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Chapter 58 The Smile Gradually Disappears
"As you can tell from the name, this is a word guessing game."

"Next, I'm going to tell you how to play..."

"First, there are fifteen players here. You will be divided into five groups of three. Each group will select one person to answer the question and enter the cage over there, you can all see it, right?"

Gu Mian turned her head to look at the five large cages lined up side by side on one side of the stage.

This cage is somewhat like a dog cage, but it's a bit taller.

They were pasted side by side on the wall on one side of the stage, but the area behind the cages where there used to be a wall was pitch black. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the wall in that area was gone.

It looked like a square hole had been dug in the wall, and then someone placed five cages right next to the hole, filling it completely.

A white board was hung in each cage, like a chandelier from the top. Gu Mian estimated that she could reach out and grab the white board.

"Once the participants enter the cage, the cage will be sealed off, and the remaining two people from each group must stand behind the warning line, which is the yellow line."

The host was gesticulating wildly, but Gu Mian didn't give him much of a look. Instead, she focused her attention on the warning line.

There was a yellow line on the ground about five meters away from the row of cages; that was the warning line he mentioned.

"Once everyone in each group has been assigned and is standing in their designated positions, the game will officially begin."

"Everyone saw the whiteboard in the cage, right?

"After the game starts, idioms or similar phrases will appear on the board. Players outside the cage will then have to act out the phrases, while the player inside the cage will have to guess the phrases based on their teammates' hints..."

"Attention! Players outside the cage are absolutely not allowed to make a sound, lip-sync, or write the words on the board by hand... In short, apart from body language, they cannot give any other form of hints to the answerer, otherwise the entire group will be eliminated."

"And those of you inside the cage, you are absolutely forbidden from peeking at the contents of your own boards, not even openly. You must guess the words based on your teammates' hints..."

"If you can't guess it, you can't skip it."

Isn't this just a simple charades game? It's just a little more formal.

The host on stage smiled slightly: "And next—I'm going to talk about the rules for winning."

Everyone present looked up at the green-clad host on the platform.

"Hearing this, you probably think this game is pretty ordinary, but unfortunately, I have to tell you that this game might not be quite what you imagine..."

"Ahem, this game uses a team-based competitive mode, meaning that only one of the five teams will be the winner—the last team standing."

"The five groups will start the game simultaneously. I will pause the game every ten minutes to count the number of words each group guesses correctly, and the group that ranks last every ten minutes will be penalized..."

"For the group ranked last, the cage door for the participants will be opened—"

Open the cage?

Then they can get out, so what kind of punishment is this?

"The cage door I'm referring to isn't the one you go through, but the one you turn your back to once you're inside."

Gu Mian looked at the row of cages more closely and realized that each cage had two doors.

One door is the one that the person answering the question can open and enter, while the other door is right next to the darkness.

Gu Mian stroked her chin, seemingly oblivious to the situation: "If that door were opened, something would probably crawl in from the darkness to scare the people in the cage?"

The fat man swallowed hard. "It's probably more than just being startled." A man next to him muttered, "This is a supernatural instance. After opening that door, there might be ghosts..."

If a ghost appears, the person answering the question will generally not die peacefully.

The green-clad host continued, "I want to remind everyone that if a participant in a group dies or is unable to continue answering questions, then everyone in that group will be immediately eliminated."

Upon hearing this, everyone else present shuddered.

The host's meaning was quite clear: in each round of statistics, the group that came in last place would definitely be eliminated.

"Let's talk about the rewards... Everyone, look at this platform in front of me."

The host's tone became excited: "The winning team will each get to take one item from here!"

"These are all very rare and special items. Considering the pressure on the participants in this game, each participant can take two items. With such generous rewards, I'm sure everyone wants to be one of the participants, right?" the host chuckled.

The fat man spoke in a very low voice: "I want to be Jill!"

"...These are the general rules. Now, please form your own groups."

As soon as the host finished speaking, everyone on the stage started moving.

There are no spectators or cameras here, so everyone doesn't have to worry about maintaining their image in front of the cameras, which is why they all look a little flustered.

Gu Mian naturally teamed up with Fatty Chu Changge, making a total of three people.

A young man originally wanted to join in, but seeing that the three of them seemed to have already divided into groups, he had no choice but to go around to find someone else.

It's clear that besides Gu Mian and her group, there are a few other people in this instance who are in a team-based matchmaking session, and three teams quickly gathered on the stage.

Seeing this, the remaining people didn't care about anything else and just went to wherever there was a shortage of people.

Within minutes, everyone had been divided into groups.

The fat man whispered to Gu Mian, "Dr. Gu, who from our group should be the one to answer the questions?"

Chu Changge glanced at him and said, "What do you think?"

The fat man silently shrank back.

“Naturally, I, the brave, fearless, and resourceful one, will go.” Gu Mian stroked her chin.

All the cages were now open, and Gu Mian went straight into the one on the far right.

While the other groups were still having a heated discussion about who should answer the questions, they were stunned to see someone walk straight into the cage.

The host was very excited upon seeing this, and he laughed exaggeratedly: "Now we have a player who has volunteered to answer the questions. Let's see what this player's name is..."

The host then stared at Gu Mian, seemingly looking at her game information.

Immediately, he continued with a beaming smile, "So this warrior's name is Gu Mian... um... um? Gu Mian?"

The fat man saw the smile on the green-clad host's face gradually disappear.

I absolutely will not tell you how long it took me to find out how to pronounce a fellow reader's name...

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