Fatal Escape: The Ultimate Survival Challenge

completely unfamiliar place. Alongside me are other students from the track field, now asse

test of wit and courage. Now, please choose your partners. Attention, you cannot select from the 100 people present or a par

at everyone has numbers di

g begi

while a virtual screen with a soft keyboard materializes in fro

1 has not made a choice. He looks up

the game process or violate the rules will be punished. Player number 1, you have failed to s

mber 1, engulfing him completely as he screams in agony, clutching his

ervening would be seen as tampering wit

k my life for another. All I can do is silently pr

s, and he is re

unces, “Player number 1 is eliminated. player number 2, plea

. The relentlessly ticking countdown does not allow much time for compo

eir loved ones or friends in jeopardy. I sigh,

eachers, classmates are off-limits, and as

do

, “Alia, do not panic. You are numbe

merical order. But the next second, th

your partners following the demonstrati

Panic sets in, with the countdown rapidly decreasing. The more I hur

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with cold sweat. What do I do? If all else fail

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annot even remember the

9,

mind. The evening news from y

that M Company will probably lose today. M Company’s CEO Bai-Wan Chee

Chee, it

n, mentally apologizing, “I’m so

2

untdow

Pairing successful,” and col

tted time. According to game rules, you will be eliminated. Congratulations to the

ple the next second. This time, there are no

the CEO of M Company, Bai-Wan Chee, who is a frequent fi

nent forehead wrinkles—could those have been added in post-product

he is visibly shocked by his surroundings, “What

s, he lets out a massive scream

n his phone, but his hands tremble so m

streamlined shape, the aluminum body, the 4.7-inch screen, a

of M Company would be so frug

f reporters and congress, appearing weak, pitiful, and helpless. I feel a twinge of guilt and hand him his phone ba

Ultimate Survival Challenge’. This is a test of wit and courage. Please find your

man. I extend my hand, “Hello,

d about, it is good to have an alias. That way, if he finds out he was tri

look, shakingly taking

rules are

intra-team violence prohibited. If one player di

ssions, with inter-team violence

iling to complete a mission within t

out to start.

st means returning to the real world. I wonder if Bai-W

m, Bai-Wan Chee offe

e of shame and quickl

ght. How does a CEO of a public company manage to

seems, are mas