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

Zheng Kai jumped up on the spot, clenched his fists, and roared to the sky.

"I won! Five seconds! Five seconds!"

Before Chen Yang could react, he turned and rushed out.

He was running and counting down in his mouth.

"Five! Four! Three! Two! One!"

It landed with a thud.

The sound of bells rang out behind them.

Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong...

Zheng Kai ran for his life, running through corridors, around corners, and past every exit he could see.

But the sound of bells lingered behind me like a nightmare, neither too close nor too far, closing the distance with every step.

Seven seconds.

A hand came to rest on his shoulder.

Zheng Kai was pinned down by that force, and the inertia propelled his body forward half a step, causing him to stumble.

Hiss.

The sound of name tags being torn off was particularly jarring in the empty corridor.

Zheng Kai's knees buckled, and he collapsed to the ground, lying face up.

"Impossible... Brother, are you a leopard?... How could you run so fast!"

The loudspeaker came on.

"Zheng Kai, OUT."

Zheng Kai...OUT...OUT...OUT...

The prison doors were pushed open again.

Liu Xiang came in first.

He waved to the crowd with a wry smile.

"Don't ask, I can't take it head-on. One hand is enough to lock me down."

Shen Teng handed him a bottle of water.

"Brother Xiang, you're a sprinter!"

Liu Xiang unscrewed the cap of his water bottle and took a big gulp.

"Even a superhuman can't help; that person is unreasonable."

He had only been sitting down for two minutes when the door opened again.

Zheng Kai was led in by a staff member.

He looked like a wilted eggplant, his eyes were vacant, and his legs were still trembling.

Chen He was the first to jump up.

"Kai Kai! You got torn too?!"

Zheng Kai slumped into a chair, his voice hoarse.

"That bell-ringer... he chased me... I ran at full speed... he caught up in seven seconds..."

"Seven seconds?!" Chen He's eyes widened.

He caught up with me in seven seconds.

The room was silent for three seconds.

Baby leaned over and patted Zheng Kai on the shoulder.

"Brother Kai, I'm going to tell you something that might make you even more devastated."

Zheng Kai looked up at her.

"The one with the bell is Director Chen."

Zheng Kai's expression froze.

Liu Xiang stopped holding the water bottle near his mouth.

The two of them were stunned at the same time.

"...Director Chen? Our chief director?"

"Yes." Baby nodded seriously.

Zheng Kai's head snapped back and slammed against the back of the chair.

"That's it, I've lost all confidence. How am I supposed to be the speedster on the show now? The director is faster than me, who's going to believe that?"

Shen Teng slowly added insult to injury from the side.

"Not only does he run faster than you, he can also hold Brother Xiang down with one hand. Don't you think this director was born into the wrong family?"

Five people sat in a row on chairs, like five mice trapped in a hole by a cat.

Baby suddenly clenched her fist, and her eyes lit up.

"Brother Chen, Brother Chao, and Brother Qiang are still outside! The three of them together should be able to hold out, right?"

Chen He got excited too.

"That's right! Brother Chen's physique isn't much worse than Director Chen's! Three against one, it's a sure thing!"

Shen Teng remained noncommittal.

"I hope so."

The exit of the players' tunnel on the first floor of the Bird's Nest.

Li Chen crouched in the shadows, clutching a piece of paper he had found next to a fire hydrant in the corner.

The faint green light of the emergency light illuminated the writing on the paper.

"When the bell rings, the key follows. The direction of the bell's sound is the direction of the real key."

Li Chen's gaze was fixed on the last sentence.

The direction of the bell sound indicates the direction of the key.

The key is not in its usual location.

The key will move.

The key is with the bell-ringer.

He slowly stood up and stuffed the note into his pocket.

Footsteps came from the side.

Li Chen turned around abruptly, his fists clenched.

"Brother Chen! It's me!"

Deng Chao emerged from the exit of the audience seating aisle, followed by Wang Baoqiang.

The three met in the dimly lit passageway.

Deng Chao was panting heavily and lowered his voice.

"It's just the three of us left outside. Xiang Ge got torn up, and Kai Kai is gone too. You all heard the announcement, right?"

Li Chen nodded.

Wang Baoqiang looked serious, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"Who exactly is that bell-ringer? Can't I beat him by myself?"

"Don't even think about it alone." Deng Chao shook his head. "Even when Xiang Ge and I went together, we couldn't hold on. That guy's strength is abnormal."

Li Chen was silent for two seconds before handing over the note in his hand.

Deng Chao took it and looked at it under the emergency light.

His eyes slowly widened.

"Is the key on him?"

"So the rule is this: if you want to open the box and get the medal, you have to tear off his name tag."

The three of them exchanged a glance.

Deng crumpled the note into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket.

"It doesn't matter whether it's the red team or the green team."

Li Chen nodded.

"Three against one".

Wang Baoqiang was eager to get started.

"Okay. I'll charge ahead."

Central control room.

Zhang Lei stared at the four split-screen monitors, his mouth agape.

Su Xiao stood behind him, the execution script in her hand turned to the last page filled with notes.

"They've formed an alliance," Zhang Lei said, his voice a little dry.

Su Xiao put the script on the table.

"From terrifying oppression to humorous rock-paper-scissors, and finally to the formation of a three-person alliance. What do you think the ratings will be for this episode?"

Zhang Lei did not answer.

He dared not answer.

Because when he said the number he had in mind, even he himself felt crazy.

On the screen, the figures of three people are moving along the first-floor passage towards the main stadium lawn.

Li Chen walked at the front, his steps steady.

Deng Chao was on the left, his eyes sharp.

Wang Baoqiang is on the right, leaning slightly forward with his center of gravity low.

The three walked out of the passageway and stepped onto the lawn of the Bird's Nest main stadium.

The empty oval stadium stood silent in the night, with 17,000 empty seats in the stands stretching to the horizon.

Moonlight streamed through the gaps in the steel structure of the dome, casting streaks of silver light across the lawn.

The three people stopped in their tracks.

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

then.

The deepest part of the players' tunnel.

A crisp metallic clang rang out softly and unhurriedly.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

A black figure emerged from the darkness at the entrance of the passage.

The moonlight shone on the mask, outlining its cold silhouette.

The bells at her ankles rang out with a clear, crisp sound with each step she took.

Not in a hurry, not slowly.

Take it easy.

Li Chen clenched his fist, the muscles on his forearm taut like steel cables.

Deng Chao pursed his lips, his gaze fixed on that figure.

Wang Baoqiang lowered his center of gravity, pushed off the ground with both feet, and was ready to launch himself at any moment.

Three against one.

The bell-ringer stopped at the edge of the lawn.

The moonlight and shadow met on him, and the eyes revealed beneath the mask calmly swept over the three people.

There was no backing down.

No hesitation.

Ding-dong.

He took another step forward.

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P.S.: Happy May Day everyone! The holiday is already halfway over!

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