Far away at the Kitchen King competition in the Upper City District, Shen Lu received a message from Wang Daguo. He said that Mr. Sun had brought a large group of people to the restaurant to stir up trouble, but left after failing to break down the door.
A staff member holding a basket walked up to Shen Lu. "Contestant, please place your Light Brain in the basket."
The official competition was nothing like the preliminaries. There were rules for attire, and to ensure absolute fairness and impartiality, all Light Brains had to be handed over. They would be returned after the match.
Shen Lu obediently took off her Light Brain and placed it in the basket. "Thank you."
The first round of the official competition had a total of 108 contestants: 50 from the Lower City District and 58 from the Upper City District.
All the contestants drew lots to be randomly reassigned into new groups for the competition.
Shen Lu was assigned to Group Three. Her match was next.
