Chapter 871 - 870: Waterborne Revenge

The photographer really knew what he was doing, squatting down to turn their travel check-in photos into movie blockbusters.

Guan Yu, who came from the end to look for people, sat on another stone bench, looked at them with disdain.

"Could you stop showing off? I’m still planning to have two bowls of rice tonight."

After Mu Qiu and the others finished taking photos, they directly ignored this suggestion, walked over and asked, "Is everyone here?"

"Not yet, Song Weili insisted on taking a shower first. They shower quickly, so they should be here soon. Also, it’s said that Zhu Qi can’t get out of his maid outfit, and his assistant is working on getting it off without tearing the clothes."

After saying that, he added, "Oh right, there’s Brother Huai, the staff went to carry him over, I think he’s not very cooperative, so he’ll be a bit late."

"... Carry???"

"Did you forget? Fixed NPCs have no mobility, so they have to be carried."

Mu Qiu almost burst into laughter. They walked up to the viewing platform by the circular lake, greeted those who were already there, and chatted with Guan Yu about how the noodle stand also packed up and left.

It didn’t take long for the rest to arrive. Shi Yuhuai was indeed carried over. Once there, the staff laid out a shabby mat on the ground for him to sit on.

The shabby mat, red dress, and expression of despair - it was quite a match.

Li Yang, the simple and sweet one, immediately laughed, Song Weili joined in, and after a while, Zhu Qi ran over and pointed while laughing loudly.

Shi Yuhuai felt like hacking everyone to pieces, struggled to control his emotions, and turned his back on them.

Mu Qiu intentionally teased him, deliberately shouted: "Mr. Huai!"

Guan Yu burst into laughter: "Why call him Mr. Huai, just call him Big Brother, Big Brother! Time for your medicine!"

Shi Yuhuai: "..."

Beside him, Shu Ran also laughed, a bunch of people surrounded him laughing, making him roll his eyes in annoyance.

"Is it that funny? You’re laughing so hard I can see your cavity!"

Who has a cavity?

The laughter suddenly stopped, a few people covered their mouths.

Mu Qiu: "Wait, I don’t have a cavity, why cover my mouth."

Li Yang: "I don’t have one either!"

Shi Yuhuai: "No cavities, but you all are dumb."

"......"

Well, now they couldn’t laugh anymore.

Seeing they had calmed down, the director popped up, raising a shabby little megaphone but hadn’t said anything yet when Guan Yu interjected.

"Director, weren’t you replaced by a sultry voice? How come you’re still sitting here? I remember no one saved you."

Director: ...Are you really his uncle and still remember no one saved him?! As the big niece, could you be a bit less cruel?!

The other two simple and sweet ones started laughing again: "I thought we wouldn’t see you again after this."

"Which lady director has the sultry voice? She should be able to host too, right?"

Mu Qiu: "Director, we’re sorry, we couldn’t focus on rescuing you; that ten thousand reward package is too tempting."

"Your lure isn’t strong enough compared to the enemy’s rewards. You just gave a couple of dry lines; surely that couldn’t win our hearts." Guan Yu added.

Director: "...You dare say that? This episode’s theme was changing destiny, the broadcast became sentient and let you become it, didn’t you consider some tasks and figure out the proper way to play the game?!"

Guan Yu: "That’s not important."

Mu Qiu: "We’re rather dumb."

Xu Jihua: "I thought it was supposed to be played like this."

Li Yang: "It was meant to be played like this, I think it was quite exciting."

Zhu Qi: "Used some brainpower but didn’t fully use it, it was quite good."

Shu Ran: "Mainly because the director’s ten thousand package’s value doesn’t match."

The director almost threw his megaphone and walked away, took deep breaths two or three times, and simply changed the topic to dryly announce this episode’s game results.

"By 8 o’clock, the views and like votes from the three live rooms were tallied. After subtracting the ooc penalties, Mu Qiu’s team is first, Shu Ran’s team second, and Guan Yu’s team last. The one with the most likes is Brother Cheng, the grand prize is yours, this episode’s game has ended."

As soon as he finished, Guan Yu interjected twice: "Director, you’re slacking off, I’ve never seen you read so fast."

"Got any complaints? I don’t have a ten thousand package, reading faster doesn’t work?"

Guan Yu was shut down, touched his nose: "Alright, alright, you can be sarcastic."

He hummed, continued to announce: "Although you’ve completed the live tasks, you didn’t find the real rules and root out the insider, so there’s no MVP and first-place reward this episode."

Li Yang: "Does that mean there’s no red armband, red carpet, photos, or badge?"

Mu Qiu followed up: "Isn’t that wonderful?"

Director: "......" Really wanted to revoke the ten thousand package too, it was infuriating!

Cheng Zhirang laughed, tapped her on the head suggesting she should stop before angering the director.

She immediately quieted down, acting disappointed: "What a shame, Brother Cheng was really looking forward to wearing that red armband."

Cheng Zhirang: "...I wasn’t."

Zhu Qi: "I wasn’t either, if there must be one, it can go to Brother Huai."

Shi Yuhuai: "Can’t you just forget I exist?"

Shu Ran and others started laughing again nearby.

The director coughed twice, pretending to be serious: "Though there’s no reward, punishment is certain! Except Mu Qiu’s team doesn’t need to participate, the other two teams must accept punishment. Look down at the lake."

Zhu Qi, closest to the railing, looked down.

On the water’s surface, a layer of square floating boards had been placed, probably soft, material like life jackets. Each square was connected, neatly covering the whole area, with some standing unknown items on several of them, with many water basins on the squares near the edge.

This looked just like preparing for a water battle.

"Punishment game – water revenge. Those life-saving floating squares on the water are all connected, there’s a dense net below too, it’s the automatic net used at the beach for cleaning trash before, underneath, ensuring during the game if someone accidentally falls between two squares, they won’t sink into the water. Though this lake’s depth is just one meter five.

Under these two layers of protection, what you must do is: carry a basin of water along the middle obstacle square path, regardless of hindrances, at the finish line, the basin must still contain at least one-third of the water. Whether scooping water at the finish or keeping it all the way is fine.

During this, others can splash water to disrupt those being punished. The ones punished don’t have to wait for the previous person to finish before starting, as long as there’s an order, they can depart roughly one after another."

"Also, Brother Huai has no participation rights, his punishment is separate."

Shi Yuhuai couldn’t believe it: "Why do I still have a punishment?!"

The director crossed his legs: "Because fixed NPCs don’t have human rights."