The Blue Team, including Bao Ruanruan, knew nothing about the Red Team's mission and was completely unprepared. Meanwhile,...
The Blue Team, including Bao Ruanruan, knew nothing about the Red Team's mission and was completely unprepared.
Meanwhile, everyone on the Red Team gained a little confidence.
However, the Red Team's PD soon spoke up: "Your mission has a time limit. From this moment on, if you make no progress every four hours for the next 24 hours, the Blue Team will receive one piece of information."
"Once they have pieced all the information together, they will know the details of your mission."
Lan Zhi and the other three immediately became serious.
The camera cut away.
It switched to the four members of the Blue Team.
Against a backdrop of blue sky and white clouds, they sat on a roadside bench in black Pengmai outdoor jackets, looking up at the sky.
They were resting.
They were truly, unbelievably relaxed.
Lu Wenhao and Zhen Xuan were discussing matters related to their idol group.
Meanwhile, Qu Feifei was holding her phone high as she browsed Taobao, since Double 12 was coming up soon.
As for Bao Ruanruan... she was holding a thermos cup and sipping water slowly.
At the same time, she was looking at the greenery on both sides of the road while tracing the shape of the character '米' with her neck🔗.
They were all completely relaxed.
Lu Wenhao, feeling quite warm, unzipped his Pengmai jacket all the way without hesitation. Then, as he listened to Zhen Xuan grumbling, he took the jacket off entirely.
He then casually hung it on the bench.
[Tsk, tsk. Stealing one piece of their clothing is equivalent to fifty thousand... Does that apply to any item of clothing from the Blue Team?]
[Good grief! I thought the Red Team had it hard, but with my silly kid here, it looks like it's actually pretty easy for them to score points.]
[Ah, my Kiddo Ruan has to carry three people1. That's way too hard!]
[The key issue is that they are too relaxed right now and are completely lacking in vigilance. Had they known about the Red Team's mission beforehand, things would be much better.]
[Qu Feifei knows martial arts, and Bao Bao's title as 'Safety Committee Member' speaks for itself. But Zhen Xuan and Lu Wenhao really are two huskies2. They're going to let the chain fall off3...]
The audience quickly began to worry.
The four members of the Blue Team had already completed all their missions.
Now, they only needed to wait until the deadline for audience submissions passed, after which the mini programme would automatically grade the answers and select one thousand audience members.
At that moment, they were undoubtedly at their most relaxed.
Starting today, they only had to paddle water4 in the show.
They had not realised in the slightest that danger was about to descend upon them.
PD Liu Qiu soon walked up in front of them.
Her appearance broke the calm5.
"Teacher Zhen Xuan, these are the short-answer responses currently being written by 3,893 audience members in the test questions. We need you all to go to the hotel tonight, grade them together, and give them scores."
Liu Qiu handed over the USB drive to Zhen Xuan.
[!]
[Hey, is this it? The USB drive that is worth two hundred thousand?]
Zhen Xuan casually took it, grinned, and said, "Alright, we'll do it tonight."
As he spoke, he carelessly stuffed the USB drive into the pocket of his clothes.
[...]
[So Mom was right when she said not to randomly stuff things like phones into clothing pockets.]
[The clothes are worth fifty thousand, and the USB drive is worth two hundred thousand. Red Team, if you can't get this two hundred and fifty thousand, even I'll look down on you!]
But just as the bullet comments started flooding the screen, Bao Ruanruan suddenly put down her thermos flask.
She glanced at Zhen Xuan lightly.
Her fair, delicate little face tilted slightly to the side.
"Leader, valuable items can easily fall out if you put them inside your clothes."
[!]
Bao Ruanruan blinked her curled lashes and opened the inner pocket of her own backpack.
"Leave it with me."
[As expected of you, Safety Officer.]
[It's over, it's over for Red Team.]
Zhen Xuan smiled and immediately did as he was told.
Bao Ruanruan took the USB drive and carefully zipped it into a compartment of her backpack.
"So, our next stop is the amusement park?"
PD Liu Qiu smiled and replied, "Yes, the production team has arranged it. Teachers, just treat it as scattering your hearts6."
Since it was free, there was no reason for them not to go.
All the tickets were bought by the production team anyway.
Furthermore, the other three members of the Blue Team hadn't been to an amusement park for fun in a long time.
Bao Ruanruan considered her teammates' feelings and agreed to go there for a stroll.
In any case, she was only accompanying them.
"Then let's get ready to set off."
Bao Ruanruan stood up.
"Everyone, check your personal belongings. Don't leave anything behind."
Hearing this, Lu Wenhao turned back.
He picked up the jacket he had draped over the back of the chair earlier and tied it around his waist.
Qu Feifei also lowered her head and looked around, too.
Zhen Xuan dusted off his hands, shoved his phone into his trouser pocket, and zipped it up.
"OK~"
[...There's no opportunity to take advantage of.]
[Wherever Bao Ruanruan is, there are no blind spots.]
Both the Red and Blue teams set off.
They were heading towards the same place — the newly built amusement park next to the Jiangcheng Racecourse.
This park was only completed in August this year.
It was still in its trial operation period and had not yet opened to the public.
"Today is the soft launch day, and our TV station, along with some travel company employees, are the first to experience it."
"Of course, we also need to pay for the tickets."
When the four members of the Blue Team arrived at the amusement park, Liu Qiu began introducing the place to them.
The place was surrounded by a city park.
As cars could not drive inside, they had to get out and walk.
Almost five minutes after the Blue Team's arrival, the four members of the Red Team also got out of their car.
They had all taken off their Pengmai outdoor jackets and changed into their own casual clothes.
Unlike Bao Ruanruan and the others, the four of them looked serious and nervous.
Lan Zhi asked in front of the camera, "Shouldn't the production team give us some kind of help?"
Holding her phone, she showed the devilish image of Bao Ruanruan from the escape variety show, where she tied up the men in black while smiling sweetly.
The Red Team's PD's mouth twitched. "...We will give you three brocade pouches. You can open them whenever you need to."
[The Director really is doing everything possible to make the Red and Blue Teams evenly matched.]
[When fighting against Bao Bao, you can't take the usual path.]
Lan Zhi and the other three looked at one another. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's use one now, while they still don't know anything."
The PD quickly took out the first brocade pouch — Obvious at a Glance.
"What does that mean?"
"According to the cameraman ahead, the Blue Team is now about 500 metres away from us."
"The amusement park is open for trial operation today, but the flow of people entering the park is still very large."
The PD flipped the brocade pouch card over.
On the back of the card was a pile of Barbie-pink balloons.
"Have the Blue Team carry balloons to increase their visibility."
"This will make it easier for you to track them."
[Impressive... this brocade pouch with a five-cent effect.]
[Actually, it is somewhat useful. The Blue Team are all wearing black clothes today, so they are too inconspicuous in the crowd.]
[That makes sense.]
Lan Zhi also nodded. "All right, then later we'll focus on looking for the balloons."
These deadly Barbie-pink balloons even had smiley faces drawn on them in gold glitter, making them very distinctive.
Anyone wearing one would be the brightest person in the crowd.
Bao Ruanruan had used these eye-catching colours of Barbie pink and gold many times before.
This showed that the production team and Director Zheng had truly studied Bao Ruanruan's behavioural habits in depth.
This time, helping the Red Team rob the Blue Team was something they were determined to succeed at!
Sure enough—
Just as the Blue Team were about to enter the amusement park gate, a big bear in a mascot costume approached them, carrying a bunch of twenty or thirty Barbie-pink, smiley-face balloons.
"Darlings, welcome to the Dream Castle."
"The most beautiful gifts are for the most beautiful people, like you, ladies and gentlemen."
The big bear bent down like a gentleman.
It separated two balloons from the bunch of balloons in its paw and tried to tie the balloon strings around Bao Ruanruan's slender wrist.
"Today, all of you are princes and princesses."
Qu Feifei was eager to try.
Zhen Xuan also joined in the fun by stretching his hand over.
However, Bao Ruanruan shifted aside and pulled her hand out of the bear's paw.
The big bear: "!"
PD Liu Qiu: "!"
[!!!]
Bao Ruanruan raised her head and looked at the eye-catching balloons floating in mid-air.
She then folded her small, fair hands together behind her back.
"Thank you, but I don't need it."
Who could have expected that?
In order not to make the Blue Team wary, the production team also could not openly say that this was part of the mission and that they had to wear it!
But who could possibly refuse an adorably goofy giant teddy bear bringing a fairytale-like girlish dream to life at the amusement park entrance?
Bao Ruanruan could.
"Uh, beautiful miss, do you not like this balloon shape? We also have cat and dog styles."
"No need."
Bao Ruanruan shook her little head.
Smiling sweetly, she took one step back.
"It's too dangerous to carry this balloon on amusement rides."
"What if the string gets tangled in the machinery?"
Big Bear: "...!"
Qu Feifei, who had just been about to reach out, immediately pulled her hand back, her expression changing.
When Zhen Xuan heard this, he touched his nose and took a step back.
Even the girls did not want the soft, pink, girly balloons; would he have the nerve to ask for one?
Big Bear stiffened.
But luckily, he was clever. "Then, how about I tie a pretty bow around your wrists? We also have free cotton candy to give away here~"
Although holding cotton candy in their hands would not be as conspicuous as holding balloons, it would still be better than nothing.
Even the livestream audience wanted to give a like to his little, quick-witted move.
But Bao Ruanruan shook her porcelain-white little face. "I don't eat sweets."
Big Bear: "!"
[Hahahahaha!]
[My goodness, this show really hits all my funny bones!]
[The Red Team opened the brocade pouch... Five minutes later, d@mn, they've opened it for nothing!]
[Pfft, pfft, pfft! They can't even give this prop away!]
[Bao Ruanruan: "I refuse to accept anything the production team tries to stuff into my hands."]
What's more, Bao Ruanruan did not eat cotton candy.
Obviously, cotton candy was exposed to the air.
After walking only a few steps, it could get dusty. And if she happened to encounter a passerby who was talking... just the thought of that scene already made her feel full.
The other three members of the Blue Team were not interested in cotton candy either.
Boy and girl groups had strict requirements for their figures; whoever gained weight by the end of the year would be the one to feel embarrassed.
They could not eat this thing.
Holding it in their hands would also be a burden, and if they did not eat it and later threw it away, that would be a waste of food.
"Let's go. We don't want anything. Thank you, Big Bear," Zhen Xuan waved.
Big Bear: "No... problem."
It clutched its chest.
Breathing suddenly became slightly difficult for it.
[233333]
[Quick, tell the Red Team this good news!]
[Someone, pass it on! The Red Team... is going to perish!]
At this moment, the Red Team still knew nothing.
After getting out of the car, they were so cautious that they did not even dare discuss things loudly.
They were afraid that the Blue Team might be nearby and could hear them.
Cheng Yao even spent forty yuan in the amusement park to buy a toy telescope.
He climbed up and looked into the distance in a rather convincing manner.
"Reporting: no pink balloons spotted for now."
Lan Zhi nodded. "It looks like we're a bit far away, so let's walk faster."
[...You won't be seeing those balloons.]
[Red and fiery7.]
No one told the Red Team that their first advantage from the brocade pouch had failed.
The livestream audience watched helplessly as the Red Team searched for balloons the whole way.
Then they saw the four members of the Red Team walk through the amusement park entrance and joined the queue to buy tickets.
The four Red Team members were still feeling reassured.
Their leader, Qu Ji'en, took a copy of the amusement park map at the ticket counter.
He reached out and drew a circle on the paper.
"My younger sister likes roller coasters."
"I heard that this newly built attraction is currently the tallest roller coaster on the mainland."
This amusement facility was located right by the main entrance.
They could see it as soon as they raised their heads.
Qu Ji'en had just provided his team with a rather useful piece of information.
"Then they will definitely ride it."
Cheng Yao immediately understood the implication of this information.
"Zhen Xuan also has a personality that likes thrills."
"Xiao Lu cares about face. If everyone else goes on it, he won't fall behind either."
Lan Zhi nodded.
"Then let's speed up. They won't be carrying their backpacks when they ride up there, will they?"
Xiao Mengfei nodded. "Bao Bao has always been cautious. She'll definitely hand her backpack over to the PD because she's terrified of creating a falling hazard up there."
That does make sense.
The eyes of the four Red Team members all lit up at once.
The opportunity had come.
When visiting an amusement park, no one would miss the must-try attraction.
Even the timid-looking Bao Ruanruan was actually a king8 on the inside.
"But what if she doesn't participate?" Xiao Mengfei became a little worried again.
Lan Zhi frowned, but after thinking for a while, she shook her head.
"Xiao Bao is very kind. She won't abandon her teammates. She'll advance and retreat together with them."
When Xiao Mengfei heard this, she immediately recalled how Bao Ruanruan had saved her.
Bao Bao could always be relied on in critical moments.
"That's true!"
While the Blue Team were all on the rollercoaster, that would be the perfect opportunity to snatch the backpack away.
Obtaining the backpack would be worth three hundred thousand!
"Let's go!"
The Red Team was full of fighting spirit.
"We'll keep our eyes peeled and see if there are any balloons around."
"Okay~"
[Schrödinger's balloon9~]
[Ah, Sister Lan Zhi has discovered Bao Bao's soft rib10: her heart that advances and retreats together with her teammates~]
[Alas, our Kiddo Ruan was afraid of heights back then, but she still completed the model's high-altitude runway show for Fang Lei. She'll probably go on this rollercoaster with her team today too.]
[Xiao Xiao even anticipated her concern about objects falling from a height.]
[Today's red-blue confrontation really makes it hard to predict who will win and who will lose.]
Not even the netizens could guess.
On the live stream camera, Bao Ruanruan's slender figure, which everyone had been most worried about, soon appeared.
It was no wonder that she was especially favoured in this kind of confrontation mission.
It truly matched what Lan Zhi had said.
Bao Ruanruan would carry the whole team and was the soul of the Blue Team.
However, the Blue Team, in turn, was her burden.
This double-edged sword stabbed hard into the audience's hearts, making everyone worry for her.
As everyone watched through the camera, Bao Ruanruan and the other three headed straight for the most popular attraction, the rollercoaster, as soon as they entered the amusement park, just as the Red Team had predicted.
The audience's hearts all skipped a beat at this scene.
The towering rollercoaster track formed two U-shaped and Q-shaped loops in the air.
The roar of the ride included not only the sound of the wheels cutting through the air, but also the endless screams of the tourists riding it.
Bao Ruanruan, who was standing below, looked up.
In an instant, she froze on the spot.
Meanwhile, Qu Feifei was already rubbing her fists and palms together excitedly, and Zhen Xuan was eager to try; the joy of conquest was written all over their faces.
Lu Wenhao also looked up. He wanted to leave, but after glancing at Zhen Xuan, he stopped moving.
[Ah, Sis Lan Zhi and the others had completely guessed everyone's state.]
[So the Red Team isn't weak either.]
[I was shallow. Sis Lan Zhi said in the first episode that she came to this show precisely to observe more people and apply what she learned to her acting... I forgot that an outstanding actor's powers of observation would never be poor, no matter what.
Sis Lan Zhi has completely grasped the psychology of all four members of the Blue Team!]
[After all, they've spent so much time together. Bro Cheng also has sharp instincts and good observation skills; you can tell just by looking at the lyrics of his songs.]
[Sigh. And then there's Qu Ji'en, who understands his own younger sister.]
[Xiao Xiao is also Bao Bao's boudoir close friend11...]
Sure enough, while the bullet comments were heatedly discussing it, PD Liu Qiu unexpectedly stepped forward.
"Teachers, the production team had promised you rewards if the four of you completed an amusement park experience together."
"The reward is a portion of the audience list."
"Even though you don't need it anymore, the production team will still give you the reward."
"As long as you complete a check-in for one amusement facility, the Blue Team can receive one key."
"Each key corresponds to one treasure chest, which you can exchange for a reward with the production team."
[! The keys have appeared. One key is worth one hundred thousand.]
[So that's how it is.]
[The Director is so sinister. The Blue Team works so hard to get keys, but in the end, it just increases the risk of the Red Team snatching their money.]
[They'd be better off not taking these keys. Ptooey!]
[Unfortunately, the Blue Team doesn't know.]
Who wouldn't want treasure?
For any severe gaming addict, hearing those three words — opening treasure chests — was something unbearable to them.
They just want to open them!
They just cannot miss a single box that can be opened!
Right then and there, the three former gaming enthusiasts on the Blue Team could no longer control their footsteps12.
Qu Feifei excitedly joined the queue and waved at the other three.
Although Lu Wenhao's steps were heavy, he still followed his teammates.
Bao Ruanruan hesitated for a moment before joining the back of the queue too.
Today, she was simply being incredibly cooperative!
Except for the balloons…
PD Liu Qiu looked at Bao Ruanruan and was almost moved to tears.
Liu Qiu was so happy that she excitedly joined the queue behind the four of them.
"Teacher Bao, I thought you wouldn't go on this kind of thrilling ride."
Why did the Director plan the amusement park segment?
It was precisely because, after watching the dating variety show Meeting and Knowing Each Other, they knew Bao Ruanruan did not like amusement parks.
They wanted her to choose between helping her teammates obtain treasure and staying true to herself.
Liu Qiu had expected Teacher Bao to put up at least a little more of a struggle today.
But, unexpectedly, it went this smoothly.
Bao Ruanruan turned her fair little face and let out a faint sigh.
Working for a living is not easy.
Right now, she really wanted to work hard.
So that one day, more people would see her, and she would have a better chance of finding her life-saving benefactor.
What was more, the three words 'open treasure chest' also held a fatal temptation for her, a former little gaming character.
Opening one more treasure chest meant obtaining one more item.
Perhaps it would be the necessary item for clearing their level!
She could manage without other things, but when it came to game keys and treasure chests... she truly could not refuse.
At the level of her soul13, she wanted to possess them.
"This is what I should do."
Bao Ruanruan lifted her snow-white chin, her slender swan neck facing the sunlight.
Her eyes sparkled brightly.
"I cannot abandon them. I need to go up and check the stability of the rollercoaster seats and the toughness of the safety belts on behalf of my teammates."
"In addition, I need to check the safety of the roller coaster's gears and the electrical circuits of the operating power box."
She gave a serious explanation towards the camera.
PD Liu Qiu: "?"
Today, Bao Ruanruan was a very serious worker indeed.
She clenched her fist. "I just noticed that every time the rollercoaster returns to its starting position, it stops for five minutes. During this time, I can carry out a safety inspection of the rollercoaster and improve everyone's safety."
Qu Feifei, who had been eagerly waiting at the front and was full of excitement, suddenly found her smile frozen.
As she listened to Bao Ruanruan, she suddenly felt the rollercoaster was unsafe.
"You're not going up yourself?"
Liu Qiu felt slightly suffocated.
Bao Ruanruan blinked. "I am going up."
"You're only going up to inspect the facility's safety?"
"Teacher Bao, I must remind you that if only three teachers from the Blue Team complete the rollercoaster, you will not be able to obtain the hidden key for this stage."
Bao Ruanruan nodded. "Don't worry. We will fill all four seats."
That is good, then.
Liu Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.
She and the cameraman also began lining up right away.
While they were doing so, there wasn't much to see on camera.
So, once again, the shot switched over to the Red Team's side.
Xiao Mengfei was wearing a mask and walking bent over, hiding behind the cameraman.
Meanwhile, Cheng Yao was hiding behind a tree, next to a lamppost, holding a telescope and looking into the distance.
"I don't see any balloons."
"And there's a long queue at the rollercoaster."
"Could they have gone to another attraction first?"
Lan Zhi frowned. "Look carefully again."
They were hiding in a blind spot near the entrance of the rollercoaster attraction.
They were concealed by a large patch of amusement park greenery and a toy stall selling stuffed dolls.
What balloons?
They had walked all this way and had not seen any.
All they could see were helium balloons held by children and a couple of girls.
But these were not the special Barbie-pink balloons made by the production team.
Cheng Yao held the telescope and swept it over a wide area for a while.
Then came a cry of, "Holy crap!"
Followed by him retreating three steps backwards!
The livestream camera shifted.
Bao Ruanruan could be seen standing far away at the end of the long queue, looking towards the corner where they were hiding, her small backpack slung over her shoulder.
Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Her clear eyes flickered faintly.
Like a sharp radar searchlight... they swept towards the greenery.
Cheng Yao: "!"
[!!!]
"What happened? What happened?" Xiao Mengfei still did not understand what was going on.
Oh my God!
Cheng Yao swallowed. "I saw Bao Ruanruan. She seems... to have looked at me too."
The other three members of the Red Team all shook with shock at once.
Qu Ji'en was over 1.9 metres tall and could see the farthest.
Right then, he narrowed his eyes and looked towards the queue. "Even I can't see faces clearly from this far away. She probably can't recognise us."
They were still hiding behind cover and had barely shown their faces.
Even the camera held by the cameraman was hidden in the bushes, with only the lens visible.
But even so, Cheng Yao still shuddered.
"I keep feeling like she made eye contact with me."
"Where are the balloons?"
He was about to cry.
The Red Team's PD stepped forward, looking grave. "We can try using the brocade pouch, but there's no guarantee it'll succeed."
Red team: "...?"
Is that supposed to be human language?
[Hahahahaha, 233333]
[I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe anymore...]
[But Xiao Bao didn't really discover Bro Cheng, did she?]
"No, she won't. We're at least more than two hundred metres away."
Qu Ji'en comforted his Cheng Yao.
"We won't act for now. Once they get on the rollercoaster, we'll rush over and take the backpack."
"That's right. Don't scare yourself, Xiao Cheng," Lan Zhi also comforted Cheng Yao.
However, in the next second, the livestream camera cut to the four members of the Blue Team.
Bao Ruanruan was standing at the very end of the group.
She reached out and pointed towards the toy stall in the distance.
"It seems someone was looking at me over there just now."
"Could that someone be your fan, Sis Ruanruan?" Zhen Xuan enthusiastically joined the conversation.
Bao Ruanruan thought about it for a moment, then nodded.
"That is possible."
But just when everyone thought she was going to give up, she raised her phone and took a photo of the toy stall.
After taking it, she tapped into her photo album.
She lightly touched the screen, dragging and enlarging the photo of the toy stall.
She looked carefully at every detail of the picture from left to right.
"There seems to be... a glint. Is this a phone camera lens?"
"I seem to have been secretly photographed."
PD Liu Qiu: "!"
[Justice Bao, mighty~]
Of course, for a celebrity like Bao Ruanruan, being photographed by members of the public was nothing out of the ordinary.
It was just that...
Bao Ruanruan raised an eyebrow, her slender index finger touching her smooth cheek.
"Taking photos of me from this far away?"
"When photographing a celebrity, don't people usually come a little closer?"
Liu Qiu, who had just wanted to find an excuse, instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
In her panic, she truly could not find a reason to refute it!
But just as she started to stammer, Bao Ruanruan stepped out of the queue.
She was holding her phone and still carrying her bag.
Looking towards the suspicious toy stall, her fair little face became slightly solemn.
"I'll go and take a look."
PD Liu Qiu: "!!"
[!!]
As the livestream camera switched to the Red Team, Cheng Yao exclaimed, "What the heck!" Still holding the telescope, he quickly turned around.
He shouted, "Run! She's coming!"
After shouting, he fled like a rabbit!
The other three members of the Red Team: "!"
[?]
Damn it! Who exactly is robbing whom here?
It completely confused the livestream audience.
Author's note:
I would like to recommend a novel by a friend of mine called Stuffed Oneself to the Brim in the Entertainment Industry14~
Synopsis:
The female lead, a taotie📹, transmigrated into the body of a vicious supporting character in an entertainment-industry novel.
According to the plot, she would be plagued by scandals and die from depression because she failed to frame the female lead.
However, the female lead did not even care about the plot because she had not eaten anything for ten thousand years.
She was very hungry.
On a prank show, all the entertainers had to eat different objects made of chocolate.🦊
A young starlet in the same group tricked the female lead into choosing the table.
During the tasting segment, everyone was waiting for the female lead to make a fool of herself, but she simply opened her mouth and bit off a corner of the table.
Everyone: "!!!"
Other celebrities' fandom names: cream puffs, milk tea, doughnuts.
The female lead's fandom name: Let's not choose a fandom name related to food. It always feels a little dangerous...
Other celebrities' fan support slogan: Baby, fly bravely; your fans will always follow you!
The female lead's fan support slogan: Offering sincere reverence to the one at the top of the food chain.
Later, the female lead and male lead publicly announced their relationship.
A reporter asked the female lead: How would you express your love to the male lead?
After hesitating for a moment, the female lead broke off a piece of chocolate about the size of the tip of her little finger and put it in the male lead's mouth.
Fans: This is true love!!! I'm shipping them so hard16!!!
Footnotes Full List
- 带3人 (dài sān rén) — literally "carry three people." In gaming/team slang, 带 (dài) can mean to carry or lead weaker teammates.
- 二哈 (èr hā) — 二 (èr): In slang, "二" means stupid/silly/goofy (like "being a two" or "dumb"), 哈 (hā): Short for 哈士奇 (hā shì qí) — the Chinese transliteration of "Husky". So 二哈 literally means: 'Silly Husky' or 'Derpy Husky'
- 掉链子 (diào liànzi) — An idiom meaning to fail at a critical moment, mess up, or drop the ball.
- 划水 (huá shuǐ) — slang for slacking off, coasting, or doing the bare minimum.
- 打破这平静 (dǎpò zhè píngjìng) — literally 'break this calm'. It means to interrupt a peaceful or quiet situation.
- 散散心 (sàn sàn xīn) — literally "scatter one's heart." It means to relax, unwind, or take one's mind off things.
- 红红火火 (hóng hóng huǒ huǒ) — Usually means prosperous or bustling, but here it is a pun because the red team (红队, hóng duì) is being mocked as lively/chaotic.
- 王者 (wángzhě) — literally 'king'. Internet/gaming slang for someone very strong, capable, or top-tier.
- 薛定谔的气球 (Xuēdìng'è de qìqiú) — literally "Schrödinger's balloon." A meme based on "Schrödinger's cat," referring to something whose state is uncertain or ironically unknowable. Here, the red team is looking for balloons that no longer exist as a clue.
- 软肋 (ruǎnlèi) — It means a weakness or vulnerable point.
- 闺蜜 (guīmì) — It means a woman's close female friend or bestie.
- 控制不住自己的脚步 (kòngzhì bù zhù zìjǐ de jiǎobù) — It means they were drawn forward and could not resist going.
- 灵魂上 (línghún shàng) — literally "on the soul." A humorous exaggeration meaning from the deepest part of herself.
- The original title is actually The Taotie Stuffed Itself to the Brim in the Entertainment Industry (饕餮在娱乐圈吃撑了 tāo tiè zài yú lè quān chī chēng liǎo) by Mint Cat (薄荷貓 báo hé māo).
- This reminds me of a Japanese variety show called Sokkuri Sweets, also known as Candy or Not Candy. In this segment, celebrities and contestants are presented with a room full of everyday objects ranging from door handles, shoes, and calendars to potted plants and furniture. Some of the items are real, while others are hyper-realistic, edible replicas expertly crafted out of chocolate, caramel, or sugar.
- In the original text, this part was written as KDL. It's an abbreviation of 磕到了 (kē dào le), which literally means 'I knocked into it'. In fandom slang, it means 'I sensed the romantic chemistry', 'I ship it', or 'this couple moment hit me'.
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