Free Web NovelChapter 735: Chapter 734: A Devout Kneel
The first group of challengers was already prepared at the top of the slide.
There were three people in total: Guan Yu, Zhang Li, and Chuchu. Each was seated on a device, starting from three different slides.
Mu Qiu and the others stood in front of the cushion, shielding their eyes from the light with their hands.
"Sister Guan Yu, you got this! Make sure you fly out when you crash!"
Guan Yu tightened her headscarf and faced the potential crash, gripping the edges of her seat cushion, eyes closed, yelled back:
"That’s not up to me to decide! I just had a big feast last night! I regret it now!"
With the added weight, the speed going down would certainly increase, and when hitting an obstacle, while others might flip and fly out, she might not, possibly just falling straight down.
So uncomfortable.
Li Yang laughed heartily from below.
The whistle blew, and the staff at the top of the slide shoved them off, with screams echoing as the three slid down.
Alright, technically only two of them were screaming. Zhang Li remained composed, fixated on the Pipi Dragon vehicle below from the start.
It was casually placed there, and after they got on the slide, the staff shuffled the order while blindfolded.
There were two Pipi Dragon vehicles ahead of his slide, and the one suitable for three was randomly placed to the right, meaning he would have to pounce towards it.
However, he didn’t expect his two teammates to scream so loudly.
Especially when approaching the obstacle and ready to crash, Guan Yu and Chuchu’s screams mixed with howls, resonating like shockwaves in his brain, disrupting his focus.
And then he landed on a two-person vehicle.
Next came two shrieks of "Ah—".
Chuchu missed, and the three-person vehicle got knocked to one side, with the Pipi Dragon toppling not far from her. As for Guan Yu...
"Really, Sister Guan Yu, even if you want that vehicle, you don’t have to kneel to it so devoutly?" Mu Qiu said sincerely.
When Guan Yu flipped over, she landed on the cushion in such a way that she was kneeling, and just happened to be right in front of the dragon’s head, stubbornly gripping its whiskers with both hands.
It looked like she was genuinely worshiping.
Guan Yu panted, the edge of her face mask fluttered up and down with her heavy breathing.
Keeping her kneeling posture, she said stiffly, "...I flew too fast, didn’t have time to stretch my legs."
"Pfft—"
Zhang Li lay on the two-person vehicle, laughing so hard his shoulders shook.
Chuchu, however, surprisingly got up quickly: "Hurry, it’s timed!"
Even though she hadn’t been part of the discussion, who wouldn’t want to dress up the male guests on the team?
And even for herself, she had to make the cut, or else someone might dress her in an explosively ugly outfit, rendering her appearance on the show in vain.
Zhang Li quickly got up, helping the still kneeling Guan Yu to her feet, and the three of them clumsily sat on the Pipi Dragon vehicle.
Three people, but only a two-person vehicle, so they had to squeeze in together.
For the sake of eccentric posture considerations, Zhang Li, initially sitting at the back, ended up at the front, not sitting but standing on tiptoes holding the dragon’s head, moving forward.
Zhang Li: "This vehicle is really tall! I have to stand on tiptoe!"
Chuchu: "This thing is so fat, even at this height, I can’t touch the ground... Zhang Li, stop holding the dragon’s head! My feet can’t reach the ground!"
Guan Yu: "Oh my heavens! The rhythm is off! I’m being dragged along! Zhang Li, sorry, I didn’t mean to bump into your butt!"
Good thing her face wasn’t facing Chuchu’s chest, or she might have ended face-first into it.
The three were flustered, making a commotion, as the Pipi Dragon stumbled during their disjointed movements, knocking over a row of red obstacles.
Those were the lightweight colorful hollow cones used as markers in roller rinks, easy to topple with a touch.
The staff blew the whistle.
"Guan Yu, Zhang Li, and Chuchu’s group failed the challenge, restart from the obstacle stage! Timing continues, if unsuccessful after three attempts, the game score for this round is zero!"
Guan Yu let out a wail, and the three mounted the two-person Pipi Dragon again at the start of the slide.
"Okay, we’ll count the beats, one-two, one-two, step with your right foot on one, okay?"
Zhang Li and Chuchu nodded. The seating order remained unchanged this time as well, Zhang Li had no seat, Guan Yu second, and Chuchu third.
The next round of the challenge commenced.
Mu Qiu stroked the pink turtle-pig, considering their past failures to plan his own approach.
He also discussed with Lin Lian.
"When we go up, the arrangement of the Pipi Dragons will change again, and we don’t know if there’ll be any suitable ones in front of our slide.
So we’ll choose the second and fourth slides, ideally going for the two-person, and if not, aim for three-person. Single-person won’t work."
Lin Lian nodded, slightly tilting his head, "When we go forward together, we also need to count the beats like them; otherwise, if one’s fast and one’s slow, we’ll definitely fall, and if we fall, the rhythm will worsen, for sure toppling the obstacles."
"Let’s also do one-two, one-two, right foot first. You sit in front."
"Okay."
Like them, everyone else was strategizing. Cheng Zhirang thought differently, hoping Bai Shu and Xu Cheng aimed for the four-person or five-person Pipi Dragon.
"Spread a bit when you start, to avoid issues of men in front and women in back; actually, having the woman in the middle is best."
With three people, the only woman in the middle allows the two male guests to stand and walk, effectively carrying the woman over, avoiding an additional foot disrupting the rhythm.
Bai Shu and Xu Cheng both nodded, with Xu Cheng adding, "What if we find there’s no four-person or five-person vehicle in front of our slide when we’re up there?"
What if there’s only single-person?
Cheng Zhirang remained calm: "Then we both lie down, Bai Shu sits on your back, and we walk sideways."
On the other end, Shi Yuhuai, eavesdropping, pondered.
Turns out this method exists, learned something new.
He remained silent, not visibly eavesdropping on Cheng Zhirang’s conversation. Jiang Zhufeng, assuming his quiet demeanor, proactively asked:
"Brother Huai, what should we do? Aim for a three-person? And count the beats while walking, just like them. How about that?"
Jiang Zhufeng, with a name like an old-time socialite, resembled one too, even her voice was delicate, but her manner of speaking was concise and likable.
She and Chuchu were the only ones not involved in the recent "forcefully dress the male guest" discussion. Shi Yuhuai was pleased with her, nodding in agreement: "Works for me. You sit in the back, and if your feet can’t reach the ground, I’ll drag you along."
Anyway, he had the longest legs on site.
"Alright, sorry for the hassle, Brother Huai; let’s strive for first and pick clothes for them."
Shi Yuhuai was more content: "Well said, let’s aim for first and make Mu Qiu’s group wear the ugliest outfits."
But if they wore the ugliest, their performance score would be the lowest, resulting in points for the opponents?
Jiang Zhufeng held back this question and nodded: "Alright."
It wasn’t the first time he clashed with the three female guests, as anyone watching the show would know.
