Chapter 212: The First Culinary Deity of Cloudlight City

Although I haven't had much interaction with Diyi Tianwu, this guy is still quite famous on Cloudlight City's internet.

It isn't just because of his "Cloudlight City First Chef" title; indeed, this fellow was a chef before entering politics, and a very famous one at that.

After he entered politics, his family's restaurant kept operating, but the head chef became his wife instead of him. Still, he continues to cook there on his days off.

Diyi Tianwu, Master Qin Xiang, and another master Yin Shenli, of course, and that Shashou Ge are all quite different; he is the most normal‑looking Earthling Wang Wu has ever encountered.

Actually, I should say he is the Earthling most similar to the people from Wang Wu's hometown that Wang Wu has ever met.

His mind works relatively normally, and he's a nice, very friendly person.

As for his personality, Wang Wu doesn't know him well, but based on some videos online, this guy is the type who is usually cultured, easygoing, and calm, yet can suddenly turn into a typical Earthling in certain situations.

Come to think of it, the little snacks Diyi Tianwu mailed to me were indeed tasty; although I haven't tried his side dishes, he once told me in conversation that if I ever get the chance to go there, he'll treat me to a proper meal.

Of course, it would be a feast cooked by him himself.

That's not something an ordinary person can enjoy, because regular folks have to pay to eat at his restaurant.

As for the restaurant's prices, it's just a very ordinary home‑style eatery, and the cost gives Wang Wu a sense of familiarity, reminding him of the simple family restaurants back in his hometown.

A quick online search yields many "store‑visit" videos of Diyi Tianwu's restaurant, and Wang Wu hardly saw any negative reviews about the chef's skill.

Of course, this isn't due to Diyi Tianwu's deputy city lord status or his reputation as Cloudlight City's second top master; the people on the master's side generally fear such top‑tier strongmen, yet at times they can be extremely fearless.

Especially the vloggers doing the store‑visit videos—they're not scared by that; instead, because of Diyi Tianwu's "Cloudlight City First Chef" title, they grab magnifying glasses to nitpick.

This actually makes Diyi Tianwu's popularity flare up, since he sees many of those videos as people looking for trouble where there is none—picking bones out of eggs.

But there's nothing he can do; he can only let his fame rise, wildly berating the other by pointing at their nose, and he can't do much else.

If it were the old Wang Wu, he would probably think this isn't normal at all.

After all, a strongman who could snap his fingers and destroy a star system, when faced with others making trouble for no reason, can only resort to the most aggressive act of pointing at their nose and shouting.

But now, Wang Wu just thinks this is perfectly normal; he would do the same if he were in his shoes.

The only ones who might not act that way are probably Yin Shenli and that Shashou Ge; as for Master Qin Xiang, Wang Wu has seen more than once on his video channel him getting red‑faced after arguing over vegetables.

Some produce in the market is high quality and cheap, but the supply is limited; once it's sold out, it's gone.

Therefore, to snatch these high‑quality, low‑price goods, customers often erupt into heated verbal clashes, sometimes even escalating into full‑blown fights.

Of course, such incidents rarely involve Yin Shenli and Shashou Ge; the two are truly unhinged, their extremes likely many times beyond Qin Xiang's.

If these two encounter such a situation, their only response is probably "kill".

In Wang Wu's current understanding, Master Qin Xiang is a very kind and easygoing person.

Just like Diyi Tianwu.

After receiving Wang Wu's permission, Diyi Tianwu didn't hesitate and immediately went home to pack his things.

This trip counts as both a business trip and a vacation for him. However, he can't bring his family along, so to pass the time there, Diyi Tianwu still needs to make some preparations.

It doesn't take long; about half an hour later, with his bags packed, Diyi Tianwu boarded the ride‑hailing car heading to Wang Wu's side, under his wife's waving farewell.

"Old Wu! Remember to bring back some of Little Wu's local specialties!"

As Diyi Tianwu got into the car, his wife shouted loudly at him.

"Got it!"

Diyi Tianwu shouted back at his wife and then rolled up the car window.

After rolling up the window, Diyi Tianwu's nose twitched as an unpleasant odor filled his nostrils, prompting him to frown, "Why does this car still have a manual window? That's really outdated, isn't it?"

"Old doesn't mean unusable; why do you care about that?"

When Deputy City Lord Diyi Tianwu asked, the driver clearly didn't mind and gave a very perfunctory reply.

"But the smell inside your car isn't pleasant either—what's that odor?" Diyi Tianwu's brow furrowed deeper as he began scanning the car's interior.

"Damn it, what the hell have you put in this car?"

"Ha ha, guess?"

Diyi Tianwu suddenly looked up at the driver, and upon seeing the ride‑hailing driver's face, his complexion changed dramatically.

"Your mother… is it you!??"

"Ha ha! Stupid dog! It's your dad!!" the driver laughed mockingly.

Without any hesitation, Diyi Tianwu lunged straight at him.

Of course, not that extreme—he just reached out and slapped him.

"Damn it, you hit me???"

"Why?" For some reason, after seeing the driver's face, Diyi Tianwu suddenly adopted a condescending attitude, like a wealthy master looking down on his servant.

"Stupid dog, believe it or not, I'll file a complaint against you?"

"How dare you!??"

"I'm the customer now, what's there to be afraid of?" Diyi Tianwu said with a grin, "Ah, who would have thought—who would have thought that you, Xie Tianwang, would fall into my hands one day. Ha ha, hurry up, or my single complaint will cost you how much on this ride?"

"You're asking for death, asking for death!!!!"

Confronted with Diyi Tianwu's threat, the driver named Xie Tianwang's face flushed red instantly, veins bulged on his neck, and even fire seemed to blaze in his eyes.

"Steamed buns? Not satisfied? Then can you just cancel this order?" Seeing the driver's heated demeanor, Diyi Tianwu's expression grew even more brazen.

In this world, or rather in Cloudlight City, you can almost find a martial‑arts big shot in any industry.

Food‑delivery couriers, ride‑hailing drivers, chefs, computer‑mall staff, phone repair technicians, factory assembly line workers, agricultural laborers, street‑vendor stall owners…

As the largest city in the Solar System's wasteland today, Cloudlight City teems with strong individuals; even the top‑tier masters in the city, if not worse than dogs, are still everywhere.

Moreover, in Cloudlight City the number of top‑level masters at the Fuyu Realm is equally staggering; they stand at the pinnacle of the world's martial path and are hidden legends, like a divine dragon seen only by its head.

As the saying goes, "the modest hide in the wilderness, the great hide in the city," which is the way these top‑tier masters and super‑strong individuals survive.

Of course, the publicly recognized top masters also have high "gold content," such as Martial Crane, and some sect leaders of elite schools.

Xie Tianwang isn't a sect leader; he's just an ordinary free‑cultivator, like Diyi Tianwu. The two have known each other since childhood, but have always been rivals.

Unlike the politically‑active Diyi Tianwu, Xie Tianwang's main profession is also that of a chef, and his culinary skills rank among the very best in Cloudlight City.

Basically on par with First Day Wu.

Not only his culinary skill, but also his combat ability, are both at the topmost level.

Fu Yu's strongmen are not much inferior to First Day Wu.

However, the main conflict between the two is not about strength, but about culinary skill.

For a fairly long period in the past, Evil Heaven King had been Yunguang City's First Chef God, until First Day Wu challenged him and directly defeated Evil Heaven King at the Yunguang City Chef God Tournament.

Since then, the title of Yunguang City's First Chef God shifted, and Evil Heaven King suffered a heavy blow, shutting down his own Heaven King Restaurant, setting off to travel the world, and has been missing ever since.

Of course, that's the outside story; in fact Evil Heaven King simply continued to hone his culinary art, making a living by delivering takeout and driving for ride‑hailing services.

As for why a strongman of this caliber needs to rely on food delivery, courier work, and ride‑hailing to get by—why can't a strongman of this caliber sustain himself with those jobs?

In truth, Evil Heaven King's life is quite comfortable; the poor condition of his car's interior and its age are simply due to his personal eccentricity.

Driving for ride‑hailing isn't his main source of income; courier work is.

First Day Wu delivers more takeout and fewer parcels, whereas Evil Heaven King focuses on courier work; he is a gold‑medal courier for a Yunguang City delivery company, earning a monthly salary of 120,000 Yunguang Coins.

His life is actually quite good; driving for ride‑hailing is merely a personal hobby in his spare time.

After the Chef God Tournament, the two still cross paths frequently, but given their relationship, it could never be a peaceful exchange.

Out of hatred for First Day Wu, Evil Heaven King began, every few days, posting inspection videos of First Day Wu's family restaurant on his own video channel, rating the dishes with extremely harsh standards.

He is the person First Day Wu despises most, whom he calls a 'bone‑picker in an egg'.

And this guy is the first.

Because of this, First Day Wu has not shied away from turning verbal insults into all‑out fights with him; they can't even spar with ordinary vloggers who refuse duels, can they fight you Evil Heaven King?

Nevertheless, Evil Heaven King's strength is indeed respectable; although First Day Wu is undisputedly the second strongest in Yunguang City, Evil Heaven King is not much weaker.

The two are not engaged in life‑or‑death battles, so their fights are often reciprocal, with wins and losses on both sides.

Undoubtedly, this also makes First Day Wu even more renowned.

But there's no helping it; the guy's strength is truly formidable, and his complaint videos about his own restaurant… well, although most are overly harsh, they're not without basis.

Indeed there are some flaws, to be fair, in the handling of certain dishes.

The two can be counted as mortal enemies, yet their relationship isn't actually bad; they're the kind of happy rivals seen in many comedic comics.

First Day Wu is a sturdy middle‑aged man with a fiery mark on his forehead, a dignified appearance, waist‑length blue hair, and eyes sharp as knives.

Evil Heaven King, on the other hand, is a middle‑aged man whose face is half black, half white, with hair likewise half black, half white, and a tuft of half‑black, half‑white goat‑style beard.

Bang!

Inside the car, First Day Wu slapped Evil Heaven King, whose neck veins were bulging as he was grumbling while driving.

"Damn it! What are you doing!??"

"I'm swatting mosquitoes for you, what's that dog's name?" First Day Wu said calmly with a sideways glance, "The camera can testify; I'm helping you. Are you planning to kick me out of the car ungratefully?"

"How could there be mosquitoes in my car??"

"Your car's so stinky, the environment so poor, how could there be no mosquitoes?" First Day Wu raised an eyebrow, "Do you think I don't know, you damn it? You use your power to suppress passengers from reporting, then disgust them to satisfy your twisted, filthy fetish."

"Damn it, today I finally caught you! Just you wait, I'll expose you, you beast!"

"Damn it, you're asking for death!!!"

Evil Heaven King slammed the accelerator, letting out a roar.

"Ha! Damn it, if you're not satisfied… I'll be there in a moment, let's see… who… is asking for death!!!"

Thus, amid their back‑and‑forth words and occasional physical scuffles, the old ride‑hailing car sped along the highway, wobbling as it rose into the sky.

It pierced the atmosphere, passed the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt, crossed the far edge of the Milky Way, and reached the farthest reaches of the universe.

Tearing through the spatial barrier, it entered the boundless torrent of information between universes, traversed the endless sea of data, and headed toward another universe.

Countless pieces of information accumulate within the universe, and naturally they also propagate beyond it.

Beyond the universe lies a sea where truth and falsehood coexist, and the present, past, and future run parallel, naturally drifting with all sorts of information.

It might be the swan song of a civilization, or their call to the outside, or perhaps the universe's own muttering.

They mingle together, endlessly flickering, drifting in this ocean of finite and infinite.

Time holds no meaning here, though it still exists within the universe.

About three and a half hours later, Wang Wu received a message from First Day Wu:

【Yunguang City First Chef God: Little Wu, I'm outside your ship, open the door.】

At the same moment the message arrived, Wang Wu, in the Genius Club chat group he had joined, saw another message:

【I'm the real Yunguang City First Chef God: Damn it, there are so many strong people here? Shit, this is fucking awesome! Too bad I'm just here driving a ride‑hailing car to drop someone off; I'll have to leave soon.】

(End of chapter)