Looking at the bustling crowd of a thousand people, Lin Xiaoxiao had an emoji pop into her mind: "So many people!" She stared at the sea of ​​people in front of the screen, completely clueless about camera movement, and could only sit in the middle with a straight face, listening to the assistant director instruct the others.

Fortunately, there weren't many shots taken before we went to the island. After a quick shoot, it was time to go to the island.

Since so many people couldn't all go at once, they were taken to the island in batches. Once on the island, they were taken directly to an abandoned house that the film crew had renovated locally.

There were a thousand people, but no single, double, or four-person rooms were available. The entire floor was empty, with wrought iron bunk beds placed every few steps. It was a four-story building. The first floor had a kitchen and a large shooting studio, the second floor was for girls, and the third and fourth floors were for boys.

After disembarking from the ship, Lin Xiaoxiao was finally freed from the cacophony of ducks. She began to understand why her teachers often complained about the noise when she was in school, saying things like, "It's so noisy! Everyone be quiet, it's driving me crazy!"

It turns out that these were not exaggerations, but a true reflection of reality.

If each person raises their voice slightly, the combined volume of the group feels like it could blow the roof off. Her head has been spinning non-stop since filming began, and no matter how the crew tries to keep quiet, the next second the noise will come back up again, so it's really not effective.

Lin Xiaoxiao was starting to regret getting so many people involved. Fifty-odd people in her class had already caused a huge commotion, let alone this many times more. She vowed never to involve so many people again—no, there would never be a next time. If she could just get through this, she could return to her wealthy family and live a life of leisure, with yacht parties, private jet travel, and gourmet food every day. Hang in there! A happy life was just around the corner!

After sending all the contestants to their dormitories and filming a short video message for each of them, the crew immediately left. Lin Xiaoxiao, however, had already slipped away at the ferry terminal and didn't follow the video message at all. Fortunately, the crew's accommodation was near the residents' quarters, far from the competition park's dormitories; otherwise, they wouldn't have slept well at night. These people, after their long journey, still had the energy to cause trouble, and some even discussed having a barbecue, hot pot, and party together the night before the competition.

Lin Xiaoxiao was utterly impressed. She had been completely exhausted since filming until they arrived on the island. As soon as she got back to her room, she collapsed onto her bed, thinking to herself, "Let them cause trouble. Tomorrow I'll throw them all in the escape route and see if they can still make a fuss, see if they can still be so happy!"

The next day, Lin Xiaoxiao got up very early. She hadn't gotten up this early for many years since graduating from high school, and she hadn't seen the sun at five o'clock in a long time. She had to admit that the rising sun paired with the misty island had a unique charm, which calmed her irritable mood.

At 6 o'clock, Lin Xiaoxiao was already sitting in the backstage monitoring room. As for what to watch, Lin Xiaoxiao had no idea. Her mind was thinking that she should have eaten an extra bowl of tofu pudding for breakfast. She wondered what lunch would be like today. She heard that it was cooked by an old lady on the island who was very good at cooking. She was really looking forward to it.

The contestants officially signed the waiver of their right to life or death, and the host, Sheng Yiyi, began her warm-up remarks: "This is not a game, but a rehearsal for the apocalypse. There can only be one winner, will it be you!"

The thousand people present shouted in unison, "It's me!" "Yes!" "I'm the champion!"

Lin Xiaoxiao even heard some people shouting names, it was deafening. However, she had to admit that the class Sheng Yiyi signed up for seemed to be very effective. Her speech seemed to have improved a lot, and she was also very pretty. It was nice to see a beautiful woman first thing in the morning. How come she didn't have any swelling after sleeping all night? She was so envious.

Dressed in a formal gown, Sheng Yiyi held up her sign and read aloud clearly, "Now I will introduce the rules of the first stage of 'Island Survival'. The one thousand participants will be divided into ten groups of one hundred people each. The top ten from each group will advance to the final battle of the second stage. Everyone will line up to draw lots, and those drawn from the same area will be in the same group."

Each participant must wear a survival bracelet during the competition; removal will result in disqualification. Each participant starts with ten health points on the bracelet; once health points reach zero, the participant is eliminated. Alternatively, participants can click the "Exit" button on their bracelet, and staff will escort them out.

Finally, I hope to see you all again in the second stage. Reaching this island has only two outcomes—become a god, or become a sacrifice! Let's go!

Amid cheers, the first stage of the 24-hour race officially began, with a thousand people carrying the initial equipment prepared for them by the production team and dispersing into ten zones.

Each area has only two safe houses, which cannot accommodate 100 people. Furthermore, each area contains a certain number of items randomly placed, including healing items, infection-reducing items, antidotes, area-specific puzzle items, and of course, damaging items.

Hidden among every hundred participants are werewolves with different winning conditions than the other players. Participants must survive to the end in scenarios such as Plague Hospital, Dark Forest, Cellar Maze, Clock Tower Square, and Blood Moon Wharf to enter the final round.

One hundred players are randomly divided into four roles: 65 survivors, 20 fake players, 5 doctors, and 10 engineers.

The "fake person" has a different stance and main task than the other three. Their mission is to infect and eliminate others by touching their wristbands, and to prevent their escape. Each fake person must infect at least one person per hour, or they will be eliminated.

After each player is infected by the fake human for the first time, their bracelet will turn yellow; if they are infected again, they will be eliminated.

Doctors can eliminate infections, but treating more than 5 people per hour will consume one unit of their health.

Engineers receive a time bonus when repairing power systems. For example, while it takes others one hour to repair, an engineer can do it in one minute.

Plague Hospital Scene

"Wang Quan, are you a doctor?"

Wang Quan composed himself. "I'm not, are you?"

Zhang Nan, who raised the question, simply shook her head and said with some distress, "Ah, does that mean that after being infected, we can only find props?"

Wang Quan's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was beating faster than usual. He was a fake human, and he had to infect at least one person every hour. Once a person was infected twice, they would be eliminated. If an infected person wanted to get rid of the infection, they either had to use a tool to remove it or have a doctor help them.

Therefore, he needs to infect someone discreetly within the next hour. After his bracelet is authenticated, many red dots appear around him, similar to location tracking. These should be the other fake people. However, everyone is still in the open space outside the hospital, which is densely packed with people, so it is impossible to determine who the fake people are.

He has seen several people successfully infected and leave the infected individuals. The infected individuals will turn into yellow dots, and if they are infected again, they will be eliminated.