On December 24th, in Apalis City, Divine Eagle Federation, the annual "Light Festival" is about to commence. As the most significant statutory holiday, cities across the Federation are starting preparations for grand celebrations.

Of course, not just within the Divine Eagle Federation.

Throughout Origin Star, the Old Continent, and other areas where the Light faith can reach, an almost similar festive scene unfolds.

Especially with the recent rumor: On the day of the Light Festival, the Lord of Light will reveal miracles to all believers.

In the hundred years after the Spiritual Tide was cut off, major organizations and officials have been continuously downplaying the influence of the Mysterious Side, denying it, covering it up.

As the most powerful Dominator-level God within the Mysterious Side, the Lord of Light has also been gradually painted as unreal, merely a collective fantasy, a god created by religion. This world does not truly have gods, and those mysterious events are also fake.

But the direction of the wind has been changing in the past year.

Ordinary citizens of Origin Star are slowly realizing that beyond the real world, there exists a "Mysterious World."

The officials are no longer covering it up but are explaining it in some special ways.

The smarter and more perceptive citizens have guessed something and are starting to take proactive actions. Most of them will fail, but some lucky ones have become Contactors and quickly transformed into Transcendents.

All believers of the Light are looking forward to the "miracle" on the day of the Light Festival.

However, in Apalis, things are a bit different. There is an incredibly grand gourmet festival taking place, with little trace of the Bright Church. It seems the residents are using it as an excuse to fulfill their foodie desires.

For several days, Apalis will be a paradise for food enthusiasts.

In the suburbs, Tatalia Forest, a glade surrounded by twelve extraordinary restaurants, a fantasy movie-like gourmet banquet unfolds.

The participants include Transcendent chefs from across the Federation, some Food Critics, and other professionals in extraordinary cuisine. Most of them are demons or creatures of Order Abnormality, and only a few are humans.

However, at this moment, they are like the closest of friends, having prepared a staggering amount of incredible food and wine, piled up like small hills. Amid the enticing colors and rich aromas, they taste the feast and dance to the songs.

Although they faced a deadly crisis not long ago.

Some companions have already paid with their lives.

But nothing can stop their enjoyment of wine and food, their joy, as fear cannot dwell long in their minds.

At the banquet, the most popular is a "Wilderness Chef" with black hair and black eyes.

Everyone knows that his true identity is certainly not as it seems.

After all, it is impossible for there to be an Extraordinary Chef who could cook an Evil God like "Mesolia" into a tile jar of meat soup.

No one seeks to expose him. The banquet participants are simply scrambling for a variety of dazzling extraordinary dishes he has cooked, the most popular of which, without a doubt, is that pot after pot of "delicious meat soup," whose aroma almost saturates the Secret Realm.

"Sir, may I invite you to dance?"

Tang Qi, who was smiling faintly as he watched his three little pets eat heartily, suddenly received an invitation.

It was from a female with a perfect figure, her skin a healthy wheat color, her abdomen showing six-pack abs - with a small piece of cloth just barely covering her key areas, beyond that, nothing else.

And her lower body was unmistakably the brown body of a Centaur.

A half-centaur girl!

Tang Qi immediately made the judgment, although no surprise showed on his face.

Like the Tilos Monsters, the centaur people are also skilled in various arts, including culinary skills. Her presence here makes sense.

This half-centaur girl appeared quite at ease with her attire, as if it were only natural.

Her face carried an exotically charming aura, passionate and direct. Following her gaze, Tang Qi saw to the side of the clearing, several intoxicated demons had already brought out musical instruments unseen in the real world and started to play.

In the lively music, it seems as if a scene from a painting titled "Natural Revival" was coming to life.

The lush grass, scantily clad demons, most of them half-beast, with beautiful and natural body shapes. They held wine jugs or food, listening to the music and dancing... A few humans were also mixed in, but they did not seem out of place.

"Sure!"

Tang Qi suddenly showed a smile, and surprisingly, he accepted the invitation of the centaur girl in front of him.

The three little guys who had been eating happily didn't expect this scene and choked.

With a glance at each other, they understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

"It's done for, a demon has made a move on the Master."

"Indeed, the Master is unique no matter where he is."

"Is the Master going into a developing period too? Like me, releasing a mating scent to those around?"

"It's none of our business, shall we continue eating?"

"Sure!"

Unbeknownst to Tang Qi, his spontaneous decision to relax, accept, and integrate into the festive atmosphere of the banquet almost scared his three pets.

And once he let go, it was like opening the floodgates.

In no time, dance invitations were coming at him like snowflakes.

And these were not about the horror of his achievements, as only the participants and judges present at the Food House knew he had cooked Mesolia into soup. The rest did not know, only seeing him as a Wilderness Chef with extraordinary culinary skills.

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