The five dishes needed for the third assessment were selected by the president of the four seniors during the break time. They either made their best dishes or newly created dishes.

Since they just finished them, the dishes were in the incubators now.

At this moment, they put them in front of Gu Bai so that he could taste them at will.

[It deserves the risk even if he can just eat these dishes. We got no chance to buy any of these.]

[I'm so jealous of him. Why can't I even cook? Otherwise, I may get a chef certificate and even taste the seniors' dishes.]

[The chefs who are qualified to take the Four-Star test are excellent enough to taste the seniors' dishes. Can you guys stop being jealous?]

[I agree, man. If he passes the test, that means he will share the same level as the seniors. Then his dishes are no worse than those of the seniors. If so, he might become the youngest Four-Star chef in history? Why bother to envy him?]

As long as there were people, there were arguments. Most people had got used to it.

Gu Bai opened the incubators one by one, preparing to observe the dishes before deciding which one to start.

The nutrient fluid he was given at lunch didn't taste good, so he only drank half of it. Therefore, he was still hungry.

However, when he opened them, he was stunned for a moment.

He knew that restoring the dishes created on ancient earth might be the test content, but there was one at best in the past tests.

Surprisingly, there were three in front of him.

"Did we make it too hard for him? There are three ancient earth dishes we are talking about." Senior Zheng saw Gu Bai's expression and felt worried.

After all, Gu Bai was still young. Even if he was a good chef, he didn't necessarily know much about the dishes on ancient earth.

They would only choose one ancient dish at best to test the chefs in the past and make the rest original or popular dishes in the modern world.

"Although there are three, we chose relatively simple dishes. If he can't even recognize them or taste what's inside, that means he isn't qualified to pass the Four-Star test," Senior Bai refuted in disdain.

"Senior Bai is right. If he really can't pass this assessment, he will learn his lessons and know more about ancient earth dishes. Then he will have bigger chances to pass the following tests in the future," Senior Du echoed.

Neither the president nor Zhou Xingchu expressed their opinions.

The president seemed to be interested in this, while Zhou Xingchu was furious.

Previously when they were discussing which kind of dishes to choose, Zhou Xingchu was in favor of choosing their original dishes, but Bai Xu purged others to make the ancient dishes they had newly restored. To his surprise, the president didn't even stop that but chose another ancient dish as well.

Even the five of them had studied for long to restore these dishes, and they used the ingredients and seasonings which only existed on ancient earth.

Although Bai Xu was right when he said the ingredients were simple and it wouldn't be a problem for him to recognize them, it was quite hard to make them because they cooked them the way people on ancient earth did.

It took a lot of time for them to practice before they could barely make the same dishes. How could Gu Bai restore them for the first time he saw them? It was so difficult even if Gu Bai was only required to finish 60% of each dish.

Any knowledge related to the ancient earth was relatively difficult for people, but Gu Bai was an exception.

The reason why he was stunned was not that the test was difficult, but it was so easy.

Braised Pork in Brown Sauce, Double-Cooked Pork Slices, and Pork with Salted Vegetable. They were quite popular on ancient earth. Even if the ingredients involved were many, it wasn't hard for him to make them.

Gu Bai didn't taste these three familiar dishes for the time being. Instead, he chose two other dishes that he had never seen before, which should be the original dishes of this era.

One was a vegetarian dish, and the other looked like a dessert. They were obviously modern dishes.

Gu Bai had learned specially of the dishes in this world. Although he didn't find much on Starnet about natural food, not to mention any specific cooking methods, there were people sharing how to use and cook some food and spices.

The seniors who chose these two desserts probably didn't want to make it hard for him. Even if they didn't look familiar, the ingredients and cooking methods included many common skills in this era.

Gu Bai tasted them one after the other and wrote down the ingredients and spices he could taste in case he might forget later.

When the camera drew closer to the dishes, all the fans and the judges could all see the ingredients clearly.

Zhou Xingchu's face turned gloomy when he saw the dishes.

"You chose Pork with Salted Vegetable?" Zhou Xingchu questioned Bai Xu in a positive tone.

To avoid that any judge might divulge other judges' dishes, they all kept their dishes secretly and didn't know others' works until the test began.

Some people might be curious, wondering why they bothered to discuss if they cooked secretly.

In fact, they were discussing the scope of the dishes they chose, such as choosing the new products that had developed in the past year or two years. Sometimes they would decide how many they would cook the ancient earth dishes and how many ordinary ones.

"So what?" Senior Bai was not guilty at all.

"Let's not consider the fact that we only studied Pork with Salted Vegetable recently. We have to go through many procedures to make the Meigan cai. Now you mix it with the meat to make a new dish. Even a qualified Four-Star chef may find it hard to tell the details. How could you do this to an 18-year-old boy? You are having trouble with him!"

If it weren't on the test site and they were not in front of the camera, Zhou Xingchu would definitely quarrel with Bai Xu and even fought with him!

Even Yang Xun, the president who had been smiling, frowned slightly.

Yang Xu listened to Bai Xu's suggestion and chose an ancient earth dish, planning to test whether Gu Bai deserved his following decision.

He would be satisfied as long as Gu Bai could tell the majority of the ingredients in this dish. Besides, he didn't choose a difficult one but a proper one for the test, which wouldn't affect Gu Bai's score, but he didn't expect Bai Xu to set the standard so high, which was beyond the standard for Four-Star chefs.

Unfortunately, since the assessment had begun and a billion people were watching the show, he couldn't stop it but waited for Gu Bai's response.

Gu Bai didn't notice how the judges felt. After recording the ingredients of Zhou Xingchu and Senior Zheng's dishes, he started to observe the three dishes he was familiar with.

The Braised Pork in Brown Sauce was fat but not greasy, and the fire control was accurate. The materials the chef used were great, so it tasted almost the same as Gu Bai had tried before doomsday. He had to admit that he admired that people in this era could make this dish.

The Double-Cooked Pork Slices was also a traditional dish. The strong smell and soft taste successfully attracted him. There was no doubt that he could finish it with a bowl of rice.

The last one was the Pork with Salted Vegetable. In fact, Gu Bai really liked to eat both the meat and the Meigan cai beneath it. They were very delicious.

However, the chef wasn't experienced enough to make this one.

Once the dish was finished, the meat was supposed to be easy to chew and the taste should be both salty and slightly sweet. But the meat was a bit chewy.

Despite the slight shortcoming, they were all great dishes, which were much more excellent than the dishes he had eaten in the restaurants. No wonder they were the seniors of the Chef Guild.

After tasting the last three dishes, Gu Bai didn't write anything down but started to answer the questions.

Zhou Xingchu and other judges thought that Gu Bai had given up the challenge and frowned, while Senior Bai was proud of his trick.

"Don't you need to write down your answers before repeating them?" Zhou Xingchu reminded him indirectly.

"Senior Zhou, there's no need. I can start right away," Gu Bai said calmly.

He was too familiar with the ancient earth dishes to write down the materials.

But in others' eyes, they either thought he was too proud of himself or he had no idea what the three dishes were.

[Seriously? No words of the three dishes? Does it mean he has no clue about the materials? Even if he doesn't know the spices, at least he should know the main ingredients!]

[He looks so confident. I almost believe him if I didn't look at his record.]

[So he just gives up? If he fails to answer them, will he lose the test?]

[I've said before that he won't pass the Four-Star chef test, alright? How dare he take the challenge at such a young age? He thought too highly of himself.]

[Isn't it normal if he fails? Tell me, how many Four-Star chefs passed this test without failing several times? He's impressive to be a Three-Star chef at such an age, okay? If you are so capable, why don't you take the test first?]