Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Qu Feng wasn’t actually stupid, but some people are just not very good at playing games.
He was just not good at playing games. In the past, if he couldn’t find particularly good teammates, all sorts of things would go wrong.
This time, while everyone else was completely confused, he surprisingly led his people to the right place first.
This was really suspicious…
Qu Feng rarely appeared during the boy group selection competition program. Every time he did appear, he would just issue tasks and act as a “mentor”. It didn’t seem like the kid was a bit dull.
But since he could solidify his adorable and silly persona on the show “Come Challenge,” he was definitely not an expert at playing games.
One person could act for one episode, but not for one or two seasons.
This was why Sheng Ziyou readily agreed when he proposed the collaboration.
Wouldn’t it be better to have someone to take the blame?
“Really, you can tell! I didn’t receive any unusual messages along the way! I didn’t even glance at my phone!” Qu Feng argued, sounding somewhat anxious.
Sheng Ziyou thought for a moment, her eyes filled with even more suspicion: “Teacher Qu, at the beginning of the first level, you went to find the map by yourself…”
“Alone?!” Yu Chen exclaimed on the phone. “Junior sister! You have to be careful of him! There’s an 80% chance he’s a spy!”
Gu Yanlang agreed, “Yes, Ziyou, keep an eye on him. We must keep a close eye on him in the next round! If he acts alone again, there’s definitely something wrong with him! We must notify the other guests so that we can deal with the traitor as soon as the voting opens!”
“Yes, yes, once we’ve dealt with the traitor, junior sister, wait for me, I’ll team up with you!” There’s a rule that if you’re in the second stage and your teammate is in the third stage, you can skip directly to the third stage, based on the progress of your teammate who is ahead.
This was also why many people were rushing to team up first. If they doubted their teammates, they could choose a stronger team to team up with and skip levels. So many guests were willing to team up with those who came before them.
Sure enough, Gu Yanlang exploded: “Brother Chen, you actually abandoned me!! Ziyou, wait for me! Brother Chen is unreliable. I’ve played this game for so many seasons, I’m the reliable one!”
Qu Feng was furious and said directly, “Give me a break! You’ve played for so many seasons and haven’t gained any intelligence. You even suspect me of being a spy. Don’t try anything with Ziyou. She’s my teammate!”
As he spoke, he reached out and hung up the call between Sheng Ziyou and Yu Chen.
Sheng Ziyou looked completely bewildered.
Qu Feng quickly explained to her, “Ziyou, you have to believe me. I’m really not a spy. We’ve known each other for so long, why would I lie to you? Just observe me for a while, I’m definitely not a spy!”
As he spoke, he added, “Really, Ziyou, we’re at the very front right now. You absolutely mustn’t team up with anyone else, so that the two of us can keep going ahead.”
Sheng Ziyou nodded hesitantly.
“Don’t call me Teacher Qu, just call me Qu Qu or Brother Qu, either is fine.”
“Brother Qu.” Sheng Ziyou nodded obediently.
Qu Feng took out his phone and showed it to Sheng Ziyou: “See? I really have no problem. I haven’t received any other messages. Don’t be fooled by them. I even suspect that Brother Chen and Yanlang are the spies. They’ve been trying to kidnap you!”
Sheng Ziyou thought for a moment, then nodded hesitantly, as if she believed him, yet also as if she didn’t.
Qu Feng panicked and kept muttering to himself, trying to convince Sheng Ziyou that he was not a spy.
He was so busy defending himself that he didn’t have time to doubt Sheng Ziyou from beginning to end.
When this episode aired, viewers were initially suspicious, since Qu Feng did seem a bit like a spy along the way.
But it was different on the second viewing—
“Hahahaha!!! I’m fu*king dying of laughter!!”
“Is Qu Qu a complete goofball?!”
“Oh my god, I’m so sorry. I suspected Qu Qu at first, but when I found out the truth, I burst into tears!”
“Haha, I’m a fan of Sheng Ziyou. This girl is a true high-IQ genius.”
….
The car arrived at the building entrance amidst Qu Feng’s explanations.
This building was new, only recently completed, so the production team was able to rent it easily.
This time the fare was a bit more expensive, a total of 21 yuan. Qu Feng was supposed to pay, but Sheng Ziyou said, “I’ll pay this time. When we go to the next stop, Brother Qu can pay.”
“You believe me?!” Qu Feng’s eyes lit up.
Sheng Ziyou said helplessly, “Whether I believe it or not is no longer important. Let’s just get through this challenge.”
As she spoke, she took the lead and walked towards the building.
The building was closed, but there was a card reader at the entrance.
“Do we have to check in at the entrance?” Qu Feng asked the cameraman curiously.
But these cameramen clearly knew nothing and offered no answers.
“How am I supposed to complete a mission in this whole building?” Qu Feng said helplessly as he took out his ID card and swiped it.
Sheng Ziyou swiped her white card as well, and the door slowly opened.
Actually, it was clear from the outside that the inside was empty. The two walked into the hall, the door closed again, and suddenly the hall’s loudspeaker blared—
“Dear guests, welcome to the second challenge, Liugu Building. Please find the key to open the exit door in the building. Only the key can open the exit door, so please hurry.”
Qu Feng was startled and patted his chest, saying, “That scared me to death! This level is starting with a brain teaser?! This building is so big, where are we going to find the key?!”
He suddenly slapped his forehead: “Wait a minute, finding the key on so many floors, this is definitely a physical challenge!”
Sheng Ziyou shrugged: “There’s nothing we can do but find it ourselves.”
When it was later played, the comments section was just as lively, even becoming a highlight reel—
“What the hell is this physical challenge?!”
“Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter at Qu Qu!”
“This is an intellectual challenge!!”
“With Qu Qu’s IQ, he really needs to rely on a big shot to pass the test, lol.”
“But this idiot hugged the wrong person! He’s hugged the thigh of a treacherous big shot!!”
….
Qu Feng looked at the front desk first. Apart from a computer that was turned off, there was nothing there, and even the drawers were empty.
Sheng Ziyou didn’t rush to search. The lobby was empty except for the front desk, and it didn’t look like there was anything there.
Qu Feng searched the entire building but couldn’t find it. He walked over and muttered a few words: “Are we supposed to search the whole building? We should have told them where the urban village was. That way we could have divided the work.”
Sheng Ziyou said helplessly, “You can tell them now.”
Qu Feng rubbed his nose: “Never mind, this is a rare opportunity for me to be in the lead! If I can win the competition, I’ll make sure they look at me with new eyes!”
“So which floor should we go to first?”
Qu Feng: “…”
“One floor at a time?” he asked tentatively.
Sheng Ziyou was speechless. She reached out and pressed the button for the elevator going up.
“Which floor should we go to?” Qu Feng followed her into the elevator, and Sheng Ziyou thought for a moment before pressing the button for the top floor.
“Search from top to bottom?” Qu Feng raised an eyebrow.
“I think it might be faster than searching from bottom to top. If the production team wants to make it more difficult for us, they probably won’t be on the lower floors, making it easier for everyone to search from the bottom up.” She paused for a moment. “And my intuition is that the higher floors would be better. This challenge… is it really about searching floor by floor…?”
She thought it was unlikely; based on the show’s previous format, it would either be a physical or intellectual challenge.
This level was clearly not a physical challenge, but searching through each level one by one, besides wasting time, was there anything that required intelligence?
“A woman’s intuition?” Qu Feng touched his nose.
Sheng Ziyou smiled and said, “You can understand it that way.”
“Should we split up and search separately?” Qu Feng suggested.
Sheng Ziyou narrowed her eyes, filled with suspicion: “You want to avoid me when you read the message?”
“How could that be!” Qu Feng exclaimed, he just thought it would be easier to separate them.
Sheng Ziyou still looked at him with suspicion.
How could she possibly separate from Qu Feng to search for him!
Given Qu Feng’s gaming IQ, how could he possibly find it?!
This is likely to be a test of intelligence. If she finds it, and the two have been separated, she herself will be suspected of being a spy!
Sheng Ziyou certainly didn’t want to!
Moreover, she still felt it was unlikely that they would really need to search floor by floor.
“Then let’s do it together. You keep an eye on me. I’m really not a spy!” Qu Feng was getting a little frantic.
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