The question left not only the audience present but also the contestants completely baffled.
"What is meant by a battle of adversity? What exactly are the players required to do?"
"I don't understand, I don't understand at all. Isn't the theme of this competition too profound?"
"I originally thought the questions would be something like cooking eggs or making soup, but I didn't expect them to be so advanced this time."
"What's the rush? The organizers will explain. They can't expect us to cook without any explanation."
"Exactly, I think these guys are all too impatient, their mentality is completely wrong."
Although Lu Rong didn't understand the question, he didn't care. As long as everyone else could do it, he could too.
Knowing that everyone had a lot of questions, Wu Zhengchuan immediately provided an explanation.
"Everyone, follow my gestures and look at this area." After saying that, he pointed to a large black cloth in the center of the area.
This large black cloth is huge; I wonder what's wrapped inside.
Then Wu Zhengchuan gestured, and seven or eight staff members immediately stepped forward and lifted the black cloth.
The various bits and pieces of ingredients inside were revealed.
It contains a variety of common ingredients such as potatoes, tomatoes, scallions, ginger, garlic, pumpkin, pork, chicken, duck, and fish.
However, these ingredients all have a common problem: they all seem to be leftovers, and the quality doesn't seem very good.
For example, potatoes and tomatoes are very small.
Everyone was puzzled as to why such an important competition would use such casual ingredients.
Wu Zhengchuan further explained: "There are all kinds of commonly used ingredients here, but they are all leftovers from supermarkets. The only purpose is to see if you can make a dish that is amazing under difficult and limited conditions."
"As chefs, although we have better conditions now and all kinds of ingredients are readily available, it is very important to be able to use our abilities to create extraordinary dishes under difficult conditions at critical moments."
"So there's no theme for today's first competition. Anything made with the ingredients here is fine. Whatever you make, you just need to do your best to conquer the judges' taste buds."
After saying that, he pointed to the five judges on the platform. Each of them was a very important figure in the culinary world, one of whom was Li Shangui.
After hearing his explanation, everyone immediately understood.
Of course, that wasn't all, Wu Zhengchuan continued to explain.
"As you can see, there are all kinds of ingredients on site, but the total amount of ingredients is limited, and it is impossible for every contestant to choose freely."
"So we set a rule that once the competition actually starts, all the contestants will have three minutes to go inside and select their ingredients. Whether they can select the ingredients they want will depend on their own abilities."
"Of course, if the contestant doesn't go, they can send an assistant. As long as it's someone from your team, that's fine. Only one person per team."
"You have five minutes to prepare and confirm who will be collecting the ingredients. We will begin together in five minutes."
These words caused an uproar at the scene.
The audience did not expect that the very first match would be so exciting.
"Did you hear that? These ingredients are to be fought over, not something you can just take as you please."
"Oh my god, isn't that going to lead to a huge melee later?"
"It won't be a big free-for-all, but it depends on whether these contestants have the ability to grab the ingredients they want."
"I didn't expect the first challenge to be so difficult. Not only are the ingredients leftovers from others, but we also have to compete with other rivals for them. What if we can't get what we want? Won't the dishes we make taste terrible?"
"So this level is really too difficult. I didn't have any expectations at first, but now that the rules have been announced, I'm instantly interested."
"Just thinking about these rules makes me feel like I don't know what to do. If I were one of the contestants, I probably would want to withdraw."
"It seems that the money spent on the tickets was worthwhile. I'm so excited about the upcoming matches. Let's get started, I can't wait!"
In contrast to the audience's excitement, the contestants were rather annoyed.
"Damn it, they pulled this tactic in the very first match. I'm over 40, how am I supposed to beat these youngsters?"
"If you can't go, you can send your assistant."
“You’re right. As Mr. Wu just said, anyone who belongs to the participating teams can be selected at will.”
"Great! I'll have my 1.9-meter-tall assistant go and snatch it. With his physique, what kind of ingredients can't he get?"
"I'm so envious. You guys have such great assistants. Unlike us, who are all old, weak, sick, or disabled, we probably have no choice but to bite the bullet and do it ourselves."
"Actually, it's not that difficult. Just try your best to get more ingredients so that you'll have more options when cooking."
"That's true. The more ingredients you have, the better you can cook. If you only manage to get one or two ingredients, it will be more difficult to cook them later."
"And as you can see, there aren't actually that many dishes on the field. With over 200 contestants going to get the dishes, I estimate that some of them won't even be able to get any."
"Now that you mention it, I realize that if we can't get the necessary ingredients, we won't even have the chance to cook. That's really going to be tough."
After some discussion, everyone was clear about the contestants.
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