Trembling At A High Altitude

Watching the woman's reaction, Li Teng couldn't help but find it strange.

When he came out of the hospital, he had already reverted back to his youthful skin! It was impossible that she couldn't recognize him!

To verify this, Li Teng reached out to touch his chin—indeed there was no white beard, it was the skin of his younger days.

Moreover, the woman's voice, tone, as well as her expressions and demeanor were indeed very different, completely different from the her he knew.

So, there was only one possibility.

"You… could it be… you're… Liu Hui?" Li Teng realized something.

"How do you know my name?" The woman's complexion darkened.

"Your sister Little Bunny and I are good friends." Li Teng took another careful look at the woman, although she looked extremely similar to Liu Yin, she indeed looked much more mature than Liu Yin, at least by two to three years older.

The sisters weren't twins and yet could look so alike, that was really something.

Liu Hui glared at Li Teng, and it seemed that Li Teng's words did not change her attitude towards him, on the contrary, it even added a few traces of hostility.

Li Teng had a bad feeling.

He had known Liu Yin for a not so short period of time, but Liu Yin had hardly ever talked to him about her older sister, Liu Hui.

And this older sister Liu Hui, after hearing about her own sister, didn't show the slightest interest in her sister's current well-being either.

It seemed like the sisterly relationship wasn't that good!

It was at this moment that the director in the floral shirt came up to the third floor and arrived at the teahouse table.

"Our cast has added a new colleague today, please introduce yourself." The chubby director in the floral shirt gestured to Li Teng.

"Li Teng, Mu Zi Li, Teng as in brimming with passion. I'm new here and hope for the guidance of my seniors." Li Teng stood up and said a few words, trying to maintain a humble attitude.

"Hmph!" The man in his thirties obviously recognized Li Teng and was clearly not pleased.

Li Teng also recognized the man in his thirties.

It was number 5, with whom he had participated in the promotion competition.

Li Teng was upset with number 5 for cheating him, so at the end of the performance, he used his big appetite to consume the entire celebration feast for advancing to the next round, leaving nothing for him. Number 5 probably held a grudge because of this, and unexpectedly, the two met here today.

It seemed that number 5 had a good reputation in this cast; after he hummed to show his attitude towards the new actor, no one else gave Li Teng a welcoming expression.

"I will also introduce myself to our new colleague. My surname is Yuan, my name is Yuan Qiang, and you can call me Director Yuan." The chubby director in the floral shirt broke the awkward silence and introduced himself to Li Teng.

"Hello, Director Yuan." Li Teng greeted Yuan Qiang.

"Please sit down." Yuan Qiang gestured for Li Teng to sit.

When a new actor joins the cast, it is customary for both parties to introduce themselves.

It's just a convention, not a rule.

Therefore, Yao Xue did not do so, leading Li Teng to think every director was as cold as Yao Xue.

"Before we start today's story introduction, let's read a notice from Film and Television City."

"It has recently been discovered that some directors and actors have been using hacker technology to decrypt the Scripted World's underlying data, causing the emergence of several bugs and exploiting these bugs for personal gain."

"The technical department of Film and Television City bears the primary responsibility for this matter."

"The higher-ups of Film and Television City tasked the technical department with updating the encryption algorithms of all the Scripted World's underlying data over ten days to prevent such incidents from reoccurring."

"Past incidents will no longer be pursued, only the directors and actors from the related casts have been reassigned and repositioned."

"If similar situations happen again in the future, Film and Television City will not hesitate to mete out severe punishments!"

"..."

"I hope the relevant personnel will take this as a warning," Yuan Qiang finished reading the document and then purposely glanced at Li Teng.

It seemed he did recognize Li Teng but acted as if he didn't.

Moreover, he knew all about what Li Teng had done under Liu Shiyuan as well.

Li Teng shook his head, not knowing what to say.

He had been left to dry on top of a stone pillar for ten days.

During these ten days, was the tech department updating the underlying data encryption algorithms?

His Death God APP was now useless.

The only silver lining was that the resources he had obtained hadn't been reclaimed.

To live a few more years, he would have to find another way.

"No wonder some people got first place during the advancement performance competition by cheating! Film and Television City is way too unfair. Under these circumstances, the results of the advancement performance competition should be canceled, and the rankings should be postponed accordingly," Number 5 spoke up, looking at Li Teng with contempt.

That celebration banquet should have been his.

More importantly, the wristwatch should have been his too.

Now it was all occupied by Li Teng, and Film and Television City hadn't issued a proper punishment, which was something he couldn't accept.

The others also started to talk among themselves, their criticism, although not naming names, was clearly mocking Li Teng.

Liu Hui didn't join in, with an indifferent expression on her face.

It seemed like she was not familiar with these people either.

Using a BUG to advance, disrupting the fairness of the advancement performance competition, and seizing resources that rightfully belonged to others—such actions indeed caused deep revulsion.

So it was not a surprise that everyone was calling for action against him.

Li Teng was well aware that during his advancement competition, he was under Yao Xue and didn't have the Death God APP, nor had he cheated; it was all his own true skill.

But facing the accusations and scorn of the crowd, he didn't want to explain himself.

Even if he did, no one would believe him.

The Golden Finger from his Death God APP, he had obtained by sacrificing over fifty years of his life, enduring over fifty years of unceasing, perverted torture; the Grim Reaper had approached him actively—it wasn't his fault.

Had it been anyone else, they likely couldn't have persisted for so many years in a Scripted World where one must endure perverted torture every day, and so they wouldn't have been able to ultimately obtain the Death God APP's golden finger.

He hadn't deliberately broken the rules; all that he had done was within the rules of Film and Television City.

The so-called BUG was just a result of Film and Television City's own inadequate data encryption technology; punishing him was entirely unjustified.

"The BUG has been fixed, and from now on we'll be performing in a fair and just environment, so there's no need for everyone to worry overly,"

"Regarding the punishment related to the BUG, Film and Television City has already come to a decision, so there's no need for further discussion,"

"Let's move on to the introduction of today's plot,"

Director Yuan announced to everyone.

Number 5 still looked unsatisfied, but didn't grumble any further.

The other actors also fell silent and turned to look at Yuan Qiang.

"The scene we are filming today is called 'Snowfield Hunter'."

"Two actors will play the prey, while the remaining six actors will play the hunters."

"The prey must travel from point A to point B within a set time, while the hunters are to ambush and try to 'kill' the prey with firearms between points A and B."

"As to who will play the hunters and who will play the prey, that shall be determined by election."