Chapter 80

Edited by: kapekopicoffee

A claw was tickling Li Shuoxing’s heart, poking and rubbing it over and over, rolling back and forth, trying to see his cub!

Li Shuoxing couldn’t wait any longer. He exited the game and skimmed through the little hearts on each icon on his phone’s desktop. He soon found that the little heart on the QQ icon was lit up, which meant that the cub was inside QQ.

When he entered QQ, Su Mingqian’s figure immediately appeared on the screen.

He was in a chat group called “Bald for Eunuch”.

For some reason, Li Shuoxing felt a bit uncomfortable when he saw the name of the chat group.

And when he saw the IDs of the people in the group, he felt even more strange.

There were ten people in the group, and his discussion forum moderators “Mixed Touch King” and “Lighted Smoke Prosperous Lamp” were there.

The remaining people; “Lotus Leaf Blade”, “Great Modest and Rigorous Headline Quotations”, “Moonlight Happiness” and so on, were all also Silver Alliance Masters of Nine Crossings.

There were fifteen Silver Alliance Masters in Nine Crossings, and, at a glance, two-thirds of them were here.

What, is this the Nine Crossings Silver Alliance book group?

That was what Li Shuoxing was thinking.

A message flashed into the group chat.

Headline Quotations spoke first, “The remaining Alliance Masters haven’t been contacted yet. Let’s chat first. The Silent Stream fans on the opposite side are so despicable. They even hid their votes to turn the tables! I also hid votes, but my damn hand speed wasn’t as fast as theirs, so I didn’t make it in time to vote for Eunuch before twelve o’clock.”

Lotus Leaf Blade was upright. “The behaviour of hiding votes should be resisted.”

Mixed Touch King agreed quite a bit, and concluded with a golden sentence: “We hide, the other side doesn’t; we turn the tables, the other side turns over a car ¹ 翻车[fān chē] means to turn over a vehicle. This is also used to refer to being screwed, having an accident, or something unexpected happening. ; we’re first, the other side scrams.”

Lighted Smoke Prosperous Lamp slowly said, “The main point now is how to help Eunuch get the next day’s Daily Vote King [smoke].”

Moonlight Happiness: “It’s best ifEunuch opened a single chapter to ask for votes, and then burst out a few more chapters. This way, there will surely be more votes.”

Headline Quotations explained, “I think we still need to help Eunuch get a day of monthly votes first to restore his confidence. After all, our other opponents are easy to handle, but Silent Stream is different. Eunuch was about to take the top at the time. Silent Stream soared to the sky because Eunuch lost the monthly vote contest against him. He’s come back three years later to trample Eunuch underfoot!”

Lotus Leaf Blade drew his blade coldly. “Silent Stream’s side has always been able to win. They have to choose to overturn it by three votes, so as to taunt Eunuch at the last moment.”

Lighted Smoke Prosperous Lamp sighed. “Eunuch, it’s bitter.”

Mixed Touch King slammed the table. “Do they think we Nine Crossing book friends are dead? They didn’t just bully us once three years ago, they’re still trampling on us three years later! They’re really treating Eunuch like a mushroom, trampling on him however they want?!”

Li Shuoxing: “…”

He unconsciously recalled his past with Silent Stream.

It wasn’t as miserable as everyone was saying it was.

It was just a normal monthly vote contest and a normal loss.

However, after it was started by Headline Quotations, and then summarised and supported by the other Alliance Masters, his image seemed to be set as the helpless victim…

Li Shuoxing also saw Su Mingqian’s words in the group chat.

Su Mingqian’s tone was calm but firm. “We cannot let Silent Stream continue to bully Ximu. The monthly vote battle on the 2nd is crucial.”

Lighted Smoke Prosperous Lamp: “That is why I brought you all in here today. Let’s see what kind of activity we can do with the combined efforts of the Silver Alliance and the moderators to win votes for Eunuch, so as to kick the other side down. The specific activity ideas are in the group chat, so let’s vote. We’ll pick the one with the most votes.”

Five minutes later.

A total of five activities were proposed, one of which, with eight votes, overwhelmingly defeated the remaining options.

That option was:

“The people recording videos of dancing the Four Little Swans ² Dance of the Little Swans is a famous dance from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. in pink tutus and singing ‘Pick Me’ ³ Pick Me is the theme song of Produce 101 China, a talent show. has become one of the most beautiful sights in Terminal.”

Li Shuoxing could see clearly.

The only two people in the group chat who didn’t choose this option were Su Mingqian and Lotus Leaf Blade.

Lotus Leaf Blade: “???”

Lotus Leaf Blade spoke out Li Shuoxing’s inner words: “Are you all crazy?”

Headline Quotations said with sincerity, “If we want to do it, we’ll do it big; if we want to fight, we’ll fight till the end; if we want to win, we’ll do whatever it takes. Everything’s all for Eunuch. There’s not a problem as long as we win, even if we make Eunuch wear women’s clothes!”

Li Shuoxing: “…”

Don’t, don’t speak for me.

This is really problematic.

But obviously, his inner voice didn’t reach the hearts of the people in the group.

They were, for some reason, lost in their confidence. Each of them began to imagine the good times after the victory.

Li Shuoxing felt that the cub seemed a bit shocked by the bottom line of this herd of animals.

Since the voting results had come out, he had been strangely silent.

This caused Lotus Leaf Blade to be the only one in the chat group who resisted to the death. Unfortunately, it was hard to clap with only one hand, and he was soon defeated by the collective suppression of the crowd, tearfully agreeing to this request.

The group was unified at this moment.

In order for Li Shuoxing to win the next monthly vote battle, the moderators and the Silver Alliance would collectively contribute their own flesh to the battle, and strive to become the most attractive scenery.

Li Shuoxing felt his heart ache when he saw the resolute look of the people running for love and never looking back.

This year, in addition to authors wearing women’s clothing for monthly votes.

Even the moderators and Alliance Masters asked for monthly votes and wore women’s clothing for the author.

It couldn’t be an ordinary photo or a photo that’d been done; that wasn’t fresh. They had to use a more intuitive video to achieve that kind of shock and impact from the depths of the soul!

The ecology of Terminal was really getting tougher.

They determined the route they’d follow and various preparations then began.

They briefly thought things over and decided that they’d be grouped by gender, a male group and a female group. The male group would contribute their flesh and practise the dance, while the female group would contribute wisdom and prepare costumes and props.

Nine people in the group quickly reported their gender so they could properly organise themselves.

Only Su Mingqian, the last one left, hadn’t spoken yet.

Li Shuoxing knew what was bothering the cub.

After all, right now, the cub was still a two-dimensional chibi image. It was impossible for him to really participate in any women’s clothing dance activity.

Maybe the cub would quit the group to keep it a secret.

Li Shuoxing guessed that, and right after, he saw three lines of narration slide across the screen.

[Su Mingqian is hesitant.]

[Su Mingqian is concerned about the outcome.]

[Su Mingqian is reluctant to give up this opportunity.]

Su Mingqian: “I’m a woman.”

And with a straight face, he entered the women’s camp for logistical preparations.

After the division of the camps, the people seized the last minute to write the activity announcement.

How to wear women’s clothing and how to record the video wasn’t urgent yet. Anyway, they’d do that after winning the monthly votes.

The most important thing at present was to spread the word about it.

They decided to write some promotional material and directly post it on the discussion forum tomorrow. They focused on the benefits of different stages. After winning the first stage, women’s clothing photos would be provided; after winning the second stage, the mass video would be released; after winning the third stage of monthly votes, Eunuch’s Easter eggs would also be updated!

It was indeed late.

As soon as the promotional material was settled, everyone scattered like birds and beasts to get some rest.

Su Mingqian also came out of QQ.

He stood on the screen for a while, talking to himself.

“It’s almost one o’clock already. Ximu should be asleep, right?”

Li Shuoxing: “!”

He was in a bit of a panic, having peeped the whole time, and didn’t think of going to bed at all.

He quickly lowered his head on the desk, panicking, pretending that he was asleep. He didn’t notice the lines of system narration flashing across the screen at the same time.

[Su Mingqian is worried about the player.]

[Su Mingqian goes to the camera.]

[Su Mingqian looks out from the camera.]

Through the phone’s camera, Su Mingqian saw Li Shuoxing lying on the desk.

The speculation in his heart became reality.

Ximu is really crying in secret.

Su Mingqian felt very sad. He patted his hand on the screen. “Ximu…”

Li Shuoxing heard.

He was pondering which was the most natural. Should he wake up slowly now, or let the cub call out twice more and then wake up slowly?

Then he heard.

“Ximu, don’t cry. I’ll be sad if you cry. You’re going to win. You’re the best.”

Li Shuoxing: “???”

He raised his head quickly. “Wait, cub, did you misunderstand something? I’m not… crying.” He said that word with difficulty. “I was sleepy and fell asleep on the desk by accident.”

Su Mingqian: “Mm.”

Su Mingqian: “Ximu, don’t think too much. Go to sleep.”

A line of system narration slid over Su Mingqian’s head.

[Su Mingqian understands everything.]

[Su Mingqian doesn’t pierce the player’s toughness.]

Li Shuoxing: “…”

His smile slowly despaired.

No, cub. You really don’t understand.

God, what the hell am I supposed to do!

***

When he woke up, it was dawn.

When the promotional advertisement for votes that had been rushed out by staying up all night last night was put on the discussion forum, the book friends of Nine Crossings had their souls shaken.

“What? If he gets Daily Vote King on the 2nd and 3rd of New Year’s Day, the bosses will all publish pink women’s clothing photos?”

“What? For every additional 10,000 monthly votes, it’ll unlock a boss’s Pink Swan video dance?”

“What? If he finally defeats Silent Stream this month, it’ll unlock a god-level hidden mission to let Eunuch lead the Silver bosses in a group dance, dancing Four Little Swans while singing ‘Pick Me’?”

Damn.

This was a collective snapshot of the innermost feelings of the Nine Crossings book friends.

Isn’t this just a monthly vote?

Give it to you, give it to you, I’ll give it all to you!

I’ll smash my pots for iron ⁴ 砸锅卖铁 [zá guō mài tiě] means to smash one’s iron pots and pans into pieces and sell them as scrapped iron. This is a metaphor for sacrificing everything one has. and give it to you!

For the sake of the future flirtatious pink Eunuch, I’m completely at war with the guys on the other side!

The book friends’ enthusiasm was endless.

With yesterday’s setback plus today’s motivation, Nine Crossings had great momentum on the monthly vote list and the bestselling list. On the monthly votes in particular, they’d simply left Silent Stream’s article behind at an unbeatable ⁵ 一骑绝尘 [yī qí jué chén] refers to a group of many riders on horseback, where one is running so fast that those behind can not even see the dust raised by their horse’s gallop. This is used as a metaphor for many competitors, the others being so far removed from the one who stands out. speed.

The previous day, Silent Stream was pretending to be behind, but today, Silent Stream was really behind.

Because the discussion forum of Master of Myriad had been in chaos.

Their attention was no longer drawn to their rank on the monthly vote list; their attention was all on the opposite side’s Pink Swan video dance.

First, they broke into curses: “Despicable, too despicable! To actually come up with such an eye-catching idea that’ll drive us to death!” Then, they urgently sought help from all book friends, “Everyone, don’t just watch. We can’t be defeated by them like this. The flesh isn’t a problem. Their Silver Alliance can go to war, we still have the Gold Alliance bosses. We definitely won’t lose to them! The point is our imagination. We have to break out our imagination and come up with even more awesome and flirtatious ideas!”

They discussed passionately.

They didn’t know who it was, but someone suddenly mentioned.

“In fact, the opponent’s core routine is still women’s clothing, just changed into a video. We can also totally continue with the women’s clothing, then buy a Terminal opening screen advertisement to put photos of Silent Stream and a few of us in women’s clothes to be ahead of them. Isn’t this a good idea?”

This advice was sent to Silent Stream.

He shuddered on the spot.

He endured and endured, but still couldn’t help writing under the article, “The other side is too tough, I’m afraid.”

This monthly vote battle was really not what he thought it would be.

He had thought it was a battle of votes.

He hadn’t thought that it’d turn out to be a confrontation of human shame?

Why don’t I ask someone to shake hands with the other side, and we’ll be normal and mutually burst updates?

At midnight, the 2nd passed and the 3rd came.

Without any suspense, Nine Crossings took the second day’s Vote King with a large number of votes ahead of Master of Myriad .

The Terminal Food Group was lively again.

Calm Egg took a screenshot of Li Shuoxing’s discussion forum. “Men will look at it and be silent, women will look at it and weep.”

Interfinger Storm: “Is this a moral decline, or a loss of humanity?”

Think No Group was unwilling to show weakness, reciting a poem: “Eunuch, you can fly with ease, pink swans will always follow.”

Deer Over Fragrant Grass was really curious. “Eunuch, if you beat Silent Stream, are you really going to lead a group of people to debut?”

Li Shuoxing quickly explained, “I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense!”

This sentence was just typed out, his QQ flashed, and Night Tour came again.

In the middle of the night, this guy stealthily came over and wretchedly said to Li Shuoxing, “Ximu, Silent Stream’s side seems to be planning to buy Terminal’s opening screen to push their women’s clothing photos. Terminal’s side thinks this advertisement is a curious publicity stunt from an angle, so they decided to accept it when they’ll meet to negotiate. But I personally think you look better. So, this spiritual idea, I decided to keep it for you. You see, if you want to send me your women’s clothing photo first, I’ll work behind the scenes to arrange the opening screen for you earlier than them…”

1

翻车[fān chē] means to turn over a vehicle. This is also used to refer to being screwed, having an accident, or something unexpected happening. 2

Dance of the Little Swans is a famous dance from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. 3

Pick Me is the theme song of Produce 101 China, a talent show. 4

砸锅卖铁 [zá guō mài tiě] means to smash one’s iron pots and pans into pieces and sell them as scrapped iron. This is a metaphor for sacrificing everything one has. 5

一骑绝尘 [yī qí jué chén] refers to a group of many riders on horseback, where one is running so fast that those behind can not even see the dust raised by their horse’s gallop. This is used as a metaphor for many competitors, the others being so far removed from the one who stands out.