If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

Pei Yuening was completely unaware of the tense standoff on the referee's bench.

He was sitting on a bench in the waiting area, holding Juanjuan in his arms, with Gaogao perched on his right shoulder, its wings neatly folded.

"When does it start?" Pei Yuening asked Ryan, tilting his head.

"Soon." Ryan glanced towards the entrance. "Dean Qi will be here soon."

"Oh," Pei Yuening nodded, then asked, "By the way, what kind of magical beasts are inside? I still don't know what I have to fight."

"It's all random," Ryan said. "It only refreshes each time a dungeon opens, so nobody knows what they'll encounter."

"I see..." Pei Yuening thoughtfully patted Juanjuan's head. "Besides us, are there any other strong players on other teams?"

"Oh."

Lin Huaijin, who had been silent all along, suddenly chuckled.

"Give me a break. Those guys would be lucky to even last ten minutes before giving up."

Pei Yuening: "..."

Haha ...

Before the laughter had even subsided, a bright magical light suddenly flashed from the direction of the entrance to the secret realm.

The halo spreads outward from the center point and then quickly converges.

When the light faded, a tall, slender figure was already standing on the stage.

Qi Zhiyue.

Today she was wearing the Holy Academy's uniform robe, embroidered with emblems, and her long hair was neatly tied back.

She raised her hand and pointed in front of her, and a sound amplification spell took shape in front of her.

She tapped the magic circle: "Ahem, hey, feed?"

Is Qiuya there? Is Qiuya there?

A tired, overused trope.

Okay, 321, that's it.

Qi Zhiyue on the stage was clearly unaware of the little incident happening here.

She cleared her throat again and began to speak formally.

"Everyone, welcome to the preliminary selection of the Three Schools Cup."

The voice was amplified by magic, clear and steady: "Thank you for your guidance, judges, and welcome to all the contestants."

"This preliminary selection will be held in the Holy Academy's magical secret realm, which is divided into three levels: polar region, desert, and rainforest."

"Each floor will randomly refresh with monster illusions that may appear in the Three Schools Cup, with the difficulty increasing with each floor."

"Each player must complete all three levels in a team, and the team with the shortest time wins."

"If you encounter a situation that you cannot handle, you can crush the teleportation stone and give up at any time. Safety is the most important thing."

"Of course, the referees on the field will also be monitoring your situation at all times."

"Anyone who tries to overextend themselves will be forcibly ejected from the secret realm after the judges determine that they are no longer fit to participate."

She paused, her gaze sweeping across the entire room.

"Now, all contestants, please proceed to the entrance of the secret realm to wait."

The crowd in the waiting area began to surge.

Pei Yuening stood up, holding Juanjuan. Gaogao flew up from his shoulder, circled once, and landed back in its original position.

Ryan and Ollie also stood up. Lin Huaijin dusted off the dust on his clothes, and the four of them exchanged a glance.

"Let's go."

The four of them walked together to the entrance of the secret realm.

The huge arc-shaped crack was still slowly rotating. He Shuming stood directly in front of the crack, holding a golden pocket watch in his hand.

She stood ramrod straight, her gaze fixed on the watch face, her expression meticulous.

Time passed by, second by second.

The surrounding noise gradually quieted down, and all the contestants held their breath.

As the pointer reached the last position, He Shuming raised his other hand, fingers spread, palm facing the crack.

"The selection process begins."

A pure ice elemental spell surged from her palm and flowed into the crack.

The halo suddenly expanded, engulfing the figures of all the contestants in front of the entrance.

Juanjuan and Gaogao were so excited they were yelling.

"Wow!!!"

Pei Yuening felt dizzy, and the sound of the wind suddenly rose and then stopped in her ears.

The next second, my feet touched the ground.

He opened his eyes.

As far as the eye can see, the snowfield stretches to the horizon, and the wind howls sharply past your ears, carrying a biting chill.

The first level of the secret realm.

The polar regions.

Pei Yuening was stunned the moment she realized what was happening.

In the snow-covered plain, the sunlight was reflected by the snow surface, making his eyes sting and causing him to close them immediately.

"hiss--"

He reflexively raised his hand to cover his face, his eyelids still twitching.

Others obviously don't have this problem.

Ryan, Ollie, and Lin Huaijin stood on the snow, their bodies enveloped in a faint magical glow, naturally blocking out the light so that it could not harm them at all.

Gao Gao has already flown away.

"Aaaaaah! It's snow! It's real snow!" She plunged headfirst into the snowdrift, her wings digging in the air. "So cool! So much fun!"

Pei Yuening squinted, trying to open her eyes a crack, but was immediately forced to close them again by the sting.

Ryan was the first to notice his unusual behavior.

He quickly walked to Pei Yuening's side and asked with concern, "Yuening, what's wrong?"

"Ouch!" Pei Yuening covered her eyes. "It's blinding! This light is too intense! My eyes can't take it!"

Ryan paused for a moment, then realized what was happening.

"Don't open your eyes, I..."

"cough."

A sound came from Pei Yuening's arms.

Juanjuan peeked out from his arms, her silvery-white eyes scanning Pei Yuening's condition before letting out a breath.

A thin, transparent energy shield floated out of its mouth and gently landed around Pei Yuening, completely covering him.

Pei Yuening tried to open one eye.

really.

The snowfield and icebergs in front of him became tepid, no matter how he moved, it was as if he was wearing a pair of high-quality sunglasses.

"...All done?" He blinked. "Awesome, Juanjuan, you're amazing."

Juanjuan: "Gah."

It shrank its head back into Pei Yuening's arms.

Lin Huaijin and Ollie stood a few steps away, neither of them saying anything, nor urging him.

Ryan was still worried, so he checked his eyes and made sure he was alright before returning to his side.

Pei Yuening looked around.

"Where's Warcraft?" he asked.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a dull thud resounded from the ice beneath his feet.

The ice layer exploded dozens of meters in front of us, and the cracks instantly spread to everyone's feet.

Then, it shattered with a deafening roar, and the seawater surged up to a height of three meters, directly overturning the platform they were standing on!

The three of them, Ryan and his companions, took to the air almost simultaneously, their bodies supported by magic, hovering steadily above the seawater.

A commotion arose in the audience.

"Pei Yuening didn't fly!"

"As expected, it won't work... What magic power does a good-for-nothing have to fly..."

"What will happen to him then? Will he fall into the sea?"

"Holy crap! I'm not going to redeem it!"

Before they could finish speaking, the image on the crystal ball was suddenly filled by a pair of wings that blotted out the sky.

Juanjuan changed in that instant.

The small, silvery-white dragon, originally the size of a duck, swelled several times in the blink of an eye, its wings spread out, and its back broadened.

Pei Yuening was sitting on its back with her legs crossed, covering her ears with obvious disgust: "Who is it? Making such a big show of it, it's so noisy."

Ollie frowned: "It's a polar behemoth."

Lin Huaijin: "Wow, that's pretty impressive."

Just then, a second loud bang came from beneath the ice.

A colossal creature slowly emerged from the churning seawater.

Most of its body was still submerged underwater, with only its head and a section of its neck covered in fish scales visible.

The audience fell silent for a moment.

"My God! A polar behemoth right off the bat? An S-rank monster?"

"It's so big... how do I fight this...?"

"This is terrifying... all the other scenes start at level B!"

Pei Yuening peeked out from behind Juanjuan's back and said, "Tsk, you're really something with that Arctic salmon."

"Rolling up".

"Gah."

"Get rid of it."

"oh."

Juanjuan lowered her eyes and just happened to make eye contact with the giant beast that had just finished its entrance animation.

The two creatures stared at each other for about a second.

Then Juanjuan opened her mouth.

"Heh heh heh."

A stream of silvery-white dragon breath surged from its mouth and crashed straight into the giant beast.

In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

The scorching dragon breath enveloped its entire body, burning it to ashes almost instantly.

The giant beast let out a painful howl—

Then there wasn't even a trace left.

Ollie and his team didn't even make a move.

……

On the judges' stand, Xin Tong, who had watched the entire process, couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, Juanjuan is awesome!"

Qi Zhiyue and Lin Yun were both amazed.

"As expected of an ancient dragon."

Egg rolled its eyes: "It tricked me again."

Luo Ren's gaze followed Pei Yuening's smile, and he couldn't help but slightly curl his lips.

Ye Jiyun was also looking at Pei Yuening.

But the moment he noticed Luo Ren out of the corner of his eye, that tenderness vanished.

"..."

Tsk.