Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!

Chapter 229 - Extra – Floating City Battle Team 1

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurennsha

Azure Blade Survival Show Forums.

Mid-season anonymous gossip board.

Subject: What does it mean when a boy wears a bullet around their neck, strung on a nylon string?

Anonymous 1: It’s a phase. It’s very normal. Like my younger brother, not only does he wear bullets on a necklace, he also has crystal skulls, multivitamin tablets, and sprite can ring pulls.

Original poster: That shouldn’t be the case. He’s not going through an immature phase, he’s very well-behaved.

Anonymous 1: How old.

Original poster: 20.

Anonymous 2: … The new player Wu Jin in White Moonlight Battle Team?

Original poster: Yea.

Anonymous 3: It’s really rare for a survival show contestant to wear necklaces. Except when it’s for religious reasons, very few of them wear jewelry. Of course, wearing a bullet isn’t really jewelry. Is it possible that it’s a couple’s pendant? Has anyone else worn one?

Original poster: In the recent competitions, every fan who comes to support Wu Jin has had a bullet around their neck, with anything from 0.33 caliber to hand grenades. All similar necklaces on the Star Net have already been sold out.

Anonymous 3: … Out of the contestants who started during the same period, are there any who wears a bullet like Wu Jin?

Original poster: Wei Shi isn’t, Wei Yan isn’t, Caesar isn’t. The three mainstream CPs have been excluded from the options.

Anonymous 3: Is it possible that it’s the first bullet Little Witch trained with, which is very significant to him and therefore hangs on his body?

Original poster: The time doesn’t match up. Wu Jin started wearing the bullet between the fifth and sixth Crosson Show elimination matches. It’s from a miniature grenade gun bullet, and the pattern is very common. Then, the question becomes, between those two games, the Crosson Show had a month off. Where did he go? And he even came back sick.

Anonymous 3: It really doesn’t match up. No matter how you explain it, it’s still too immature to be hanging a bullet around your neck…

Anonymous 4: Wait a minute, don’t just make blanket statements like that. We occasionally see people wearing bullets here.

Original poster: Where?

Anonymous 4: Floating City.

Original poster, and all the other anonymous posters: ?? Floating City, Wei Shi’s Floating City Battle Team?

Anonymous 2: So you mean to say that after the fifth elimination match, Little Witch went to Floating City with Contestant Wei and picked up a local custom, making himself a bullet necklace? It can kind of be explained this way, but I always feel that there’s some deeper meaning…

Anonymous 2: Speaking of which, the Floating City Battle Team has been established for 2 months and is bullying the weak every day in the wild card competition zone. Why has there been no news this week? Where’d they go?

Blue Star, Star Harbor port.

In the star ship that had just landed, the captain of the Floating City guard team called out, “We’re about to go down. Hurry up and finish tidying up, don’t lose face for Brother Wei…”

There was clanging and banging in the cabin. The team leader separated the crowd of karaoke singing people and dragged Red off for an inspection and to get his hair washed. Red cried out in an aggrieved tone, and several other Floating City Team players who also hadn’t washed their hair rushed off to the bathroom to hide. A bottle of dry cleaning spray was fought over between four sets of hands, and the last few people pretended to be cool as they walked out.

Before leaving, a young cat-eared youth in the team named Little Orange was still watching a documentary on human anatomy in the cabin thoughtfully.

Wei Shi appeared, wearing a pair of sunglasses. The guard captain saluted cheerfully and then turned to the team members, “Alright, let’s go!”

Outside the port, at the pick-up point.

White Moonlight’s newly hired assistant followed closely behind Secretary Qu, extremely nervous.

In the first two months of the mid-season, the Floating City Team was like the number one dark horse of the entire competition zone. Their core tactics were a single-core strangulation that centered around Wei Shi. Not only had the team not encountered a single defeat in the wild card arena, this wicked play style displayed by the Floating City Team had already been imitated several times by the Federal and Imperial competition zones recently.

White Moonlight and Floating City – this training match between the two teams had been arranged about a month ago.

This was the first time this little assistant had received any foreign guests.

After the star ship completed its landing, the docking port opened up. The first to step out was Wei Shi, striding out on long legs. Behind him was the vice-captain of the Floating City Team, the popular player Mao Qiukui, the scout Little Orange, and two snipers…

The small assistant was excited and stepped forward to greet them, but they hadn’t yet opened their mouth to speak when they saw Contestant Wei nod slightly, “Secretary Qu.”

From behind Wei Shi, the battle team players were all discussing amongst themselves:

“Who is that beautiful woman?”

“Secretary Qu! Brother Wu’s battle team’s executive secretary.”

“Be polite, quickly, don’t ruin other people’s impression of Brother Wei!”

Then, they all stood straight together and spoke with great presence:

“Hello, Secretary Qu!”

“&#k2026;&#k2026;” Secretary Qu and the little assistant who’d come forward to pick them up were both shocked at the same time.

Fortunately, Secretary Qu responded quickly and showed a professional smile, “Captain Wei, the car is ready. You must all be tired from the journey, how about going to have a rest first? As for the other players––”

Red raised his hand, “Brother Wei and I will first leave first. We’re going to visit the flower and bird market.”

The scout position Little Orange’s cat ears perked up, “I’m going too.”

Red wondered out loud, “What are you going for?”

Little Orange had a bad temper. “It’s none of your business!”

Red acted like he’d encountered a big enemy, “Don’t follow me, otherwise I’ll tell my brother…”

The team leader quickly fished out Little Orange and laughed loudly as he pushed them out, “Go, then. Go early, and come back early, Orange. We’ll wait for them at the White Moonlight Battle Team building. Didn’t you always want to see Little… Oh, that’s not right, Brother Wu…”

Red’s expression was indescribable. He followed Wei Shi into the car and left.

The suspension car traveled along the Star Harbor’s low-altitude, high speed circuit, entering the streets at the third exit. In the navigation panel, the suspension car was coming closer to the blue target dot, until it coincided––

Wei Shi slowed down, and the car door opened. Red didn’t think twice before rushing to the back seat. Wu Jin, who’d been waiting for them on the street, got into the passenger seat.

Red quickly lifted his head, looked up at the ceiling, out the window, at his knees, looking everywhere but not daring to look ahead.

Then, he couldn’t hold back anymore and snuck a glance forward.

Brother Wei was sitting in a dangerous position, while Little Witch happily and delightedly touched Brother Wei’s waist. His actions were familiar and easy as he tore apart a bag of peanuts. He stuffed some into Brother Wei’s mouth, then when he was done, he even turned back to offer some to Red.

Red crunched and chewed, happily starting to gnaw on the peanuts.

Taking advantage of the time when Red had his head bowed, Wu Jin leaned into the driver’s seat. Wei Shi pressed the youth down, lowered his head, and then set up the divider to isolate the rear of the car from view.

Red was just like Caesar. They were both single-core, single-thread processing systems. When they did one thing, they couldn’t be expected to think about a second thing at all. By the time Red finished eating the peanuts, he’d forgotten all about the situation, and everything in the car continued on as usual.

The suspension car continued heading towards the flower and bird market.

Wu Jin was curious, “Why not shop in Floating City?”

Red had a headache about this, “My brother is a law enforcement officer and has the authority to monitor the pet market. If he learns about what I’m doing, I’m done for.” Red made an exaggerated head twisting motion.

Wei Shi: “We’re here.”

The three of them got out of the car. Wu Jin walked in front, “I arranged a total of six appointments, and they all have customer ratings of 4.9/5 or above. The first one to consider is…”

The flower and bird market was full of people, with chickens flying, dogs barking, and noise everywhere. The three of them entered a store, and the girl who registered appointments at the reception received them gently, “Hello, are you here to see the guinea pigs?”

In the backyard of the store, dozens of guinea pigs lay there soft and fluffy in their small cages as they basked in the sun.

The shop assistant listened patiently to Wu Jin’s request and nodded, “The life span of guinea pigs is about 4-8 years, and even under genetic modification conditions, it still won’t be more than 10 years. I understand everything you’ve said.”

Several milk tea colored guinea pigs were carefully taken out and placed on the velvet table by the breeder, “These are the varieties with a theoretical life span of 10 years. There aren’t any with a longer life span, at least not in the Federation or the Empire. The lifespan of a guinea pig is much shorter than that of human beings. It’s better to treat the guinea pig well while it’s alive than prolong its life through unnatural means.”

Wu Jin paused slightly, “It’s like this, my friend, he has a guinea pig that’s six years old. He’s currently still undergoing treatment, and I’m worried that the death of his pet will affect him…”

The breeder sighed and lamented, “I’m very sorry.”

“I’ve seen many examples like this. You guys probably haven’t asked him what he wants. Perhaps he would prefer to have long-term companionship rather than a bred substitute.”

In the afternoon, the flower and bird market was bustling and crowded.

Red was carrying a cage, in which a guinea pig was sleeping soundly.

Red: “Over in the laboratory, the emotional lock breakthroughs are almost there. My brother was transferred over from the therapy companion treatment and is different from the other cases. He’s very dependent on his guinea pig. His guinea pig was sent to the lab when it was just over one year old, trained up for two years, then sent to my big brother.”

“The lab was involved in genetic technology, not raising pets. The guinea pig was very thin when it was delivered over, and it was my big brother who fattened it up little by little, bought it a leash, and went out with it every day after work. In recent months, the guinea pig has been sleeping more and waking up less. My brother sometimes sits there and looks at it for hours after he’s finished his official business.”

Wu Jin paused for a long time, “Have you considered a companion with a longer life span as the next replacement? A grey parrot? Red sea urchin? Elephant turtle?”

Red wanted to cry, but there were no tears, “I wanted him to raise a diplodocus, but the doctor said that my big brother needs something that’s smaller, the type that’s soft and fluffy.”

Before returning to the White Moonlight building, Wei Shi signed an express delivery contract and secretly had the guinea pig airlifted to Floating City Base. Researcher Song once again apologized to Red for choosing the guinea pig as Mao Dongqing’s therapy companion animal, and Red shook his head.

“That was my big brother’s own choice.”

Therapy companion selection choice had always been a two-way street.

After Red left, Wu Jin took Wei Shi from one end of the flower and bird market to the other. The ‘sharp sword’ and ‘scabbard’ were sensitive and had a keen awareness, but they couldn’t help Mao Dongqing choose his next therapy companion.

Wei Shi patted Wu Jin on the back, “Let’s go.”

Time would make the best choice for Mao Dongqing.

At the White Moonlight building.

The arrival of the Floating City Team stirred up a warm welcome from all the members.

The training competition was held in the huge training ground on the B6 floor of the building. Lin Jue watched the battle, and Chen Xiran led the young players of White Moonlight into the court.

It was a 6v6 arena.

In the medium-sized 100×120 fixed map, the two teams stood dispersed amongst the bunkers. The wrist watches indicated the start of the game, and Wei Shi was like a sharp blade as he stabbed into White Moonlight’s field. Caesar resisted, and the two teams circled around close to the White Moonlight stronghold 20 meters away, waiting for Caesar to be sacrificed before invading the stronghold.

However, the rear behind Caesar was empty, except for––

The missiles that supported Caesar just now hadn’t come from the c-positions Chen Xiran and Zoe, but an assault reserve player disguised as a sniper, Wu Jin.

The White Moonlight stronghold had become an empty shell with only Wu Jin holding down the fort.

At the rear of the Floating City stronghold, Zoe and Chen Xiran cut off the line of fire and the opposing team’s retreat. Then, Zoe provided cover as Chen Xiran and Wen Lin rushed forward with lightning fast momentum. In the arena, the score was even!

Above the arena.

Lin Jue: “Who’s the commander?”

The analyst who was monitoring the team channel replied, “Captain Lin, it’s Little Witch. Floating City Battle Team plays with single core rush tactics, so their starting point must be placed with their attack. Little Witch’s intention was to directly give up on direct attack, leaving their advantages to the sniper position and playing guerrilla warfare from behind the bunkers.”

With Red’s elimination, the situation in the field miraculously tilted towards White Moonlight.

Zoe occupied a bunker behind Floating City, and the Floating City Team had lost the advantage of range of vision. Little Orange didn’t hesitate to break into their team’s blind spot alone in order to create an opportunity for Wei Shi. A signal flare exploded again as Little Orange was killed off by Zoe.

At the other end of the field, Wu Jin, who’d been hiding himself from place to place was finally caught by the Floating City Team. Wei Shi’s aura was fierce, and he didn’t hesitate to take out his gun––

On the observation platform.

The leader was in a trance, “… The two of them are married, right? Ouch, this move is really merciless.”

To the side, Lin Jue had his hands clasped behind his back as he nodded.

The harder he and Wei Shi fought, the more appreciative Lin Jue was.

Ten seconds later, Wu Jin followed Little Orange out of the arena. Four players from each side fought hard against each other in the bunkers.

Lin Jue: “Who’s in command now?”

The analyst was in a stunned daze, “… It’s still Wu Jin. They’re still following Little Witch’s plan. Little Witch said, in a 6v6 battle, it’s easy to stretch out the frontlines. They’d use Little Witch and Caesar to trade out Red and Little Orange, the two scout positions, which isn’t a loss for them. Floating City Battle Team would lose their entire field of vision, while the White Moonlight Team still has a full team of snipers and heavy artillery. They can continue to play standard SWAT tactics.”

In the field, White Moonlight once again eliminated a player, and Zoe took three points! However, after that, Wei Shi killed Wen Lin, Chen Xiran, and White Moonlight’s scout with a knife. At the very end, Zoe was unable to resist, and their team was defeated 3:6.

In the observation stands.

Lin Jue nodded lightly, “The command was good.”

“However, it’s still immature. Tonight, have Little Witch and Zoe go over the replay and hand in a report before 23:00.”

The game ended in 40 minutes.

At the edge of the venue, Wu Jin jumped out of the medical cabin, and the four virtual screens in front of him were repeatedly switching between the players’ first person perspectives. Wu Jin frowned and quickly made notes.

Someone knocked at the door from the outside. Wu Jin opened the door, and Wei Shi came in.

In the corridor, Caesar was pulling Red with him towards the White Moonlight canteen. When these two brothers met, it was like no time had passed at all. Caesar was chattering loudly, “Call them all over, the leader knew you guys were coming and bought lobster in advance tonight. Let’s secretly have some sashimi, then leave the rest for the canteen to cook dinner with in the evening.”

In the corner of the corridor, Caesar pushed open the door.

Inside the door, Wu Jin was sitting on a high stool.

Wei Shi had one knee on the carpet with one hand holding a medical spray and the other hand a healing gel. He skillfully fought against Wu Jin’s trouser legs, tending to the wounds a second time after the stint in the medical cabin.

Caesar stilled.

As a veteran of affairs of the heart, Caesar always felt that something was wrong with this scene.

Wasn’t this something that Little Witch should be doing himself!

Ah, that Contestant Wei, if he was wrapping bandages, he should be focused on wrapping, why was he even feeling up Little Witch’s leg––

From behind him, Zoe and Wen Lin came in. Their expressions made it clear that they were used to this kind of scene.

Caesar gave Zoe a look.

There was a cracking sound in Zoe’s head.

Little Witch had sent Caesar a wedding message, and then… and then the news seemed to have been intercepted and deleted. Caesar, this great fool, didn’t know about it at all.

Zoe seriously mouthed a few words at Caesar.

They-got-married.

Caesar: ?? What the hell? Got what?

Zoe: “Marriage, married…”

Caesar’s understanding ability was 0. It took him a very long time, and his gaze kept wandering between Wu Jin and Wei Shi. These people had no scruples and were openly––

Caesar: Holy shit.

Caesar: Little Witch got taken off the shelf by Contestant Wei?!

At this time, the door opened again.

Floating City Battle Team, the youth with the cat ears who played the scout position, Little Orange, poked his head in through the doorway.

He stared straight at Wu Jin!

When Wu Jin saw Little Orange, he immediately realized that this was the genetically modified cat… genetically modified human… cat… that had been saved that day in the Empire…

Little Orange’s eyes lit up.

He called out to Wu Jin in a very loud voice, “Master, do you still remember what my safe word is!”

There was a thump.

Not only Caesar, but Zoe, Wen Lin, and Red all lost their footing and hit the walls.

Juurensha: Oh boy, cat boy here again hahahaah!

xiin: uh oh… and that bullet discussion heeheee when will they figure it out~