The Food God's Temple

Following the route they had agreed on earlier, the two of them prepared to head to Gourmet Hall for a look.

"Is this your first time going to Gourmet Hall?" Leiyin asked Natalie.

Natalie said, "Yes. I've always wanted to come here, but I never had the time."

Leiyin said, "It's my first time too. Now that I finally have some free time, I decided to come take a look. But let me make this clear beforehand: I'm not interested in worshipping or anything like that."

"Wow! It's huge!" The two of them soon arrived at their destination. What caught their eyes was an incomparably enormous gate, with a plaque hanging above it bearing the four large characters "Gourmet Hall."

Acacia, the Food God and symbol of the Gourmet Age, was enshrined here. The place had been designated as one of the Gourmet World's heritage sites. The inner grounds covered a full eighty thousand square kilometers. Ninety billion people from all over the world came here each year to pray for gourmet fortune and ward off bad luck with food, making it practically a monster of a hall.

The two entered through the gate. Natalie looked around. "Wow, it's really spacious in here."

Leiyin looked up and exclaimed, "What an imposing gate tower. It must be at least three hundred meters tall."

Natalie said, "Yes, and it's packed with people. It's practically like an amusement park. They say visiting here during the Gourmet Age can improve your gourmet fortune, which is closely tied to a person's success. Gourmets and food merchants go without saying—even the authorities in politics and economics come here in groups to worship. It's practically a feng shui treasure land for food."

Leiyin said, "Natalie, look! There are so many street stalls here. It looks like even