CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: FIRST ROUND MVP ANNOUNCED!

"Task failed?!"

The few people who were still eager to chat about their identity information were stunned when they heard the director’s words.

Lin Banyan reacted the fastest, turning his head and saying: "Brother Cheng isn’t God?"

Li Yang: "Could it be that Brother Yan guessed right, it’s Zhu Qi?!"

Zhu Qi leaned back, shaking his head frantically: "Don’t look at me! I’m really not!"

There’s no need to hide it at this point, so it seems it’s really not Zhu Qi.

In that case, if it’s not Cheng Zhirang or Zhu Qi, who could it be?

Everyone looked at the person on their left, then the person on their right, falling into suspicion.

The director took a megaphone and announced again: "Task npc task failed, God’s perspective wins, please staff send out the victory symbol, others will have to face punishment later."

"There’s a victory symbol, sure, but why is there punishment?" Guan Yu couldn’t believe it, "If exam results are good, scoring is normal, but if results are bad, you shouldn’t deduct points, right?"

The director was resolute in his stance: "Rewards for doing well, punishment for doing poorly. Asking this floating npc, do you have any opinions?"

Nameless floating npc Guan Yu: ".......No more."

"Please staff carry the medal."

Over by the red carpet, three staff members each carrying a platter walked over, their expressions serious and elegant, their cheongsams and suits impeccably neat.

Shu Ran: "Three of them?"

Lin Banyan: "Are there really that many medals?"

Zhu Qi: "No way? Three victory medals? God couldn’t possibly be three of them, right?"

The more they thought about it, the more it seemed likely, "The program only asked us to identify the hidden God’s perspective among us, didn’t say how many... Could there actually be three?!"

Guan Yu didn’t believe it, "Director, you guys wouldn’t be so insane, would you?"

The director said nothing, signaling the remaining staff on the red carpet to hurry up.

Standing before them, the two staff members in black suits held their platters firmly, only the one in the cheongsam moved past Cheng Zhirang, Su Yan, Lin Banyan and Shi Yuhuai, finally stopping in front of Mu Qiu.

[My god! Could it be Mu Qiu?!]

[It’s her! She stopped in front of her!]

[I was still suspicious of Su Yan, never thought it’d be that rookie!]

[Wow! I really didn’t see this coming! The program dared to put a rookie upfront in the first episode.]

[I thought every time she analyzed something, I’d nod along, turns out it was all deception!]

[I knew there couldn’t be three gods!]

[My favorite really made something of herself! Must be sweating like crazy.]

[I knew this plot felt familiar, turns out it’s my favorite.]

[No way? Su Yan is here and they made the MVP a rookie? Is the program team out of their minds?]

[This... The program team is pretty bold.]

[Not a fan, but I love seeing unexpected stuff like this.]

[Changtong invested, please, who doesn’t know the official account mentioned they dislike scripted shows?]

[Some haters shouldn’t try to stir trouble, our Yan Shen and fans think this is fine, don’t provoke conflict.]

The barrage showed increasing hostility, while Mu Qiu stared mutely at the medal on the tray.

On the platter, a brooch lay on a red silk cloth: gold, shaped like the English letters "MVP," with a red armband beside it... like the red armband worn by junior students, with large gold letters on it - "Episode 1 MVP is me!"

The staff member: "Congratulations on winning, here’s your victory medal."

Mu Qiu silently glanced at it: "..."

She finally held back the urge to critique, reaching out to take it, "Thank you."

Until the MVP brooch was pinned on her chest, others didn’t dare believe what they saw.

"...Mu! Qiu!" Guan Yu couldn’t believe, standing two meters away shocked, "You’re God?!"

Shi Yuhuai raised a brow, looking at her, "It’s actually you?"

Shu Ran wanted to say these lines too, who could have thought the ultimate victory would fall to the only rookie here?

Not only she didn’t expect it, no one did. Li Yang was dumbfounded, "Didn’t you say you were destined to be useless?!"

Mu Qiu: "But the organization needed me, so I could barely shine a little."

Li Yang didn’t believe it, still wearing a betrayed face.

Lin Banyan, after a moment of surprise, offered congratulations, Cheng Zhirang nodded in affirmation, only Zhu Qi was left, sighing,

"Unbelievable. I thought no one could be you, since you kept finding clues and analyzing them... No way? You’re God, meaning you knew these clues beforehand, did you weave those step by step?"

Mu Qiu pondered, "I think it’s called improvisational daring."

At this point Guan Yu let out a sigh, looking regretful, "I remember, when we first blind guessed sitting together, I guessed you were God, because during the preview you teamed up with that monkey!"

Mu Qiu nodded, gesturing a tiny distance with her fingers, "So you were only a millimeter away from the truth."

Unfortunately, it wasn’t grasped.

Guan Yu’s refined face was full of gloom.

"Alright, next is punishment time for the losing guests." The director, seeing their shock had been expressed, kindly delivered a set of punishment services.

The others immediately straightened up.

The two suit-clad staff who had stood still moved forward with trays, unveiling the red cloth and revealing the tools within.

The camera zoomed in for a close-up of the items on the tray.

[Changtong’s instant inflatable device! My mall uses this! The other one’s an inflatable mannequin!]

[Exciting stuff ahead.]

[Is it the kind that inflates and keeps moving around?]

[Feeling anxious for Yangyang.]

In the two trays were a black portable inflation machine and a folded plastic mannequin.

Could the punishment be having them work together to inflate the mannequin?

Li Yang was bewildered, asking the director: "Director, what kind of punishment is this?"

The director replied vaguely, "You’ll find out soon."

Vrrrrr—

A sound like a siren came from the back, everyone turned to look, the simple promotional backdrop behind the red carpet pulled aside, revealing a cool swimming pool behind.

After a brief silence, Shu Ran exclaimed, "We need to go in the water?!"

Guan Yu immediately backed away, "A swimming pool plus inflatable mannequins, ruling out the chance they are throwing us a pool party, I’m feeling uneasy."

The result soon illustrated, it’s not only uneasy, it’s terrifying.

The director: "Everyone sit on the edge of the pool; staff will inflate the mannequin behind you, as the inflation speed is fast, the mannequin length is just a bit longer than the distance to the pool edge, once inflated fast enough, it’ll randomly propel the targeted person into the pool."

"Now, please choose your sitting posture and the way you’ll enter the water."

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Do you guys like this punishment setup? Next Chapter will detail this exhilarating (not) scene.