At noon, Lu Yao and the other two ate at the hotel's buffet restaurant. There was a wide variety of food, and it tasted pretty good.
Seeing Song Shiyi's plate piled high with food, Lu Yao could not help asking curiously, "The restaurant is right downstairs. Why did you eat instant noodles just now?"
"To whet my appetite."
Song Shiyi cut into a roasted lamb chop. "If you eat instant noodles every day, the taste starts to feel greasy and heavy, but having them once in a while really works up an appetite. You can try it. The secret is to eat cup noodles, since the portion is smaller."
Lu Yao said, "Looks like your memory for eating has been preserved perfectly."
"Muscle memory and conditioned reflexes."
Song Shiyi made an OK gesture. "Memories in the mind can be forgotten, but when the body smells food it likes, it gives feedback. At least when it comes to eating, everyone's body is relatively honest."
Lu Yao nodded. "True."
Beside him, Song Shiyi had her head down as she worked through a huge plate of beef fried rice, garnished with some shrimp, chicken, and crab legs. She still loved rice as much as ever.
Just then, Lu Yao thought of a question.
With Deity Candidates' appetites, once they ate to their hearts' content, it was rather exaggerated. If more and more people obtained deity authority, he feared Earth's current agriculture would have to be upgraded again to keep up. Tasting Void Universe food once in a while was fine, but eating it long term always felt as if some kind of mutation might occur.
As Lu Yao ate a roll of fried noodles, he asked Song Shiyi, "Can you eat food from the Void Universe long term?"
"Yes. I tested that myself."