Global Collapse

While Gu Mian was searching for Louis all over the place, Teacher Killer had already announced the rankings of last night's mysterious vote.

It's worth mentioning that most of the fifty contestants voted for the same few people, so many people ended up with zero votes.

The teacher had no choice but to have those who had the same number of votes draw lots to determine their order of appearance.

After finishing all these miscellaneous tasks, Teacher Killer finally breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to formally introduce the content of the second phase of the variety show.

He climbed up the pyramid using both his hands and feet.

Each step of the pyramid was half a meter high, and since the teacher was rather short, the way he climbed up looked rather comical.

A small burst of laughter erupted from the audience as they watched his retreating figure.

After a difficult climb, he finally reached the top of the pyramid.

Standing atop the tall spire, he spread his arms wide towards the audience below: "I hereby declare the second phase of the variety show, the Carnival Fun Fair, officially open!"

The cannons exploded around the stage in accompaniment to his voice, and dozens of fireworks soared into the sky and exploded, but the daytime fireworks were not conspicuous; what was conspicuous were the amusement facilities that had begun to operate.

The Ferris wheel, half-submerged in the artificial lake, began to turn, with cabins rising one after another from the water, filled with water. Then, new cabins sank back into the water, and strings of bubbles rose to the surface of the lake.

A roller coaster sped along a high-altitude track, passing through a series of circular arches filled with steel bars.

Not far from the stage, a drop tower was raised to its highest point and then began to free fall.

A colorful nine-square grid board rises from the top of the pyramid, behind the murderous teacher.

Each square contains a project name.

"Roller coaster, carousel, pirate ship..." 007 in the audience looked at the contents of the nine-square grid and said, "It seems that this stage is to let the contestants experience the facilities in the venue."

But each of these facilities looks deadly, and 007 seriously doubts how many of the fifty people who tried them would survive.

"The program has divided the fifty contestants into groups of two according to the voting rankings just now, for a total of twenty-five groups."

As he spoke, he began to announce the members of each group. The two people who went on stage in adjacent order would form a group, the first and second people to go on stage would form a group, and the third and fourth people to go on stage would form a group.

Gu Mian won first place in the poll for "who you most want to see in last place perform," so logically he should be in the same group as the second-to-last person.

The second to last number is 1095.

However, when the teacher was dividing the students into groups, he switched the positions of 1095 and Mr. Green, putting 1095 in the front group and Mr. Green in the back group, making them the last group with Gu Mian.

After the group assignments were completed, Killer Teacher said to Mr. Green with ill intent, "What a pity, 1117. You should have been scheduled to perform earlier, but judging from your previous performances, we found that you seem to be good friends with 1118. So the organizers made an exception and put you in the same group as your good friend. You were able to perform last thanks to your good friend."

He moved 1117's appearance order to the end, thinking that 1117 would be angry but dare not speak out, or directly harbor resentment towards 1118.

But the expected situation didn't happen. Instead of complaining or getting angry, 1117 looked at him with gratitude, as if to say, "You're such a kind person."

The teacher looked at him like he was a ghost, feeling a bit unlucky. Lines 1117 and 1118 were not quite right in the head.

He ignored the two unlucky people and turned to lead the different groups up the pyramid according to their order of appearance, with the earlier groups appearing being closer to the top.

The group that appeared first was on the floor closest to the top of the tower.

The layer below them is for the second and third groups to appear; there are two groups on this layer.

The lower the level, the more groups there are, and Gu Mian and Mr. Green are naturally in the lowest level.

“In each group of two, one is the ‘arbitrator’ and the other is the ‘executor’. The arbitrator first selects the ride, and then the executor goes to experience it…”

The contestants on the pyramid all turned pale. They had never set foot in an amusement park, nor had they experienced any of the rides, but they could tell something was wrong just by looking at the attractions on site.

Like that Ferris wheel in the water, it rotates slowly, and it looks like it takes at least twenty minutes to complete one rotation, but half of it is submerged in water! This means that for every rotation of the Ferris wheel, half of the time is spent in the water, and the people in the cabins have to be soaked in the water for a full ten minutes after entering the water.

People on the Ferris wheel will drown!
Drowning is considered a relatively mild way to die.

Not far from them was the bumper car area, but only the car driven by the contestant was a normal bumper car. The other "bumper cars" were vans, dump trucks, and even road rollers!

It's easy to imagine what would happen to the participants if they tried to play bumper cars with these things.

At the top of the pyramid, the killing instructor was still introducing the program's content: "If the executor successfully completes the project selected by the adjudicator, then they will advance directly."

No wonder Teacher Killer said that the earlier you appear, the greater your advantage. Only ten people can advance in the second stage. According to the current process, the ten people who advance may be selected before the people who are ranked later even participate in the show.

"The person who completes the project will then select a project for the adjudicator in the group. If the adjudicator successfully completes the project selected by the person who completed the project, they will be promoted directly!"

At this point, someone in the audience spoke up: "What if the executor doesn't pass the adjudicator's selection in the first place? Who should select the item for the adjudicator of this group?"

Upon hearing this, the Killer Teacher revealed a meaningful smile: "Then there's no need to choose any projects. If the executor fails to pass the project chosen by the adjudicator, the adjudicator will be directly promoted, barring any unforeseen circumstances!"

The people in the audience were buzzing with discussion, whispering among themselves about the rule.

"In that case, the adjudicator has a huge advantage, no, it's practically a foregone conclusion. As long as the adjudicator gives the executor a guaranteed death item from the start, then they can successfully advance..."

007 talked to Chu Changge while looking at the amusement facilities around the audience seats.

The adjudicators didn't even need to be careful in their selection; each of these facilities looked deadly.

Moreover, if this process continues, at least one person from each group will advance directly, and the top ten will be completely dominated by the top ten groups, making the remaining fifteen groups unnecessary.

The teacher, who was clearly aware of this, raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down.

"Of course, this is unfair to the later groups. We can't let people come from so far away and not give them a chance to play. The fairest and most impartial organizers have naturally taken this into consideration, ensuring that people in the later groups also have a chance to play."
"As I just mentioned, if the executor fails to pass the project, the adjudicator will be directly promoted, barring any unforeseen circumstances! Note that I said 'barring any unforeseen circumstances'."

The teacher who killed the students emphasized the pronunciation of the four words "unsurprisingly".

If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is about to occur.

Sure enough, he continued, "In order to give people in later groups a chance to participate, the organizers allow the relay race to exist."
"If the executor fails to complete the project, then the people in the next group can choose to take over the failure and become the new executor in the group. However, the new executor needs to complete one more project, that is, the adjudicator can choose two projects for the new executor."

"If the new executor still fails the challenge, the people in the next group can still choose to take over the failed person and become the second new executor, but they need to add one more project to the number of projects of the failed person;
"If a new executor successfully passes the test, they will advance directly to the next level and select the same number of amusement rides for the adjudicator."

This long string of words left the contestants somewhat dizzy, but they managed to understand its meaning to some extent.

"The people in the later groups aren't entirely without hope of going on stage. They can voluntarily take over from those who failed in their challenges and become members of the earlier groups. However, the number of challenges they'll need to take on will also increase." 007 understood, but she felt it was no different from rushing to their deaths.

The lower classes also understand this principle, but if the people in the back group don't rush to move forward, they won't have a chance to show themselves, and all their previous efforts will be in vain.

At this moment, the killing teacher on the stage suddenly changed the topic and gave another option: "Actually, there is a way to have the best of both worlds. You can abstain. When the adjudicator chooses an activity for the executor, the executor can abstain. This way, the executor can advance directly without having to participate in the amusement park activities."

This statement sparked a lot of discussion among the participants.

"Is there really such a good thing? The adjudicator abstains and the executor gets promoted directly?"

"What punishment will the arbitrator receive if they abstain?"

The Killing Teacher beamed with a bright smile: "The adjudicator will not be punished after abstaining, and the process will proceed as usual. The advancing executor will normally select projects for the abstaining adjudicator, and the adjudicator will also advance normally after completing the project."

He paused, a mysterious expression on his face, and continued, "Of course, the executor can also abstain from selecting a project, in which case the adjudicator will be directly promoted. It's truly a friendly win-win situation." (End of Chapter)