The ever-changing star starts with a rice cooker.

The crack appears large from a distance.

A close look at the large crack.

Like that hole,

God, please don't let it gush out!

Shaking his head, Ningdu recited a poem.

As the saying goes, if you learn to recite three hundred poems, even if you can't "recite" them, you can still "write" them.

There was also a straight man standing nearby, and the tall guy clapped loudly.

"What a wonderful poem! Especially the word 'gushing forth,' it's simply divine. After you recited it like that, I'm starting to wonder if the heavens will send something crashing down on my head!"

Big Eyes followed along, nodding his head and even joining in with a song.

"Looking at the beautiful, large crack, I wanted to write a poem to celebrate it. But alas, I lack the culture; all I can say is, 'Wow, it's huge!'"

After reciting the poem, the three of them laughed together, calling each other "Poetry Demon," "Poetry Ghost," and "Poetry God!"

I wonder if their three Chinese language teachers will be watching on TV.

Seeing their students so "cultured," the language arts teachers must have felt very proud!

As long as you don't start cursing when you get back, it's fine!

Captain Bing Xiaomei ignored the three of them, her gaze fixed intently on the approaching spatial rift.

After half a day, they had basically left the snow-capped mountain area.

We are currently advancing towards the final crater.

At the very top of the volcano is a massive spatial rift, their "portal" for exiting.

Once we arrived here, the temperature gradually returned to normal.

As long as the volcano doesn't erupt, it's not very hot here, at least much better than in the desert.

There didn't seem to be any particularly strange or ancient creatures in the volcanic area.

Therefore, Ning Du and the others walked briskly, smiling as they went.

You don't even need to maintain the shape of a large rice cooker; a normal rice cooker will suffice.

This saves more energy and allows for a faster recovery.

"Looks like we'll be out in about half a day at most!"

"The final volcanic area was simpler than I expected."

"The earlier levels were so difficult, so this final level is just a bonus level, which is normal."

"What if the volcano erupts before we even get up there? That would be too far-fetched!"

"If the volcano erupts, we won't even be left with our corpses, so how will we be resurrected? Don't worry, it's just a competition; it's not like we'll really be left here forever."

After careful analysis, the group concluded that it couldn't possibly be that far-fetched.

It's just the first match. If someone dies and can't be revived, then things will get really out of hand.

The organizers aren't stupid; they're not exaggerating.

At this moment, in the studio, Zhen Hong also asked this question on behalf of the audience.

"It seems the final volcanic area isn't too dangerous. Does that mean the Rice Cooker Team is going to win first place? What do you think, Mr. Bai Xiao?"

Bai Xiao was in a good mood at this moment. Because of the "ambush" of the rice cooker team, he suddenly seemed to be able to take things relatively well, and quite a few viewers in the live stream were even saying good things about him.

Now that he has people listening to him, Zhen Hong's question only made him smile slightly.

"You're oversimplifying things. What is this place? This is the Hundred Cities League, not a school sports meet; there's no such thing as an easy one. Since this area has been specifically designated, it proves there must be challenging problems. If I'm not mistaken, the challenges in the volcano area are sure to be very exciting!"

Bai Xiao smiled wickedly.

Zhen Hong was surprised. "Exciting? Why would it be exciting?"

Bai Xiao chuckled and lowered his voice, saying, "This is a bit of a leak, can I say? Oh well, it's my first time being a commentator, so I'll just go for it. When I came here, I heard that my colleagues had prepared a special thing for this competition, something they captured from another world to serve as the gatekeeper BOSS."

"Oh? There's a boss guarding the gate? What could that be?"

Zhen Hong became even more excited.

Just as Bai Xiao was about to explain, he saw the rice cooker team suddenly stop, and there seemed to be shouts coming from a distance in the video.

With a smile, Bai Xiao calmly said, "I don't need to say anything, just see for yourselves."

The scene cuts away, and all the viewers watch the rice cooker team with bated breath.

At this moment, Ning Du and the others did indeed hear something.

As a result, Ningdu immediately prepared to grow larger to meet the enemy.

"Was that a strange noise?"

"Have we been targeted by a monster again?"

"Whatever it is, as long as it's not a whole horde, we'll slaughter it."

"We're the last ones left; whoever comes next will die."

"That's right, nobody can stop me from leaving this awful place. I'm going back to eat Peking duck!"

The four of them stood back to back, carefully observing their surroundings.

The next moment, a dark shadow swept past their heads.

The dark shadows covered the astonished faces of the four people.

In that instant, they all saw clearly what was coming. The audience in front of their televisions jumped up.

The live stream chat was filled with "Holy crap!"

dragon!

A dragon from a magical world!

Fire Dragon!

It is three or four meters tall, has wings on its back, and has rock-like skin all over its body.

It leaped and landed in front of Ning Du and the others, letting out a deafening roar as flames erupted.

"Holy crap, no way!"

"This is only the first level! How come there's something like this?!"

"Mom, I want to go home!"

The four people from Ningdu were dumbfounded.

What a huge fire dragon! Why is this thing here?

Is this reasonable?

The organizers are truly inhumane!

High school students want to fight a fire dragon, what are you guys thinking?

Finally, there is one more question.

Does the fire dragon eat rice cooker?

In an instant, none of the four Ningdu dared to move.

No matter how powerful they are, they wouldn't dare boast that the four of them could handle such a huge fire dragon.

When its wings are fully extended, this thing is probably over ten meters long.

A total roadblock tyrant!

Zhen Hong screamed in various ways in the studio lobby.

Bai Xiao smiled broadly, and at that moment, his phone suddenly received a message. It was information about the Fire Dragon sent to him by his colleagues.

Clearing his throat twice, Bai Xiao said, "Just received the information. This fire dragon comes from the Middle Demon World. It's a juvenile fire dragon, not even fifty years old this year. It has average intelligence, the ability to breathe fire, a violent temper, and an extremely strong sense of territory. Its resistance to physical attacks is good, but its resistance to mental attacks is average. It can be dealt with through a combination of abilities!"

At this point, Bai Xiao paused, then put down her phone and continued, "What I mean is that this dragon isn't invincible. Defeating it is still possible, but it's definitely not something a single team can accomplish. The official strategy is very clear: team up with other teams to defeat the fire dragon and pass the final challenge. Yes, the first match is all about teamwork. Not just your own team, but everyone in the team. Of course, you don't have to team up, as long as you're confident you can pass the fire dragon's test. Which team can do that? How will the Rice Cooker Team choose? It's really something to look forward to!"

Bai Xiao laughed even more happily; this was the scene he wanted to see.

No matter how you try to cheat or use a rice cooker as an aid, in the end you still have to rely on your own hard skills.

Let me see how you, a rice cooker, are going to get through this?

Can't you come up with any more tricks?!