Bibi Dong Chooses Emergency Rescue Theater, Shocking All of Douluo Continent!

["Don't look back, I'm Xiaogang"? Who was Gu Xingzhou saying that to? Tang San?]

[That must be it, but isn't this plot a little too explosive?]

[Could he be tricking Tang San into thinking he's Yu Xiaogang so he'll lower his guard, then hitting him with Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo?]

[That doesn't sound right. Unless Tang San used Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo on Gu Xingzhou too, and this is revenge.]

[What's there to analyze? Isn't this plot pure nonsense? And what does it have to do with Tang San?]

[Looks to me like he's acting alongside Bibi Dong, just like that trip to the Divine Realm with Tang San and Bibi Dong.]

[Gu Xingzhou disguises himself as Yu Xiaogang, stands behind Bibi Dong, and says, "Don't look back, I'm Xiaogang"?]

[But what does Yu Xiaogang have to do with Bibi Dong?]

[Could they know each other?]

[Couldn't it just be that Shameless Gangzi is popular, so the livestream room is messing around?]

[Then how do you explain Bibi Dong's script? "Xiaogang, don't look at me..." They clearly know each other. Maybe they even had a thing?]

[???]

[Have you lost your mind, or have I? That's the pope of Spirit Hall! What's a waste like Gangzi to her? He's over fifty and still stuck at level 29. Forget having a thing with her; he isn't even qualified to know the pope!]

[Watch what you say. The Ordinary Livestream Room might not be able to track you down, but if Spirit Hall hears anyone spreading rumors about Her Holiness, it won't let them off.]

[Ha, trying to scare your daddy? I just won't say it outside this room. Go on, find your daddy in the Ordinary Livestream Room if you can!]

[Are you going to blame everyone for what one or two people say?]

[One minute remaining. Both actors, please choose your scripts as soon as possible.]

[If time runs out, this livestream room will choose the most anticipated of the three scripts according to the audience's wishes.]

[Fifty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-seven...]

[Elite Livestream Room]

[Ning Rongrong: Huh? Th-this show is that intense?]

[Ning Rongrong: That's terrifying! It's the first time they've put a woman in one of these fan-made performances, and they're going this far...]

[Ning Rongrong: Sob... Dad, I'm scared...]

[Ning Fengzhi: Don't be scared, Rongrong. Your dad has money. You know most people in the livestream room are commoners. One Gold Soul Coin would feed them for months, so paying them off shouldn't be a problem.]

[Ning Rongrong: Mm-hmm... o(╥﹏╥)o]

[Ma Hongjun: ...Can I be in an episode too? With another great beauty, of course. I wouldn't dare dream of this one...]

[Oscar: As who? Xiaogang?]

[Gu Xingzhou: @Bibi Dong, Your Holiness, what should I choose? I'll pick whichever one you tell me to.]

[Bibi Dong: ...]

At that moment, inside the Papal Hall, Bibi Dong watched the countdown, her thoughts tangled like hemp.

No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't bring herself to choose any of these scripts.

After reading them, she actually thought "Peace Sign" was the best choice!

Emergency Rescue Theater was out of the question. She would never choose it. Xiaogang had already performed it once.

There was no way she would kiss a stranger she had never met in front of Yu Xiaogang and everyone on Douluo Continent!

Everyone on Douluo Continent would make her a laughingstock!

But if she didn't choose another script, one would be assigned to her. Judging by the expectations in the Ordinary Livestream Room, Emergency Rescue Theater was the most likely choice.

As for the others...

"Secret Room." Those two words provoked an almost reflexive reaction. They were the shadow she could never escape for the rest of her life. Others might not know what they meant, but how could she not?

She absolutely could not choose it.

If forced to choose between them, she would rather pick Emergency Rescue Theater. Whether or not Secret Room's plot was what she imagined, she refused to relive it, much less have it broadcast to all of Douluo Continent.

That left almost only one choice.

"Xiaogang, don't look at me..."

Did Xiaogang really have to suffer for this?

The joke from the livestream room surfaced in her mind unbidden.

Yu Xiaogang.

Her brief first love. The man she still loved to this day.

If she could help it, she would never hurt him... but this was almost her only choice.

Besides, it wasn't the first time she had hurt Yu Xiaogang...

The misunderstanding from before remained unresolved. One more would hardly make a difference...

As for Gu Xingzhou's scripts, he absolutely couldn't choose Emergency Rescue Theater or Secret Room either. Judging by Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo script, those scripts would most likely have her and Gu Xingzhou performing together.

But...

The more Bibi Dong thought about it, the more uneasy she became.

What if the scripts were connected...

Don't look back, I'm Xiaogang... Xiaogang, don't look at me...

No matter how she imagined it, that sounded worse than artificial respiration...

[Ten, nine, eight...]

Damn it.

Bibi Dong cursed inwardly.

There was no time left to think.

She had to decide now.

[Bibi Dong: Gu Xingzhou, choose "Emergency Rescue Theater"!]

[Gu Xingzhou: Huh? All right. You pay me, I do the job. I get it...]

[Yu Xiaogang: ???]

[Liu Erlong: ???]

[Ning Rongrong: Huh???]

[Xiao Wu: Emergency Rescue Theater?!]

[Ma Hongjun: ??? What the hell? No way. Did I hear that right?? Wait, why does he get to do it?!]

[Oscar: Doesn't that mean she'll have to kiss Gu Xingzhou?]

[Dai Mubai: Th-that can't be right, can it?]

[Ning Fengzhi: ...Could the other two scripts be even less acceptable than "Emergency Rescue Theater"?]

[Xue Qinghe: Why...]

[Three, two, one... Countdown complete.]

[Gu Xingzhou has chosen: "Emergency Rescue Theater"]

[Bibi Dong has chosen: "Emergency Rescue Theater"]

[Both actors, please prepare. The performance theater will now be generated, and you will be transported there.]

When that announcement rang out, all of Douluo Continent was stunned.

[???]

[Wait, am I seeing things?]

[Someone slap me and tell me this isn't real!]

[This is insane!]

[It makes sense for Gu Xingzhou to choose "Emergency Rescue Theater." Better to die beneath a peony blossom and be a romantic ghost! He's willing to risk his life for a good time. Fair enough, especially since he's about Tang San's age.]

[But Bibi Dong chose "Emergency Rescue Theater" too!]

[She's the pope of Spirit Hall! Who could force her to make that choice?]

[If it's true, then Bibi Dong must have chosen it willingly!]

[But why?]

[What does Gu Xingzhou have that earns him this???]

An uproar swept across Douluo Continent. No one could understand Bibi Dong's choice.

At that very moment, inside Douluo Hall in Spirit City, Qian Daoliu's eyes widened in astonishment.

Then the ink-wash scroll before him abruptly changed.

An extraordinarily handsome youth appeared on the page. He seemed to stand upon the ink itself, like an Immortal Descending to the Mortal World.

In an instant, everyone on Douluo Continent turned their attention to him!

[???]

[Holy crap, that's Gu Xingzhou???]

[He's way too handsome!]