mynovelweb Chapter 210: The Lottery Begins!
Chapter 210: The Lottery Begins!
The front desk of the studio.
The lights were dazzling and the sound system was booming.
Li Ronghao sat in the main instructor's seat, his signature small eyes wide open to the limit of his life.
He watched the students on stage, one after another, seemingly possessed by a stimulant, and fell into deep self-doubt.
"Is this... is this still the same bunch of scoundrels I brought with me?"
Li Ronghao began to have doubts:
"Could those casual, encouraging words I uttered backstage just now really have that much power?"
"Or has the entire student body awakened, outwardly chanting 'Long live Goddess Bai Zhi,' but secretly each of them wants to step on the goddess to climb to the top?"
Thinking about this...
Li Ronghao's face flushed slightly, and he even felt a sense of shame.
"I was even thinking of surrendering before the battle even started after listening to Jiang Baizhi sing. Looks like my perspective as a mentor is too narrow!"
"These are my soldiers, these are the soul of our team!"
The atmosphere in the stands behind him was far less harmonious.
As soon as Na-young sat down, she turned to look at Wang Feng and Zhang Xingzhe beside her, her eyes sharp enough to peel off a layer of skin.
She gritted her teeth and lowered her voice, each word sounding as if squeezed out from between her back teeth:
"Alright, you two!"
"Tie-up, surprise attack, rule change... You three must have conspired all along, just keeping it from me, right?"
Wang Feng adjusted his glasses, looking at the trainees on stage with a serious expression, his tone calm and unwavering:
"Sister Na, don't get excited. This is the charm of the show. Unexpected situations are the best test of the trainees' mental strength."
Zhang Xingzhe also offered gentle advice:
"Yeah, Sister Na, why are you panicking?"
"Who doesn't know you're holding a royal flush?"
"With Jiang Baizhi in the team, aren't you feeling at ease?"
Upon hearing this, Nayoung's anger didn't subside; instead, she became even more agitated.
"It's precisely because she's there that I'm panicking!"
"What if this surprise attack causes her to underperform and fall into the waiting pool? Wouldn't you two old foxes snatch her away from me the moment you see her?"
"If you guys take it from me, how can I not panic!"
Wang Feng and Zhang Xingzhe exchanged a glance and let out a sigh in unison.
To be honest, they did consider it.
But when they thought of the song "Love You," which had been trending on social media for several days, the two could only shake their heads helplessly.
"Sister Na, you're overthinking it."
Wang Feng said quietly, "Have you forgotten that song 'Love You'?"
"As long as she sings that song and turns on the sweetness level, even if the sky falls, she will advance without a doubt."
"Who can take it away? There's no way we can take it away!"
Na-young was stunned for a moment, then her temper vanished instantly, as if a power switch had been cut off.
She gave an awkward laugh and touched her nose:
"Oh dear, I really did forget about that in my haste!"
"Okay, with that song as a backup, I can finally relax."
Now that Jiang Baizhi was safe, Na Ying's spectator mentality instantly returned.
She watched Li Ronghao's group's performance on stage with great interest and couldn't help but comment:
"But seriously, what's wrong with Lee Yong-ho's group today?"
"Their skills have improved by leaps and bounds compared to the blind auditions."
"This young Leonardo is quite something! How come I never noticed before that he's such a good teacher?"
Wang Feng and Zhang Xingzhe shook their heads.
Zhang Xingzhe pointed to a contestant on stage who was hitting a high note; it was a contestant he had turned around twice before, and sighed:
"Teach others? Impossible!"
"Look at this young man, he brushed past me during the blind auditions and chose Lee Yong-ho."
"His breathing wasn't this steady back then, but today's progress... it's simply a leap forward!"
"Maybe Lee Rong-ho gave him some special treatment?" Na-young guessed.
Zhang Xingzhe curled his lip, looking incredulous: "Special treatment can turn out like this? This is clearly a desperate, win-or-die mentality."
Nayoung's eyes flickered, then a sudden thought struck her, and she lowered her voice and said:
"Hey, do you guys think... it couldn't be because of Angelica dahurica?"
The air froze for a second.
The three mentors all turned to look backstage, then glanced at the male contestant on stage who was singing with red eyes, looking as if he wanted to stomp the stage to pieces.
"Impossible, right?"
Wang Feng chuckled and shook his head:
"Jiang Baizhi is from your group, and you've never had any dealings with Li Ronghao's group."
"These kids were all in the lounge before, they'd never even seen her in person, how could they possibly improve because of her?"
Na-young thought about it and realized that her idea was a bit absurd:
"Yeah, I guess I'm overthinking it."
"These hot-blooded young men probably just want to win."
"After all, who wouldn't want to be seen in front of a national audience?"
The three mentors exchanged smiles and nodded in agreement.
however.
They didn't know.
At this moment, in the rest room of Li Ronghao's group, all the male trainees who had not yet gone on stage were frantically rubbing their hands together in front of Jiang Baizhi's silhouette on the big screen.
Their beliefs were remarkably unified:
"We must win! We must make it to the finals!"
"Only by advancing to the next round can I have the chance to speak to my goddess face-to-face!"
"Charge! For Goddess Bai Zhi! Punch Zhao Gou Tian, kick the four mentors!"
This is the ultimate driving force behind their extraordinary performance.
However, the power of this awakening is something that the mentors will probably never understand in their lifetime.
.......
Front desk.
Inside the studio, the air conditioning was on full blast, but the atmosphere on stage was as hot and humid as a boiling boiler.
Time flies.
With the top five from Li Ronghao's group decided, the remaining four trainees from Jiang Bai and Na Ying's groups were called back to the stage.
The lights flashed, and Hua Shao's Gatling gun-like mouth opened at full speed once again:
"The real Voice, the real cruelty! Congratulations on the completion of the top ten warriors from both teams! But—"
He deliberately drew out the word, a hint of mockery in his eyes:
"Tonight, only six people can remain on this stage!"
"The elimination round of 10 to 6 means that four of you will have to temporarily leave the main stage."
"Of course, eliminated students will also enter the revival pool and have a chance to fight again in the future!"
Before the audience could react, the trainees on stage collectively felt a jolt of surprise.
Although we already knew in advance that there would be a second round of tiebreakers.
But to my surprise, only six out of ten were selected, resulting in a 40% elimination rate!
Before everyone could catch their breath, Hua Shao dropped another bombshell:
"Furthermore, to ensure absolute fairness and impartiality, the mentors will have absolutely no right to interfere in this top 10 to top 6 competition!"
The camera pans across the mentors' seats.
Nayoung looked at Lee Yongho with a "Are you kidding me?" expression, spreading her hands.
Lee Ronghao squeezed his already small eyes and gave a wry smile that said, "I'm helpless too."
At this moment, the two mentors were completely reduced to "VIP spectators" receiving high salaries.
"This competition will use a scoring system!"
"The final score will be entirely up to the two hundred audience members in the audience today!"
Hua Shao pointed to the audience below, and two hundred audience members simultaneously raised their electronic scoring devices.
"Each person gets a maximum score of 10 points, for a total of 2000 points!"
"After the performance, scores will be given on the spot, and the six with the highest scores will advance directly!"
"Now—let's draw lots to determine your order of life and death!"