Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Even the host was stunned for two seconds.
Having hosted so many competitions, this was the first time he had seen the audience screaming before the preliminary round even started.
The audience were surprised at first. Some even thought that the little "Flying Lamb Man" on the big screen was a mascot designed by the organizer as a surprise for them. But when they took out the shopping navigation map and couldn't find the same peripheral products, they looked back at the stage with regret.
...Is he really a contestant?
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting lively, the host told a joke in time to attract the audience's attention, then continued to introduce the other contestants with a smile.
Above the stage are the entrances to the different holes. Each player walks to the entrance of the hole with the corresponding number according to his or her number to prepare.
There were many contestants in the preliminary round, and Yumi followed the person in front of her up the stone stairs.
The host has introduced all the contestants and started to explain the characteristics of each hole.
In order to reach the cave as quickly as possible, the other contestants no longer lined up in order. Instead, they each rushed towards their own goals, climbing two or three steps in one step.
Yumi couldn't keep up at all. He had to run and jump for every step. Those tall Sna people could easily surpass him. Their steps were like the wind, and every time they walked past him, Yumi's hair and clothes would fly up immediately.
Yumi soon fell to the tail end of the team.
Seeing that the host was about to explain his hole, Yumi quickened his pace and sprinted. Before the host mentioned hole No. 5, he finally stood steadily at the entrance. He nodded towards the camera with a slight breath.
Yumi had no idea that as soon as she stepped onto the stairs, she had become the focus of countless people's attention.
The little man with horns on his head was effortlessly thrown off by his opponents, and then rushed forward with all his might, just like a poor lamb staggering out from a vast army.
The contrast is strong.
Even the audience couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw him standing at the entrance of the cave in time.
VIP area of the auditorium.
The man's face was covered tightly, and his eyes in the shadows were fixed on Yumi's back, motionless.
Just a while ago, Ansius cracked his finger bones until they made a crackling sound, and then he resisted the urge to go up and send the person to the cave entrance.
Once he goes up, it will inevitably affect his game.
At this moment, people in the audience were talking to each other, and the focus of the topic was naturally around the little contestant number five.
“Oh my god! That’s…”
“So small! Standing among those players, he looks like a little lamb surrounded by wild beasts! Ahhh, hurry up and save him…”
"I'm thinking... it would be more appropriate for the organizers to make him the mascot, right?"
"Stop talking, this is just a lifelike doll that is scaled down in size!"
"Hey, speaking of lifelike dolls, why do they look familiar?"
But amidst this wave of pity and amazement, there were also some other voices.
"I think you're here to make up the numbers?"
"It's so small, I'm really worried that its thin legs will break if it turns a corner!"
"Wife! Why are you taking pictures of him? What's so good about it? Aren't we here with our son? Take more pictures of him!"
"...Some people have forgotten that this is a hole-drilling competition, not a cuteness contest!"
"What? What did you just say? Who said cute animals are not allowed to participate? Oh my god, I'm going to file a complaint against you for discriminating against cute animals!"
“…”
"Stop joking. Although being smaller is an advantage, you still have to have the strength to climb out! Do you really have the strength to climb out when you're that small? Aren't you afraid of getting hurt or dying after you get down there?"
"Ahhh shut up! Why are you cursing him like that?"
"Who, who cursed him? I was just objectively telling you about the players' situation..."
"Hey, stop fighting... I'm not here to watch the boxing."
“…”
Kurt, who was sitting behind the group, was almost driven crazy by their noise.
——Kurt, a new generation director.
Some time ago, in order to prepare for the new program "It's Okay to Be Different", he took his team to many deserted places to select people, and he was almost exhausted.
The program is sponsored by His Royal Highness Joseph of the royal family. The staff there are not insiders. They only propose a theme, and the rest of the work is naturally done by his experienced reality show team.
Kurt used to be a hole-drilling enthusiast, but later he was injured at work and his body could no longer support him in this sport. He changed from a former experiencer to a spectator. Whenever there is a related competition, he will buy tickets to watch it no matter how busy he is. Especially when he is under a lot of work pressure, this is simply a good way to relieve physical and mental fatigue.
And he has been under high pressure recently.
The selection process for those Sna people outside the main city was not smooth.
Prince Joseph, who happily assigned tasks, seemed to have no idea of the difficulties involved: the dangers of traveling to different regions, the painstaking efforts to persuade those people to come to the main city after the selection, the people who finally came to the main city and wanted to go home because the food was not to their liking, and the secretary Jim who found fault with the guests who came from afar...
Even if these problems are solved, we still have to think about how to prevent these guests with different personalities and body shapes from making mistakes in the show and prevent accidents...
The guests on the other side had already been decided: the royal family, the nobility, rich and powerful or prestigious people in a certain industry...
These are all guests carefully selected by His Royal Highness Joseph, in order to create a contrast.
Just yesterday, Jim told him that this program would definitely be a big hit, and some of the foreign Sna people would become famous and change their destiny... Jim told him to work hard, they were not only working, but also helping these people. In a word, it was no different from doing charity!
But those words were just Kurt's exhaustion, he knew who the focus of the show was and understood the conflict of the show that Jim wanted.
In order to make His Royal Highness Joseph a hero who saves the weak, someone has to act as a clown in the show.
He felt painful whenever he thought that some of the Sna people who came from afar with great dreams would leave with ridicule or even abuse.
But he couldn't give up such an important job opportunity just because of a little conscience. He was not a saint. He also hoped that this program would become a big hit and change his position in the industry...
Before arriving at the stadium, Kurt just wanted to relieve his stress by watching the game. After the game, he would focus on the show and not think about anything else... But he never expected to see a chosen guest here -
Contestant number five, Yumi!
Such a small body, such good proportions, such a perfect face... Just standing there, it's enough to make people unable to take their eyes off this little one!
It's simply, it's simply a natural celebrity face!
The competition was about to begin. As a spectator, Kurt was unable to touch the players no matter how excited he was. The only thing he could do was to take pictures.
In the camera, the boy's profile has smooth contours, like a piece of white porcelain. His face is soft and his features are eye-catching, like a carefully crafted doll, so perfect that it seems unreal.
But what Kurt was more concerned about at this moment was those eyes.
Under the thick fan-shaped eyelashes, the pair of black pupils reflected his own tiny shadow under the sun. He seemed to be looking at himself, and like a grass, he was purely performing photosynthesis... His life was released quietly at this moment.
It was like an artist who had hit a bottleneck and finally met his muse. Not to mention the work pressure that had been left behind, Kurt seemed unable to hear what the people around him were saying.
He couldn't explain the feeling, he just felt his tense heart begin to beat, just like seeing a flower blooming in the snow in winter.
The passion for work arises naturally.
Kurt made up his mind that he would invite this person to the show no matter what.
He had a strong premonition that his career might undergo a huge change from now on.
…
On the other side, after hearing someone questioning contestant No. 5, Anxius suddenly stood up.
At the same time, Carl quickly caught the pressure released by the prince. Fortunately, he had expected that Ansius would protect him in case he revealed his true colors and caused a commotion. He pulled the guards around him to stand up and started Plan A to prevent the prince from exploding.
They held up glow sticks and shouted loudly, "Come on, No. 5! Come on, Yumi! Come on, come on! Come on, No. 5, Yumi..."
In an instant, all the audience and contestants looked over.
The guards who followed Carl in shouting never thought that they would become cheerleaders one day, but when they shouted “Come on Yumi” and saw Yumi above looking at them with wide eyes, they couldn’t stop at all.
A group of people were cheering as if in a competition, their faces flushed, just so that the tiny contestant could see them accurately.
The plan worked, and Ansius sat down with a sullen face.
Karl breathed a sigh of relief, but in the blink of an eye, he saw the Crown Prince in front of him also took out a fluorescent stick with "Yummi" engraved on it from somewhere...
“…”
The organizers do not prohibit this behavior. After all, there have always been many shops selling glow sticks outside the venue, and spectators have bought them in the past, but they only waved them a few times at critical moments, and situations like today rarely occur.
Therefore, when the accompanying persons of other contestants saw this, they no longer cared to talk about others. They were afraid that their own people would fall behind, so they hurriedly followed suit and shouted the names and numbers of their relatives and friends to cheer them on.
For a moment, the Yuanqi Star Drilling Preliminary Competition venue was filled with waving glow sticks and banners with numbers printed on them. It was like a wave of fire, magnificent and even more exciting than all previous competitions!
However, the game has not yet started.
In front of the cave, the contestants looked back at the audience in confusion, not understanding why everyone was suddenly so enthusiastic.
Some contestants even thought that some hole-drilling star had come to the scene, and they were very excited and prepared to perform well later...
Different players will match different holes according to their body shape. Yumi is the smallest among all, so the hole matched is also the smallest one.
However, the hole-learning in the preliminary round is usually of the most basic difficulty. No player has ever been injured in this stage. This round only looks at speed and proficiency.
Yumi stood in front of his cave. He had already seen where Ansius, Carl and the others were. He waved at them vigorously, then turned around quickly with a mechanical countdown.
The game is about to start.
At this time, the huge screen was divided into countless grids, projecting real-time video of all the players.
The audience, referees, hosts, commentators... everyone was staring at those squares.
The moment the countdown ended, the contestants in the screen grids jumped down. Some had cool postures, some were rigorous and careful, and some even showed off their skills with the most difficult postures... After all, many contestants were not participating in the competition for the first time, and some were battle-hardened. The preliminary round here was not difficult at all for them, let alone being nervous.
The last one to set off was the little number five.
He first pressed his horns hard, then looked inside, and then suddenly lay down like a penguin, facing the camera with his butt, and slid in softly...
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