Di Ting turned around and looked at him meaningfully, saying, "Choose anyone? Anyone will do."

Ye Chu glanced at him: "Anyone but Shi Shan is fine."

"Why can't Shi Shan?" Di Ting asked softly. "Everyone else can, so why can't he?"

Ye Chu frowned: "Based on the clues I've obtained, Shi Shan seems to be a guardian."

As he spoke, Ye Chuchong opened his palm and showed Di Ting the dirty clue card.

Di Ting, unperturbed by the mess, picked up the piece of paper from Ye Chu's palm and read it aloud: "Guardians protect endless life? — You mean, Shi Shan may have chosen to protect himself, so I can't eliminate him?"

"Okay." Ye Chu nodded. "To be on the safe side, you should choose one of Teacher Zheng and Deputy Director Cheng to eliminate."

“There are five people on the field now. After I eliminate one person, I will also die.” Di Ting observed Ye Chu’s expression. “At that time, there will be three people left on the field. The ratio of undercover agents to infiltrators will still not reach 1:1, so we still cannot win.”

Ye Chu pulled out an elimination card from his pocket: "I have one last elimination card. The leader, the manipulator, and the observer have all been eliminated. I am the accomplice, you are the destroyer, and Shi Shan is the guardian. Only the identities of thief and traitor remain. In other words, Teacher Zheng and Deputy Director Cheng cannot escape these two identities no matter what."

Ye Chu glanced at Shi Shan's back and lowered her voice: "When eliminating players, the announcer will reveal the identity of the guest. At that time, the identity of the remaining person will be clear. I will write his name on the elimination card. That way, only Shi Shan and I will be left on the field, the undercover agent and the infiltrated one-to-one—we will win."

"I see," Di Ting nodded thoughtfully. Just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly turned back. "Wait, aren't we still allies?"

Ye Chu raised an eyebrow and said without blinking, "Of course, why are you asking this? Haven't you read the rules clearly? Once an alliance is formed, the ally cannot be changed."

Di Ting smiled faintly and said, "I feel your heartbeat and breathing are very fast, as if you are lying."

Ye Chu shoved him, leaving a muddy handprint on Di Ting's white shirt: "Possessed by a ghost? Hurry up, what if Shi Shan finishes talking to them and the vote goes to us?"

Di Ting nodded slightly: "As you command."

After saying this, Di Ting picked up the walkie-talkie, dialed the program team's channel, and whispered, "Hello, hello, hello, I'm the sabotager, I'm the sabotager. I'm going to self-destruct. I'm going to be eliminated—"

Under Ye Chu's slightly tense gaze, Di Ting suddenly smiled: "Shi Shan."

!!

Ye Chu's pupils contracted, and before she could react, the program team's cold announcement rang out:

"The accomplice, Shi Shan, is eliminated."

"The saboteur, Chu Zixin, is eliminated."

Bang!

Sun Xiaoxiao suddenly stood up, staring at the screen in disbelief. Her movement was so forceful that she even knocked over her chair!

Was Shi Shan an accomplice? Then who exactly was Ye Chu?

Di Ting's expression went blank for a moment, then he looked like he realized something and turned his sharp eyes to Ye Chu.

The playful expression on Ye Chu's face had vanished, replaced by a look of astonishment, gravity, and anger.

After gazing at that face for a long time, Di Ting finally smiled.

“It seems we’ve surprised each other.” Di Ting tilted his head. “I was going to explain to you why I eliminated Shi Shan. But now it seems I don’t need to.”

Ye Chu clenched her fist tightly, her bright, clear eyes narrowing as she looked at Di Ting: "You wretch, you'd better get out of my sight right now."

Di Ting shrugged: "Shouldn't I be the one to react? You've fooled me from beginning to end."

Ye Chu smiled and said, "It's just the rules of the game; there's no such thing as cheating. If you really want to be angry, you can go to the elimination zone and be angry for a while longer."

Staff members came on stage and carried Di Ting and Shi Shan away. Ye Chu slumped down and wiped her face, her frustration so evident even the mud couldn't hide it.

As Shi Shan was being helped away from the venue by staff, he suddenly reached out and hooked his little finger with Ye Chu's as he passed by.

Ye Chu glanced to the side, and Shi Shan gave her a subtle look. No one could decipher the meaning of that look except Ye Chu.

Now, only three people remain in the arena.

With so few survivors, there seemed to be no need to even hold a vote. Zheng Bohan and Cheng Daiqing walked to the voting machine, lazily preparing to press the button.

Ye Chu also stood in front of the instrument, but instead of selecting a button, she took out the last elimination card and glanced between Zheng Bohan and Cheng Daiqing.

Recalling Shi Shan's last glance before leaving, Ye Chu finally stopped hesitating and wrote down the name of Ou Yang, the actor who played Cheng Daiqing, on the paper!

After writing those two words, Ye Chu resolutely wrote three more words on the paper:

traitor.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

This is not Sun Xiaoxiao's heartbeat, but a background sound effect that Ru Guan added after slowing down the footage for the sake of the show.

After three seconds that felt like an eternity, the program's cold, impersonal announcement rang out—

"The thief, Ye Chu, is eliminated."

Ye Chu opened her eyes wide in disbelief, then suddenly seemed to realize something and looked in Cheng Daiqing's direction!

Cheng Daiqing, who was chatting and laughing with Zheng Bohan, turned around, met Ye Chu's gaze for a second, and gave her a kind smile.

Under Ye Chu's almost frozen gaze, Cheng Daiqing slowly took out a card from his pocket.

Clue Card:

"Traitors always appear at the last second."

"Sorry, Xiao Yezi." Cheng Daiqing smiled, revealing her teeth, "I've made you work so hard for nothing."

At the same time, the program's cheerful notification sound rang out:

"game over.

"The ultimate winner—"

"Undercover agent, traitor, Ou Yang."

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My blood pressure is high.

[Someone help me up, my heart is racing!]

A dog that bites doesn't bark, and a vicious undercover agent doesn't utter a sound.

[At this point, it has become art.]

[It's like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind... So, can someone knowledgeable explain what's really going on?]

My heart skipped a beat when Shi Shan was eliminated, it skipped another beat when Shi Shan was revealed to be an accomplice, and it skipped ten beats when Ye Chu was eliminated.

[Deputy Director Cheng! I never expected that someone as upright and honorable as you would betray us!]

This show is full of shady dealings.