40: Color, flavor and taste

“Dong!”

“Dong! Dong!”

After Li Ke waited for a moment,

a series of heavy footsteps came from deep within the cave.

“They’re here! They’re here!”

“The main course is finally making its appearance!”

Several passengers beside him let out excited cries.

Several figures in chef uniforms slowly emerged, carrying a huge silver tray.

The tray was covered with a silk cloth, subtly outlining the shape of the object beneath.

The passengers’ breathing grew heavy, their eyes fixed intently on the tray.

“Bang!”

The tray was carefully placed on the long table.

The cover was slowly unveiled.

In the center of the tray lay a complete human body.

It was surrounded by colorful fresh flowers and spices emitting a peculiar fragrance,

making the body appear eerie and sacred.

It was a young girl, with fair skin and tightly closed eyes, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

Li Ke’s eyes slowly lowered.

This girl was precisely the lively young woman in the yellow lace dress he had seen outside Bain Bakery this afternoon.

Now, she lay on the tray Li Ke exquisite porcelain, emanating a cold chill.

“Distinguished guests!”

“Welcome everyone to this gourmet appreciation event!”

A man in a white chef’s uniform with a sickly smile on his face stepped forward.

“Please behold our main course for tonight!”

“This is carefully selected, high-quality ingredient, a pure virgin…”

“From the inside out, I have used special techniques to mature it.”

“Different secret spices have been stuffed into all of its internal organs.”

“After rapid heating, it underwent quick cold immersion, fully preserving the tender and juicy texture of the meat…”

The chef picked up a sharp silver carving knife.

“Shhh…”

He gently cut open the skin on the girl’s chest,

revealing the tender, pink flesh beneath, emitting a strange aroma.

“Screech!!!”

The passengers let out suppressed gasps of admiration, their mouths almost watering.

Subsequently, more trays were presented one by one.

Without exception, they were all bodies of young women, treated as the highest-grade ingredients, awaiting dismemberment and enjoyment.

Next, the terrifying cannibalistic ritual began.

Li Ke sat upright in his chair, his eyes downcast, his expression inscrutable.

The passengers beside him were frantically taking and eating their food, feasting to their hearts’ content.

Only his plate remained empty, not even touching his knife and fork.

This unusual behavior

soon caught the attention of those nearby.

A corpulent man sitting next to him was tearing at a piece of spiced “rib,” his lips glistening with oil.

Seeing Li Ke’s inaction, a hint of confusion and dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

“Friend, why aren’t you eating?”

He chewed the piece of meat in his mouth, asking indistinctly,

“Can’t such a delicacy satisfy your palate?”

Li Ke slowly shook his head.

“It’s not delicious.”

“It’s very boring.”

The corpulent man’s movements paused.

Then, anger surged onto his face, as if his faith had been desecrated.

He slammed the “rib” in his hand onto the plate with a dull thud.

“What did you say?!”

“This is an unparalleled delicacy! The ultimate gourmet experience that only true gourmets can taste!”

“If this isn’t delicious, tell me, what is delicious?!”

“Heh heh.”

Li Ke chuckled softly.

“In my hometown, true cuisine emphasizes color, aroma, and taste.”

“Snap!”

He lightly snapped his fingers.

A crisp sound abruptly rang out in the noisy cave,

an invisible, ethereal ripple spread out,

instantly enveloping the entire cave!

The passengers who were wolfing down their food suddenly froze.

The next instant!

They saw the girls on the long tables, their limbs began to twitch, slowly standing up in a twisted posture!

One by one, their necks strangely bent backward, their heads dangling limply on their backs.

Their empty eyes simultaneously looked at the passengers who had enjoyed their bodies.

They opened their mouths and asked, “Am I… delicious?”

“Ah ah ah!!!”

Fear spread Li Ke a plague!

Black, viscous blood began to uncontrollably gush from one passenger’s mouth and nose!

The blood, as if alive, squirmed and twisted in the air, transforming into countless tiny tentacles, constantly grasping outwards!

“Creak creak…”

From the mouths of some others, slender, pale fingers began to emerge!

Those fingers, Li Ke maggots breaking through the soil, constantly fumbled and climbed outwards on their faces!

“Ah ah ah!!!”

Piercing screams instantly tore through the cave!

Many passengers completely collapsed!

They threw away their knives and forks, frantically fleeing in all directions, pushing and trampling each other.

Some even lost their minds due to extreme fear, beginning to pick up knives and forks and frantically attack those around them!

For a moment, knives and forks flew, and flesh and blood splattered!

The originally luxurious banquet hall instantly turned into a Hell on earth!

The cave was in chaos.

Li Ke remained calmly seated there.

All the maddened passengers seemed to be under some invisible command, spontaneously avoiding him.

He smiled, looking at the corpulent man who was slumped on the ground.

At this moment, the man was desperately clutching his own neck, as if something was about to burst out of his body.

“Do you see?”

Li Ke’s voice was very soft, yet it clearly reached the man’s ears,

“This is what you call color, aroma, and taste.”

Seeing the gourmet appreciation event completely descend into chaos,

three figures suddenly rushed out from deep within the cave!

Leading them was a middle-aged man with exceptionally pale skin and sinister eyes.

He looked at the purgatory-Li Ke scene before him, and the passengers who had completely fallen into madness, his face instantly becoming incredibly grim!

“Who is it!”

“Who dares to desecrate cuisine in such a way!”

He roared sternly, his voice filled with icy killing intent.

He reached out and grabbed a mad passenger rushing towards him, clenching his five fingers tightly.

“Bang!”

The passenger’s head instantly exploded.

Another Clairvoyance beside him also rushed forward, directly tearing apart a passenger’s body.

However, this was completely useless.

More passengers were still frantically killing each other, or wildly attacking the air.

The middle-aged man immediately realized that

this was not ordinary chaos; a Clairvoyance was at work in the shadows!

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and a terrifyingly potent corpse Qi suddenly emanated from his body!

The cold, deathly power instantly swept through the entire cave!

All the passengers trapped in the illusion felt as if they had been thrown into an ice cave,

a violent sense of impending death instantly dispersed the illusions in their minds!

The madness in their eyes gradually faded, replaced by bewilderment and fear.

And the middle-aged man who released the corpse Qi, his sinister eyes,

had already locked onto the figure wearing a strange mask in the crowd!

“You’re courting death!”

The middle-aged man’s figure flickered.

His body instantly vanished from its spot, rushing towards Li Ke’s direction!

However, just at this moment,

a large patch of shadow in the cave suddenly twisted and bulged without warning!

A figure covered in dark, dull bronze corpse armor,

exceptionally tall, Li Ke a demon god crawling out of Hell,

suddenly lunged out of the shadows, slamming fiercely into the middle-aged man who was rushing forward!