Chapter 462 Qianye and the Stars
Jin Hao is the guy with glasses. Hearing He Dong's teasing words, caught between laughter and tears , he raised his hand and pointed at Ye Fan and Ning Xi on the other side, "Teacher He, encountering these two, no matter who it is, probably wouldn't be happy, right?"
Zhao Fang nodded along, bitterly raised his hand and looked at the ceiling of the recording studio, "Hope they go easy."
Such silly reactions made He Dong's face full of smiles. He comforted: "Being able to battle contestants Ye Fan and Ning Xi is a rare opportunity. Don't be so pessimistic. After all, in a competition, no one knows what will happen. You must be confident."
After comforting, He Dong looked to the other side, smiled and said: "Never thought Jiuqi would directly send you two up. Look how scared you've made others?"
Ye Fan nodded slightly, "Teacher He, isn't it time to announce the competition event and rules?"
He Dong laughed heartily, got down to business.
"Relay race. The first event is "Thousand Leaves", the second event is "Myriad Stars". Please have the large screen display the event rules."
Rows of text appeared on the large screen on site.
"Thousand Leaves" Event Rules: One thousand leaves on site. Four guest judges will each select one leaf for the contestants to observe. Observation time is five minutes. After the science assistants return the four leaves to their original positions, contestants please find the four correct answers among the one thousand leaves.
"Myriad Stars" Event Rules: The large screen will randomly generate a star chart. The host will eliminate one star from it. Contestants need to circle the eliminated star to answer correctly.
Note: The second event can only begin after the first event is completed. This is a relay competition. The one with the shorter total time for both events wins.
Ning Xi's little finger poked Ye Fan's palm, "Gege, both events test observation skills. Which one do you want to challenge?"
Hearing this, Ye Fan found it extremely amusing, instinctively wanted to ruffle this girl's head.
But Ning Xi was already prepared. At the same time Ye Fan raised his hand, she had already pulled away from him by more than a meter, quite vigilantly reminded in a small voice: "Gege, we're recording a program, you know? You… don't mess around!"
"Cough cough——"
Ye Fan smiled sheepishly , shrugged his shoulders, "Habit, habit, sorry."
Seeing this, Ning Xi secretly pouted her lips, stood back beside Ye Fan, "Not allowed to mess around."
"As you command."
Ye Fan stared at the screen for several seconds, spoke gently: "Xiao Xi, the second event for you, I'll go first."
Ning Xi's delicate head nodded slightly. Her small hand tugged Ye Fan's finger, didn't say anything more.
Whatever Ye Fan said, she would do.
As for the other side, Wang Hao and Zhao Fang, after seeing the competition rules, their faces pulled long like a donkey's.
"Um… Zhao Fang, can you go first?"
"Why don't you go first? Damn, that's a thousand leaves, I can't handle it."
"You can't handle it, can I handle it then? Your ranking is higher than mine, naturally you have to do the more difficult event."
"Hey, just because my ranking is high, I have to challenge the difficult event?"
Before the competition even started, internal strife (内讧 - nèihòng / internal conflict) had already begun.
Regarding the first event "Thousand Leaves", the two's thoughts were surprisingly consistent.
Let the other person do it!
In the rules for the second event, although it didn't say the number of stars in the star chart, presumably it definitely wouldn't exceed a thousand. And compared to leaves, stars only required remembering their positions. The difficulty was completely not on the same level.
Noticing the two who were at loggerheads start arguing, He Dong quickly walked over, reminded in a low voice: "Discuss properly. You two are now a whole. Honor for one is honor for all, loss for one is loss for all."
Saying this, he pointed at Ye Fan and Ning Xi on the other side who were getting along harmoniously, "Learn from them. Isn't it just allocating an event? If it really doesn't work, you can use rock-paper-scissors to decide."
Instantly, both Wang Hao's and Zhao Fang's eyes lit up.
"Just use this method to decide."
"Okay, best two out of three!"
He Dong: "…"
He just said it casually, never ever expected the two would actually do this.
Two… comical fellows!
Thus, a dramatic scene appeared on stage. On the dignified stage of Brain Ladder, contestants actually used rock-paper-scissors to decide challenge events. The camera teacher very mischievously gave their hands a close-up. As for whether it would be cut out later, that was unknown.
Final result: Jin Hao challenges the first event, Zhao Fang challenges the second.
Following He Dong's announcement, Ning Xi and Zhao Fang retreated to the side of the stage. Before long, a prop wall more than ten meters long appeared on stage. Leaves were placed on the wall, their sizes almost identical.
This situation made Jin Hao's feet feel cold.
Finding four correct answers from a thousand leaves. The most crucial thing is the memorization time is only a short five minutes.
Is this possible?
Nervous (虚 - xū / empty, implies nervous/lacking confidence)!
Very nervous!!!
Ye Fan, however, had no reaction, silently waiting for the competition to begin.
After the props team finished preparing, He Dong beckoned towards the two. After the two stood on his left and right sides, he asked with a smile: "Seeing this wall of leaves, do the two contestants have anything to say to each other?"
Ye Fan nodded at Jin Hao, "Please give guidance."
When it was Jin Hao's turn, he struggled to utter four words in response, "Go easy on me ."
Before the competition even began, he had already fallen into a disadvantage.
In the rest room.
Xia Jiuqi's face was full of worry, "Feels like this event is so difficult, is it my illusion?"
"No."
Shen Li spoke first, her face full of solemnity as she stared at the TV screen, "This Thousand Leaves event is indeed very difficult, at least I don't have much confidence."
The other three nodded repeatedly. If Shen Li couldn't, they definitely couldn't.
This time, Xia Jiuqi was even more worried, muttered to herself: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have sent Ye Fan and Ning Xi out in the first group."
The corner of Shen Li's mouth twitched lightly.
The expressions of the other three were also quite odd. What these words meant, even a fool could understand.
Two words—— heart-stabbing!
Realizing her slip of the tongue, Xia Jiuqi quickly tried to salvage it with a laugh, "Everyone, don't misunderstand, I was just kidding."
"…"
On stage.
The four guest judges went on stage, each selected a leaf and placed it in the observation area. After everything was ready, the science assistant removed the blindfolds and headphones for Ye Fan and Jin Hao.
"Two contestants, please note, observation begins!"
Four leaves appeared on the screens in front of the two. The countdown on the large screen also began accordingly.
Ye Fan looked for less than a minute, then closed his eyes.
Looking like, seems to be resting with closed eyes .
Actually, it was indeed so.
On the other side, Jin Hao was still observing, afraid of missing any detail, determined not to let go of any detail. But little did he know, he himself had already walked into the biggest misunderstanding.
Memorizing static objects only requires remembering several features, or even just one feature. The more features remembered, the less ideal the effect.
"Observation time is up. Two contestants, listen to my command. Three, two, one; challenge begins!"