However, on the other hand, netizens don't see this as a cause for joy.
Ahhhhhh, my mouth is watering so much my pants are soaked!
[I've never seen this dish before! Where can I buy a recipe? I'm thinking of buying a cooking robot too.]
[Spreading poison every day! Taking revenge on society! What have we ever done to deserve this?!]
With food vloggers leading the way, the dishes featured in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" quickly spread throughout the country.
Even netizens who don't play games can sometimes pronounce "Kung Pao Chicken" or "Shredded Pork with Green Peppers" with a slightly off-key pronunciation.
The cook who always appears in the videos (an ordinary villager NPC in the game "Xia Ke Xing") has actually been hailed by netizens as the "Grandmaster of Stir-Frying".
It was simply because the farmer only had one pot at home, and the extra cooking oil could only be used to stir-fry various side dishes, but this led to the introduction of a technique that had never been seen before in the entire intergalactic culinary world—stir-frying.
As a result, the Chaoyang Alliance finally had its first wok.
The first chef to learn stir-frying was also a renowned five-star chef with formal training. Urged on by the enthusiastic (and drooling) urging of netizens, he also went in and out of the game "Xia Ke Xing" to learn from the villagers and acquire many farm-style dishes.
After learning this skill, the old man, who had never played games before, found himself having a master in the game.
Then, he followed his NPC master to various nearby towns and learned a variety of techniques.
A five-star chef is often criticized by his master: "You're so stupid! You've never done 'stir-frying' before? Haven't you ever eaten it? Huh?! What are you standing there for, pretending to be a big tree? Stand closer and watch me!"
Chef: QUQ I've really never eaten this before, Master...
Then, the NPC chef made him a stir-fried liver tip dish—
The old chef witnessed a true feast for the eyes, nose, and palate; after taking a bite, tears welled up in his eyes.
"My God! I've studied cooking for half my life, and I thought I had mastered this skill and there was nothing more to learn! But I never expected there to be so many different levels of expertise!"
This stir-fried liver tip dish is amazing not only because of the cooking technique, but also because the raw material, pig liver, was something he never knew could be incorporated into a dish, and its unique fishy smell could be removed, turning it into such a delicious and top-quality ingredient.
After marveling at his skills, he was completely convinced of his NPC master's abilities and devoted himself wholeheartedly to doing odd jobs for him, doing his best to learn as much of his master's skills as possible.
Come to think of it, it's been decades since he's worked as an assistant for anyone.
Later, overwhelmed with emotion, the chef even posted a blog entry.
The blog content is very simple; it just says that he has become a disciple of the master in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and is relearning to cook.
Then, he criticized his past self for being too "arrogant" and thinking that "I have almost mastered the art of cooking".
The comments section of this blog post left netizens speechless.
[Holy crap, Master, what happened to you?! I'm still waiting for your next self-created sandwich!]
[Oh my god, is this really not a hacked account? I've never seen a chef post such a humble status before...]
[A player of "Xia Ke Xing" reporting in! Congratulations on successfully becoming an apprentice!]
From then on, legends of Earth began to circulate in the world of interstellar travel.
—It is said that the dishes on Earth are endless.
—It is said that every human on Earth has top-notch culinary talent, and any random person can have eaten thousands of different dishes.
—It is said that Earth was once called the "Great Glutton Star," because they would cook what they could eat and process what they couldn't eat into Chinese medicine before consuming it...
While the cooking skills suddenly became popular, many players of "Xia Ke Xing" started to have other ideas.
Wow, the cooking is real, the tea ceremony is real too, then isn't that the martial arts we learned?!
Stop talking! I already signed up for yoga classes in real life!
Why are you signing up for yoga classes if you want to learn martial arts? Shouldn't you be rushing to the Blue Star Research Institute, kneeling down and kowtowing eight times to beg to become their disciple?
【Are you stupid?! Can you even sit cross-legged in real life? I'm learning yoga first to build a foundation for future practice!】
This trend startled Mingyan at first.
Blue Star immediately issued an emergency announcement, warning players not to attempt dangerous actions from the game in real life.
—The martial arts are fake! Fake!
—It's only for physical exercise! Please don't actually go up the cliff and try to scale it!
In addition to the official website announcement, the game "Xia Ke Xing" also underwent a hotfix update, adding a prominent notice to the login screen: "All martial arts skills in the game are fictional; please do not attempt them blindly."
After the clarification announcement was released, many enthusiastic players finally gave up their fantasies of scaling walls and rooftops in real life.
Although their understanding may differ from that of the official Blue Star...
[Oh my god, is martial arts something only Earthlings can learn?]
[It must be our bloodline that's wrong. Isn't Earth supposed to be descended from elves? They're born with "meridians," which must be some kind of magical circuit, right? We just don't have that kind of physical ability...]
I checked my family tree, and none of my ancestors were from Earth! I'm not qualified to be a descendant of them! I'm so upset!
Chapter 113 Eight Concepts
The week after the announcement, something happened that left Mingyan speechless.
It was an ordinary night; Blue Star Studio was working on another round of bug fixes for the public beta version of "Xia Ke Xing".
Meanwhile, Mingyan in the office was looking through his design drafts, wondering what the next game would be about.