Chapter 444: Kids, you still need to practice!
Ye Fan took the microphone handed over by the staff, slowly stood up.
"Since contestant Xu Xianglei wants to inspect, then let him inspect. I have no objections."
Soon, the staff brought Ye Fan's blindfold and mask from just now to Xu Xianglei. He began to examine them with a sullen face, but no matter how he looked, these props seemed to have nothing abnormal.
Time passed minute by minute, second by second. Xu Xianglei's face became increasingly ugly. He looked coldly at Ye Fan in the corner below the stage, questioned: "How on earth did you pass through the maze?"
Facing Xu Xianglei's such direct question, Ye Fan said four words as light as wind and clouds.
"Walked through it."
"Haha..."
In the contestant seating area, laughter was continuous.
"This Ye Fan is quite interesting."
"Can't stop laughing."
"Has strength, has looks, and is so humorous; wow, like him so much!"
"Wake up, he already has a girlfriend, please restrain yourself!"
...
Xu Xianglei's face turned livid, "Of course I know you walked through it. I'm asking why you could be so fast? Could it be you've done similar challenges before?"
"No."
Ye Fan shrugged his shoulders with a blank expression, said lightly and understatedly: "As for why I could be so fast, because…"
Speaking to here, he nodded slightly, pondered and said: "This event, in my opinion, the difficulty is actually not high. It's not as difficult as you all imagine. As long as the memory is precise, there's fundamentally no need for a sense of direction."
"What kind of joke is this?"
Hearing Ye Fan say challenging Maze Mayhem doesn't require a sense of direction, Xu Xianglei sneered continuously, his face full of ridicule, "Without a sense of direction, may I ask how to pass through the maze?"
Not just Xu Xianglei, everyone at the recording site also showed doubt on their faces.
In their view, Maze Mayhem tested precisely the sense of direction, or to put it more sophisticatedly, spatial ability. But Ye Fan's words just now clearly didn't quite fit their cognition.
Jin Jueping picked up the microphone beside his hand, quite curiously spoke up to inquire: "Contestant Ye Fan, this Maze Mayhem event doesn't require a sense of direction, are you serious?"
"Of course."
Ye Fan smiled slightly, nodded towards He Dong, "Host, can you project the initial correct route onto the large screen."
"No problem."
He Dong readily agreed, turned his head and nodded towards the technical staff below the stage to authorize.
The correct route once again appeared on the screen. Ye Fan raised his right hand, "Everyone, take a serious look at this correct route. Each room in the maze is a regular hexagon. This way, one can use angle calculations to determine the direction to adjust after reaching each room."
"That is to say, to challenge this Maze Mayhem event, everyone just needs to remember the correct route, and mentally calculate the turning angle for each room. This way, doesn't it become much simpler?"
The entire venue was deathly silent .
Much simpler...
Seriously?
One minute of memorization time, being able to remember the correct route is already extremely difficult. Where would there be any energy left to calculate the turning angle for each room?
And even if one successfully calculates the turning angle, how to ensure perfectly following the calculated angle when blindfolded?
Pang Yunfei was full of incomprehension. Just as he was preparing to speak, Xia Jiuqi on his right beat him to it.
"Ye Fan, this method you mentioned doesn't seem to work, right?"
"Whether others can do it or not, I'm not clear."
Ye Fan's light tone displayed confidence, "I can."
A strange brilliance flashed in Xia Jiuqi's eyes, praised: "Contestant Ye Fan's confident appearance is quite handsome. If I didn't know you had a girlfriend, perhaps even I would be moved."
One sentence brought the atmosphere on site to a climax.
Just then, Xu Xianglei huffed, said with utter displeasure: "Really laughable. This is the first time I've heard someone say walking through a maze doesn't require a sense of direction. Nonsense!"
Regarding such provocative words, Ye Fan completely didn't take them to heart. Remembering Ning Xi's words after coming offstage just now, his thin lips pursed, "As long as you're happy. But I want to give you a piece of advice."
"What advice?"
"Lost is lost. This can only explain one problem."
"What problem?"
"Little friend, still need to practice!"
"You…"
This conversation made many contestants break their defense, covering their mouths and chuckling secretly.
Ning Xi tilted her head, her eyes blinking lightly, teased inaudibly low: "Gege, arbitrarily using my words, you're very mischievous ~"
Ye Fan smiled humbly, replied in an equally low voice: "Next time I use Xiao Xi's words, will definitely report in advance."
The corners of Ning Xi's eyes curved slightly. She lowered her head a bit, an enchanting red appearing on her fragrant cheeks, "No need to report, authorized to you."
On stage, He Dong's earpiece received the chief director's urging. He quickly walked to Xu Xianglei's front, "Contestant Xu, according to the competition rules, you have now been eliminated. Please go offstage to rest, don't delay the normal recording of the program."
Xu Xianglei's face was ashen . No matter how angry he was in his heart, he also knew the situation was irreversible. He fiercely swung his sleeves, walked offstage without looking back.
At this point, the first stage of the elimination round officially ended.
Memory Jigsaw advanced 44 people, Colorful Dazzle advanced 3 people, Maze Mayhem advanced 1 person, totaling 48 advancing contestants."
"Ka——" (sound of a cut/end of recording)
Past four in the afternoon, the recording ended.
Under the program team's notification, the advancing contestants will continue recording the second elimination round tomorrow. After the second elimination round ends, it will be the team allocation segment.
"Many thanks for informing."
Ye Fan politely nodded towards the staff member in front, watched this staff member leave, turned and held Ning Xi's jade hand, raised his eyebrows at Shen Li, "Almost dinner time. To celebrate the three of us successfully advancing, Xiao Xi and I will treat you to a big meal."
"This suggestion is not bad."
Ning Xi's delicate head nodded lightly, asked softly: "Xiao Li, what kind of dishes do you like?"
"Not eating."
Shen Li glanced at their joined hands, an odd look appearing in her expression, muttered in a low voice: "Already full from eating your dog food , where would I still have an appetite to eat?!"
"Hmm?"
Ye Fan keenly captured the change in Shen Li's attitude, some surprise in his eyes, tentatively asked: "You've… thought it through?"
Shen Li pouted her lips, walked towards the exit. The moment she turned, the brilliance in her eyes rapidly dimmed.
She doesn't want to give up either?
But...
The falling flowers have feelings, the flowing water has no intent!
It's not that just because she likes Ye Fan, Ye Fan has to like her. Many likes have no result.
Liking doesn't necessarily mean possessing. Watching from afar isn't bad either. Life is very long. Liking, being liked, being together; are actually three different things.
Moreover, after interacting with Ning Xi a few times, Shen Li could feel Ning Xi's excellence, so excellent that even she felt she was inferior to the other, and the difference between the two was more than just a little bit.
Since it's like this, then...
Wake up in time, be content with everything!!!!
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