"……Feel sorry."
In the end, Mu Fengyin calmed down first. He looked at Cen Yu and said, "I was just too worried."
He looked down at the blind box in his hand and said, "Thank you for the blind box."
It wasn't that Cen Yu's actions were faster than his thoughts... but rather that he didn't know how to explain it to Mu Fengyin. His body's instincts told him that such an action was a piece of cake for him, and he wouldn't make a mistake.
He guessed that this was probably related to his forgotten memories.
With Mu Fengyin's attitude softening, Cen Yu felt a little embarrassed. "...I promise I won't do it again next time."
He moved closer to Mu Fengyin, looking at the blind box, "Let's see how many points are inside."
Mu Fengyin opened the blind box disguised as a Christmas gift, and after tearing off the wrapping paper, he found that the box inside was gold.
It represents 10 points, which is considered a high-scoring blind box. Moreover, this blind box is very small, about the size of a cigarette box, and can be easily slipped into a pocket without being noticed.
"Therefore, the higher the points of a blind box, the more hidden the location and the smaller its size," Cen Yu said.
According to the show's rules, points are only awarded upon reaching the finish line if the box is in hand. Since each person's backpack has limited capacity, it's definitely best to obtain the smaller, higher-scoring box to maximize points.
The show's producers used this unspoken rule to add drama to the guests' search for blind boxes.
"Hmm." Mu Fengyin opened his backpack.
At this moment, he had a red box representing 2 points and a blue box representing 5 points in his backpack.
After these two boxes were put in, they took up almost half of the backpack's space. Cen Yu had two blue points boxes... Cen Yu held the gold box and looked at the cameraman, "The production team only said to bring boxes, but didn't say what form they would take, right?"
The photography instructor nodded behind the camera.
Cen Yu immediately disassembled the golden box, crushed it into pieces, tore it in half, put one half in the inner pocket of his backpack, and the other half in Mu Fengyin's pocket.
Mu Fengyin immediately understood what Cen Yu meant.
Even if someone finds the box fragments, they won't get any points unless they piece them together to form the complete box.
Of course, if any of them betrays their teammates, their points will be forfeited.
"Teacher Mu," Cen Yu looked at Mu Fengyin earnestly, "Do you really want to live in a thatched hut?"
Although Mu Fengyin didn't understand why Cen Yu suddenly changed his mind, his initial reluctance to achieve a high ranking was simply because he didn't want to get caught up in the dilemma of choosing people. After forming an alliance with Cen Yu, this concern no longer existed.
"I've heard that villa is quite nice," Mu Fengyin said with a smile. "Shall we go take a look?"
...
After understanding the show's hiding logic, the two of them, despite not having any clue cards, managed to find many hidden golden blind boxes thanks to their excellent observation skills.
After all of these were split in two, the closer Cen Yu and Mu Fengyin got to their destination, the more other guests they encountered.
There were several more robberies in between.
However, since the two of them only had a pitiful number of red and blue blind boxes, several guests who were familiar with Mu Fengyin robbed him of a blue blind box and then left.
Later, they encountered Zhuang Zemin and Ning Yiran, who had suddenly teamed up for some unknown reason.
Zhuang Zemin looked at the pitiful blue blind boxes in Cen Yu's backpack and finally couldn't help but ask, "Can I give you a few?"
He felt that Cen Yu would most likely end up living in a thatched hut.
"Thank you, Teacher Zhuang!" Cen Yu said shamelessly.
Zhuang Zemin gave him a blue blind box. Although Ning Yiran also felt sorry for Cen Yu, she hadn't gotten many before meeting Zhuang Zemin, so she could only give Cen Yu a red one.
"Thank you, Teacher Ning!" Cen Yu continued to express his gratitude, as if these two were his number one and number two older brothers and sisters.
There were 10 minutes left until the deadline.
Cen Yu and Mu Fengyin leisurely arrived at the final competition venue... Seeing how relaxed they were, and remembering their miserable blind boxes, the others assumed that they had completely given up on the competition and were ready to directly acquire the thatched hut.
The production team even set up a countdown at the finish line!
Finally, Duan Zhou arrived... He seemed to have taken quite a few blind boxes, and when he looked at Cen Yu, who only had a backpack, there was a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.
The production team is unaware of Mu Fengyin and Cen Yu's strategy at this point. Their show has always been a slow-paced variety show, detached from worldly affairs, focusing on love and peace. Everyone who comes here becomes as peaceful and serene as a capybara.
This segment in this episode is probably the most intense one in the show's history.
The list of names was announced sequentially, starting with the last person to arrive and proceeding in front...
Duan Zhou really won a lot. If it were a live stream, his fans would probably be flooding the chat with praise.
Next up were Ning Yiran and Zhuang Zemin. Zhuang Zemin was the first to reach the other side as a paddleboarder, and he also had the advantage of having accumulated points earlier.
After all the previous guests took out their blind boxes, the production team calculated the scores...
The program team and guests also focused their attention on Cen Yu and Mu Fengyin.
The director shouted through a megaphone, "How many blind boxes did Teacher Mu and Xiao Yu get?"
Without saying a word, they simply dumped the meager number of blind boxes from their backpacks into the basket prepared by the production team.
Zhuang Zemin: "..."
He was already considering whether to bring up Cen Yu when they were selecting people later.
Duan Zhou thought to himself, he would definitely choose Cen Yu then, haha, it would show his magnanimity and also annoy Cen Yu!
"Are these the only blind boxes?" the director asked.
He probably didn't expect that Mu Fengyin and Cen Yu would actually give up like this.
Cen Yu chuckled, then took out a stack of gold fragments from a hidden compartment in his backpack.
director:"……"
He complained that the number of gold blind boxes collected didn't match the number seen on site at all!
Mu Fengyin then took out the remaining half of the fragment from his pocket.
They started working together right in front of the director.
"Director, I heard that calculating the score doesn't require the boxes to be in any particular shape." Cen Yu looked at the director. "There are 12 golden boxes here in total. Can you count them?"
Zhuang Zemin froze on the spot when he saw Cen Yu take out that stack of gold fragments.
Not to mention the remaining fragments of the boxes in Mu Fengyin's possession.
He recalled how Cen Yu had been so grateful and eager to be recognized as his godfather just half an hour earlier... In the end, he simply shook his head, exchanged a glance with Ning Yiran, who had also been deceived, and the two of them simply laughed.
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