71: Terrorists have attacked the film crew!

The Hosts realized their mistake and quickly retracted the term “Terrorist,” trying to salvage the situation.

“Ahem... Lin Pei is playing the role of Vice Captain Xu Hong!”

He was finished; he had taken things for granted just now.

He wanted to slap himself.

He clearly had Cue Cards, why didn't he look at them?

Director Lin always chose actors who fit the roles well, so he thought he could just glance at it and speak.

He didn't expect there to be one who didn't seem to fit... The audience in the live stream seemed to be caught off guard too.

“I didn't expect Lin Pei to actually play one of our Navy Soldiers.”

“His image is good, but I still think he'd be more exciting playing a Terrorist.”

“Exactly! Murderers, Human Traffickers, thieves—my Brother Lin plays those roles divinely.”

“As Brother Lin's fans, let's collectively suggest to Director Lin that Brother Lin is perfectly suited to play the Terrorist in this movie.”

Huang Jingyu was on site, watching the live stream on his phone, and quickly showed the Bullet Comments to Lin Pei.

“Brother Lin, your fans are all suggesting you play a Terrorist.”

“I think you suit that role too.”

“Brother Lin, if you get fierce, even the Terrorists would shake in their boots.”

“Didn't you already take down all the Terrorists? Hahaha...”

“...”

Lin Pei sneered, glaring at Huang Jingyu.

“I look like a Terrorist?”

“And this is supposed to be funny?”

Huang Jingyu flinched under the glare.

What the hell.

Does this not look like a Terrorist?

He hadn't felt the urge to use the restroom this badly even when seeing actual Terrorists.

Why did he seem angry when being complimented?

“Not funny, n... not funny at all.”

Huang Jingyu quickly slipped away, ignoring the Director who was giving a passionate, lengthy speech on stage.

He walked straight toward the restroom.

Lin Pei narrowed his eyes, watching his retreating figure.

He strongly suspected.

It must be that Huang Jingyu was too annoying, making him want to kick him often.

That's why his Thuggish Aura was exposed, causing the Hosts to accidentally introduce him incorrectly.

Thinking that the general audience's impression of him was still stuck on things like Homicidal Maniacs, Human Traffickers, and thieves.

Lin Pei felt that reversing his public image was still a long and arduous task.

His determination to play this role well grew much stronger... What everyone didn't know was that while the Film Crew was noisy inside, it was eerily quiet outside.

A group of people carrying firearms and wearing black masks had already surrounded the location.

These people were members of the Number One Organization.

After surrounding the scene, a subordinate reported to Ali, who was inside the car.

“Leader, everything is settled.”

“Should we act now?”

Ali stepped out of the car, holding a gun.

“Try not to kill people from Dragon Country, after all, their government is not easy to mess with.”

“Remember, our goal this time is not to antagonize Dragon Country, but merely to demand ransom.”

“After gaining control of the people, notify the Embassy to get the money.”

“But if anyone is restless, then deal with them.”

The subordinate nodded.

“Yes, Leader!”

With a gesture from that subordinate, a crowd of Terrorists rushed into the Film Crew's location.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

After a few gunshots, the crowd burst into chaos and scattered.

The live stream footage shook violently, and the netizens in the live stream were stunned.

“What does this mean? Why are there gunshots?”

“Are they continuing to film now? After all, our Director Lin is famous for his professionalism.”

“Something feels wrong. Look how scared the Streamer is. Could there be robbers or something?”

“Holy crap, I think I actually saw robbers in the camera just now, and they were wearing masks.”

“This is in Ivia. Could they be Terrorists?”

“Damn, I saw them too! Who exactly are those people?”

“What exactly is going on? This is killing me.”

“...”

On site, the local Translator quickly covered their head and squatted down.

While doing so, they were dutifully shouting out the Terrorists' words.

“They are telling us all to squat down and not move, promising we'll be fine.”

“Otherwise, they'll start slaughtering us indiscriminately.”

Hearing this, everyone immediately stopped moving.

Zhang Ze got off Lin Pei and squatted directly on the ground.

The two actresses who were also squeezed next to Lin Pei but weren't fast enough to cling to him glared fiercely at the back of his head.

Lin Pei was also stunned as he squatted down.

What is going on?

They had been in Ivia for two days, and the Terrorists had acted twice.

This frequency was higher than reported in the news.

The key was that they encountered them both times.

How many lifetimes of bad luck must they have accumulated?

Looking around, the Terrorist contingent was quite large, one could say extremely formidable.

Coming to their small Film Crew, the site was densely packed, feeling like hundreds of people.

As expected of people who launch Terrorist attacks every few days, they certainly don't lack manpower.

Just a few actors on their side were being escorted by a large group—that was truly capricious.

Lin Pei and a few others had guns pressed against their heads by the Terrorists, with three or four muzzles aimed at each person's skull.

Tsk.

In short, it was an extreme waste of human resources.

They were escorted toward the largest open space within the Film Crew's location.

Hai Qing and Zhang Ze clung tightly to Lin Pei's arms and started trembling.

Hai Qing cried like a child in their thirties.

“Waaah... Lin Pei, are we going to die soon?”

“I don't want to die yet!”

Hearing this, Zhang Ze let out a slightly melancholic “hiss.”

“Don't say that word, it hasn't come to that.”

“Mainly, hearing it makes my heart give out.”

“Damn the Director, damn the Director's Assistant, we shouldn't have come here!”

Lin Pei quickly assessed the situation.

“It looks like the other side doesn't want our lives for now, otherwise they would have wiped us out as soon as they came in.”

“So this isn't just an attack on the Film Crew; they must have another objective.”

Hai Qing wiped her tears, a look of delight on her face.

“Oh, now that you mention it, that's true.”

“So we don't have to die?”

Lin Pei shook his head.

“Hard to say. If we fail to meet their demands, we could still be wiped out at any moment.”

Hai Qing's mouth stretched open again, but before she could cry out, she heard Lin Pei say another sentence.

“Crying too loudly will also get you wiped out.”

Zhang Ze strongly agreed.

“Right, and you might implicate your companions in being wiped out.”

“Both our lives are in your hands.”

“Of course, you'll definitely be the one wiped out the worst.”

Hai Qing abruptly stopped making noise.

Soon, everyone from the Film Crew was brought to that open space.

A circle of armed Terrorists guarded the perimeter.

Although people dared not move, many were crying out in fear.

The air was filled with the Sounds of National Essence (expletives) uttered by everyone due to tension.

That Streamer from the official media was also dedicated.

Even though they were trembling like chaff, they were still trying hard to keep the camera steady.

They were in a posture of kneeling and holding the camera steady.

“Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, we're gonna die, we're gonna die...”

“Can everyone see clearly? Is it still shaking?”

“...”

Lin Pei and the others happened to be right next to Lin Texian.

Lin Texian, enduring the aggrieved looks from all sides, sighed.

“It's alright, it's alright.”

“Aren't we still alive right now?”

“As long as we're alive, there's still hope.”

Thank you to [Yilin Who Likes Diving Ducks] for the two tips.