Chapter 60: Game Challenge — “Black Myth: Wukong”
Probably stimulated by Dai Keqing’s words, Zhou Mi actually started looking for someone to team up with. However, he wasn’t stupid enough to pick just anyone; instead, he asked Fang Mo, who looked relatively easy to talk to.
“Fang Mo, are you willing to team up with me?”
“Please, help me out.”
Lin Huaizhi wanted to laugh watching this scene. Zhou Mi looked empty-headed, but actually, he wasn’t that empty; he was quite good at picking people.
He and Huo Chen both looked very dominant and had a mutual arrow, so he wasn’t considered. As for Xu Qiao and Hu Xiaoxu, mostly likely Xu Qiao looked very opinionated and not easy to manipulate, while he looked down on the latter. After all, when he teamed up with Hu Xiaoxu in the last episode, although he didn’t show it on his face, his actions revealed his disdain for her.
And Chu Xiaoran’s fans were like mad dogs, so he definitely wouldn’t consider him either.
Among the remaining people, he had just rejected the three-person team, so naturally, he wouldn’t choose anyone from there. El was out of the question, having just had a conflict.
Picking around, only Fang Mo was left.
An eighteenth-tier transparent nobody who looked gentle, kind, and considerate. As long as he lowered his posture slightly, it should be a sure thing.
Unfortunately, he still picked the wrong person.
Lin Huaizhi guessed correctly.
Fang Mo flashed a harmless smile at Zhou Mi, but his body leaned toward Chu Xiaoran. “Sorry, I’ve already teamed up with Brother Chu.”
Perhaps not expecting to be rejected, Zhou Mi was stunned for a moment before reacting, saying unwillingly, “Chu Xiaoran is so popular, there will definitely be people willing to team up with him. Besides, isn’t El from the same company as him? He would definitely be willing to choose him.”
He gritted his teeth and started praising Fang Mo. “Just consider it helping out. The first time I saw you, I knew you were a gentle and kind person.”
Zhou Mi’s calculation was completely wrong.
Fang Mo looked gentle and harmless, but in front of his destined one, Chu Xiaoran, he never looked at anyone else, nor did he want anyone else to look at Chu Xiaoran.
Not only did these words not have the slightest effect, but they even had the opposite effect.
“I’m really sorry. I want to help you too, but I finally got to team up with Brother Chu…” Fang Mo bit his lip, looking troubled. “I really want to date Brother Chu.”
Zhou Mi wanted to say more, but Chu Xiaoran stepped in front of Fang Mo with a face full of displeasure. “He already said he’s unwilling. Can’t understand human language?”
Zhou Mi: “…”
Zhou Mi finally walked away dejectedly.
Fang Mo, on the other hand, exchanged glances with Chu Xiaoran. With another round of flattery and sweet words, he successfully coaxed Chu Xiaoran into beaming with joy.
Xu Qiao: “…”
Xu Qiao rubbed her arm. “Clearly, ‘hero saving the beauty’ should be sweet, so why can’t I ship it? Inexplicably, I feel it’s more like a turtle saving a soft-shelled turtle.”
…………
El chose no one in the end, so the team members were settled just like that.
However, during the selection, he played a big move, staring directly at Dai Keqing and saying, “Can I choose you to team up?”
Dai Keqing suppressed the uncontrollable corners of his lips and rejected him. ” The director is not a guest. You cannot.”
El had anticipated this answer long ago, but still revealed a sad expression.
This scene fell into the eyes of the netizens in the livestream room, instantly creating a huge rhythm of speculation.
[What’s going on! El wants to team up with the director?]
[Don’t say it, really, don’t say it—I truly feel the way El looks at the director is a bit… unclean!]
[Baby El said that if he has a romance, he will tell fans immediately. Going on the romance variety show is probably the company’s arrangement. Taking him away, we’re not dating.]
Dai Keqing caught a glimpse of that bullet comment. His face showed nothing, but he sneered in his heart.
Taking him away, not dating?
Your Baby El has been slept by me hundreds of times. Where are you taking him away to not date?
The guests’ accommodations for this episode were all in the seaside villa where they gathered. However, ordered by the highest rank among the team members, Xu Qiao and Hu Xiaoxu got the best room.
It is worth mentioning that Su Rui, dragging two along, brought Fan Fangfang and Zhou Mi up to third place and selected a pretty decent room. It was just that for three people, it was slightly crowded.
El followed closely behind. The room was very small, with only one large bed, but it had a balcony. The space was very sufficient for him living alone.
Chu Xiaoran and Fang Mo happily claimed the last place and successfully moved into the stairwell storage room.
Because some sundries were piled inside, plus a bed, the space appeared very cramped. Two people could sleep, but it was suffocating.
Lin Huaizhi actually quite wanted to choose the stairwell.
No other thoughts, he just liked sleeping in that kind of small space.
Of course, considering Huo Chen and his height, sleeping in there would probably mean not sleeping well at all. In the end, they chose a spacious secondary bedroom with floor-to-ceiling windows to enjoy the sea view.
The villa also had a large e-sports room. It was unknown if the owner installed it or if the program team installed it temporarily. The room was equipped with four computers; the towers were cool “sea-view room” style cases, and the screens were ultrawide monitors.
After putting away their luggage, the ten guests gathered in the e-sports room.
Dai Keqing continued holding his small loudspeaker.
“The theme of this episode is ‘Gaming Tourism’ for one week. The results of the game on the previous day determine the tourism budget for the next day. Guests can take this budget out to experience various projects on this island.”
“The game challenged today is a AAA masterpiece, and it is our country’s first AAA masterpiece.”
“Three days after its release, this game sold over ten million copies across all platforms, breaking the history record for games in our country. Even now, this data is still rising.”
“This masterpiece is titled Black Myth: Wukong. The game is set against the background of the classic novel Journey to the West, telling the story after the Great Sage obtained the scriptures, gave up his Buddhahood, and triggered the Heavenly Court’s second crusade against him.”
“In the game, you will play as a ‘Destined One,’ embarking on a Journey to the West filled with danger and wonder to explore the truth of the legends of the past.”
“Today’s mission requires everyone to complete the exploration of the first chapter.”
Dai Keqing revealed a malicious smile.
“Of course, because we are a romance variety show, we need two guests to operate the game protagonist simultaneously.”
“In addition, the program team has provided two gaming methods: keyboard and controller. If you choose the keyboard, one guest controls the keyboard, and the other guest controls the mouse. And for the controller…”
“It’s one person takes half.”
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