With five minutes to go before the match was broadcast live online, the atmosphere in the main hall grew increasingly serious and quiet. The silver-white numbers on the high screen kept counting down, indicating the start time of the match.
The contestants were crowding around Lu Mingming, asking for candy, until staff informed them that the media was arriving soon, at which point they dispersed.
The air is so quiet now that you can barely hear the faint sound of tearing candy wrappers.
Staff from five well-known weekly magazines and Tianhe platform interviewed Xing Fuxing and walked into the hall together. They wore their work badges and either greeted their friends with smiles or stayed in the corner writing something in their small booklets, all looking very busy.
When Lu Mingming saw Sasha in the media section, he immediately felt a sense of kinship. The two smiled and waved to each other from a distance of more than ten meters.
Before the competition started, most of the contestants were already in their positions waiting for the start, chewing on the milk candy given to them by Lu Mingming to reduce their tension.
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Now that the candy was all gone, apart from the seasoned veteran Cheng Shiqin who was still all smiles, all the other contestants were participating in this year's selection competition for the first time. They didn't know what expression to make and blankly accepted the media's photos and interviews.
Surprisingly, Nine-Tailed Fox, who was ranked first among the streamers, was the last contestant to arrive just before the event ended.
When she arrived, almost everyone's eyes were involuntarily drawn to the glamorous woman in the tight leather skirt.
Without a doubt, her appearance is outstanding, and her figure is equally eye-catching and hot.
However, his near-lateness was not accepted by most media professionals, and a few elderly scholars with graying temples frowned deeply.
However, the nine-tailed fox didn't care at all. She even stood in the center of the room, her face full of smugness, and she showed off her beautiful figure.
The moment Lu Mingming saw the nine-tailed fox, her mind automatically recalled the "tattling" that Cheng Shiqin had secretly told her earlier.
She opened her personal terminal to check the messages—her own message was still sitting alone at the top of the message interface, the displayed words had not changed to a read mark.
Lu Mingming let out a heavy sigh, comforting herself: Tangyuan didn't call her, maybe everything's alright.
She pinched her palm, forcing herself to calm down.
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The camera was being adjusted at that moment, ready to be broadcast live across the entire network. The star leader then arrived in the hall, where she would give her opening speech in the last minute before the match.
She was a mature woman, wearing a fitted beige dress, with a dark leather belt that accentuated her surprisingly slender and firm waist. She was elegant and intellectual, exuding a charm that was completely different from that of the nine-tailed fox.
In the quiet environment, her voice was neither too fast nor too slow, but just right, like a smooth guqin performance. Everyone present seemed to be immersed in a perfectly played piece of music.
The star leader's short speech was not as long and complicated as the Earth leader's speech; he finished speaking briskly and then turned to leave.
At that moment, a staff member quietly slipped up from backstage and whispered something in her ear. The next second, Xing Chang's beautiful oval face changed slightly.
Lu Mingming noticed this and guessed that something unexpected might have happened.
As expected, Xing Chang leaned in to the microphone and announced: "After confirmation by the staff, two of the beast-like human pups provided by the organizers have disappeared. The competition will be postponed to half an hour later. Please wait patiently."
In an instant, the entire audience was in an uproar, whispering in disbelief about this unforgivable sin, their anger rising from their hearts to their faces.
"Star Leader, may I ask which contestant's child is this?"
The nine-tailed fox asked this question at an inopportune moment, instantly drawing everyone's attention back to her.
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Indeed, if one's own child companion goes missing, it means that one will accept a replacement child companion, and those children often have some defects compared to the official child contestants.
Some differences are reflected in appearance, some in personality, but most are reflected in the selection of breeds.
The odds of winning are higher when paired with two soft and obedient kittens than when paired with an unpredictable snake.
Moreover, the candidates are not so easy to figure out. If the overly clever and the stupid are mixed together, it will be a disaster to choose either one.
So those kids also have a common nickname: devils!
While the contestants were all worried about an accident happening to them, only Lu Mingming subconsciously looked in the direction of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
For some reason, after peeling away the layer of fear in the Nine-Tailed Fox's words, Lu Mingming inexplicably sensed a hint of excitement, as if he were anticipating something to happen.
Star Chief glanced at the number on Nine-Tailed Fox's waist, a hint of sympathy in his eyes: "Sorry, he's a teammate of contestant number one."
The uproar in the arena grew even louder. Everyone knew that Nine-Tailed Fox was the favorite to win the championship, and it was highly likely that someone else wanted to sabotage her performance and prevent her from winning!
Everyone's gaze swept back and forth between Cheng Shiqin and Lu Mingming with a judgmental look.
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In this competition, apart from Nine-Tailed Fox, only the two of them have a chance to win the championship. Many people have begun to speculate that the murderer is one of the two.
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