Chapter 58 Perfection
The two of them ate less than one-third of the bowl of noodles before throwing down their chopsticks in a daze.

There was clearly no taste in my mouth, but it was as if I had tasted all the delicacies in the world in that instant.

The pinnacle of taste is purity and emptiness. Although it is a world with nothing in it, it makes people feel complete inexplicably.

They leaned lazily on the table, not wanting to eat anything.

Because there is no other delicacy in the world that can surpass this perfection.

Perfection is the culmination of the road and the destination of everything.

This delicacy surpasses all other delicacies.

Not only was the sense of taste numbed, it seemed as if all the senses had lost their function at this moment. They seemed to have lost all desires, and it seemed as if all desires and longings were filled at this moment.

There are no more regrets and no more pursuits in life.

Even the desire and expectation for the future disappeared without a trace.

"It's so weird. I can't feel anything, but it seems like I can feel everything. Is this what it feels like when the sense of taste is paralyzed?"

"…This feeling is so wonderful! In the midst of nothingness, one can feel complete."

"It is beyond imagination that there are such foods in the world... and that someone can turn this taste numbing feeling into deliciousness."

"It's really amazing. This feeling of emptiness and clarity is incomparable to any other feeling. Originally, after the taste buds were numbed, all the feelings stopped. I didn't expect that after stopping, I would feel emptiness and clarity and perfection."

"It's empty yet full. There's clearly nothing there, but it satisfies all my desires. It makes me feel indescribably complete and fulfilled. There's nothing in the world that can surpass it. It's perfection, the end of the road. I have no regrets in my life to be able to eat such delicious food and experience such feelings."

These compliments came completely from the heart, but that was not all they wanted to say. There were many more words of praise that could not be expressed in words. Unless you experienced that wonderful feeling yourself, no matter how exquisite the words were, they could not accurately describe it.

The two of them could only heap up all the words of praise they could imagine, still feeling unsatisfied.

Listening to the two people's praise, Chang Lin felt extremely proud.

Yes, that's it.

And the only one who can bring them the ultimate feeling is Chang Lin.

To this end, they will do everything they can to save Chang Lin's life.

Even if he would be locked up in a prison without seeing the light of day for the whole year, at least he was still alive.

He is the ultimate winner of this competition!
Chang Lin stepped back and walked proudly to Xu Qing's stove. Xu Qing was holding the dough in his hands, preparing to start cutting noodles.

"Boy, just try your best to struggle. You have already lost this duel. Didn't you see their expressions? They were full of happiness. Even if you try your best, you can't surpass perfection. Even if you bring out an elixir, they won't take a bite."

Xu Qing naturally saw their expressions, and he was also full of curiosity. What kind of food could make them show such expressions? What kind of delicious food could it be?
Will it really be perfect?
Regardless of whether it is truly perfect and complete, even if it really exists in the world, it is not what he is pursuing.

Xu Qing ignored Chang Lin's words and said, "If what you give them is perfection in the world, then what I give them is never satisfied."

After saying that, he gently swung the knife, and the noodles under the knife floated gently and fell accurately into the pot.

In the blink of an eye, countless noodles were flying in the air, and with the rise and fall of the knife, the force and position of the knife changed, they turned into various postures in the air.

Some stretch in parallel like an eagle flapping its wings; some twist and turn like grass snakes crawling; and some leap like hares, pounce like tigers, or leap like fish in the air.

Ordinary noodles, just because of the subtle difference in knife skills, are transformed into completely different postures, performing the posture of hundreds of beasts competing in the air, so vivid and lively, as if the souls of hundreds of beasts have been put into the noodles, turning and moving in them, baring their teeth and claws, which is really dazzling. If Chang Lin's knife skills are like a fairy descending to the mortal world, it is ethereal.

Then Xu Qing's knife skills are the complexity of the world, countless forms, countless changes, no one is exactly the same as the others, the subtle differences evolve into independent individuals, adding a touch of brightness to this world.

Things that are too pure are beautiful, but also boring.

Soon, the dough in Xu Qing's hand was cut into pieces, and the scene of the beasts competing came to an end. Chang Lin suddenly came back to his senses, and a look of shock unconsciously appeared in his eyes.

This kind of knife work...

Even if he were to come in person, he would never be able to achieve something as exquisite and vivid as this.

This is no longer knife skills, this is definitely not something that knife skills can achieve!

It was as if there were invisible big hands in the air, manipulating the noodles into various poses.

how can that be!

Chang Lin's hands trembled unconsciously.

It wasn't excitement, it was fear.

It is the instinctive fear that comes from seeing something beyond one's imagination.

Chang Lin walked back to his seat in a daze, his mind filled only with the exquisite knife skills, as if it was forever imprinted in the depths of his mind, never to be erased.

Why should he see such knife skills?
Why would someone in the world have such knife skills?
He always knew that Xu Qing was extremely talented, but when he witnessed this talent with his own eyes, the jealousy in his heart suddenly diminished a lot.

This kind of talent is not something that a human being can possess, but Chang Lin is still within the human category.

How can people feel jealous about something that they cannot achieve?

The only thought in my mind was to try my best to stay away from it, as if if I got too close, I would lose myself.

The dignity and will that constitute the self become so insignificant in the face of inhuman things.

Xu Qing had seen Chang Lin's distraught expression once before, but this time he would not give him a bowl of food that could awaken his original intention as he did before.

If Xu Qing had known before that Chen Hu was from the dark cuisine world, he would not have paid any attention to him and let him fend for himself.

It can only be said that it was a coincidence that allowed Chen Hu, an unexpected person, to play an extremely important role.

Besides, for someone like Chang Lin, even if his original intention was awakened, he probably wouldn't change at all.

Anyone who can become a top chef is a person with strong will, whether it is positive or negative.

Chang Lin has come this far, perhaps his original intention had been killed by himself long ago.

When the noodles are cooked, the marinade is ready.

Xu Qing brought the prepared knife-cut noodles to Wen Shizhang and the other two.

"Please taste it, this is what I made - human fireworks noodles."

(End of this chapter)