Chapter 152 - Autumn Festival
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Outside the window, the night wind was cold as it blew by.
The Crosson Base that was surrounded by mountains billowed with fog, and the sound of electronic static could be heard inside the car.
The virtual screen hovered in front of the windshield, and the tracked target was precisely positioned on the map. Countless streams of complex data scrolled across the screen.
The steady and powerful hands seemed to fly as they moved in the vehicle. The sight for the anti-aircraft photon gun and night vision camera were snapped into place. Metal parts slightly collided as the scope was installed on the body of the gun, and the gun barrel was lifted––
The screen displayed a series of calibration data.
The man swept an indifferent eye over the panel, and the thick gun callused finger pressed down again.
There was a click.
The knife-type core was calibrated, and a light flickered in the dim environment.
The second gun was a.s.sembled.
The communicator rang. Mao Dongqing reported, “Brother Wei, S195 direction, 600 meters. There has been no change in the target, and the heart rate is steady at 90 beats per minute. Support will arrive in seven minutes.”
Wei Shi grunted in acknowledgement.
The window to the suspension car sank down, cold wind blowing by like a pulse––
The man removed his Crosson combat jacket, revealing the powerful body beneath his combat vest.
Wei Shi jumped down.
Floating Base.
Researcher Song’s breathing stilled, and he turned pale, “Brother Wei is going in just like that???
Arjun stretched, “What did you expect? This isn’t a survival show compet.i.tion. There’s no routine. Just go in and fight!”
In the middle of the screen, the blue dot representing Wei Shi was getting closer and closer to Shao Yu––
The photon beam burst out abruptly, the brilliant rays bursting out like fireworks through the infrared monitoring lens. Shao Yu was caught off guard and beaten to a disadvantage, but he soon took out his gun to fight back within a few seconds.
Shao Yu’s breath came short, but his combat experience wasn’t inferior to Wei Shi’s. He even had time to curse quietly, “b.a.s.t.a.r.d.”
Wei Shi didn’t move.
This was a luxurious suburban villa. The alarms had been fully triggered by the firefight, and the wooden furniture had been hit by the photon beam, the fire cl.u.s.ter instantly melting it into charcoal even before it could start up a fire.
The security robots on patrol nearby rushed over like meteors, but someone else was even faster than they were––
Outside the window, the two Floating City support teams had finally arrived.
Shao Yu suddenly cursed viciously.
The photon beam had grazed across his carotid artery when it was fired. Shao Yu finally smelled the scent of burning flesh, and sensed the tingling pain that was enough to make people tremble spread out from the side of his neck. Shao Yu followed suit and shivered.
The pain travelled from the surface of his skin to his spinal cord, to his intracranial nerves. All of his nerve endings opened up in excitement as if they had been plunged into warm water. The pupils nestled in those peach blossom eyes suddenly dilated.
Time slowed down and froze.
Pain was the most perfect high climax in his brain.
Shao Yu bowed his head. He could still smell the residual fragrance from the black rose on the front of his shirt. His instincts that had gone completely out of control after the emotional lock even pieced together a complex and unrealistic delusion, triggered by the fragrance of the rose.
The youth had accepted his rose, and he’d managed to s.n.a.t.c.h up the key with the rose.
His scabbard, stepping on his cheek, providing him with the most supreme pain. Licking the youth’s round toes in the mud––
Another shot flew past!
Shao Yu evaded in a flash. The sensation of pain stimulated his senses, pushing his reaction speed to the maximum. Wei Shi pulled out the second gun and blasted it fiercely at Shao Yu’s head––
There were no nonsense words, no hesitation.
Shao Yu narrowed his eyes.
Wei Shi wasn’t even trying to capture him alive and wanted to exterminate him.
Shao Yu gasped for breath and sneered, “You hate me so much?”
“What’s your name? Wei Shik2026; oh, a b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Is that why you’re taking care of those other b.a.s.t.a.r.ds?”
“Taking away my scabbard out of jealousy?”
On the other side of the monitoring, Mao Dongqing didn’t show any reaction, but Arjun kicked the table over with a foot, “F*ck his mother! At the time, the base was destroyed, leaving only six months of medicine for the genetically modified, yet that f*cker Shao Yu took it all and ran off! Everyone knows, if it hadn’t been for Brother Wei, that move of his would’ve killed hundreds of people…”
Mao Dongqing: “Quiet.”
In the surveillance area.
The two support teams quietly surrounded the area.
Shao Yu leaned against the window, and the moonlight highlighted his angular facial features. His skin was dark, and his face carried the distinctive features of Imperial aristocracy; his nose was high and straight, his pupils like a gray blue sky at the edge of the desert.
“Do you know what genetic customization is?” Shao Yu raised his gun.
“He was created for me. As long as I hook my fingers, he would cry and beg for me to take him away. As for you…”
Wei Shi ignored all the nonsense and pulled the trigger, his face expressionless as he enunciated, “Me?”
Wei Shi directly pulled the trigger.
The particle beam covered everything, rushing like a sharp blade towards Shao Yu––
There was a crash.
The entire French window of the villa shattered open. Shao Yu’s unidentified life-saving capsule popped out, then flew away to the mountains in the distance. Mao Dongqing reported the data from the monitoring, “Heart rate 139! Heart rate 170… heart rate 65… 43… 30.”
“Heart rate… 0.”
On the screen, Wei Shi’s suspension car arrived beside him. The car’s wings were like sharp blades, and even the originally bright paint covering the body of the car no longer reflected the light. There were even small, nuclear magnetic resonance guns floating outside the driver’s seat.
If the Crosson program producer knew that the luxury car in the base’s parking lot, the one that belonged to Contestant Wei and had been used in the ‘shooting backdrop’ multiple times, was actually a refitted nuclear weaponry a.r.s.enal, he would definitely toss out his cigarette b.u.t.t and call the police right then and there.
Wei Shi got into the suspension car and flew over to the location where Shao Yu had landed.
The support staff immediately followed behind him. However, after searching for a long time, they were still unable to find the life-saving capsule.
“Return to the villa and collect samples of his biological data.” Wei Shi gave another order.
Floating Base.
Arjun’s expression was blank, “This person… is he dead or lost?”
Mao Dongqing wasn’t surprised, “Heavily injured, escaped.”
Arjun: “We didn’t catch him?!”
Researcher Song, who was to the side, coughed, “Him and Brother Wei are at the same level. When the heart rate dropped to zero, Shao Yu probably removed the tracker. He’s unable to kill Brother Wei, and Brother Wei can’t kill him, either.”
However, the researcher’s eyebrows flew up in joy, “Being able to seriously injure him is pretty good. Do you see the strength gap? After Brother Wei’s fourth stage of treatment is complete, Shao Yu can only get beaten. It’s probably because Shao Yu has realized this that the d.a.m.n pervert has started making moves against the treatment modules.”
“We even managed to obtain some biological samples this time. Shao Yu’s genes are of great significance to our research. There are so many genetically modified in Floating City… Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since our research inst.i.tute has made any new achievements, and the financial department wants to take away our bonuses. But we need materials for our research…”
Arjun thought about it for a long time, then stretched out his hand to pat the guinea pig, “I don’t understand.”
“Shao Yu clearly knew that he couldn’t beat Brother Wei. So why did he go and challenge him?”
Mao Dongqing knocked away Arjun’s hand, “It’s not provocation.”
“He must see Wu Jin with his own eyes.”
“You’ve underestimated his obsession with the scabbard.”
Crosson Twin Towers.
When Wu Jin called the Floating City base for the seventh time, the psychologist Zhou Nan smiled and picked up.
“Eh, is Little Witch still unable to sleep? Your timing is perfect. This is the public evaluation page for my psychological counseling services. Little Witch, help me fill out 10 good reviews, thanks, I’ll buy you some small oranges to eat later.”
Wu Jin was going crazy, “But, Brother Wei, he…”
Zhou Nan waved his hand, “Don’t worry! Brother Wei is on his way back.”
Wu Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Moonlight shone in through the window.
Wu Jin allowed Brother Rabbit to lay down on his belly as he secretly made plans in his heart.
He had to study hard and make progress every day so that he could help out the big boss in the future! Otherwise, he’d simply be sending up a free kill if he went out, and he couldn’t even chase after the big boss even if he wanted to.
Wu Jin was in a tired fog as he forced open his eyelids, opening up the web page and writing 10 reviews for Dr. Zhou.
On the terminal, a recording of Hudi’s wailing and howling demo was playing. There was a website address that Eagle Blade sent over that hadn’t yet been opened, and the delivery address for fried chicken that Caesar had secretly sent over to Wu Jin.
The door creaked open.
Wei Shi flashed inside.
The smell of smoke and burning sulfur permeated his nose. The big boss removed his coat and tossed it to the ground, his vest still wet with sweat. There were no new wounds or blood stains, but the old scars could still be seen.
Wu Jin rushed up instantly, “!! Did you get hurt?”
Wei Shi shook his head.
Wu Jin was relieved and pounced over, stretching out his hands to rub and pet. It was like hugging a big hay stack, the scent of sunlight and nuts mixing with the smell of gunpowder and filling up the narrow confines of the bedroom.
Before washing up, Wei Shi pushed him up into a corner of the wall, wantonly plundering between the youth’s lips, teeth and neck. The man’s breathing was heavy, his eyes dark and deep beneath the shadows in the contours of his eyes.
“It’s settled.” Wei Shi’s voice was hoa.r.s.e as he spoke into Wu Jin’s ear.
Wu Jin sniffed at the big boss twice and didn’t speak for a long time. He then popped out with a sentence, “… In the future, we go together.”
Wei Shi tossed Wu Jin onto the bed, and the sound of water splashing could be heard in the bathroom.
By the time the man came out again, Wu Jin was already curled up into a sleeping ball on the bed.
He didn’t take up much room and was curled up with the quilt, his cheeks soft and rubbing against the pillow. His shoulders rose and fell along with quite little snores.
The ball expanded slightly when he inhaled, and then shrank slightly when he exhaled.
It seemed that he could sense the big boss’s arrival. Wu Jin’s eyes were still closed as he freed up half the pillow.
Wei Shi picked up the rabbit that was lying on the other side of the pillow.
Wu Jin criticized sleepily, “…Brother Rabbit should be handled with care…”
Wei Shi agreed perfunctorily, but in reality, his actions towards Wu Jin’s rabbit didn’t soften at all.
Wu Jin came up with another sentence a while later, “Brother Wei, what’s a match…”
Wei Shi: “Sleep.” Wu Jin’s brain was obviously offline at this time, and anything he said would simply bypa.s.s his brain’s filters.
Wu Jin snuffled and then obediently went to sleep.
In the darkness, Wei Shi lay down next to the youth and looked at Wu Jin’s face. Wu Jin finally seemed to become a little more aware, “What are you thinking about…”
Wei Shi spoke calmly, “Thinking about whether or not you have rabbit genes.”
The next morning.
After the variety show ended, the Crosson trainees entered a two month vacation.
Wu Jin packed up hurriedly, holding the rabbit in one hand and balancing the little Pterosaur on his head. Ming Yao and Qin Jinbao were currently singing together, “Goodbye, my friend, goodbye, goodbye––”
Caesar was slapping his own chest and promising his fellow brother Red, “Come to White Moonlight to play, for sure! I know the area around our entertainment building like the back of my hand. Secretary Qu, who is in charge of things at the company is like my sister. We can set up a meeting room and play as we like…”
Zoe drove Caesar away and complained to Wen Lin, “How come Caesar is even more difficult to handle than my brat of a nephew?”
Two months of vacation was a rare thing in a trainee’s career. At present, there were 90 people left on the Crosson Show, but after they got back together again, they would have to fight until only 10 of them were left.
The program producer was slowly reading out the vacation regulations on the stage, “Each team leader should urge their team members to complete their training on time. Before school starts, wait, no, before the compet.i.tion starts again, make sure to prepare the following: Familiarize yourselves with the Advanced Combat Volume II… Remember to watch the variety show tonight…”
Ying Xiangxiang was patiently and gently guiding a group of straight men on how to dress during their vacation, “Artists who are photographed on the street all have pre-arranged shots. Make an appointment with the media, and remember to pay attention to what you wear in the morning…”
Wu Jin noticed that Ying Xiangxiang was wearing a plain ring on her ring finger.
“Instructor Ying finally got engaged.” Zoe sighed emotionally, “I heard that the other party isn’t from our circles and is an ordinary worker. They’re childhood sweethearts, it’s really great.”
Before Jingyi left, Ming Yao pulled at Caesar and Wu Jin excitedly, “Come find me if you guys have time! My planet is super big––”
“Little Ming.” Zuo Botang coughed gently and stopped Ming Yao from unconsciously showing off his wealth.
At last, there were only a few people left in the Crosson square. Wu Jin was still thinking about how to speak with his captain about going to Floating City and was caught by surprise by a beep from his terminal.
Secretary Qu: “Little Witch, Contestant Wei already spoke to us about it, and the company knows. Have fun playing in Floating City! Your monthly salary has been sent over, don’t be frugal and enjoy yourself [Flowers].”
Wu Jin: “……!!!” What? The company knew?! The big boss––was this, this powerful––
Secretary Qu: “Contestant Wei really is a good boy. He won 2 one month cards for the Floating training base through the lottery. He said that he didn’t have many friends, so he wanted to give the other one to our Little Witch.”
Wu Jin: “……”
Zoe and Wen Lin: “……”
Caesar thought about it for a long time and slapped his thigh, “Holy s.h.i.t, that’s not right! Isn’t this like, what was it my wifey said, having your deskmate get selected to do test questions, and then gifting you a set of them, sharing your difficulties together…”
“Little Witch, does Contestant Wei have a grudge against you or something!”
One minute later, Wei Shi calmly brought Wu Jin away and calmly said goodbye to Zoe and the others.
Half an hour later, at port 6 of the Blue Planet Star Harbor that belonged to the Azure Cosmos connection.
Wu Jin looked curiously at all the virtual ads that were displayed everywhere.
“Floating City Autumn Festival, six star floating hotel half price, credits may be discounted, but the heart is never discounted.”
“Clear muscles in no time. Zero additive skin mask for sale (the law enforcement’s wife also loves it!). Remove the mask and let him/her see the most beautiful you.”
“Autumn Festival proposal event planning. Full refund if it’s not successful!”
“Autumn Festival, organizing confessions/weddings/spouse finding compet.i.tions…”
The star ship slowly approached the harbor.
The flamboyant pink and lovey-dovey coloring made the star ship much more eye-catching than the ordinary star ships around it.
Wu Jin: “……”
Wei Shi held his hand very naturally, “Mm. It’s for the Autumn Festival.”
Juurensha: ….I feel like Zoe hasn’t told Secretary Qu because he fears her wrath of having let Little Witch be taken away hahahaha….
xiin: it’s. a. pink. star ship. headed to Floating City. it’s PINK, guys, PINK!!! Wei Shi is getting/owns a PINK STAR SHIP.
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