Chapter 63 Shengjing Entertainment It's quite well-behaved.
[Hahaha, Liu Zhuangzhuang and Zhao Yang, they traded a body full of injuries for 50 points of audience dislike!!!]
[This is lol – earned hate points through sheer skill! But I don't think this rule existed before? Why is this bringing up wildlife protection laws? Other teams also fought against NPC beasts, so why wasn't there such a provision?]
[Because the other teams had two teams battling wild beasts in the PK rounds, but Yu Yu's team was different. There's a saying, what is it? Without comparison, there's no harm done.]
[So dislike levels can actually increase? How can you possibly clear them all? This is way too difficult!]
[I was lucky enough to be a spectator once, but I didn't get to play Yu Yu's wife's match! Damn it! I heard she won, tell me how she won!]
[He won easily! Simply put, while others were fighting tooth and nail for their quizzes, he spent the entire time petting cats—and they were big, satisfying cats to pet!]
[Yun Yi: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? How did I win?! !!!]
[Sobbing, my Yunyi has been playing games alone for so many years, this is the first time I've seen him with teammates, so heartwarming.jpg Also, this newbie is really great! Yes, I'm just extending my affection to him, I hope they can become regular teammates!]
[Newbie? Oh, so your Yunyi got carried by our newbie. By the way, the newbie has regular teammates, thank you.]
[Chen Su: Yes, that's right, I'm his "fixed teammate."]
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After the broadcast announced the winner, Shi Yu was still lying on the ground.
Shi Yu was born with a cold constitution; her hands were always icy cold in the summer, and even more so in the winter.
The big cat's warm fur covered him, raising his body temperature slightly, but after the big cat disappeared, his body temperature gradually dropped.
For some reason, Shi Yu seemed somewhat lost and dejected.
Maybe it's because we'll never be able to pet big cats again.
The entire quiz was conducted in complete darkness, but a faint light illuminated the stage after the quiz ended.
Shi Yu got up from the ground and, with the help of the beam of light, finally saw the whole stage clearly—it was indeed a huge circular stage, with steel bars welded around it into the shape of a cage. The welding was very tight, and players could not pass through the steel bars. The top of the "cage" was also welded shut, so players could not climb out.
This enormous "iron cage" doesn't even have an entrance or exit.
The only way for players to enter is by teleportation.
Not far in sight was an equally huge "iron cage," which must be the location of the other dormitory player they were fighting against.
When the broadcast announced the winner and loser, it mentioned the vote count, which means there were spectators here. The two "iron cages" are surrounded by endless darkness, which is probably where the spectators are.
Shi Yu saw Yun Yi not far away. Yun Yi was also using the beam of light to observe his surroundings. Presumably, Yun Yi had also discovered that there was no exit from the cage. Shi Yu said, "We were teleported in, so we should be teleported out directly as well."
Yun Yi nodded: "Yes, probably..."
He stopped mid-sentence and looked over in confusion, only to see that Yun Yi's ears were a little red. He looked away uncomfortably, and a few seconds later, Yun Yi took off his coat and handed it to him.
Shi Yu: "?"
Shi Yu belatedly realized that he had been pounced on by the big cat and licked for a long time. Not only was he covered in saliva, but his shirt was also wrinkled and two buttons on the collar were missing, revealing his slightly red neck and collarbone... To outsiders, this was indeed not a good image.
But Shi Yu didn't want to wear Yun Yi's clothes.
"Thank you, but no need."
Shi Yu declined.
Yun Yi did not force him.
They were teleported back to their dormitory shortly afterward.
Then all the lights in the dormitory went out, and the loudspeaker came on.
"Congratulations to the trainee who passed the mini-test and has been granted the right to sleep!"
"All trainees of the winning team, please go back to your rooms and sleep immediately!"
Shi Yu wanted to discuss something with Yun Yi, but her feet moved uncontrollably toward her bedroom, yawning as she walked, and she fell asleep almost as soon as she touched the bed.
Shi Yu doesn't sleep that well. Even if she's tired, she can't fall asleep instantly, let alone this little test.
His last thought before falling asleep was: This is not normal.
Although she had trouble falling asleep, Shi Yu was truly asleep and even had a dream.
Perhaps it was a lingering effect of the quiz, but he dreamt again that he was petting a cat. After a while, the big cat suddenly pinned him down and started petting him. After a while, the big cat that was pinning him down became Chen Su. Instead of licking him like the big cat, Chen Su kissed his lips directly, as forceful as the big cat, making it impossible for him to resist.
When Shi Yu woke up, she felt that the dream of the big cat turning into Shen Su was absurd.
The idea of kissing him in a dream is also outrageous.
But he doesn't seem to mind?
Not only this time, but also last time in the hospital instance, when the NPC doctor forced them to kiss, he didn't mind. The important thing is that their relationship was still very tense at that time.
But now is not the time to think about that.
In the previous two instances, Shen Su was by his side, but in this instance, Shen Su was not there. He had to fight alone, not only to clear the instance but also to bring Qiu Xiaoyuan out safely.
Furthermore, Shi Yu wanted to know the purpose of the game's design. What were its criteria for recruiting players? Why was Qiu Xiaoyuan, a minor, recruited? And why were middle-aged people like Lin Yarong and Cheng Jianshu recruited? Would all his relatives and friends gradually be recruited as well?
If the game keeps recruiting people, then one day everyone on Earth will be pulled into the game.
The fact that they left the instance and returned to the real world while the game panel was still there indicates that the game has invaded the real world, so this situation is not impossible.
Besides completing the game, Shi Yu felt he also needed to find out the truth behind it.
Although he has no clue at the moment.
Shi Yu discussed the quiz with Yun Yi after he woke up. All they knew was that the outcome of the quiz was determined by votes from unseen audiences. They won yesterday and were immediately teleported back to their dorms to sleep. They didn't know what kind of training the losers would have to do all night. They discussed it, but didn't come up with anything interesting.
Regarding the fact that the two of them suddenly fell asleep after coming out last night, they both agreed that it was a problem with the system mechanism.
The next day, neither the system nor the broadcast issued any tasks. Yun Yi guessed that they should be left to explore on their own, since a 90-day instance couldn't be issuing tasks all the time. As for the next performance time, Jerry also said to wait for notification.
The two decided to divide the work and cooperate.
Yun Yi went to other dormitories to inquire about the players' quiz results from last night, while Shi Yu went to explore other parts of the gymnasium.
Shi Yu wasn't just wandering around aimlessly. Jerry had mentioned that there was an entertainment hall inside the venue, where they could relax when they had nothing to do. NPCs wouldn't mention a place for no reason, so Shi Yu decided to check out the entertainment hall.
The so-called entertainment hall is actually a large video game arcade.
It's not much different from a real arcade. At the entrance, there are common dance machines, gashapon machines, claw machines, etc. The VR experience area has VR shooting, VR racing, VR horse riding, etc. The interactive simulated sports area has simulated boxing, simulated archery and simulated ball sports, as well as a 7D dynamic experience hall.
It was not yet 10 a.m., and there were few people in the arcade. Only a few men were smoking in front of the fishing game machine and the King of Fighters machine. The staff were cleaning. The men in front of the game machines looked like employees of the stadium. There probably hadn't been any players who had explored this place yet.
These machines work the same way as in real life, requiring game coins, but I don't know how those coins are exchanged.
Shi Yu noticed a sign in the lounge that read "Free coffee and drinks for all trainees." Then she spotted the Shengjing Entertainment logo. It turned out that this lounge also belonged to Shengjing Entertainment, which explained why the drinks were free for them.
Shi Yu got a cup of coffee from the self-service coffee machine and prepared to go watch others play.
As he turned around, he bumped into someone without noticing, spilling a full cup of coffee all over the other person's champagne-colored suit. The other person didn't seem angry at all; instead, he took a step closer and said in a low voice, "It's not good for a little kitten to be so clumsy."
Shi Yu: "..."
Lu Chengjing was followed by a group of people dressed in matching black suits.
It was obvious that this was a leader coming to inspect the work, and the leader was naturally Lu Chengjing. Everyone behind Lu Chengjing didn't dare to breathe loudly, and Shi Yu had really walked into the line of fire.
However, it was indeed Shi Yu who made a mistake.
"I'm sorry, boss. How much were those clothes? I can pay for them." Shi Yu apologized meekly, whether her attitude was sincere or not is another matter, but she certainly gave President Lu a lot of face.
While casually taking the wet wipes handed to him by his subordinate and wiping his clothes, Lu Chengjing said, "No need to pay for it, just wash it for me."
Shi Yu was not the only one shocked.
Lu Chengjing's subordinates were all dumbfounded.
Shi Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "Then, would you like to take it off?"
Lu Chengjing: "..."
Lu Chengjing was speechless, probably not expecting Shi Yu to be so direct.
Of course, Shi Yu knew when to stop. She couldn't let President Lu take off his clothes in front of so many subordinates. So Shi Yu gave Lu Chengjing a way out: "I'll take the clothes to wash after President Lu changes them."
After saying this, Shi Yu took his leave.
That's what he said, but he had no intention of washing Lu Chengjing's clothes at all.
After walking a few steps, a system message popped up—
[You have gained +5 points of favorability with Lu Chengjing]
Side Quest 2: Gain 100 points of favorability with the president of Shengjing Entertainment. (Progress: 15/100)
Shi Yu: "?"
My favorability rating has increased again?
Last time he splashed champagne on Lu Chengjing's face, which increased his favorability by 10 points. This time he splashed coffee on Lu Chengjing's clothes, which increased his favorability by 5 points.
It turns out Lu Chengjing likes being splashed with water!
Shi Yu felt that she had grasped the business opportunity of gaining favor with NPCs.
Shengjing Entertainment's official live stream room for dungeons—
Some people are still fast asleep, while others have made progress on their tasks. People are really all different, tsk tsk.
Some people really don't know how to talk when they're not the ones suffering. If you stayed up all night being chased by all sorts of wild animals, wouldn't you be exhausted on the first day?
They were tired from running all night, and I saw they were tired too, so I decided to go get some sleep.
At first, I was curious about what kind of training they were doing all night. Turns out, it was releasing all the wild animal NPCs from the mini-test and having the trainees play a wilderness survival game. Honestly, this was way more exciting than the mini-test!
Seriously, doesn't anyone think Shi Yu is cheating? This tiger has never been this docile before. Forget about lying down and letting you pet him; you'd be lucky if he didn't bite your neck off.
[This game allows cheating? I didn't know that???]
[This "cheating" probably means being lucky, right? But being lucky in a game is actually being favored by the system, but the last person favored by the system is already dead. I really didn't mean to specifically mention Mu Zhuo, just stating the facts.]
[Please stop discussing "it". Not long ago, a skilled streamer was taunting "it" in another streamer's chat, and then died in a dungeon. He should have had no problem with that dungeon given his skill level, but he died, and died a horrible death.]
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Shi Yu returned to the dormitory, and Yun Yi also returned after gathering the information.
The two exchanged information.
"I asked a few players, and the punishment for failure isn't the training mentioned on the surface. Instead, they are teleported to a place like a primeval forest, where all the NPC beasts in the mini-test are released, and players have to hide from the beasts and escape in the primeval forest."
"The primeval forest is the home of wild beasts. Players can't escape in such a place. Encountering a wild beast will basically mean certain death. The player I asked is someone with wilderness survival skills and survived, but he said that about three-quarters of the players released into the forest died overnight."
"What's strange is that they woke up to find themselves in their dormitories, and none of the hundred trainees were missing. This means that the deaths in the mini-exam scenario were not real deaths, but the pain must have been real, otherwise the punishment would have lost its meaning."
Yun Yi continued, "In the other teams' mini-test PKs, the winners didn't gain any favorability points, and the losers were only punished by being thrown into the primeval forest for a whole night, without gaining any dislike points. Our team seems to be an exception. You gained favorability points, while our opponents gained 50 dislike points because they seriously injured the tiger."
"By the way, how did you manage to get a ferocious tiger to lie down obediently and let you pet it?"
Yun Yi was really curious about this.
He'd been playing games for years and had never seen such a friendly NPC beast.
“Well…” Shi Yu recalled for a moment, “Actually, it was the tiger that nuzzled its head first, so I petted it and found it to be quite well-behaved.”
It's quite well-behaved...
Oh, it's quite well-behaved.
Yun Yi hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help saying, "You know, a player who once saw this instance said that the tiger on our stage has bitten off the necks of countless strong men, and is the most ferocious of all the NPC beasts on the mini-exam stage!"
Shi Yu paused for a moment, then said, "Perhaps, because I'm not a strong man?"
Yun Yi: "..."
Shi Yu: "..."
This topic is now closed.
Continuing to talk about it will only make people angry.
Yun Yi sighed, "Among our hundred players, there's actually a minor. She's that little girl who danced the folk dance on the initial stage. Do you remember her? The game is getting more and more outrageous. I remember they never used to recruit minors."
Shi Yu realized that Yun Yi was talking about Qiu Xiaoyuan. He didn't show that he knew Qiu Xiaoyuan and casually asked, "How is she? That underage girl?"
Yun Yi said, "She was quite lucky. She teamed up with Qi Xue, who is a top ten player on the skill leaderboard. She can not only dance but also knows martial arts. The two of them won the quiz and were not thrown into the wilderness."
Shi Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Shi Yu told Yun Yi about his trip to the entertainment hall and his encounter with Lu Chengjing there.
"You ran into him again?" Yun Yi was shocked. "Such an important NPC! You ran into him twice in two days?"
“Yesterday doesn’t count. He contacted me yesterday,” Shi Yu added. “This plot should be triggered for the first place winner of the initial stage. Actually, if it weren’t for the accident, you should have been the first place winner.”
Since Shi Yu had said so, Yun Yi couldn't say anything more.
"I've been thinking about a question regarding the mini-tests. Since players don't actually die when they die in the mini-tests, and we're directly teleported in, is it possible that what's inside the mini-tests isn't our real bodies, but rather our consciousness?"
Yun Yi thought for a moment and did not refute: "It's not impossible."
Shi Yu: "Then let's try to lose the next quiz. I want to see the punishment scene."
Since the small test stage is surrounded by an iron cage and players cannot go out to find clues, the punishment scene in the primeval forest should be a place where players can explore freely, since death there is not a real death anyway.
Yun Yi: "Oh."
Yun Yi: "What?!"
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In the real world outside the game, Qin Ke received another message from Shen Su:
--exist?
—Are there any Big Cat experience vouchers left?
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