Dog Egg was extremely shocked: "You, how did you know that?"

No, is his acting really that bad?

Liu Yun: ...You've practically spelled it out, how could I not guess?

It's because she asked the question incorrectly; these weren't lines from the script!

"You've been going through years of hunger and cold, begging for food in the village, and you can't even have a New Year's Eve dinner. Even if you lived forever, would you be willing to live like that?"

Dog Egg: ...That hits the nail on the head, it dragged the plot straight to the end!

Director, help! What is he trying to say?

This was definitely not a part of the script's predictions.

The comments section was filled with smiles and laughter.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I have a feeling that Gou Dan has stopped in Bengbu, and this show can't continue."

"Right, right, where are the haters who say it's scripted? Come out here! I want to know, if the production team gave us this much of a script, completely ruining the game, did they actually not want to play?"

"They probably don't want to continue."

"It might be due to the live broadcast mishap, the follow-up..."

"Perhaps it's to make everyone laugh. Even if it's to highlight President Liu's intelligence, it's not worth sacrificing the entire production crew!"

"Although the ones in front caught it, they disrupted the formation."

Haters: ...flipping the table, is this ever going to end?

Why do we always have to ask them to speak?

How long have they been silent?

"Maybe...immortality is suffering!" Dog Egg was already in tears, unable to eat the whole bowl of delicious food.

Did he just repeat someone else's lines, the village chief's lines?

Originally, whether or not to achieve immortality and maintain the status quo of the village was someone else's business!

But Liu Yun skipped many steps and asked the most crucial question.

Liu Yun: "It's not just you in this village, is it? I see many people are sick, and the village is not well-off. Everyone works themselves to the bone for a year, only to return to square one?"

"The food I gave you will be restored next year? Why?"

"Even if their illness is cured, won't they revert to their original state? Shouldn't they lose everything they've earned and gained?"

"Why is it that when I come here, what I receive is restored to its original state?"

Dog Egg: ...Director, he doesn't want to be this NPC anymore, can we change him now?

Someone please save him!

Just when Gou Dan was in despair and considering giving up, the headset that had been silent finally started working.

It seemed like the production team had only just realized what was happening and gave Gou Dan some instructions.

Dog Egg calmed down a bit, and the food in his bowl tasted even better.

The NPCs' headsets were there as a precaution in case of a major incident. After all, it's a live broadcast, and if a serious accident happens, the variety show might have to undergo rectification, have its broadcast interrupted, or take other actions, which would not be conducive to the show continuing.

However, they rarely use them and never manipulate the hunters.

I never expected that starting it would turn out like this.

Dog Egg coughed: "Because there's another secret behind this."

Liu Yun realized that the production team had interfered, so she continued to ask questions.

Dog Egg glanced at the table and felt a little like crying. He hadn't eaten much, but to answer the questions, he had to make the players pay a price.

Liu Yun chuckled to herself, thinking: You'll regret this.

He then took the bowl, returned to the table, piled the food high in the air, and served it to Gou Dan.

Dog Egg: ...Are we going to stuff him to death?

This is clearly the director team's idea!

"That's because I've discovered that only the variables that occur on New Year's Eve will last for the entire year."

"In other words, if you can give me a whole year's worth of food today, I can stay with the village forever."

Liu Yun was surprised, and her expression became slightly serious.

Song Xingfei looked left and right: "What's wrong? Is there some new information?"

Feifei: "Does this mean that we also appeared on New Year's Eve? Is it possible that we'll stay here forever?"

Liu Yun: "Yes, that means our game has a time limit. If it doesn't end, we lose. No wonder it's a cycle. I was wondering if we had to keep trying when we couldn't make a judgment. Maybe we'd get it right eventually if we tried a few more times."

"It seems that there is an overall time limit, and trying multiple times is probably not feasible; we will definitely exceed the time limit."

Huang Sheng and the scriptwriting team: ...We really can't reveal even a single piece of information, right?

If there's even the slightest hint, you'll guess even more, right?

Dog Egg: ...It wasn't him. He didn't say much. President Liu just kept guessing. It has nothing to do with him.

Ah Qi, who had been quiet all along: ...At this moment, I feel like I'm seeing Empress Dowager Liu.

This sentiment was also frequently expressed in the comments section.

I'm increasingly convinced that Empress Dowager Liu is a true reflection of Liu Yun!

They never imagined that a character from a period drama would become a reality; it's truly outrageous.

The quality of "The Legend of the Empress Dowager" is gradually increasing!

Song Xingfei: "What do you mean, 'right'? Are you talking about the same thing?"

Liu Yun and Fei Fei said in unison, "Yes!"

Song Xingfei: ...Don't do that, it makes her look so stupid.

Liu Yun further asked, "So, does that mean if I took something or destroyed something today, I'll escape the cycle of reincarnation?"

"If we resolve the village's situation today, we can break free from its recurring fate, return to normal, and complete the game."

"So, all we need to do is find the key thing and destroy it."

Song Xingfei: "...Did it suddenly become that simple?"

Feifei: "The question is, what is this crucial thing?"

Liu Yun looked at the thing tied to Zhang Xiaopang's stomach.

Zhang Xiaopang was puzzled: "Pork cracklings? What does that have to do with anything?"

Dog Egg: ...I have a bad feeling about this~

Huang Sheng and the screenwriters: ...It's over.

Sure enough, Liu Yun said, "As a key item in the first level, it must be related to the whole game."

What comes to mind when you think of pork cracklings?

Song Xingfei subconsciously replied, "Pig?"

Liu Yun: "Yes, look at this scene. It proves that the whole village ate together on New Year's Eve. The reason why the village is cyclical must be because the whole village did the same thing, which is equivalent to the whole village being 'poisoned'."

"The whole village is experiencing problems, causing the village to enter a cycle of rebirth... To put it bluntly, there might be something wrong with the pork used in this feast."

"The key item that most likely caused the problem is related to pigs."

Song Xingfei: "Ugh~ It's not a pigsty, is it!"

Wen Chu finally chimed in: "It could also be a pig farm. I saw a recently built pig farm in the corner of the map."

"Oh, it was only recently built in reality, but it may have existed for a long time in the story."

Huang Sheng stared wide-eyed at the monitor: "...How did they turn a mission game into a deduction game?"

"This is unbelievable!"