Chapter 550: Chapter 549: Apocalypse Survival Game

Now that all six groups have arrived, based on their clothing, it’s initially guessed that their identities are:

A soldier, a doctor, a bank employee, a student, a chef and the chef’s pregnant wife, and two girls with unidentified identities.

Seeing people of different professions gathered together in this rundown place, it feels strange.

Li Yang, the gambler, couldn’t wait any longer and cued the director.

"Director, what’s the format for this episode? Is it really a horror story?"

This is the first time a guest is so eager to know about the game’s format.

The director leisurely walked out with a smile, still slightly raising his fingers daintily and holding a small megaphone, as if the revelations hadn’t affected him at all,

"Welcome everyone to the seventh episode of ’Different Variety Show’! This time, we’ve invited new guests who are friends of yours, to help you escape being the last place and reach the pinnacle of life!"

Guan Yu: "I think you could be a bit more concise."

The director ignored her and continued to shout into the megaphone: "Let’s welcome once again today’s guests, Shen Zhousong, Chen Yi, Guo Yin, Han Xizheng, Zhao Yu, and Chu Qiu!"

A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted, quickly and intensely. After the applause, Shi Yuhuai spoke first: "Alright, can we move to the next part now."

Li Yang: Someone’s actually more impatient than me.

The director, still unhurried, said: "I suppose everyone noticed from each other’s clothes, that in this episode, everyone has an identity and a profession. Each person’s job and their company’s location are all on this street."

The drone, all set, flew up into the air, along this road, shooting from the entrance to the end, capturing the constructed ruins entirely.

A car accident scene, half-covered by a mess of debris on a concrete road, a dilapidated bank, collapsed skyscraper, a fast-food restaurant with shattered glass, and burning residential buildings, rooftop houses.

In the vast ruins, only a little greenery remains alive.

The camera cuts back, and the director continues to introduce: "Everyone here lives on this street, and experienced a disaster three days ago."

Disaster?

Guan Yu excitedly raised her hand: "I’ve got it!"

Mu Qiu pressed her hand down: "Don’t rush, let’s finish reading the full topic, okay? What if the word ’disaster’ only appeared just now?"

Guan Yu was already happy, rubbing her fingers, ready to count the money.

"Alright then, I’ll wait two more minutes before collecting it."

"...Be careful not to overstate things, you might regret it."

Li Yang sighed beside them, thinking he might have no chance, but unwilling to let go of that sliver of hope, urged the director again.

"Director, we made a bet, just say it!"

"Since everyone is so eager," the director fanned himself, saying, "I’ll reluctantly speed it up a bit. Don’t interrupt me, I’ll try to say it all in one go."

Then he stepped back into the shadow where the staff were standing, and said:

"In this episode, you all have different identities and professions—

Brother Cheng and Shen Zhousong are soldiers on leave at home.

Brother Huai and Chen Yi are doctors at the medical center here.

Li Yang and Guo Yin are two high school students from the First High School.

Chu Qiu and Guan Yu are a chef and the chef’s pregnant wife from the International Hotel.

Shu Ran and Han Xizheng are bank employees.

Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu are new street dance teachers at the street dance club here.

You all live on Lotus Avenue, some are acquaintances, some just moved in.

The time is the summer of 2333, the human living environment has deteriorated rapidly, three days ago, an unexpected global crisis erupted, plants and animals mutated, humans zombified, food scarcity with extreme weather changes, the highest leaders announced entering a global apocalypse.

You are the only twelve survivors in this area, gathered together last night, decided to act together, finding a safe place as a base, and searching for edible food.

But the apocalypse brought not only physical changes but psychological ones too. Among you, there are three traitors, wanting to seize the opportunity to kill others and monopolize survival resources. Moreover, the traitor’s identity and profession might be fake.

There is also a savior, who, if he identifies a traitor, can purify that traitor.

Now, it’s unknown who among you is the traitor, and who is the savior. The story begins now."

After speaking these words, using who knows how many breaths, the director took a sip of water to hydrate, taking advantage of everyone digesting the story, and started introducing the game mechanics again.

"So the theme of this episode is—an apocalypse survival game. In this ruined site, there are five monster dossier cards hidden, the monsters recorded on the cards are some of the mutated entities from the apocalypse.

The traitor with a monster dossier card can kill. The savior with a monster dossier card can save people or choose to hand it over to others. Once the monster is released, it cannot be withdrawn, it’s effective permanently.

Everyone searches for food and a base according to their story identity, gathering every hour at the central fast-food restaurant, sharing their experiences of that hour, and can identify who the traitor is.

The game continues until only one person remains, that person is the winner."

It was a long, long description. Even a staff member at the back started yawning.

Mu Qiu, having digested the game mechanism, gave a concise summary.

"A real-life game of Werewolf."

The director’s eyes lit up, gave her a thumbs up: "Yes, that’s the idea."

Li Yang looked distressed: "So I’m not even close, who guessed it right?"

Mu Qiu and Guan Yu raised their hands.

Guan Yu: "I guessed disaster, close enough!"

Mu Qiu: "I guessed apocalypse, also close!"

"But if more than one person guesses correctly, it’s considered neither winning nor losing," Han Xizheng reminded.

Reluctant to pay, Li Yang immediately tucked half the red banknote back: "Yes, yes! It’s neither win nor lose!"

"How can it be neither when the money is all prepared?! If there’s a bet, there’s victory or defeat!" Guan Yu exclaimed, initially wanting to concede a little, waved her hand and said:

"I guessed closer, so I win, just give me the money, I can’t stand you being so twisted."

Mu Qiu immediately stood up to object: "You wish! I think I guessed closer!"

"I’m closer!"

"I’m closer!!"

The two couldn’t agree, others holding Mao’s bills in their hands, didn’t know where to pass them, and began to put them away. Observing them, Shi Yuhuai thoughtfully pushed the no-degree fashionable glasses on his nose and kindly suggested a solution.

"Here, I’ll tear the money in half, you take half each."

"...You’d rather tear the money than let us have it!"