Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The elevator was quite fast, and the two of them quickly reached the top floor.
As he stepped out of the elevator, Qu Feng remarked, “Is it possible it’s on the rooftop? The production team is capable of all sorts of sneaky tricks!”
“Huh?” Sheng Ziyou suddenly exclaimed in confusion.
Qu Feng looked at her, completely bewildered: “What’s wrong?”
“Why is the elevator going down?” Sheng Ziyou frowned. The two of them had just come up, and the elevator doors closed and it went straight down, obviously someone had pressed the elevator button.
“Someone’s here?!” Qu Feng was taken aback. Someone had already found this place?!
Sheng Ziyou didn’t say anything.
Qu Feng then asked, “I wonder which group it is? Should we cooperate with them?”
Sheng Ziyou finally couldn’t help but roll her eyes helplessly: “No wonder when I was reading the guide, netizens all said that Qu Qu was silly. There’s also an elevator on the first floor, so it must have been pressed by someone on the floor closest to us right after our elevator closed. If other groups had arrived, the other elevator would definitely have moved.”
Qu Feng: “…It seems so.”
Sheng Ziyou observed that the elevator stopped on the 28th floor for a while, then continued down, and this time it didn’t stop on the first floor either.
She reached out and pressed the down button: “28th floor!”
Qu Feng was still a little stunned: “Could it be that those were just people from the production crew?”
“We checked in at the entrance, which means that everything that happens in the entire building is within the scope of our challenge. This is clearly an intelligence test, so we shouldn’t overlook the details,” Sheng Ziyou explained.
She paused for a moment: “Let’s take a look around this floor before the elevator comes up.”
This building was only rented by the production team, so it was impossible to make any changes. The rooms on the top floor were all locked, and there were no keys.
“It seems it really isn’t on this floor. Let’s go, to the 28th floor,” Sheng Ziyou said. Qu Feng nodded and quickly followed.
The rhythm between the two gradually shifted towards Sheng Ziyou’s control.
However, since the two had not separated, Qu Feng did not suspect that Sheng Ziyou knew any more information.
Sheng Ziyou herself didn’t plan to pretend to be stupid like she did in the previous round. She was only participating in one episode, so of course, it would be best if she could win the audience’s favor.
Pretending to be stupid throughout the entire process won’t necessarily win you fans.
The production team would not give clues about the traitor in advance. Even if they did, they would only give information at the current level.
From the moment they entered this stage, the two remained together, and Sheng Ziyou did not look at her phone.
Because Qu Feng wouldn’t doubt her.
The elevator quickly reached the 28th floor. When the doors opened, there was a person standing outside. Qu Feng was startled and instinctively grabbed Sheng Ziyou’s sleeve.
“My God—”
When it was later broadcast, this scene was also edited out and became irrefutable evidence of the “Sheng Gong” and “Qu Shou” CP!
She was a young woman, in her early twenties, dressed smartly, carrying a small bag, and wearing headphones.
Qu Feng patted his chest and tugged at Sheng Ziyou: “Let’s go, we’re on the 28th floor, let’s go out and take a look.”
Sheng Ziyou didn’t move, but instead looked at the girl, who pressed the button for the first floor.
“Ziyou?” Qu Feng asked, puzzled.
Sheng Ziyou suddenly laughed and said, “Do you have the key with you, Miss?”
Just as Qu Feng was completely bewildered, the little girl smiled and slowly opened her mouth—
Congratulations! You have successfully passed the challenge!
Qu Feng: “??????” What???
The little girl took a golden key from her small bag and handed it to the two of them with a smile.
Sheng Ziyou took it, and Qu Feng was completely dumbfounded, having no idea what had happened.
When the elevator reached the first floor, Sheng Ziyou and Qu Feng stepped out, while the girl pressed the button for the 28th floor and went back inside.
A completely bewildered Qu Feng grabbed Sheng Ziyou’s sleeve: “What happened?! How did you know the key was with her?!”
Qu Feng’s eyes widened. Of course, he hadn’t yet suspected that Sheng Ziyou was a spy; he was just completely bewildered.
Sheng Ziyou explained to him with a helpless expression: “Brother Qu, the production team only said that it’s in this building, but they didn’t say where in the building. When we were on the top floor, the elevator came down again and went down to the 28th floor. This building is a new building that is still under renovation, and the production team only rented it for a day, so there couldn’t be many outsiders. But when we went down, there were still people on the 28th floor, which means that she didn’t leave when the elevator came down last time, so she must have been waiting for us.”
Later in post-production, Conan’s background music was added in this scene, and many viewers became fans of hers at this point.
Qu Feng blinked, still looking bewildered: “It’s that simple? We don’t even need to search inside the building?”
Sheng Ziyou laughed: “The simplest thing is the hardest. Brother Qu, normally even if you suspect she’s part of the production team, you’d talk to her, but would you directly ask her for the key? You’d probably search for a long time before suspecting her. This way, we can create a huge time difference at this stage. She was wearing a microphone, and she was not surprised to see us, showing no reaction. Her identity is definitely an NPC hired by the production team, so we definitely need to talk to her. If we don’t directly ask for the key, she most likely won’t pay any attention to us, and…”
“And what?” Qu Feng’s eyes widened.
“And there are three cameras inside the elevator!” What does that mean? It means the elevator itself is the key point!
Qu Feng looked at Sheng Ziyou and saw her swinging her keys to open the door. He suddenly realized what was going on and quickly followed her.
“The production team is so cunning!! They made us search inside the building, but the key was on someone!! How could anyone find it?!” Qu Feng couldn’t help but complain, grumbling on and on.
Sheng Ziyou shook the key.
Qu Feng: “…” There really is someone who can find it…
“Ziyou! How come you’re so smart?”
“You’re just too naive.”
“You don’t have any spy information, do you?!”
“Are you trying to deflect attention? Do you think you wouldn’t know if I have information or not?” The two hadn’t separated the entire way.
Qu Feng: “…Are you really that smart?”
“Qu Qu”.
“Um?”
“You’re too naive,” Sheng Ziyou chuckled, then inserted the key into the door.
Later, during this segment, netizens said they could hear a hint of doting affection in their voices!
Qu Feng’s plan to gain CP fans succeeded, except… they were all fans of the “Sheng Gong” and “Qu Shou” CP…
The act of inserting the key was clearly just for show; the door was remotely controlled, and it opened as soon as she put the key in.
The phone vibrated the instant the two of them stepped outside.
Under normal circumstances, successfully completing a level would result in two vibrations, just like the first level, providing them with the address of the next level, and sending a mass message to them confirming their success.
Sheng Ziyou’s phone vibrated three times…
The author has something to say:
Qu Qu: Boss, please don’t abandon me!
Yubao: No, don’t worry, you haven’t finished taking the blame yet.
Qu Qu: …
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