As soon as Mu Tang finished saying the word "engage", a voice sounded like a bell, as if it was falling from the sky, and it seemed to come from all directions, so that people couldn't tell where the voice came from: "Congratulations to all of you on advancing to the 'semi-finals' ......" After three or two polite words, he said: "Now it's up to me to announce the title of this 'semi-final'......"

This semi-final is obviously a "propositional essay".

"Fish!!"

As this sound fell, the originally calm and microwave "West Lake" suddenly surged, as if there was a huge and invisible stick churning the lake, and in an instant the waves were turbulent and undulating.

Suddenly, a huge, dazzling golden door frame appeared out of thin air above the center of the "West Lake", and the brilliant golden light attracted everyone's attention.

The sound of the water sounded, but in the midst of the turbulent waves, a fish suddenly broke through the water, jumped into the air, stretched and twisted its body in the sun, shining.

Everyone looked closely, but found that the fish was not a real fish at all, but a water fish condensed from the water in the "West Lake"! Obviously, this fish is made up of water inside and out, but it gives people the impression that it is a real fish.

Just now, the sound of the bell sounded again: "In the 'West Lake', we have a total of 826 kinds of fish, and you will cook one of them. After the production is completed, just raise your hand, there will be a group of 10 professional judges to taste, each judge has 10 points, and the final score from high to low, the top 400 will enter the finals. The time limit is at sunset. Now, the semi-finals begin! ”

Under the gaze of everyone, this huge "water fish" flicked its tail, jumped through the door frame suspended in mid-air, and splashed at the moment of passing through the door frame, instantly dispersed into a water mist in the sky, under the sun, a huge rainbow appeared in the sky above the "West Lake", as if a colorful bridge in the air, connecting the two sides of the "West Lake".

Obviously, in order to kick out the "idle people", or those who "fill up the number of indiscriminately", this time the "Kitchen Organizing Committee" directly came to a ruthless and conducted a quality assessment on all the groups and individuals who advanced to the "semi-finals".

Can't build a stove? Unqualified!

Don't know how to hunt for ingredients? Where to come and go!

Don't have enough cooking skills to get a high score? Take a break!

In short, this "semi-finals" is an all-round screening, and those who can finally advance to the "finals" are the real skills, so as not to fall into the name of "the world's first chef conference".

Plop Plop Plop ......

As the "water fish" exploded, a group of people suddenly plunged into the "West Lake", just like a swimmer who heard the command gun, and had the courage to compete for the first place - nonsense, not to be the first, to quickly choose the fish that they are good at cooking and have better meat, do you have to wait for others to pick up the rest? One by one, they all want to turn into a fish, but fortunately they can swim faster in the "West Lake".

There are those who are in a hurry, and naturally there are those who are not in a hurry, such as Mu Tang.

At the beginning of the game, Dongfang Weixi and other "idle people" left.

Others were in a hurry, racing against time, but Mu Tang yawned loudly, looking like he didn't wake up from his lunch break, and was about to stretch his waist again after yawning, sighing "This 'West Lake' scenery is so beautiful", he noticed a strange gaze next to him, he turned his head and said, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Zhao Tianjiao said: "Why am I looking at you? Why don't you look at others? Frankly speaking, he now very much wants to kick Mu Tang into the West Lake, so that the water of the "West Lake" can wash his brain well.

"What do I do when I see others doing well?"

Zhao Tianjiao said secretly: "I endure!" Then he squeezed out a bright smile and said in a mischievous tone: "You see, everyone else has already started catching fish, so let's ......."

There was a "bang", but when I saw a man breaking through the water, carrying a big fiery red fish on his shoulder, bigger than a person, twisting his body and shaking his tail, the man laughed, obviously very satisfied with the fish he caught.

Mu Tang smiled: "That's good, the third-level fire pattern carp, the meat is tender and nervous, and the taste is delicious, so it is the most suitable for roasting." ”

Zhao Tianjiao said: "Everyone else has already caught the fish, so they will start cooking immediately." Let's just stand and watch? ”

Mu Tang said: "Who said that? Hey...... Why are you still talking to me here? Hurry up and catch the fish, hurry up, no matter how late it is, the good fish will be snatched away by others. ”

"I'm ......" Zhao Tianjiao's face changed, "I'm going to catch fish?" ”

Mu Tang was surprised: "If you don't go, will you still let me go?" Let you cook, can you handle it? You'll make chicken, fish or I'll do it. Go and go, you see how neat other people's assistants are. You're still here chatting with me. There was no tension at all. ”

"Fuck me!" Zhao Tianjiao scolded in his heart, "Damn, I'll bear it again, I'm so handsome, I'm not like an ugly person like you, bear with it!" He said, "Okay, I'll catch it!" But you've got to tell me what fish to catch, right? You won't do the fish I caught......"

Mu Tang waved his hand, "I won't do it?" You must be kidding me. Just like you're the best at making chickens, I'm the best at making fish. As long as it is not genetically mutated, the fish in the water will do it. Okay, don't bother, go catch fish. ”

"Isn't this guy going to deliberately lose the game because of what happened a few days ago? There are so many fish species in the world, how can he do them all? ”

Zhao Tianjiao is now in the "Wolf Tooth Special Operations Group", which is considered a brother department of the "General Intelligence Department", so he heard some rumors, and it is said that Director Xi of the "General Intelligence Department" is not lightly angry with Mu Tang.

"Okay, since you've said so," Zhao Tianjiao waved his hand boringly, "but I have to state in advance, I know a limited number of fish species, if you catch something that is not good for cooking, and then it fails, don't throw the pot on my head." I'm so handsome, it's not my style to carry the pot! ”

Mu Tang waved his hand: "The pot is such a good thing, you can't carry it if you want to." Slip into the water, and I'll kick you down if you talk too much. ”

Zhao Tianjiao raised two middle fingers at Mu Tang - this posture was learned from Mu Tang, he probably knew what this meant, in this situation, he only thought of using the "middle finger" to express Mu Tang's "excitement" at this time.

With a "poof", Zhao Tianjiao plunged into the "West Lake".

Mu Tang walked to the edge of the "West Lake", looked at the lake in front of him, and muttered: "West Lake...... I really want to see the scene of the 'Ten Thousand Carp Tribute' again......"

This "West Lake" is the place he or "Qin Taizu" used to raise ornamental carp at that time, enough to raise 100,000, every feeding can attract a large number of carp, the original turquoise lake is also covered by the scales of the red carp, a piece of red and red, the scene is more lively, how magnificent.

Looking at the "West Lake" that had existed in front of him for more than 1,800 years, Mu Tang couldn't help but feel emotional, and when he withdrew from his memories, he shook his head and sighed: Sure enough, people are old.

At this time, some people jumped out of the "West Lake" one after another, each holding the caught ingredients in their hands, some smiling, obviously catching the fish they were good at, and some of them frowned and worried.

At the same time, there are still splashes and turbulent waves from time to time under the surface of the "West Lake". This must be someone fighting for their favorite ingredients.

In Mu Tang's view, this "semi-final" exam question is really a bit tricky, 826 kinds of fish, corresponding to 826 participating units, no more, no less, that is, to test the chef's ability to hunt ingredients (including combat effectiveness), but also to examine the chef's culinary accumulation, but also to test luck. As long as one of the various assessment items fails, it is very likely to be brushed off.

However, this is all for others, Mu Tang's confidence in his cooking skills is higher than his own combat effectiveness - the name of "Chef Emperor" is not something that others have pulled out blindly.

Mu Tang waited and waited, and couldn't help but "huh", and muttered: "It's been too long in this world, right?" With Zhao's handsome guy's ability, there shouldn't be such a need. Could it be that he is deliberately procrastinating? ”

At this moment, there was a sudden thunderous sound, and I saw a huge white splash suddenly burst out in the area near the center of the "West Lake". A figure jumped out of the lake, flew straight into the air, and then fell towards Mu Tang, and slammed in front of Mu Tang with a "bang", and the ground sank into a depression.

It's Zhao Tianjiao! Although he had just come out of the lake, he didn't have a drop of water on him, and his movements were quite chic.

Mu Tang said: "Hey, I said that Zhao is a handsome guy, can you die if you don't show off?" Do you understand that you have to be low-key? Zhao Tianjiao shook his hair and scolded: "Damn! I'm so handsome, and I still need to be high-profile? Do you think I do? Someone was already waiting for me under the water, giving me shade. It's a shame that I'm so handsome and skilled, otherwise I would have become fish feed in this 'West Lake'. ”

"What's going on?"

Zhao Tianjiao said: "Some people with great powers have bought some contestants, taking advantage of the rules of the competition, wanting me not to get any ingredients, and even wanting to leave me completely in the 'West Lake' to make fish feed." Hmph, blind their dog eyes, and don't look at how handsome you Uncle Zhao is! ”

Mu Tang said: "What about the fish? ”

Zhao Tianjiao flipped it over, and a fish appeared in his hand, still alive - well, this guy actually has a "storage prop" that can store living things, and I saw him say proudly: "If you want to spoil my handsome brother Zhao, they are still decades late...... Hey, what's your expression? ”

"......" Mu Tang looked at the fish in Zhao Tianjiao's hand, then raised his eyes to look at Zhao Tianjiao, then looked at the fish in his hand, and then looked at Zhao Tianjiao, pursed his mouth and did not speak.

Zhao Tianjiao said: "What are you doing? ”

Mu Tang said: "You must be joking with me, right?" ”

Zhao Tianjiao said: "Are you kidding? Who is kidding you? Okay, let's get the fish and cook it. The fish has been caught for you, and the next thing is up to you. ”

“……”

At this moment, a smiling and beautiful female voice came from the left, "Sister, it's so funny over there." I actually caught an ornamental fish to cook. Another voice with the same crispness and pleasantness said, "Don't laugh, maybe they can make something amazing with aquarium fish." Poof! ”

Mu Tang turned his head to look, and saw that ten meters away, two identical girls were building stoves from local materials, skillful, talking and laughing, especially their appearance was pure and pretty, plain and lovely, and their smiles were exceptionally sweet, and they were pleasing at first sight. Mu Tang recognized them, they were the twins from the previous "Three Inch Hall".

The young man who was with them was not there, obviously going to the "West Lake" to hunt for ingredients.

Mu Tang turned his head, looked at Zhao Tianjiao, and said, "Did you hear that?" This is 'Golden Bottle Red Fish', which is for ornamentation, not an ingredient, OK? ”

This "Golden Bottle Red Fish" is the ornamental fish he raised when he was still "Qin Taizu", the scales are golden and red, very beautiful - but it is just good-looking, its meat is sour, and after tasting it, absolutely no one wants to taste it for a second bite.

Zhao Tianjiao didn't understand: "Is there a difference? ”

"What do you say?"

"Can't do it?"

"What do you say?"

"Just now, as you said, any fish can be used."

"Alas, blame me, overestimating your level. How do I know you can't even tell the difference between edible fish and ornamental fish. ”

“…… I don't care! If you want fish, I'll get you fish. Anyway, I wouldn't be happy to take another shower. You have to go yourself. Beware that if you go down, you won't be able to get up. ”

Suddenly, a happy slap came. Mu and Zhao turned their heads to look, and saw a young man jumping out of the "West Lake" with a slender fish, and the twins slapped their hands......