Chapter 171 - The Sixth Elimination Match
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Half a minute later, the two of them were chased onto the bus by the Crosson Show stage managers.
On one hand, the purpose of the amus.e.m.e.nt park outing was to have players familiarize themselves with the compet.i.tion field in advance, but on the other hand, it was also a free activity for the Crosson employees. At this time, the director’s on-the-spot camera man had even brought his wife and children to take advantage of this opportunity, and the bus was packed full of people.
When Wu Jin and Ming Yao got into the bus, the program producer was patiently holding his little girl’s hand and introducing her to a ‘little brother’. Her twin brother had been tossed into a corner and forgotten, and it seemed that he had just finished fighting with the a.s.sistant director’s second child and was now wailing loudly.
The program producer lifted his head up due to the noise and glanced at Wu Jin and Ming Yao, “Hey, I was just saying, how come there were two people missing for the headcount.”
The stage manager said, “The two of them didn’t get on the bus and were standing on the platform arguing.”
The program producer waved a hand, “Fine! Have them sit in front and be taken care of along with the children.”
Wu Jin, Ming Yao: “……”
The suspension bar began to move.
The crowd of straight men in the back seat burst out into laughter, and the learning bullies in the middle gathered together to discuss the compet.i.tion system for the sixth elimination match––
Wu Jin held a little loli A and was squeezed together with loli B, C, D, E around him. The Crosson program producer’s youngest daughter jumped happily on Ming Yao, and there was a continuous stream of young children heading towards the two via the aisle.
Ming Yao choked, “… Help! I feel like I’m going to suffocate!”
Wu Jin complained, “It was you who wanted to issue a challenge!”
Ming Yao complained back, “But you were the one who agreed!”
The four year old loli that Wu Jin was holding was sweet and soft, “Big brother, you’re so good looking… wait until I grow up and marry you, okay!”
Wu Jin was so shocked he was stuttering and mumbling as he explained patiently, “Big brother is already married!”
The little loli, “Yingyingying.”
Ming Yao expressed his disdain, “Do you hear that! Men are all big liars!”
In the back row, Ying Xiangxiang sighed gently.
Ming Yao frowned and looked over for a long time, then stretched his neck over and asked Wu Jin quietly, “What’s wrong with Instructor Ying?”
Wu Jin looked back and was also surprised. He hesitated for a long time before saying, “Instructor Ying’s wedding ring was on her ring finger a month ago, but now it’s on her little finger.”
Ming Yao was confused, “What do you mean?”
Wu Jin: “The ring on the ring finger means engaged, while having it on the little finger means single and widowed.”
Ming Yao was shocked, “Holy s.h.i.t! Could it be that Instructor Ying and her childhood sweetheart encountered bad times, and her lover suddenly died of a sickness on the eve of their engagement? Or did Instructor Ying’s boyfriend push her away before an accident, ending up crushed beneath a tire––that’s not right, there are only suspension cars now…”
Wu Jin became increasingly stunned as he listened.
A few minutes later, Wu Jin finally couldn’t sit still. He stood up, picking up the sweet and coquettish loli ball in his arms.
Wu Jin asked the little loli, “Darling, do you remember what I taught you?”
The little girl nodded, and Wu Jin handed the four year old loli dumpling to Ying Xiangxiang.
The little loli sat cutely, “Big sister, can I sing you a song! One little, one little deer, two little, two little spotted rabbits…”
Ying Xiangxiang paused for a long time, then gently hugged the little singing child.
Wu Jin returned to his seat with a long string of little children tagging along behind him.
In the back, Wei Shi was wearing sungla.s.ses, and his gaze never left Wu Jin’s body.
In the front row, Wei Yan was indifferent, but his eyes moved mechanically around the children.
Red finally couldn’t help but say, “You’ve stared at them for so long. If you like them, then pick one up and play with it.”
Wei Yan: “……”
Red was shocked silly, “No way! You’ve never played with a kid? Aren’t the ones running around on the floor just waiting to be rolled around?”
Wei Yan: “……”
Red: “Fine then, I’ll get you one. Just don’t pick on me in the next round.”
Red left his seat and found the most pitiful one out of the ocean of cubs: the program producer’s little son, who’d just fought and lost. He brought the cub back to Wei Yan and said, “Ai, don’t be nervous. Your shoulders are stiffer than anything! Forget it, just hold it like you would hold a heavy machine gun. Hands come up, there’s no b.u.t.t of the gun. Alright, this kid can’t even beat someone two years younger than him. Just casually teach him a few moves!”
Half an hour later.
The suspended bus finally arrived at the nearest amus.e.m.e.nt park.
First, the children had to hold hands and get out of the vehicle, then the cameras, and finally, the contestants rushed out––
The amus.e.m.e.nt park conductor was horrified to see 90 muscular, well built men rushing towards the ticket window.
The program producer yelled from the back, “Everyone can only claim 400 credits of reimburs.e.m.e.nt for meals! Don’t order any steak or foie gras or abalone, do you hear me––”
He hadn’t finished speaking before most of the contestants had already run off and disappeared from sight.
The program producer turned to look at Blood Pigeon, “Do they run that fast during compet.i.tions?!”
Inside the amus.e.m.e.nt park gate.
After entering, the players quickly split up into groups of two. Wu Jin glanced at the list of rides and prices, and didn’t hesitate to buy two pa.s.ses, pulling the big boss with him as he rushed inside, “Roller coaster! Roller coaster!”
Wei Shi’s pace was fast, and Wu Jin had to bounce along to keep up, but he didn’t fall behind.
The two of them quickly s.n.a.t.c.hed up the next batch of seats on the roller coaster.
The safety mechanism activated, and the countdown began.
The pressure acc.u.mulated rapidly, and then the roller coaster went up at a 70 degree angle!
The lovers in the front row, “Ahhhhhhh––”
Wu Jin muttered to himself as he calculated the model for the pressure from just now during the extreme movements of the ride, “The roller coaster starts to accelerate from 0km/h at the bottom of the track. When it rises, it generates gravitational potential energy, which will a.s.sist in the acc.u.mulation of speed before reaching the highest point…”
The roller coaster neared the first drop point on the track.
All the people on the ride were suddenly in the air!
The lovers in the front row: “Wuwuwuwu––”
Wu Jin slowly calculated, “The maximum acceleration that the human body can bear is about 45G. The roller coaster environment is harsh for combat, and the ideal gun fight acceleration is less than 10G…”
The wind whistled fiercely!
The roller coaster once again fell to a low point and prepared for the next 360 degree spin––
Wei Shi leaned in beside Wu Jin, “Come closer.”
Wu Jin: “Ehh!”
Wei Shi: “I can’t hear you.”
Wu Jin spoke loudly to the big boss, “At the highest point of the roller coaster, the centrifugal force is about equal to gravity. The potential energy changes to kinetic energy during the drop, and the speed becomes faster and faster. The peak speed of the roller coaster is 100km/h, and the initial speed of a bullet’s trajectory is 400m/s. We can calculate a model in advance and memorize the formula before the compet.i.tion so that we’ll know which track can be used for shooting, and which one requires a bayonet––woaah!”
The roller coaster went up to another peak.
Wei Shi pressed the dangling, swinging Wu Jin into his arms, and nibbled on the youth’s neck.
A shrill scream rang out like thunder in their ears.
Wei Shi: “Not bad, your reward.”
The Wu Jin who was hanging upside down protested, “How can biting be a reward!”
Wu Jin accurately found the big boss’s thin lips and took advantage of the roaring of the roller coaster to swoop down––
Lips and teeth collided.
Wu Jin’s small white teeth that had no attack power were hit, and his eyes were full of stars.
Wei Shi laughed quietly.
Beneath the roller coaster, Red dragged Caesar along while communicating secretly with Mao Dongqing.
“Bro, I’m watching them, don’t worry, don’t worry! I brought Brother Wei’s medicine. Brother Wei? He’s fine! You don’t even know, just now, my G.o.d, he was basically about to have car s.e.x…”
Wu Jin got off the roller coaster and quickly marked out the high pressure, weightless, and high speed points on the track.
Then came the hot wheels, the jumping machine…
Along the way, they encountered Crosson Show fans 17 times.
Wu Jin smiled broadly and autographed things for his fans.
Then, he added a few circles onto their maps, “Ming Yao is here! Wei Yan is here!”
In one corner of the map.
Ming Yao looked at Zuo Botang in a trance, “Captain, how come Little Witch can walk around freely, but more and more fans are gathering here?”
It was getting late.
Wu Jin was leisurely and relaxed as they rode on a double bicycle and wandered through the streets.
At the same time, he discussed the compet.i.tion system for the ‘amus.e.m.e.nt park’ map on and off.
“The core for each game is different, but they all have a unique ‘final venue’.”
Wu Jin thought out loud, “Seven years ago, they drew this map. The theme was the b.l.o.o.d.y murder of a little boy. Most of the clues were buried near the children’s paradise area, and the final venue was the haunted house. 12 years ago, the theme was toys coming to life, and the clues were hidden in the doll machines, while the final venue was the gift shop.”
“Once a clue is obtained, we should rush to the final venue to scout it out immediately.”
Wu Jin pondered and thought of one thing, “From a fairness perspective, the reasoning component of the sixth elimination match should be reduced.”
Wei Shi: “Not necessarily.”
Wu Jin looked at him sidelong.
Wei Shi adjusted the direction of the double bicycle that Wu Jin had been sneakily pointing in the direction of the handheld wrap stand and drove them towards the porridge shop.
Wu Jin stretched his hands out towards the handheld wraps in despair, “Ahhhhh––”
“Balanced nutrition.” Wei Shi was unmoved, “As for the game. Command positions and support positions will have difficulty with direct gun combat confrontations in two person teams. The show won’t bury outstanding players like that.”
“In the sixth elimination match, there should be more than one way to clear the game.”
Wu Jin’s ears perked up.
Wei Shi: “There’s a way for snipers, a way for a.s.sault positions, and a way to win through sheer reasoning. We’re here. Get down, have some porridge.”
A large portion of amus.e.m.e.nt park revenue came from the catering industry.
The food in the porridge shop was expensive. Wu Jin ate hot porridge, egg tarts, spiced pig trotters, roast duck, broccoli, lotus root and spare ribs soup, and used up all 400 credit points.
Wei Shi communicated with Zhou Nan again and confirmed that ‘Wu Jin was still growing’.
He pasted a sticker on him after the meal.
It was still white and hadn’t changed.
Wu Jin: “? What the h.e.l.l is this!”
Wei Shi’s expression didn’t change, “Wu Jin content test. The higher the proportion, the lighter the color.”
Wu Jin: ???
However, before Wu Jin could ask again, Wei Shi’s actions suddenly stopped.
The man’s expression changed slightly. The light in his pupils shifted, and his palms clenched under the table. The corners of his mouth suddenly tightened, loosened, then tightened again. For a moment, Wu Jin even started to have a strange illusion.
It was like there were two souls competing for the big boss’s body.
However, it soon became nothing but an illusion.
Wei Shi lifted up a bottle of mineral water, “I’m going to make a call. Wait for me here.”
Wu Jin said stupidly, “Eh, okay…”
The big boss didn’t come back until ten minutes later.
The water level in the mineral water bottle had dropped slightly. Wu Jin suddenly remembered something, “Are you taking medicine? MHCC?”
Wei Shi replied frankly, “Mm. Been taking it for ten years.”
Wu Jin thought about it and felt that it made sense. He took the big boss’s bottle of water and also swallowed down the medicine he was supposed to take.
9 PM.
The suspension bus took the satisfied trainees back to the base.
Because there were cameras in the Crosson dormitory, Zoe still had to show a ‘superficial brotherhood’ with Wei Shi, but he was in fact worried about his job search.
Wu Jin quietly and sneakily drew out a piece of test paper and stuck it onto Caesar when he came over for a visit.
Deep purple.
Could it really be that this thing was used to test Wu Jin content levels?!
He wasn’t stupid!
However, searching through the Star Net netted no results.
Wei Shi’s dorm room.
On the other side of the communication, Researcher Song’s voice came over, “… The aftereffects are much better now. Brother Wei, good luck with the upcoming compet.i.tion! Just don’t stimulate yourself.”
“What stimulation? You have to think about what you were most scared of when you were 16. The subconscious can’t be controlled by your will. As soon as you’re stimulated, your memories will regress back to how they were last time you were in the treatment cabin…”
Wei Shi was confident, “They won’t.”
Researcher Song thought about it and didn’t think that it was a big deal. Even if his memory regressed, Little Witch was still there! The two of them could just hold hands and be eliminated together. They could even help each other pad out the bottom of the rankings. In other words, it was like dying for the sake of love and wasn’t considered disgraceful!
So, he nodded happily, “Fine then. Brother Wei, just keep an eye on yourself.”
Night fell.
The next day pa.s.sed by quickly.
Wu Jin went over the tactical maneuvers in the training room as usual, and had a good warm-up session with the dynamic targets.
At this time, the popularity rankings on the official website had basically been determined. In fact, there had been very little changes from the fourth elimination match.
According to the voting rankings, the number of votes for the two team members in the team were added up to form a total number of votes. Wu Jin and Wei Shi were first, followed by Wei Yan and Thin Fire, and then the Jingyi Double C.
Early in the morning, all the players gathered together to head to the arena.
The map for the survival show amus.e.m.e.nt park was 700 kilometers away from the Crosson Base. Just before the helicopter landed, Wu Jin checked over the starting gun, bullet proof vest, emergency bandages, and handsome teammate one last time to make sure they were all there!
There were continuous rolling mountains outside the window.
Then came the resort villas, scenic spots and business areas, and finally a floating banner: ‘Azure compet.i.tion zone survival show designated area. Tuwala Amus.e.m.e.nt Park.”
The hatch opened, and Wu Jin moved his gaze.
The little editor came inside and gave Wu Jin, who had ranked highest in popularity, the task card.
He opened up the card.
Wu Jin was stunned.
Unlike the ‘b.l.o.o.d.y boy’ and ‘toy resurrection’ themed games, this fixed map elimination match didn’t provide any background tips.
The card only held an itinerary.
9:45 Ferris Wheel
11:19 Brave Rapids
15:00 Pirate Ship
16:03 Roller Coaster
17:22 Haunted House
17:39
The last line was erased.
Wu Jin’s first reaction was to try to find a common rule in the numbers, but he came up with nothing. At this time, the compet.i.tion watch was already on his wrist. Wu Jin hadn’t yet bowed his head to look when Wei Shi spoke up, “8:47.”
Wu Jin nodded, “We’ll go to the Ferris Wheel first.”
The youth’s gaze paused slightly.
According to the Crosson Show’s usual practice, the final showdown would only take place after they’d already scattered the players across numerous small instances and fought amongst themselves. It was obviously going against their ‘normal operations’ to have ‘all compet.i.tors’ squeeze into the Ferris Wheel ‘at the same time’.
The words ‘500 credits’ appeared on both people’s wrist watches at the same time.
There were three minutes to go before the start of the match.
Inside the helicopter cabin, the virtual screen opened up in front of the 90 trainees at the same time––
“The sixth elimination match, race to advance mode.”
“Teams that complete the amus.e.m.e.nt park itinerary first will be promoted, and their rankings determined according to completion speed.”
“Contestant’s initial credit balance (can be used to purchase amus.e.m.e.nt park tickets): 500.”
“Additional credits per kill: 300.”
Wu Jin took a deep breath.
The helicopter landed slowly.
The amus.e.m.e.nt was located at a very high alt.i.tude and was covered by dense mountain fog. Wei Shi’s hand moved as fast as electricity, and he calibrated the gun to account for the humidity and temperature before throwing the corrected shotgun to Wu Jin.
He went on to calibrate the second gun.
The two of them stepped into the amus.e.m.e.nt park and disappeared into the mountains at the same time.
Nearby, a camera detected that a contestant had appeared, and the lens rotated with a squeak.
At the same time, in the Crosson base.
The live broadcasting hall was fully equipped.
The scrolling comments were full of excitement.
Blood Pigeon and Ying Xiangxiang smiled and greeted the audience.
Blood Pigeon looked at the table and sighed emotionally, “The rules are very interesting.”
From backstage, the program producer snapped his fingers.
The caption faded into the screen––
“Sixth Elimination Match, Tuwala Amus.e.m.e.nt Park Fixed Map––Time Warp.”
Juurensha: Ooooo what could Time Warp mean? And poor Instructor Ying–what happened??
xiin: Wei Shi & Wu Jin finally get to team up together officially! The CP fans are over the moon! Candy everywhere!!