Pei Guang and Stelle took action.
Because March 7th and Firefly chose the Action route, to avoid conflict leading to reduced efficiency, Pei Guang and Stelle headed towards the Acting direction.
Riding a Penacony-style vehicle, Pei Guang and Stelle arrived next to a huge stage area.
As soon as they landed, Pei Guang heard an excited voice from the broadcast.
"Dreamplay Fantasia Stage, come if you have a dream! Welcome to the Acting Stage! Please step onto the stage and move the judges with your sincere performance! The next Galaxy Superstar of Penacony is you!"
Listening to this introduction, Pei Guang didn't know how to retort. XX Big Stage? Come if you have X? To think they're playing this meme here...
The two who had landed listened to the broadcast's introduction and walked inside.
Arriving in front of the steps, a guide smiled and introduced to Pei Guang and Stelle: "Two contestants, I will now introduce the rules of this stage to you. There are three stages ahead. On each stage, you can get a synopsis of the script. These three scripts are all from the hand of the movie tycoon Watchmaker, depicting various anecdotes from the pioneering era of Penacony. You need to..."
The guide thus explained.
The performance here was very simple: the judges gave the script, the participants performed, and as long as most judges approved of the performance, they could proceed to the next stage.
The guide was still explaining, but when he said the words "You need to," Pei Guang spoke directly.
"Skip!"
Pei Guang and Stelle directly ignored the guide's plot introduction and headed to the competition venue.
And the performance here wasn't as simple as standing there and saying two lines. This was the Planet of Festivities, a world of dreams.
To allow the performers to better showcase themselves, the Family used special technology that allowed any participant to perform immersively, and various special effects could be simulated during the performance.
If this were in some ordinary world's games, this kind of performance would definitely be described as incredibly amazing, but the actual enactment would just look like two people strolling around.
But this wasn't an ordinary world; it was Penacony, which was more tense and exciting than average games.
Here, any scene the participants wanted could be created, and the contestants only needed to perform according to the script and lines.
Considering some newbie babies might get nervous or make mistakes, during the performance process, contestants could autonomously choose highlight clips for the judges to evaluate.
At the same time, because it was within a dreamscape, each competition felt like a long time had passed for the contestants, but in reality, it was only a few minutes, and the judges could see the performance from the contestants.
This was the Planet of Festivities, a place where beautiful dreams gathered. Although there were or would be various problems here now or later, right now, it could absolutely let everyone who came here happily experience everything in Penacony.
Also, for the perfect hosting of this Festivity Superstar event, the Family had invited several Memokeepers to help.
With the help of Memokeepers, any contestant could complete the competition perfectly.
Arriving at the competition stage, the judge in charge of the first contest's eyes lit up.
She introduced excitedly to everyone watching the live broadcast: "Oh~ Look at this wonderful pair, simply a talented man and a beautiful woman. Since you are a duo, I'll prepare a two-person scene for you! Here, this is the script."
Pei Guang and Stelle took the script and looked at it. The content of this script was very simple: two people arrived in Penacony, and due to various experiences, the two developed different emotions, including disappointment, surprise, happiness, and excitement.
The first competition tested dialogue skills.
The participants only needed to have their emotions in place during the performance to pass.
Stelle: "This script is a bit difficult? So many emotions, how to bring them out?"
Just looking at the script description, Stelle felt this script was a bit abstract, but Pei Guang felt it wasn't difficult at all.
Pei Guang: "No problem, just act according to your true nature. Judge, we are ready, can we start?"
Dialogue Judge: "No problem! Performance, start~"
When these words were spoken, the Memokeeper who had been silent took action. For this Memokeeper, all efforts today were worth it.
The fundamental reason for agreeing to help the Family wasn't because the Family promised any benefits, but because according to the information they obtained, they could harvest memories here that even Lord Fuli valued.
But it was only a possibility. Yet for this insignificant possibility, these ordinary Memokeepers were willing to try.
At the same time, the Memokeepers here were in a cooperative relationship: whoever obtained a memory that interested Lord Fuli had to share it with other Memokeepers.
The scale of this competition was huge, with several branch venues. No one could be sure who this interesting memory would appear with.
Therefore, ordinary unconnected Memokeepers chose to work together fully, because only through cooperation could they truly ensure no memory would be missed.
This Memokeeper was working hard. Although he couldn't create a world for Pei Guang directly like Fuli could, an almost real memory world, creating scenes fitting the script within a dreamscape was still a piece of cake.
At the same time, when the performance started, Pei Guang and Stelle found themselves sitting in a car.
Pei Guang was driving a dilapidated vintage car.
How dilapidated? The kind where the windows couldn't even close.
Here, both Pei Guang and Stelle felt the sensation of the wilderness. That scorching heat, difficulty breathing, and the feeling of sand constantly pouring into their clothes.
Their first scene requirement was simple: one person performs the emotion of disappointment, and one person performs the emotion of excitement.
If they met the judge's standards, they could advance.
Recalling the script's requirements, Pei Guang continued to drive expressionlessly.
Even in the car, a bored Stelle took out two self-heating hot pots, eating the hot pot while singing songs.
However, at this moment, an accident happened: a Memetic entity blocked their way.
The Memetic entity was fierce and powerful. In the plot, they were just ordinary people.
Seeing this scene, the judges began to converse.
Elderly Judge: "These two Nameless aren't simple. How do you think they will express disappointment and excitement?"
Young Judge: "I guess one of them will definitely express disappointment with the environment and disappointment at being deceived by the Watchmaker. And the other will cheer on their companion with passion and longing for the future."
The plot guessed by the young judge was the plot most people would perform. Although this kind of plot was cliché, it had the advantage of being easy to grasp.
The other judges also guessed based on their experience.
While they were guessing, Pei Guang, whose path was blocked by the Memetic Entity, got out of the car.
Watching Pei Guang walk over, the irritable Judge got excited: "Oh? It seems this actor has a restless heart. Does he want to express dissatisfaction through fighting the Memetic Entity? Or maybe express his excitement?"
The requirements for the first scene were just two points: disappointment and excitement. Within the fixed scene, the lines were completely up to the actors' free improvisation.
Plots like expressing various emotions by defeating a Memetic Entity were not uncommon. As long as it was reasonable, they would pass it.
But what Pei Guang did next silenced them all.
In the plot, Pei Guang stopped the car, casually picked up a brick from the ground, and walked towards the Memetic Entity.
Then they saw Pei Guang grabbing the Memetic Entity's head and smashing the brick on it three times in a row. In just a few breaths, he knocked the Memetic Entity to the ground.
So far, the development was similar to what they guessed, but Pei Guang's subsequent actions made them fall into deep silence.
Facing the Memetic Entity that had lost its mobility, Pei Guang directly frisked it all over. But who would have thought that after rummaging for ages, he only pulled out one credit?
"Just this?"
These simple two words, combined with Pei Guang's expression of extreme disdain, fully demonstrated the character's disappointment and contempt for Penacony.
This feeling was like going out to sell oneself for a day, only to earn half a potato… and a sprouted potato at that!
Whether it was the emotion in the words, the expression on his face, or the movements of his body, the disappointment was displayed vividly.