The countdown is about to begin! I can't wait! (*?ω?)

[Wuhu, it feels like not many people were eliminated this round (*￣rǒ￣).]

[Huh?! What does it mean to let the players choose their positions?!]

I have a bad feeling about this; I hope I'm just overthinking it.

Gao Fei was a little confused, as were the other contestants, but they all quickly found their places. He was a step too slow and just found a corner to sit in.

Xu Hui had a feeling that this location might be related to the hidden danger from earlier. The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed, since many hidden danger sites had been discovered earlier, but no one had bothered to eliminate them.

She looked around and, before the deadline, quickly found a spot where she felt there were no potential dangers and stood down.

"Huang Yulan, Chen Hong, Xu Dahai... are eliminated."

Huang Yulan was a little confused, "Huh?! Why were we eliminated?!"

The other people standing in the kitchen had the same question. The staff member held up a record board and pointed to the gas stove. "Here is an old pressure cooker. You see the switch on the stove? It's on, so it's in the 'heating' state. Above it is a range hood covered with thick grease."

If you inspect it carefully, you will find that the safety valve of this pressure cooker is broken. The pressure inside the pot increases, and eventually the hot soup and steam inside spill out, impacting the thick grease at the bottom of the range hood. The high-temperature steam will instantly melt and vaporize the grease, turning it into flammable oil vapor that can instantly ignite the surrounding particulate matter.

So you were all eliminated by the fire.

The people in the kitchen were convinced and had nothing to say, but the group outside the door was still dissatisfied, "Then how were we eliminated?!"

The staff members were not angry; they remained calm, saying, "The fire is spreading."

"We can run away from the fire! And there are fire extinguishers and fire hydrants here!"

Seeing the contestant excitedly pointing at the fire extinguisher and the fire hydrant in the corridor, the staff member realized that simply saying it probably wouldn't work, so they handed the record board to another staff member behind them who was taking photos.

The staff member walked up to the fire extinguisher, picked it up, and showed the production date to the others, saying, "The fire extinguisher is expired. Using it could cause an explosion. Are you sure you want to use it?"

Shi Lei, who had raised the question, was stunned. Yue Feng was standing near the front door of the house. He had initially chosen this location because he felt that no matter what happened, the front door would be advantageous for escape.

However, when Yue Feng heard from the staff that the fire extinguisher was expired and might explode if used, he immediately realized that if they used it, the rest of them would probably be eliminated as well.

A colorful image flashed through Yue Feng's mind, along with a mushroom cloud and thick black smoke. No, no, he absolutely couldn't use this expired fire extinguisher.

Before anyone else in the room could speak, Yue Feng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, no need." After saying that, seeing the others' confused looks, he quickly added, "Didn't the staff say there's a possibility of an explosion? If it really explodes, can any of you run back on foot?"

Shi Lei, the contestant who suggested using a fire extinguisher, the eliminated contestants, and the other surviving contestants in the room all fell silent for a moment.

Shi Lei's back was already sweating, but he was still unwilling to be eliminated like this. He had already earned a lot of points, and if he was eliminated like this, all his previous efforts would be in vain!

"And there are fire hydrants too."

Shi Lei's tone was not as forceful as before, but he still stubbornly raised one last point of contention.

The staff went straight to the fire hydrant outside, opened it, and then Shi Lei watched helplessly as the hydrant malfunctioned! Why would it malfunction?! The production team must have done it on purpose! Yeah, "Death 101" already said it's a death contest, what miracle was he expecting? If the King of Hell wants you dead at midnight, who dares to keep you alive until dawn?

The other eliminated people also fell silent, while the survivors were even more grateful. It was such a close call! How come all those places that we don't usually notice are actually deadly hidden dangers?

[Tsk tsk tsk, that's really dangerous! Even fire extinguishers have an expiration date!]

[Is this pressure cooker really that dangerous?! What should I do? I'm too scared to use it after reading this!! o(╥﹏╥)o]

[This range hood not being cleaned has such a chain reaction?! This is practically a conspiracy! It's terrifying (frightened meme).JPG]

[There was a painting hanging in one room—how cleverly hidden! The nail was driven so deep it broke the gas pipe. Everyone in that room was eliminated, and even the people in the hallway were killed. Tsk tsk tsk, I really don't know what to say about this.]

[This is so well hidden!]

[See! What did I say! I knew Director Lin's show couldn't possibly be this calm! There's a sequence to everything. Someone found an expired fire extinguisher, got ten points, but didn't address the hazard; it was just left there. If a fire had broken out and they had used it, they would have all been destroyed.]

【Huh?! No?! This is the director Lin who made "Four Seasons in a Cup," a film that so soothed my soul?! Has he been replaced?!】

Give up. It's Director Lin. Have you simply forgotten "A Hundred Years of Silence" and "The Waves and the Gunfire"?

[Putting everything else aside, have you forgotten the incredibly "healing" wedding drama, *Never to Be Seen Again*? Do you remember Director Lin's debut work? That melodramatic, all-out-of-fatal *Love Under the Moonlight*? You've all been fooled by the gentle Director Lin of recent years! Wake up! Director Lin hasn't changed at all! She's still the same Director Lin who loves tragedy at heart!]

[Oh no, the moment you mentioned it, all the memories I'd forgotten came flooding back. I'm practically trembling uncontrollably! No way, no way?! (Panic emoji.JPG)]

【Huh?! Director Lin is doing this again?! I thought it would be like "Love 101," but "Death 101" is giving me this kind of thing?!】

【No, everyone, the name is right here, and you guys just ignore it?! o(￣ヘ￣o＃)】

Who would have thought this?! ┓( ′?` )┏

[You've just reminded me of "The Murderer Is Right in Front of You," and it's given me goosebumps. I need to rewatch that show and rediscover my impression of Director Lin.]

[Seriously, have you all forgotten about the second season of "The Ten Thousand Yuan Household"? The collaboration with "The Hundred Regiments Offensive" involving knife attacks...tsk tsk tsk, your memories are really bad. Maybe the previous dumpling-making drama was just to make us relax so we could start the knife attack ┓( ′?` )┏.]