Chapter 286 Internet Idol Clara
South District 3, Comet City.
Extremely wide streets, towering giant buildings, and rail trains crisscrossing in the sky. This is the largest city in South District 3, with nearly 10 million people living here.
On the busy pedestrian street in the commercial district, a girl in denim shorts and a short jacket walked through the bustling crowd, with a lollipop in her mouth. When she
came to a bus stop, she leaned against the smooth vertical sign and waited, with one foot back on the bus stop and the other foot supporting her and moving slightly.
Looking up at the rail trains passing by from time to time in the sky, she took out the lollipop in her mouth.
"It's so annoying, there are so many people."
This period is the peak tourist season in Comet City. The triennial air combat competition is held here. Various participating teams in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain gather here. They will drive their modified small aircraft to fight in the air, and the winner will receive excellent bonuses.
There are many kinds of flying machines in the air combat competition, and new ones appear every year. This kind of freshness and fun also attracts many people, so whenever it is held, Comet City will attract tourists from all over the world.
After waiting for 5 minutes, the light of the sign came on, and then a yellow air bus also stopped in front of the platform.
"Good~"
The girl jumped on the anti-slip pedal of the bus, walked in to find a place to sit, and then the hovering air bus rose again, and then moved forward at a high speed. In a few minutes, it drove out of the bustling city and came to the outer ring area on the edge of Comet City.
This place is of course also Comet City, but the flow of people has been greatly reduced. Many buildings on the side of the street can also see rust, probably because they are rarely cleaned at ordinary times.
After getting off the bus, the girl walked through the street and came to an alley on the side of the road. There are high walls on both sides, the light is dim, and the air is a little cool.
Some residents' hovering motorcycles are parked in the alley, as well as flower pots, trash cans, unused steel brackets, etc., and there are some old-style apartment entrances around.
Arriving in front of a small shop with a simple sign, the girl stopped and knocked on the shop hidden in the residential area.
"Is Grandma Fu here?" The metal door frame vibrated when it was knocked, and it was particularly clear in the alley.
After a long while, a response came from inside.
"I'm here, wait a minute."
Two minutes later, an old woman with a slightly bent figure poked her head out of the window of the shop.
"Oh, it's Clara. Are you here to buy cakes today too?"
"Yes, Grandma Fu, I'll trouble you. It's still thirty-two servings as before."
"Okay, wait a minute."
After saying that, the old woman took out four white boxes from the refrigerator in the store. Each box contained eight cakes. Such cakes were made of special glutinous rice flour, and the surface was sprinkled with a layer of osmanthus brown sugar powder. They were very sweet and could fill the stomach.
After packing the four boxes, the old woman handed them to Clara, "You can't eat this for a long time. You need to supplement protein and vitamins."
"I just eat it as a midnight snack. It's too troublesome to cook at night. Thank you, Grandma Fu." Clara took the bag, then put her wrist on the payment machine to pay, and then waved goodbye to the old lady.
Carrying her favorite cakes, Clara continued to walk into the alley, then went into an old-fashioned apartment, and took the elevator directly to her floor.
After opening the house she rented, Clara walked in. There were all kinds of sundries in the room, including clothes that had been changed, game consoles that had not been put away after playing, cards for divination, small ritual formations that could assist in practicing the extraordinary sequence, blankets that fell on the ground, crooked beverage bottles, unfinished snacks, etc.
Taking off her shoes, Clara went to the bathroom in slippers to rinse her feet, and then simply washed her face with clean water, then avoided a lot of sundries, came to her bed, and jumped on it.
"Huh, it's still comfortable at home." After walking for most of the day, she leaned on the bed and suddenly didn't want to move, burying her face in the quilt.
After a while, she got up and sat on the bed. First, she opened a box of cakes she had just bought, took out a piece to taste, and then flipped through the interface of the personal terminal projection with one hand.
Wandering around various forums, Clara quickly filtered various information, and entered and read the posts she was interested in, but most of them would be cut out before they were finished.
"Boring, some media are talking nonsense again, and the vulgar and rotten things are repeated over and over again."
After closing the interface, Clara stuffed the cake that was almost bitten into her mouth, then leaned over, reached out to the unfinished drink on the floor in the distance, and took it back in her hand.
"Qi—" Unscrew the lid, a weak air flow gushed out, and the bubbles in the drink liquid were agitated.
"This Blue Stone Coke is getting harder and harder to drink. Next time, I won't buy it for cheap." After drinking the drink, Clara threw the bottle into the trash can in the distance, and saw the bottle draw a beautiful arc in the air and fall into it.
"Perfect."
After eating the cakes and drinking the drinks, Clara leaned on the bed, rubbed her stomach, and felt a little sleepy, so
she simply closed her eyes and took a nap. It was not until more than ten minutes later that she moved her body and woke up.
Looking at the time, Clara muttered, "Is it this time already?"
"It's time to fight." She got up quickly, opened the immersion cabin placed on the inside of the bed, and then lay down in it.
Soon, the cabin door closed, and the indicator lights lit up one by one, allowing her consciousness to gradually enter the deep network.
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In the dark interface, a line of words quickly passed by. This is the process of starting the immersion system.
"Detecting the user's sequence level..." [Snow Mouse plug-in is activated and begins to disguise]
"The sequence level test is 2...3, the sequence level test is 3, which meets the qualifications to enter the Aijiaka network, and the identity is being reviewed."
"The identity test is a student, and is subject to the third type of authority restrictions. The user can only move in areas with a security level of A and above."
"Start accessing the game world Dark Expedition, loading..."
The picture in front of him lit up, and then the vision gradually became clear. This is a star port in space, outside the huge transparent glass partition, starships are setting sail, spewing out huge wakes, and gradually entering a state of superluminal navigation.
"Just in time." Clara skillfully opened the channel and began to look for the gathering point of her legion.
"Are you there yet, Big Sister!" Someone in the team channel saw Clara online and immediately shouted.
"Here I am, you can't do without me?" Clara manipulated the character and jumped into the large mecha ready to go. Then the red tail sprayed out from behind, carrying the mecha along the track to accelerate forward until it finally jumped into the vast space.
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Time passed, and tonight Clara and her friends in the legion fought against the enemy in the distant starry sky, defeated countless enemy warships and mechas, and got a large amount of rewards and accessories.
When the beeping reminder sound of the immersion cabin sounded, she reluctantly said goodbye to her companions.
"Time is up, I'm going to log off."
"Okay, see you tomorrow, Big Sister, we can't do without you."
"That's right." Then a group of people in the channel started to make a fuss.
There aren't many girls who play the game Dark Expedition. Clara is a rare master with excellent operation skills, so she is popular in the Legion. This is also one of her motivations to play games.
"Huh..." Clara opened the immersion cabin and came out, feeling a little dizzy.
"Well, although it's a game with a low degree of simulation, it's still very stressful without Sequence 3." She shook her head, then jumped out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a hot shower to relax her body.
Not long after, Clara came out barefoot in a bath towel and fell back into bed.
"Is it already one o'clock in the morning? Forget it, I'll take a day off tomorrow." She looked at the watch and lay on the bed to sleep.
However, after rolling around in bed for a while, Clara, who still couldn't sleep, sat up again and looked through her personal terminal.
[The balance on your card is: 2739 federal coins, and it is expected to pay 3250 for fixed expenses next month. Please replenish it in time.]
"There's not enough money." Clara sighed while leaning on the bed.
She came to South District 3 to study. In fact, her family gave her a large sum of money, but most of it was used to buy an immersion cabin. Renting a house and eating were the most economical options.
"No, I can't just sit there and wait for death. I have to find a way to make money." Then she sat up and began to think about various ways to make money.
As a student, at most, she can only do some temporary work. Not only can she not make much money, but she is also very tired, and she has no time to play games. This is unbearable for Clara.
"I really envy those idols and big stars. They don't have to do anything, and people keep sending money." Clara leaned on the bed and muttered in her mouth.
"Sure enough, I still have to debut as an idol, otherwise I will be a part-time worker in the future." She thought and began to look for ways to become an idol on the Internet.
After browsing various posts and discussions, Clara decisively gave up entering the entertainment industry.
She had to have talents, participate in various trainings, sign strict contracts, and have special points. If she could do this, she would not stay here.
Thinking of this, she finally set her sights on the "virtual idol" column. The biggest cost of being a virtual idol is the immersion cabin, and she just happened to have solved this problem.
"Why not give it a try? Maybe it will become popular." Clara started looking for recruitment notices of various virtual idol groups, and then used her expertise in searching to dig out the previous black materials and news of each group.
After eliminating many options, Clara felt that it would be easier to debut as an individual.
"Sure enough, a genius like me, how can I be inferior to others? Going it alone is the kingly way."
After two days of tinkering and preparation, Clara began to officially manage her new account and image.
"The account is easy, and the image can be found in the open source community. It's just a matter of making do in the early stage." It is impossible for real people to appear on the screen. Virtual idols play with the sense of virtuality.
Time passed unknowingly. After a week, Clara had gradually become familiar with the process of live broadcasting, although the number of viewers in her personal room often did not exceed two digits.
"Sure enough, I still have to make something happen." After a week of live broadcasting, she quickly figured this out without any guidance.
However, before she thought of this, countless network predecessors had already thought of it, and various vulgar ideas had been used a long time ago, and now the audience is no longer surprised.
After another week of failure and poor results, Clara began to summarize for the second time.
"Think about what else I can show."
She looked down at her flat chest and decided to give up the idea of being shy.
"If I had a chest shape like Millie and a face like Heshia, I would just go live in person." Clara, leaning on the bed, continued to daydream, and finally had a good dream. In the dream, she became a world-famous virtual idol of Galaxy, and some people even compared her to an electronic singer on the Internet.
Unfortunately, such a beautiful dream lasted less than 15 minutes before waking up, which made Clara quite sad. It should have taken at least half an hour, so short.
After fruitless thinking, Clara finally fell for the cheesy media headlines that she once hated the most.
"Shocking, the Legion's No. 1 mecha pilot is actually a girl!"
"The genius pilot who was once famous in the galaxy was dumped by her snobbish boyfriend."
"She drives a 'Red Bull X-Type', how can I catch up with her!"
"The crazy monster sister, the high school student known as the 'Queen'."
"My left cockpit is burning like fire, and now I want to shoot down the former god!"
"Absolutely! Sharp! Cheer! Shout for me, this is our triumph!"
"Being bullied and replaced for three years, now that woman has returned like a god of war!"
"But I still have a hidden beam sword, which will pierce all your dignity!"
As the headlines became more and more weird and immature, the live broadcast room where Clara was located became more and more popular. Some people were curious about what the content was, some wanted to have fun, and some wanted to laugh at the anchor to see if he was really as good as he said.
Whatever the reason, Clara's online room is becoming more and more popular. At its peak, there are even tens of thousands of people watching at the same time. It is rare for a girl like her to like mecha Star Wars games. It is indeed rare for her to be so obsessed and have online skills.
A few months later.
"So, to celebrate the achievement of one million fans, I will sing in the live broadcast room tonight~" The virtual girl image smiled at the audience in the live broadcast room, and then took the microphone to tell the thank-you words, some memories, etc.
"I know that many people are concerned about whether I am a real high school student, or even a girl. I have applied for an official certification mark for this, so don't worry." After saying this, the live broadcast room was boiling, and countless people began to send money, and various congratulatory banners floated by.
"Let me tell you, Zidian Lala is indeed a cute girl, you didn't believe it before."
"Is Zidian Lala really a high school girl? I love her."
"I want to marry Zidian Lala!"
"Zidian Lala is awesome!"
"Woo woo woo, why can't I find a girl like Zidian Lala in real life? They all laugh at me for being a nerd who plays games."
"I've decided to give Zidian Lala rice every day to express my love."
Looking at the words floating in front of her, Clara kept smiling, but her mouth twitched from time to time. If it weren't for the fact that she had a good income tonight and had to take care of her image, she wouldn't indulge these crazy people.
"...Finally, thank you very much for watching today, so that's it, bye, everyone~"
Although a little uncomfortable, Clara still said the above sentence in a cute tone that she would never use when speaking normally, and then cut off the input signal.
Climbing out of the immersion cabin, Clara took a deep breath, then leaned on the bed and guzzled drinks and snacks. It took a while for her to recover, but at this time she fell into a kind of emptiness again.
"Although I've made some money, playing games isn't as fun as before." She checked the time. It was still early for her to go to bed, but she no longer had the urge to play games.
What should she do? Just go to bed. She felt a little cheated. She leaned on the bed, closed her eyes and thought. She wanted to sleep but didn't.
That was it, until the night when the reminder sounded on her personal terminal. It seemed that a series of messages were being sent.
"Who is it? Still chatting so late?" She opened her eyes, turned over and picked up her personal terminal. She found that it was the junior high school class group that had been silent for a long time.
"Did you see it?" This was the top message.
"What are you watching?"
"It's the school competition tonight, Edes vs. Swarm Bee Leader!"
"I'm not interested in this, what's wrong?"
":) You missed a scene that you will regret for the rest of your life."
"What are you talking about? Isn't it just that Pulin Koko showed her power and defeated her opponent? To be honest, I prefer 'Blue Bubble' who just debuted this year. Melulu is the cutest little girl in my heart."
"You have been ruined by lolita in this life. You don't even know the result of tonight's game."
"Oh, okay, I'll go search it. Can't you upload a video link?"
"They are all live broadcasts. Who made the video so quickly? But there are replays to watch."
"You will never guess that Pulin Koko lost tonight, and the one who defeated her is someone we all know."
"Who?"
There were several minutes between this line before another line appeared.
"!!!!"
"It was Heshia!!!"
"?"
"What are you talking about? Why did you mention Heshia? Didn't she go to Irene Academy?"
"Maybe, but the singer tonight really looks exactly like Heshia. I have never seen her look so beautiful."
"Heshia is not wearing glasses. This feeling is completely different from that in school."
"It's amazing. She is from a completely different world..." Some people exclaimed in surprise while watching the video.
"It's over, it's all over. If I had known, I should have established a good relationship with her in junior high school."
"I regret it now, very much. " "
Do you think Heshia will still remember us classmates?"
"Yes, but the memories left to her may not be so good."
"Come to think of it, she seemed to have been neglected in the class for a long time."
"Oh, I really want to go back to the past and be friends with Heshia at that time."
"Aha, you don't want to pursue Heshia at that time."
"To be honest, I didn't notice it until the graduation dinner. Heshia is actually very beautiful, but we ignored it in the past."
"Who isn't? I can only say that Lina has done a lot of harm to people."
"The current Heshia is no longer someone we can imagine and get in touch with."
"The singer, the singer, the head of Edes Academy, the student council president, with such an identity, she is already a black swan in the sky."
"..."
"I want to say something, but I can't say anything. I can only blame us for being too young and naive at that time."
"However, it is also an enviable thing to have such a singer who has spent time with us and can reminisce in the future."
"What about you, Clara? I remember that you and Hexia were not only junior high school but also elementary school classmates. You should have a deeper relationship than us."
At the end of the topic, he suddenly asked the girl in front of the screen. She pressed the keyboard and typed a lot of words, trying to explain that she was not that close to Hexia, but finally deleted it because there was no point in explaining it now.
"Well, Hexia was very cute when she was a child. It would be nice if I could let everyone know this in advance."
After typing, clicked send, put down her arms, Clara leaned on the bed for a while, then stood up, walked to the window, and opened the curtains.
In the sky, the bright moon shone into the room, especially bright and cold.
(End of this chapter)
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