Chapter 811: Chapter 811

In one iron bucket was steaming hot noodle soup; although the noodles were not visible, they were definitely in there. In another iron bucket was brown meat sauce.

Pork meat, with alternating layers of fat and lean, was diced and fried with soybean paste, then simmered with cooking wine, minced garlic, and minced ginger. During this process, it had to be continuously stirred to prevent sticking to the pot. Once finished cooking, it was sprinkled with some chopped green onions for garnish.

At this point, the rich fragrance of the sauce began to permeate throughout the entire stadium.

If the challenges before were torture, then this was finally a proper meal, time to enjoy a bit.

Quan Sangin and Kim Jinsoo swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"I heard Koreans really love eating black bean noodles!"

Hua Yue Yu glanced at the pot. The meat sauce might not look appealing, but it sure smelled delicious.

"Ah? Aren’t Koreans supposed to eat barbecue and kimchi?"

Li Yintong was surprised.

"What family is that? Can they eat barbecue every day? Kimchi, on the other hand, is a must for every meal!"

Hua Yue Yu curled her lip. She often climbed over the wall to watch live streams for material and inspiration, including Korean mukbangs. The food in those could only be described in two words.

"We Koreans like black bean noodles. Birthdays, academic promotions, finding good jobs, getting raises—basically, when we encounter something good, we eat black bean noodles to celebrate!"

Quan Sangin said this with great pride.

"Have you heard of Black Day? April 14th, it’s our own Korean holiday. On that day, singles wear black clothes and eat a bowl of black bean noodles."

Kim Jinsoo introduced. If she weren’t relying on Lin Baici’s support to get out of God’s ruins, she really wanted to say that their holiday was much fancier than any Duanwu Festival or Laba Festival.

"What are you talking about, if it’s not your holiday, could it be ours?"

Xia Hongyao didn’t quite understand Kim Jinsoo’s logic. After all, no matter how great someone else’s holiday was, it was still theirs, not something to covet, right?

In Nine States, there were so many holidays that nearly every month had one, and some provinces and regions even had their own unique celebrations. It was just unfortunate that there were so few holidays for resting and taking a break.

Once the meals were ready, the broadcast sounded.

"Each person will have two jin of black bean noodles without any time limit. After finishing, you can start the marathon!"

"The running distance is 42.195 kilometers. As long as you complete it before midnight, you can advance to the next round!"

"Anyone eliminated, even if their team advances, cannot represent their team in the competition again!"

A buzz arose in the stadium.

The distance was exactly that of a marathon. With everyone’s physical condition, running it wasn’t a problem. But running after eating so much black bean noodles—that would be torture.

"These organizers really don’t do anything remotely human, they’re too doggone bad."

Hua Yue Yu pouted her lips.

"There’s no free lunch in this world. Did you really think the one hundred million prize was easy to get? It’s a variety show; of course they want to boost viewership and make their money back from advertising!"

Xia Hongyao grabbed a bowl and a pair of chopsticks and approached the noodle bucket. She picked up the long chopsticks resting on the bucket to fish out some noodles.

"Don’t just stand there, let’s start eating!"

Quan Sangin urged everyone.

As God Hunters, they have strong digestive abilities and good physique; naturally, their appetites were also large. Eating two jin of black bean noodles wasn’t an issue, even for a petite girl like Hua Yue Yu.

Everyone grabbed a bowl, ready to scoop up some noodles.

Kim Myungjin and Gu Qingqiu exchanged glances.

"If you two can’t eat it, then don’t force yourselves!"

Xia Hongyao was considerate.

The two of them were a Korean chaebol princess and a Hong Kong Island heiress, both from billion-dollar families. For them to slurp noodles in public might become an embarrassing memory for life.

Quan Sangin had already started eating.

Next to him, Che Zhengshuo scooped a couple of spoonfuls of the meat sauce and poured it over his noodles, along with some cucumber strips. With vigorous wrist action, he stirred with his chopsticks until all the noodles were coated with the fragrant meat sauce. He picked up a big bite, tilted his head, and slurped the noodles into his mouth.

Che Zhengshuo’s cheeks puffed up, with meat sauce smeared on his lips. He didn’t bother to wipe it off. After a few bites, he felt something was missing and went to a nearby octopus-serving food cart to grab a piece of kimchi.

he grabbed it without using chopsticks, just held the chili-sauce marinated kimchi leaf upright, tilted his head back, and chewed while letting it slide down.

The kimchi was quite crisp.

Kim Jinsoo was getting hungry.

"Yi Jisheng, hurry up and eat. After eating, let’s go grab a first place!"

Gu Qingqiu urged him on.

Yi Jisheng’s unique body structure allowed him to digest any amount of food right away without any impact.

"Wait a moment, I need to maintain my girlfriend first!"

Yi Jisheng took out a bottle of alcohol, sprayed it on the human model, then took a clean handkerchief and earnestly started wiping it.

Gu Qingqiu didn’t curse. She understood Yi Jisheng.

Xia Hongyao handed Gu Qingqiu a bowl.

Looking at the massive bowl that could fit her head, Gu Qingqiu held it up and compared it to her face.

"The food bowl I use for my dog isn’t even this big!"

Gu Qingqiu clicked her tongue in disbelief.

The dinnerware was indeed too crude!

Kim Myungjin nodded. Truth be told, she found it quite hard to bite into.

The sounds of slurping noodles echoed around them.

Although the organizer specified a rather large portion, the flavor of the black bean sauce was actually quite good, and the noodles were chewy. Purely from the perspective of gourmet food, it was a delicious and filling meal suited for the common people.

Lin Baici was eating noodles. Although he now earned a yearly salary of over a hundred million, he had no pretense or concern about losing face in front of the girls.

Eating noodles without garlic is half as flavorful!

Two jin of noodles was no challenge for Lin Baici, and as for running a marathon, with his current physical stamina, it was a piece of cake!

So he wasn’t in a hurry.

The cameramen were lugging their cameras, running around, and it has to be said, they knew the audience’s taste, focusing mostly on the pretty female competitors.

On the big screen at the stadium, a different beauty would appear from time to time, satisfying the audience’s visual cravings.

Of course, the women still cared about their image. When they noticed the camera pointing at them, they immediately looked down or covered their mouths with their hands.

"If I’m broadcast looking , I’m afraid I might lose hundreds of thousands of fans!"

Hua Yue Yu mocked herself.

But she wasn’t the goddess type. She was no stranger to driving and joking around or making saucy remarks, so there was no chance of losing fans just because she was eating noodles in big mouthfuls.

And nine times out of ten, photos of her eating would be snapped and spread as memes.

"The first big eater to finish the noodles is born. She is Aunt Susan from the Yellowstone Group!"

the broadcast announced.

The screen showed the white woman who had been eating octopus earlier.

When she saw the camera on her, she made a victory sign with her thick, stubby fingers.

"Big Witch, shall I start going?"

Xia Qila nodded, taking her time eating noodles.

The white woman started running.

Li Shangzhen urged, hating the noodle-eating challenge. To avoid becoming a footnote in a history of shame, he wanted to eliminate all God Hunters here.

Lin Yizhen, with her mouth full, could not speak. She nodded in agreement.

One after another, people finished their bowls of noodles and, grabbing a few drinks, set off.

The organizers had arranged staff along the route to clean up and guide, so there was no need to worry about accidents happening.

Quan Sangin finished his bowl of noodles seventh. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and stood up briskly, "God Lin, shall I start moving?"

This round was simple; he had to perform well not to be seen as useless by God Lin.

Lin Baici clenched her fist.

Huang Jinxiang was the second to finish. He greeted Lin Baici,

Li Yintong estimated Lin Baici’s noodle-eating speed, planning to start with him.

Over at Xia Hongyao’s side, she was the first to finish two pounds of fried sauce noodles. As she was about to start running, Gu Qingqiu stopped her.

"Wait for Yi Jisheng, and go with it."

This fellow lacked common social knowledge. Gu Qingqiu didn’t want any slip-ups leading to disqualification; after all, they would need it for the upcoming challenges.

"Yi Jisheng, hurry up!"

Yi Jisheng finally finished pampering his girlfriend, satisfied after looking her over, he scooped noodles into his bowl, then turned to the judge, "Do I have to pour this sauce on it?"

"Just finish two pounds of noodles!"

Yi Jisheng responded, did not bother to use chopsticks, grabbed noodles with his hands, stuffed them into his mouth, and didn’t even chew, just swallowed directly.

This action immediately caught the attention of the cameramen, who aimed their lenses at him. Before they could get a good shot, Yi Jisheng had finished his noodles.

Yi Jisheng placed his bowl on the food cart and called to Xia Hongyao, "Let’s go!"

Gu Qingqiu always felt this round was a bit too simple; she planned to observe what Li Shangzhen and Xia Qila would do.

Lin Baici finished his bowl of noodles with a sigh of relief.

He didn’t grab a drink but took two bottles of mineral water, ready to run, when Eater God suddenly spoke.

[Choose the green-labeled vegetable juice!]

Lin Baici’s brows immediately furrowed.

Damn! Had he been tricked?

Because Eater God said this, there must be a reason.

[The fried sauce contains parasite eggs. They’ll quickly hatch inside the body, causing vomiting and sphincter dysfunctions.]

[But it won’t be fatal. Even without treatment, they’ll be expelled from the body in a couple of days through stool!]

Listening to this commentary, Lin Baici was completely numb.

This organizer was a bastard!

Expecting people to run while vomiting and experiencing diarrhea?

Is this the work of humans?

The thought of parasites in his stomach made Lin Baici feel extremely uncomfortable, his skin crawling. Instinctively, he reached for the vegetable juice, intending to take a few sips right away.

This vegetable juice must be an anthelmintic; however, just as his hand was about to touch it, Lin Baici switched to a bottle of water beside it.

He couldn’t reveal the secret.

Lin Baici planned to drink it after leaving the stadium.

[Drinking it now is useless; only after the parasite eggs hatch and you drink the vegetable juice will it expel the worms!]

The official had added anthelmintic drugs to such drinks. Whether the contestants would get their hands on it was a matter of luck.

Lin Baici saw Xia Hongyao getting ready to leave and quickly went to her, whispering the secret in her ear.

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Xia Hongyao was used to dealing with big scenes, but she still felt physically ill after hearing Lin Baici’s words.

Gu Qingqiu could tell something was off.

Xia Hongyao whispered something to her.

After hearing it, Gu Qingqiu looked at the fragrant fried sauce and then back at her half-eaten bowl of noodles, suddenly heaved, and bent over to vomit.

She wanted to obliterate the organizers!