Chapter 68
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Chapter 68: Chu Yuanqing Is the Hope of Our Donghong Federation!
Sea City, Zhelong Town.
The central hub of the underground base.
The cube-like prison was empty.
At the same time, the super AI called Dream Weaver scanned the data space like a god, carefully checking all external factors and elements.
Eventually, multiple images took shape and froze in this frame of reality surveillance. Dozens of prisons made of mercury, gold, and other precious metals appeared empty under various detection methods.
The Dream Weaver Rabbit seemed incredulous yet immersed in the vast data calculations. After a long moment of silence, it sighed softly:
"The Calamity Seed has been extinguished."
Upon hearing this conclusion, the other personnel observing the scene remotely couldn’t help but express their astonishment or disbelief with sighs.
"Is there no possibility of a calculation error?"
"This doesn’t make sense."
"The Fire Seed plan may be feasible, but isn’t it at least waiting for the ‘Blossom’ phase to be implemented?"
These individuals, whether holding special positions, high authority, or touching upon the world’s truths, were debating and pondering inside the central chamber of the super AI.
Someone carefully reviewed history.
"The Calamity Seed being eradicated may not have been from that stage, but more likely from a silent shedding."
"Don’t forget the lesson of the ‘Inverted Tower’. It used our experiments, pretended to extinguish, and ultimately hatched a high-risk nightmare in the process of cutting voids. If it wasn’t promptly destroyed with tactical missiles, no one would know what consequences it would have caused."
Someone calmly analyzed, saying:
"Based on the Dream Weaver’s mainframe analysis and audience feedback within Daxia, Chu Yuanqing’s stage caused a tremendously large magical fluctuation, which is an undeniable fact."
"As for the probability of a repeat of the ‘Inverted Tower’ incident, waiting for the analysis report with data re-enclosure will reveal the results."
As the voices fell silent, the virtual images projected politely fell silent, waiting quietly for the calculation results of Dream Weaver Rabbit.
And soon,
This super AI, adorned with a cartoon image, came to life vividly. Its crimson eyes shimmered with colorful lights, revealing a joyful smile, opening its arms widely indoors with exuberance. It danced like fireworks, weaving into a world-class confidential information network.
Those important people who always pay attention to the results, just glanced at it and immediately understood the terrifying information, entering a new round of shock:
"How is this possible?"
"Unbelievable."
"Is this the shining Gemstone with dazzling qualifications? Just a secondary rating stage, the gathered magic power actually covers a wide range, involving 87 magic cube cages within Daxia."
"No no no, Chu Yuanqing is special, like the holy woman unearthed by Sacred United Country, she should be regarded as a crucial asset of the country."
"According to the data, all Calamity Seeds within the magic cube cages have had their activity factors reduced by 70%, almost approaching shutdown."
"What a terrifying strategic value! I’m starting to understand Sacred United Country’s attitude towards her."
"Chu Yuanqing, aside from the Flame Seed plan, she is the hope of our Donghong Federation, she is the supreme treasure of our Daxia!"
"《Dazzling Stage》 deserves its reputation as a salvation plan for unearthing Gemstones, we will eventually extinguish all sources of Disaster without shedding a drop of blood!"
Dream Weaver Rabbit laughed out loud, feeling proud, and exclaimed:
"Celebrate, everyone."
"According to the detection report from the Ether Satellite – Fuxi, the magic concentration gathered by Chu Yuanqing surpassed the initial calculations for the ‘Blossom’ data at a certain moment."
"Not only that, she successfully crossed over in an instant, spanning from lamps, ponds, rivers, straight to the sea, causing a magic tide that covered most of the country."
"Although this is an unrepeatable miracle, a rare occurrence that is hard to happen again, I still have reason to suspect that Chu Yuanqing’s witch potential is capable of reaching the ‘Klein Bottle’ mentioned in the magic threshold theory."
With this statement, the whole room was shaken.
These big figures in the external world who can affect the global economy and political circle with a single word, are now promoting a yet-to-debut idol.
Various rainbow-hued comments mixed with vintage vibes and internet slang were coming in a solemn yet enthusiastic atmosphere, making onlookers marvel at the idol fanbase’s enthusiasm.
Eventually, Dream Weaver Rabbit, as the super AI, calmed down first, expressing that their promoted idol still has room for improvement, showing promising potential but currently not as skilled as the expert from the Sacred United Country, requiring more training and refinement on the show.
The cornerstone of the Spark Project’s success lies in the purity of the idols and the stage.
This crucial prerequisite, along with Dream Weaver Rabbit’s persuasive speech, successfully prevented the country from creating a separate entertainment company for Chu Yuanqing as a sponsor and publicity event, leaving her with no special treatment or distinction on the surface.
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At the same time.
The secondary rating stage continued to perform.
Chu Yuanqing, as a Grade C debut player, set a good example for players in the same grade level.
Although her performance greatly raised the audience’s expectations, the continuous flow of people drawn by Kyoto’s "Dazzling Stage" resulted in subsequent Grade C players receiving more attention and popularity than usual, which was considered a blessing for everyone.
"Sigh, after watching Honey Qing’s performance, all the other sisters seemed lackluster."
"Waaaaah, why did Honey Qing rush straight to the bathroom as soon as he got offstage? I wanted to admire her beauty a little more!"
Chu Yuanqing dominated almost all the topics in the live room.
This was inevitable, as the following more than ten Grade C contestants did not have any outstanding performances. Due to this reality, the excess traffic quickly redirected to the rightful places.
For example, the personal channels of various popular contestants.
After all, instead of watching the same boring theme song performances, going straight to see pretty girls’ daily routines is clearly much more enjoyable, satisfying the desire to peek into their lives.
The bullet comments in the live room became increasingly scarce:
"The stage for secondary ratings is so boring."
"There’s no choice, this kind of thing needs to rely on edited highlights. In fact, the contestants’ overall performances are already outstanding enough."
"Indeed, unexpected bursts of brilliance from contestants like Little Sakura and Honey Qing."
This is the correct answer.
Ahem, or in other words, most of the audience share similar thoughts.
Even though "Dazzling Stage" adds virtual reality elements to challenge the contestants, the novelty of this setting only appeals to the contestants appearing one after another.
For viewers who have been watching for hours, it has become a repetitive pattern, making the already boring "candy" dance even less appealing, serving no real purpose.
Hmm, we can look forward to the edited version of the show.
The program group had anticipated this, as the preliminary rounds of the secondary rating are just a warm-up, and without the extraordinary performances from Little Sakura and Chu Yuanqing, the concept of the dance-off wouldn’t have been introduced at this stage.
Now that these two contestants have left, the quality of "Dazzling Stage" returns to normal, and the background design in the live studio serves its original purpose.
That is, to keep the audience engaged.
This design is very reasonable as two-thirds of the secondary rating livestream are dull. Who would have the patience to watch all 168 contestants perform the "candy" dance 168 times?
Even if Great Devil, a top player, jumps 168 times, the audience will still get tired of it.
We can’t expect every performance to be as amazing as Little Sakura or Chu Yuanqing, right?
The show "Dazzling Stage" is not just a talent show, but a battle among top idols.
Right now, the number of viewers on the main channel is clearly dropping continuously.
As time passes, the number of people watching decreases.
It’s simple logic: the ranking goes from high to low, not low to high.
The best players, with the most popularity, have already been ranked in the early stages.
After that, the quality of the performances, player popularity, and audience patience will drop sharply in stages, leading to a significant decrease in online viewership.
The idea of dividing channels is to use the popularity of all the top players to keep the overall livestream exciting.
At that moment, underground base, dormitory.
Chu Yuanqing curled up in the bathtub filled with hot water, like a small animal.
The girl buried her head into her thighs, her white hair resembling the snow on Tian Shan, slowly blending like ink, covering the delicate milk-like contours and the snowy landscape, combined with the steaming heat around her, creating a hazy and bitter picture.
Gurgle, gurgle…
Chu Yuanqing held her breath for a while, then sat up as if giving up on treatment. She angrily squeezed the little yellow duck left by Tang Liuli in the bathroom, covering her face in frustration and letting out a despairing sigh from her dewy lips.
Although she didn’t realize it right after coming down from the stage, she sensed something was wrong after breaking free from the emotions of emo. The aspiring retired savior, who was soon to be eliminated, realized the problem.
That is…
Does she really need to care about how terrible her secondary rating is? As long as she doesn’t make mistakes during the performance and doesn’t hold back the other children, it’s already a great victory!
Chu Yuanqing belatedly realized this, instantly engulfed by a devilishly large wave of sorrow.
She sat in the bathtub staring blankly for ten minutes, feeling more and more upset. She almost regretted becoming depressed and just wanted to find a time machine to knock out her stage-frightened self.
So angry, shouldn’t have cared about the curse of Sea of Truth! Obviously, just lying down and doing nothing would have been perfect for getting a low rating!
Chu Yuanqing felt so bad she wanted to roll around. In her mind, even embarrassing coughing up blood and passing out would be much better than a second-rate victory.
Hmm, all these trendy thoughts of young people like "upsetting fans", "living with regret forever", "losing on stage", "reverse purify" are completely unknown to some middle-aged office worker.
Chu Yuanqing just felt very regretful.
What a pity!
If she really fainted like that, everyone would definitely think she’s a useless idiot, a scaredy-cat loser as soon as she stepped on the stage, and immediately be criticized, scolded, criticized for wasting public resources, mocked for just being cute, and loudly told to get out of "Dazzling Stage".
In the end, with a perfect Grade F, she was voted out after the performance.
Chu Yuanqing blinked in disappointment, her beautiful eyes like the sea at dusk, shimmering with delicate and bright splendor as her long eyelashes fluttered. Even a casual glance showed heartbreakingly pretty and stunning beauty.
The girl sighed heavily.
"I missed such a wonderful play."
Oh, why did she uncontrollably enter the Heart Flow?
Chu Yuanqing thought for a moment and began to analyze.
Her unconscious entry into the Heart Flow represented a moment when she had no shame or hesitation about dancing, even feeling its charm, leading to complete immersion.
In other words, in that memory, Charlotte quickly let go of her psychological defenses, embracing the perfection and glory of herself, causing her former self to ignore the aversion to dancing.
Upon realizing this, Chu Yuanqing felt a bit embarrassed.
How dare Charlotte be like a succubus! She misled me for the big plan!
The girl pursed her lips, quietly daydreaming, afraid to recall the past.
She held the yellow rubber duck with her long slim fingers, gently pressing on the rubber material. Her pink round nails touched the foam carried by the water ripples, naturally sliding off and then clenching again, creating a low hum echoing in the room.
Chu Yuanqing got distracted while squeezing the duck, she absentmindedly soaked in the bath.
The yellow duck is unexpectedly fun, isn’t it?
Hmm, next time I can buy one for Little Shu too.
Just as she had this thought, she was suddenly shocked, realizing something immediately. She released the yellow duck in her hand, watching it attentively as it wobbled and swam towards her toes with the water ripples.
Chu Yuanqing’s little face turned serious, as if she was facing a formidable enemy:
"So scary!"
"I can’t believe I actually like playing with Little Liuli’s toys, the magical girl’s karma correction is too scary!"
Chu Yuanqing felt like she couldn’t enjoy the bath anymore. She had never taken a bath before when she was a workaholic, and now she felt the relaxation of bathing must also be a side effect of karma correction. She must not indulge in it!
The girl stood up, water splashed all over her skin like it didn’t want to leave, sliding down her curves as she stepped out of the bathtub. She rinsed off the foam from her waist and hips with the shower head, dried herself with a clean towel, and quickly put on a bathrobe.
Then, she looked at herself in the mirror.
Pure white hair, clear golden eyes.
These two were soon covered in pitch black, but magically turned into the most common colors found in Daxia.
——Perfect.
Chu Yuanqing touched the pendant buried in the snow mountain, after the unexpected incident on stage, the magic power source inside seemed to have expanded.
Although still not very skilled and unable to do big things, at least she didn’t have to concentrate so hard just to disguise her eye and hair colors like before.
While drying her wet hair, Chu Yuanqing was lost in thought.
So, what should she do now?
When she went outside, she always felt like a lot of people were watching her, which made her senses feel strange.
But she couldn’t stay in the bathroom all the time, right?
As for training, she had worked hard before to keep up, and now she had almost reached the standard, so there was no need to push her weak body further.
Hmm, decision made, it’s better to go find Little Shu!
Chu Yuanqing hadn’t forgotten the advantages of this identity; by staying by her daughter’s side as a good friend, she could always see a different side of her.
Besides, as she approached the end of her life, she still wanted to spend more time with her daughter, to see more of how the child was growing up.
At this thought, Chu Yuanqing’s cold expression softened, her face gradually glowing like the morning light, blooming like a gentle and holy water lily, exuding a serene motherly aura.
It seemed like fate was playing tricks on her.
The lantern pendant in her hand felt as hot as lava, as if the magical power source in her body was reacting against her.
She had only been lost in her thoughts for a short time when she suddenly felt very dizzy.
A sharp pain tore through her soul, and the images reflected in her eyes started spinning.
There was a loud bang as the hairdryer slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.
At that moment, the pain was like knives cutting into her nerves, and it felt like a wild snake was thrashing in every corner of her senses.
Chu Yuanqing lost control of her body, and she was trembling all over, eventually collapsing to her knees on the cold tiles. Her oversized bathrobe draped around her like fallen angel wings, making her appear even more frail.
The girl’s face was pale, with a metallic taste in her throat. She coughed violently, her eyes reflecting an image that blurred like spreading red ink, tainted with a deep red stain.
Tick tock, tick tock.
The blood at the corner of her lips spread.
The crack in the depths of her soul widened even more.
The erosion of the Sea of Truth slowly brought forth a sword.
The frail body was like a boat in a storm, swaying between miracles and reality.
For a long time, for a long time.
In the messy bathroom, the stunning blood red gradually faded away, like vanishing light particles in the spontaneous evaporation, disappearing in the phenomenon.
Chu Yuanqing tidied up her clothes a bit, silently picked up the hairdryer on the floor, gazing at her delicate reflection in the mirror, with a pale complexion like a snow doll.
After that,
The girl lowered her eyes, turned on the hairdryer, blowing her hair half-dry, muttering contentedly as if nothing had happened:
"It’s not broken yet."
"It’s not broken… I can still use it."
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Miracles and magic come with a price.
This is wisdom drawn from the past, and an eternal truth.
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Updated: 2024/12/03
Nullparadox
Feels so bittersweet… in a way… maybe dying after leaving an impact on the world forever would be the ending I want to see -although I don’t want Mc to die…