Tong Zijun swallowed his saliva. The player was tricked by the NPC. If the audience did not vote, the performer would die.
Tong Zijun promptly announced, "The second performance is about to begin. If the guests find it interesting, please vote for the performer."
The audience responded perfunctorily, urging the host to stop being verbose and quickly arrange a new round of performances.
Tong Zijun read to the manuscript, "The second performance is to jump through the fire hoop while blindfolded."
When the audience all complained that they were bored and didn't want to watch it, Tong Zijun then said, "Two-player mode."
"A male and female performer have one leg tied up, and they need to jump through five fire hoops within ten minutes, shrinking each jump by five centimeters."
"Guests, if you enjoy watching it, please vote for the performers and thank you. Below are two performers who will jump through the fire hoop."
Tong Zijun finished reading the list and waved to his two deputy judges, hoping to boost the morale of other players.
Mu Huanian and Zuo Lan walked on stage hand in hand, the staff prepared the fire ring, and Tong Zijun tied the rope for the two.
Tong Zijun lowered his voice and said, "Lao Zuo, when Miss Hamu is about to fail, pick her up and throw her over."
"Don't worry about your butt catching on fire. I will control the fire ring and won't let it set you on fire. Feel free to dance boldly."
"I should be worried if I leave it to you." Zuo Lan complained softly, "When have you ever been reliable?"
"Tsk, you melon kid still doesn't believe me." Tong Zijun couldn't help but look at him.
Tong Zijun tightened the rope in retaliation, successfully shutting up Zuo Lan, who could only listen to the host's arrangements anxiously.
Mu Huanian glanced at the ring of fire and warned Tong Zijun, "Tong Duan, if you are not reliable, I will reveal your identity as a lone ranger."
Tong Zijun tsked, "You're a really annoying girl."
After repeated efforts, they tied the people up. The ropes were only tied to the thighs, and the upper bodies of the two performers were free.
Five fire rings were placed from one end to the other, each circle was two meters apart, and the size of the circles was getting smaller and smaller.
The first two circles are large and the performers can easily jump through them, but the last one is too small and makes it difficult for two people to jump.
"Hua Nian, please hold my waist later." Zuo Lan reminded.
Mu Huanian hugged Zuo Lan tightly and asked him in a low voice, "Brother Lan, can you see the ring of fire?"
"Can't see." Zuo Lan shook his head slightly.
The blindfold is produced by the system. After the player is blindfolded, it can be said that he cannot see his fingers.
Mu Huanian covered her hands and wrote the word "See" on Zuo Lan's waist, indicating that her blindfold was made of gauze.
Zuo Lan hummed without changing her expression, "You point me in the direction, and I'll take you dancing."
After the two were ready, they reminded the host, and Tong Zijun called ready and started timing the performers.
The audience also became inexplicably quiet and waited with bated breath for the performers to jump through the fire hoop.
After the performers had enough tricks, the two of them shouted "get ready", rushed to the ring of fire and jumped.
"Succeeded! Did everyone see it? They passed!" Tong Zixin shouted, holding up the microphone.
The audience also spontaneously applauded, and then urged the performers to quickly jump into the second fire hoop. They would vote later.
Zuo Lan was led by Mu Huanian, and the two of them rushed towards the second fire ring and jumped over again in unison.
When he landed on the ground, Zuo Lan's foot sprained, and the two of them could clearly hear the sound of bones being displaced.
"Brother Lan!" Mu Huanian exclaimed in a low voice.
Zuo Lan stood up without changing his expression and said, "It's okay, there are only three left and it will be over."
Mu Huanian frowned. The last fire ring was very small. Zuo Lan's foot was injured and he couldn't exert his strength at all.
It is impossible for players to get off the ground easily. There must be something where they landed just now, either an NPC or a system.
Others didn't see the problem, but Cang Fei, who went to the audience to distribute the dolls, saw clearly that there were many shadowless ghosts on the stage.
Just now, a kid suddenly appeared and deliberately rolled to the performer's feet. Zuo Lan's feet were caught by it.
"Mr. Clown, where is my doll?" A little girl asked with a smile, "Can I have a rabbit?"
Cang Fei glanced at the little girl and said softly, "You're an adult, so why are you playing with rabbits?"
The little girl pouted and said, "I'm not an adult yet, why can't I play with rabbits?"
Cang Fu stared at her and said, "No. 4563, died three years ago, level 50 player."
"After death, he is reincarnated into an NPC. He takes the memory of the player and is unwilling to be a ghost. He voluntarily becomes the NPC's ghost."
The little girl looked dead. She stared at Cang Xi with slight surprise. Just as she was about to retort, she disappeared out of thin air.
"I can't even live without death." Cang Xi said softly.
After people die, they become ghosts. Although the species is different, being a ghost by helping NPCs harm players is a bit too much.
Cang Fu took advantage of the fact that the players on the stage didn't notice him and solved several remaining garbage in one go.
It was the final stage of jumping through the fire ring. Zuo Lan endured the pain in his feet and jumped directly into the fire ring with Mu Huanian in his arms.
The two of them landed on their sides, hugged each other and slid far away. The fire got on their clothes.
Tong Zijun poured a bucket of water over their heads, which made Zuo Lan and Mu Huanian almost curse him to death.
The fire was about to go out when it touched the ground, but this bastard suddenly poured a bucket of water over it. Wasn't this intentional?
Tong Zijun laughed playfully, "Look, I just said I can guarantee that you won't catch fire."
Before the two could start scolding, Tong Zijun turned to the audience and asked for tickets. After shouting around, he got more than 20 tickets.
——Ding! If the audience voting ratio exceeds 10, the performer who jumps through the fire ring will pass the task.
After hearing the system announcement, the two performers looked at each other, got up and bent down to thank the audience.
"Thank you to the guests who support the funny circus performers, please enjoy the performance of the third level."
Tong Zijun turned over the list and saw the third performance, Shooting Apples.
"Performers are invited to come on stage." Tong Zi stared at the audience and said, "We need nine volunteers below."
The archery player was a little girl, and an uncle came on stage with an apple on his head. No matter how hard he shook it, the apple wouldn't fall.
Tong Zijun specially invited nine volunteers to come on stage in order to reduce the number of player deaths.
"Is there anyone willing?" Tong Zijun shouted.
One girl stood up and shouted, "I volunteer, but can I ask Mr. Clown to play too?"
Tong Zijun looked around before he saw Cang Xi. Thinking of his status as a newcomer, he naturally couldn't agree to the audience's request.
Tong Zijun smiled and declined, "The clown wants to give out dolls to everyone, so he can't participate in the performance."
A fair-skinned young man shouted, "We don't need dolls. I also want to see Mr. Clown perform."
Someone stirred up the atmosphere, and the whole audience shouted for Mr. Clown, they wanted to see him perform.
Cang Xi couldn't resist the warm welcome. He walked up to the stage and took out the microphone from the box and asked, "Do you really want to see me perform?"
"Want to see it!" the audience shouted, making the ground shake.
Cang Fu took out a bow from the box and chuckled, "I'll shoot arrows. Which of you will volunteer to be shot by me?"
"Me me me!" A group of audience members started arguing in the audience.
"Hey Mom, you are so handsome and willful." Tong Zijun was so happy that he waved his hand to drive the player off the stage.
He wasn't worried about the newbie's archery. Anyway, the ones he shot to death were NPCs, so it didn't matter how many of them died.
