Chapter Ch175.2 - Druid
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Scarf and Dolma’s chariots finally collided.
Wu Jin’s spear attacked first, but Wei Shi shielded Wu Jin behind him.
Qin Jinbao was beaten into retreating and was unable to defend, making the battle situation chaotic for a brief time.
n.o.body noticed that Jingyi’s Double C had already climbed down from their chained chariot. Ming Yao pulled Zuo Botang with him and ran happily towards the altar––
Their wrist watches beeped.
“Etruscan-Celtic b.u.mper cars. Contestants Ming Yao and Zuo Botang have pa.s.sed the instance. This instance is a brawl instance, and the elimination rate is 8%. May the players who haven’t cleared the instance continue to do their best.”
Wu Jin: “!!!”
Qin Jinbao: “!!!”
The two of them stared at each other. Wei Shi glanced at Wu Jin, then glanced at Qin Jinbao, and the pressure around him became lower and heavier, until he suddenly grabbed Wu Jin by his collar and turned him around.
Wei Shi calmly rolled up his sleeves and chopped at Qin Jinbao with a sword once again.
The battle began again!
Six minutes later.
The Dolma contestants were still in perfect condition when they pa.s.sed the b.u.mper cars instance. The two of them climbed to the altar and searched for clues in front of the long table with the stamps.
One minute later.
Wei Shi led Wu Jin outside. Behind them, the three losing teams took over the duel circle and began to fight.
Wei Shi’s expression was indifferent.
Wu Jin gave himself a stamp and expressed, “There was no help for it! With three chariots, anything could happen. It’s just like, um, variations on the three-body problem. All states are unpredictable… It’s okay, in the next round…”
Wei Shi clenched his fist, “Just wait.”
Wu Jin: “Eh!”
Wei Shi gestured, “Next time I see them, I’m going to beat them.”
“……” Wu Jin looked at R-Code Base’s number one bully, Wei Shi, with a pitying yet affectionate gaze.
When they left the b.u.mper car instance, 85 players were still alive. However, the sixth elimination match was a race for time, and the number of survivors wasn’t an effective indicator. Wu Jin speculated that the ‘elimination rate’ in the entertainment facilities was the key to reducing the number of surviving players.
In other words, there was a price to be paid for obtaining clues.
The two of them hid behind a low wall.
Wu Jin looked at the watch on his right wrist.
The wrist watch showed the rankings for the overall compet.i.tion. At this time, two teams had completed ‘1 itinerary item’, while the rest were at ‘0’. Beneath the watch, a blue mark on Wu Jin’s wrist was the clue stamp that they’d gotten when they cleared the b.u.mper cars instance.
“Jingyi has already gotten onto the Ferris Wheel at ‘9:45’.” Wu Jin spoke quietly.
The clues provided by the b.u.mper car facility must be more important than the one from the maze.
Both of them bowed their heads at the same time, placing their heads next to each other.
Wei Shi stiffened, then finally pretended nothing had happened at all as he rubbed against the small curls.
All of Wu Jin’s attention was focused on the stamp.
The stamp from the Stonehenge maze showed the inventor Huygens and the spires of the building behind him. The stamp from the b.u.mper cars seemed connected.
This stamp showed the building behind Huygens.
Only now did Wu Jin discover that there was a bell tower behind Huygens.
“Clock… right, Huygens invented the pendulum clock!” Wu Jin suddenly thought of all the clues in his mind.
Huygens, a bell tower, the clock, 1:02, and also––
Wei Shi handed the maze ticket to Wu Jin. 5:22.
The ticket in Wu Jin’s own hand, 6:28.
Wu Jin suddenly looked up at the Ferris Wheel.
The Ferris Wheel was supported by the inverted V-shaped frame and slowly rotated clockwise, its 60 cars swaying in the wind.
“… 60 cars.” Wu Jin stood up abruptly, the confused thoughts in his mind finally gathering together into a hypothesis, “The Ferris Wheel is a clock! But why is time going backwards? And 9:45…”
Wei Shi held up Wu Jin’s little paws and gestured for him to look at the pattern on the stamp.
On the clock tower behind Huygens, the hands showed that it was 9:45.
Wu Jin: “??”
Wei Shi looked at the clock face, then stood to Wu Jin’s left and looked at the Ferris Wheel. He made a sound of affirmation then said, “It’s the same.” Then, he added, “The clock hands are the same.”
Wu Jin’s mouth dropped open in surprise.
They stared at the Ferris Wheel in the fog. The inverted V-shaped frame extended from the axis of the Ferris Wheel. The angle of the V was less than 30 degrees, somewhere between 23 and 24 degrees.
Then, he looked at the 9:45 clock face on the stamp.
The angle between the hour hand and minute hand was 24 degrees.
Looking at it from the big boss’s direction, the dial coincided almost perfectly with the Ferris Wheel.
Wu Jin suddenly exhaled quickly and opened his mouth to speak, “The inverted V-shaped frame of the Ferris Wheel is the hands, and the Ferris Wheel is the dial!”
“The hands don’t move, but the dial rotates clockwise, so time is going backwards––”
The youth looked down at the time on the ticket.
5:22, the angle between the hour hand and minute hand was 24 degrees. The hour hand was in front.
6:28, the angle was 24 degrees, with the hour hand in front.
It was the same for 1:02.
All these time points had the same angle as 9:45.
In a 12 hour time span, the hour hand and minute hand would form a 24 degree angle 11 times.
When the Ferris Wheel hands couldn’t form a ‘reasonable time’, the Ferris Wheel would stop in the previous time period…
Wu Jin trembled slightly.
Everything clicked into place.
Wu Jin stared at the Ferris Wheel, and Wei Shi stared at Wu Jin.
Seeing that Wu Jin was absorbed in his thoughts, Wei Shi stretched out a hand to touch the waist that had been shot through in the consciousness world.
The youth’s muscled waistline was thin and attractive.
He pinched it, and Wu Jin quivered unconsciously, like a toy rabbit that moved when prodded.
Wu Jin finally said, “Now… It’s 44 minutes past 6:28 on the Ferris Wheel. The Ferris Wheel takes 22 minutes for a full rotation, so in a little over 15 minutes, it will be the next ‘9:45’.”
The youth looked at Wei Shi in delight.
Wei Shi, who was absorbed in touching Wu Jin, immediately drew himself up into a haughty posture.
Wu Jin leaned over, “Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s go to the top of the Ferris Wheel… heehee!”
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Shi was dragged to the Ferris Wheel by an excited, bright-eyed Wu Jin.
The two of them slowly rose up into the air.
The sweet voice reminded them over the radio, “Welcome to the Tuwala amus.e.m.e.nt park Ferris Wheel. The current time is 9:45.” Their watches beeped twice, indicating that the ‘Ferris Wheel ride’ itinerary item had been completed.
Beneath the Ferris Wheel, Caesar and Red were waiting in antic.i.p.ation. When they saw Wu Jin and Wei Shi enter, their eyes brightened, “Remember! Let’s go and get into the next car!”
Wu Jin sighed emotionally. As he’d thought, Brother Caesar was once again waiting to copy all his answers, and this time, he happened to copy it correctly! There were 60 cars, and the corresponding time for each car that pa.s.sed through the Ferris Wheel frame remained unchanged.
He could finish the task during this round, and Caesar would be able to finish it during the next rotation.
However, there were more important things to do now.
Inside the pa.s.senger car.
After confirming that there were no cameras nearby, Wu Jin let out a happy sigh.
The Ferris Wheel rose up to 20 meters.
Wu Jin smiled broadly and sat down beside the big boss.
The Ferris Wheel rose up to 40 meters.
Wu Jin edged closer to the cub. The 16 year old youth exuded a soft smell of sunshine, hay, and nuts!
The Ferris Wheel rose up to 60 meters.
Wei Shi was stared at by Wu Jin, and his cheeks turned red. He couldn’t help pressing the little shortie into a corner, “What are you looking at!”
Wu Jin raised up his small round face and gently touched his cheek against Wei Shi’s.
Wei Shi was caught off guard. He reacted like he’d been given an electric shock, and his heartbeat seemed to fly out of control. His expression went blank for a moment, and he was taken by surprise when Wu Jin popped out from the corner and pounced straight at him.
Wei Shi: “!!!” This shortie always wanted more; he was just taking advantage of the fact that he liked him––
Wu Jin pounced directly into his arms.
The air carried a light, sweet scent.
The fog outside isolated the small pa.s.senger car from the outside world.
It was like a wish come true.
Wei Shi’s arms stiffened, and then he slowly, carefully, circled Wu Jin in an embrace.
His hold was soft and gentle, as though afraid that he would squeeze Wu Jin too hard in a moment of carelessness and turn all of this into nothing but a dream.
Wei Shi thought to himself, since this is a survival show arena, after he learned how to shoot, he would help the little shortie take over this Ferris Wheel so that they could come and sit in the Ferris Wheel every day in the future!
The Ferris Wheel rose to its highest point.
Wu Jin, whose mind was full of ‘cub cub cub cub’, leaned in close to Wei Shi, whose mind was full of a mountain-stronghold mentality and thoughts of taking over the Ferris Wheel.
The two of them came closer and closer.
Wu Jin, whose mind was full of ‘Wei Shi Wei Shi Wei Shi’, kissed the Wei Shi whose mind was full of ‘Wu Jin Wu Jin Wu Jin’.
Wei Shi froze.
This kiss between the youths was light and young, warm and sweet.
Wei Shi didn’t know what to do with his own hands and feet. His eyes looked straight at Wu Jin and even seemed to turn a little red. He tried to deepen the kiss, but he was at a loss as to how.
Wu Jin came even closer.
Their hearts beat in sync.
Wei Shi suddenly pressed down Wu Jin, a predatory desire bursting out from his bones as he licked fiercely at Wu Jin’s teeth and lips. Wu Jin responded eagerly.
The small enclosed s.p.a.ce was stirred up by their burning hot breaths. Wu Jin was soon short of breath as he lost the initiative.
The fog clouded their vision.
They parted after a kiss.
Wu Jin looked up in a confused daze.
The big boss’s expression was dangerous. The youthfulness on his face faded completely, and his eyebrows and eyes became as sharp as knives as he looked down from above and gathered Wu Jin into his own shadow.
Wu Jin suddenly realized! This was the subconscious being pressed down again, and the big boss’s consciousness had returned––
Wei Shi spoke unhappily, “Who were you kissing just now.”
Juurensha: Ahahaha jealous of himself.
apricot: why would the author make the angle 24 degrees in the raws?? why would none of the times actually equal 24 degrees??? i. am. pained T_T
xiin: *happily clueless*