“Open the honey valves! Dump the garlic-chili paste! Thirty seconds on high solar heat—not one second longer, or the meat will lose its bounce!”
Down on the Solar Stove Decks of Rings #1 through #10, Old Guo stood like an undefeated god of war in a tall white chef’s hat, waving his Rank 7 Black-Iron Kitchen Cleaver as ten thousand alchemist-chefs moved in flawless formation around the mile-wide cast-iron woks.
Up above, the five hundred thousand aluminum chutes had just finished delivering three hundred billion pounds of snow-white, lightning-peeled Star-Locust tails into the bubbling lakes of golden peanut oil.
Now came the most critical step of Old Guo’s secret recipe!
“Alchemist Division One through Five—activate the Aromatic Seasoning Cannons!” Boom-Pot Sun roared into his megaphone, his soot-streaked face beaming with pride as he pulled three brass levers on the central alchemy console.
THOOM! THOOM! THOOM!
Around the rim of every mile-wide wok, five hundred pressurized bronze cauldrons blew their lids simultaneously!
Out shot golden arcs of Hundred-Flower Spirit Honey harvested from the oasis orchards of System #12, followed by snowstorms of freshly minced Jade-Root Garlic, fiery red Dragon-Breath Chili Rings, and a mist of Sweet-Spring Rice Wine!
