My Dark Cuisine System Only Levels Spicy

Xia Yan's life as a chef is a nightmare. His bizarre cooking system only levels 'Spicy,' forcing him to create horrifying \"dark cuisine\" that universally repulses customers. They complain, they leave scathing reviews, yet they always finish every last agonizing bite. His Tokyo restaurant is on the brink of collapse. Then, a cryptic 'Connect' function unlocks, pulling unsuspecting \"players\" from a fantastical 'Food Wars' world into his eatery. Little do they know, every painful mouthful of his cursed cooking isn't just sustenance—it's a bizarre, stat-boosting quest item, and he's their unwilling, sarcastic dungeon master.