Chapter 41

Shanyang Inn.

“No, let them play with their cards revealed.”

Yao PD and the directing team were completely speechless watching Li Chen and Zhang Zhang Ruonan running around like headless flies, at a loss.

This game completely exposed the bottom-line IQ of the Running Man guests.

If they didn’t reveal their cards, with Lin Yu’s IQ crushing them, Li Chen and Zhang Zhang Ruonan would be sold abroad and still happily help count the money.

Envoys: Li Chen, Zhang Zhang Ruonan

Guards: Bai Lu, Song Song Yuqi, Lin Yu (Commander)

In the guest room of the Shanyang Inn,

Lin Yu, Song Song Yuqi, and Bai Lu, three old acquaintances, looked at each other’s cunning faces, winking and showing expressions of secret joy.

“Don’t worry, as the guard commander, I will definitely lead you two little brats—pfft, I mean little soldiers—to win the game.”

Lin Yu brushed his imaginary beard and said mysteriously.

“Everyone, hurry up and think of a strategy.”

“We’re going to vote to swap people soon.”

Bai Lu pouted and said.

“Didn’t they say the other side has a secret messenger? Why don’t you go over there, Lin Yu? If the Commander and the secret messenger are together, you can get another clue.”

Song Song Yuqi blinked and expressed her opinion.

“But that would mean losing the right to vote. If Lin Yu can’t come back, wouldn’t Jing Ke win? This game is just offense and defense, predicting the opponent’s prediction.”

Bai Lu hesitated for a moment and then summarized.

That is indeed the case. If this game swaps people three times, the end is just a matter of probability.

“Wait.”

“I have a foolproof plan.”

Lin Yu’s brows relaxed, and he called Bai Lu and Song Song Yuqi to his ear to whisper.

“Congratulations, my lords, you have confirmed your identities and found some of your teammates.”

“We have prepared afternoon tea for you.”

“After afternoon tea, the first swap will take place.”

After hearing the production team’s words,

Lin Yu, Li Chen, and the five others were arranged in an antique tea room.

In the center, a pair of pitch-black twenty-centimeter-thick cushions instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

“What is this for?”

Zhang Zhang Ruonan lowered her head and touched the cushion curiously.

“Are we going to do a forward roll? My waist can’t handle that.”

Li Chen looked at the layout and grimaced, showing difficulty.

“Welcome to afternoon tea time.”

“Snack time.”

Game rules:

Two lords need to eat the snacks in front of them in a special way. The person who eats fewer cookies within two minutes will be eliminated.

Other lords will come on stage to fill the spot. The person who eats more cookies will stay on the field to continue the competition.

The lord who persists to the end will receive the clue jade pendant!

“Come, bring the tea and snacks.”

As soon as the words fell, the green-clothed maids brought a large tray covered with flour and placed it in the gap between the two cushions.

Nine cookies were stuck in the flour.

“How are we supposed to eat this?”

Song Song Yuqi tilted her head, puzzled.

Both sides need to kneel on the cushions, hands behind their backs, and eat the cookies with their mouths.

“This... is this okay?”

Li Chen gestured a few times on the spot and felt like his entire lumbar spine was about to crack.

The first round of the game began.

“Please let Bai Lu choose a member first.”

Bai Lu glanced at the envoy team and chose the big black bull Li Chen directly.

“This kind of game doesn’t rely on upper body strength at all, but on the endurance of the lower body and waist.”

Bai Lu was very confident about this, and her eyes radiated determination to win.

Hmm?

Lin Yu blinked. If we’re talking about lower body endurance, he dares to claim second place, and no one dares to claim first.

[Ding]

[Triggered system task: Make the contestant’s heart rate reach 120.]

[Reward: God-level singing progress.]

Whoa!

I finally waited for it, Lin Yu’s heart moved.

As an idol in the entertainment industry, how can you stand in the industry without some singing skills?

Filming movies is fine, but the timeline is too long, and there are at most two or three films a year. If the box office fails, it’s easy to cause an actor’s reputation to collapse.

Many talented actors are sometimes helpless and inexplicably become box office poison.

Lin Yu had thought about it before: first have solid works, then talk about a fan base, otherwise, once the traffic passes, it will be a flash in the pan.

“Ah!”

“It’s too painful, I can’t reach the cookies at all.”

Li Chen, with his hands behind his back, head poking out, body arched, kneeling on the cushion, was so tired he was almost rolling his eyes, but he still wasn’t as fast as Bai Lu at biting the cookies.

“Go for it! Brother Chen.”

Zhang Zhang Ruonan was on the side, cheering anxiously.

“Ah.”

Li Chen tilted his head, used all his strength, but could only lick the edge of the cookie. Every time he touched the cookie, his body would lose balance and fall into the flour.

It had been less than a minute, and he already looked like a white-haired zombie.

“Brother Chen.”

“I’ve discovered something.”

Lin Yu suddenly ran to Li Chen’s side and exclaimed, as if Columbus had discovered the New World.

Discovered what?

Li Chen and Zhang Zhang Ruonan thought Lin Yu had come up with a good way and wanted to share it, so they both looked over.

Yao PD was also stunned. Could there be any technique to eating cookies?

“Brother Chen, do you, perhaps, not like eating cookies?”

“Let me try changing it to chocolate for you.”

Lin Yu took a Snickers bar out of his pocket without saying a word and stuck it into the flour with a thud.

“Pfft.”

“Why are you changing it to chocolate?”

“I’m not a picky eater.”

“It’s that I can’t reach it.”

Li Chen spat out a large mouthful of flour, his face red, white smoke rising from his whole body, roaring repeatedly.

[Ding]

[Detected Li Chen’s heart rate is 122.]

[Congratulations to the host: Current god-level singing progress increased by 30%.]

“Hehe.”

Bai Lu had already bitten off five cookies and, seeing Li Chen’s miserable state, started rolling on the cushion with laughter.

The live broadcast room was also filled with comments.

“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Is this a food problem? This is clearly a distance problem! It’s making the big black bull so angry.”

“As expected of Lin Yu, his brain circuit is comparable to Einstein’s. I suggest leaving a spot for Lin Yu for slice experiments in the future.”

“Just now, Brother Chen and Yao PD were both staring with wide eyes expecting something. It’s really funny. Lin Yu is a pure show-off!”

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