Chapter 140: Helping Others, Helping Yourself, and Overcoming Disasters

[Hey, that's great, Moye! Where's that sister who insisted on watching Moye's matches for several years? She's still watching now, right?]

I really like how high-spirited Xu Lingqu was at the end.

[I suddenly thought that this game might be targeting Jin Fangtaibai's telecom fraud scheme. I feel like it will be talked about for a long time, just like Guan Chuanjun's closure.]

[Hey, they've been saying that the top eight will be announced soon. Seabuckthorn is second and Du'e is third. Now Seabuckthorn has secured eight points, but Du'e and Chengxing are tied at six. What should we do?]

[I don't know. The commentator just said that the league center is still discussing it. Now they're showing an interview with Moye by StarCraft Media. Kkk, this red-haired guy named Jin from Moye is so sharp.]

The original "target of siege" of the interstellar media was Xu Lingqu, but she predicted it in advance and pushed Jin, who was closest to her, forward, leaving His Royal Highness the Prince to deal with the media himself. This should be the basic quality of the royal family, right?

Jin had been interviewed by interstellar media before. When he attended as the third prince, the interviews were very brief. He was wearing a mask on his face. At that time, he was afraid that he would say something wrong and "damage the Euripides family", so his answers were very appropriate.

This time he has the opportunity to let himself go openly.

"What do you think of your commander-in-chief, Xu Lingqu?"

"What do you think? The commander is invincible."

"Uh... for example, this time she chose to go to the energy core point by herself. Don't you think she's still a bit of a personal hero like before?"

Jin finally understood why Xu Lingqu didn't care for these people. These interstellar media were simply too bored to care. They couldn't even fire a gun, but they just loved giving Xu Lingqu advice.

He frowned impatiently: "What do you mean by individual heroism? She said that she won the game alone? She wasn't a hero before. Can you tell me if it is true first and then if it is possible?"

The reporter was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Moye's students would be so disrespectful to him. Skynet was still broadcasting live!

He continued stubbornly, "Twice, she chose to be the one who ultimately decided the outcome..."

"That's because she can do it. Can you do it? If you can, then come on. Why are you so opinionated?" Jin sneered and glanced down at the man's reporter badge. "Star Travel Media? You'd better avoid me next time you see me, or I'll beat you up every time I see you."

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Inside the capital's Star Palace, the eldest prince Sean watched this scene and laughed. He was not in good health and coughed while laughing. Princess Fulian, who was sitting next to him, quickly asked someone to find the chief royal physician.

Sean waved his hand: "Chief Li has been very busy recently. I don't have anything to do. Please don't bother her."

Fulian gave him a somewhat dissatisfied look, then turned her gaze back to Jin on the broadcast.

"How can he have the temperament of a prince?" She frowned.

"He usually speaks softly in front of you, and you don't like it." Sean glanced at his sister. "That's good. He's just like that. After going to the military academy, he's become more and more energetic."

"But he will definitely..." Fulian frowned, her delicate and beautiful face almost wrinkled into a ball. "Why is it only him? Why not..."

"Flynn," Sean interrupted her seriously. "There's no other reason. It could only be him. I know you're not doing this for yourself, but Jin was completely unaware of this. He had no choice. It wasn't his fault, so why blame him?"

Fulian fell silent. Sean coughed twice more and looked at Jin's nonchalant manner during the interview. "The day he learned the truth, he was the one who suffered the most."

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"We just received news from the league center. The last two quarterfinal spots that everyone is concerned about were won by Sea Buckthorn with eight points. There was another one that Du'e and Zhicheng were competing for with the same score of 6 points. In the end, the league referee ruled that the first knockout match had a higher weight than the group stage. Zhicheng won the first knockout match, so Zhicheng entered the league quarterfinals..." Lieutenant Quan adjusted the headset and relayed the news from the league center.

Teacher Xiao said with regret, "The Du'e team advanced to the semi-finals of the league last year, but this year encountered some setbacks and failed to reach the quarter-finals. I hope that next year's Du'e can regain its form and become a strong school in the empire again."

Last year, Jin Fang Taibai emerged out of nowhere. His hacking skills left many military academies helpless. But this year, everyone had studied him carefully and had a way to crack his skills, so Du'e's grades plummeted.

Most people in Skynet thought it was a pity that Jin Fang Taibai went to Du'e, that his role was not maximized, and that the others were really a burden to him.

Xu Xizhen stood beside Liu Zheng and looked around curiously: "Where is Fang Taibai now? Where is he?"

Liu Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "He must have gone to Moye's lounge to cry again."

"Oh." Xu Xizhen nodded, then quickly realized, "Hey, my sister seems to have gone back just now."

It’s over. Why does it feel like Fang Taibai is going to cry even more miserably?

Xu Lingqu walked towards Moye's lounge and, not surprisingly, found a black and white mushroom at the door.

Jin Fang Taibai squatted in the corner, watching the animals in the zoo banging their heads against the wall in a stereotypical manner.

"Where are your parents?" Xu Lingqu looked up but did not see Limuyi.

Generally speaking, he is always like Jin Fang Taibai's social guardian, always following behind Jin Fang Taibai to discipline or coax him.

"..." Jin Fang Taibai said dimly, "He's even sadder than I am. He feels like he's holding me back."

This time he didn't cry, he just felt depressed, very depressed, as if all the dark clouds under the sky had made their home over his head.

Jin Fang Taibai didn't like the comments of those people, who said that Du'e's success was due to him and his failure was due to others, etc. It was a mess and made him want to run away after hearing it.

Before joining Du'e and becoming a military academy student, it was not part of his life trajectory at all. Winning or losing, and responsibility, were not important to Jin Fang Taibai. He was just a hacker who did whatever he wanted.

When his psychic power was activated to S-level, Jin Fang Taibai didn't delete the report in the military system. He thought it was pretty cool. As a result, because of this psychic power, he was the focus of attention and arrested. He was either sent to a military academy or to jail for various previous intrusion incidents.

Of course he wouldn't choose to go to jail, he's not stupid.

He had chosen the profession of analysis at random; his physical condition meant he couldn't fight like a single soldier. Command wasn't even on his radar screen; those two words were too hot to handle, like shackles that held him captive.

Last year's competition had also featured an experienced third-year senior serving as the chief conductor. She was truly as gentle and calm as flowing water, silently and thoughtfully doing much for Du'e. But back then, everyone focused solely on Jin Fang Taibai, ignoring her achievements and failing to grasp what was most important to Du'e. Even now, many still consider her just another ordinary chief conductor among many others.

This year, Du'e's chief commander was replaced by Li Muyi, who was equally inexperienced. Fang Taibai could sense that Li Muyi was doing his best to take care of his emotions and learn how to be a good chief commander, but the time he was given was too short. And Fang Taibai himself, always so immature, didn't want to take on any responsibility.

Xu Lingqu paused: "Are you feeling guilty?"

"I didn't!" Jin Fang Taibai really started crying this time.

"Congratulations on coming to the human world." She leaned against the door and looked at his slightly red eyes.

Despite sharing a similarly free-spirited personality, Fang Taibai is now completely different from Jin. While Jin may be boisterous and imaginative, he's inherently mature and good-tempered, demonstrating the success of his royal upbringing. Meanwhile, Fang Taibai is like a wild animal in the wilderness, his unpredictable thoughts and erratic behavior a natural consequence of his nature.

In Du'e, it was obvious that no one wanted to tame his wildness. The people of Du'e really just wrapped him gently like water, watching him rampage in the human world.

Until today, I have completely hit a wall.

"What do you mean?" Jin Fang Taibai didn't understand. "Are you calling me a non-human?"

"That's understandable." Seeing that he should have recovered, Xu Lingqu opened the door of the lounge and went in.

Jin Fang Taibai was about to ask something when he stood up suddenly and the door of Commander Moye's lounge was closed in front of him.

Today, Taibai: ...

This heartless woman! Not only did she trick him badly during the game, but how could she still be so cold-blooded outside of it?

But they just didn't coax him unconditionally like the people in Du'e, so how could this be considered cold-blooded? Xu Lingqu had no obligation to take care of his emotions.

Jin Fang Taibai stared at the door for more than ten seconds, then he left the lounge corridor belonging to Moye. With an unswerving determination, he walked back to Du'e's lounge.

Du'e's students were not in a very good mood. They all looked sad and depressed, but when they saw Jin Fang Taibai, their faces turned into surprise without exception.

"You're back?"

The words that Jin Fangtaibai wanted to say to comfort them got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them. He scratched his hair and said, "Why? Can't I come back?"

Du'e's students waved their hands and pulled him to Du'e's commander's lounge.

As soon as the door opened, Jin Fang Taibai saw that Li Muyi's face was still covered with tears. Du'e's team leader was trying to comfort him. When the two turned around and saw Jin Fang Taibai, they were so scared that they almost jumped up.

"Why, why are you back?" Limuyi hurriedly wiped away her tears and observed Jinfang Taibai's condition. "Have the people over at Moye comforted you?"

...If what Xu Lingqu did is considered coaxing.

Jin Fang Taibai looked puzzled: "Why are they coaxing me?"

"Haven't you always wanted to go to Moye, and Moye just happens to be in need of a stronger analyst?" The teacher in charge was confused.

"When did I ever want to go to Moye? I really just thought it was a good place for me to cry!" This made Jin Fang Taibai jump up and down in anger, "Really? Why is there such a misunderstanding? In your eyes, I'm the kind of person who would abandon Du'e and run away at any time!"

The teacher leading the team, Li Muyi, and the onlookers, Du'e students, quickly denied it and explained that they had always thought that Jin Fang Taibai liked Moye very much, and that he often went to her place and tried to steal Xu Lingqu's girl. In addition, the unscrupulous media continued to spread rumors, which made them think that Jin Fang Taibai might want to transfer Moye to another school.

In addition, after today's competition, Jin Fang Taibai went straight to Moye's lounge.

In Li Muyi's opinion, if Xu Lingqu intended to pull Jin Fang Taibai over to improve Moye's overall analytical ability, Jin Fang Taibai would probably be poached by Xu Lingqu in just two or three sentences.

They were reluctant to let Jin Fang Taibai go, but if Jin Fang Taibai made such a decision, they would be even more reluctant to hold Jin Fang Taibai down and not let him leave, so no one went to find Jin Fang Taibai, they chose to digest their emotions on their own.

Fortunately, Fang Taibai came back himself and solved this speechless misunderstanding. Du'e's lounge was in chaos, but he also explained the whole story clearly.

Jin Fang Taibai looked at his teachers, friends, and classmates and whispered, "Next year, next year I will take you to the finals."

Limuyi didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"I say! Next year! I'm going to take Du'e! To the finals!"