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A brown-haired woman fell down to her knees as she witnessed one of her teammates die from the explosion. The whole volleyball court was immediately filled with a scream from a woman as they ran toward them, together with all the male contestants. She just watches them from a distance as they mourn over the dead body.

"Amiyah Bateman just disqualified herself from the competition." The host said as he fired his pistol, which is a sign that to stand in front of him Some women are still crying for the death of Amiyah.

Amiyah Bateman was an eighteen-year-old woman who entered the competition just for her own amusement. She thought that the elimination method was just a simple joke and that the thirty million dollar price looked promising as she thought. She is the businessman's only daughter.

"Just a friendly reminder that you all signed up for this. Once the competition starts, there's no going back. Now let's get out of here. "The host said as he walked to the other as the other contestant immediately followed him.

As soon as they are back at the house where all the contestants rest and prepare for their weekly events, it starts to fill with a scream of anger.

"I thought the host was actually joking about the elimination method!" A young man shouted as his fellow contestant immediately looked at him. Max Moyer is an eighteen-year-old incoming freshman in the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering program."I mean, what the fuck? She literally died in front of us while playing volleyball."

"I know, Maxx. But we have no choice but to continue the show. " A curly girl responded named Ayat Blevins. A teacher at one of Trite State Area's most popular private schools

"Continue? Are you insane? Amiyah died, and soon we will too! You may also die in one of the challenges! This is not an ordinary show! This is fucking hell! " A bald man, Jaxx Vazquez, yelled at them. He is a licensed teacher with a major in Physical Education and is currently taking a master's degree. "Only one of us will survive, and that is the winner of this stupid fucking show!"

"What if we escape instead?" I mean, ignore the thirty million dollar price and escape this hell hole? " Eshal Brookes, a short woman, suggests her plan. She is the youngest contestant and a senior high school student studying "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics," or "STEM" for short."We can plan our escape, right?"

"Nice plan, little girl." Calvin Lloyd said, Who is the buff man He is a body builder and is currently the owner of the gym from another state. "But have you noticed the collar attached to our neck? This shit is called tracker. "

Everyone looks down to check their collar, which has a red light where it slowly blinks.

"Once we escape, the host will be able to catch us because of this."

"Then what shall we do?" A tall woman asked. Her name is Humero Lozano, and she is one of the popular models in the Crite State Area. "I mean, we still have a way to escape, right?"

"There's also another problem." Clyde McCoy, a blonde-haired man, joins in. He's currently the manager of the Crite State Bank. "I saw tons of security cameras all over the place. The only place that does not have a security camera is this house. "

Everyone became confused with his statement.

" Okay, we are in the huge studio, which has three hectares. I did a little background research about this place. This was located at the edge of the Crite State Area, which is pretty far. But this studio was known as one of the abandoned studios. "

"Then call the cops instead." Katherine J., a brown-haired woman suggests as she shows her small cellular phone to another contestant. She is an amateur detective. "Fortunately, I brought this cellular phone with me together with a walkie-talkie, which is in my bag."

Everyone was surprised as Katherine quickly shoveled her cellular phone into her pocket. All communication devices are not allowed in the show. But she managed to sneak them in by opening a large cheetos chip, eating it, putting in a small cellular phone, a small walkie-talkie, a bunch of batteries, charger, and chip bag resealer, and resealing it by using an extra chip bag resealer.

"It looks like we have a secret detective here. Now we must refrain from talking about those'secret weapons' that our little lady secretly bought in the show. " A long-haired man named Jonathan Hamer said. He is a famous athlete in the Crite State Area. "Now, little lady detective, what is your plan?"

"As of now, the only thing I can do is to call the police station. The best time to call them is by midnight so that the host will never suspect us. " Kathy shared her plan with the other contestants. "Then we must follow the police construction in order to track this location." The only things we know about this place is that it was an abandoned studio, it has an inside volleyball court, and the size of this studio is three hectares. I think that is actually a good clue about this studio. It might take a few days or weeks, but it is better to receive a late response than no response, I guess. Not only that, I bet this show will probably get aired in the Crite State Area, so it will probably help us to get rescued. "

Everyone agrees to Katherine's plan. Now the only thing they can do is to act naturally and avoid making a suspicious move, or else they might get caught and get punished. Now they only have six days before the next challenge. They have no idea what the host store is for them. As of now, they only have two options. Survive the challenge they face as one of them dies or get help from an outsider.