"Sorry, everyone, as one of the contestants is currently experiencing some health issues, we'll need to pause the contest," the host quickly picked up the microphone to handle the situation.
Meanwhile, the live broadcast of the competition paused, temporarily switching to commercials.
The countdown on the background screen froze at 13 minutes and 57 seconds. Wu Minqi was half-kneeling on the ground, asking Jiang Feng if he could stand up again, while staff members were asking in the audience whether anyone was a doctor. Standing right behind Jiang Feng, Zhang Xi was also somewhat stunned by the sudden turn of events.
Jiang Feng hadn't actually fainted; thousands of system prompts were sounding off in his mind at the same time. He couldn't make out anything clearly, only hearing a massive jumble of noise, like winding lightning crackling explosively through his brain while a muffled thunder reverberated beside his ear.
