Chapter 55 Fantasy Circus (5) Selected
In the human world, most circuses open with an animal show.
For example, a tiger crossed a sky bridge, a lion jumped through a fire ring, and a puppy stepped on a big ball and walked around the stage.
But this is Animal Town, and the residents of Animal Town are all kinds of animals. The circus certainly won't let the animal residents watch ordinary animal performances.
The one holding the whip is a big tiger wearing a vest, with bright fur and looking very handsome.
When the light hit him, it particularly lingered on the word "王" on his forehead, giving a close-up.
Tan Yue heard enthusiastic cheers coming from the audience further away: "Huhuhuhuhu!"
The area where he was located was the VIP viewing platform, which was much higher than where the audience was. Each audience member was separated by a fence, and they did not sit on hard plastic chairs but softer leather sofas.
There is also a table in front of the sofa, which makes it convenient for Tan Yue to eat, drink and watch the performance more comfortably.
Tan Yue noticed that there was a standing business card on the table - Circus Special Service.
There is a small line of words written on the business card: Dear VIP customer, gently shake the bell on the upper left side of the table and you can enjoy the high-quality service provided by the Fantasy Circus at any time.
We will provide you with free water, towels and binoculars, and all you need is a small tip.
Obviously, as a large circus, the business model of the Fantasy Circus is very sophisticated, and there are no fewer ways to make money than in the human world. The difference is that they collect strange coins, and if they default on their debts, there may be very terrible consequences.
Tan Yue moved his things a little and walked from the left side of the sofa to the right side. He didn't want to accidentally trigger the service and be forced to tip the waiter.
After all, he didn't need a water towel or a telescope. The view from this place was good enough, and Tan Yue's high-definition vision was enough for him to see all the details on the stage.
He even saw five people from the TV program crew sitting in the ordinary audience seats about 5 kilometers away on the opposite side. They were lucky enough to sit together. There was a big flower snake on the left and a bamboo pit viper on the right.
The Fantasy Circus is very considerate and will try its best to arrange audiences of the same race in different areas to avoid them getting emotional and fighting.
However, this is the territory of the Fantasy Circus, and under normal circumstances, few audiences would do such stupid things. After all, fighting in the audience will be considered as deliberately disrupting the order of the performance, and few ordinary audiences can afford the cost.
Although the Fantasy Circus said on its business card that everything was free and they only charged a tiny tip, Tan Yue still didn't intend to pay for his curiosity.
The strange coins that Mr. Rabbit gave to the stall owner were all green banknotes, which looked nothing like the real currencies of various countries.
Even though he had a million in savings after receiving a generous bonus, that money obviously could not be used in such a place, which meant that he was now penniless.
"Don't cause trouble for Mr. Rabbit. It's not easy for him to earn money." Tan Yue said this to himself. He had already spent a lot of his money today.
Mr. Rabbit hardly touched the food and it all went into his stomach.
Tan Yue's phone issued a low-battery reminder, and the screen lit up, indicating that there was still 30% battery left.
Tan Yue took out a power bank from his handbag to charge it. He had no intention of filming the circus performance.
But if Mr. Rabbit performs later, I will definitely take a picture of it!
Mr. Rabbit was not around, so Tan Yue was not very interested in other people's performances. Tan Yue didn't like watching circus performances, even though it was easy to see such activities in his city, and he had been there only a few times.
Tan Yue likes relatively quiet places, such as art exhibitions and museums. Even if there are activities, everyone will try to remain quiet, unlike the circus which is so intense and lively.
He sorted out the messy things, then took out his notebook and pen and wrote a diary of what he had seen and heard that day.
"I met Mr. Rabbit today. He is very handsome and has smooth hair. He is a famous magician named David Sher, but he told me that his name is Guan Shan. I always feel that the name Guan Shan is very familiar. It seems to be my boyfriend who mysteriously disappeared."
"Maybe he really is my boyfriend, but like me, he has forgotten our past, but his body must still love me, otherwise he wouldn't be so nice to me."
Tan Yue was handcuffed at the time and couldn't use his Polaroid camera to take a picture of Mr. Rabbit, but it didn't matter, he could draw it himself.
He drew Mr. Rabbit's claws on the blank part at the bottom of this page of the diary. The snow rabbit's claws are relatively short, and Mr. Rabbit's front paws are not very slender either. Tan Yue compared them and found that his fingers were only about half the length of his own.
"Long fingers are an important innate condition for a magician, but even with short fingers, Mr. Rabbit is still flexible and has become a famous magician. He is truly a great magician."
Tan Yue used a black pen to draw a furry rabbit's paw. It was obviously an ordinary signing pen, but the rabbit's paw had each hair distinctly visible, which was in no way inferior to the effect taken with a camera.
Perhaps because of the artist's love, the rabbit's paws look even more adorable.
In addition to the rabbit's paw, he also painted the rose gold handcuffs above. As a good citizen who had abided by the law since childhood, he never thought that one day he would be handcuffed.
However, compared to the electric rabbit officer, Mr. Magician is obviously much gentler. Perhaps it is because the rabbit officer is a fierce gray rabbit, while Mr. Magician is a gentle white rabbit.
If it weren't for the fact that there wasn't enough space in the diary, Tan Yue felt that he had 10,000 words of praise to express.
He paused for a moment, and strategically took a sip of the lemonade. After two hours, the lemon became slightly bitter, just like Tan Yue's mood at this moment, sour and sweet with a subtle bitterness, because Mr. Rabbit seemed to be quiet, and everything was just his guess.
Tan Yue wrote down every expense at the stall, he did the math in his head, and then he calculated it again using the calculator function on his phone, and got the same result on the screen. He spent a total of 1,314 Ghost Coins, 200 for fruit, 150 for honey, and the rest were snacks that cost 5-15 yuan each. Mr. Rabbit's last expense was a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
15 a pound of chestnuts, Mr. Rabbit said: "I want 33 Gui coins for chestnuts, no more, no less."
1314, sounds like a romantic coincidence, but Mr. Rabbit is a great magician, and Tan Yue thinks that magicians should be good at math.
He wrote in his diary: "I think this is not a coincidence, but someone did it on purpose. After all, 33 is not an integer, not one pound or half a pound. Maybe Mr. Rabbit is hinting to me that he still remembers me."
The host announced the program. Tan Yue was disdainful of the noise. He only glanced at Hu Hu and Cong Cong, feeling that they were not very interested, and then he lowered his head to concentrate on his own work.
He rarely watched magazine programs, and since he was a VIP audience member, no one cared whether he watched them or not.
But the other audience members were different. They all focused their eyes on the stage. If the humans who strayed in closed their eyes and didn't look, their guardians would scold them fiercely: "Open your eyes and look carefully!"
"If you don't know your way around, I'll send you to the Fantasy Circus to learn how to perform!"
Humans who can perform on the front stage are actually considered successful humans. Some humans who are ugly, not smart, or shout and scream will be sent directly to the circus cage.
After all, the circus is not just about simple human performances, but also about exciting human-animal confrontations.
However, according to the performance list of the Fantasy Circus, this more exciting show will be held on the 7th day, and the show on the first day will be much milder.
I saw the trainer, Hu Hu, who was wearing clothes, cracking the whip hard. The sound reception on the stage seemed to be particularly good. Although the performer was so far away from everyone, everyone could hear the sound of the whip breaking through the air.
The human performer Congcong seemed to have received an instruction. He hesitated in the fire circle for a moment and then began to jump through it.
The host Xiaoting promptly gave a voiceover: "Jump over it!"
Congcong jumped over the first fire ring easily, but the audience did not react enthusiastically. They did not seem to like the successful performance very much. It might also be because the fire ring was too easy and the performance was not exciting enough.
One fire ring turned into two fire rings stacked on top of each other. The human performer was obviously well-trained and managed to jump over the two fire rings smoothly.
Xiaoting continued: "Well done!"
The audience remained indifferent. No one cheered or applauded. All that could be heard was the circus's own BGM.
The two fire circles turned into four fire circles, but this time the human named Congcong stopped moving. He seemed to have failed in this project before and looked very timid.
This time there was a timely booing from the audience: "Shh!"
“Is it possible?”
Hu Hu's face suddenly fell, and he swung the whip hard. This time he no longer whipped the air, but directly hit the motionless human Cong Cong.
The whip was very lethal because it directly broke the clothes that Congcong was wearing, revealing the honey-colored skin underneath.
The whip cut the skin directly, leaving a red mark but without breaking the skin.
Congcong staggered for a moment. He knew very well that if he didn't jump, the next whip would not just leave a red mark, but would directly leave a wound that would break the skin and bones and cause blood and flesh to flow.
The animal residents would not have any sense of substitution, but all the humans present could not help but empathize with each other because of their similar appearances.
This performance is too dangerous! If you don't jump over it, you will definitely be burned by the fire ring!
Outsiders like Shen Lan wanted to cheer for the human, but their mouths seemed to be stuck with glue and they couldn't make any sound.
The Fantasy Circus doesn't put glue on the audience's mouths; what sticks on their mouths is timidity and fear.
After all, when seeing this kind of performance that mixes human and animal, everyone's rationality can't help but drop.
If they had a game panel, it would be popping up warnings right now.
The san value is reduced by 1, the san value is reduced by 5, the san value is reduced by...
After being whipped again, the human Congcong finally moved. He mustered up the courage to jump over. When he landed, some sparks from the fire circle got on his body, but because he rolled on the ground in time, the sparks only burned some of his clothes and some of his hair, and he was not injured.
If you look closely, you can see that Congcong actually has many burns on his body. After all, there are always mistakes when jumping through the fire ring, and he has been burned by flames many times during normal training.
"Four circles! Congcong successfully jumped over four circles at once! These are four circles that match his height! Congcong is amazing!"
The host's voice was very loud, but there was still no applause.
Tan Yue moved his ears, he seemed to hear the end of the first show, the light shone on Cong Cong and the trainer again, the BGM stopped, and the surroundings fell into a brief silence.
"Pa pa pa." Tan Yue applauded the performers in time.
Although he did not watch the performance, applauding was a sign of respect for the performers.
Hearing the crisp applause coming from the VIP seats, sparse applause also rang out in every corner of the circus, and the applause gradually became warmer.
The program crew also applauded excitedly, as if they wanted to muster up their courage and calm down in this way.
The Fantasy Circus lasts for 7 days, which means they have to watch 7 days of shows. This is only the first day, so they can’t be too involved or too empathetic, otherwise they will lose their minds and perhaps become like Congcong.
The performing human Cong Cong took a look at the first audience member who applauded and glanced at Tan Yue with gratitude.
"Thanks to Hu Hu and Cong Cong for their wonderful performance of Crossing the Line of Fire. Now let's enjoy the second program, which is a very exciting high-altitude program, Walking on the Steel Plank Bridge and High-Area Tightrope!"
Walking on a tightrope and walking on a high wire are both classic circus performances. In human circuses, these performances are performed by humans, while in fantasy circuses, they are performed by various animals with nimble hands and feet.
These animal acrobats were extremely graceful. When they appeared on stage, they politely bowed to the audience and managed their facial expressions very well.
"It's Pink!" "Pink, I love you!" "Snow White, I love you!" "Pink, Snow White, you are the best, I will always support you!"
The Fantasy Circus was obviously more famous than Tan Yue had thought. The circus performances and performers all had their own fans, and as soon as they appeared on stage, there were bursts of cheers and screams from the audience.
Tan Yue still looked at the two performers. Fenfen was a big humanoid mouse wearing a pink skirt and a big pink bow on her head, while Baixue was a snow-white cat wearing a white jumpsuit.
Maybe because of the heavy makeup, the white cat's eyelashes are very long, giving people a particularly gorgeous feeling, which reminds Tan Yue of the white cat in Tom and Jerry who toyed with Tom at will, noble and cold.
However, the white cat seems to be a male and the pink mouse is a girl.
The cat is cute, and the mouse, well... it's a pretty big mouse.
Tom and Jerry are enemies, but also partners. The two actors start from high altitudes on both sides, giving a sense of the impact of a duel between enemies.
Tan Yue's gaze naturally shifted to the big cat. In fact, the two actors had similar figures, both with slim figures and thin waists, but he just liked the kitten more.
After looking at the kitten for a few more minutes, Tan Yue felt a little cold, as if the air conditioning in the venue had suddenly been turned up.
Is there air conditioning in the circus? He didn't look closely, but the VIP area must be cooler than the crowded ordinary area.
The source of the cold air seemed to be on the left. Tan Yue subconsciously shifted his gaze and then met a pair of red eyes in the distance.
The elegant tuxedo and tall black magician's hat were exactly the magician he had been waiting for.
Is the next show a magic show? Tan Yue smiled and waved vigorously at the latter.
"Come on!" His face was full of anticipation.
Mr. Rabbit took off his magic hat, and a white dove flew over from above the audience. The cute dove flapped its wings, stopped in front of Tan Yue's table, and then dropped a small note on the table.
Tan Yue unfolded the note: "Who is prettier, that white cat or me?"
As soon as the god came out, he noticed that Tan Yue's eyes were fixed on the white cat.
At the stall outside the circus, he noticed that Tan Yue's eyes would always linger on furry animals for a while. If the fur was particularly fluffy and smooth, Tan Yue's little finger would be eager to stroke the fur.
Tan Yue had been staring at the white cat for more than five minutes, and his eyes were full of admiration and were too enthusiastic.
Since both he and the white cat had white fur and were performers in an acrobatic troupe, the god naturally felt a sense of comparison.
Jealousy gnawed at His heart, and He didn't like Tan Yue's attention being focused on others.
Have I always been watched by Mr. Rabbit?
Tan Yue's heart was filled with joy, and he wrote on the back of the small note: "Mr. Rabbit is the best looking, the most handsome in the world."
He asked, “Is the next show your show?”
He folded the note, reached out and touched the delicate feathers of the white dove on the table, and fed it some cake.
The white dove took away the paper that Tan Yue had written, flapped its wings and quickly flew to Mr. Rabbit, then disappeared into the magical black hat in an instant.
Mr. Rabbit sent a message back via carrier pigeon: "Not so fast, we have to wait for another three programs."
The circus's daily performances are two and a half hours long and last for seven nights. He will perform seven different large-scale magic tricks in succession, all of which are the finale.
Tan Yue looked at the time. The performance was to start at 7:00 and forty minutes had passed. He turned his head to look at the stage. Mr. White Cat had disappeared from the stage by now. He raised his head and looked up.
Thanks to his good eyesight, he could see that Mr. White Cat had turned into a small dot in the sky. Based on the distance, Mr. White Cat was several hundred meters away from him at this moment.
Strange, are circus tents this high?
The circus tent looks only a dozen meters high, but the space inside is huge?
The place where the performers were standing was indeed several hundred meters high, and many audience members in the auditorium had already taken out their own binoculars to watch the performance.
There were also staff members in circus costumes who took the opportunity to sell telescopes: "Sir, would you like a telescope?"
There were also customers being sold in the VIP seats, not by adult clowns, but by cuter child salesmen: "Please get a telescope, sir. If you rent it, it only costs 10 ghost coins, and you can watch the whole thing."
"We accept cash and credit cards here."
Speaking of cards, Tan Yue remembered that he had a special black bank card at home, but the name on that card was not from any real bank.
He also always carries this card with him, in his wallet in the inner pocket of his clothes.
Tan Yue asked: "If I don't buy the telescope service, can I use your machine to check the balance on my card?"
The child dressed as a clown looked at him subtly, obviously not expecting that the guests in the VIP area would be so stingy.
Tan Yue took out the colorful candies he bought at the stall. Each candy cost 5 Gui coins. He took a handful, about ten of them. “In exchange, I can give you this.”
If it is possible, it would be best, but if not, he won’t force it.
"Of course!" Even if I sell this thing at a low price, I can still make 20 yuan. The commission for renting the telescope is only 2 Gui coins. The kid said happily, "It's my honor to serve a distinguished guest like you!"
Tan Yue swiped the black card and the balance on the card showed 15,358 Gui coins, both zeros and whole numbers.
This number seemed familiar to him. Several fragments flashed through Tan Yue's mind. It seemed that this was the money he had earned from working part-time through hard work.
When Tan Yue worked as a tour guide, he saved all the tips given to him by customers. Guan Shan did not deduct any money from his salary, but put half of it into a card, which could only be used in the other world.
"Sir, do you want to rent a telescope?" the clown asked again.
Tan Yue nodded this time: "10 ghost coins to watch the whole thing, right?"
"Yes, 10 Gui coins per session, watch till the end, if you do it for 7 consecutive days, you can get 20% off."
Tan Yue asked the clown: "Does the circus have a list of programs?"
"Yes, the famous magician David Schell has wonderful magic shows every day."
"Then rent it for seven days."
Tan Yue obtained the right to use a telescope for 7 days. The clown swiped his card on the table, and a telescope opened and rose in the middle of the table.
For the same price, VIP customers can get better service.
“Thank you for your generosity and enjoy your viewing.”
Although the residents of Animal Town are not humans, they are not ghosts either. They still abide by their own characteristics. Only birds can fly, while other animals cannot.
If they fall from a height of hundreds of meters, the performers will also be injured and broken into pieces. The difference is that the actors will not die, they will just have to lie in bed for a few months, while humans will undoubtedly die.
When Shen Lan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, the host's voice suddenly rang out on the stage: "Let's randomly select two lucky audience members to cooperate with our Fanfen and Baixue, okay?"
As the music became increasingly tense and exciting, the Fantasy Circus shone two beams of light onto the audience seats.
The human tourists had every reason to suspect that the two actors might have deliberately messed up for the sake of show effect.
"Don't pick me, don't pick me..."
Shen Lan heard the people around her praying constantly, but the thing she least wanted to happen still happened. A beam of white light fell on her, and a pink light passed over the VIP customer area.
He shouldn't have been selected among the VIP customers, but the light turned strangely and stopped on Tan Yue when the music ended.
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