Chapter 87

"What are you doing? Are you going to finish your makeup or not? If not, you're leaving." The makeup artist, seeing Zhou Jiu's evasive movements, threw down her makeup brush and scolded angrily, "What, can't I say anything now? Haven't you been to jail?"

Zhou Jiu stepped back again, bypassing the makeup artist, and went to the other side. He opened his personal terminal, brought up a mirror, and carefully examined himself. He rubbed his finger over one eye to lighten the eyeshadow color, then added color to the other eye. It looked much better that way.

As for the makeup artist who was about to yell at Zhou Jiu again but was tripped by the wires on the ground and got tangled up, Zhou Jiu continued to look behind him through the mirror interface of the quantum computer, his lips drooping. He quickly put away the quantum computer and walked towards the makeup artist from the other side, watching as the makeup artist untangled one end of the wires, only to have the other end tangled up by Qi Qi.

Zhou Jiu squatted down slightly, a faint smile on his lips, and extended his hand: "Mr. Makeup Artist, do you need me to help you up?"

Before the makeup artist could completely untangle the knotted thread, Zhou Jiu pulled her sleeve up and then grabbed the makeup artist's arm. Halfway up, Zhou Jiu suddenly let go, frowning slightly. "Ah, sorry, my hand slipped."

Zhou Jiu, you

Zhou Jiuwei leaned a little closer to the makeup artist's ear and said in a very soft voice, "Makeup artist, aren't you worried that someone who's been to prison might do something?"

The makeup artist's angry expression froze on her face. "There are cameras here... so don't do anything outrageous."

Someone came in from outside. Zhou Jiu reached out and pulled Qi Qi back. He tugged at his lips and continued to squat down beside her, his hand still making the gesture of helping the makeup artist up.

"Are you done with your makeup? We need to get ready to enter the base." A stranger pushed open the door to the dressing room and asked directly.

"Huh? What's wrong?" The man noticed the situation on the ground and asked in surprise.

The makeup artist stood up, but before he could even open his mouth, someone else spoke first, saying, "The makeup artist was in such a hurry when he turned around to get something that he got caught on the equipment cable. I've already called the nearest emergency medical robot, and it will be here soon."

"Alright, Che'er. You wait with Liu Liu for the medical robot. I'll take Zhou Jiu to the recording base first," the woman said to a young man behind her.

“Okay.” The young man nodded.

"Zhou Jiu, you should understand the general flow of the program, right?"

Zhou Jiu shook his head, his gaze falling on the small metal decoration on the woman's collar, the editor in charge, Zhang Xi.

"Xiaoxiao just told me today that the process has changed, and I don't know what will be recorded next."

“Oh, that’s not important. Our program is a large-scale live survival show. Today’s theme is leisure. Just remember that there are cameras everywhere in the base, which is a bit similar to the mecha live stream you did on StarNet. But you have to remember that our program combines fantasy and reality. Sometimes injuries will manifest in terms of mental strength, and sometimes in terms of physical strength. Be careful about these things,” Zhang Xi said.

Zhou Jiu raised an eyebrow; she wasn't quite sure about these things.

Zhang Xi clearly saw Zhou Jiu's expression, but she smiled and said, "There won't be any danger to your life, and with your abilities, nothing will happen. Besides, Qiao Shi is very good at this, so you can ask him if you have any questions. However, he's rather aloof, so I don't know how you two get along."

Zhang Xi casually remarked something, and Zhou Jiu's lips twitched slightly. She did indeed find that Qiao Shiyi in the reality show was rather aloof and quiet. She was also a little curious about how someone as talkative as Lin Xiu could hold back from speaking for so long.

"Come with me."

After switching to in-ear monitors, Zhou Jiu caught up with Zhang Xi.

Zhou Jiu entered the base.

As soon as Zhou Jiu stepped into the base, a robot guided him over. "Hello, guest Zhou Jiu, I am Survival No. 99. Please follow me. The first segment of this week's casual scenario in our survival program is finding friends."

[Survival show, here I come!]

[Look who the new guests are today! They're so stingy, never announcing who the guests are beforehand, making me check every time to see if my idol is on the list.]

[Am I seeing things? Is this Zhou Jiu?]

[Damn, it's a humanoid mecha! Didn't I hear she was banished to a desolate planet? Is the rumor wrong?]

Wow, it's my idol! I finally saw him on an adventure reality show!

[There are actually people who idolize criminals; have they no morals at all?]

[Not everyone who breaks the law should be condemned outright. If someone harms others, then they are certainly unforgivable. But Zhou Jiu is only a member of the military on two separate occasions, which is due to different laws in different districts. As for the claim of leaking superiors' privacy, please, there was no evidence for this charge in the last two of the three reviews. He's just a student; where would he have gotten the information to leak secrets?]

[Reliable sources indicate that another reason for Zhou Jiu's sentencing is that she exposed the human experiments conducted on citizens of the Spu Galaxy, which implicated the interests of the military leadership, leading to her downfall.]

[Why not mention Ye Yang? During that period, Zhou Jiu's popularity clearly surpassed that of the once-genius Ye Yang. But everyone knows Ye Yang was a prospective high-achieving student at a military academy. Those who understand his background probably know what kind of development he would have in the future. It's obvious that Zhou Jiu was in his way. A student on scholarship trying to shake the tree is just wishful thinking.]

[I really like Zhou Jiu so much, I'm so happy! So this is where the author was talking about meeting her in the story.]

[Actually, there wasn't such a big reason. Considering she served two years on the desolate planet and was eventually able to leave, it's clear that she had someone helping her behind the scenes, or there was some kind of power struggle. Also, Zhou Jiu must have done something. Anyway, she seems to be doing quite well now, which is good.]

I hate criminals, no matter what law they break. I'm not watching her anymore.

The robot's head was flashing green light intermittently, and Zhou Jiu knew it was waiting for her reply, so Zhou Jiu greeted it in return.

"Hello, Survivor Number 99."

"The options have been opened. Guest Zhou Jiu has chosen the Flying Motorbike as his mode of transportation. It is a new type of transportation that combines an antique motorcycle with an aircraft and has been modified by our survival program. It is called the Flying Motorbike."

Zhou Jiu looked at the intelligent machine that had transformed into the shape of a motorcycle, but this motorcycle was missing two wheels and had an extra glider underneath, or rather, it was a surfboard. Zhou Jiu looked at this uniquely shaped motorcycle and pursed his lips.

"You can use the route map above the dashboard to find clues about your friend, and a very important reminder: remember to bring your vehicle."

After saying that, the lights on the flying motorcycle went out, and the route map on the screen disappeared instantly. Zhou Jiu was so angry at this bizarre scene that he almost laughed. No wonder he reminded him of the last point: bring your own means of transportation.