Standing beside Zhao Rong, his assistant tremblingly pulled a lighter from his pocket and warned the scarecrows, "Stay back, you scarecrows! Or I'll light this and burn you all to ashes..."
Although the assistant threatened to set them on fire, the scarecrows, far from being afraid, simply advanced without hesitation. "Don't underestimate us," one of them said. "We may be made of straw, but it's a high-tech nanomaterial. Not only is it fireproof, waterproof, and theft-proof, but it's also scratch-resistant, friction-resistant, beauty-resistant, and even rabies-resistant."
Hearing that the scarecrows were actually fireproof, the disbelieving assistant flicked the lighter on and tossed it at the nearest one, a figure wearing a top hat, trying to burn it to ashes. To his surprise, however, the straw didn't ignite. Instead, the lighter's flame was simply extinguished upon contact.
