Global Collapse

"Release them," Chu Changge suddenly said from the side.

The number of people advancing from the field is crucial to whether Teacher Killer can successfully enter the second or third stage and continue hosting.

Only the top-ranked host will have the opportunity to host the next two stages.

If all the contestants in Joyful Heaven were to die, Teacher Killer would be ineligible for the next two stages, so he wouldn't go so far as to exterminate them all.

007 turned to look at Chu Changge, only to see Chu Changge looking at a hot air balloon shaped like a dead fish. 007 remembered that not long ago, someone had fallen off it.

"Did you notice the different types of hot air balloons in the square?" He turned his gaze back to 007.

"Category?" Upon hearing this, 007 looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, trying to understand what Chu Changge meant by "category".

Hot air balloons can be categorized by size, color, and whether they are alive or dead; some hot air balloons even possess several of these characteristics.

There are just too many categories to divide it into; she doesn't know how to categorize it.

“They are divided into two categories,” Chu Changge said from the side, “those that are similar and those that are not similar.”

007 suddenly realized.

These hot air balloons are not exactly the same, but some belong to the same type.

Earlier, a contestant fell from a hot air balloon covered in bloodshot eyeballs. The instructor ordered a camera to film it, but it filmed the wrong one. There were four hot air balloons with eyeballs present, despite subtle differences between them. The camera still ended up filming the wrong one.

“If the host uses the stage permit as the focus, then he will not miss a single detail of the focus. Therefore, he must know which hot air balloons have real permits. This way, when someone is about to receive a permit, he can discover it in time and send the camera to film the live broadcast.”

There were dozens of lower-class people climbing ladders, and the overhead cameras were moving around, outnumbering the people climbing the ladders.

However, there is only one big screen, and Teacher Killer cannot broadcast everyone's footage live. He can only select the footage that has the best entertainment value to play.

Obtaining a permit to go on stage would be the most entertaining part, and he couldn't possibly miss that opportunity.

Listening to Chu Changge's words, 007 recalled the first person to reach the top. After that person received the envelope, she noticed that Killer Teacher had a cryptic smile on his face. It seemed that he already knew that the envelope did not contain a license, but a death pass.

"But these tracking cameras are clearly not very smart. Similar hot air balloons can confuse them, causing them to shoot the wrong object at crucial moments and miss the most important shots. So the designers of this game try to make the hot air balloon in the 'focus' area clearer and less prone to error, so that the host won't make mistakes when cutting the shot;

"So I guess the permit is in one of those hot air balloons that don't have a similar design, like that fish-shaped hot air balloon, which was the only fish-shaped balloon there."

007 looked at the dead fish hot air balloon and began to recall the balloon that had fallen earlier.

Just as Chu Changge said.

The first person to be chosen to die climbed the ram's head hot air balloon; there were four other balloons of the same type present.

Those who later reached the top and were drawn to die could also find similar balloons on the field.

007 quickly surveyed the hot air balloons over the entire square and found that there were twenty of them, none of which were of the same type.

“Beware of those cameras,” Chu Changge continued. “I’ve been observing for a long time and found that there are always cameras around some hot air balloons, regardless of whether anyone is climbing the ladder on the balloon.”

Just then, a camera drone flew overhead. It was tiny, only about the size of a ping-pong ball, and difficult to spot while flying through the air. There were at least a hundred such drones in the sky above the square, making it hard to detect their regular movements.

No wonder Chu Changge kept looking up; he was observing these tracking cameras.

"And those hot air balloons that are always surrounded by camera cameras are all unique, single-type hot air balloons. I guess the host was afraid that the camera cameras wouldn't arrive in time, so he arranged several camera cameras around each 'focus' to ensure that the footage of the 'focus' could be captured at any time." Chu Changge further supported his point by pointing out the direction of the camera cameras.

That's true. 007 also noticed that there were always cameras following the hot air balloons with single patterns, but they were too small and always moving, giving the illusion that they were just passing by. It was hard to notice the strangeness without careful observation.

At that moment, several cameras were filming the dead fish hot air balloon, and a contestant was climbing the ladder below. He was currently the highest climber among the twenty hot air balloons in focus.

007 noticed that the teacher secretly looked in that direction many times. Only when the people on the dead fish had climbed more than halfway and were just a short distance away from reaching the top did he naturally switch the camera to that direction.

"Look, number 1062 on the fish-shaped balloon is about to reach the top, just a few steps away."

Being called out by name 1062 instantly inspired me.

He climbed even higher, and as soon as the teacher finished speaking, he reached the top of the ladder and jumped into the hot air balloon basket.

He clutched his chest to calm his racing heart, but his eyes never left the white envelope in the middle of the basket.

The contents of the envelope will determine his future.

At this point, a camera lens has been attached to the envelope, capturing close-up shots.

Fearing that the wings of the tracking camera would ruin his future, 1062 slowly bent down, picked up the envelope, and put it in his pocket.

Many people had reached the top and obtained the envelope before him, and without exception, they all drew the ending of death. The repetitive ending made the audience a little tired of watching.

"Then open it!" the Killing Teacher shouted from the stage. "Open what you've worked so hard for, and let us see if it's worth all the effort you've put in."

1062's hand holding the envelope trembled slightly as he reached for the seal.

Perhaps the successive deaths of his predecessors had worn down his courage, and he failed to open it after several attempts.

He simply didn't have the courage to look at the tragic end that might befall him, so in the end he could only close his eyes, grit his teeth, and tear open the envelope.

A thin card fell out, wobbling like a leaf as it landed at the bottom of the basket.

1062 trembled all over. He closed his eyes, covered his head, and squatted down abruptly, thinking that this might reduce the impact when he landed.

But the weightlessness he expected never came; instead, he heard a commotion and cheers coming from below the balloon. Only then did he open his eyes a crack to look at the card that had fallen to the ground.

The card was at his feet, with three words written on the upward-facing side, but he didn't recognize them.

The lower classes had never been to school, and almost none of them could read.

But the teacher's voice told him everything.

"License! Congratulations to contestant number 1062 for successfully obtaining the license! He's the first participant to receive one in this round!" (End of Chapter)