie looked at Xu Yong with some surprise. Although she had already guessed when she saw the three of them, it was still a bit unexpected that Xu Yong would say it himself.

Most importantly, Granny Setsuna didn't seem to be reluctant at all when she looked at the three of them, which meant that the three of them accepted this identity.

However, Granny Jie didn't say much. After all, there are quite a few people in the human world who have multiple partners, especially some kings. It's their private matter, so she naturally wouldn't say anything.

Grandma Setsuna's words made Erina and the other two blush.

"I'll contact Kojiro first. It'll probably take him a while to get back. Why don't you have a meal here?"

Since Xu Yong and the others have arrived, Granny Jie Nai also intends to entertain the four of them.

"Thank you very much, Grandma Jie Nai. By the way, I heard that you have a century-old soup here. May we try it?"

Xu Yong asked, also wanting to see Granny Jie's enormous underground kitchen.

"In that case, let's all come down together!"

Grandma Setsuno said with a smile, "An outstanding junior, who will be taught by my favorite person later, I naturally won't refuse. It's just to broaden everyone's horizons."

After saying that, Granny Setsuna led the way to the underground kitchen, and the others quickly followed. 063 entered the underground kitchen through the underground entrance, and then there was a long spiral staircase, which they continued to descend.

"What a long passage! We must have walked down several hundred meters already!"

After walking for a while, the group finally arrived at the actual entrance to the kitchen, which was already several hundred meters above the ground.

Welcome to my kitchen!

As the door opened, everyone saw the true face of Granny Setsuna's kitchen, an incredibly huge underground space filled with a vast array of ingredients and facilities.

"There must be other entrances here!"

Looking at the ingredients here, Xu Yong said, "There are too many of these ingredients, and many of them are very large. It's obviously impossible to transport them in through this passage."

"Besides the entrance in my kitchen, there are four passageways for transporting ingredients, located in the four directions of the food court."

Grandma Jie nodded.

"It's huge! You can't see the end of it at all. Just how big is this place?!"

Everyone looked around curiously, but the kitchen was so big that they couldn't see the edges at all.

"This kitchen must be bigger than the food court upstairs!"

Xu Yong spoke up, and after he released his senses, he also discovered that the kitchen was surprisingly large and divided into rooms of different sizes.

This is the largest food storage area, and also the area connecting the four passageways.

“Your perception range is very large. That’s right, my kitchen is located hundreds of meters underground, hollowing out the entire food court.”

Grandma Setsuna nodded. The materials used in this underground kitchen were also very precious and durable, so even if the entire city was hollowed out, it would not affect the operation of the city above.

Furthermore, Granny Setsuna's kitchen is located hundreds of meters underground. This depth will not affect other underground facilities. Hundreds of meters is enough for the food court to develop.

"The whole...the entire food court?!"

Mirajane and the others exclaimed in surprise. They knew very well how big the food court was, but this place was even bigger than the food court, which was simply outrageous.

"Alright, come with me. I'll take you to see the Century Soup. Although it's only an unfinished version, it's just one step away from completion."

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Granny Setsuna was also very satisfied. This little old lady sometimes liked to show off, giving people the feeling of an old child.

The group followed Granny Setsuno to another room, and along the way they saw many ingredients being prepared.

The ingredients in the world of Gourmet are very unique. Among the many ingredients, some are extremely difficult to cook and are called special ingredients. These ingredients often require extremely demanding cooking conditions.

For example, some ingredients require hundreds or thousands of cuts in an instant, and the force of each cut must be exactly the same, and the cutting position must be exactly the same. Any slight error will lead to the failure of the dish.

Ozone grass from the Sky Garden is a special culinary ingredient. You need to tear off two leaves at the same time, and in a specific order, otherwise the ozone grass will shrink back into its seed form.

Finally, when eating, you need to bite both sides at the same time. Granny Setsuna has a lot of special cooking ingredients here.

These special ingredients are prepared in all sorts of bizarre ways, which leads to Granny Setsuna having a lot of strange devices.

However, when the group was halfway there, Granny Setsuna and Bubu suddenly stopped.

At the same time, some of the ingredients in the food section suddenly emitted faint golden light.

"What's happening here?"

Seeing the ingredients emitting a faint golden light, Mirajane and her two companions were somewhat puzzled.

"This is the food making sounds."

Xu Yong saw the changes in the ingredients and knew what was going on. The ingredients could make sounds, like this.

If food can make a sound, it usually means that there are people around who are good at eating.

Xu Yong immediately thought of his own "food luck." When he encountered Xiao Mo's egg in the beach cave, it was because of his food luck that he was able to hatch Xiao Mo in the end.

So although he couldn't sense exactly how much food luck he had, it certainly wasn't weak.

"The food is making sounds?"

Undoubtedly, this was another blind spot in their knowledge, given that they had only been in this world for a short time, and the sound made by ingredients was not something everyone could encounter.

"That's right, you can't access it yet. But once you reach a certain level, there's a chance you'll hear the voice of the ingredients."

"The ingredients will guide you in the cooking process."

Xu Yong said, "Don't be fooled by how easily Xiaosong can hear the sounds of food in the original story. That's because Xiaosong has an extremely strong affinity for food."

Otherwise, normally speaking, hearing the sounds of ingredients is completely random. Even a chef like Granny Setsuna wouldn't dare say she could definitely hear the sounds of ingredients.

For ingredients to make a sound, they need to be recognized by the ingredients themselves. Human spirituality is one of the criteria, but this part actually accounts for a very small percentage. The luck or destiny of food accounts for more than 90% of it.

This is why, despite Komatsu's cooking skills being so much inferior to those of veteran cooks like Setsunori, he can hear the sounds of the ingredients anytime, anywhere.

"How amazing! The ingredients actually guide the chef in the cooking process!"

Hearing this, everyone was very surprised and gained a new understanding of the wonders of this world.

"That's right, which is why I don't have a fixed opening time. I've always let the ingredients choose the diners, rather than the diners choosing the ingredients."

"But Xu Yong, it seems you have a lot of luck with food, as you've managed to make so many ingredients make a sound."

Granny Jie was also very surprised, as this was the first time she had encountered such a situation. This also showed that Xu Yong's luck with food was extremely strong.

The reason why Granny Setsuna was able to determine that the food luck came from Xu Yong was because Granny Setsuna heard the voices of the ingredients, which were now eager for Xu Yong to eat them.

This is the food in the world of Gourmet Hunter. In other worlds, creatures would naturally not want to be eaten, but in this world, as long as you gain the food's approval, the food will come to you to be eaten.

"I'm not really sure about that, but I've certainly had pretty good luck when I'm out in the wild."

Xu Yong stated that the influence of food on his destiny does indeed guide him, a fact he has confirmed.

As for why his luck with food was so strong, he didn't know, and he was too lazy to explore it. After all, with his current strength, he couldn't even sense the luck with food, let alone investigate the source of the luck with food in his body.

Since good fortune in food only brings benefits, he couldn't be more eager for it to be stronger.

"Since these ingredients have accepted you, then we will use them to entertain you from now on."

Grandma Setsuna didn't think much of it. After all, even people who had lived for hundreds of years couldn't figure out what food luck was all about, so there was no need to worry about it now. She led everyone directly to the room where the Century Soup was stored.

"Wow...what a huge pot! *3"

The three of them were stunned when they saw the pot. Although they had seen some huge cooking utensils since coming to this world, this was the first time they had seen such a big pot.

Not to mention them, even Xu Yong was seeing such a big pot for the first time. Xu Yong was quite surprised at this moment. Although he knew about the existence of this pot before, the shock brought by seeing it with his own eyes was indeed very strong.

"There are stairs over there, you can come up slowly."

After saying that, Granny Setsuna pushed off with her feet and jumped directly onto the platform above the pot.

"Come into my spoon, and I'll take you up with me."

As Xu Yong spoke, he condensed calories into a spoon. Upon hearing this, everyone stepped into Xu Yong's spoon without hesitation.

"Miss Bubu, come along too!"

At Mirajane's invitation, Bubu nodded and entered the spoon, after which Xu Yong also leaped onto the platform with the spoon.

In fact, with their abilities, they could have come up quickly on their own, but not as quickly as Xu Yong.

"This is the soup of the century, but it's still missing one last step."

Grandma Setsuna shook her head. After drinking the century soup that Master Jiro brought back, she tried to recreate it, but unfortunately, she was just one step away from success, and that one step took her decades to complete.

At this point, Granny Setsuna even placed all her hopes on Komatsu.

"The soup is so clear! If it weren't for the ripples on the surface, you wouldn't be able to see any soup at the bottom!"

Everyone saw the crystal-clear soup. This century-old soup blends hundreds of thousands of ingredients, yet it did not become murky. Instead, it became incredibly clear, to the point that it was difficult to see with the naked eye.

"This is the soup of the century, with an amazing clarity. I have done my best in this respect, but the real soup of the century will emit an aurora. My soup of the century is just missing this last step."

Grandma Jie spoke up, saying that she was definitely not willing to give up, since she had put in so much effort. It was just one last step.

"Have you ever considered that what you're missing might not be a certain ingredient?"

Xu Yong planned to give a reminder, since no one stipulated that the Century Soup had to be made by Xiao Song, right?

"The missing element isn't the ingredient? Go on!"

Grandma Jie was stunned for a moment after hearing Xu Yong's words, as if she had grasped something, but it was also as if it was an illusion. She realized that what Xu Yong said might be right, so this might be the key to making the Century Soup.

"The creation of the century's soup is that humans sealed various ingredients in glaciers, ultimately forming a culinary showcase."

"These ingredients have taken a long time to develop into a rich soup, which is only created once every hundred years. It is a dish that has been created by humans and nature together."

"Now you have reached the final step by replacing extinct ingredients with various other ingredients, but what is missing is nature, the nurturing of nature."

Xu Yong's words made Granny Jie realize that the creation of Century Soup was indeed the result of the integration of man and nature.

Although she could find substitute ingredients and use them to cook the soup of the century, she could not replace nature.