Gourmet Food Starts with Street Snacks

Blurb:

Wan Wanyi was a spirit chef, but she died an unjust death and became a wandering ghost, drifting aimlessly from place to place. Only by binding herself to a Snack Food System and transmigrating through different worlds to complete missions can she return to her original world, come back to life, and avenge herself.

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1. Reincarnated as the owner of a failing bookstall outside an elementary school

The bookstore outside Qingling Elementary School doesn't sell test-prep books, manga, or stationery. The owner only sells newspapers and serious literature, and the shop is on the verge of closing. Yet a strange, mouthwatering aroma that always wafts through the store has attracted a crowd of hungry schoolchildren...

Later, a reporter came to interview the owner. Seeing the crowds streaming in and out and the booming business, the reporter grabbed a child wearing a red scarf and asked, "Kids, do you come to this bookstore because it has the best selection of test-prep books? Or does your school require you to shop here?"

The child in the red scarf stared strangely at the adult, who was rubbing his hands together and furtively tugging at him to ask questions. "Don't block me! My limited-edition sweet-and-sour cheese fried chicken is going to sell out. Did my rival send you to hold me up on purpose?"

Reporter: ??? Isn't this a bookstore? Why is it selling snacks?

2. Reincarnated as the cafeteria manager at a home for children with disabilities

Funding for Little Sun Welfare Home keeps shrinking, and the cafeteria staff has been cut back until only the owner and a caregiver who works part-time serving meals remain. The cafeteria owner decides to cook everything personally...

The number of people signing up to volunteer at Little Sun Welfare Home skyrockets, even surpassing the number of children it supports. Volunteer spots are even being scalped for 300 yuan a day. The reason is...

A certain college student who wished to remain anonymous said, "Please, let me volunteer there! Especially in the cafeteria. Just let me have one bite of the owner's roujiamo, griddled squid, oden, grilled cold noodles, shrimp dumplings, and more (list omitted), and I could stay at Little Sun Welfare Home for the rest of my life!"

3. Reincarnated as a useless Guide in a military academy infirmary

The military academy's medical department hires a new Guide, and she's only an F-rank, the lowest level. The Sentinels don't know why the school would hire such a useless person, until one Sentinel loses a bet and goes to her for a mental-power soothing session...

Sentinels line up outside a certain Guide's treatment room. Bystanders watch them chew at empty air, wiping drool from their mouths, their expressions a mix of love and hate.

When someone asks an acquaintance about it, the Sentinel replies, "This Guide can soothe my mental landscape with all kinds of delicious food. My spirit animal has been craving it so much that it hasn't had an episode in two months. It's just been howling with hunger."

4. Reincarnated as an early-death cannon fodder character in an escape novel

A global catastrophe breaks out, and during their desperate flight, a frail, ordinary young man is protected like a beloved star. A newcomer breaks down: "Just dump this weakling deadweight already!"

Everyone refuses. "Only the delicious snacks he makes have given me the hope to keep living!"

5. Reincarnated as an NPC in a horror survival game

This is a horror game with barely any players. The developers didn't have enough money to promote it, and it had no fanbase. The tiny game studio is preparing to shut the game down and file for bankruptcy when they discover that it has suddenly become a hit and is trending online.

Confused, the studio owner opens the comments, only to find that everyone is recommending the food in the game. All of it comes from one ordinary NPC.

The developer made a horror game, but the players turned it into a food-themed online game: ?

6. Reincarnated as the Underworld's 9,846th Meng Po

The soup of forgetfulness in the Underworld keeps getting worse, so many ghosts and monsters refuse to drink it and reincarnate with their memories intact, infuriating the King of Hell. Then one day, a new Meng Po takes office. The fragrance of her soup spreads throughout the Underworld, and ghosts who don't want to reincarnate line up in droves. The soup smells so good that after drinking it, they forget they already had a bowl and line up again, becoming a perpetual-motion machine...

More to be added later...

Each world has one male love interest, and in the final world, the protagonist regains her memories.

Theme: Good food and kindness are the only things that must never be let down.