Blue Hometown
"Hey, what do you think? My taste is alright, right?" Haidun kept showing off to Yusheng after being transported back to the main hall from the competition. Yusheng kept smiling and responding to this somewhat childish, sunny, and enthusiastic boy, which greatly satisfied Haidun's vanity.
"Hey! Qiuqiu, look over there! That's the combat training ground! Besides the mecha training ground, this is my favorite place!" It was another high-tech hall, with countless screens neatly arranged, too numerous to take in at a glance. Haidun became excited again when he saw the words "Combat Training Ground" and dragged Yu Sheng inside.
"This place is just like the mecha training ground. You can rent a room to train alone, participate in competitions, and even find someone to play with." Haidun made a fist gesture to Yu Sheng, "Wait a minute, I'll show you a match!"
Before Yu Sheng could stop him, Haidun had already rushed to the light screen and chose 10 copper star coins to sign up for the random match. Although it was a random match, Yu Sheng saw that Haidun was in the "first-class group" and would only randomly match teammates in the same group.
"This competition group is actually your battle record points ranking." While waiting for the match, Haidun explained to Yu Sheng, "The lowest is the fifth-level competition group, and for a first-level competition group like mine, you have to be in the top 500,000 at least!" As he spoke, Haidun's tone became proud.
"You're amazing," Yu Sheng praised him, but he couldn't help but ask his own question, "Five hundred thousand people seems like a lot, right? Is the first-class group the highest?"
Haidun glared at Yu Sheng, then said dejectedly, "Well, actually, the first-class competition group is not the highest level. The highest level is the special competition group. Only the top 100 in the official interstellar mecha competition can enter. I'm still far from it. Whether it's the mecha special competition group or the fighting special competition group, the first place is my most admired idol Yunxiao! He is simply a god-like figure!" Haidun's eyes lit up, and he was a die-hard fan of Yunxiao.
This was the second time Yu Sheng heard the name Yunxiao. No, not only that. Just now, along the way, Yu Sheng also heard some passers-by girls excitedly discussing how handsome Yunxiao was, and some boys were talking about Yunxiao's competitions. It seems that he is really a popular celebrity.
Yu Sheng was just about to talk to Haidun about Yunxiao when he saw beams of light emanating from Haidun's body. An electronic voice accompanied the beams, "First-class competition participant 'Shield in the Sea' has been successfully matched. Room number 00049. Start time: 20:30. Would you like to enter now?"
Haidun looked at his watch and saw that it was already 20:20, so he said to Yu Sheng, "I'll transfer 5 copper star coins to you. Remember to enter this room number, and I'll show you my fighting style!" Then he clicked the word "yes" composed of light beams in the air and disappeared on the spot.
At the same time, a beeping sound rang in Yu Sheng's ears. He opened his personal system panel and, as expected, found five more copper coins. Yu Sheng sighed, owing another five yuan. While this was a good deal, for someone like him, a pet, the future held a long and arduous journey.
Yu Sheng walked over to a screen, chose to watch the game, and entered the room number 00049. A pop-up appeared asking him to pay the 5 copper coins immediately and enter the room. Just as he was about to click "Yes," his personal panel suddenly popped up in front of him. A message was written in orange, and a system voice announced, "Your body needs food and water. Would you like to log off?"
Apparently, the monitoring only detected a decline in his health indicators, not a life-threatening situation, so no force was imposed. Yu Sheng couldn't let Haidun wait in vain in the arena, so he chose no.
After paying and entering the room, Yu Sheng reappeared in the stands. Compared to the mecha arena, this fighting arena was much smaller, with no separation between the spectator stands and the center field. Haidun was wearing a tight-fitting combat suit, and his beautiful honey-colored skin reflected the light like a layer of wax, which made Yu Sheng gasp in amazement. He really was the type who looked slender without clothes, but looked slender in the dark.
But this is Interstellar Network, and Interstellar Network players can choose their own height and body shape, so the sea shield may not look like it does now.
Haidun had no idea that Yusheng was questioning the authenticity of his muscles. He was smiling like a flower and waving at Yusheng, "Come forward and sit down, Qiuqiu! Come and see me show off my prowess!"
“…” It was too childish. Yu Sheng turned his head away, wanting to pretend that he didn’t know him.
"Tsk, so much nonsense." A somewhat lazy voice sounded on the bench for players to rest under the fighting ring. Yu Sheng looked over and saw a black-haired man lying on the bench. He was not tall, even a head shorter than Yu Sheng, not to mention compared with Haidun. It was like Yao Ming looking at an ordinary person!
Furthermore, the black-haired youth was very thin, and even the tight combat suit barely supported any flesh. This difference in size made Yu Sheng subconsciously feel that Haidun was bullying him. Then he thought again: while body shape and other things can be adjusted, personal qualities like strength and endurance are transmitted through a detailed virtual warehouse scan and don't change based on your appearance. It's possible that this black-haired youth is actually a burly man in real life.
It's 20:30.
The entire fighting arena suddenly lit up, and the two contestants were teleported to the two ends of the stage. Their names automatically appeared above their heads and presented to the audience. Of course, the only audience member was Yu Sheng.
The referee NPC stands in the center and gestures to start.
Haidun was probably just mocked by his opponent for talking too much nonsense, and his anger brought him huge motivation. He punched the young man opposite in the face, but the opponent easily dodged it by turning his head. He pushed Haidun forward with his backhand, trying to use the force to make Haidun fall, but Haidun's lower body was very stable, and he staggered a few steps to stand firm.
Yu Sheng wanted to cheer for Haidun, but he was attracted by the name of the black-haired young man. He couldn't help but sigh, this world is really small.
"Blue Hometown"
Haidun's offensive became increasingly fierce. From Yu Sheng's perspective, Haidun's strength was indeed superior to that of the tall black-haired young man, but...
Yu Sheng frowned. Wei Lan Guyuan's fighting skills were comparable to even that of a military academy student like him, who made a living fighting. While Haidun was also formidable, he lacked a certain ruthlessness and fighting spirit compared to Wei Lan Guyuan, a gap that strength alone could not make up for. This match for Haidun was very close.
Sure enough, twenty minutes later, Haidun was knocked down by a kick from Blue Hometown.
The referee NPC announced that Blue Hometown won. The room will be closed in 10 minutes. I hope everyone will exit in an orderly manner.
Wei Lan Zhu Xiang glanced at Hai Dun, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, with contempt, and was about to leave without saying anything, but was stopped by Yu Sheng.
After being in Interstellar for a few days, the suppressed blood in his body was ignited while watching the game. Yu Sheng's eyes seemed to be burning with a sun. "Hey, do you dare to compete with me?"
Haidun stared at Yu Sheng in astonishment, "Qiuqiu, are you crazy? You are now a default fifth-class competitor. He even defeated me, a student from the military academy!"
Yu Sheng gave Haidun a soothing look, then returned his gaze to Wei Lan's hometown. "I'm in the fifth-tier group, so I can't be matched with you. But there should be another way, right?"
Wei Lan Guxiang bent a finger and scratched his chin, curling the corners of his lips, "This is easy." As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Sheng received a fighting application.
"In room 00049, a stranger named 'Blue Homeland' has requested a private fight from you. Do you want to accept?"
Yu Sheng clicked "Yes".
The next moment, Haidun, who was lying on the ground, was teleported away. Although there were no restrictions on the competition groups in private fighting, there were no spectators allowed at all.
A stunned Haidun was teleported back to the combat training ground's reception hall, alone. He looked up at the ceiling and wailed, "You tailless idiot! You heartless bastard who abandoned me! I won't comfort you when you're teleported out crying after being tortured!"
When Yu Sheng awoke from the virtual chamber, he felt a surge of acid in his stomach, a gurgling sound that was particularly loud in the dark pet room. His throat was also dry and thirsty. No wonder the system warned him again after his fight with Wei Lan Hometown ended.
After crawling out of the narrow virtual warehouse, Yu Sheng moved the joints all over his body, drank a glass of water, turned on the light, and keenly discovered that the door of the pet room seemed a little different.
Hmm, there seems to be an iris lock on the door? What's going on? Are they restricting my freedom to leave the pet room again?
Just as she was thinking, footsteps were heard at the door. Anna knocked on the door and said, "Lingling, are you still surfing the Internet? Come and open the door for me!" Then she muttered to herself, "Oh my God, Lingling is not still surfing the Internet? What an internet-addicted blue beast!"
Yu Sheng quickly responded, "Anna, I'm here!"
Anna's voice brightened. "You're finally out of the virtual warehouse. I've come to deliver food to you several times, but every time there's no one there. And Mr. Frey installed an iris lock for you, and I can't open it."
Yu Sheng said, "But I can't open it either."
Anna was so disappointed, "How could you be so stupid, Lingling? This iris lock is still in default mode. All you have to do is follow the steps and input your iris, and you'll be the only one who can open the pet room door!" Then she wondered to herself, "Why didn't Mr. Frey record his own iris?"
Yu Sheng ignored Anna's mumbling. He was filled with ecstasy. That was great! Finally, no one would come in and out of his bedroom at will! He quickly followed the steps Anna had given him to record his iris, then scanned it to unlock the door. He heard a "beep" sound, and the door opened. He felt so relieved.
Anna handed a plate of blue animal food to Yu Sheng, "I guess you are very hungry, right? Lingling, eat quickly!"
Yu Sheng was indeed almost starving, and he didn't care what the blue animal food tasted like. He grabbed a handful of it in one hand and finished it all in no time, just like pouring beans.
Anna didn't chat with Yu Sheng anymore. She still had a lot of things to do. She collected the plates and left.
Yu Sheng changed into loose clothes and slipped out of the pet room. It was nighttime, and unless Yu Sheng escaped from the mansion, the guards and maids wouldn't bother with a pet wandering around. So, Yu Sheng easily made his way to the woods where he'd trained before and added another four hours of training.
The fight on the StarCraft website aroused the competitive gene hidden in Yu Sheng's blood. The whole game lasted for more than fifty minutes. At the end, both of them had red eyes and gritted teeth. Whoever relaxed at the critical moment would be the loser.
Meeting a worthy opponent is always a thrilling experience. Although Yu Sheng's strength was slightly inferior to Wei Lan Gu Xiang's due to being locked up for a few days, Yu Sheng used a little trick taught by his captain at the military academy to knock Wei Lan Gu Xiang to the ground. Seeing Wei Lan Gu Xiang's momentary look of astonishment, Yu Sheng almost wanted to laugh out loud. After being caged for so many days, only this battle could truly liberate him.
After the battle, neither of them spoke first, but they both quietly opened their profiles to add each other as friends. However, Azure Hometown's virtual warehouse wasn't XP-WORLD's, so the two couldn't add each other as friends. Fortunately, Azure Hometown told him that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would appear in the initial lobby of StarNet every evening at 8:00 PM, and they could just make an appointment then.
Of course, before logging off, Yu Sheng didn't forget to add the resentful Haidun as a friend. Fortunately, Haidun was in XP-WORLD, otherwise there would be one more person in the lobby. And seeing Haidun's angry look towards his blue hometown, they would probably fight when they meet, right?
After finishing his training, Yu Sheng returned to the pet room covered in sweat. In order not to attract unnecessary attention, he deliberately avoided the maids and guards. Fortunately, it was already late at night, and there were only a few guards and maids left on duty. Yu Sheng walked easily to the pet room and his body stiffened.
Frey was standing at the door of the pet room. When he saw him coming, he looked up at Yu Sheng and said lightly, "Are you back?"
"Well," Yu Sheng pretended to be calm, "What are you doing standing at my door?"
Frey didn't respond, but simply said, "Remember to cooperate with me during the pet gathering."
"..." Yu Sheng gritted his teeth. Considering that Frey had both the virtual warehouse and the iris lock today, he endured it.
Frey didn't say anything more. He glanced at the sweat-drenched Yu Sheng and left. It was as if he had waited at the door of the pet room for so long just to correct Yu Sheng's address. Yu Sheng felt as if he had been seen through. He was a little uneasy, but he didn't want to dwell on it. After scanning his iris to open the door, he locked it and threw himself on his bed.
No matter how much Yu Sheng hated the pet party, it had to come.
Yu Sheng was woken up early in the morning by a banging on his door. He had been training outside all night and had just gone to bed an hour ago, hoping to catch up on some sleep during the day, but who knew someone would disturb his sweet dreams so early in the morning?
He crawled out of bed, quickly changed his clothes, and washed his face before opening the door. As soon as he opened the door, he was met with the fierce gazes of two sturdy guards. The guards said expressionlessly, "Mr. Frey is waiting for you. Get ready and come downstairs immediately."
After saying that, he threw a set of clothes to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng grabbed the dress that was obviously for a banquet, understood, closed the door, changed his clothes, and followed the guards downstairs.
Frey was sitting on the sofa in the hall, holding a bottle of boiled leaf water in his hand. In the steam, Frey's profile was a little hazy and his expression was vague and difficult to discern.
Yu Sheng glanced at the hall. Under such circumstances, the housekeeper Luther was nowhere to be seen. Could it be that he was fired? Yu Sheng couldn't help but think with relief.
"Everyone, step back." Frey said lightly.
The guards and maids on standby in the hall left one after another. Frey's deep eyes locked on Yu Sheng, "Come here." Then he patted his legs.
Yu Sheng gritted his teeth, "You said you wanted me to cooperate with you at the party, but you didn't say I have to cooperate now, right?"
Frey frowned slightly. "If you can't cooperate now, just you and me, I don't believe you can cooperate well at the party."
“…” Forget it, just treat it as an exercise.
Yu Sheng walked over stiffly and sat on Frey's lap. Frey's thigh was cold and hard, which was really uncomfortable. Yu Sheng twisted his butt uncomfortably, and Frey pulled him into his arms.
Frey sighed softly from the bottom of his heart, it was so warm.
This guy with a burning body temperature was like a hand warmer, and Frey couldn't help but be greedy for him.
"Call me 'Master.'" It was like repeating the unfinished pet training from that day.
Yu Sheng was stiff for a while, but if the other earthlings at the pet party were very obedient, then he had to pretend to be very obedient, otherwise it would attract unnecessary attention and would be detrimental to his subsequent escape.
Anyway, I have to cooperate with the party, so it doesn’t matter if I call out in advance, “Master.”
The two words were spoken quickly and quietly. If Frey had not been so close to him, the two words would have passed by like the wind and would have been impossible to capture.
Frey held him and closed his eyes.
So warm, he thought. Why didn't I inherit such warmth...
Although it was a bit despicable, he actually hoped for a moment that if Yu Sheng was willing to stay here, he would be willing to protect him for the rest of his life.
Later, Frey did not embarrass Yu Sheng anymore, and the two of them had breakfast together. Yu Sheng looked at Frey's expressionless face,
After breakfast, Frey let go of Yu Sheng. As he stepped out of the hall, the driver came over and bowed. "Mr. Frey, the hovercraft is ready. Do you want to leave now?"
"Let's go." Frey said calmly after looking at Yu Sheng who was standing as stiff as a stick.
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