Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 563 - 344: Two Popular Variety Shows, Online Showdown [Part 2]
Nora Scott rushed to catch her flight and hurried out, being sent to the airport by Pedro Langley.
Afterward, she practically became a neglectful girlfriend, and being busy, she barely kept in touch with Pedro Langley.
Meanwhile—
She also had no mind to attend to the fact that two popular variety shows were airing concurrently, which stirred up much attention from netizens.
One was the hit variety show "City Secret," approaching its finale, aired simultaneously on television and streaming websites. This was its second season, having amassed numerous loyal viewers. In this episode’s preview, Nora Scott appeared, piquing the curiosity and expectations of netizens across the country.
The other was a newly aired explosive hit variety show, whose single episode effortlessly surpassed a hundred million views within a week, receiving unanimous acclaim and scoring a high 9.6 on a certain rating site, far surpassing the 9 points of "City Secret."
In just one week, countless netizens scrutinized details, unraveled plotlines, reasoned out story developments, and delved deeply into ancient mechanism techniques... These technical posts swept through all forums, not to mention the gossip posts.
All in all, "Escape Room" boasted formidable quality, explosive reputation, and an unstoppable rise in popularity.
The attention on tonight’s episodes of both programs was unprecedentedly high.
Those with an inclination for gossip, upon learning that "City Secret" and "Escape Room" were competing, began chattering about it, even betting—
Which variety show would dominate the trending lists tonight;
Whether "Escape Room" would steal some of "City Secret’s" thunder due to overlapping airtime;
Whether the new trending queen, Nora Scott, could as an NPC outshine "Escape Room" in popularity and break into the top three trending topics.
...
Thus, under the eager anticipation of netizens, the time smoothly arrived at eight o’clock in the evening.
"Escape Room" updated on time.
Being an online show, there were not many restrictions, and this episode ran for a full ninety minutes, with filming bloopers simultaneously updated.
In the first few minutes of broadcast, due to the massive viewership, there was a brief lag.
Once the opening was smoothly watched, the screen was flooded with the two-character barrage [It’s on].
"Horror Hospital" (Part Two) continued from the previous segment, starting from the chief doctor’s office.
As always, clues were sought based on the room’s arrangement to infer the chief doctor’s basic information. However, with key clues hidden exceptionally well coupled with the periodic appearance of the child NPC, during their frantic search, guests lost several valuable "lives" to the child NPC. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
The further it went, the heavier and tenser the atmosphere became, with several guests visibly out of sorts in the dim, enclosed setting.
The barrage reflected this apprehension——
[Their anxious performance is so real.]
[Every time the child appears, my heart races, it’s terrifying.]
[It’s said to be a script-less show just like "City Secret." I didn’t believe it at first, but now seeing their hysterical states, I have to believe it.]
[Hurry and find it, it’s driving me mad.]
...
Finally, with no other choice, Rosa Sullivan, similarly employed a method, spending half an hour studying the mechanism and unexpectedly unlocked it again successfully.
[Ding—Congratulations! Your purchased cheat is here.]
[What’s this girl’s Twitter? I want to follow her. Awesome, just awesome.]
[I was so tense I almost died, but seeing the girl push open the door, I laughed to death. Looking at the close-up of the guests, they were all stunned.]
[Once again singing praises for the girl. Stunning, low-key, and capable. Her first appearance on a variety show was commendable.]
...
The subsequent development of the program brought waves of excitement over each other.
Just as they stepped out, the chief doctor immediately resurrected, launching a direct attack on the guests and taking out several.
Guests scattered everywhere with some running to the hallways, others retreating to the chief doctor’s office, and some locking themselves in the child’s ward, resulting in the three NPCs resurrecting simultaneously with screams reverberating.
When this chaotic "battle" ended, each guest had less than two lives left.
That is to say, some guests, if eliminated once more, would be out, unable to participate in the subsequent games and puzzles.
The audience was anxious, appealing through a barrage of [Protect them], and prompting the production team to [Have mercy][Take it easy].
But since it wasn’t live, the production team didn’t "take it easy."
Eliminate when elimination is due, scare when scaring is due.
The guests continued solving puzzles, continued activating NPCs, continued being physically and mentally tormented.
In the end, only Rosa Sullivan and one male guest remained. Through their joint efforts, they successfully cracked the final mechanism, escaping intact.
This episode wasn’t as thrilling and humorous as the previous one; due to the presence of the NPCs, both the audience and guests were on edge. The guests had no mind for humor, and the audience focused solely on the unfolding developments——
