0713: You who shine in the parallel world

While Yu Yu was patiently persuading and instigating his brothers to directly confront the script, the clown teacher, lingering in the stairwell, was also anxiously and excitedly awaiting instructions from the production team.

He was nervous because this was the first time he had encountered such a situation and he didn't know how to deal with it.

That's why I'm excited.

In the previous guest episodes, when the process reached this point, everyone would follow the plot prompts and hide. No one had managed to grab a weapon at the beginning, nor had anyone thought of resisting. He couldn't help but feel a little eager to try his luck at what the unknown plot would bring.

He quickly received instructions from the production team through his earpiece and slowly walked upstairs.

In the silence, the footsteps on the stairs were so clear. Of course, as the villain, the clown teacher never thought of concealing his footsteps. Yu Yu, who was hiding in the shadows behind the door, heard the sound. He took a slight step back and nudged Wang Yuexin's shoulder to make him pay attention.

Although she knew Yu Yu couldn't see clearly, Wang Yuexin still nodded, indicating that she was ready to serve at any time.

Yu Yu turned on the stun gun, and the blue light on top lit up for a moment, like a candle flame in the darkness, which was particularly eye-catching. A second later, he quickly turned the stun gun off.

According to the strategy they had just discussed, when the blue light of his stun gun turned on, the others in the living room would also receive the message and prepare to respond.

In the silence of the seven people's conversation, the clown teacher pushed open the door.

"Hehehe, have you little mice hidden well? I'm coming to catch you!" This sentence came from the second-floor loudspeaker. It was obviously a line that Xiao Su, who had taken on some odd jobs, had recorded in advance. However, whether the pre-recorded lines would still be applicable to the current plot changes was unknown.

Since the production team hasn't called a pause yet, it means their attempts to resist have been approved by them, and they have a way to cover it up. So, the guests can feel free to go ahead and do whatever they want.

Following the original script, the clown teacher approached the living room area with the light and comical steps of a clown.

There aren't many hiding spaces in the room. The clam and turtle shell costumes next to the sofa count as one, and the space under the sofa counts as another. Of course, some people might hide behind the door. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest.

The clown teacher hadn't searched the doorway before, since he could pretend not to see anything in other places, but once he was caught in that spot, there was no way he could pretend to be blind. So, should he eliminate the other person's friend or not? Before the plot progresses to the very last moment, none of their NPC friends can be eliminated.

Previously, the production team did not allow him to catch the guest's friend who eliminated the guest in this segment for fear of ruining the plot. Now, there is no such concern because it is him who will be caught now, not the guest.

The clown teacher approached the turtle shell costume. He could sense someone hiding inside, otherwise the costume wouldn't be so bulging.

He let out a clown-like laugh (on the radio) while poking the person inside the "turtle shell" with a stun gun, as if toying with them, completely unaware that a shadow was quietly approaching from behind.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he provoked the person in the mascot costume, the other party never screamed in panic. Seemingly finding it uninteresting, the clown teacher turned around, intending to check near the sofa. But as soon as he turned around, a soft yet heavy darkness suddenly enveloped him.

"Watch me, this clam spirit, subdue you, Joker!" Wang Yuexin shouted. Holding the clam costume, he grabbed the clown teacher and held him tightly the moment the teacher turned around.

At the same moment, Yu Yu circled around behind him and grabbed the two seashells on the mascot costume tightly, trapping the clown teacher in the middle like a hot dog sausage, unable to move.

The lights were not yet on, but the other people hiding in the sofa area gradually crawled out.

Chen Chusheng, Wang Zhengliang, Zhang Yuan, and Lu Hu were all hiding under the sofa, while Su Xing was the one who had been poked and provoked for a long time inside the tortoise shell without reacting.

If he had a GoPro on him at the time, he might have gotten a picture of a cat frowning and looking disgusted: "Man, are you kidding me? That's it?"

In the dark environment, the NPC teachers' vision is actually the same as the guests'. They don't have night vision goggles to see everything in the dark, but they have headsets and can get off-site support from the staff behind the backstage monitor at any time.

Therefore, the clown teacher knew the location of everyone in the room just now. Of course he knew that Yu Yu and Wang Yuexin were lying in ambush with river clams, while Su Xing was lying in the open as bait. Now that he had been caught by them, it was as if he had walked into their trap.

"Mr. Clown, please behave yourself and cooperate with our actions. I don't want to mention 'otherwise,' after all, we are all law-abiding citizens and don't want to do anything to you that resembles self-defense without breaking the law."

As Yu Yu spoke, she turned on the stun gun in her hand.

If it were a real-life criminal, this stun gun would probably have already hit his kidneys. However, since this was just for filming a TV show, Yu Yu would only take out the stun gun prop to give a slight indication.

"Release our friends right now!" Even though the clown teacher was already under control, and the lights weren't on yet, Land Rover was still emboldened to shout for their release.

"Besides that, how about you also pay us some compensation for emotional distress?" Su Xing put the tortoise shell aside. "We'll be suing you with the world's best legal team! Right, Young Master Yu?"

When Su Xingyi said he would hire the best lawyer, they all thought he was paying for it himself. Unexpectedly, he changed his tune and said he would rely on Yu Yu.

However, to be fair, if something really happens, Yu Yu's legal team is indeed capable of getting the defendant sentenced to at least life imprisonment.

“There are seven of us against you, so you'd better not get any ideas,” Wang Zhengliang said. He was still quite worried that the other party wouldn't play by the rules. “We have no grudge against you, so why are you kidnapping our friends and playing these terrible games?”

Normally, when a group of people control him and ask him these questions one after another, the clown teacher should be able to explain some background information to show the villain's psychological journey. He did indeed "speak," but his voice still came from the radio, and his tone was obviously different from the previous dubbing.

Someone from the production crew spoke to them in a high-pitched voice backstage.

"Hahahaha! No grudges or hatred? There is no love or hate without a reason in this world. Do you want to know why all this happened? Let me go and I'll tell you."

Although the sound of the clown teacher being trapped in the clam should have been muffled coming from the mascot costume, that's not the point. The point is, is the production team now implying that they should let go?

Wang Yuexin glanced at Yu Yu.

But Yu Yu doesn't like the current script; he feels it should be approached differently.

“I’m not interested in any of this. Maybe I’ll feel sorry for what you’re about to say, but we didn’t cause it. Yet you’re taking revenge on us for the consequences that led to your situation. So what’s the difference between you and the people or things that caused you to become like this? You can tell the police the whole story later. We don’t want to play this so-called game where we can only save one person.”

Yu Yu was not swayed by the clown's words; from beginning to end, he maintained only one stance, as did Chen Chusheng.

“We just want to rescue our friends, all of them,” Chen Chusheng said. “Where are they?”

“After you release our friends, we might be able to hear your explanation,” Wang Zhengliang nodded.

The brothers' lack of acceptance seemed to pose a challenge for the production team for a moment, but they quickly devised a strategy—in reality, this was also a knife handed to them by the brothers—

"It seems you really care about your friends. Your friendship is truly enviable, hehehe. I just wonder how far you'd go for your friends? Would you go against your principles and conscience to torture me for your friends?"

When they show enough importance to their friends, they give the clown leverage to threaten them.

"My mouth is very tight, you know. I'm not even afraid of death, so how could you possibly pry it open? You can try if you don't believe me, but be prepared to never see your friends again! ~"

If the clown refuses to tell them, they really have no way of knowing where their friends are.

"Let him go first." Chen Chusheng could only sigh and tell Yu Yu and Wang Yuexin to let go first.

The two released the clown teacher, and Zhang Yuan and Lu Hu, who had been able to remain calm before, cowered behind Su Xing again after the clown was freed from his restraints.

Yu Yu was too close to the clown, face to face; they dared not crouch behind him.

The clown, now free, slowly took a few steps back and stood still, confronting the seven people in front of him.

"If you want your friends to leave alive, you must follow my rules. At the end of the game, the winner will be able to see their friends, and their safety will be entirely in your hands."

The clown said, looking at Yu Yu, "As a player, it's unfair to others to have dangerous items in your hands. Throw your little toy over here, or your Weiwei will be eliminated right now."

Yu Yu clicked her tongue and tossed the stun gun to the clown.

"You're rivals, not allies. Maybe by eliminating your rivals, you can see your friends sooner? Hahahaha!"

No sooner had the words of sowing discord been spoken than the clown threw a firecracker on the ground. The guys had no idea he had such a thing in his hand. Even though their eyes had adjusted to the darkness, those standing at the back couldn't see his movements.

In the tense and dark atmosphere, a "snap" was suddenly heard. Tiger, like a frightened bird, clung tightly to Su Xing. Wang Zhengliang was so startled that he instinctively grabbed Chen Chusheng's arm.

Wang Yuexin let out a "whoosh," as if trying to hide the fact that she was frightened.

Only Yu Yu watched with interest as the clown teacher hastily fled, pondering that this scene would probably be accompanied by a puff of smoke in post-production, and—

"After the show's recording ends, Little Su will still have to come and handle all the odd jobs," Yu Yu joked with a grin.

"What's wrong with after-sales service? Of course we need after-sales service. Our service awareness and service level are top-notch," Su Xing replied.

Of course, there's always after-sales service needed. The production crew just made so many impromptu remarks on the radio, and Su Xing has to re-dub and replace them in post-production.