Chapter 023 Anchor Simulator
This sudden shock lasted until the next morning when they entered the venue. They did not see the host. The familiar car stopped at the hotel entrance early in the morning. The four of them got in the car one by one and were transported into the large glass ball like New Year's goods to be slaughtered. 123's face was pressed against the car window and he kept muttering: "I can't see the gap. What material is it made of? It can't be glass."
The others ignored him tacitly and got out one by one after the car stopped.
The black figure that had not been seen before stood on the balcony on the top floor. He leaned against the wall and waited, with rubble piled up under his feet. Seeing that everyone had arrived, the host lifted his cloak and stood up straight without feeling disgusted. He broadcast to everyone: "There are robots patrolling in the building. The robots with red ties are rubber bullets, and the robots with blue ties are tranquilizer bullets. You can snatch their weapons. There is no limit on time or method. Whoever walks in front of me is the winner. The last one is eliminated."
The people below looked at each other and nodded in thought, as if they had reached some plan.
Ji Xu pressed the start button, and the robot parked in the corridor came to life with a flashing red light. He left the balcony and saw the room behind the door that was out of place in the abandoned building. It had neat and empty walls and very little furniture. It was better than an unfinished building, but definitely not as good as a proper hotel.
Ji Xu sat in front of the computer and turned on the live broadcast. Many viewers had already become accustomed to the host's elusive appearances during the show, and they greeted familiar viewers in the barrage.
He saw Ren Xi changed his name and mixed in with them.
Ren Xi was the first one to discover that the sound of the fifth person's breathing was mixed in with the contestants' noisy discussions. She had already been eliminated. Who was the fifth person?
The shadow of the data stream fell on the corner of the screen, so unique yet easily overlooked, just like the host himself, who had a strong aura, but when he was silent, he seemed like a shadow that people were used to. She was suddenly glad that she had finally followed the rules. The host was more tolerant than she thought. He provided an absolutely safe and secret private hospital. After the doctor removed the bullet, he didn't even know who the patient lying on the operating table was.
She tried to figure out the host's intention, but was disappointed to find that no one noticed those idiots, except 123 who touched his headset with a puzzled look.
Is this guy suspecting that there's something wrong with the headset the host gave him?
Ren Xi couldn't believe it.
123 was indeed suspicious. After all, he had left the headset in the express box for three or four days. Yesterday, the host suddenly took out a mask and gave everyone including him a mental blow. 123 almost jumped up. After returning, he urgently called the express company and asked them to airfreight it over.
Only a few people knew that Ji Xu was watching the live broadcast in person, while other contestants and viewers continued to carry out the program as normal. The corridor was filled with robots. They were round in shape, like a tumbler with pulleys, and they wore ties in a formal manner. When they met a contestant, they would trigger a voice message, "Welcome."
The next second, countless tranquilizer bullets and rubber bullets rained down on his head.
People who watch it just want to curse.
The four people hid and moved, the pace of the live broadcast was much faster than that of the forest, everyone ran for their lives, cooperated with each other, scolded each other for being a drag and pulled each other back, and finally reached the middle floor with difficulty.
Then they were surrounded by robots.
The four men stood back to back, holding the stolen guns in their hands, and robbed the man with the red tie. After they finished beating him, they threw him away and grabbed a new one. They persisted in this state of imminent death for more than half an hour.
Ji Xu could hear explosions from time to time on the rooftop. He checked the surveillance and found that they were abandoned robots left on the roadside by the contestants. Because robots of the same model were not considered obstacles in the recognition, they kept tripping over other artificial idiots who were chasing the thermal imaging, and rolled down the corridor together.
“…”
It’s okay, he specifically chose the mentally retarded robot.
Ji Xu endured it and became interested in how the four of them could break his trap.
If it were Ji Xu, he would also choose to rob the one with the red tie first. Tranquil bullets can only be used on living things. Although rubber bullets are not very powerful, they can bounce the robot away. The pulley at the bottom will drag the robot backwards. Several bloated robots lined up can block the attacks of many artificial idiots behind them.
Then came the stairs. The contestants discovered that the layout of the unfinished building had changed, but they didn't investigate why it was changed. The disappearance of the door bars and the empty layout with few walls were not only beneficial to the robots, but they also didn't need eyes to search. The change was to make it easier for the contestants to fly kites and throw stones. Otherwise, why would this building be filled with waste bricks and rocks?
However, different situations require different responses. The four players may have thought that they might be afraid that after they escape from the robot, they will become bait for the pond and never come back.
The tragedy of no one being willing to sacrifice themselves was revealed. Ji Xu couldn't help but regret that he should have added a few more layers of sound insulation earlier.
Of course, there were benefits as well. Not to mention the players who were almost deaf, the audience who could adjust the volume at will vaguely noticed that the live broadcast had two channels. The same explosion was first heard from the players, and then replayed through the faint radio equipment a few seconds later.
Some careful viewers shared their thoughts and some people had a conspiracy theory: "Maybe the fifth contestant was not eliminated, but was actually hiding nearby, waiting for something to happen."
This statement actually has quite a few supporters, from which we can clearly see that the shock that Ren Xi's sudden exposure of his true character brought to the audience still lingers after many days.
Ren Xi did not defend herself. She had a strange intuition that the host would clear her name.
Her sixth sense came from nowhere, but there were clues to follow. The host's style of doing things that was completely different from common sense gave her confidence. Ren Xi held her breath unconsciously for this guess, with excitement and stimulation flashing in her eyes. She was looking forward to the host's rare opening.
It seems that the only time the host talked to the audience face to face was when he announced the names.
The white noise humming from the radio device, accompanied by the hidden sound of breathing, was getting closer and closer. The host seemed to move it to his mouth. His voice easily suppressed the noisy explosion, as if everything did not exist. "Hello everyone, it's nice to meet you after many days."
The screen became visibly still and blank, but it did not prevent the host from continuing: "I think Miss Ren Xi is also watching the show now. As the host, I sincerely hope that you can recover as soon as possible. Please don't worry about the follow-up expenses. You can say my name."
His appearance and blessing broke all the conspiracy theories. The source of the echo needed no explanation. The host's turn from the backstage to the front stage shocked many people. Ji Xu didn't want the contestants to know that he was paying attention to them. He avoided the contestants' communication channels and deliberately checked the video of his own room.
He said calmly, "It will take some time for the contestants to come up. Is there anything you want to know? I can answer some questions."
Most of the audience who were fans of "Onlookers" could not empathize with the host's suppression of the contestants. The anonymous person's emotion in the hospital was too confusing. After a short silence, some people actually made jokes one after another: "Mr. Host, you don't care about the show at all. You don't even interact with the audience!"
Ren Xi subconsciously took a deep breath on behalf of the audience. Her gaze was fixed, fear and curiosity fighting wildly, and she continued watching with difficulty.
“…”
Ji Xu hesitated about how to answer.
All so-called tasks are like this. Whether it is writing a paper in the virtual world or in real school, it is the same. It does not matter how you complete it. As long as your progress is increasing, the rest is no different from running a marathon. No one cares whether you sprint sideways or vertically, or fall to the ground and use your height to cross the line. Just hand it in.
But that can’t be said, and the audience is not a hurdle in a marathon. The point is that the season sequence promised to answer the question, so he calmly asked back: “I thought this was my show?”
The subtext is why he should care what others say.
This sentence is very... arrogant, and it is different from the host's external performance. Compared with the anonymous evaluation, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it. But Ji Xu doesn't need to consider whether his character is broken or not. Shudong, who was sitting up in shock next to him, slowly lay back in the blue potion after listening, thinking peacefully: This damn familiar feeling of heart attack.
It doesn't matter. It comforted itself. The truth will always hurt some humans with self-esteem, but force will make these humans realize that self-esteem is unnecessary.
The cactus bubbled up a few times in the potion, attracting other smart people who sensed something was wrong and quickly used it to change the subject: "What is this?"
Ji Xu glanced at the cactus swimming on its back, and he took it in his hand without worrying about it. After a moment of consideration, he made a judgment: "My pet."
“…Good taste.”
The forced praise on the barrage made others very silent. Just force the praise, whose flowers and plants can be kept as pets?
The incident just now was barely over, and the next person to ask questions learned to be more cautious than the last. According to the audience's browsing, the host can definitely find out the person who talked nonsense through the network.
The meaningless topics were repeated three or four times, including "What color do you like?" "Red has nothing to do with horror or creating an atmosphere", "Which contestant do you think is right?" "I don't care". Anyone could tell from the host's increasingly short replies that he was becoming increasingly impatient and maintaining his remaining courtesy.
This is a vicious cycle.
Bring up some nonsense, the host isn't interested.
But if the question is asked too sharply, the audience's life will be in danger.
They were unwilling to give up the conversation with the host, and when they saw the host raising his hand to end the meaningless conversation, Ren Xi asked the question he had prepared for a long time.
"Host——" She only typed three words at first, as if she wanted to test something.
Ji Xu paused slightly, waiting for questions from former contestants.
Ren Xi paused for more than five seconds, until she was sure that the silence in the live broadcast room was reserved for her, and realized that her covert account change behavior had not been hidden from the host at all, then she quickly completed the sentence, "Do you think the identity of the host plays a role in the show?"
Host is not a title, it is a question for former contestants.
Ji Xu never thought that anyone could see this. He unconsciously turned the fluorescent blue crystal ball, and the cactus gurgled and produced more bubbles inside: "Why do you say that?"
For the first time, he used rhetorical questions when answering the audience.
The others didn't understand but could sense the tense atmosphere. They slowed down their screen scrolling and waited for Ren Xi to explain the purpose of his question.
...Why would normal people need to explain their doubts!
The only mentally normal creature present was spinning under Ji Xu's fingers. Not only did Shudong feel physically dizzy, but he was also screaming silently and madly in his heart.
It had never so deeply understood the threat that Ji Xu posed to ordinary humans. Shudong was convinced. Its employer deserved the title of villain.
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