VCRMM: Chapter 138

Yusen controlled the mecha and avoided meteorites while aiming at the stagnant meteorite belt that was only a kilometer away from him.

He didn’t want to get close. This teenager called Guardian was too weird. If he could defeat this person from a distance, there was no need to risk closing the distance.

The distance of kilometers was negligible for the newly developed and improved anti-matter cannon of his country. There was also an ultra-high performance auxiliary computing system. As long as…

Yusen’s eyes suddenly froze.

He leaned closer and saw that the stagnant meteorite belt… was empty?

The moment this idea surfaced, his mecha system suddenly emitted a sharp alarm!

“Warning! Warning! There is an unknown object attached to the mecha. Immediately activate the body scanning system! According to its characteristics, the unidentified attachment is 99.9% similar to the competitor Guardian in the competition!”

“Warning! Warning! The enemy is destroying the mecha! The primary protection system has been activated… the primary protection system has been breached. According to the enemy’s speed, the highest level of protection has been automatically turned on..”

Yusen was already stunned. He stared at the light curtain in front of him in a dumbfounded manner. He had never been as dazed as he was now—

The boy, who was supposed to be thousands of meters away, appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye and broke through the primary protection system of the mecha.

However, the system was still broadcasting. The primary protection system was smashed with a punch, forcing the system to turn on the highest level of protection. As a result…

Yusen stared at the light curtain blankly. He looked at the silver light mecha that he was most proud of, that could even withstand the bombardment of plasma cannons, being silently shattered by the boy’s fist, turning into bits and pieces of light and disappearing into the universe.

Then the teenager threw another punch.

It was obviously the universe where no sound could be transmitted, but Yusen seemed to hear a huge roar exploding in his ears.

This fist, which was ridiculously small compared to the mecha that was several meters tall, continued to enlarge in front of him. It exerted incomparable pressure, like a mountain pressing down on him.

He didn’t give Yusen any time to react at all. The moment the last punch fell, his eyes went black and he completely lost consciousness.

Regardless of the excitement, all the viewing area suddenly fell silent.

Because… it was too fast!

Was it three seconds?

What happened? Why did Yusen’s mecha suddenly explode? Did the Guardian do it?

The audience was confused and couldn’t understand what just happened.

Xu Sili was also a bit stunned.

He knew that Si Sheng must’ve done this, but he couldn’t analyze what Si Sheng had done just through the projected image.

“What happened just now? Does anyone understand?” The commentator was also at a loss. This was probably the most incredible and confusing commentary in his career.

“Okay, the analysis footage is playing! Let’s take a look at what happened in those three seconds.”

This was a showdown between a genius and a powerhouse. It was easy to have scenes that the audience couldn’t understand, so there would be analytical shots.

After all, it was a battle on the Star Network. As long as the data was recalled, it could be played at 360 degrees from all angles with no dead ends. This allowed everyone to watch the wonderful moment again.

The viewers discovered that the void had been divided into two areas.

One area was Yusen’s mecha covered by the stealth device. It was marked a certain color by the Star Network main brain. He moved rapidly and equipped the anti-matter cannon.

The action of the mecha was clean and neat. This fully demonstrated the super high level of Yusen’s piloting and made some mecha fans exclaim with admiration.

The other area showed the static meteorite belt. The blond-haired boy was surrounded by large and small meteorites, his dark uniform almost blended with the night sky.

Everyone could see that these meteorites were manipulated by him. Even just looking at the screen, one would think he would use the meteorites as a shield or weapon to attack. Then the next second—

The boy suddenly disappeared in thin air!

The audience couldn’t help rubbing their eyes. Under everyone’s eyes, they were already very close to the boy. In such a situation, they couldn’t see his trajectory?

According to the feedback, the main brain of the Star Network started to slow down the screen just now.

Everyone looked at the number showing the slowdown multiplier on the screen, which continued to increase little by little. Yusen’s mecha was so slow that it couldn’t be seen moving. Then they finally saw the boy’s movement trajectory clearly.

It turned out that he really didn’t disappear directly. It was just that his speed was too fast, to the extent that the naked eye or even the machine couldn’t detect it. It could only be later analyzed in slow motion.

But to their senses…

It wasn’t slow.

Perhaps it was because the contrast with Yusen was too tragic. The boy flew in front of him while Yusen was still frozen in place, without any reaction at all.

Then looking at the slowdown multiplier displayed on the projection, the crowd fell silent again.

It wasn’t Yusen’s fault at all. He wasn’t too slow. It was that the Guardian was too fast, so fast that even if it was slowed down many times, his movements were smooth and fast. This was simply creepy.

So this was the world in the eyes of the bigshot?

What type of monster was this teenager? Was he really a contestant under the age of 40?

Such fears and doubts inevitably appeared in the minds of all spectators, including the other contestants.

Of course, this didn’t include Xu Sili.

He looked at the scene in front of him and felt it was quite novel. He thought that Si Sheng used the flashing technique. Unexpectedly, he flew over directly.

Was this the combat power possessed by the top Lv 82 powerhouse? Once he reached this level, could he be as powerful as Si Sheng?

Xu Sili’s heart was full of anticipation. At the same time, he smiled proudly when he heard the discussions around him that either feared or worshiped Si Sheng.

This is my boyfriend. Awesome, right?

Once the analysis was over, the projection switched back to normal.

Yusen’s mecha exploded and shattered into slag. Various fragments were suspended in space, moving under the influence of the magnetic field.

Who could see this scene and say that the simulation was too realistic?

Then they saw the boy floating among the fragments and such admiration was suppressed at once.

Even if they knew that this monster-like boy might really be able to survive in outer space in reality, everyone still felt it was too unscientific when seeing this scene up close!

“Hey, why do I feel like something is missing?” The duckbill hat girl sitting next to Xu Sili muttered in a low voice.

Then in the projection, a cup of… milk tea suddenly appeared in front of the boy!

The huge ‘Fox House’ logo was clearly shown in front of the audience. Then the young man grabbed the milk tea and sipped it slowly.

“Ahhhh, this feeling is right!” In the midst of the wailing, the duckbill hat girl cheered. “What type of milk tea did the cub drink today? I want to drink it too!”

“It should be oolong cheese foam, right?” There was a person next to her who agreed.

“Okay, placing an order now!”

Xu Sili watched the audience sitting nearby start ordering one after another. Then they sipped the milk tea synchronously.

“……”

This milk tea was very joyful!

He couldn’t help peeking at the backend and he found that the sales of the oolong cheese foam suddenly skyrocketed. The sales speed of other milk teas was also a bit faster than usual.

This wave of advertising was so worthwhile!

Then after taking a few sips of milk tea, the boy in the projection seemed to open the order interface again. In the eyes of everyone, a package of what appeared to be snacks printed with the Fox House logo appeared in front of him.

He grabbed it with one hand, bit open the seal with his teeth and ate it like no one else was watching.

For the teenager, there was indeed no one around. But… at least tens of billions of people throughout the universe were watching the match!

How could he openly start a food broadcast on such a serious occasion?

It also seemed to taste delicious!

What was this red strip snack? Was it a new product from the Fox House? Was it really so delicious?

Then the people around them started to open the Fox House’s Star Network store again. They soon found a new snack that was just launched yesterday.

The Fox House actually started to make things other than milk tea!

The new product should be promoted on the homepage, right? Wasn’t this too low-key? Then they saw the teenager on the projection was still continuing the ‘eating broadcast’ and they fell silent again.

Low-key? This was nonsense!

All the merchants in the interstellar world were crying from envy, okay?

What was the deadliest thing?

According to the rules of the competition, in a simulated map duel, the Star Network’s master brain would lock the map for 30 minutes. Unless a player was defeated or voluntarily surrendered, no one was allowed to enter or exit.

It was because someone once took advantage of the loophole to directly throw the opponent out of the map. He had won the match but in order to target such a special ability, the match also issued new regulations.

Why 30 minutes?

It was because this type of simulated map battle usually lasted a long time and rarely ended within half an hour. Sometimes, they could even fight for half a day without a result.

But the person who specified the new rules at the beginning might’ve never imagined that someone could take care of the battle within five minutes and start an eating broadcast in a grand manner!

Did he break the rules?

No, the match was over. What was wrong with eating?

Soon, a smell filled Xu Sili’s surroundings… it was the smell of the spicy sticks.

“……”

Should he admire Si Sheng’s marketing methods? Such a conscientious spokesperson was really hard to find.

Smelling the scent of spicy sticks made people’s fingers twitch. Seeing how delicious the food was that the people around him were eating, Xu Sili couldn’t hold back and also ordered a pack from the store.

He took off the lower half of his mask and nibbled on a spicy strip along with the group.

This scene happened in every community viewing platform of the Star Network. All in all, it was very magical and unforgettable.

Fortunately, the Guardian didn’t go too far.

He finished a pack of spicy strips with milk tea. Then he directly exited the virtual map without saying a word, leaving many people stunned.

The organizers were also dumbfounded. The competition prohibited unnamed merchants from advertising but the contestant didn’t even say a word. They couldn’t say that he violated the rules.

Thus, the match ended.

It took less than 15 minutes from start to finish. This also included entering the map, Yusen finding the Guardian’s location and the time for the Guardian to eat after the match finished.

The head-to-head fight was… only three seconds.

It was jaw-droppingly fast but they had to obey it.

From that day on, Yusen also bore the tragic nickname of ‘three second man’, which meant a man who could be defeated in only three seconds. It became a nightmare that he couldn’t get rid of in his life.

In addition to the match between Si Sheng and Yusen, there were two more matches afterward. Due to the long duration of the matches, only a maximum of three matches were scheduled in a day.

The first match was too fast and the plan couldn’t catch up with the arrangement. The organizers had to announce a half hour break and fill it with advertisements.

Boos rang out from the viewing platforms.

They had watched a match that lasted less than five minutes and a food broadcast for nearly 10 minutes. Now they had to watch advertisements for half an hour? Was this considered a game inserted between advertisements?

The tickets they bought were expensive!

Later, seeing that it was really uncontrollable, the organizers quickly withdrew the advertisement and replaced it with a replay of the first showdown just now. This barely calmed the anger of the audience.

Xu Sili found it amusing. He ate and drank while chatting with the duckbill hat girl next to him about alien planets in order to collect information.

They were chatting when he felt the atmosphere around him freeze a bit. He looked sideways and saw a young man in ordinary clothes who appeared next to him at an unknown time.

The man was wearing a blue fox mask and had light blond hair and gray-blue eyes. His features were so obvious that even if he changed clothes, Xu Sili had to recognize him.

Seeing his cold eyes, Xu Sili paused slightly. He was about to speak but Si Sheng was already looking at the girl in the duckbill hat.

“This is my place.”

There was a hint of sourness in his indifferent tone.

The girl didn’t recognize him at all as the cub she just cheered for. She quickly packed up her things and got up while apologizing. Then she looked at Xu Sili again.

“Hey, Red Fox. I think we hit it off quite well. Keep in contact in the future!”

As the young man looked gloomy, Xu Sili’s mouth twitched and he waved goodbye to her.

The girl had only booked tickets for the Guardian’s match and had to leave after the match.

Her figure disappeared from in front of them and Xu Sili looked at Si Sheng.

In order to avoid trouble, he still appeared in a different image. Now Si Sheng looked 18 or 19 years old again and had changed the color of the fox mask.

He sat down next to Xu Sili.

“You added her as a friend?” He seemed casual but he actually asked a bit sourly.

Xu Sili touched his nose.

“I want to learn about the outside world…”

Si Sheng looked sideways at him and the cold eyes somehow softened again.

“Yes.”

He responded before raising his hand to reach out.

Xu Sili didn’t move. He watched as Si Sheng wiped his lips with his thumb. Then Si Sheng withdrew it and licked it gently with the tip of his tongue.

“A spicy flavor.”

Xu Sili rolled his eyes, but soon couldn’t hold back his smile.

“Yes, it tastes like a spicy strip.”

He leaned closer and gave Si Sheng a quick peck on the lips. Then he smiled softly. “You too.”

They acted like there was no one around them. Even though the audience felt as if they were being fed spicy dog food, their behavior was actually restrained.

The Star Network didn’t mosaic it, which proved it was still within the permitted range. Thus, it wasn’t easy for others to say anything.

The match started quickly.

The second match was really long and it took a lot of time just to find the opponent. Xu Sili was bored watching it and finally pulled Si Sheng to go and sleep.

The next day, the two-way teleportation circle between Imperial City and Orchid Moon City was also officially opened to the public.

Proofreader: Purichan