Chapter 013

Less than an hour after the match ended, Shijiu's match had already become a trending topic on Starnet. It was truly rare for Class F to achieve a comeback, and they even managed to complete the mission in a Sacrifice to Heaven instance.

Many people on StarCraft were following this talent show, but since most viewers only watched the livestreams of their favorite trainees, in the first few days of the show, the most exciting scenes were all in Class A.

Class A does have many talented players, and some of the trainees already have a large fan base, so Class A's dungeon live broadcast room has the most people. Of course, there are also many outstanding trainees in other classes.

This program has frequently been on the Star Network’s hot search list in recent days, but this is the first time that the trainees from Class F have appeared on the hot search list.

The most widely circulated video on StarNet is a short video of the final stage of the copy.

A trainee from Class F actually wrote advanced code, successfully calculated the pass, and finally helped cover for his teammates, eliminating five trainees from other classes.

This trainee is indeed very talented, but there is another important factor that made this video a hot topic. That is, this young lady is really beautiful!

Her appearance was non-aggressive, like a gentle and noble daffodil. Her calm and quiet temperament made people remember her at first sight.

Most of the viewers who like to watch talent shows are still a bit of a face-chaser, and good-looking trainees will be easier for them to remember.

With this level of popularity, many viewers became aware of the trainee, Shijiu. Soon, even Shijiu had his own forum on the Star Network, and the number of people using it is still rising rapidly.

The topic square of Star Network is specially set up for various popular stars in the universe, and you can freely discuss various dynamics of the stars in the square.

[Netizen]: The competition was truly amazing until the end!! Our Ajiu is truly amazing!

[Netizen]: Ahhhhh everyone, remember to vote for Ajiu! Our Ajiu is only around 1,000th place right now!

[Netizen]: Ajiu is really so handsome, woooo.

[Netizen]: I was really moved when I saw the last scene. Jiu could have gone there by herself to find the checkpoint, but she gave the opportunity to her teammates!

[Netizen]: Yes, yes, Ajiu and Jin Meng really have a fairy-like friendship!!!

The topic was widely discussed in the forum and quickly became one of the top ten topics in the forum.

At this time, Gu Chuchu, who was obsessed with chart-topping at home, was also tagged by a fan of Shijiu whom she had just met.

"Sister Chuchu is amazing! She's worthy of being a top student majoring in information technology at Ivy League University!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh, now it's ranked number seven! Jiu's ranking has also reached number six hundred!!"

"Sister Chuchu is awesome!"

Gu Chuchu was the owner of the Shijiu Topic Plaza and the fan leader of Shijiu. She had created this topic plaza and also established a dedicated fan group for Shijiu.

Most of the people in this fan group are die-hard fans, and ordinary fans cannot join this fan group.

"Sister Chuchu! Should we come up with a fan name?"

Chu Chu: "Okay!"

The fans in the group were discussing heatedly what kind of fan name would be better, when suddenly the group received a message from a fan.

"Someone on Starnet has leaked some negative information about Ah Jiu."

"What??"

"I saw it too, and it feels like something's not right over there. The data is rising very quickly, like they hired some water army."

Chu Chu: "I'll go take a look. I hope everyone can stay rational and trust Ah Jiu."

Gu Chuchu immediately opened the website and took a look. The negative information about Shijiu was now listed alongside Shijiu on the popularity list. Gu Chuchu clicked on one of the dynamics, which showed some videos of Shijiu's previous live broadcasts.

Shijiu used to wear strange makeup during her livestreams, completely misrepresenting her beauty. Some even revealed that Shijiu had mental problems, bullying female classmates and being expelled from school. She was a misbehaving, unruly young woman! Even more outrageous, some even revealed that Shijiu had been kept by someone and had been a mistress.

Gu Chuchu patiently read through it all. The evidence produced by those people from Heishijiu was full of loopholes.

After the negative information was exposed, many passers-by fans were led astray and began to turn against him, cursing wildly on Star Network.

However, some fans still do not believe this revelation and still stand on Shijiu's side, quarreling with those black fans.

Fans on both sides went crazy, shouting at each other for over four hours without stopping, forcing the topic of Shijiu to the top of the trending search list.

It wasn't until dark that the quarrel between fans and haters finally subsided.

Fan group,

"Where has Sister Chuchu gone? Why hasn't she said anything?"

"Why is Sister Chuchu silent? Could it be that all this is true?"

"Impossible, I don't want to believe it!"

"Shijiu doesn't seem like that kind of person. I think someone is behind this."

"She just became popular and people are already trying to smear her. How worried are they that she will become famous?"

"Ahhhh Sister Chuchu is so amazing, there's a counter-game, go check out Chuchu's updates!"

The fan group suddenly exploded because Gu Chuchu spent more than four hours to create a backlash against the negative information. The backlash was really detailed and even revealed the team behind the operation.

[Netizen]: Wow, the melon this time is really delicious.

[Netizen]: The team behind the scenes has figured it out, they are indeed technical talents!

[Netizen]: So that’s how it is. It turns out that it was Yu Sihan’s people who were behind the wine.

[Netizen]: I have to say, Shijiu is really unlucky to be involved with a man like this.

.......

The popularity of Shijiu has not diminished at all. In just a few minutes, a certain topic post has built up more than 3,000 posts.

The fan group was also very lively. Besides cursing the scumbag, everyone was praising Shi Jiu's looks.

Until a fan came out and said: "I'm going to a big event, a big event!"

"What's wrong?"

There was no response from the other end, and a screenshot was directly posted in the group.

"Shi Yan, the president of the chief gaming company, has followed our topic forum!"

“!!!”

"!!!!!!!!!!!"

"How is that possible! It can't be a real number!"

"I saw it too!"

"Ahhh, the president has paid attention to our Ajiu. Let's see what those haters will say now!!!"

Shi Jiu had no idea that he had become famous on Star Network and had many fans.

As in-game trainees, they were quite busy on a daily basis. Shijiu had assigned his teammates special dungeon training, with two or three people clearing dungeons. Because Jin Meng's overall strength was relatively weak, Shijiu specifically helped her clear a few simple supernatural dungeons.

Jin Meng really has no resistance to ghosts. Every time she sees a ghost in the dungeon, she can't help but cry. Shi Jiu would comfort her at first, but later on he started to get stern.

After Shijiu's training, Jin Meng's dungeon clearance ability was like a rocket. He even shocked his teammates during the small test.

Not only Jin Meng, everyone in the Shijiu team has made rapid progress.

Soon, they only had one day left to practice, and the first elimination match was about to begin. This elimination match was really cruel for the trainees in Class F. Only five trainees could advance from more than four hundred trainees.

Jin Meng and the others were clearly a bit anxious and nervous. Shi Jiu didn't continue training on the final day. Instead, he called them into the cafeteria, preparing to eat something delicious and relax. Perhaps because it was the final stage and everyone was actively preparing for the competition, the cafeteria was empty, with few trainees present.

Shijiu ordered some delicious food and filled the table. Jin Meng hadn't eaten properly for a long time, so she started eating. While eating, she didn't forget to add some food to Shijiu's meal. "Jiu, try this. It's really delicious."

Shi Jiu smiled and said, "Okay."

"Tomorrow is the knockout round, so there's no need to be so nervous." Shi Jiu looked at the worried people and said, "We're also very strong, don't be afraid!"

Gu Jie was the first to recover. "That's right! Do your best and leave the rest to fate! Roll up your sleeves and get to work!"

"Yeah, that's right." Tong Le raised the drink in his hand, "Meeting together is fate, I toast to you."

"cheers!!!"

The meal was almost over. Shi Jiu took out some information from the bag behind him and handed it to them. "By the way, I prepared some things for you. You can take a look at them tonight."

Jin Meng took it and looked at it, her eyes widening in surprise.

Gu Jie took a look and was equally shocked: "Amazing!"

【Bullet screen】: What is this? Let me see it please!!!

【Bullet screen】: Curious, curious, curious! ! ! !

[Bullet screen]: It’s finally here, hahahahahahahaha, I’m so looking forward to the first elimination round!

Shijiu's team was completely relaxed, chatting and laughing. However, a group not far away was in a completely different state. Several people were exceptionally quiet, their heads down, eating, seemingly lost in thought.

"The team over there is so happy, why don't we be so depressed? Let's be a little happier!"

"They're so happy, they must be noobs with no hope of advancing."

The person who spoke was a girl, and her voice was not small. Shijiu and the others who were not far away could hear it clearly, and Shijiu turned his head to look at the girl over there.

She was a pretty girl with beautiful makeup on her face, but the look she gave her was not friendly at all.

Shi Jiu was slightly stunned.

She remembered that she knew the girl not far away.

Song Qingyun is Wen Shijiu's classmate.

However, the relationship between the two people is not very good.

Shi Jiu also remembered that the day before she came to participate in the show, Song Qingyun sent her a message asking her to wait and that he would teach her a lesson.

Song Qingyun was also a goddess-like figure in the school, and in her impression, she seemed to be quite good at playing games. Her strength was similar to Yu Sihan's, so it was strange that she was in Class F this time.

Shi Jiu thought of a possibility.

Song Qingyun came specifically for her.

The tone of the man's voice was really unpleasant. Before Jin Meng could speak, she suddenly heard the voice of the host.

【Players, please come to the game lobby to gather. 】

Jin Meng was stunned for a moment, "What's going on? Why are we gathering all of a sudden?"

"Maybe the first elimination match is about to begin." Shi Jiu said.

Upon hearing the announcement of the program, all the trainees from Class F immediately headed to the game hall. The seats in the hall were labeled with the trainees' names. Jin Meng immediately spotted her name and Shi Jiu's. Their teams were sitting next to each other.

The hall was soon filled with trainees.

[Hello, fellow trainees, we meet again.]

[I believe all the trainees have guessed it, my first elimination match is about to begin.]

[Do you trainees have confidence? ]

"Yes!!" More than four hundred trainees spoke up.

【OK. 】

【Please get ready, trainees.】

【The first elimination match will begin soon. 】

After the host finished speaking, the whole audience suddenly became quiet.

Most of the trainees were confused.

Jin Meng leaned over to Shi Jiu and whispered, "This is so sudden. I thought the host would say more."

[Bullet screen]: Hahahaha their expressions are so funny.

[Bullet comment]: The first elimination round would start so soon, probably none of the trainees expected it.

[Bullet screen]: I have to say, the production crew really knows how to have fun!

【All players have entered the game instance.】

【The copy begins.】

Shijiu opened her eyes. It was dark and she seemed to be alone.

This time, the game copy randomly assigned players to different locations at the beginning, completely different from the previous teams.

Shi Jiu lowered her eyes and saw that her gaming bracelet lit up.

[The game mission has been released. Do you want to check it? ]

Shijiu clicked [View].

[The Horror Amusement Park dungeon officially begins.]

It turns out that this copy is an amusement park, Shijiu had a rough idea in his mind.

[There are thirty password boxes hidden in the amusement park, and they require the combined efforts of five trainees to unlock them.]

[The trainee who first unlocks the five password boxes will advance smoothly.]

[Please note: Please protect your wristbands. Players with broken wristbands will be eliminated.]

After Shijiu finished reading this dungeon mission, he turned off the game bracelet.

She took a quick look around. She was in a dark room. The room was very simple, with only a broken bed and a horrible painting on the wall.

The painting seemed to be bleeding, and there were bloodstains all over the wall.

Shi Jiu roughly guessed that she was probably in a haunted house.

[Bullet comment]: Why does this room look so eerie?

[Bullet screen]: It’s a haunted house after all, how can it not be spooky?

[Bullet comment]: When I play games, what I fear most is being alone in such a confined space.

[Bullet comment]: Miss sister has such bad luck, why did she end up in a haunted house right away?

The room is completely closed, without any gaps. If you want to get out, you must find the mechanism in the room.

She wasn't the only player in the amusement park's haunted house, and soon Shijiu heard the screams of other players. In this dark environment, there were bursts of miserable screams around her.

I can hardly bear to read the comments.

However, Shi Jiu seemed to be frozen, and did not actively look for clues. He just stood quietly in the room.

After a while, new sounds appeared in the room.

"Knock, knock, knock."

It felt like something was hitting the bed.

[Bullet comment]: Damn, there must be something under the bed.

[Bullet comment]: Maybe a long-haired ghost with blood all over his face will crawl out from under the bed soon.

[Bullet comment]: This is forcing players to find the exit of the room quickly.

The sound was still ringing, and Shi Jiu couldn't bear it anymore, so she simply walked to the bed. Before the live camera, she did something that made everyone unbelievable.

She lifted the board.

There was a dark hand under the wooden board.

The hand is very long and looks more like a skeleton hand.

The hand probably didn't expect it to come out so quickly, and it was slightly stunned.

Then the skeleton moved, his target being Shijiu's heart.

At the same time, the wine also moved, and she suddenly let go, and the wooden board she had been holding suddenly fell down, just pressing down the hand that had not yet left.

The room was very quiet, and the audience in the live broadcast room clearly heard a click.

I don’t know if it was the board that was broken or my hand.

【Bullet screen】：..........

[Bullet screen]: Boss, you are awesome, hahahahaha!

[Bullet comment]: I feel sorry for the drummers below for a second!

Shi Jiu glanced down and saw that the hand was still resisting. Shi Jiu walked closer with an expressionless face, then raised his foot and stomped hard on the wooden board.

Then it was finally quiet, without any movement.

Shi Jiu hadn't given up yet. She squatted down and reached under the bed to feel around.

The audience in the live broadcast room completely couldn't understand Shijiu's confusing behavior.

[Bullet comment]: What is she doing? This is the first time I see a player actively touching the place where the NPC is.

【Bullet screen】: The most dangerous place is the safest place, I think...

With a click.

The originally dark room was suddenly lit up with dazzling light.

The audience in the live broadcast room also subconsciously closed their eyes.

[Bullet screen]: What the hell is this? It’s so dazzling!

【Bullet screen】: It’s open, it’s open, the door is open!

[Bullet screen]: Wow, this is awesome!

The light in the room was so bright that Shi Jiu narrowed her eyes slightly. At the same time, she heard the door open and the system's notification tone.

[If a player is injured, their eyesight will be reduced by 50%.]

Shijiu: “….”

She also suddenly remembered that she had set this up just for fun, but she didn't expect that she would be fooled now.

However, this vision problem is only a minor one and won't cause any real harm to the player. It will heal on its own after a while. The only downside is that her vision is now extremely blurry, as if she has become severely nearsighted.

Fifty meters away, there is no difference between humans and animals.

Shi Jiu sighed helplessly and walked towards the door.

The Haunted House was indeed a haunted house. Shijiu could hear the screams of many players. It seemed that quite a few trainees had been assigned to the Haunted House this time.

The haunted house where Shijiu was was very dark, and since she was still very nearsighted, she felt as if she were blind. The whole world was filled with a hazy beauty.

Shi Jiu picked up a wooden stick from somewhere and used it to explore the way, so as not to trip over something invisible.

At this time, in a corner at the end of the corridor, two trainees were huddled together.

"Should we go and take a look?"

"Don't go over there yet, the ghost is over there." The trainee next to him said in a trembling voice.

"It's been so long, and the ghost hasn't come out yet. Maybe it's gone away."

"Wait a minute."

"Did you hear that? There seemed to be some sound."

After saying this, everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl not far in front of them. The girl was also wearing a training uniform, but strangely, she was holding a stick in her hand.

There was a "knock knock knock" sound in the dark corridor.

Some trainees wondered: "Why is there a trainee who is blind?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was covered by the team around him.

The trainee subconsciously looked at his teammates in confusion.

His teammates gave him a look. When the trainee looked toward the corridor again, he saw a slender, ghostly figure appear on the pitch-black floor. Its bloody mouth yawned, as if it was about to eat someone.

The trainee opened his eyes wide in horror.

I guess the blind trainee in the corridor is in great danger now.

Shi Jiu was completely oblivious to the ghostly figure not far from her. It was only the stick in her hand that seemed to strike something, and with a snap, the wooden plank leaning against the wall fell to the ground. Shi Jiu froze for a moment, then used her stick to feel the way forward. After confirming there was no danger, she calmly walked over from the plank.

The ghost figure who had eaten a mouthful of wood: "........"

It was not until Shijiu entered another room and her figure disappeared that the trainees who saw all this came to their senses.

The trainee was incredulous: "That girl just walked over the ghost."

"I saw it and stepped on the ghost's face."

“........”

“Awesome.”

[Bullet screen]: Hahahahaha what did I just see?

[Bullet comment]: I laughed so hard, I laughed so hard, I saw the ghost's shocked and speechless expression.

【Bullet screen】: You totally ignored the existence of ghosts, sir! ! !

This haunted house had many rooms, and since Shijiu couldn't see anything clearly, it made things even more difficult for her. Shijiu simply walked forward, relying on her senses, until she opened a beautiful room.

There seemed to be many fireflies flying in the room, and the faint fluorescence illuminated the dark room.

However, the perspective of the audience in the live broadcast room is completely different from Shijiu’s.

The audience, who were not extremely short-sighted, saw that the room was filled with terrifying ghost-faced moths. The ghost-faced moths were not big in size, but their faces were very scary.

[Bullet screen]: Oh my god, this thing is so disgusting.

[Bullet screen]: Ahhhhhh it’s the ghost-faced moth, why did I let me see this thing!

[Bullet comment]: It’s over. I can’t eat today.

The comments were still circulating about the ghost-faced moth, when they saw something shocking. Shi Jiu actually reached out and started catching the ghost-faced moth with his bare hands.

After catching them, she put them into a small transparent bag she had prepared.

[Bullet screen]: It’s amazing, the boss is so brave!

【Bullet comment】: Why is she grabbing these things? Isn't it disgusting?

[Bullet comment]: The boss may think they are cute.

[Bullet comment]: Am I the only one who thinks it might be because she wants to use these things as lighting?

[Bullet screen]: Just awesome.

All the audience's attention was on Shijiu, and no one noticed the window not far from Shijiu.

A small protruding eyeball appeared next to the window.