VCRMM: Chapter 137

Ding.

A very subtle notification was heard. The virtual light curtain in front of him disappeared because it was forcibly closed.

Si Sheng turned his head to the side and met the young man’s slightly annoyed gaze. The blush on his cheeks, which had faded away, spread again like rose petals falling on the snow. It was gorgeous and charming.

“Are you finished?”

Before the young man could become mad, Si Sheng spoke up. He smiled slightly and reached out to brush Xu Sili’s falling hair behind his ear.

Xu Sili paused and pouted. “It is finished…”

He looked Si Sheng up and down and couldn’t help explaining, “The contents of the folder just now weren’t mine. They belong to the emperor.”

Morally speaking, the image of the old emperor should be maintained but between the image of others and his own, he didn’t hesitate to sell the old emperor.

Si Sheng was noncommittal and finally nodded.

Xu Sili looked at him. The more he looked, the more he regretted it. He should’ve deleted these things in the first place.

This type of rubbish thing, why keep it?!

The moment he thought this, Xu Sili turned on the light screen again. He moved the folder and was about to delete it, when Si Sheng grabbed his hand.

“What are you doing?” He asked.

“Deleting it,” Xu Sili said in a straightforward manner.

“Didn’t you say… it belonged to the former emperor?” Si Sheng looked at him.

Xu Sili opened his mouth, thought of something and stared at the other person with narrowed eyes. “What do you mean?”

Si Sheng had a young and tender handsome face as his lips curved slightly and he whispered, “Why don’t you keep it? After all, this is a relic of the previous emperor.”

Xu Sili stared at him coldly.

Under his gaze, Si Sheng gently leaned toward his ear and lowered his voice. “I just saw… there is a two player mode.”

Xu Sili’s expression froze. What did he mean?

Of course, it wasn’t that he didn’t understand Si Sheng’s hint. The problem was this… this trash holographic game…

Si Sheng leaned against his shoulder, breath gently spraying against his neck. He spoke slowly, with a sensual voice, “Don’t you want to… try it?”

Xu Sili couldn’t help gulping.

What should he do if he felt a bit excited?

He endured it with great willpower and said, “Don’t make trouble. You still have to compete at night.”

The Interstellar Alliance’s Genius Competition lasted a year and had many matches.

In terms of the competition system, 11 interstellar forces sent 220 talented players to compete. Finally, they would enjoy different resources according to the team points ranking.

The higher the player’s ranking, the more points they would get. The player who ranked first would receive special rewards for their team.

Si Sheng had a match in the evening.

However, Xu Sili saw that he didn’t care at all and even wanted to do something with him before the match. This made him sigh. It was probably the self-confidence of the strong.

Sure enough, Si Sheng just shrugged after hearing about the match. He leaned against the wall with a dispirited expression. Then he soon recovered and put his arms around Xu Sili.

“Is there a reward if I win?”

He rubbed Xu Sili’s cheek while pitifully asking for a reward.

Xu Sili couldn’t help falling silent. He was actually a bit worried about Si Sheng at the beginning. Then after seeing his past battle videos where he killed his opponents with one blow, he was completely relieved.

No matter whether it was on Escher or in the universe, Si Sheng was the strongest.

It was normal to win. It would be strange if he didn’t win.

For such an easy thing, he even had the nerve to ask if there was a reward for winning?

“Ah Li?” Si Sheng pressed against his cheek and urged.

Xu Sili thought for a moment. After all, this guy participated in the competition for him. It wasn’t good to be too heartless, but the difficulty had to be increased.

He said, “If you win the championship, I will play with you… that type of game.”

Si Sheng raised his eyes. He looked at the folder on the screen and cocked his head. “Will you play every one?”

Xu Sili, “……”

Si Sheng chased after victory. “You can’t go back on what you just said.”

He naturally wouldn’t go back on his words but he didn’t mean that just now. Every game? There were so many games!

Xu Sili felt it was a bit too exciting. He opened his mouth in order to refuse, but in the end, he was defeated by Si Sheng’s pitiful and expectant eyes.

“Wait until you win.” He pouted and added, “It depends on your performance.”

Si Sheng’s lips curved and the smile in his eyes deepened.

He kissed the young man’s sensitive and soft ears and his voice was gentle and delicate. “Okay, as you wish.”

***

The Genius Competition was held in the middle of the night in Escher time.

The time of each galaxy was different and couldn’t be unified, so players had to adjust it by themselves.

Once the set alarm clock rang, Xu Sili frowned and the man’s hand reached out to turn off the alarm clock.

Si Sheng sat up and didn’t call him to wake up. He just carried Xu Sili into the dark room and coaxed the slightly angry young man to lie down in the game cabin.

Soon, the game cabin started and Xu Sili lazily opened his eyes in the virtual room. His eyelids were half open as he woke up, but he felt a bit sleepy.

The body lying in the game cabin had entered a dormant state but its consciousness was still active. This consumed the user’s mental power.

Xu Sili patted his face as he was reluctantly energized. Then once Si Sheng came to his virtual room, he entered the Star Network community with Si Sheng.

Si Sheng went to the SP zone while he went to the D zone to watch the match.

In order to avoid accidents, the battle between the strong wasn’t allowed to be watched live. The organizers would project the battle situation to other zones in equal proportions, so that people would have an immersive feeling.

Xu Sili booked a ticket for the D zone and sat in the middle of the fifth row. It wasn’t too close to the front or too far in the back.

There were also commentators at the scene. A few words raised the atmosphere and made the audience full of anticipation for the next match.

“Guardian, charge! Mama loves you!”

Sitting on Xu Sili’s right hand side was a girl wearing a duckbill hat.

The hat had a chibi version of a person wearing a half white fox mask cleverly printed. She was holding Si Sheng’s avatar picture in her hand and screaming excitedly.

Xu Sili slightly raised an eyebrow. Si Sheng actually had a mother fan? This gave him some subtle feelings.

At this time, the duckbill hat girl noticed him. She saw his red fox mask and couldn’t help saying, “Do you also like the milk tea of the Fox House?”

These eyes showed the joy of seeing passersby buying products endorsed by her idol.

Xu Sili smiled. “I like it, but the Fox House doesn’t just sell milk tea.”

The girl in the duckbill hat was stunned.

Was there anything else besides milk tea? How did she not know?

She was just about to open it to take a look when she heard the red fox mask person say, “The match has begun.”

“Ohh, thank you!”

The girl didn’t dare be distracted any longer. Xu Sili also focused on the field. At some point, the contestants were already in place.

In order to avoid trouble, Si Sheng’s appearance had been adjusted back to his previous youthful appearance. He still wore the white fox mask but the initial system clothing on his body had been changed.

The pure black clothing of the military uniform style was smart and simple. It was full of textured metal buttons that shimmered in the sun.

The boy wearing a white fox mask had white gloves on his hands, boots on his feet and a long cloak with black embroidered gold patterns on the shoulders. He moved and rolled in mid-air.

It was cool and full of a youthful feeling. It wasn’t in vain that Xu Sili had spent so long picking clothes for him.

The girl in the duckbill hat was already screaming in surprise, shouting that her cub was too cool. There were many people around them cheering for the teenager’s new image.

“Let’s guess how many moves the guardian will use to win today?”

“One move! My cub has never made any exceptions.”

“What nonsense. Today’s match is against Yusen, who is ranked in the top five for three consecutive times. He was only 24 years old the first time and is a real genius!”

According to interstellar standards, people usually became adults at 35 years old. Once converted to reality, this person was around 11 or 12 years old.

He was indeed a genius to be able to break into the top five at the age of 11 or 12.

“Now it is his last competition, he must be desperate to get into the top three. I bet today’s match will be very exciting!”

The uncle on the left was talking to others and Xu Sili was very thoughtful.

He wasn’t very worried. The battle in the Star Network couldn’t kill people. At most, it would cause mental damage, but that was also a rare situation.

Xu Sili felt that the name Yusen was a bit familiar. Many such situations had happened before, so he immediately thought of Game of the Gods.

This Yusen wouldn’t be a card character as well, right?

He recalled it carefully but he couldn’t remember it for a while. Even if he used Insight on this Yusen, he only saw useless information such as Yusen’s projection.

At this time, the competition had already begun and Xu Sili didn’t think about it any longer. Even if this Yusen was a card character, he was a genius player of another planet and it was estimated that he couldn’t dig away this person.

Now was the second stage of the Genius Competition. Rather than the two people confronting each other on the stage, people were thrown into a virtual reality map and various unexpected situations would occur.

Players had to find their opponent and kill them or get them to surrender. This gave room for many players whose abilities weren’t suitable for head-to-head matches.

The map of this match was randomly assigned to a cosmic starry sky full of rubble.

Xu Sili felt that it was dark in front of him. Then a beautiful and quiet starry sky appeared around him and a huge meteorite hit him head-on.

His heart skipped a beat and screams came from the audience around him.

This was just a virtual image, but it made people feel like they were on the scene and involved in the danger.

They were unable to breathe in the universe, so this was clearly a mecha battle that quickly aroused discussion among the audience.

“Can the guardian fly a mecha?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never seen him drive one.”

“I think this match is over. The guardian is from the Free Alliance and should come from a small nation. Can the mecha of a small nation be able to handle it?”

“Don’t say that. The top 50 in terms of national strength still have a strong combat power.”

“If it was really one of the top 50 countries, do you think they would hide it if they have such a person? Or is there a reason why his identity hasn’t been found yet?”

Xu Sili listened to their discussions and frowned.

Si Sheng…

It seemed he really didn’t know how to pilot a mecha.

Game of the Gods wasn’t a sci-fi background and the situation of the Roland Empire didn’t allow him to learn it. In theory, Si Sheng couldn’t pilot a mecha.

Xu Sili suddenly became nervous. Si Sheng should have no problems, right?

He really wanted to see Si Sheng’s situation, but the camera was on Yusen’s side. This simply whetted the audience’s appetite.

Yusen had already taken out his mecha, which was one of the skills he had mastered. This was in compliance with the regulations but the function of the mecha was strictly limited.

The main brain of the Star Network would choose how much of the mecha’s performance to open up depending on the opponent’s national strength. This data would also be displayed.

Yusen’s mecha… the performance was open 100%!

“The Guardian is participating anonymously and it isn’t known what nation he is from. Therefore, the performance of the opponent’s mecha won’t be limited.”

“He is in trouble. Yusen’s national comprehensive strength ranks 6th and the level of mecha research and development is also top-notch. Yusen’s mecha is famous in the circle as well.”

“Yes, I heard some anti-matter cannons are installed and the latest detection system…”

They were discussing it and Xu Sili was confused by some proper nouns. In any case, it meant the technical level was very good!

He felt a bit worried.

He watched as Yusen drove the silver-white mecha and nimbly jumped and moved through the group of meteorites. He could feel how big the mecha was when flying above the audience.

It was a height that was over ten meters and was as tall as a few floors. It was bigger than an interstellar beast.

He didn’t know what effect there would be when driving a mecha against an interstellar beast? At the very least, it should be no problem to deal with the one or two star interstellar beasts.

It was a pity that the Roland Empire had no talents who could pilot the mechas. This required training from an early age and was very different from the power system of the Roland Empire. Rashly introducing it would just cause unsatisfactory results.

Xu Sili shook his head and dismissed this idea for the time being.

As his mind wandered, the situation in the field suddenly changed.

Yusen had been quickly moving through the meteorite group. He suddenly stopped and stared into the distance, as if he was sluggish. He didn’t even react to a meteorite flying by.

The commentator was the first to react. “Player Yusen stopped moving. Did he find something?”

“What is going on?”

“Is Yusen’s mecha malfunctioning?”

“How is that possible? The battle hasn’t started yet. How could it be malfunctioning?”

The audience started talking, but everyone was confused.

“The camera is starting to follow!” The commentator excitedly said. “Let’s see why Player Yusen stopped. Could it be that he has found his opponent?”

“If he found his opponent then now should be the time to hide. Based on the usual caution of Player Yusen, such a low level mistake shouldn’t happen.”

As the commentator spoke, the camera continued to move toward the direction Yusen was staring at. The audience’s field of view was constantly moving forward and they watched the meteorite group constantly zooming in front of them.

Finally, the audience discovered that there was something wrong with this meteorite group.

In the meteorite belt around Yusen, there were large and small debris flying around. There was no way to predict the trajectory of the meteorites and each one was capable of causing a huge impact.

For spaceships and warships, such an environment was simply a nightmare. No matter how strong the materials, they couldn’t pass through the meteorite belt and remain unscathed.

Only a fairly small machine like a mecha could travel through it.

However, the meteorites in this area were stationary, as if they were artificially controlled.

Xu Sili’s mind moved slightly. Could this be…

“Look!” The commentator shouted excitedly.

The camera was no longer advancing but moving to the side.

As the meteorites blocking the line of sight in front gradually moved away, a petite figure slowly appeared in the center of the meteorite belt, appearing in front of everyone.

Against the background of the huge meteorites, it wasn’t too much to describe him as ‘petite.’

In the starry sky, a boy in a dark uniform hovered in the air. The cloak behind him was no longer flying and fell down casually.

However, such a fall was even more appalling in the weightless universe.

The even more shocking thing was—

He was exposed to outer space without any protective measures and didn’t die of suffocation!

The audience was in an uproar.

“Is there a bug?”

“That’s right. The guardian doesn’t have a mecha or spacesuit. How is he breathing? You guys, look at him. There aren’t any signs of weightlessness at all!”

Today’s event attracted a lot of attention and almost all of the interstellar audience members had questions. There were too many reports and questions, so the Interstellar Alliance urgently conducted a thorough investigation.

However, the final detection result was—

Everything was fine.

“How can this be normal? Are you blind or am I blind?”

The audience member who complained was excited.

The officials had to respond again. “The Guardian player from the Free Alliance didn’t take advantage of any cheat programs or bugs. The fact that he can do this proves only one thing—he can do this in reality.”

He was even stronger.

Those who were knowledgeable understood that the Star Network couldn’t simulate the ability of reality 100%. No one wanted all their data to be collected by the Star Network.

Therefore, the strength exerted in the Star Network might be only 70-80% of reality. However, everyone was similar so the unfairness caused wasn’t too serious.

All the contestants were undoubtedly even more jealous of this teenager who suddenly appeared.

Everything off the field didn’t affect the inside of the field.

After knowing that the boy wasn’t cheating, the enthusiasm of the audience seemed to be detonated. Enthusiastic voices erupted from the viewing platforms in each zone.

Xu Sili slowly sighed with relief. He was infected by the surrounding atmosphere and followed the girls around him, cheering for his own family.

The SP zone’s simulation map.

Si Sheng couldn’t hear the disturbances outside but he suddenly felt something. He slightly cocked his head, as if he could hear a voice coming from another Star Network community in the distance.

His lips curved and there was finally a trace of satisfaction in his heart with that small intelligent life.

Then he saw the mecha standing in place in the distance and was a bit more irritable.

“You’re slow.”

He spoke slowly.

In the cockpit, Yusen was stunned. He just… heard the Guardian’s voice?

How?

This was indeed space, right?

Why could he transmit his voice? It was across such a long distance and Yusen was sitting inside a mecha!

Did he see hell or was it a Star Network bug?

Yusen even wanted to open the hatch and go outside to see if the environment here had changed. Otherwise, how could such a weird thing happen?

However, the mecha’s detector clearly showed that the external air concentration was zero and there was currently a weightless state!

Could the Guardian’s race survive without oxygen?

Then he heard a sigh, as if resentful of his slowness.

In the end, Yusen was a naturally strong person with rich combat experience. He heard this sigh and moved quickly. He opened the concealment device and fired the anti-matter cannon.

The Guardian stood there like a target. No matter what, Yusen would feel really sorry if he didn’t take advantage of such an opportunity to attack!

Then the nightmare that would accompany his life in the future happened.

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