Chapter 189 - 171: One Person Can Record the Entire Show
Chapter 189: Chapter 171: One Person Can Record the Entire Show
Ji Xizhi’s words left everyone dumbfounded.
Qiu Lin looked at Ji Xizhi in disbelief and asked, “Go to the cafeteria?”
But it was Mo Anxia who reacted the fastest, his detective instincts ignited. Taking advantage of the dazed NPCs, he rushed to Ji Xizhi’s side and said, “Master, did you find a new clue pointing to the cafeteria?!”
Mo Anxia asked excitedly, craning his neck to look behind the teaching building, as if ready to sprint back and forth.
But before he could start running, he heard Ji Xizhi calmly respond.
“No, it’s time to eat.”
Mo Anxia: “?”
What time? Eat what? Where to eat?
Mo Anxia’s mind was blown by that sentence.
He never thought that at such a critical moment during the countdown, Ji Xizhi would suggest going to eat?
Filming for “Escape Room” usually required an entire day, broadcasted live online, and they generally couldn’t provide fixed meal times for the guests during the escape process. Past participating artists understood this and would wait to eat until after the escape for the sake of the show’s production quality.
The regular guests and audience of “Escape Room” were used to this, and rarely did anyone suggest taking a meal break during the escape.
Now that Ji Xizhi mentioned it, many fans suddenly remembered.
[Yeah, it’s past eleven. It’s time to eat! @Director Xu come here for a beating! Where’s the food?]
[Ji Xizhi cracked me up. Who remembers this is Escape Room, not a vacation!]
[Director Xu: Listen to me about the plot… Ji Xizhi: What’s for lunch today?]
[Savage, Ji Xizhi is ignoring the plot and provoking Director Xu. Let’s keep the music and dance going!]
Qiu Lin and a few other guests also felt their stomachs growling at Ji Xizhi’s mention.
Especially Xie Ming, having danced the entire morning, he was starving and getting dizzy. While he could still endure the hunger before, Ji Xizhi’s mention made his stomach growl loudly.
Xie Ming covered his stomach, somewhat embarrassed: “…I agree, let’s go to the cafeteria.”
Qiu Lin and Qian Huiyi chimed in, “Seconded!”
Previously, they had no choice, but this time was different. With a choice, who wouldn’t want to eat when they’re hungry!
Without hesitation, they stopped negotiating with the NPCs under the teaching building and turned toward the cafeteria.
Director Xu, who had just returned with a lavish lunchbox and hadn’t even opened his chopsticks, looked up to see the five guests rushing towards the cafeteria.
Director Xu: “???”
“What’s going on? The clues in the teaching building weren’t all found yet! How do they know to go to the cafeteria?!”
The show’s plot was supposed to transition from finding clues in the teaching building, then to the lab building, then to the playground, and finally reaching the cafeteria to get the key.
This map transition should have required numerous clues, presenting a thorough and logical reasoning process.
Yet now, all he did was turn around to get a lunchbox, and Ji Xizhi led them straight to the main camp.
Director Xu’s lunchbox wobbled, “Quick… stop them all…”
Before Director Xu could finish his words, the five guests had already dashed into the innermost corner of the cafeteria.
Director Xu: “…” This is a disaster!
The assistant director squatting next to him saw Director Xu’s expression and comforted him, “Director Xu, don’t worry, it looks like Ji Xizhi is just there to eat. She might leave once she finds there’s no food!”
Director Xu: “I hope so.”
Director Xu sighed, but he didn’t bother trying to stop the guests’ improvisation anymore.
In the end, the exploration of the plot on “Escape Room” should center on the guests. Director Xu already intervened too much today; further interference might disrupt the live stream.
Watching the five guests on the monitor, Director Xu lost his appetite, heartbroken!
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While Director Xu was losing his appetite, the other five guests were getting hungrier.
Ji Xizhi and her group rushed into the cafeteria, and unsurprisingly, there was no food being served.
Xie Ming’s legs were weak from hunger, “Doesn’t our show have any food sponsors? Can’t Director Xu put in a bit more effort?”
“Looks like we won’t get to eat. Should we go back to finding clues so we can escape sooner and have a feast?” said Qiu Lin resolutely.
Although Qian Huiyi came out later, she found quite a few clues.
The regular guests were all familiar faces, and as soon as they realized the cafeteria had no food and the road was blocked, they instinctively started to exchange clues and look for a new way out.
After analyzing everything, Mo Anxia was about to find Ji Xizhi to discuss the progression of the plot, but suddenly turned around.
Hmm? Where’s Ji Xizhi?
The group quickly scanned the cafeteria surroundings.
Soon, they saw Ji Xizhi through the cafeteria window.
Qiu Lin shouted, “Zhi Zhi, what are you doing in there?”
Ji Xizhi had just come in through the back door. Although the school was a bit rundown, the inside of the cafeteria was quite clean, especially in the kitchen area, where pots and pans were readily available. There were even some grains, oil, and condiments, indicating that people usually cooked there.
Ji Xizhi held a pot in her hand and, looking at a sign beside it that said “Feel free to use, clean after use,” responded, “Cooking.”
Qiu Lin: “?!!”
Ji Xizhi: “There are only a few simple ingredients, how about fried rice? What kind of fried rice do you want?”
The four people outside the window hadn’t even processed it when Ji Xizhi started asking for orders.
Qiu Lin reflexively said, “Egg fried rice, okay?”
“Sure.” Ji Xizhi jotted it down on a small notebook on the windowsill, and then looked up, “Next.”
Xie Ming: “I want soy sauce fried rice.”
Mo Anxia: “Me too, egg fried rice!”
Qian Huiyi: “Egg fried rice!”
[Pfff~ This impersonation got me! That’s exactly how we order in the school cafeteria! Even taking notes in a little notebook, too real, I’m crying…]
[Doing life on “Escape Room”, doing puzzles on “Life Experience,” Ji Xizhi’s show marketing is surely top-notch!]
[SOS! Never expected this plot twist in Escape Room, it’s genius!]
[Zhi Zhi: I’m not a chef, I’m just a lunch transporter!]
The four guests, disoriented and following Qiu Lin’s lead, all placed their orders.
Ji Xizhi duly noted each person’s order, then proficiently began washing and steaming the rice.
The sizzling sound of rice in the hot oil in the large wok made the other guests outside the window drool.
As the fried rice came out one after another, they were almost salivating tears.
Not because it was the best-tasting rice, but because having a bowl at that hungry moment was like a slice of heaven.
Each guest waited in line with a silver plate to get their rice, then sat down to wait for Ji Xizhi to join them.
Ji Xizhi crossed out the orders of fried rice on the paper as she finished them and was preparing the last one when she suddenly remembered something.
She glanced at the list of fried rice orders, then looked out the window.
Ji Xizhi asked, “Where’s Le Qiqi?”
Qiu Lin, Mo Anxia, Xie Ming, and Qian Huiyi were startled, “Le Qiqi!!!”
[Wow~ Someone remembers our Qiqi, but I never expected it would be Ji Xizhi to remember first!]
[This twists and turns in Escape Room must have left everyone dizzy! I completely forgot we were missing a guest! Ji Xizhi could host the whole episode herself!]
[Thank Q, I quickly checked and saw Le Qiqi is still in the infirmary, she’s mastered the art of chilling, just waking up hungry!]