Bai Jiu stood in front of the “Wenqu” and slowly swallowed her saliva, then lowered her head and said quietly, “Liu Jie, I’m standing here now. My life is in your hands.”

“Tsk, what kind of talk is that?” Zhou Liu sighed impatiently. “Has Liu Jie ever harmed you?”

“No, it’s just that this matter is too hard to understand…” Bai Jiu said. “An extremely cold liquid that can frostbite people, yet if you shake it off within two seconds nothing will happen… doesn’t it sound like food that falls on the ground won’t have bacteria if you pick it up and eat it within three seconds?”

“Tsk…” Zhou Liu now finally understood what Bai Jiu’s concern was. “Xiao Jiu, since you’re going to strike the ball yourself, let me tell you the principle I heard.”

Bai Jiu slowly extended her arm, mimicking Qiao Jiajin’s manner, facing the “Wenqu” as if confronting an enemy.

“Liu Jie, go ahead.”

“That Leid-something messy effect refers to when a liquid suddenly comes into contact with an object far exceeding its boiling point, it won’t immediately boil or evaporate. Instead, it will form a vapor protective layer on the surface. This vapor protective layer will wrap around the liquid, allowing it to move irregularly for a period of time.”

“Ah…?”

“If I’m not mistaken, the liquid you encountered is probably ‘liquid nitrogen.’ Its boiling point is over one hundred and ninety degrees below zero. Tsk, a human palm is too scorching hot for it, so it triggers the Leid-something messy effect, causing the liquid nitrogen to roll and tumble on your hands for a short time without immediately harming your body. Do you understand now?”

After hearing this, Bai Jiu swallowed slightly. “Leidenfrost effect… can this kind of thing really be remembered in the brain and then applied…?”

“Tsk, isn’t it being applied right now?” Zhou Liu said. “You guys follow through first. We’ll be there soon.”

Bai Jiu nodded and began staring intently at the “Wenqu” in front of her.

“Jiu Jie…” Qiu Ershi on the side said with a worried expression, “Will it really work?”

“Yes.” Bai Jiu answered. “I completely trust Liu Jie now.”

The mechanism in front of her trembled slightly. After all, a mechanism was still a mechanism. The “Wenqu” didn’t give the two time to explain and directly shot out a pure white cold ball.

Qiu Ershi had always been somewhat wary of it. In a brief moment, he actually froze up and made no responsive moves at all.

Bai Jiu had been prepared all along. She ran forward two steps, reached out to pull Qiu Ershi to the side, then stood on her tiptoes and raised her fist to strike the fist-sized white ball.

“Crack”!

The fragile white ball suddenly shattered under the impact of Bai Jiu’s small fist. The liquid nitrogen inside spilled out, some even splashing onto Bai Jiu’s body and face.

Bai Jiu immediately screamed and shook her entire body: “Ahhhhhh!! I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dying!!”

The extremely cold liquid releasing thick white vapor also left her body after a series of shaking, ultimately all turning into white mist.

Bai Jiu stood in place and waited a few seconds. Watching all the liquid nitrogen on the ground turn into cold white smoke, she finally realized she was really fine.

The liquid nitrogen had splashed almost all over her body. Although Bai Jiu felt very cold, she was indeed completely unharmed.

“Eh…?” Qiu Ershi was stunned. “Jiu Jie… you…”

“Just as I thought!” Bai Jiu raised her head with a smile and slapped Qiu Ershi’s shoulder hard. “Hehe! Ershi, the idea Liu Jie came up with is really amazing!!”

Qiu Ershi was about to smile, but then noticed that the leather clothing at Bai Jiu’s lower abdomen was beginning to frost over white.

“Ah! Jiu Jie… here…”

At this moment, Bai Jiu also felt a cold sensation coming from her lower abdomen, accompanied by waves of stinging pain invading her body.

She frowned and quickly lowered her head to look at her leather clothing. The lower abdomen area had frozen as hard as stone.

“Unlucky…” Bai Jiu muttered with a pout. “Sure enough, it’s not one hundred percent safe… but it’s much better than before…”

Without caring at all, before her lower abdomen became even colder, she directly reached out and shattered the freeze-dried leather clothing, exposing her lower abdomen without a trace of excess fat.

“Crash”!

The broken pieces of leather clothing scattered on the ground like hard pieces of plastic.

“My clothes!” Bai Jiu felt very aggrieved. “Leather clothing in my size is so hard to find!!”

“Uh…” Qiu Ershi looked at Bai Jiu’s uniquely styled leather clothing with some embarrassment, then shifted his gaze to the side. “Ji-Jiu Jie… I-I remember that Shi Ge’s measurements are similar to yours… why don’t you ask him after you go back…”

“Little Jiang Shi…?” Bai Jiu nodded after hearing this. “Good idea! I’ll ask Little Jiang Shi for clothes to wear when we get back.”

Qiu Ershi nodded and slowly stood in front of Bai Jiu.

“Jiu Jie, now you have too little protection. Leave the rest to me.” He moved his shoulders and said, “If shaking these things off makes it safe, I should be able to do it too.”

For the remaining time, Qiu Ershi almost single-handedly handled all the ice balls from “Wenqu.”

But his appearance was somewhat overly cautious. Every time he shattered an ice ball, he would jump up and down as if electrocuted, until he had shaken off every last drop of liquid nitrogen on his body.

The last time, he had clearly already shaken off all the liquid nitrogen, but Qiu Ershi felt it wasn’t safe enough and jumped in place a few more times. Finally, his foot slipped and he fell hard on his buttocks.

“Angry guy…” Qiao Jiajin in the distance blinked slightly when he saw this scene. “What kind of acrobatics is that?”

“Jiao… Jiu Ge…” Qiu Ershi lay on the ground with an embarrassed smile. “Sorry, my feet were really slippery…”

Now everyone had consecutively passed through four stars in an extremely short time. There were still more than eight minutes left in the game time. The game progress had already passed more than half. No matter what, this was extremely good news.

After reaching the finish line, Qiao Jiajin rolled off the cart and walked to the side of the track. He lowered his head to look at these shattered white balls on the ground and soon frowned.

Whether it was the iron balls from before or the white balls now, there were no traces of writing on them at all.

“You sausage-filled big horse ugly freak street boy…” Qiao Jiajin cursed in a low voice. “So many ‘balls’ don’t have any words. Could it be that your rewards were written on the previous ‘coal balls’?”

Everyone rested for more than ten seconds. Ning Shiba lowered her head and counted on her fingers again, then raised her head to survey all the wooden mechanisms here, feeling like she had found some clue.

“Jiu Ge!” Ning Shiba decided to tell Qiao Jiajin her thoughts first.

“What?”

“The ‘balls’ in the next round should have the so-called ‘rewards,’ but they might also be more dangerous…”

“What?”

Ning Shiba took a deep breath. “The ‘star’ in the next round is called ‘Lucun.’ It belongs to ‘Ji Earth’ and governs ‘fortune, blessings, and wealth.'”