In a small restaurant near the sanatorium, Aike De rented out the entire place and had the owner, who was also the chef, prepare all the food as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, it was not yet lunchtime, and to handle the daily noon rush, this fairly successful little restaurant had plenty of ingredients in stock.
However, even with abundant ingredients, turning them into actual food still took time.
Therefore, high-calorie, high-sugar, high-protein snacks such as chocolate became Qin Ran's temporary substitute for staving off hunger.
In truth, those snacks were far more effective than Qin Ran had imagined.
Just as Transcendent-level [Tracking] consumed far more than Qin Ran had expected.
At that instant, if Qin Ran had not forced himself to hold on, he would likely have fallen unconscious on the spot.
Afterward, an intense, boiling hunger nearly drowned him.
Qin Ran knew very well that the massive expenditure of Stamina had sent a warning signal through his body.
Amid the sound of chewing, Qin Ran stuffed another energy bar into his mouth.
After barely two chews, he swallowed the entire bar.
After eating that energy bar, Qin Ran finally stopped moving for the moment.
Not because he was full.
But because there was nothing left.
"Twelve already!"
"If you keep eating like this, something will go wrong with your body!"
the makeup artist said worriedly.
Energy protein bars were nothing like ordinary food.
They existed specifically for special groups of people or special circumstances.
Three in a row were enough to sustain a normal person for most of the day. Even someone with an excellent appetite would feel full for three or four hours.
But Qin Ran had eaten twelve at once.
That was completely beyond his imagination.
And what shocked the makeup artist even more came afterward.
"Go