TISHW 8

Chapter 8 Recruitment Season

Everyone immediately rushed into the live broadcast room where Qin Shiyu and the others were observing. In the live broadcast room, Jiang Mingquan leaned forward anxiously and kept urging, "Hurry up, hurry up. They’re about to come up!"

On the screen directly opposite them was playing a scene of several staff members cleaning up an unfamiliar scene. The other half of the screen showed the scene of No. 99 and No. 100 slowly rising in the elevator.

【Just arrived. Politely asking what happened? 】

【Haha, the program team saw that No. 100 passed the level too fast, so they temporarily adjusted the mechanism for the next level. Under normal circumstances, the time should be enough, but they didn’t expect No. 100 to be so fast. They had just finished adjusting the mechanism and had yet to clean up the scene when she got on the elevator. If they get caught, it would be a broadcast mishap story, hahaha. 】

As soon as the old fan explained it, he saw that in the scene on the right screen, the elevator had stopped at the fourth floor. The director obviously knew how to create an atmosphere. The camera shot from far to near. Immediately there was a dangerous atmosphere. The audience that just understood had yet to laugh at this funny scene when they couldn't help but become nervous:

【Holy crap, the elevator is here. Evacuate quickly! Hurry up! ! 】

【Hurry up, get the mop! Aiya, think of a way to stop them...]

【"All Rounder" is really broadcasting a very new variety show. The program team is no longer satisfied with the competition between No. 100 and the contestants. Even the staff have to come out and compete. 】

【Oh...they saw it! What to do! So nervous! 】

……

At the scene, Jiang Yu didn't know about the temporary adjustment of the rules by the program team. When the elevator door opened, she saw a... dazzling wall standing not far away, blocking their way. There were two glass doors in the middle of the wall. When they got closer to the door, they could see through the glass door and the activity area of several hundred square meters behind it. It said "The Recruitment Practice Base for the Third Season of "All Rounder Investigation Agency"". It was their next location for the next level.

To get there, they must first open the electronic lock on the glass door in front of them.

Jiang Yu poked her head out from the fence nearby and took a look. The fourth floor of this mall was a zigzag corridor surrounding the shops. The practice base was right in the middle of the corridor. Generally, such a place would have multiple entrances and exits. So she guessed that such walls and glass doors should be available at the four entrances and exits. Whether the team came up by elevator or escalator, they could choose to individually complete the level or they could cooperate in multiple groups.

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. If there were multiple checkpoints, she probably wouldn't be able to meet the protagonist group.

These thoughts were in her mind for only a moment. Her eyes fell on the electrician who was hurriedly packing the tool box and the auntie holding the broom. She said to Shu Hua, "We have to go through the glass door..."

After the experience of destroying the protective cover in the previous level, Shu Hua felt that she had made progress. Without Jiang Yu's need to say anything, she stared at the electrician eagerly and said, "Got to remove it, right?" 

After saying this, she turned three steps into two steps and moved forward. She stopped the electrician who was about to leave with a toolbox on his back: "Elder Brother, are you leaving now?"

Jiang Yu:……

Forget it. They certainly need to defeat the NPCs first anyway.

Everyone in the live broadcast room was laughing like crazy:

【Hahahaha, the electrician brother is trembling: Yes, I’m leaving now, let me go quickly! 】

【ROFL, clean up failed and simply got recognized as an NPC? 】

【This is a way, interfering with their finding the correct answer, haha. 】

However, Jiang Yu and Shu Hua didn't know that the program team was stirring things up and thought that these "NPCs" had important clues. After all, there were two living people in such a big place. They couldn't let them go no matter what.

Shu Hua teased the electrician brother, "Elder Brother, don't you have anything to give me?"

The electrician covered his face with his hands and whispered, "I'm not an NPC. I'm a staff member here to repair malfunctioning mechanisms."

Shu Hua was doubtful. But when she saw that the electrician brother wanted to leave, she immediately grabbed his toolbox with quick hand-eye coordination, "Elder Brother, tell me, under what conditions can you give me the clues?"

The electrician brother said depressedly, "I'm really not an NPC."

Shu Hua said, "That can’t do. I would rather kill than make a mistake of letting go. You must leave something for me today."

Electrician Brother: ..."Are you a bandit?"

Shu Hua was stunned for a moment, "Is this a secret code?"

She looked up and looked around and suddenly saw the banner hanging on the wall next to her. She read, "In life how many people can achieve full circle perfection?"

【Hahaha, she actually thought it was a code. 】

【Say, the eldest brother’s question and her answer are really interesting: Why did you become a bandit? ——In life, who can do without being forced! 】

  【Help! Above’s explanation almost convinced me. This is an NPC, not a staff member, right? 】

【What kind of miraculous coincidence is this? hahahaha. 】

The electrician brother looked helpless, "It's really not..."

Seeing that he still didn't "admit it", Shu Hua thought, "Is it the password?" 

She immediately remembered the clue card she and Jiang Yu found in the elevator and quickly leaned forward and asked, "Bigshot, what's the password on the clue card?" ? Hey! Don’t run away!”

It turned out that the electrician brother took advantage of Shu Hua's distraction and raised his feet to run away. Shu Hua reacted very quickly and reached out to grab him. However, she only caught the screwdriver and a piece of wire in his hand.

Shu Hua looked at the thing in her hand in confusion for a while. Then it dawned on her, "It turns out that 'Are you a bandit?' is a prompt for me to snatch this!" 

She immediately turned to Jiang Yu excitedly, "Bigshot, I got the clue!"

Jiang Yu saw this and looked at the cleaning auntie in front of her silently.

The cleaning auntie watched the whole process of Shu Hua besieging the electrician. Then glanced at the little girl in front of her who was silent but had a firm attitude. She hesitated and handed over the broom.

【Hahahahahaha...】

【No, I'm going to die laughing. The cleaning lady's inner howl: These are really bandits. This broom should be useless to them anyway, so I’ll just use it to redeem myself. 】

【Isn’t the funniest no. 99? She is so awesome. She even formed a complete logical closed loop! 】

【Why is her thinking so outrageous but I think it makes sense? Let’s choose No. 99 as an assistant this season. ROFL. 】

【My stomach hurts from laughing so hard. Although I don’t know what mechanism the program team changed, this step has been very successful. The thought path of No. 99 and No. 100 have already strayed to the Pacific Ocean. 】

【I really want to know how they will solve the mystery next. 】

On the screen, Jiang Yu and Shu Hua were still carefully studying the tools they had obtained.

The two of them looked at the "wall" in front of them. This was the cultural wall of the "All Rounder Investigation Agency". The wall to the left of the glass door was covered with photo frames with classic sayings such as  "If three walk together, one can be my teacher", "There is only one truth", "As long as we give time, there is nothing that cannot be defeated”...  On the wall to the right of the glass door were photos of guests from the first two seasons of "All Rounder" such as "Excellent Employees" and "Best Team".

The two of them stepped forward to fumble for the photo frames on the wall. Shu Hua said, "Can't move any of them." 

She knocked on the "wall" again and heard a "dong dong" sound. "It's made of wood. The NPCs gave tools. The tool should be used for disassembly? Is there a gap in the back of one of the picture frames? Pry it open... huh? Is it lock picking? "

Shu Hua walked curiously toward Jiang Yu, who was standing in front of the glass door, and followed her gaze to the electronic lock in the middle of the glass door, "Are you dismantling this? Oh, it's possible, otherwise why there would be no keyhole and no password. This place is meant for demolition.”

Then, Jiang Yu picked up the screwdriver and wires that Shu Hua snatched from the electrician and spoke, "Have to give it a try..."

【Hahahaha, using the most well-behaved tone and saying the most rebellious words. What kind of understanding do you have of "All Rounder"? You actually think that there is a level like picking an electronic lock. 】

  【Stop! It is illegal to pick locks. The whole crew would be invited to have tea after recording the show. 】

【Elder Sister, let’s look at the clue card and use your smart mind to think about it. This level has nothing to do with the screwdriver and wire! Really, trust me! 】

【I think the program team has temporarily changed the obstacle and she doesn’t know how to solve it? It would be fun if her true colors are revealed here. 】

【Bigshot, I’m on your side. Don’t let me down! 】

【Holy crap, she’s really starting to take it apart! 】

Seeing Jiang Yu really start tinkering with a screwdriver, the audience found it funny and worried for her:

【I don’t know how much time is wasted. God Ye and Lawyer Xiang have ran up! 】

【Speaking of which, the program team didn’t even stop it? This is violent disassembly. 】

【There is nothing to stop it. It is an electronic lock. It’s not a simple circuit assembly like the previous level. She can't open it. 】

【In fact, under normal circumstances, you have to take detours to pass the level. I still remember the outrageous thought path of those idols in the first season. It’s just this Elder Sister is so high spec today that everyone is used to her passing the level directly. 】

【Haha, what a high spec all the way. There are answers all the way. Of course, she can pass the level directly. 】

【Holy crap, she took it down! 】

【? ? ? 】

……

The audience watched her use a screwdriver to remove the casing of the electronic lock, and then started tinkering with the wire. Her eyes were firm and her movements were neat. It made everyone in the live broadcast room begin to doubt life:

【Why does it feel like she can do it? 】

【Did we make a mistake? The electrician brother and the cleaning lady are indeed NPCs, right? Is the bigshot going to clear the level after simplifying a complex problem again? 】

【Looking at it this way, it seems to be the case. The program team didn’t say that they are staff members. It is our own judgment. Maybe the program team is setting off smoke bombs? They are NPCs? 】

Then the program team quickly gave a response, dispelling everyone's self-doubt.

It seemed that things developed so unexpectedly that the program team finally stopped them. The loudspeaker next to them began to prompt, "Please note! Applicants are not allowed to violently destroy or dismantle props! Please note! Applicants are not allowed to violently destroy or dismantle props!… …”

Before the loudspeaker could shout for the third time, everyone heard a clear "beep", followed by a "click".

——The electronic lock was opened.

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