Rebirth 09: Starting from taking charge of Running Man on CCTV

He waved to the three people.

Four heads huddled together in the water.

Shen Teng lowered his voice.

"Li Chen, Zheng Kai, spread your legs and stand in a lunge position."

"The underwater tiles are slippery; a lunge stance is more stable than standing with legs together."

Congratulations!

Chen He looked up.

"Close your eyes this time."

"What?"

"Close your eyes. Don't look, don't listen, and don't pay attention to what Deng Chao says or does."

Shen Teng looked at him.

"You just need to feel the force in your feet, and then push upwards."

"Leave the rest to your body."

Chen He swallowed hard.

Then he nodded.

"OK."

He stepped on Li Chen's shoulder.

This time, Li Chen's legs were spread wide apart underwater, and his center of gravity was extremely low.

Zheng Kai firmly gripped Chen He's ankle from the other side.

Shen Teng stood behind Li Chen, supporting his lower back with both hands, acting as a third point of support.

The three people formed a stable triangular base.

"Close your eyes," Shen Teng said.

Chen He closed his eyes.

In the darkness, he could feel the weight on his shoulders beneath his feet.

It's stable.

Three meters away, Deng Chao opened his mouth, about to speak.

Wang Baoqiang pulled him up from the side.

"Brother Chao, stop messing around, let them pass."

Deng Chao glanced at Wang Baoqiang's serious expression, then at the tense state of the four members of the Green Team in the water.

He grunted and didn't move.

"Jump!"

Li Chen growled.

His shoulder suddenly jutted upwards.

Chen He kicked his leg.

His body bounced up.

There were no screams.

There was no screaming.

With his eyes closed, he spread his limbs like a toad and swept over the bar in an extremely awkward but highly effective manner.

My belly is rubbing against the pole.

The crossbar shook violently.

Sway to the left.

Sway to the right.

Everyone stopped breathing.

It shook three times.

It didn't fall off.

"Passed!!!"

Zheng Kai was the first to shout it out.

Chen He plunged into the water with a "plop," and when he surfaced, his eyes were finally open.

"Did you pass?"

"Passed!"

"Really passed?!"

"It's over!!"

Shen Teng leaned against the pool wall, a slight smile curving his lips.

"The Toad Style Kung Fu truly lives up to its name."

Chen He jumped up in the water.

"Never mind the posture! If it's a pass, it's a pass!"

He gave a fist bump towards the red team's direction.

"Deng Chao! Your plot has failed!"

Deng rolled his eyes.

"I'll try something new next time."

"you!"

"Alright." Chen Yang's loudspeaker blared, "Green team, 1.8 meters clear."

"Red team, go!"

The Red Team's lineup is obvious.

Liu Xiang and Wang Baoqiang squatted underwater to serve as a base.

Deng was supporting the baby.

One of them is an Olympic champion, and the other has a background in Shaolin Kung Fu.

Just looking at the configuration of this base, it's not even in the same league as the Green Team.

Baby stands between the two, ready to be put on the shelves.

She took a deep breath and patted her face.

"I can do it."

Deng Chao stood beside her, encouraging her.

"Baby, don't worry, Brother Xiang and Baoqiang are supporting you, you're very stable."

"Um!"

Baby stepped on Liu Xiang's shoulders.

Just then.

The green team has begun its counterattack.

Shen Teng walked to the steps closest to the pool without anyone noticing.

He had half his body above water, holding a large megaphone in his hand.

Nobody knows where he got it from.

He shook his head.

He shook his head.

Then, facing Liu Xiang in the water, he opened his throat and sang in an extremely off-key, extremely obnoxious, and extremely mentally polluting tone.

"There's only one mother in the world who is good—"

"A child with a mother is a treasure—"

That tune.

One section higher and one section lower.

Each note is half a key apart.

Coupled with Shen Teng's expressionless face and rhythmic head shaking, its destructive power was practically on par with a biological weapon.

"Snuggling into Mom's arms—"

"Happiness is endless."

The last "了" was dragged out for a full three seconds, with a tremolo.

Baby was laughing so hard on Liu Xiang's shoulder that her whole body was swaying.

"Stop...stop singing...I'm going to get a stitch..."

Wang Baoqiang gritted his teeth underwater, his shoulders trembling.

It's not that we can't hold on.

He was trying not to laugh.

But Liu Xiang.

Not moving.

He crouched underwater, holding Baby's ankles with both hands, as steady as a stone sculpture.

His shoulders were as flat as a tabletop.

Breathing evenly.

Look ahead.

The mental fortitude of Olympic champions cannot be shaken by the humor in variety shows.

Shen Teng sang from the first verse to the second verse.

Liu Xiang didn't even blink.

"Jump," he said.

Baby stopped laughing and gritted her teeth as she kicked her legs.

The body bounced up lightly.

It drew a beautiful arc in the air.

Her waist passed cleanly over the crossbar.

Falling into the water.

The splash was small.

The crossbar stood firmly and steadily, without even a sway.

"Red team cleared 1.8 meters, one pass."

Chen Yang's voice was concise and to the point.

Deng clapped in the water.

"pretty!"

Shen Teng put down the megaphone, his face expressionless.

"Liu Xiang is not a easy person to deal with."

Chen He swam over in the water, looking indignant.

"Brother Teng, your song is awful! How come he didn't even listen to it?"

Shen Teng thought for a moment.

"Maybe his ears have built-in noise cancellation."

"..."

The two teams tied at 1.8 meters.

Chen Yang raised the loudspeaker.

"Both teams, what height do you choose for the next jump?"

Deng did not hesitate.

Two meters.

Li Chen also spoke up.

Two meters.

in unison.

The stagehand walked to the pillar and pushed the crossbar slot upwards.

Little by little.

He is over 1.85 meters tall.

1.9 meters tall.

1.95 meters tall.

It stopped at exactly two meters.

A silver-white horizontal bar hangs above the water.

Under the stadium lights, the pole lay there quietly.

But looking up from the water, that height looks like a wall.

Standing in 1.6 meters of water, the distance from the water surface to the horizontal bar is nearly 2.5 meters.

You have to jump out of the water and flip over that height.

It relies on manpower.

Through cooperation.

By working incredibly hard.

Deng Chao's smile vanished.

He looked up at the crossbar, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Wang Baoqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

"This height... is a bit risky."

Baby bit her lip and didn't say anything.

The green team also fell silent.

Chen He tilted his head back, the shadow of the horizontal bar reflected on his face.

His throat bobbed.

My legs went weak involuntarily in the water.

"Can we skip this?"

Shen Teng stood beside him, unusually silent.

He was also looking at that pole.

His brows were slightly furrowed.

He spoke a few seconds later.

His tone was completely different from before.

There was no laziness.

There was no mockery.

Very serious.

"Simply stepping on someone's shoulders won't get you to that height."

He looked at Li Chen and Zheng Kai.

"The plan must be changed."

"How should we change it?" Li Chen asked.

"throw."

Shen Teng held up one finger.

"It's not about stepping on someone's shoulders to jump up; it's about three people working together to throw someone out of the water."

He gestured with his hand.

"Li Chen and Zheng Kai joined hands underwater, and He He stepped on them."

"Then the three of them exerted force upwards at the same time, launching him out of the water like a cannonball."

Chen He's expression changed after hearing this.

"You mean a human slingshot?"

"almost."

"What if you fall?"

"There's water below."

"But……"

"Hehe." Shen Teng looked at him. "You're the lightest, so only you can fly that height."

Chen He shut his mouth.

He looked up at the two-meter-high horizontal bar.

He looked down at the water again.

Then I looked at Li Chen and Zheng Kai.

Li Chen stood in the water, his gaze calm.

"I can handle it."

Zheng Kai covered his left cheek, which had just been elbowed, but his eyes were full of determination.

"Brother Chen said, just do it."

Chen He swallowed.

My legs are still weak.

But he nodded.

"OK."

He raised his finger and pointed to Deng Chao across from him.

"Nobody is allowed to cause trouble this time. Anyone who does will face my wrath."

Deng Chao chuckled from the other side.

No response.

But his eyes were already scanning the green team's positions.

Chen Yang stood on the referee's platform, gently raising the megaphone in his hand.

"Green team first."

Two meters.

"My first attempt."

"Get ready, shout 'Start'!"

The water surface returned to calm.

Blue lights streamed down from the dome, illuminating the eight people.

Seventeen thousand empty seats silently gazed at the center of the pool.

Chen He stood in front of Li Chen and Zheng Kai.

Head tilted back.

Look at that pole.

Two meters.

His heart was pounding in his ears.