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    There was a burst of whispers on the field.

    Qiao Qiao stood relatively back and saw from a distance that the man who had just stepped out of the queue fell down, but he didn’t know exactly what happened.She really thought she was cooperating with Red Beak (Qiao Qiao gave him a more appropriate nickname), and she also wondered why she was lying on the ground even though she was cooperating.

    Most of the people around him were also confused and stretched their heads to look forward. However, the people on the ground did not have any injuries or bleeding. Apart from maintaining a weird posture, they really looked like they had fainted.

    On the stage, the red-beaked man walked to the stiff corpse and squatted down, and checked the pulse with his hand.

    “Perfect.” He clapped his hands and stood up, even making a wisecrack, “This is the first time this device has been used on a human being. I will be very embarrassed if it doesn’t succeed.”

    However, no one laughed because of this, and the whole place was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

    “Let me first introduce the background of the development of this device.” Red Beak changed the subject. “The most complaints we received in the last insect fighting competition were about the death method of the ‘Cricket’. Many guests felt that the picture was too bloody – of course, this has something to do with the poor selection of the theme of the previous year – which caused damage to their children’s souls. In order to protect these underage guests, we temporarily decided to make a small improvement in the death method.”

    He pressed a certain button, and a three-dimensional view of the collar appeared on the large screen behind him.

    “We have embedded a high-voltage electric shock device in the collar. When you are eliminated, the high-voltage electricity will flow through your body in an instant, burning your brain into a ball of coke. But don’t worry, this process is very fast, less than a second, and you will die before you even have time to feel the pain. Just like him -” Red Beak kicked the man lying on the ground, “Look, it’s very peaceful.”

    The audience was in an uproar.

    No one thought that the man actually died, or in such a despicable way – dying to show off the collar, even worse than a dog.Qiao Qiao heard a female voice crying, and someone was shouting to go home, saying that they were tricked and that he didn’t know anything.

    Qiao Qiao lowered her eyes. She also felt shocked and scared, but she had come to this point. Useless emotional consumption would only waste time. If she had this energy, it would be better to think about how to survive next.

    “You are very special.” The tall girl next to him said, “It’s rare for a newcomer to be so calm.”

    Qiao Qiao smiled bitterly: “Otherwise, what else can you do? Cry, make trouble, and hang yourself?”

    The girl smiled and stretched out her hand: “Call me Ah Qing.”

    Qiao Qiao shook hands with her and told her his name, but he didn’t tell her his real name. He just told her to call her Xiao Qiao.

    After exchanging names, the distance between the two became much closer. Qiao Qiao took advantage of the situation and asked: “From what you just said, isn’t this your first time competing?”

    “Well, counting this time it’s the third time.”

    Qiao Qiao was very surprised: “Is it forced?”

    “No.” Ah Qing shook his head, “Voluntarily.”

    She didn’t say much, and Qiao Qiao didn’t ask much. Just as Red Beak on the stage spoke again, the two stopped chatting and looked at the stage together.

    “Is there anyone else who wants to withdraw from the competition?” Red Beak spread his hands, “Paradise Island is very free and democratic. We will not hinder anyone’s choice. For everyone who withdraws, we will send you home safely.”

    It’s just that it’s not certain which home I’ll go back to.

    Having learned from the past, no one dared to stand up no matter how commotion the crowd was. Red Beak was very satisfied. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

    “Since no one has withdrawn from the game, let’s officially start. Let me introduce the rules of the game first -”

    Red Beak was about to press the button in his hand when suddenly a beautiful piano sound came from deep in the cave.

    The sound of the piano was extremely beautiful, tinkling, tinkling, as clear as water, as noble as clouds. Qiao Qiao couldn’t tell what kind of instrument it was, but she had never heard such a beautiful tone and melody in her life. It was like listening to fairy music. In just a few seconds, her body and mind were washed by the music, as if she had fallen into a natural spring, not to mention feeling comfortable.

    Red Beak whispered “Heavenly Father” and hurriedly knelt down on the ground. As he knelt down, everyone on the field knelt down like dominoes.

    Qiao Qiao also knelt down, and she knelt down willingly without resisting at all. It was as natural as eating and drinking. She didn’t even feel anything was wrong.

    “My people.”

    An extremely familiar voice penetrated Qiao Qiao’s ears, which suddenly woke her up from her dazed state. As if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her, Qiao Qiao subconsciously raised her head to find the whereabouts of her Heavenly Father.

    “Are you crazy?!” Ah Qing nudged her with his elbow, “Don’t look up!”

    Qiao Qiao lowered his head in a hurry, but his heart was filled with turmoil. What’s going on?She couldn’t hear it wrong, wasn’t that Jian Baiyou’s voice?Why do Heavenly Father and Jian Baiyou have the same voice???

    “God is with you.”

    Qiao Qiao heard it clearly this time. It was indeed Jian Baiyou’s voice. If she had not been so sure before, but now that she came to Paradise Island and lived under the same roof with Jian Baiyou, if she couldn’t even distinguish this sound, it would be a waste of her ears.

    However, if you listen carefully, you can still find that there is a difference. Although the voice is the same, Jian Baiyou speaks carelessly and lazily. He has never used such a tone that makes people’s skin crawl all over.

    She was thinking wildly here, and Heavenly Father also completed a series of blessing ceremonies. After a while, the music sounded from near to far, and Red Beak sang hymns loudly. Qiao Qiao knew that Heavenly Father should leave.

    Everyone then stood up one after another, and Qiao Qiao also climbed up. She still didn’t understand why she knelt down, but Paradise Island was an abnormal place to begin with, and it was useless to think too much.

    “Thank you just now.” She thanked Ah Qing. “If you hadn’t reminded me, I would have been in big trouble.”

    Ah Qing stared at her: “Is this really your first time here?”

    Qiao Qiao immediately raised three fingers: “It’s a lie, and there’s no point in pretending to be a newbie.”

    “That’s true.” Ah Qing nodded, “And I have a very good memory. If I had seen you before, I wouldn’t forget it. But how could you resist the first time you came -”

    She glanced around cautiously and whispered: “How can you resist the voice of Heavenly Father?”

    Qiao Qiao was startled: “Resist? Is there really something wrong with that sound?”

    “Yeah.” Ah Qing pressed her index finger to her lips to signal her to stop speaking, “His voice and the sounds of the piano may have been specially processed and mixed with a sound wave that can cause hints to the human brain. I have listened to it many times, so I can stay sane. Most people will get lost in this kind of sound for the first time.”

    Qiao Qiao scratched his head: “You may not believe it, but Heavenly Father’s voice is so similar to the voice of a friend of mine. When I hear it, I think of him. It’s so funny.”

    “How old is your friend?”

    “Uh…” Qiao Qiao found out awkwardly that she really didn’t know Jian Baiyou’s specific age, “Probably in her twenties, probably no more than twenty-five.”

    “It is said that our Heavenly Father is one hundred and sixty-seven years old.”

    Qiao Qiao’s eyes widened: “This is impossible. Is one hundred and sixty-seven still a human being? The Guinness World Record is only over one hundred and forty years old. Besides, that voice doesn’t sound like a centenarian…”

    “It is said that Heavenly Father has a way to rejuvenate people.” Ah Qing said, “I think this is true.”

    “It’s impossible, it’s impossible.” Qiao Qiao shook his head repeatedly, “The world is materialistic. Just like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, people will age and die. These are all natural laws. So many emperors in ancient times exhausted their manpower and material resources and failed to achieve immortality. How could he do it? Most of them are religious myths fabricated to consolidate their rule.”

    Ah Qing: “Paradise Island holds an insect fighting competition every year. The winning cricket can get a wish, and the cricket owner can get a reward from Heavenly Father. Have you ever thought about what kind of reward can make these guests tempted?”

    Qiao Qiao was speechless for a moment.

    At this time, Red Beak also finished singing the hymn. He stood up and praised the love of Heavenly Father before finally getting to the point.

    “The mini-game is very simple. Although you are from different countries and speak different languages, you must have played this game before.”

    Multiple languages appeared side by side on the screen, with a line of Chinese in the middle:

    “Hide and seek.”

    It’s really a game that everyone knows how to play.

    “I don’t need to introduce the rules anymore, right?” Red Beak started making witticisms that were not funny at all. “As long as you don’t get caught by ghosts, you can break dance without any problem. There is no time limit in the game. It will end automatically after half of the people are eliminated. Do you understand?”

    There was a small commotion among the people in the audience, and everyone started to look around. If you were playing in this cave, there would be too limited places to hide.

    “Haha, don’t be nervous. The game venue is not here. Playing here is not hide and seek but a battle royale.”

    The three-dimensional view of the collar appeared on the screen again, but this time there was a red circle on the image, marking a button on the collar.

    Qiao Qiao had known that there was a button there. She had pressed it several times out of curiosity, but there was no response. She thought it was decorative and never bothered with it.

    “Press this button and you will be transported to the play area.”

    Qiao Qiao glanced sideways at Ah Qing, who shook her head, meaning that she didn’t know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

    Someone next to him pressed down impatiently. Qiao Qiao watched as his body trembled, and then he stood still as if in a daze.

    Ah Qing put his hand on the man’s pulse and waited for a while: “He’s not dead.”

    More and more people around him were in a daze, and there was no response even when they were tickling or kicking him. Qiao Qiao felt a little unbelievable: “Is this virtual reality?”

    Ah Qing: “What is virtual reality?”

    “Oops, no time to explain! We have to hurry in and grab a seat!” Qiao Qiao said while pressing the button on the collar.

    A strange electric current coursed through her body, her vision went dark, and she found herself standing in front of a huge amusement park.

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