The National Fortune Battlefield descended. On the day it opened, everyone thought the Dragon Nation was doomed.
Other countries drew special forces soldiers and survival experts.
The Dragon Nation drew a 24-year-old college student named Su Mu.
No gear, no teammates, and dumped into the most dangerous poisonous swamp of all.
But the next second, on the live broadcast…
The Lighthouse Nation’s contestant was eating leeches alive, his mouth smeared with blood.
The Japanese contestant had eaten a poisonous mushroom by mistake and lay on the ground foaming at the mouth.
Watching the global livestream, viewers thought the Dragon Nation’s “college student” had been scared witless. They waited for the laughs to begin.
Then he crouched by a stream, wove a vine net with his bare hands, and killed an alien giant crab the size of a washbasin all by himself. He calmly roasted it over a stone slab.
He was quiet, composed, and unruffled.
No panic. No shouting.
Only the sizzling sound of crab roasting on stone, and one line that left everyone speechless:
“Pretty fresh, but a little small.”
Golden crab roe sizzled with oil, its savory aroma practically wafting through the screen.
The System’s announcement thundered across the globe: The Dragon Nation’s contestant has earned an A-grade cooking score! One million jin of polished rice will be airdropped to the entire nation!
Viewers around the world went wild: Who on earth is this guy?
Su Mu wiped the crab oil from the corner of his mouth and calmly addressed the camera:
“Good ingredients. Once I’ve built a house, I’ll make you Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.”
The global livestream chat exploded.
This was a battle for national fortune that had turned from wilderness survival into a wilderness cooking show.
