Chapter 89 Composition
“The first segment of the program will begin in five minutes. The eight contestants will introduce themselves. Before that, let us start with an advertisement.”
The broadcast was full of emotions. The passionate narration ended, and an advertisement began to play on the TV - a three-headed mutant dog ran wildly with a dew-stained soda can in its mouth, followed by ferocious wasteland-style pickup trucks chasing each other desperately. The title of the advertisement For [Nuka-Cola, awaken taste buds and stimulate vitality]
WTF
The eight players all showed expressions of pain in their balls.
To be honest, if it were a simple deathmatch mission, where all parties would start killing each other as soon as they met, it would be simple. Who can survive to the end depends on his or her ability. But this [Waste Land Love Dating Variety Live Reality Show] is a bit too cheating, right? !
Pop!
The blond white man clapped his hands and released a certain skill. An invisible wave spread in the room, and the sound on the TV suddenly became blurry.
"According to the narrator, it's commercial time now. I released the silent barrier, and now our conversation can't be heard outside. To prevent the program team's camera from reading lips, I put on my mask."< br>
The white man said while putting on a mask.
He looks extremely handsome, and can even be described as handsome. "First of all, let me confirm that as a biological male, the name of the task I received is [Finished! I am surrounded by beautiful women!], I don’t know who it is."
The white woman raised her eyebrows slightly and said: "The task I received is [It's over! I'm surrounded by handsome guys!]"
"Me too." The black woman agreed. The same goes for the other two girls.
Everyone present is handsome and pretty, which is true.
Leonardo nodded, "Understood, it seems that the system issues different mission names based on biological gender. In general deathmatch missions, there is usually a question of how many game coins are obtained by killing enemy players. , experience points, or the setting of looting a skill and equipment, but not this time
At the same time, the goal given by the system is to survive until the end of the game, rather than killing everyone else. This means that we may be able to cooperate with each other first and figure out the actual rules before considering anything else.
To show my sincerity, I will show my information first. "
After that, he showed his ID.
[Bloody Diamond Leonardo] [Lv8]
"In addition, I am from the European Heavy Industry Guild Member, here is my ID. "Leonardo took out his ID and showed it to others.
Following his lead, other players also released their IDs.
The handsome black guy is [National Love Rival Will] [Lv7], claiming to be from Gen-Sys Biotechnology Company.
The handsome Indian guy is [Kama Sutra·Irrfan] [Lv8], claiming to be from Prometheus Labs.
Li Sheng himself is [Life-Sacrificing Gambler·Xingying] [Lv6], a lone wolf player.
The fair-skinned and beautiful white girl is [Cat Girl Anne] [Lv6], claiming to be from the Witches Alliance.
The sexy and enchanting black girl is [Stormborn Harley] [Lv8], claiming to be from the Special Incident Division of the FBI.
The sweet-looking East Asian girl [Attention Huiying] [Lv7] claims to be from the Global Supernatural Alliance.
The last one is Little Red Riding Hood, [Hold your head and squat on guard·Little Red Riding Hood] [Lv6], from the Japanese Island Abnormal Affairs Investigation Bureau.
There are eight players present, with an average level of Lv7. Considering that they are basically all from major guilds, with organized help, the overall strength is definitely above the average.
“Wait, Huiying?” Irfan, a handsome Indian-American man, raised his hand and asked the East Asian girl, “Are you the ICEY, Miss Jin Huiying?”
"Yes." Jin Huiying smiled bitterly and nodded. Her makeup at the moment was different from the photos in the real world, but she could still tell that she was the same person.
"My nephew likes you very much. Can you give him a signed photo of you after he leaves here?" Irfan said politely. As the highest level Lv8 in the audience, he looked Quite confident and calm, and has the leisure to talk nonsense.
Jin Huiying nodded, "Of course. If you can leave here safely, let alone one, a hundred signed photos will do."
Leonardo interrupted the two He chatted with others and quickly said: "Let's talk about the autograph photo later. The first step of honesty and mutual trust has been achieved. Let me analyze this mission.
First of all, the mission goal and mission briefing are absolutely true. It can be Completely believe it, but not necessarily the narration that follows.
It sounds like we are eight guinea pigs trapped in a room. We must participate in a death game. One person must be eliminated in each round, and we must also consider the popularity of the show, otherwise everyone will be executed.
But what if you change your mind and force your way out of here? In the rules of the game, it is only stated that the eliminated players will be exiled to the wasteland, not directly die. With our strength, we may be able to survive in the wasteland for 72 hours, complete and escape the mission, and get the emergency escape card in the mission reward. ”
The emergency escape card is a special reward issued by Killing Fields, which allows players to forcibly escape from scripts/regular/compulsory tasks except for punishment types and return to the real world.
Emergency escape card binding It cannot be transferred to an individual, and can only be dropped after death, so it is extremely precious. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life-saving tool at the bottom of the box.
"This is indeed a method, but is it really that simple? ? ”
Anne from the Witch Alliance said: "If a single player follows the rules of the game, it will be fine if he is eliminated. If eight players collectively 'escape', will the program team who created this game intervene?
According to the briefing According to the theory, this is a new civilization re-established in a radioactive wasteland. Its moral values are completely different from the real world, and its technological level is also unpredictable.
If you break the rules and escape collectively, there will be people waiting outside. It may not be the mutated creatures in the wasteland, it might be the long guns and short cannons and armored swarms of the program crew."
As she said this, Annie walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, took out a strong flashlight and pointed it at the glass. External radiation.
The light of the flashlight, which could originally illuminate a kilometer range, gradually diminished fifty meters away, until it was swallowed up by darkness, making it difficult to see what was outside.
The unknown is often the scariest thing. You don’t know what you will encounter if you run out. But if you stay in the villa and perform a love variety show honestly, you have at least a 25% chance of survival. According to the narration, there should be one or two couples left in the end. Many pairs of lovers.
"In that case, let's each rely on our abilities."
The handsome black man Will shrugged. As his name suggests, he looks quite like the young Hollywood actor Will Smith. .
"Commercial is over! Let's start today's feature film!"
The broadcast in the corner sounded again, and mechanical arms stretched out from the rails on the ceiling, holding cameras and poles Microphone, pointed at eight players.
The TV also projects the monitoring perspective of the villa, and next to it is a data panel that displays the current number of votes each contestant has received, the current popularity of the program, and audience big data (including but not limited to audience age, gender, income status, etc.).
【Family members, who knows! I can see my favorite wasteland romance drama again~]
[Wow, is this the old humanity? So handsome and beautiful! Let’s not talk anymore, the Jimeis open the button, and the Jimeis enlighten us]
[The front row sells melon seeds, peanuts, small benches, and Nuka Cola]
[The barrage on the port side is too thick, blocking my view. Handsome guy and beautiful girl!】
A large translucent barrage flew across the screen. This show seemed to be quite popular. It had 1 million views when it first aired, which was only half the required 2 million views for this round.
"Hello everyone, first let me introduce myself."
The handsome blond Leonardo took off his mask, took a deep breath, sat on the sofa, and showed his perfect face in front of the camera With a smile, "My name is Leonardo, I am twenty-five years old, and I am a chef by profession. As for my relationship experience, I am ashamed to say that I just ended a long-distance relationship and she dumped me for wealth."
Leonardo lowered his eyes, his clear eyes revealing melancholy - through the reflection on the marble coffee table, he could clearly see the position of the camera and knew what angle to use to show himself.
As expected, more barrages immediately appeared on the TV, all expressing sympathy and support for him. The data panel also shows that he immediately received more than 30,000 votes and is still increasing, while others currently only have one or two thousand votes.
Done!
Leonardo's eyes flashed with joy. He noticed that when this show first started, 55% of the audience were women, and most of them were young girls. The experience of being dumped can increase his sympathy points. It can be said that Qin Shihuang touched the wire - he won.
“Oh, are you also a famous chef?” Harley, a sexy black beauty, leaned forward with interest, showing her beautiful back curve, and said softly: “I am a bartender by profession, but for I’m also interested in cooking, can we talk about it?”
The show starts now, right?
Li Sheng, who had been watching invisibly, raised his eyebrows slightly. Harley's strategy was quite wise. Since Leonardo is so good at acting, she might as well play more ambiguity in the early stages of the relationship to get some votes from him.
As expected, Leonardo chatted with Harley enthusiastically and talked about his cooking experience. The votes of the two increased simultaneously, and the comments were so sweet and eye-catching.
A coldness flashed in the eyes of the handsome black boy Will. This cannot continue. The total number of votes is limited. The audience voted for Leonardo and Harley, which means that they will be divided among others. The number of people's votes will decrease.
"I wonder where Mr. Leonardo works now? I would like to go to your restaurant to experience it."
He smiled and stretched out his hand, "By the way, I His name is Will, a financial practitioner.”
There are also financial institutions in the wasteland, and bank advertisements have appeared on TV before. The luxurious watch that Will inadvertently revealed also silently proved his status as a young man with a lot of money.
It seemed like a normal conversation, but it smelled of gunpowder for no reason. The rail robotic arm immediately lowered itself and adjusted the camera angle to capture the subtle expressions on the faces of Leonardo and Will.
"Mr. Peefly,"
Outside the camera, Little Red Riding Hood lowered her voice and asked Li Sheng, who was sitting next to her, "What are they doing?"
"Xiong. "Competition." Li Sheng said softly: "Just like two men in a bar who want to chat up the same woman, they try their best to show their money, power, social status, and education in front of the opposite sex without using violence. , height, appearance, sexual attractiveness, etc.
This is almost a biological instinct, just like the courtship dance of animals such as blue-footed boobies, big-eyed pheasants, Australian blue peacock spiders, lesser snooks, and sage grouse in nature.
By the way, a friend of mine once imitated a sage grouse and danced to the person he was interested in. Then he was arrested by the police for disturbing public order and disturbing morals. "
"Huh? ”
Little Red Riding Hood looked confused, and Jin Huiying on the side almost didn’t stop. She knew what a sage grouse was. It is a bird that lives in the coniferous forest belt of North America. It has two yellow spots on its neck. During the courtship season, the male will fill the air sac and throw it out repeatedly, making a "wave" sound to attract the opposite sex.
If humans want to imitate it, it is almost equivalent to being naked and repeatedly showing their chest muscles or balls. Bar
"I used to work in a restaurant in Diamond City, and I won't name it. Later, after I saved some money, I wanted to open a restaurant of my own. It's still in the preparation stage."
Leonard Duo stretched out his hand and shook Will's hand, and gave an accurate answer - Diamond City is the place where Nuka-Cola is produced and has also appeared in TV commercials. Adding this item can enhance the credibility of the discourse.
Seeing a few people chatting, Li Sheng glanced at the fruit basket placed on the coffee table, lowered his voice and said to Little Red Riding Hood: "Cooperate with me later."
"Eh?" Before Little Red Riding Hood could react, Li Sheng lightly scratched the back of her hand with his nails, cutting a shallow but long wound.
“Hiss——”
Little Red Riding Hood cried out in pain, and the mechanical crane immediately sensed the sound and rotated the camera to focus on her.
“Did you get injured while peeling the fruit?”
Li Sheng pretended to meet Little Red Riding Hood for the first time, took out the medical kit from his pocket (actually the backpack column), and took it out Gently apply sterile cotton balls on the back of her hand and apply a suture-free band-aid.
"It hurts a little." Little Red Riding Hood said with tears in her eyes. She was not pretending, it really hurt.
“It’s okay, you’ll be fine soon.”
Li Sheng said in a magnetic voice: "My name is Wei Fei, and I am a wasteland explorer. I have seen too many injuries like this."
"Wasteland, explorer?" Little Red Riding Hood followed suit and wondered. asked.
“Well, exploring and adventuring in the wasteland, or hunting ferocious and violent mutated beasts, or going deep into the ruins of the research institute before the nuclear war to unearth lost technology.
I have seen ordinary people The beauty is unimaginable. Under the ruins, the nuclear reactor continues to operate after countless years. The faint blue light of Cherenkov radiation shines in the dark deep water, and all the past will disappear in time, just like tears disappearing in the rain.”
Li Sheng showed a deep expression at the right time and sighed: "However, wasteland exploration is too dangerous. One of my fellow detectives got into trouble with criminal gangs and was given some kind of poison by them, and eventually became He looks like a high school student but has the intelligence of an elementary school student.
It was after seeing his ending that I decided to wash my hands of him. "
Hey, are you really okay with blatantly plagiarizing lines from the old movie "Blade Runner"?
And who is a famous detective who looks like a high school student but has the intelligence of an elementary school student? Damn it, isn't this a fool? Are you sure you didn't tell the truth?
A few knowledgeable players, such as Leonardo, didn't reveal it on the TV screen. The barrage was paused at first, and then refreshed rapidly. Thanks to Li Sheng’s charming face and persuasive tone, his number of votes is steadily increasing——
After all, wasteland explorers have more gimmicks than chefs and bartenders.
A few people were talking normally, always using the corner of their eyes to peek at the real-time data on the screen. Everyone's votes were relatively close, with Leonardo slightly ahead, but the most important thing, the overall popularity of the show, was always stuck at 1.5 million.
There are only five minutes remaining before the countdown to this game round. If the heat fails to rise, everyone will face execution.
Li Sheng narrowed his eyes imperceptibly. He would not be at the mercy of the program crew and had already thought of a backup plan
"Pa!"
Just when Li Sheng was about to make something extraordinary, the white woman Annie from the Witch Alliance suddenly stood up, as if she had thought of something terrible, her face was pale, her hands covered her cheeks, and her eyes were filled with tears. .
"Annie, what's wrong with you?" Jin Huiying, who was sitting next to her, asked quickly with concern.
“I, I remember.”
Anne pointed at the handsome Indian man Irrfan and choked up: “Two years ago, when I was drinking with my friends in a bar in Boston, , I was accosted by him. I was young and ignorant at the time. After drinking the drink he ordered, I became delirious and was taken to the hotel by him in a daze.
When he was about to succeed, I finally regained consciousness. I pushed him away with all my strength, escaped through the window, and fell to the ground outside from the second floor. The injuries here are from that time.”
After saying that, she rolled up her sleeves, revealing the hideous scar on her left arm.
Holy shit! A short composition about social death!
Everyone's expressions instantly became extremely exciting. The eight players were randomly matched. Annie and Irfan obviously didn't know each other before. What they said just now was obviously a false accusation.
The number of barrages on TV immediately increased several times, [The young lady is so pitiful]
[I didn’t expect such a thing to happen in the 22nd century! 】
[Hell is empty, the devil is in the world]
[What are the program crew doing for food! Not even a background check? This kind of sex offender can be let in! 】
Correspondingly, the popularity of the program and the number of votes received by Anne have increased rapidly, while the number of votes for Irrfan has remained stagnant.
"You"
Irfan reacted, stood up, clenched his fists, and said with a tense expression, "Did you make a mistake, Miss? I didn't go there at all two years ago. Through the city of Boston ”
"That was three or four years ago. I can't remember clearly, but in short this must have happened."
Anne kept backing away and said sadly: "I am a girl who is not yet married, Will she use her innocence to frame you?"
The expression on her face was painful, but she was extremely calm in her heart. The so-called reality show, the key is not to be real, but to mobilize the audience's emotions.
(The ID section does not count the VIP characters)
(End of this chapter)