"Huh?" The guests immediately groaned upon hearing the director's words. "What if the entire storage bag is stolen? Does that mean we'll get zero points?"

“Correct answer.” The director hinted, “That’s why everyone needs to work as a team. Decide whether to launch an attack or protect the storage bags you have. Don’t forget the special item cards. If someone finds one, they can shout out the name of the item card to activate it.”

These words elicited various reactions from the guests present.

Everyone's coins are already in their storage bags, right? If someone were to steal them, they'd just take the whole thing! Who would deliberately open their storage bag, grab a few coins, and then return them?

At the start of the second round, everyone peacefully searched for their own coins. However, since the mud had already been turned over, there weren't many coins left. After several minutes, everyone still hadn't found any, and their expressions gradually became anxious. They even looked at the members of other groups with restless intent.

The director noticed this and shouted, "Hurry up! There are only eight minutes left. If you can't find a new coin, the score will be calculated again based on the first round."

Based on the previous intellectual quiz and the first round of mud competition, Gu Qingqiu's celebrity group had 18 points, the athlete group had 13 points, and the college student group had 12 points.

If we recalculate the scores based on the first round of finding coins in the mud, the celebrity team would still be the winner.

Everyone had their own assessment.

The two college girls exchanged a glance, deciding to take a gamble, and surrounded Gu Qingqiu, saying, "Sister Qingqiu, please forgive us!"

Gu Qingqiu immediately covered the storage bag and called for her idol to help, "Come here quickly!"

Before her idol could even arrive, Gu Qingqiu was already entangled in a fight with two college students.

"This..." The idol didn't know how to break up the fight. These were all girls, and he was afraid that his close contact with them would make the fans jealous, so he hurriedly made a protective gesture on the side.

"What are you doing?!" Gu Qingqiu gritted her teeth and continued to protect the storage bag, her speechless frustration with her idol reaching its peak.

Just then, the athletes realized how intense their battle was and secretly approached, taking advantage of their idol's inattention to steal the storage bag he had clipped to his waist.

"Hey! What are you doing!" The idol looked anxious and immediately ran towards the athletes' group. "Give me back my storage bag!"

The resistance in the mud was high, and the idol was concerned about his image, so naturally he couldn't catch up.

In his anxiety, the idol shouted, "Time Stop!"

"Okay." The director asked, "Who would you like to choose to pause time on?"

The idol pointed to the athlete who had taken his storage bag right in front of him.

"Instruction in effect. You cannot move for one minute," the director shouted to the athlete.

The idol, beaming with joy, was about to snatch back his storage bag when another athlete rushed over and tackled him to the ground in the mud, saying, "Have you forgotten he has teammates?"

Despite his careful efforts, the idol was still covered in mud and water, feeling miserable and wanting to die. Unable to escape the athlete's control, he could only watch helplessly as the athlete who stole his storage bag stood with his hands on his hips, staring at him defiantly for a minute.

Even after the time-stopping spell ended, the idol was still trapped in the mud and unable to move.

On the other side, Gu Qingqiu had already been pinned down in the mud by the two college students, but she was still desperately protecting the storage bag in front of her. The two college students did not expect Gu Qingqiu to be so stubborn, and they had been trying to snatch it for so long without success!

The director, always eager for drama, exclaimed, "There are only two minutes left!"

Gu Qingqiu seemed to have exhausted herself, and the college student group immediately seized the opportunity to snatch the storage bag from her hand.

Meanwhile, the athletes who had been observing the situation immediately rushed over to snatch the storage bags that the university students had just acquired.

The college students didn't have time to react and were quickly robbed. They rushed forward to try and snatch the storage bag back, and the scene descended into chaos.

At this moment, the director shouted, "Ten seconds left! Ten, nine, eight, seven—!"

"Wait a minute!" Gu Qingqiu said quickly, "I request to use the Yin-Yang Conversion Card, and the recipient is the athletes."

Director: "Roger! Command in effect! The athletes' coin count is swapped with the stars'. Game over—the stars win!"

"What?" This turn of events left all the guests present completely bewildered.

Gu Qingqiu clearly had a prop card, so why was she so protective of the storage bag just now?

But everyone quickly realized that Gu Qingqiu was deliberately acting to stall for time.

The idol's expression was the most interesting: "Why didn't you use the prop card sooner?"

Gu Qingqiu calmly asked, "Will it be stolen after we've used it?"

The idol seemed to be in the wrong and shut up.

The production team was overjoyed; they had so much material for this episode! They could already foresee the massive amount of discussion this episode would generate!

Moreover! It's been a very, very long time since a celebrity team has won!

After the variety show recording ended, Gu Qingqiu was exhausted and immediately went home to rest and read the script.

Two weeks later, on the night before Gu Qingqiu joined the crew, this episode of "Are You an Stupid?" aired.

When the guests were officially announced and the trailer was released before the show aired, many people immediately started criticizing Gu Qingqiu.

"The production team puts their heart into making the show and invites guests with their feet."

"My God, you don't expect to pay Gu Qingqiu to appear on your show, do you? I think she should have to pay you to get on your show."

"Hilarious! I'm just waiting for Miss Gu to get crushed. I'm already looking forward to the scene where Miss Gu calls herself an idiot."

"Fine, the production team will do anything for viewership and ratings. I just hope Ms. Gu can stay away from my brother and stop using men for publicity. Thank you."

Despite the criticism from the audience, they still prepared to turn on their TVs and video streaming apps when the show was scheduled to air. Of course, there were also many people who wanted to see Gu Qingqiu make a fool of herself and have some fun.

But to everyone's surprise, Gu Qingqiu performed exceptionally well on the variety show! She excelled in the first intellectual quiz segment, even rivaling the university student group.

After the first segment ended, the TV went into commercial break, and the discussion on Weibo shifted dramatically, with the most significant improvement in Gu Qingqiu's public image.

"Um... I don't know if it's appropriate to say this, but Ms. Gu looks really beautiful on camera. Her makeup is absolutely gorgeous, and she has a great figure even in sportswear."

"I thought Gu Qingqiu was some kind of heinous villain because everyone was criticizing her so harshly. She actually performed very well on the show! On the contrary, her teammates were the ones who dragged her down."

"This is the first time I've seen Gu Qingqiu on a variety show. I never expected her to be like this in real life. In all the gossip I've seen, she's portrayed as a sassy and promiscuous character. I feel like I've been misled by these marketing accounts..."

"This show's fans, including Ming Ge's fans, are stunned. Even the fans couldn't remember the answer to the ninth question, but Gu Qingqiu actually answered it correctly!"