Chapter 435: Get the props!
"Looks like everyone is relatively optimistic about the first event!"
"From the surface, it indeed seems so. Whether it's the internally decided contestants or those who passed the auditions, they are all relatively outstanding in terms of memory. Memory Jigsaw is indeed quite suitable for them."
Looking at the contestant distribution on the large screen, Jin Jueping and Pang Yunfei, the two science guest judges, expressed their views one after another.
Only Xia Jiuqi didn't speak. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but she fundamentally didn't understand the three events at all. At this moment, she felt like she was just a vase .
Casually pick any of Brain Ladder's contestants, none were people she could evaluate.
He Dong understood Xia Jiuqi's feelings at this moment. The popularity guest judges from previous seasons were all like this. He turned and smiled, nodding towards Xia Jiuqi, "Jiuqi, from your perspective, which of these three events do you think is more difficult?"
Xia Jiuqi's face looked odd, "Brain Ladder's events, are there any simple ones?"
As soon as these words came out, bursts of low laughter sounded at the recording site.
Indeed so. Looking at the previous seasons of Brain Ladder, any event was as difficult as ascending to heaven for ordinary people. And Xia Jiuqi was a die-hard fan of this variety show, having watched almost every episode.
Precisely because of this, she was very clear about the perverted nature of these events.
He Dong also laughed along, "That's true too. When these three events were constructed, they underwent comprehensive evaluation by a professional team. I can very responsibly tell all contestants present, the difficulty of the three events increases sequentially, first lowest, third highest."
Hearing this, joy appeared on the faces of most contestants.
But before they could be happy for long, He Dong's voice sounded again, "Everyone, don't be quick to be happy. The difficulty of the event is not the key to your advancement. What's important is that you must defeat your opponent to advance."
Hearing these words, the smiles that had just appeared on many people's faces instantly froze.
That's right!
The rule of the elimination round is to defeat the opponent to advance. Regardless of whether the event is simple or difficult, wanting to advance can only be achieved by defeating the opponent.
Looking at it this way, the difficulty of the event is actually not important at all.
In the corner, after Ning Xi heard the third event was the most difficult, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes. Instinctively, she proactively held Ye Fan's hand, "Gege, keep up the good work!"
Ye Fan dotingly ruffled the girl's head, smiled gently: "Let's cheer up together, and also…"
"What?"
"Have a little confidence in me."
The corners of Ning Xi's eyes curved up. She blinked playfully, tilted her delicate head and spoke crisply: "Gege is the best. Man blocks, kill man; Buddha blocks…"
"Stop!"
Ye Fan supported his forehead, quickly called a halt.
When did this little thing learn to flatter?
Shen Li, silently eating dog food (internet slang for PDA), her expression complex. After struggling for a moment, she slowly spoke: "Brother Ye, you and Ning Xi both be serious, don't capsize in a gutter ."
A trace of surprise appeared in Ning Xi's eyes, "Xiao Li, are you concerned about me?"
"Who's concerned about you?"
Shen Li's eyes widened, her expression cold, "I'm just concerned about Brother Ye, just brought you along by the way. Don't overthink it."
"Thank you, you also keep up the good work."
Ning Xi chuckled lowly continuously. Her fair hand lightly lifted, tucking the small braid on her cheek behind her ear. A simple action, yet on her, it appeared so gentle. Every frown and smile, every move and action, narrated beauty.
Shen Li's breath hitched, boundless bitterness surging in her heart.
The longer she stayed with Ning Xi, the more she could feel her excellence.
Sometimes, even Shen Li would feel a desire to protect Ning Xi in her heart. Facing such a sweet girl, she considered herself not an opponent; or rather, Shen Li couldn't find any way to compete with Ning Xi for Ye Fan.
Ye Fan keenly captured the change in Shen Li's eyes, the corners of his mouth gradually lifting into a sunny arc.
In terms of gaining goodwill, he would call Ning Xi the strongest existence. Whether male or female, old or young, a clean sweep !
Including love rivals...
Just absurd!!!
On stage, He Dong announced: "Next, contestants who chose the first event, please prepare yourselves. The challenge will begin immediately."
After speaking, his right hand lifted high, quite domineeringly spoke three words.
"Bring on the props!"
Previous seasons of the show had always been like this. He Dong's action had already become inseparable from Brain Ladder.
As everyone knows, Brain Ladder contestants challenging ultra-high difficulty events is one highlight. Another is the props prepared by the program team for the events. Many netizens even jokingly called Brain Ladder's program team the strongest props team!
Following He Dong's announcement, the stage began to change.
The three guest judges, along with their chairs, moved leftwards in unison. The floor in front of the stage slowly rose. In the blink of an eye, the stage expanded by nearly double.
The contestants all showed looks of amazement.
Putting other things aside, just the scene before them established the title of the strongest props team.
Even a stage can be played with so many tricks, truly worthy of being Brain Ladder!
After the stage was completely formed, a huge jigsaw puzzle wall was pushed onto the stage by staff. When the contestants saw the jigsaw puzzle wall clearly, an uproar immediately sounded.
Not just the contestants, even Xia Jiuqi couldn't help but exclaim.
The first event was called "Memory Jigsaw". The jigsaw puzzle wall before them was indeed a landscape picture pieced together from fragments. But the size of the fragments was only one centimeter. A quick glance, if there weren't ten thousand fragments on the puzzle wall, there were at least eight thousand.
Too exaggerated!
Regarding the contestants' reactions, He Dong was quite satisfied. He raised the microphone and introduced: "The jigsaw puzzle wall before everyone is pieced together from 9999 fragments. Everyone can now view it freely."
"After grouping is complete, the jigsaw puzzle wall will be covered. Five jigsaw puzzle fragments will appear sequentially on the mobile phone screen. Everyone needs to determine if the fragment belongs to the jigsaw puzzle. The one who answers more correctly wins. If the number of correct answers is the same, the one with the shorter time wins."
"Ah——"
"Damn!"
…
The contestants were caught off guard by this rule, hurriedly started memorizing, afraid of wasting a single second.
Xia Jiuqi turned her head to look at Jin Jueping, asked: "Teacher Jin, how long does computer grouping take?"
Jin Jueping thought for a moment, finally extended three fingers.
Xia Jiuqi froze for a moment, tentatively guessed: "Thirty minutes?"
Pang Yunfei laughed heartily, added: "Little Xia, you added an extra zero, it's three minutes."
Xia Jiuqi: "…"
Three minutes?
Heavens!
Such a short time, how could one possibly memorize 9999 jigsaw puzzle pieces?
So stimulating right from the start. Xia Jiuqi's heart rate uncontrollably quickened. She voiced the doubt in her heart, "Teachers, I know the contestants are very formidable, but wanting to memorize 9999 jigsaw puzzle fragments within three minutes, isn't that rather impossible?"
"Of course impossible!"
Jin Jueping explained with a smiling face: "Let alone the contestants, even if you find the world's number one memory master, it's impossible to memorize all the jigsaw puzzle fragments in three minutes."
Xia Jiuqi was speechless again...
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