# 1793
Chapter 1793: Power Outage
Lin Qiye thoroughly searched the underground space, and after confirming there were no omissions, he sprinted at full speed toward the direction he had come from.
But the moment he took a step, a line of prompts floated above his head:
—Skill 2 judgment in progress... Judgment successful.
Lin Qiye's pupils constricted. Before he could react, his figure had already appeared behind the Dungeon fence that had originally trapped Yuzuri Takishiro.
Looking at the dim, lifeless underground space, Lin Qiye sighed helplessly.
He had spent too much time underground. In the end, he still hadn't made it in time for Aimeimei's [Heart Hands Group Photo]. However, judging from the fact that no one else had appeared in the Dungeon, both Shen Qingzhu and Yuzuri Takishiro had successfully passed the Skill 2 judgment.
Lin Qiye looked up at the emptiness above him, and as expected, another prompt floated out:
—Skill 6 judgment in progress...
Here it comes!
As Lin Qiye had guessed, following the [Group Photo] skill would be the [True Love Cheer] judgment. Relying on his memory from the previous judgment, he quietly recited the slogan and performed the corresponding movements alone in the Dungeon.
Although he had already been locked in the Dungeon, Lin Qiye had at least witnessed the first cheer. If he could avoid this judgment death, it would undoubtedly reduce a lot of trouble.
Under Lin Qiye's watchful gaze, another prompt floated out:
—Skill 6 judgment successful.
BANG—!!
In Lin Qiye's bewildered gaze, his body instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, dissipating within the Dungeon.
At the same time, a dark red countdown panel appeared:
—10:00
—09:59
—...
...
The venue.
"Aimeimei, Aimeimei, you're the most beautiful!"
"Aimeimei, Aimeimei, you're the best!!"
"Nothing in the world compares to you! A thousand origins are all for you!!"
Below the stage, Shen Qingzhu and Yuzuri Takishiro老老实实地 made scissors gestures and heart hands with utterly stiff expressions.
"That's not right..." Shen Qingzhu frowned and spoke.
"Where's it not right?"
"The lines and hand gestures are different from what Qiye told us." Shen Qingzhu glared at Aimeimei on stage. "Does she change her cheer method every time?"
Just as Yuzuri Takishiro was about to say something, he saw Lin Qiye's avatar dim.
"It probably changes. Otherwise, if you could just memorize one cheer movement and deal with Skill 6's judgment anytime and anywhere, this skill would be far too lackluster." Yuzuri Takishiro said seriously.
"Looking at it now, Skill 2's [Group Photo] and Skill 6's [Cheer] are both similar to a 'roll call' skill. Every so often, it requires players to appear within the venue.
The question now is: does she release her skills on a schedule, or is it according to her will?
If it's the former, then it's much easier. We just need to come back for the 'roll call' every interval of one song's time, and we can perfectly avoid the risks of these two skills. But if she can randomly shuffle the order and timing of skill releases, then we're in trouble..."
"So what do we do now?"
Shen Qingzhu, like Lin Qiye, wasn't skilled at playing games. Yuzuri Takishiro was the only gaming expert among the three, so naturally they should ask for his opinion.
"Did you take care of the remaining two security guards?"
"I did."
Yuzuri Takishiro nodded. "Good, then let's conduct an experiment together."
"Experiment?" Shen Qingzhu asked in surprise. "Aren't we going to rescue Qiye first?"
"He needs ten minutes to respawn. Going now won't help us get him out anyway. The route is already memorized. From here to getting him out, it'll take me at most three minutes." Yuzuri Takishiro said confidently.
"Fine, tell me what to do."
Yuzuri Takishiro leaned close to Shen Qingzhu's ear and said something. The latter's expression turned somewhat odd.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"...Alright, but be careful yourself."
Shen Qingzhu's figure flickered, quickly moving along the venue's edge, circling behind the stage as if searching for something.
"Thank you all for your support! Here's the next song for everyone~"
Aimeimei seemed completely immersed in the concert. Due to continuous singing and dancing, her cheeks were already covered in sweat, her beautiful face flushed.
Amid the audience's cheers, the cheerful and melodious tune began again.
"Dang~ When I'm different from the world~ Let me be different~ Persevere... Snap!"
Just as Aimeimei and the audience below were lost in the music, all the lights in the venue suddenly went dark, the dazzling screens forcefully shut down, and the surrounding music came to an abrupt halt.
Many audience members looked at each other in bewilderment. Meanwhile, Yuzuri Takishiro's mouth curved slightly upward among the crowd.
Aimeimei stood on the dimly lit stage, frowning as she looked toward the venue's central control room. She murmured something softly, and three figures instantly shot out from beneath the stage!
Skill 3, [Security Team Summon].
With the activation of this skill, the three security guards—the Baldy, the Gunman, and the Shadow Assassin—who had all been killed, simultaneously resurrected. Two of them ignored terrain and rushed toward a certain wall, while the Shadow Assassin's figure directly vanished without a trace.
Yuzuri Takishiro narrowed his cross-starry eyes. In his hand, the silver-white pistol rose, the dark hole of the barrel aimed at Aimeimei on the dimly lit stage.
Just as his finger was about to pull the trigger, an exclamation sounded from beside him. Several fans pressed against him simultaneously shifted their bodies toward the gun barrel. Yet Yuzuri Takishiro seemed to have anticipated their movements long ago. Leveraging his height advantage, he simply raised the barrel above his head.
No aiming, no hesitation. The trigger was pulled in an instant!
BANG—!
Sparks flew. A bullet shot out from the barrel at extreme speed, curved through the air at a right angle, and shot toward Aimeimei on stage!
The next moment, a blade slash appeared before Aimeimei, accurately bisecting that bullet mid-air.
The Shadow Assassin materialized from nothingness, his katana's cold light flickering menacingly. Aimeimei stood behind him, gazing at Yuzuri Takishiro's eyes. Her expression shifted—sometimes angry, sometimes complex.
"Tsk..." Seeing his attack fail to land, Yuzuri Takishiro didn't hesitate. He sheathed the gun and immediately turned to sprint toward the indoor arena!
Meanwhile, all the lights and screens in the venue lit up again. The abruptly stopped singing automatically continued. On stage, Aimeimei's expression shifted rapidly, putting on a sweet smile as she continued to lip-sync to the pre-recorded audio.
Seeing the concert resume, the fans immediately snapped out of their confusion and continued cheering fanatically.
Yuzuri Takishiro, having reached the venue's edge, slightly relaxed upon seeing this.
His guess had been correct. After the total power outage, Aimeimei's recorded voice would also stop. Even when the power was restored, to avoid exposing her lip-syncing, she would continue performing rather than immediately entering the next [Group Photo] and [Cheer] phases.
"After the power interruption, the recovery interval is ten seconds..." Yuzuri Takishiro silently memorized this number and rushed toward the Dungeon.