After Entering a Book, He Just Wants to be a Flower Vase

“Sweet and sour fish, Huaishan roast chicken, and languocai, which one do you want?” Back on solid ground, Chu Yinlong turned to ask Jiang Dao and Yi Bailu. “They’re all meat dishes. Fish, chicken and pork, which one do you prefer?”

“Sweet and sour fish.” Yi Bailu wrinkled her nose. “I don’t like chicken and pork, it feels too oily.”

Chu Yinlong looked at Jiang Dao. “How about you? Is fish okay?”

Jiang Dao nodded: “Anything will do.”

As long as he has something to eat, it’s fine. It’s even more perfect if it’s meat. As for what kind of animal the meat came from, he’s not picky.

Anyway, he hasn’t tasted many of this world’s delicacies; each one is a new experience for him.

After making their choice, the recording team gave Chu Yinlong a token with the words “Sweet and Sour Fish” written on one side. After all three challenges are over, they can exchange their tokens for the prepared dishes.

After a ten-minute break, the second challenge began after the guests finished retouching their makeup and hair.

Returning to the filming site where the opening scene was recorded, Jiang Dao found that it had been rearranged. All the furnishings were cleared, and there was a ring surrounded by cushions and spring ropes in the center.

At this time, a staff member brought over six pairs of special shoes, six eye masks, and six inflatable toy swords.

The voiceover explained in a timely manner: “The second challenge is to test ‘swordsmanship’. You need to put on sound-making shoes and enter the ring at the same time to compete in swordsmanship.”

When he said this, Lu Yun had already put on the special shoes the staff handed over. He stepped on the ground and made a high-pitched “beep–” sound.

“F*ck, so loud?” Lu Yun was so frightened that he quickly stopped.

Nearby, Yi Bailu also slipped into the special shoes and experimented with two steps: “Boop-“

Followed by Zhou Wei, who was also trying on the shoes: “Beep-beep-“

Chu Yinlong: “Boop-“

Jiang Dao: …

This game is too stupid, can he not participate?

After thinking for a while, he finally felt that it was impossible – he not only wanted to play, but also to win. After all, there was food waiting for him.

Therefore, Jiang Dao also followed the rest of the group and put on special shoes. After getting up, he walked two steps, making “boop” sounds belonging to the red team.

For a while, the entire recording hall was full of noises. Lu Yun even tried to persuade Zhou Wei to play the song with him in special shoes.

“Hahahaha what is this!” Yi Bailu couldn’t help bursting into laughter.

“It’s too loud, I think we all have a screaming chicken under our feet now.” Tang Yao echoed.

“Hey, I suddenly remembered those shoes we all wore when we were young…” Lu Yun interjected.

“Brother Lu, you’re revealing your age, that kind of shoes can only be worn in your era.” Tang Yao ruthlessly complained.

Chu Yinlong was silent for a moment and asked the director, “So, what do these noises have to do with swordsmanship?”

The director’s voiceover quickly revealed the answer:

“Everyone needs to put on blindfolds, cover their eyes, and enter the arena at the same time. You must use the sounds to identify your opponent’s position, and players will use the prop swords to attack each other. The prop sword must hit the enemy’s head to be effective. If the prop sword hits your head, you are dead and must exit the arena.”

“The winning team is decided once one team is eliminated, and has the opportunity to choose a lunch dish.”

“You call this ‘swordsmanship?” Chu Yinlong looked at the director helplessly. “Okay, I get your way of thinking now. As long as the intent is there, it can be regarded as martial arts.”

Tang Yao, who had a good relationship with Chu Yinlong, sent Chu Yinlong a thumbs up. “Brother Long is really sharp. The brain circuit of Eat!’s director is very weird.”

Chu Yinlong pondered for a while and asked, “The third round, the ‘footwork’ challenge, it won’t be skipping rope?”

Of course, the director will not reveal the challenge in advance. Like the first challenge, the second challenge began soon after.

Jiang Dao was wearing a pink and pink plush rabbit blindfold, holding a thick inflatable “sword”. Under the guidance of the staff, he walked into the arena.

At the same time, many messy beeps came from all directions. From the sounds, he and his teammates were not in the same area.

Jiang Dao is no stranger to chasing enemies by sound alone due to his experiences fighting in the jungle at night. He has always been good at extracting the required sound information in a noisy environment. Even if he’s blindfolded, he can quickly judge the position and distance of any friends and foes in the field.

It’s just that this ‘arena’ is empty and lacks obstructions so the strategy of staying still in a night battle is inappropriate.

After entering the arena, Jiang Dao thought for a while, and then quickly walked towards the place where the footsteps were the most chaotic.

Over there, there were two slightly heavy “beep” sounds and an obvious floating “boop” sound. According to his judgment, Yi Bailu was besieged by Lu Jun and Tang Yao. In the other direction, the sound belonging to their red team was obviously heavier and more stable. It should be Chu Yinlong who was chasing Zhou Wei.

Without hesitation, Jiang Dao strode towards Yi Bailu, raised the inflatable sword in his hand, and swept it diagonally towards the height of Tang Yao’s head in his impression.

“Ow!” Tang Yao’s pained voice came.

Immediately afterwards, the voiceover announced: “Tang Yao, OUT!”

“What?!” Lu Yun’s shout immediately rang on the field. “Our Xiao Tang is gone so soon?!”

Sure enough, judging from the position of the voice, he was the other person chasing Yi Bailu.

Jiang Dao rushed forward with his sword in hand.

Lu Yun turned around and ran away shouting, “Who is it? Who is it? Who killed Xiao Tang so quickly?!”

With such a shout, Jiang Dao didn’t even have to recall his height. He chased after him and stabbed Lu Yun on the back of the head.

Voiceover: “Lu Yun, OUT!”

Outside the field, Tang Yao, who took off his blindfold, was shocked. “Xiao Dao is so fierce? Killing god, killing god…”

Lu Yun couldn’t wait to leave the arena, so he took his blindfold, pretending to be shocked, and shouting exaggeratedly in a stage tone: “It turned out to be you, Xiao Dao! We’ll settle this later. If I can only eat salted duck eggs this time, I will buy two boxes of salted duck eggs and send them to your house!”

Jiang Dao tilted his head slightly. After listening, he thought about it, and said, “That’s fine.”

It just so happened that he hasn’t eaten salted duck eggs yet, so it’s a good idea to give it a try.

Lu Jun got angry and stabbed Jiang Dao’s chest twice with his inflatable sword, scolding while laughing, “Still so obedient after killing me, I’m talking to you!”

When Lu Yun left the field, the “beeping” sounds in the field obviously became much weaker.

Anxious, Zhou Wei ran around in the field, shouting aggrievedly: “Why so fast! I’m the only one left? Brother Yao and Brother Lu are both out?”

Nearby, Jiang Dao curled the corner of his mouth, strode forward, and raised his sword to “kill”.

Unexpectedly, his movements were blocked by someone.

Chu Yinlong’s voice sounded, with a faint smile: “Don’t be too serious, we’re recording a show. Let Bailu and Weiwei PK first.”

Jiang Dao was puzzled for a while. “Huh?”

Chu Yinlong leaned close to Jiang Dao’s ear and lowered his voice: “It’s just a game, let some water out so it looks good for the recording.”

Jiang Dao: …

No wonder Chu Yinlong didn’t solve Zhou Wei after so long. He was even wondering if this game was really that difficult. It turns out that everyone didn’t fight seriously in order to make the program look good?

Forget the others, since Chu Yinlong can stop him accurately, he is obviously able to defend himself well.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Dao couldn’t help muttering: “I’m hungry, I want to eat.”

In the next second, a short and deep laugh came from his ear.

“Don’t worry,” After laughing, Chu Yinlong said, “We can win.”

In the field, without the pressure brought by Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong, Yi Bailu and Zhou Wei kept exchanging blows and beeps. The fight was evenly matched-either he missed or she didn’t hit. The two kept spinning in circles, two inflatable swords waving in the air, at most only touching each other’s arms and shoulders.

When he felt that it was enough. Chu Yinlong patted Jiang Dao’s back lightly with his inflatable sword. “Go, solve Zhou Wei.”

Jiang Dao curled the corner of his mouth, not liking the feeling of being ordered by a stranger.

However, he wouldn’t complain. Following the beeps that kept ringing on the field, he headed in Zhou Wei and Yi Bailu’s direction.

At this moment, Yi Bailu screamed in surprise.

Immediately, the recording team announced, “Yi Bailu, OUT!”

Jiang Dao didn’t even pause, and chased in the direction Zhou Wei fled.

Off the field, Lu Yun smiled and found fault: “Why is Xiao Dao so accurate! He can definitely see! Who put the blindfold on him? Are they cheating?”

Yi Bailu raised her hand to take off the blindfold and smiled. “Brother Lu, let me tell you about popular science. There is a creature in this world called a bat. They don’t need to use their eyes to see, and can accurately identify the surrounding situation with sound!”

Lu Yun snorted arrogantly, and put the shoes back on, stomping hard around the ring, creating a series of beeps.

In the field, Jiang Dao’s footsteps paused slightly, as if he was disturbed by the noise outside the field.

Tang Yao smiled and shook his head. “Brother Lu really has a childish innocence.”

Yi Bailu was depressed: “He’s obviously making trouble. You make him sound good!”

In the end, Zhou Wei was blocked in the corner.

Zhou Wei was also smart. He leaned over and knelt down with his inflatable sword in his arms, trying to use his knees and hands to shift positions to avoid the harsh beeping of the special shoes. Coupled with the assistance of Lu Yun off the field, he was about to escape successfully from the attack of Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong.

However, the two opponents he encountered were not ordinary people.

Chu Yinlong turned his head slightly. After listening carefully for about two seconds, the inflatable sword in his hand suddenly fell down and in front of Zhou Wei’s shoulder.

Feeling the impact on shoulder, Zhou Wei subconsciously took a breath and quickly ducked aside.

The next moment, Jiang Dao’s inflatable sword gently tapped on Zhou Wei’s forehead, impartial, neither light nor heavy.

“Zhou Wei, OUT!”

“The second challenge, the red team wins!”

The recording team ruthlessly announced the result.

“Win.” Chu Yinlong pulled off the blindfold and looked at Jiang Dao. “The second dish, what do you want to eat?”

Jiang Dao also pulled off the blindfold and let the pink fluffy rabbit hang around his neck. After thinking about it, he replied, “Let’s eat chicken.”1吃鸡 or ‘eat chicken’ is a meme from PUBG: ’大吉大利，晚上吃鸡’ aka ‘Winner, winner, chicken dinner’

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw everyone, from the players to the staff, look at him with inexplicably strange eyes.

 

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1吃鸡 or ‘eat chicken’ is a meme from PUBG: ’大吉大利，晚上吃鸡’ aka ‘Winner, winner, chicken dinner’