Ba Ge choked severely, his face turning bright red, overwhelmed by the heat.
Yet, even so, he forcefully swallowed the chili peppers.
Lin Yifan watched from the side. He dared not refrain from swallowing.
Now, he understood a truth. Even for someone who can handle spicy food, biting directly into chili peppers is too much to withstand. After all, we are made of flesh and blood, not steel.
Seeing Ba Ge really swallowing a handful of chili peppers, audiences in front of mobile phones and computers unleashed a string of "66666", followed by words of awe and admiration, marveling at Ba Ge's prowess.
The onlookers also raised their thumbs in admiration, astonished that Ba Ge actually swallowed the chili peppers raw. They couldn't help but respect him! At least they wouldn't dare to do the same.
But, many people felt sympathy.
If it were voluntary, that's one thing, but being coerced is just too tragic, helpless.
But what could they do, now that it had come to this?
After swallowing a handful of dried chili peppers, Ba Ge felt his throat, esophagus, and stomach burning unbearably; his whole body turned red, and cold sweat broke out.
"Damn, why is it so spicy?" Ba Ge cursed inwardly.
He had always thought of chili peppers as nothing special, but now he realized they were truly formidable.
After resting for half a minute, he grabbed a small handful of dried chili peppers and chewed them.
This time, he didn't dare eat as many, for fear of choking again.
Chewing was necessary; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to swallow; moreover, swallowing dried chili peppers raw could harm the stomach, so he had to chew them.
However, chewing meant that the spiciness in the peppers would stimulate the taste buds, esophagus, stomach, and digestive tract; thus, he faced further torment.
"Ah! It's killing me!"
Ba Ge opened his mouth, fanning it with his hand to brush away the spicy taste and cool his mouth; meanwhile, his tears flowed as he cried out in pain.
The sensation was too unbearable. Now, he felt that even eating dung wouldn't be much different, maybe even slightly better.
Seeing Ba Ge's miserable state, Lin Yifan couldn't help but chuckle; this was the punishment he sought, and it was worth the effort he had just put into competing with him.
This was a challenge record livestream with a time limit; seeing the time nearly reaching one minute, Lin Yifan reminded him, "Time is almost up. If you don't finish fifty red chili peppers within one minute, you have to go for another round."
This round, Ba Ge chose to give up. After all, he had only swallowed a few chili peppers, far from fifty. It was better to give up.
Thus, he spat out the dried chili pepper in his mouth and took a rest.
Because his mouth still retained the intense spicy alkaloids from the chili peppers, he had no choice but to rinse his mouth with bottled water.
After failing the first round, some viewers in front of their mobile phones and computers mocked him, while others cheered and encouraged him to stand up and challenge again.
And after this challenge, Ba Ge realized just how terrifying the Guinness record was.
Now, he truly felt overwhelmed by the spice; his tongue went numb, unable to feel anything.
"Ba Ge! Are you okay?" His brothers fanned him and asked worriedly.
Honestly, seeing Ba Ge so desperately eating chili peppers, they felt distressed; but they couldn't do much.
"I'm fine!" Ba Ge answered. Then he commanded, "Send two guys to buy me several boxes of ice-cold bottled water. I need to cool down! I want to challenge the Guinness record!"
Hearing Ba Ge's determination, his brothers were dumbfounded; were you compelled, or did you want to break the record?
But no need to say more, it was clearly coercion. Otherwise, knowing Ba Ge's character, he would have given up long ago.
Who would harm their own body just for a record? Unless they were extraordinarily determined.
The underlings followed Ba's orders, dispatching someone to the nearby convenience store to buy several cases of ice mineral water to quench the fiery sensation in their mouths.
One minute had already passed, and Lin Yifan gave Ba a half-minute break to adjust himself.
Ba rushed to cool down his mouth and stomach, striving to restore his normal state.
Seeing Ba in such misery, Zhou Jiajia, Su Qingqing, and Lin Yifei's sympathy overflowed again; however, this time, they did not plead for Ba.
This was already Lin Yifan's greatest concession. If they continued to plead for Ba, their relationship with Lin Yifan would become very awkward.
Not wanting to see that happen, they held back.
The half-minute flew by quickly, and soon it was time for the second round of the challenge.
At that moment, Lin Yifan announced the start of the challenge. Follow current novels on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Ba immediately grabbed a handful of dry chilies and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing rapidly, hoping for a quick resolution to the battle.
But he had underestimated the power of capsaicin.
When he tried to swallow it, he felt the oil from the handful of chilies was so spicy that he was choked up and couldn't swallow at all.
"Cough, cough! Cough, cough!"
He coughed violently, tears streaming down his face once more, looking extremely sorrowful.
However, he did not give up, but took a rest for a while, closed his eyes, and swallowed hard.
Just like that, a fiery sensation ran down his throat to his stomach, scorching his insides.
Ba felt his stomach was in terrible discomfort, but now, his only option was to keep eating.
After swallowing more than a dozen dry chilies, another half minute had passed; time waits for no one, so Ba quickly grabbed another handful of dry chilies, ready to chew them for a while like before, then swallow them whole.
But when he stuffed those dozen dry chilies into his mouth, he realized his mouth was already resisting. No matter what, he couldn't swallow anymore because he felt nauseous.
"Cough, cough! Cough, cough!"
After a few more coughs, he spat all the dry chilies out of his mouth. This round, he couldn't complete the challenge, which was truly lethal.
Now, tears streamed down his face, his lips swollen, with a runny nose emerging as well, and his forehead covered in beads of sweat, his entire head looking like a glowing fireball, completely red.
Despite the underlings fanning vigorously beside him to blow away the heat, it was still ineffective.
Ba called out weakly, now, his only desire was to cool down with ice water, nothing else.
"Water! Where's the water? Bring the water quick!" the underling taking care of Ba shouted loudly to the back.
But no one responded because the water had already been used up; and the ice mineral water was still on its way.
However, just as they were in dire need, two voices came from a distance.
"The water's here! The water's here!"
Two underlings, each carrying a case of ice mineral water, ran towards the square, gasping for breath.
"Hurry and bring it here! Ba can't take it anymore!" the underling beside Ba gestured and called out to the two carrying the ice mineral water.
And hearing the urging, the two underlings clenched their teeth and ran desperately.
Right now, saving Ba was urgent, nothing else mattered.
After more than twenty seconds, they finally made it to Ba's side.