The man in the middle showed no anger at all, smiling in agreement: “Yeah, it’s obvious someone’s trying to drag us down.”
The red-haired man immediately exploded again upon realizing the remark was aimed at him: “Hey! You!”
Woman.
At this moment, Su Yan slightly widened her eyes, putting away her spectator expression as she looked to the left, where suddenly appeared a person wearing a long pink dress.
Actually, calling this person a woman was a bit of a stretch, because there was no way to tell their gender.
Su Yan was simply judging based on the pink dress.
Why couldn’t she tell the other’s gender?
Because although this person had a beautifully intricate bun hairstyle and wore a pink long dress adorned with vintage patterns, reminiscent of a cheongsam, their face had no facial features at all.
A completely blank face, shining under the light, approached them with a seductive sway.
Her dress was very long—Su Yan noticed it was already dragging on the ground, feeling somewhat out of place and covering the Faceless Lady’s lower body.
With the appearance of the Faceless Person, the show officially began.
“Oh? Today’s the Faceless Lady!”
“She’s still this flashy, I like it~”
“That’s the ‘Confucian Merchant’!”
“Wow! Today we actually get to see the ‘Confucian Merchant’ who hasn’t appeared for a long time?”
“Ahhhhh, didn’t he already retire?”
“Big shot! No, no, no, ancient god!”
“Honestly, you guys don’t have to be this excited; doesn’t he come out once or twice every now and then?”
“Wuwuwu, I’m so moved, finally some new material!”
“My Confucian God must have some style!”
“Confucian Merchant! Confucian Merchant! Confucian Merchant!”
Back at the scene, everyone was shocked the moment they saw that figure.
After all, the Faceless Person was truly bizarre, far beyond common understanding.
Although the hosts usually looked strange too, they were still quite different from humans.
To the guests, those hosts were just oddly shaped aliens.
But today’s Faceless Lady was different.
Aside from having no face, she looked exactly like a human.
The same figure, the same hairstyle, the same clothes.
Facing such a creature that was so human-like yet not human, the uncanny valley effect naturally sparked fear among the crowd.
“A ghost!”
A girl screamed, stepping back in fright.
Upon hearing this, the Faceless Person who had been moving forward slowly suddenly stopped.
Su Yan immediately felt a bad premonition; the aura around the Faceless Lady seemed murderous.
Sure enough, in the next second, a horror movie scene unfolded.
The Faceless Lady’s previously slender waist suddenly broadened and stretched wildly, and in an instant, it bent like an arching bridge, with that featureless face curving right in front of the screaming girl.
Because the face bent from above, it was upside down when it reached the girl.
Of course, for a face without features, being right side up or upside down probably made no difference.
But that didn’t lessen the terror she felt; it only intensified it.
The girl let out another piercing scream, collapsing on the ground shaking uncontrollably, retreating step by step.
Su Yan felt she might faint at any moment.
The Faceless Lady exuded pure malice, advancing step by step towards the girl but deliberately holding back, wanting to watch her struggle in fear.
“Wuwuwu, don’t come near me!”
The girl’s face was deathly pale, her eyes wide open so Su Yan could even see the bloodshot veins.
Fine beads of sweat dotted her forehead—she looked absolutely terrified.
The “Confucian Merchant” shifted his gaze and moved his leg, taking a small step forward, then suddenly stopped.
The reason was another figure had already taken a big step forward before him.
Su Yan quickly stepped in front of the girl: “Hosts can’t deliberately scare guests like this, right?”
Her tone was righteous, but Su Yan sighed silently inside.
She didn’t want to take the lead; she wasn’t some saint, barely managing her own affairs, and had no energy to look after a stranger.
But the reality was she had to intervene, as the girl seemed close to fainting.
Of course, if it weren’t for that, Su Yan probably wouldn’t have cared even if the girl was on the brink of death.
After all, the first to stick out always gets shot at.
Even if she was confident the Faceless Person wouldn’t harm her, she wasn’t willing to risk her own safety.
But as the red-haired man said, the guests this time probably wouldn’t fight each other.
If the guests were to get along, cooperation might be necessary.
More people meant greater strength, and if it was a cooperative game, losing a teammate at the start would definitely increase the difficulty significantly.
Hearing this, the Faceless Lady turned her head upright and said in a voice that seemed to come from nowhere, “Oh? You’re standing up for this rude fellow?”
Su Yan shook her head.
“Not standing up for anyone. I’m just reminding you not to break the rules.”
Although she didn’t know the exact rules of the hosts, it was obvious they were not allowed to directly harm guests; otherwise, the game wouldn’t make sense.
The Faceless Lady’s voice sounded coquettish, like an innocent young maiden, but her words lacked innocence: “But I didn’t hurt her, did I? I just wanted her to see clearly—I’m not a ghost.”
“But you scared her.”
Su Yan said calmly, “I don’t think you want to affect our game or the show’s performance, right?”
“Tsk, ‘Yan Jing,’ huh?”
The Faceless Lady sounded a little displeased, then her voice turned playful: “Oh my, a somewhat famous guest. I’ll give you some face, so make sure to do well later!”
At this, the audience who saw this little episode all went to search for information on Su Yan.
“A guest with a hundred thousand followers, she must be in the top 50%, right?”
“Then she’s done for. The Faceless Lady will definitely target her.”
“This is a free performance bonus!”
“Not necessarily, she’s a newbie with a starter gift pack and a couple of tricks.”
“The Faceless Lady is pretty strong; wonder if she’ll get to show off this time.”
“Looking forward to the Confucian Merchant’s performance!”
After hearing the Faceless Lady’s words, Su Yan sighed internally.
She was already in the top 50% of fans.
According to Xiao Ya’s earlier introduction, although she earned much more money after each victory, she also had to face the production team’s targeting.
Obviously, the Faceless Lady had noticed her now.
“Well then…”
The Faceless Lady’s waist rapidly shortened, and she returned to her normal shape.
“Let’s take a look at the game rules.”
With that, she waved her hand, and a paper displaying the rules appeared above them.
Su Yan helped the girl who was still on the ground to her feet without waiting for thanks, then immediately read the rules.
Wooden Figure, Don’t Move
The host sits on a wooden stump, six guests stand at the starting line of the track.
Once the game begins, guests can rush forward.
When any guest touches the host, everyone runs back, and the host starts chasing.
Reaching the starting line means safety.
If anyone is caught along the way, all guests fail.
If all surviving guests are safe, the surviving guests win the round.
During advancement, whenever the host shouts “Wooden Figure, Don’t Move,” the guests must freeze completely.
Anyone who moves must return to the starting line.
The game is best two out of three rounds.
Host restrictions: The host must wait at least two seconds between commands.
Each turn lasts at most one minute.
Guest restrictions: No forfeits allowed in this game.
Aside from the last two restrictions, the rest of the rules were exactly like a regular game of Wooden Figure.
After understanding the rules, Su Yan focused on that last guest restriction.
The host’s limitations clearly favored the guests and prevented cheating, such as the host constantly shouting “Wooden Figure, Don’t Move,” freezing them indefinitely.
As for the guest restriction, Su Yan found it strange.
What use was forbidding forfeits?
In a harmless game like this, who would choose to quit?
Although puzzled, she couldn’t come up with any other explanation.
Frowning, Su Yan stepped to the starting line.
All six stood on their respective tracks; Su Yan was on track three.
At the same time, the Faceless Lady sat on the wooden stump.
She tilted her head oddly towards Su Yan and the others, then turned her back on them.
A system notification sounded in each guest’s ear:
Ding, the game begins.
As soon as the sound rang out, the red-haired man on track two dashed out like a charging horse.
Being a young and athletic male, his explosive power was impressive.
Within seconds, he had already sprinted five or six meters.
But in the next second, a row of sharp spikes suddenly burst from the once flat track two.
The spikes were extremely sharp and appeared so unexpectedly.
Unprepared, the man stumbled over the spikes due to momentum and fell forward straight onto them.
Everything happened too suddenly, and Su Yan and the others were too far to save him.
They could only watch helplessly as the man’s face hit the spikes hard.
Blood spilled instantly.
The scene was undeniably gruesome.
The sharp spikes pierced the man’s brain, glinting dark red in the sunlight.
He probably had no hope of survival.
Blood pooled around, mixed with white brain matter spilling out.
His body lay motionless on the track.
“Ah!”
The girl on track four—the one scared earlier by the Faceless Lady—screamed, utterly terrified.
Seeing the filthy, bloody scene, her eyes rolled back, and she turned to vomit violently.
Su Yan couldn’t help but look away, closing her eyes briefly.
She was generally a calm person, but this scene still stirred anger within her.
What the hell?
At the very least, shouldn’t the rules warn that the track would have dangers?
Saying nothing at all—it’s like they were deliberately setting them up.
She thought she had learned her lesson from earlier rule issues, yet here she was stumbling again because of rule problems.
She took a deep breath.
Such things were truly hard to guard against.
From now on, she would have to be extremely careful.