"Clang!"
The sound of the bell.
"The 2-hour cooking segment has ended, please present your dishes!" the female host announced with a stern face.
Whew!
The Lin Giant and the special chefs exhaled and looked up.
At the end of the cooking period, of the 58 cooking stations, only about half of the teams were still battling it out.
The broadcasting screen above the venue showed real-time scores and rankings.
In fact, the top ten had been roughly settled half an hour ago:
First place, "Rainbow Wine," 99 points.
Second place was tied among three teams: the Yan Mo and Lin Miao team, the Li Han and Lan Chuhai team, the Tang Shan and Yuqiong team, all scoring 93 points.
The situation for third place was even more terrifying.
No fewer than five teams were jammed at 92 points: starting with Lei Zhe, the newcomers included the Desani and Elizabeth team, the Reiko and Wu Yingying team, the Li Quan and Xue Feichen team, and the Indira and Liangzi Lina team.
