[The livestream of Bibi Dong's punishment will now begin!] [Theme: Peace Sign Squats] [Starring: Bibi Dong] [Special guest appearances: Gu Xingzhou, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and one hundred thousand randomly selected lucky spectators!] [For maximum entertainment, all guest appearances will be performed in person.] [Generating the theater. The performers will be transported shortly.]
[???] [How did Gu Xingzhou, Gangzi, and Tang San get dragged into this too?] [Haha, looks like there's more to this Peace Sign than meets the eye!] [You bet. This livestream room surprises us every time!] [It's already pulled three different tricks with the first aid theme alone.] [Holy crap, a hundred thousand lucky spectators!!!] [Does that mean we can watch Bibi Dong do the Peace Sign in person?!] [This is way too awesome!] [Are we finally getting a turn onstage?!] [A hundred thousand people? Isn't that a little too subtle?] [So what? I love the subtle stuff!!] [Can I please get a turn? I want to watch it live too!] [o(╥﹏╥)o] [Wait, if we watch in person... won't Bibi Dong remember our faces?] [Then we won't be completely anonymous anymore, will we?] [What's there to be afraid of? It's not like we volunteered. Besides, with that many people, could she remember us all?] [Not to mention, she'll be busy doing the Peace Sign. How could she possibly remember our faces?] [I'm afraid I won't be able to stop myself from laughing out loud... because keeping a straight face is going to be really hard.]
[Elite Livestream Room] [Gu Xingzhou: Huh? I'm making a guest appearance too! And they even singled out my name...] [Yu Xiaogang: ...It won't be the Peace Sign again, will it...] [Tang San: ...I... do I have to do it too?] [Ning Rongrong: Probably not, right? Isn't this punishment meant for His Holiness the Pope?] [Liu Erlong: We're actually being transported there to perform in person. If they have to do the Peace Sign along with her, wouldn't that make it a punishment for them too?] [Xue Qinghe: Hehe, perhaps they're being transported there to liven things up. Don't those hundred thousand spectators suggest exactly that?] [Ma Hongjun: I wonder if we'll get picked... ahem, Your Holiness, I don't mean that I want to watch your punishment. I mainly just want to test my luck...] [Oscar: +1!] [Bai Chenxiang: +1!] [Xiao Wu: +1~]
Meanwhile.
When Bibi Dong saw that Gu Xingzhou and the others would make guest appearances, her sky came crashing down-especially with a hundred thousand people watching in person!
That was even more devastating than having them watch through an ink-wash scroll!
The thought of having to do the Peace Sign in front of a hundred thousand people... sent Bibi Dong spiraling deeper into despair!
After returning to reality, standing before a crowd of ten thousand and trying to uphold her dignity as Pope would no longer be realistic. Even if those below dared neither laugh nor disobey, they would probably never forget what they saw today...
Then a stroke of ink swept her into the painting.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself on another enormous arena platform, surrounded by the hundred thousand randomly selected spectators!
At that moment, in the spectator stands.
Finding himself swept into the painting, Ma Hongjun was overjoyed. He was just about to look toward Bibi Dong on the platform when a familiar head in the seat ahead caught his attention first.
"T-Teacher?"
"You got picked too?"
"Wait, the vice dean's here too?"
Ma Hongjun asked in delighted surprise.
Flender and Zhao Wuji both turned around, their eyes full of surprise. Then they looked around and discovered quite a few familiar faces among the spectators.
Dai Mubai, Oscar, even Liu Erlong, and more.
[Ning Rongrong: Wait? Dad, you're here too? Don't tell me all of you are here?] [Ma Hongjun: At least everyone from Shrek Academy is here. I can't say anything about the unfamiliar faces.] [Xue Beng: I spotted my eldest brother and Father too.] [Dugu Bo: My granddaughter and I are here as well. She's never spoken in the livestream room even once. It seems everyone in the Elite Livestream Room was selected, whether they usually speak or not.] [Dai Mubai: I spotted some familiar faces in the distance too. So, does this count as the Elite Livestream Room's first meetup?] [Ning Fengzhi: I suspect we'll have plenty of opportunities like this in the future.] [Flender: Then I hope I'll be in the stands, not on the platform...] [Ning Rongrong: +1!] [Bai Chenxiang: +1!] [Liu Erlong: If only one or two of us had been selected, we could call it a coincidence. But with practically the entire Elite Livestream Room here, it seems our attendance at these events is guaranteed. Only the spectators from the Ordinary Livestream Room are chosen randomly.] [Xue Beng: By the way, have any of you seen Qian Renxue? I don't think I've spotted her. Was she not selected?] [Xiao Wu: No. Maybe there are just too many people, so it's normal not to spot her?] [Xue Beng: That doesn't seem right. With Qian Renxue's looks and bearing, shouldn't she stand out at first glance, even in a crowd?] [Xue Beng: Looks like some people weren't selected after all?] [Ning Rongrong: By the way, can any of you leave your seats?] [Ma Hongjun: I tried. I can move however I want in my seat, but when I try to stand up and leave, it feels like an invisible force is pressing me down.] [Liu Erlong: It must be a restriction imposed by the livestream room. Our role right now is spectators.] [Ning Rongrong: I'm scared to tears. Now I've experienced what it's like to lose control of my body... if the livestream room picked me, I'd really fall apart.] [Bai Chenxiang: Yeah, His Holiness the Pope looks pale up there on the platform...] [Ning Rongrong: A hundred thousand people watching! Who wouldn't be scared?] [Xue Beng: Gangzi doesn't look scared at all to me.] [Ning Rongrong: Haha, he's a veteran performer, after all. What grand spectacle hasn't he been through? Wait, Gangzi's up there too. Don't tell me he'll have to do the Peace Sign as well?] [Liu Erlong: Wouldn't that make it a punishment? That doesn't seem fair, does it?] [Xiao Wu: Exactly. If that's the case, wouldn't Gu Xingzhou and Tang San have to do it too?] [Ning Rongrong: Speaking of which... have you noticed? Gu Xingzhou seems even better-looking in person!] [Shui Yue'er: Xiao Wu, you share a dorm with Gu Xingzhou, right?] [Xiao Wu: That's right.] [Shui Yue'er: I'm jealous. Aren't you feasting a little too well?] [Shui Yue'er: o(╥﹏╥)o] [Ning Rongrong: Exactly!] [Xiao Wu: But we're going to be separated soon. Gu Xingzhou is going to Spirit Hall.]
[The lead and guest performers are in position!] [The specific rules and details of the punishment will now be announced.] [To make this show even more explosive, Gu Xingzhou, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San have been specially invited to participate.] [There will be two teams.] [Bibi Dong and Gu Xingzhou will form one team.] [Yu Xiaogang and Tang San will form the other.] [Since Yu Xiaogang has already performed the Peace Sign once, the audience is accustomed to seeing him repeat it, so this does not count as a punishment. His participation this time is intended to make things more entertaining.] [The rules are as follows: Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang will make Peace Signs, roll their eyes back, and stick out their tongues while their respective teammates assist them from behind in completing 100 squats. The teams will compete for speed.]
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