Chapter 669: Chapter 668: How Is 813’s Activation Time Calculated?
One praised another, until finally everyone had been praised, either directly or subtly, and then it was over.
Mu Qiu went to hold Zhao Yu’s hand, smiling on the surface, thinking inwardly, different work content and environments really do transform similar people into different versions of themselves.
Zhao Yu has been in the workplace for almost a year now and has learned to speak flawlessly. She never takes undue credit and can even downplay her achievements to make others feel comfortable.
Essentially, these celebrities with millions of fans aren’t much different from leaders at work. Everyone loves listening to good things, including fans.
Once you smooth their feathers, there will be fewer troubles.
Of course, maybe it’s also to lower her own presence.
Having too much spotlight as a regular person isn’t necessarily good.
She pressed her lips slightly.
Zhao Yu glanced at her, squeezed her hand, and gave it a light shake.
They didn’t need words to understand each other’s intentions.
Mu Qiu also squeezed her back, thought about it, leaned in close, and whispered in her ear, "This first place is just right; it’s your birthday tomorrow. I prepared a fantastic gift for you."
Zhao Yu’s eyes immediately brightened, and she asked excitedly in a low voice, "There’s a second one?!"
"?? What second one?"
"The fantastic gift you mentioned, isn’t it Su Yan’s autographed photo?"
"..." She released their clasped hands, expressionless, and said, "You must be dreaming."
Zhao Yu sighed regretfully, then cheerily took her hand again, "It’s okay, not an issue if it’s not, an exclusive magazine would be great too."
"Get lost."
Their whispering was lively, while Cheng Zhirang had already reported the progress back to the director.
"We’ve analyzed everyone’s elimination situation, so we probably don’t need to focus on how each person was eliminated."
The director nodded behind the camera while fanning himself, prompting the engineer to bring up the next set of questions.
As expected, the next question was "How did Guo Yin get eliminated," followed by "Does 049 really have a delay?"
After flipping through several pages, they finally reached another question.
"How exactly is the activation time for 813 calculated?"
Affected badly by this, Shu Ran immediately raised her hand to speak, "I want to know too! How is this calculated? How did it activate just when I was on the verge of victory?"
Nobody knew this question; it was the director’s time to shine.
He held a small, broken megaphone, fanning himself and talking as if he was an old man chatting in the street in the evening.
"The activation time for 813 is set at eight hours, the second parasitic activation time is four hours, followed by two hours, one hour, half an hour, and so on."
Shu Ran did some quick math, realizing it was about eight hours from the morning when Cheng Zhirang tricked her into going to the museum and she got eliminated; similarly, after Mu Qiu had been parasitized a second time until now, it was about four hours.
As for the ones parasitized in the morning who weren’t eliminated by 813, it was simply because they were already eliminated before 813 activated.
Except... except for Chu Qiu.
"Director, why wasn’t Chu Qiu eliminated by 813?"
Guan Yu lazily crossed her arms, glancing at her with amusement, "You should ask who, among those who went to the museum in the morning, was parasitized and who wasn’t."
"Do I need you to tell me what to do?" Shu Ran snickered disdainfully and then turned her head to ask the director, "So who exactly was parasitized in the morning?"
"Tsk—" Guan Yu rolled her eyes dramatically, with even more disdain in her tone.
The director flipped through his little notebook, found the content, and told Shu Ran, "At the start of the game, Guan Yu, Chu Qiu, Shi Yuhuai, and Chen Yi were not parasitized; the others were. They weren’t parasitized because they had shields."
"Doesn’t that mean this shield is equal to immunity from 813’s parasitism? In that case, wouldn’t Mu Qiu and Li Yang have been parasitized from miles away according to the opposite rules?"
Isn’t it said that those with the unlucky halo would have monsters coming right up to them?
"Precision parasitization from miles away isn’t shattered glass; it’s X-ray manifestation." Mu Qiu was speechless.
Guo Yin guessed, "Perhaps it’s the varying possibilities of being parasitized? Although teammates would also be affected, they would be less affected than the person with this halo."
The director gave a confirming answer.
Shu Ran pursed her lips, saying nothing more.
Li Yang looked around, seeing that no one brought up 902, raised his hand to ask the director, "What about 902? That countdown, how long is its effect duration?"
"Ten hours. If the game time exceeds ten hours and there’s still a guest who’s not eliminated, the countdown will stop; besides the cardholder, everyone else will be ejected."
Guan Yu: "What if the unfortunate cardholder is already eliminated at the tenth hour, and a few people remain? Who’s considered the first place?"
The unlucky cardholder himself: "... You might as well just say my name."
Guan Yu ignored him, just stared at the director to answer.
"Considered tied for first."
"... Wow."
Mu Qiu sighed, "Such a good thing? If I’d known, we should’ve eliminated Li Yang earlier and just chatted until the tenth hour was up!"
Wouldn’t it be awesome for everyone to be first? After all, the last place has been decided.
Now, if the last place hadn’t been determined—
Shi Yuhuai, who hadn’t spoken for a long time and only thought about eating, raised his hand and waited for the director to call on him before speaking.
"If 902 is the first card activated, and 049 is the second, using 049 to eliminate the cardholder, and the cardholder’s team is not eliminated, would it mean no one is last? How is this calculated? Everyone is first?"
This question was profound.
It was evident from the director’s appreciative expression.
He turned his notebook to the first page, shook the brittle megaphone, as if he was about to hold a lengthy discourse.
"Brother Huai’s question is very good, it precisely touches upon the activation sequence of the profile cards set in this episode."
Li Yang: "Huh? There’s an activation sequence for profile cards?"
Shen Zhousong: "Actually, thinking about it, it’s necessary. If the first card is 173, the peanut sprite, or 096, this monster, we’d be wiped out within two hours."
What else would there be to broadcast?
The director cleared his throat and began his long lecture.
"Does anyone notice, the places where we place the profile cards are places eligible for card slots? For example, the pos machine for 813, the Transformation Device for 049, the ATM for 902.
These places all have magnetic effects. If someone pulls out this card, the vigilant nerves spread throughout the ruins will emit an alarm sound. This alarm sound is unrelated to card activation but serves as our prompt for the next card placement."
