Chapter 188 - 170: Limit Zero-for-Four
Chapter 188: Chapter 170: Limit Zero-for-Four
Ji Xizhi scared half of the NPCs blocking the door away with one sentence.
The bullet comments were almost bursting with laughter.
[Their synchronized retreat is quite neat! Kudos~]
[Kudos? Ji Xizhi is a demon, Ji Xizhi’s fans are demons too! Hahaha~]
[One-on-one classes were a pain for students, now it’s the teachers’ turn! Hahaha!]
Director Xu’s fleeting guilt and regret vanished instantly after witnessing this scene.
The soothing words he hadn’t voiced were swallowed back whole.
Why would Ji Xizhi need his comfort? It’s good enough if Ji Xizhi doesn’t infuriate him!
Director Xu’s chest hurt immensely.
Meanwhile, in the footage, Ji Xizhi still looked clueless; as the NPC teachers retreated a step, she moved a step forward.
Eventually, Ji Xizhi had herself blocking the door completely.
A group of NPC teachers surrounded Ji Xizhi, holding rulers, wanting to strike but not daring to.
The miserable state of their colleague who had been pulled over was still fresh in their minds!
As the NPC teachers were in a stalemate with Ji Xizhi, some started secretly avoiding the cameras, turning away, and using the walkie-talkie to contact Director Xu.
But as soon as they turned, they noticed some commotion by the back door of the classroom?
Before this NPC teacher could react, a voice came from the back door.
“Zhi Zhi, open! Retreat!!!”
Qiu Lin, jubilant, popped his head through the back door, and was the first to rush out.
Then Xie Ming and Mo Anxia followed.
In the teaching building, most classrooms were set with two doors, the front near the podium and the back at the last row of seats.
Usually, only the front door would be open, while the back door remained shut.
The NPC teachers acting on the corridor had all gathered at the front door apart from a few originally watching the back door.
Yet due to Ji Xizhi’s unexpected moves and questioning, the attention of all corridor NPCs had focused solely on Ji Xizhi.
Even Director Xu in front of the monitors was so angry he could bore a hole through Ji Xizhi with his gaze.
Meanwhile, while all NPC teachers and Director Xu were distracted, Qiu Lin, Mo Anxia, and Xie Ming had silently reached the back door.
As Ji Xizhi started confronting the NPC teachers, the other three just opened the back door and took off while nobody noticed!
Ji Xizhi pulled off an incredible one-for-three trade, diverting attention while covering for the other three to escape.
[Whoa! When did they run to the back door? What happened? I was watching bugs the whole time…]
[Turns out Ji Xizhi was negotiating a strategy, I’m dying of laughter, she inherited wit straight from a nest of hornets!]
[Linxin is awesome, understood with just a glance, their coordination is unbeatable~]
[I can already picture Director Xu coughing up blood~ He got tricked yet again!!!]
As the other three guests escaped through the back door, the NPC teachers by the front were bewildered.
A few seconds later, they realized Ji Xizhi had been diverting their attention all along, aiding others’ escape!
“They’re up to something!!”
Someone shouted from the door, and the teachers in the back turned and sprinted towards Xie Ming and Mo Anxia.
The NPC teachers closest to Ji Xizhi continued targeting her, no longer caring about anything else.
First deal with Ji Xizhi; otherwise, with her around, the plot—oh, the job is unattainable!
Several rulers extended towards Ji Xizhi simultaneously.
Ji Xizhi already anticipated the NPCs wouldn’t miss the chance to assimilate her.
She quickly retreated from the door back into the classroom, more agile than these NPCs accustomed to chasing guests, and her backward steps even seemed somewhat methodical.
Not a single ruler could touch her.
The NPC teachers, tricked by Ji Xizhi earlier, now couldn’t catch her, posing an unprecedented challenge to their profession, and they all rushed into the classroom.
On the monitors, Director Xu was fuming, “Trade one-for-three, just trade one-for-three, hold that standout down!”
A few NPC teachers were determined to trap Ji Xizhi in this classroom.
[Holy crap, six against one, Uncle Xu, have some shame!]
[The one above is giving Director Xu a hard time, where’s the shame to be had? I’m dying of laughter!]
[Let’s watch and see if the bug gets patched, gotta run a bit to find out, careful of extreme zero-for-four! — from a programmer’s assurance]
The classroom wasn’t big, but it had quite a few desks and chairs. Although Ji Xizhi didn’t have an advantage in numbers, she did have a territorial advantage.
She would sometimes support herself with one hand and leap over desks without her feet touching them, while the NPC teachers, attempting to cosplay various poses, struggled even to run, let alone jumping over desks.
If it weren’t for their numbers and tools, they wouldn’t have been able to corner Ji Xizhi in this classroom.
“Ji Xizhi, assimilation value: sixty-one percent!”
As the sound of desks and chairs being pushed and pulled echoed, Ji Xizhi’s current assimilation value was announced live.
Next, if Ji Xizhi took a few more ruler hits, assimilation would be inevitable.
The NPC teachers heard the announcement, tightened their grips on the rulers, ready to speed things up.
As they stretched the rulers over, inexplicably, they found Ji Xizhi out of reach?
Several NPC teachers were somehow blocked by a row of desks and chairs, while Ji Xizhi propped herself up and jumped out, leaving the NPCs unable to go over or push through.
NPC Teacher: “?” Damn!!! Ji Xizhi dug another pit!
An NPC teacher was so desperate, disregarding the robe he was wearing, slammed the ruler on the desk, bent down, tucked the robe to the waist, and crawled over the desk!
The others followed suit. Instead of opening desks one by one, crawling over was clearly faster.
The six NPCs with carefully crafted makeup and outfits by the show team were tormented by Ji Xizhi to the point of disregarding their image, crawling pathetically over the classroom desks.
The livestream viewers were left speechless.
After a while, someone finally sent a bullet comment.
[Can you really play NPCs like this? Escape Room seems so interesting! I want to try it! @Director Xu, when will this segment be launched offline?]
Usually, “Escape Room” stars’ edition would sync offline for a period after it ended, allowing fans to experience fun themselves, typically starting shortly after the livestream ended; this time too, quite a few long-time fans started asking now.
Director Xu, drawing deep breaths in front of the monitors, saw this inquiry.
Nearly fainted.
This segment, dare he launch it offline? Isn’t it clearly inviting a hundred Ji Xizhis?!
In a word, that’s thoroughly nerve-wracking!
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On the other side, Ji Xizhi left the classroom and quickly ran to the staircase.
When she hinted at Qiu Lin to escape first, they’d agreed to run downstairs, so now they just had to meet up below.
Ji Xizhi descended two floors smoothly, the staircase on the second floor didn’t seem locked.
The iron gate at the first-floor staircase was unlocked when she went down.
Ji Xizhi didn’t pay much attention to it and swiftly left the teaching building.
Qiu Lin, Mo Anxia, and Xie Ming were already waiting downstairs, along with an additional guest, Qian Huiyi.
All four were chased by NPCs, but the area below the teaching building was bigger, so it wasn’t as easy to catch them.
Seeing Ji Xizhi arrive downstairs, Qiu Lin dashed over.
“Zhi Zhi, where do we go next?!”
After a series of escapes, Ji Xizhi had completely become the team’s core.
Mo Anxia also looked expectantly at Ji Xizhi from nearby, waiting for her to allocate how to explore the plot.
Ji Xizhi looked calm, just about to speak.
At that moment, the show team’s broadcast notification chimed precisely.
“Ding ding ding, it’s break time, break for five minutes, prepare for class in five minutes.”
Ji Xizhi’s response to Qiu Lin got caught in the middle of it, clearly transmitted to the monitors.
Ji Xizhi, “Let’s go to the cafeteria.”
Staff: “?”