Chapter 487: Disgusting Punishment

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

You Jing announced the rules, which meant that everyone had to run this high-altitude track once. With a wave of his hand, he got someone to push out two carts. There were a few plates on the carts, and they were covered.

He opened the lid of the cart on the left first, and a fragrance immediately wafted out.

Although everyone was not hungry, they could not help but secrete saliva when they smelled that domineering fragrance. They could not help but stare at it.

You Jing patted his chubby stomach. He had already eaten a lot before the recording started, so he was not so greedy now. He could hold back his saliva.

“It’s fragrant, right? This is one of the local specialties. From left to right, it’s spicy mutton jerky, spicy beef jerky, and spicy pork jerky. They’re all sponsored by a local merchant. Not only can the winning team enjoy these three plates of jerky on the spot, but the shop owner also generously prepared a huge gift bag that can be brought home by the winning guests.”

Everyone clapped excitedly when they heard that. However, after they were overjoyed, they looked at You Jing suspiciously. Under such a good reward, the punishment would probably be very terrifying.

Mai Tian raised her hand and asked, “What’s the punishment?”

You Jing gave him a knowing look, then removed the lid of the cart on the right. “Don’t worry, the punishment this time is also to taste the local specialties.”

When everyone heard that there was such a good thing, their faces turned paler than before when they saw the things on the plate. It was even uglier than when they saw the glass house in the morning.

This was because after the lid was opened, a transparent glass jar was revealed, and the jar was filled with densely packed white worms.

“Director, aren’t you tricking us? Can this thing be eaten?”

You Jing’s face darkened. “Don’t spout nonsense. This is a local specialty delicacy called the White Jade Worm. It’s very nutritious. The farmers spent a lot of effort to nurture it. Just this small jar alone is not cheap.”

Mai Tian and the rest had actually eaten worms before. Previously, they went to Yun City to record a show and tasted the local worm banquet. Although those worms looked a little scary on the surface, they smelled good after being cooked and fried by the locals. Hence, they ate quite happily after overcoming that psychological barrier.

However, the insects at the insect banquet were cooked, and the little worms in the glass bowl were all alive, twisting crazily.

Mai Tian looked at the director in despair. “You won’t let us eat it raw, right?”

“Of course. This delicacy emphasizes freshness and original taste.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately imagined the scene of the white worm moving in its mouth. They immediately felt a little nauseous.

Everyone felt disgusted just by imagining that terrifying scene. How could they stand it if they really ate it?

Yu Han pulled the three members of their team. “We can’t lose this round.” She was not picky with food, but she definitely did not have the hobby of eating insects raw.

Song Yun also nodded solemnly. “Yes, we can’t lose.” Compared to eating that disgusting worm raw, at this moment, she actually felt that the glass house just now was not that scary. Although snakes were also scary, they would not enter people’s mouths.

Shen Qing glanced at the three girls. “Don’t worry, our group is so strong. We definitely won’t lose.”

Indeed, their team was much stronger than the other two teams, so their chances of winning were still very high.

Yu Han looked at him hesitantly. “If we win the competition successfully, won’t there be much fewer scenes?”

She had just watched the competition between the other two groups and realized that people like Mai Tian and Song Xu would consciously create variety show effects for the show. For this, they could even sacrifice their image and lose the competition.

Yu Han was just a small supporting role in the publicity this time. The focus of publicity was not on her, so she did not feel any pressure. She did not care about the number of scenes she had after the show was broadcasted.

However, she was afraid that Shen Qing and Song Yun would care about that. Unexpectedly, when Song Yun heard this, she immediately shook her head and said, “Although the number of scenes is very important, I’d rather not have any scenes if they want me to eat the worms.”

As permanent hosts, Shen Qing and Jiang Li did not care much about the number of scenes in one episode. Hence, they respected Song Yun and Yu Han’s opinions.

“Then let’s not care so much. Let’s win the competition first.” Shen Qing looked at the three of them before his gaze landed on Yu Han. “I’ll leave our hopes to you..”