Chapter 442 Cheating?
According to the program team's regulations, the two contestants set off with a one-minute interval.
By the time it was Ye Fan's turn to set off, Xu Xianglei had already passed the tenth door. That is to say, almost every six seconds, he passed through a door.
The most crucial thing is, all ten doors Xu Xianglei passed were on the correct route.
Coincidence?
No!
Once or twice could still be called a coincidence. Ten times in a row, cannot be summarized as a coincidence.
"Damn, he can do it?!"
"Hiss! So… formidable?"
"Just one minute, already successfully passed ten doors? Heavens!"
"If I remember correctly, the best result of the two contestants in the previous group was only passing eight doors. So easily broke the record?"
Not only were the contestants on stage discussing animatedly, even the three guest judges on stage were full of surprise.
Compared to Xia Jiuqi, Jin Jueping and Pang Yunfei, after their surprise, very tacitly exchanged a knowing smile.
The contestant information given by the program team indeed didn't lie. Xu Xianglei was truly formidable in terms of spatial ability. With his current performance, perhaps he really had hope of smoothly passing Maze Mayhem.
This way, then the bet with Xia Jiuqi, they two would win!
Soon, Xia Jiuqi also reacted, looked left and right, smiled: "The two teachers are truly old and crafty . Taking advantage of my late arrival, not having seen the contestants' personal information, to set a trap for me with this?"
"Little Xia, what you're saying now is uninteresting."
Jin Jueping was extremely happy, "When betting, you agreed more readily than anyone else. Besides, contestant personal information cannot represent strength. Willing to bet and accept defeat is a good idol, what do you say?"
"Exactly, exactly."
Pang Yunfei timely chimed in: "Little Xia, you've already taken such a big advantage. The first bet was for the right to swap. Now the bet is merely the right to choose first."
"Maybe, the strong contestant Teacher Jin and I chose will be swapped away by you. At that time, the ones at a disadvantage will still be us two old fellows."
Xia Jiuqi was just about to speak up and tease, when her eyes noticed Ye Fan being led by staff to the first room at the entrance. The timer on the large screen started to turn. The words that reached her lips, she swallowed back down again.
Even if Xu Xianglei performed very stunningly, she still had full confidence in this boy named Ye Fan.
After all, for an outstanding girl like Ning Xi to fall for him was enough to show Ye Fan's extraordinariness.
Perhaps, Ye Fan could give everyone a big surprise.
Holding such thoughts, Xia Jiuqi focused all her attention on Ye Fan's subsequent actions. Not just her, but also Ning Xi and Shen Li.
As for the attention of others, almost all of it was concentrated on Xu Xianglei.
Under the gazes of the three girls, Ye Fan moved.
He unhesitatingly turned diagonally thirty degrees, directly took two steps forward, then reached out to turn the doorknob. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water and done in one breath.
This situation made Xia Jiuqi and Shen Li both be stunned. Just Ye Fan's actions now, if the two hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they absolutely wouldn't believe this was a blindfolded person.
Fast!
Too fast!!!
Xu Xianglei in front was already very fast, but Ye Fan's speed was clearly even faster.
In contrast, a gentle arc lifted at the corners of Ning Xi's eyes, her eyes as if containing countless stars.
No matter when, she could never figure out Ye Fan's depth. He was like a bottomless pit, always able to bring her surprises inadvertently.
Time passed minute by minute, second by second. Less than half a minute after Ye Fan set off, many contestants discovered something was wrong.
Xu Xianglei had already reached the fifteenth door. Although his speed was gradually decreasing, it was already extremely rare. Now, he was only five doors away from successfully clearing the level.
Many contestants hadn't even had time to be surprised before they discovered something even more outrageous.
Without anyone reacting, Ye Fan had already passed the fourteenth door, only one door behind Xu Xianglei, yet he had set off one minute later than Xu Xianglei.
This...
Couldn't be an illusion, right?
At the recording site, a wave of eye-rubbing silently arose.
Compared to Xu Xianglei's slowing down, Ye Fan didn't do so.
Not only that, but his speed was still increasing. Just as Xu Xianglei had just passed the sixteenth door, Ye Fan had already quietly caught up.
The two entered the seventeenth room one after the other. Because the area of the room was very small, the two bumped into each other while maneuvering.
Ye Fan didn't react much, but it gave Xu Xianglei a big scare. He jumped a step to the left.
"Who?"
Xu Xianglei didn't realize at this moment, because of this one step he jumped, all his previous efforts would be completely wasted.
Ye Fan stood rooted to the spot without moving at all, said lightly: "Me, Ye Fan; who else could it be besides me?"
Hearing this, Xu Xianglei was instantly petrified.
Ye Fan… caught up?
Once this thought emerged, it was instantly rejected.
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!
Regarding his own clearing speed, Xu Xianglei was absolutely confident.
Catch up to him?
Nonsense!
In fact, Xu Xianglei even suspected that among the contestants in this season of Brain Ladder, apart from him, no one else should be able to complete this event.
Then how on earth did Ye Fan catch up?
Could it be...
For a moment, two large words appeared in Xu Xianglei's mind: Cheating!
Apart from this possibility, he couldn't think of any other possibility.
Don't look at how, when facing He Dong's inquiry at the beginning, his evaluation of Maze Mayhem wasn't high. But he knew very clearly in his heart the difficulty of this event.
Even him, if he rashly moved direction, it was very likely…
Wait!
Xu Xianglei's heart skipped a beat. If he remembered correctly, just now he seemed to have jumped a big step. After realizing this problem, the expression under his mask instantly changed. He directly raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Host, I request a pause in the challenge!"
He Dong quickly waved his hand towards the technical staff in the corner. The two timers on the large screen stopped.
"Already paused. Contestant Xu, is there anything?"
"Host, I suspect Ye Fan cheated, request an inspection of his blindfold and mask. He absolutely couldn't have caught up to me!"
Cheating?
Under the mask, the corners of Ye Fan's mouth lifted, but he didn't speak up to explain.
The innocent prove themselves !
Besides, so many pairs of eyes were staring on site, and the competition was being recorded full-course. There was plenty of evidence, fundamentally no need to explain.
Below the stage, a sneer hung on the faces of many contestants.
"This is… overconfidence, right?"
"Although I don't know how Ye Fan caught up to Xu Xianglei, under everyone's watchful eyes, how could there be a possibility of cheating? Isn't this just randomly slinging mud!"
"But no matter what, these two are really formidable!"
…
Facing the contestant's reasonable request, He Dong had no right to refuse.
A staff member came through layers of wooden doors into the seventeenth room, began a full inspection of the mask and blindfold on Ye Fan's face.
"Teacher He, there are no problems with the props."
"Okay, I know."
He Dong tilted his head up to stare at the large screen, "Contestant Xu, you heard the result too. There are no problems with contestant Ye Fan's blindfold and mask, so the possibility of cheating does not exist. Next, listen to my command, the competition continues."
"Three…"
"Wait a moment!"
Xu Xianglei's voice sounded again.
Compared to before, at this moment, his tone carried a bit more panic...
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