Chapter 48: Waiting Here

Compared to Beijing, City Z is not far from City S. It only took two hours for everyone to reach the apartment building prepared by the program team.

The reason why the program team did not prepare villas is because the characteristic of City Z is the commercial street, and the villa residences are in the suburbs of City Z, too far away from the commercial street.

The building has not yet officially started selling. In order to raise the house price, the builder has specially provided several houses for the program crew to use.

By the time everyone had settled down, it was already past ten o'clock.

Considering that they would be filming tomorrow, the guests simply packed their luggage and went to bed.

The next day, the program team took the guests to the amusement park.

Behind the castle in the amusement park, there is a large open space surrounded by roadblocks.

Two gongs were hung on the easternmost branch, and two tracks were marked on the ground with white lines.

There were several buckets of blown-up balloons placed at the northernmost end, with two red boards erected next to them, just like the balloon shooting game we usually play.

A huge inflatable pool was built on the westernmost side, which also contained many balloons, but the balloons in the pool looked bigger.

The guests came in from the southernmost end and stood tacitly in front of the signboard with the variety show logo, waiting for the director to read out today's tasks.

Director: "Welcome to the 'Childlike Innocents' paradise. Here, we will witness the guests moving forward hand in hand and experiencing the joy of childhood!"

Director: "Today's competition is divided into three stages. Each stage has corresponding points. In the end, we will give different rewards to the guests based on the number of points!"

Director: "Guests, please follow the staff to the dressing room and change into your limited-edition outfits!"

The director deliberately kept it a secret and didn't say what the costume was.

After everyone arrived, they discovered that they were two two-person jumpsuits.

This jumpsuit is different from ordinary clothes. It has a more rounded shape. Even though the part where the limbs need to be extended has been dug out, it still looks like an oversized red marble from a distance.

The jumpsuit looks very bulky, but in fact the space inside can only accommodate two people, and the two people need to stand one in front and one behind, not side by side.

The staff handed the guests a lottery bucket with four lot slips in it.

The director's voice came through the loudspeaker, "Each group please send a guest to draw lots and choose how to wear the jumpsuit."

Jiang Yunyao drew the "back-to-back" wearing method, and Lin Wanwan drew the "face-to-face" wearing method.

Obviously, compared with the two ways of wearing, wearing the jumpsuit face to face is more convenient for completing tasks.

Jiang Yunyao had already prepared herself mentally. The male and female protagonists on the other side were both very good at cheating, and she couldn't compete with them in luck.

But she had a question, "What do the other two sticks say? Are they also 'face to face' and 'back to back'?"

Others were equally curious.

With the director's permission, the staff took out the other two signature strips and placed them in front of the camera.

It is written on them respectively: "Face to face, one standing and one handstand" and "Back to back, one standing and one handstand".

Jiang Yunyao couldn't hold it in any longer and expressed her opinion immediately.

"That's outrageous! If we had drawn one of these two, we could have just admitted defeat!"

Compared to this, the stick in her hand is simply amazing!

Xie Yixing agreed, "And I can't do a handstand..."

Jiang Yunyao said quietly, "Don't even mention you. Even someone like me who has practiced hard can't stand upside down for long!"

Lin Wanwan's eyebrows curved slightly, "Luckily, we didn't draw these two lots."

Jiang Yunyao looked at the staff, "What should we do if we really draw these two lots?"

You can't really wear it like that, right?! There's no way to play like that!

Staff: "You can get another chance to draw lots by completing the mini-game, but the original lot in the guest's hand will be invalidated."

The staff looked at them expectantly, "Do you want to draw again?"

At this moment, Jiang Yunyao and the others' thought processes were highly similar!

In less than three seconds, they all took several steps back and reached a consensus in their hearts:

The remaining two are not good lots, who would be stupid enough to draw them!

[Haha ...

Is the production team changing their direction? Planning to go for an abstract and comedic approach?

[Don't even mention the production team, I feel like both Mr. Lu and Wanwan have been led astray! ]

[Jiang and Xie, single-handedly, managed to lead everyone astray (including us)!]

[Hey, hey, hey, Jiang Yunyao said she's practiced before!]

[The previous one, this is no longer a secret! As punishment, you have to watch the replay of the day you escaped from the castle!]

The guests put on their jumpsuits and followed the staff's instructions to walk to the westernmost end of the open space.

Director: "The first part is a question challenge. The two groups of guests need to answer the question first. The group of guests who hits the gong first can answer the question!"

Director: "If the guests' answers are reasonable, they will get one point; if the answers are unreasonable, they will get no points!"

Director: "Guests, please stand outside the red line and do some warm-up exercises. After the competition officially begins, there will be no more preparation time."

Director: "Also, during the quick answering process, the guests cannot cross the track marked by the white line, otherwise they will have to start over from the red line!"

The red line is twenty meters away from the gong, and it cannot be crossed by taking shortcuts. Cooperation between both parties is required.

Jiang Yunyao leaned against Xie Yixing, doing warm-up exercises while simulating the actions of the two in her mind.

"Xie Yixing, how about we walk sideways, shouting 'one, two, one' and marching together?"

Xie Yixing: "No problem!"

On the other side, Lu Lin and the others also came up with the same idea.

The director saw that it was almost done, so he asked the staff to pass the gavel to the guest, then raised the question card and announced the start.

Director: "There's only one question for this segment: One hundred ways to cook eggs! Whoever strikes the gong first, please answer one way."

Jiang Yunyao and the others: "..."

No wonder they gave away eggs for free, it turns out they were waiting here!

[Absolutely amazing! The director must have thought of this question overnight!]

[Director: It's not for nothing! It's not for nothing!]

[This type of question has limited answers, so it's obvious whoever answers first will get more points!]

[The director is really stingy! He only gives one point for a correct answer!]

[This is hilarious! The answer is illogical and I still don’t get any points!]

Time was running out, so everyone had no time to complain about the director and focused their attention on the competition.

Jiang and Xie were shouting slogans, but as soon as they started walking, problems arose.

Xie Yixing took big steps, and just two steps would make him half a step faster than Jiang Yunyao.

Unfortunately, the two of them were facing each other and could not see each other's faces while discussing.

Jiang Yunyao looked at Lu Lin and the other man who were walking further and further away, and suddenly felt that this was not going to work.

In a moment of desperation, she had an idea.

"Hold the hammer. I'll put my hand on your arm. The length of our next step will be the distance between my two hands!"

In this way, each of you will know how big a step to take!

Xie Yixing turned his head and looked at the gap between the two groups, which was gradually widening. He became anxious and said, "Then quickly put your hand over!"