TuxedoTranslations

Chapter 82

And that was a superfan who had followed him for years!! Just gone just like that??

Lucas scrolled through his followers list repeatedly, still unwilling to accept it. He even opened Rainbow Glory Forever’s Weibo homepage, only to see a newly updated post glaring at him:

“Two years of misplaced trust, Lucas is a hypocritical scumbag!”

Lucas: “…”

Seeing clearly that the person was no longer his fan, Lucas silently exited the page, feeling miserable.

Even if someone feels terrible, the necessary tasks still have to be done. The PVX duties still have to be fulfilled. So Lucas, along with the other four, begrudgingly logged in and painfully made their way to the Scorpion Eye Trench.

The Rainbow four arrived looking disheveled and completely unwilling. On the beach, they received countless death glares from the PVX players, making them feel like ants on a burning stove.

“Why are PVP dogs here again?”

“Don’t tell me they want to start a brawl here! No way! I hate those violent maniacs! They’ll accidentally hit me!”

“Ah, I’m allergic to PVP dogs! Stay away from me!!”

“It shouldn’t be… I feel like they’re all just here for the Scorpion Eye Trench. Didn’t they just go down earlier?”

“Oh yeah, there’s another batch at the respawn point.”

The Rainbow members, previously spaced out and sulking, froze and exchanged glances.

“Besides us, is another team here PVX-ing too?” Strawberry asked blankly.

Unluckily, nearby PVX players overheard him.

“What do you mean another team? Can you even speak properly?”

“PVX didn’t do anything to you! Eat your family’s rice?”

“PVX is peaceful and refined, way better than you PVP dogs!”

“Exactly! PVP dogs are stinky and violent! Stay away! Just looking at you makes us angry!”

Strawberry was too stunned to respond, awkwardly unsure of where to put his hands. At that moment, a few drenched familiar faces emerged from the respawn point.

Before Strawberry could speak, Pipa was already shouting in shock: “Wuhen?? They’re here too??”

The Wuhen team walked past, radiating fury. Their captain, Dongbala, suddenly stopped, glared at Pipa, and snapped, “What are you looking at?! Nothing to see here! You’ll end up like this too!”

Pipa: “?????”

Strawberry felt like he couldn’t breathe and stretched his neck. “Who said we’re here to grind the Scorpion Eye Trench? We’re just… sightseeing…” Before he finished, several teammates shot him looks that clearly said, Are you stupid?

Dongbala sneered: “Who said that? I didn’t. You’re just giving yourself away.”

Jazz, calm as ever, gently pulled Strawberry aside and politely asked Dongbala, “Excuse me, besides you, are there other teams here grinding the Scorpion Eye Trench?”

“Mm, Kuq, Twt, Jingcheng Team… that’s all I see for now. I guess, apart from Saber Tiger and Shadow, everyone’s prepping for the trench. Tsk. Shadow won’t last long either—they just started the third boss. Finishing it will be tough… nothing comes easy these days.” Dongbala sighed. “But I have to thank Z God. His idea was clever—a roundabout tactic, saving our brothers a lot of effort. Z God really is brilliant… just don’t know which idiot on the forum posted calling this a bug and demanded a fix!”

Lucas: “…”

Dongbala grew angrier by the minute, slapping Jazz’s shoulder. “That idiot clearly isn’t a serious gamer. Everything he says is nonsense. Playing games is about skill and strategy, not who has the most people! We don’t have Saber Tiger’s manpower, so we use our brains. And if this ‘bug’ gets fixed, where does that leave us teams?”

Jazz: “Yeah, you’re right.”

Dongbala ground his teeth: “Those troublemakers—probably obsessive fans. If I meet them, I’ll teach them a lesson myself!”

Lucas: “…”

One of Dongbala’s teammates tugged his sleeve, signaling that he was live streaming, so he waved it off and stopped ranting. He led the group, one by one, back into the water with fearless determination. Rainbow collectively shivered.

“Did you hear that?” Jazz asked Lucas. “Except for Shadow and Saber Tiger, everyone’s here grinding the Scorpion Eye Trench.”

“I heard,” Lucas said softly.

“Now I get why no other teams spoke up back then,” Strawberry muttered, shrinking his neck. “This is really angering the masses!”

Somehow, He Youjin got a large red banner printed with the words “Balance Work and Rest” and hung it in the most visible spot in the living room. When the five from Polaris returned exhausted from a night of 5v5 arena battles, he lined them up under the banner like a cult initiation ceremony.

“Go eat immediately, then sleep, got it?”

“Daily online time must not exceed fifteen hours!”

“Lights out while sleeping! Let melatonin do its job! Make the most of your limited sleep time!”

“Got it? Don’t stay silent!”

The five of Polaris replied weakly and halfheartedly: “Got it…”

Shi Ya yawned and raised his hand: “Can I just sleep? I’m not really hungry.”

He Youjin: “Have you weighed yourself recently?”

Shi Ya: “Occasionally in the morning. Why?”

He Youjin: “How much now?”

Shi Ya: “Seventy kilos. What about it?”

He Youjin: “When trying the team uniform, you were seventy-two kilos! You’re four pounds lighter! Two thousand grams! Aren’t you ashamed?!”

Shi Ya: “…Why should I be ashamed of two thousand grams?”

He Youjin: “Do you think I don’t know holographic gaming? Losing weight lowers your base stats! You’ll become vulnerable!”

Shi Ya: “…Two thousand grams of weight isn’t that much.”

He Youjin, acting like a paranoid, overreacting mom: “Not that much?! When experts face off, victory often hinges on the tiniest details! I won’t allow it!! And I won’t let such a basic mistake happen to you!! You! Timer! Go eat now!”

Zhou Yanjun patted his round belly, grinning: “Haha! That’s why I said, why lose weight at times like this? Eating more actually helps relieve stress! Look at me, my weight will never drop! Solid as a mountain!”

He Youjin stared at him with a look that screamed: “How fat are you?”

Zhou Yanjun was intimidated by the stare: “…About seventy, eighty, ninety jin?”

He Youjin: “You’re not allowed at the table.”

Zhou Yanjun: “????”

He Youjin: “I’ll order you a fitness meal right now. Eat it, then wait half an hour before sleeping. Your weight cannot increase anymore!!”

Zhou Yanjun: “But you just said the heavier you are, the more resilient!”

He Youjin: “Do you need resilience? What you need is agility!! Look at your build! Do you even know the word agile? Do you want your movement speed and evasion stats to drop to negatives??”

Zhou Yanjun: “……”

Xia Tong instinctively shuffled closer to Lin Mingfei and quietly hooked his slightly curled little finger: “Zero… I think Manager He’s a little crazy.”

“He’s a Virgo. Get used to it,” Lin Mingfei said lazily.

Xia Tong: “But I’ve gotten lighter recently…”

Lin Mingfei: “Then he’ll probably force you to eat protein and gain powder.”

Xia Tong blinked: “…Protein and powder? What’s that??”

Lin Mingfei: “Can’t explain well… basically, it doesn’t taste good.”

Xia Tong swallowed nervously and shivered: “This Manager He is scary!”

Just then, He Youjin’s gaze shot over like a knife, sharp and icy: “What about you guys?”

Bo Yu quickly waved his hands: “I might be a few hundred grams lighter, but that’s because I emptied my bowels before logging in. I’ll just skip the bathroom next time before gaming.”

Xia Tong’s eyes darted around. He suddenly tapped his own head and cried in a high-pitched voice: “Ouch, my butt hurts! Did I fall too hard in the game?!”

He Youjin: “…Then why are you holding your stomach?”

Xia Tong: “…Uh, I’m a little hot. Did I forget my medicine? Oh no, is my heat coming? I need to check the calendar!” He pretended to panic, ran upstairs without waiting for a response.

He Youjin: “???? You—”

Lin Mingfei cut him off, seizing the opportunity: “Ah… I’ll check if he’s in that special period, and maybe massage his butt while I’m at it. See you later.” Without looking back, he ran off.

He Youjin froze for two seconds, then exploded: “Damn it!!! You two!!! Do I look like an idiot?! Using that excuse on me!! I’m thinking about your health!! You indulgent little brats!! You’ll regret this later!! And Lin Mingfei!! Why are you massaging his butt?! He needs you to do that?! Get back here!!”

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