Global Collapse

Chapter 478 I Split Apart
Gu Mian remembered that the guests invited to that variety show were about the same age as herself.

However, the show was edited when it aired on TV, with all the profanities muted and replaced with asterisks. But since it's being broadcast live now, and his language is quite polite, everyone can hear what he said.

The fat man was secretly glancing at the people around him who were staring intently at the screen on the roof of the car. He lowered his head in shame, as if he was ashamed to have such a foul-mouthed teammate.

"But where did doctors learn such nonsense?" the fat man thought to himself. "He always seems so serious; I never expected him to say something like this."

Now, even if Gu Mian suddenly blurted out two dirty jokes, the fat man wouldn't be surprised.

As he thought about it, he looked up and glanced at the person next to him.

They were still staring intently at the screen, and some of them even had intriguing smiles on their faces.

The fat man's gaze passed over the smiling faces and looked out the car window, where he saw the distant sky.

The gray-brown clouds churned in the sky, as if pressing down on the ground, and from time to time, a few low rumbles could be heard from the thick clouds—the muffled thunder.

The fat man took a deep breath, his nostrils filled with the smell of the approaching storm.

It's going to change.

He suddenly felt a little lost.

By the time the host got up from the ground, Gu Mian, who had finished her performance, had already closed the door behind her. She only had time to hear a "smack".

When I looked up again, the door was already closed.

"It seems this guest is still as arrogant as ever. I wonder if he'll learn his lesson and truly repent after this program..."

The fat man saw the host on the screen give a strange smile that sent chills down his spine.

"According to Ms. Liu, eight years ago in this world, anyone who violated the law would be tied up and dragged to the street to be scorned by everyone. I never expected that just eight years later, they would come up with this thing again. People selected by the program will not be sentenced directly. Is this considered to have been spared from disaster?"

The fat man couldn't understand whether this was social progress or regression.

Eight years later, the show "Metamorphosis" gave people a chance to escape punishment. Logically, understanding and tolerance should be seen as progress in humanity...

But the fat man felt somewhat confused.

Is this really progress...?

As he was thinking, he turned to look at the crew members who were traveling with him. When he saw the smiles on their faces again, the fat man suddenly realized what was going on.

Humans in this world never follow the code of law for the sake of rules. They are jealous, selfish, and seek pleasure in others. These people do not live to follow the code of law; rather, the code of law exists because of these people.

The legal code creates countless violators, and without exception, all of these violators become tools for the amusement of the masses.

And now this situation is becoming increasingly serious.

This was never a world governed by rules from the beginning.

This is a paradise of jealousy and madness, a world for countless morbid people.

The fat man felt a chill run down his spine. He looked up at the closed door on the screen. Gu Mian had now become everyone's source of amusement, with countless eyes staring at him, wanting to see him finally cry and beg for forgiveness.

This gives people a great sense of satisfaction.

The fat man suddenly realized that he suddenly understood how players who had entered this instance before had cleared it.

As long as the audience is satisfied enough and the filming goes along with the crowd's demands, the shoot can be completed smoothly.

But he knew that Gu Mian would definitely not go along with him. She might actually do what he said before: beat up the masses, kick parents and officials, and even tear up the law.

The fat man broke out in a cold sweat at the thought: "Will the doctor's evil deeds affect innocent bystanders? No, I have to pretend I don't know him..."

Meanwhile, Gu Mian had already boarded the train. Originally, the mode of transportation was an airplane, but Liu Ruyan had mentioned that the technology level of this world wasn't very advanced. Considering his luck, Gu Mian suspected that he would crash the plane while traveling in the instance. So, after his unreasonable shouting and tantrums, he boarded the train with his beloved guitar.

I heard that the four guests were going to the same place, but the other three went by different means of transportation.

At this time, the show's popularity was soaring.

Just as Yang Yongxin disliked honest and unassuming children, the audience in this world also had little interest in honest guests; everyone's focus was on Gu Mian and her three companions.

The focus is mainly on Gu Mian.

Because of the mode of transportation, the other three had been waiting for a long time when Gu Mian arrived at her destination.

The program was broadcast live, so while waiting for Gu Mian, the other three were not sitting there motionless, but were tidying up the house.

It was a mud house that didn't look very sturdy, with a thatched roof. After looking at it, Gu Mian suspected that it would leak when it rained.

Their filming location was in a small village in a mountain valley. It took several turns by car along the mountain road before they finally saw the village. There were many elderly, weak, women and children in the village, and very few young people.

In a world where development is not at a high level, the economy is naturally not very good either.

All the houses in this village look somewhat dangerous; there are hardly any properly built houses, most are mud houses.

In the middle of the village there is a slightly larger building, which is said to be where the village children go to school, but it can't really be called a school.

The roads were all dirt roads, full of potholes, and you could twist your ankle at any moment. A few tenacious weeds sprouted on the dirt road.

The sky had darkened, and half of the sun had disappeared from the horizon, leaving only a faint, indistinct half.

When Gu Mian arrived at the house, she saw Chu Changge expressionlessly carrying a leaky bucket, and then pouring all the water in the bucket onto the cement floor.

Gu Mian: "...What are you doing?"

Chu Changge put down the bucket and pushed up his glasses: "Mop the floor."

There was a photographer taking pictures nearby.

Gu Mian could imagine that the audience in front of the screen must have burst into laughter at this moment.

Facing the camera, the only female guest, who was also present, gave an awkward laugh a few times, then quickly grabbed the bucket of water from the ground: "Let me do it..."

The show hasn't officially started yet. According to the procedure, the director will give them tasks when it officially starts. The tasks will be decided by the audience, just like the variety shows they used to see on TV. Maybe they have to earn a certain amount of money, or maybe they have to carry a certain number of buckets of manure.

The current live stream is just a warm-up; the official process will begin tomorrow.

However, viewers were not stingy in spending time in front of their televisions to see how they survived their hungry and cold first night.

The house where Gu Mian and the others lived could hardly be called a house; it was just a thatched roof over four walls. Of course, it was impossible for each of the four guests to have their own room.

There wasn't even a bed.

Gu Mian noticed a pile of tattered cloth in the corner of the room. He stroked his chin and asked Chu Changge, "What's that?"

Chu Changge glanced casually at the dimly lit corner: "The bed."

Gu Mian: "..."

A dedicated photographer stood in the corner of the room with his camera, several lenses aimed at them to capture their every move and word, which was then broadcast live to the television screen.

The host was laughing happily in the studio: "Alright, now all four guests are in place. Next up is everyone's favorite part: the task segment. While watching tonight's live broadcast, you can send messages to the production team about which guest you'd like to do a task, and we will select the most requested task to assign to each guest."

My head is about to split open; I suspect I'm having a brain hemorrhage.

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