Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!

Chapter 222 - New Home

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

After the rainstorm.

The morning breeze carried with it the scent of damp flowers. The windows were slightly open, and the blinds curled and fluttered.

Wu Jin dazedly opened his eyes.

Outside the blinds, the small robot who’d been driven out of the house for the whole night was now working hard at cleaning the windows. The lightning rod installed on the small head for the rainstorm last night had been removed, and its mechanical arms wiped at the window, pulling the conductive grounding lead behind it.

The air was filled with the scent of handheld wraps.

Wu Jin sniffed, then sat up and whirled around––

Wei Shi stuffed a pillow behind Wu Jin, bowed his head, and dropped a shallow kiss on his soft curls.

“Sleep a little longer, I’ll get it for you.”

The man got out of bed. His pure black sleeping robe was tied up lazily, and the red marks and old scars on his chest and neck were all displayed like medals.

Wu Jin remained sitting on the bed for two minutes, his brain blank and empty, then it was struck with lightning and thunder!

Six hours…

Six hours!! It was a waste to have this man go and play in a survival show…

Wei Shi handed the handheld wrap to Wu Jin, like handing a little rabbit a carrot to pacify it after steaming and frying it up. His arm skillfully reached out to hold him in his arms.

The morning light poured in from the end of the bed, and the hour hand was pointing at 7AM.

Wei Shi got out of bed again, adding anti-inflammatory drugs to a glass of water. Wu Jin’s voice was slightly nasally, and he was a little stiff when hugged. It was probably because he’d been bullied fiercely, but he hadn’t even been aware when he’d been cleaned up and the medicine had been applied.

The 7AM little rabbit exuded a scent that was a mixture of shower gel and handheld wrap.

Wu Jin finished eating and burped. The two of them immediately exchanged a light kiss that tasted of Orleans-style chicken and mayonnaise.

Wu Jin’s eyes were round; why wasn’t he disdaining it for being too oily?!

Wei Shi bowed his head, his pupils coated in the morning light, the glow surging gently. Wu Jin squeaked, and the corners of his mouth curved up.

The official breakfast was served after nine o’clock.

Wu Jin had his temperature checked. Everything was normal, but he still had no strength. He was soft when sitting on the chair, slumping and placing his small round face on the table. Wei Shi opened up the communicator and consulted a doctor anonymously.

The private doctor on the other end replied very quickly, “Six hours!? Big brother, you’re too hardcore. When people play games, there’s a health bar and mana bar. Not getting inflamed is one thing, but his mental health is something else…”

Wei Shi closed the terminal directly and hugged the loose and soft Wu Jin from behind, “The Floating City team will be set up nearby, and they will have their own home court. In the future, I’ll pick you and take you home after your games.”

This would be their second home after Floating City.

Wu Jin was finally barely able to muster up some energy.

The two story manor was decorated simply, and it was rarely lived in. The tables and chairs were metallic, and the modern frames and large chandeliers were in mostly cool colors. Then, after dinner, a virtual screen was projected up in the living room.

The two of them leaned back on the sofa, Wu Jin chatting on and on and putting out a variety of wild ideas regarding the transformation of the two-story building. Wei Shi would interject occasionally, but he mostly let the youth set up his little rabbit nest as he liked.

The mural on the wall was the first thing to be removed.

Wei Shi pried out three nails and left only one. Wu Jin was curious, “What decoration do you want to hang up?”

The underground warehouse beneath the manor was opened up. Unsurprisingly, it was a small armory.

Wei Shi brought a box of gun parts upstairs, and spray paint guns of various colors were scattered on the floor. Wu Jin changed the music to a folk song, then leaned in to sit by the big boss’s side!

A short while later, Wu Jin tossed the assembled barrel to Wei Shi, the spring, butt, and scope accurately connected together.

Wu Jin happily picked up a spray paint gun, “Let’s spray something!”

Wei Shi thought about it, “Mm. Draw a rabbit head.”

“……” Wu Jin protested resolutely, and finally, a series of round characters were painted onto the side of the gun barrel.

3019, Wei Shi, Wu Jin.

The wall where the mural had originally hung was replaced with a gun belt, and the colorful beam gun was affixed to the wall. The wall was wide and long. Wu Jin visually checked over the corridor and determined that they could hang up many guns in the future.

They had time ahead of them.

There was only one day of holiday after the seventh elimination match. Their debut match would take place in less than two weeks.

When the suspension car holding the two people arrived at Floating City’s star ship port, Wu Jin was talking to Zoe through the terminal.

“Secretary Qu seems to be looking for you for something.” Zoe told him from the other end of the communication, “Remember to check your messages tomorrow morning, and make sure to rest for the next two days. Don’t be out playing all night. No matter what you do, don’t play all night long, it harms the body.”

Wu Jin’s heart was guilty, “… Ah, okay!”

Zoe: “Alright, come back early tomorrow! … You’re asking about the training course for the next two weeks? It’s already graduation season, there’s no courses! We’ve been training for nearly a year, so we’re not short on these one or two days! After returning to the base, they should be shooting advertisements, doing interviews, giving benefits to the audience, having parties, barbecue meetings, and listening to the program producer’s bragging. The Crosson Show has always been like this…”

The star ship passed through the blue star’s atmosphere, an asteroid belt, and numerous suspended celestial bodies. When it landed again, Floating City, which was surrounded by fog, was outside the window.

The flamingos that had been sent to the greenhouse for winter had been released again. They could be seen everywhere on the street, attracting all kinds of tourists.

The snack street near the Floating City Base had exploded with several more popular viral snacks, and the long line at the corner of the street now wrapped around several corners. The guys from the Floating City guard team who’d played basketball with Wu Jin before were also there.

When they arrived at Floating City Base.

Zhou Nan, the psychologist, led Wu Jin away with a smile on his face, “Little Witch, you did well in this round of fights. Your mecha is in the warehouse of our base, you can take it with you whenever you like. There’s no oranges this season, but how about I make you some red bean rice…”

Floating Base tower.

When Wu Jin went inside, Researcher Song was currently complaining to Mao Dongqing, “That genetically modified cat human that Little Witch saved, right? We treat genetically modified cats and genetically modified humans the same way; any citizens who are willing to provide drug feedback are allocated excellent job opportunities! But, he really doesn’t take it to heart… he doesn’t want a post in the research room. We had him be a game live broadcast anchor, but he spent three days playing games and two days recovering. Now, we put him in a cat cafe, but guess what? He’s lazier than the cats in the coffee shop, commanding the cats to do his work!”

“He changed his attitude yesterday and told me that he wanted to enter the Floating City Team…”

Wu Jin opened the door.

Researcher Song smiled and patted Wu Jin on the shoulder, and Mao Dongqing nodded in greeting.

Wu Jin was already familiar with the mental threshold examination. He put on the anti radiation suit and darted into the instrument to lie down.

The data was spit out a few minutes later, and Researcher Song was very satisfied, “Little Witch and Brother Wei are both recovering well, but why is Little Witch a little weak in spirit? Were you too tired from the competition? That’s not right, Brother Wei also played in the competition. Why is it that when we checked him over just now, the frequency of his mental fluctuations and hormones exceeded the standard!”

Wu Jin stuttered and stumbled, “… Is-is that so!”

It was evening by the time Wu Jin left the laboratory.

Floating City had experienced another breakthrough in their research for the emotional lock, and some genetically modified people had sent over boxes of cherries as thanks, filling the entire tower with the scent of fruit.

He passed a turn in the corridor and was suddenly isolated from the fruit scent.

White lab coats were hung up in the corridor, and there was only a small door leading to the isolation room and a priority sample collection place.

There was a window beside the small door.

Wu Jin looked into the window.

Inside the window, the subject in the patient’s clothing noticed his gaze, looked up and smiled politely at Wu Jin, who returned his smile.

The subject lifted up the book in his hands and went back to reading with his head down.

On the wall beside his desk was a wish list to be completed after the experiment.

“Touch the feathers of the flamingo on the lawn.”

“Drive a suspension car.”

“Obtain an advanced physics degree from the Floating Education Society.”

“Contribute to the Floating Education Society and correct their mistakes in the 4th issue of ‘19.”

When the subject looked up again, there was no longer a figure looking in from outside the window.

He was able to sense a faint kinship between them. The subject closed his book. If he really had a younger brother, then it would truly be a pleasant surprise.

The bell nearby jingled.

The subject reached out a hand. A long and thick needle inserted into his blood vessels, injecting an experimental drug. His reactions to the drug were quickly collected by two separate instruments.

Researcher Song’s projection appeared, and he carefully asked several questions about the drug effects before turning off the video. He logged the records, “Little Witch was right. He’s the best experimental research body. With him there, more genetically modified patients can be saved.”

Record archive.

Emotional lock 722nd drug delivery trial (current unlocking progress 92%).

Subject: Shao Yu.

Floating City Base.

The recruitment of the Floating City survival team set off a wave of activity at the base. The recruitment conditions were extremely harsh, and there were many members of the guard team taking part in the selection process.

Most of them were participating due to curiosity––

And were then eliminated in the first round of written exams.

“These people are here hunting for novelty. With their personalities, they won’t be able to fight for more than a few rounds before getting sent back to the base. Have them try and be an idol for two days, and they’re sure to start feeling sick all over!” The psychologist Zhou Nan left comments on the written exam papers.

The night that Wu Jin had arrived at the base was the time for the second round of the selection. The training grounds were now set up like a maze, and two Floating City teams were brawling and kicking up a ruckus in the maze. On the roofs surrounding the maze were a group of guard team members who were eating melon seeds and cherries, laughing and cursing at the proceedings.

When Wei Shi found Wu Jin, Wu Jin was climbing up onto the roof alongside the crowd. Perhaps because he’d exerted himself too much last night, but he’d only climb a little before sliding down a little, climbing up a bit, and then sliding down again.

Wei Shi: “……”

There was a heat at Wu Jin’s shoulders, and he was hoisted up onto the roof by the big boss directly.

Wu Jin had a plausible reason, “In the future, Floating City Team will be my White Moonlight Team’s opponent, so I need to check it out in advance. Understanding oneself and the enemy will make us invincible!”

Wei Shi made a sound of acknowledgement, his breath burning the youth’s ear, “Are you stealing team secrets in front of the Floating City Team’s team captain?”

Wu Jin slapped his thigh, “No!”

Wei Shi, who’d just been slapped on the thigh, “……”

Wu Jin turned around. His partner’s sharp facial features were incredibly sexy under the night lights, sending Wu Jin into a charmed daze. The little rabbit paw stepped on the steel wire as he opened his mouth, “About that… I paid the tuition fee to the captain yesterday.”

Wei Shi’s gaze darkened.

Finally, Wu Jin, who hadn’t had it easy trying to climb up onto the roof, was immediately blocked from watching the competition. The two of them plundered each other’s lips and teeth in the cherry scented night.

Beneath them, another man in the maze was eliminated.

The members of the guard laughed, and the young man who came out of the maze was unhappy, but after exchanging a few words with the audience, he also joined in and laughed at himself.

Further away on the roof, Red was watching the maze beneath his feet, yelling loudly, “Big brother, didn’t that cat-eared one come and find you last time…”

At the exit of the maze, Zhou Nan was holding a small stopwatch, smiling like a fox as he kept the time. The first one to come out was given one cherry, and the second one was given two. The young man who’d won first place couldn’t figure it out, “That’s not right, how come I feel like I’m losing in this deal?”

The moon rose up in the sky.

The tiles on the roof shifted slightly.

Wu Jin and Wei Shi had disappeared.

The path leading to the Floating City King’s residence was noisy and bustling.

Wu Jin: “No way. We’re watching the mecha movie tonight, so it’s impossible to do it tonight!”

Wei Shi: “That’s fine. Your battle robes have already been sent over. You can put them on and watch.”

Wu Jin was going crazy, “You really brought the robes back?? No way!! If anyone’s going to wear it, you wear it!”

Wei Shi: “Dynamic target shooting, the one with the lower ring score will wear it.”

Wu Jin: “Reciting college entrance examination classic Chinese, whoever can’t do it will wear… wu!”

The door opened.

The robot who’d just welcomed its hosts at the door was locked outside again.

Juurensha: This poor robot hahahaha