“Too bad Liu Jie isn’t here…” Ning Shiba said, clutching her right hand. “If we had that iron staff, plus Liu Jie’s skills, these things should be…”

“Don’t be silly,” Qiu Ershi said. “Shiba Jie, it’s precisely because we’re not good at this kind of game that Wu Ge sent us over.”

“But this thing can’t be caught or blocked!!” Ning Shiba was in so much pain that her eyes were reddening. What made her feel even more terrified was that after the intense pain, her fingertips were gradually losing all sensation.

“There’ll be a way…” After Qiu Ershi said this, he looked in Bai Jiu’s direction. As the “brain” of the team, he could only place his hopes on Bai Jiu at this moment.

But Bai Jiu hadn’t participated in games for a long time. How could she possibly think of all the countermeasures instantly?

Qiao Jiajin also stood up on the “Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse,” looking toward Ning Shiba with a worried expression.

“Damn it… astrology girl… you…” Qiao Jiajin looked at the pure white frost on the ground, feeling dizzy. Could this kind of thing really exist in reality?

Wasn’t this the kind of cold internal energy that only appeared in Hong Kong comics?

“What should we do…” Qiao Jiajin wished he could jump off the cart right now and smash all those strange white balls for them.

But even if it were him… could he handle this extremely cold liquid?

Bai Jiu on the side was about to say something when she heard a whisper in her ear: “Tsk, Xiao Jiu, we’ve reached the big tree you mentioned. Which way do we turn…?”

“Liu Jie…?” Bai Jiu seemed on the verge of tears. “Turn left, just turn left… but… but right now…”

“Tsk, why are you stammering?” Zhou Liu’s tone on the other end clearly changed. “What happened?”

Bai Jiu could only try everything as a last resort. She briefly explained the situation at the scene to Zhou Liu, but that was all. Zhou Liu and the others were still several minutes away from here. But this game only lasted fifteen minutes in total. How could they get outside help?

Zhou Liu was silent for a few seconds on the other end, then said again: “Tsk, Xiao Jiu, describe that white ball again for me.”

At this moment, Qiao Jiajin also noticed Bai Jiu whispering all along and quickly turned his head to look at her.

“Is it the iron staff girl? The liar girl is with her…”

“Shh!” Bai Jiu put a finger to her lips and interrupted Qiao Jiajin, then listened carefully to the suggestion Zhou Liu gave. “What?”

“Tsk, I said just smash that ball directly. Nothing will happen. I guarantee it,” Zhou Liu repeated.

“Ah?!” Bai Jiu was stunned. “No, that can’t be right, Liu Jie. Didn’t I just tell you? Shiba was immediately frostbitten after smashing that ball. Now it looks like her whole hand has lost sensation.”

“Tsk, about two seconds,” Zhou Liu said again. “Shake off the liquid stuck to your hand within two seconds and nothing will happen. I guarantee it.”

Bai Jiu thought carefully but still felt it was too absurd. “Liu Jie, it’s not that we don’t want to try, but we tried once and failed… so can I ask what makes you so confident?”

“Tsk… the reason? Wait a moment…” Zhou Liu paused for a few seconds on her end, then said in a low voice, “The reason is the ‘Leidenfrost effect.’ Go ahead.”

“Ah?!” Bai Jiu immediately frowned. Even after hearing this reason, she couldn’t understand it at all. “Wha… what effect? What do you mean ‘go ahead’? If I don’t know the specific situation, how can I convince everyone to…”

“Tsk, fine, fine, fine.” Zhou Liu said impatiently. “I’ll explain it to you… wait a moment…”

Zhou Liu paused for a few more seconds on her end, then said: “Hiss… I think I understand… Xiao Jiu, have you ever tried dripping a drop of water onto a scalding hot wok?”

Bai Jiu thought for a while. Although this question seemed like a non sequitur, she had indeed had such an experience.

“What happens to that drop of water? Does it evaporate instantly?” Zhou Liu asked again.

“It doesn’t seem to…” Bai Jiu thought for a while. “That drop of water seems to move rapidly in the wok and then slowly disappear.”

“This is Leid…” Zhou Liu paused for a few seconds, then said, “Tsk, the ‘Leidenfrost effect.’ Simply put, your hands striking the ball are the ‘wok,’ and that extremely cold liquid is the ‘water droplets’ falling into the wok. At first, they’ll only roll at high speed on your hands and won’t release cold air. Shiba was frostbitten just now because she reached out and touched that liquid.”

Bai Jiu thought carefully and found that things were indeed as described. At first, Ning Shiba wasn’t injured. She only screamed after she wiped the liquid on her palm.

“Liu Jie… how do you know so much?” Bai Jiu asked tentatively.

“Tsk… if you’re asking for a reason… it’s probably because standing beside me is the ‘strategist’ in the entire ‘Land of Doom’ that I admire and respect the most.”

After hearing this, Bai Jiu hesitated for a moment, thinking to herself that this person must be Qi Xia, their leader today, right?

She could only nod and shouted to Ning Shiba and Qiu Ershi: “Just smash the ice balls. If you shake off the liquid inside the ice balls within two seconds, it won’t hurt your skin… because of the Leid… something effect.”

The two in the distance were both stunned for a long time after hearing Bai Jiu’s words, feeling like Bai Jiu didn’t seem to understand how terrifying this liquid was.

“Trust me, this is from Liu…” Bai Jiu was about to say this was a strategy given by Liu Jie, but Qiao Jiajin suddenly reached out and stopped her.

“This is a strategy I came up with using my ‘brain’!” Qiao Jiajin shouted at the two. “If this idea doesn’t work, I’ll be the one to slit my throat this time.”

Seeing his confident expression, the two felt that the credibility of this strategy seemed to have increased.

“Jiu Ge, are you serious?” Ning Shiba said, clutching her right hand.

“Really… but you…” Qiao Jiajin thought for a moment, feeling that with Ning Shiba’s condition, it would be very difficult for her to block the next balls. He could only turn his head to look at the people beside him. “Is anyone willing to replace astrology girl?”

The four people beside him almost simultaneously raised their hands and said, “I’ll go.”

Bai Jiu looked at the three people who raised their hands along with her and said, “I’m the most senior here. Put your hands down. I’ll go.”

Luo Shiwu, Feng Shiqi, and Yun Shijiu all silently lowered their hands after hearing this.

Bai Jiu gave Ning Shiba a look, then walked up quickly. “Shiba, let me take over. You rest first.”

“Okay, Jiu Jie…” Ning Shiba answered with a head full of cold sweat. “You must be careful. These things are not simple…”

“I trust Liu Jie.” Bai Jiu nodded and stood in front of the “Wenqu.”