Translator: Pluto Editor: Tehrn
It was indeed the end of December. If the New World didn’t descend upon their universe, everyone should be busy making preparations to celebrate the new year, but now…
“Oh no! The fog is too thick! The contestants can’t see each other… We must just blow it away!” the loud voice bellowed, and subsequently, he huffed and puffed using his own mouth. The thing that weirded everyone out was that the white fog started to move gradually. Most of the fog dissipated, revealing the original surroundings.
[No, that’s not right. This isn’t our original surroundings…] Lin Sanjiu’s eyes widened when she saw the ground. She was standing in a large circle. There was a line in the middle of the circle, and one half of it was red while the other half was white.
Lin Sanjiu, B.Rabbit, and the four other strangers standing near to her made up a six-persons team on the red side. anwhile, the white half of the circle was about 50 ters away, and there were also six people there. She saw two very familiar faces out of the six people in the other team — one of them was the bespectacled Hu Changzai who always looked prim and proper; the other was Hai Tianqing who was so large that the others withdrew from him, forcing his five other mbers to stand at the sides of the circle.
The three people and one rabbit exchanged glances with each other, finding it a little hard to respond to what had just happened. When Hu Changzai saw the circle on the ground, his mouth moved anxiously, and he started gesturing with both his hands. Watching him a for a while, Lin Sanjiu couldn’t hear him at all. It was as if there was an invisible partition which blocked off the sound from the other half of the circle.
Lin Sanjiu finally reacted when she heard that loud voice again, she turned around and tried to search for its source. Oddly, even though the wind, which dissipated the fog around them, ca from the direction where the announcer was standing, the announcer himself remained hidden in the thick fog so she couldn’t make out his face.
“I’m Mr. Dot, the host of this Pocket Dinsion. It’s an honor to et all of you here… Can you see all your team mbers now? The people who are standing within the sa semicircle are your team mbers, and your opponents are the people in the opposite semicircle! Co on! Before we begin the Red vs. White Challenge, why don’t you introduce yourself to your fellow mbers?”
As Mr. Dot finished his sentence, a man standing beside Lin Sanjiu imdiately retorted, “Hey, are you crazy? This is not the right ti to hold such a stupid challenge… I don’t have ti to play your gas!”
The man looked to be only about slightly over twenty. He had a crew cut, and he seed to be quite irascible. “Are all of you just gonna stay here?” he yelled out. Since nobody replied, he turned and left, ignoring the others. His silhouette quickly disappeared into the fog.
Mr. Dot appeared to be unaffected by the man’s departure, he remained silent as if waiting for everyone to start on their introductions.
Due to the man’s action, the remaining five people didn’t say a word as they stared at the leaving figure. They only started interacting with each other when they could no longer see him. Other than Lin Sanjiu and B.Rabbit, the Red Team consisted of two people, who were obviously a couple, and a middle-aged man. The petite young woman with a straight fringe looked very nervous as she held the corner of her boyfriend’s shirt. Her boyfriend was not very tall, he was very fair and slightly plump; he reminded Lin Sanjiu of a milk pudding — a milk pudding in clothes. At that mont, he was comforting his girlfriend with a gentle voice.
The middle-aged man had a gloomy-looking face, and he stood alone on the side. As the warm rain was still pouring down on them, everyone was soaked. Their clothes stuck to their skins tightly, becoming partially transparent. The round beer belly under the middle-aged man’s shirt could clearly be seen while he leered at all the won in the arena nonstop. This seed to be a habit he had his entire life, sothing that wouldn’t change even after the end of the world.
As Lin Sanjiu was wearing a black singlet and baggy camo pants, there was nothing to see; however, the other woman in her team was wearing a cotton burlap skirt. The woman hid behind her boyfriend all this ti, she was clearly uncomfortable when the middle-aged man looked over.
When the middle-aged man’s lecherous gaze floated passed the won in the White Team for the fourth ti, a woman, wearing a mini skirt which showed off her pair of long legs, couldn’t tolerate that man any longer. She sprinted toward the Red Team, but just as she was about to step on the line in the middle, she revealed an expression of shock before she imdiately pulled back, stopping just behind the line. After that, the long-legged woman gave the middle-aged man a vicious glare, her lips pursed into a thin line and she returned to her team mbers.
[It seems like we can’t cross the boundaries and we also can’t hear our opponents.] Both Lin Sanjiu and Hu Changzai could see the doubts in each other’s face. Lin Sanjiu observed the mbers of the White Team then she looked at Hu Changzai and shook her head. She did not know if he understood what she was trying to express.
“Hey?”
Just then, a voice ca from behind the mbers of the Red Team, and it instantly grabbed the attention of everyone. Lin Sanjiu looked behind and saw the previously agitated man. He was startled when he realized that he was standing behind the five other mbers. However, Lin Sanjiu was not surprised
“I must have lost my way…” the brash man mumbled as he turned to walk away still unwilling to give up.
“Don’t waste your effort,” Lin Sanjiu couldn’t stand it any longer, so she finally called him to stop. “If we are in a Pocket Dinsion, no one can get out unless we complete the given tasks.”
Once she said that, all the mbers of the Red Team were stunned.
Just as she had expected, the people here were all original survivors of Hyperthermal Hell so they had probably never heard of the thing called Pocket Dinsion. This was also the first ti that B.Rabbit had heard about this matter.
As the subject on Pocket Dinsions sounded quite outrageous, Lin Sanjiu tried her best to simplify her explanation. Despite that, the other mbers still held their misgivings. Instead, when B.Rabbit spoke, they looked even more shocked. Regardless the uncertainty and doubts they had, everyone stayed behind after so commotion.
After five minutes, they heard clapping sounds coming from Mr. Dot’s direction, this ended the conversations within the two teams. “I am glad to see that all of you are getting along quite well with your team mbers,” Mr. Dot said this with a light-hearted tone as he laughed. However, his next sentence made it difficult for anyone to relax: “But, one of the mbers of the Red Team did not comply with my suggested course of action and even tried to leave on his own accord. I regret to inform all of you that I have to deduct one point from the Red Team even before the gas begin…”
After he said that, a “-1” appeared in mid-air above the ground near the boundary line on the red side, it was even glowing faintly. They did not know how the -1 would affect them, but the expression of all the mbers of the Red Team turned grim because they had so sense that it wasn’t sothing good.
[If we don’t comply with his suggestions, he will penalize us by deducting points from our scores?] Lin Sanjiu considered this feeling a little troubled. They didn’t really talk much with each other just now, and she didn’t even get to know their nas. She only secretly gave them each a nickna.
[Does this already count as an introduction?]
She was still pondering about the matter when the host spoke again: “Luckily, one of the mbers of the Red Team provided her own team with so basic information on Pocket Dinsions. Thus, the Red Team can get one treasure chest!”
This imdiately roused a quiet commotion within the Red Team. Even though no one knew what that treasure chest was, it was clearly sothing beneficial. They all thought that this would perhaps close the gap between both teams, so their faces seed to lighten a bit but Mr. Dot continued, “For the sa reason, the White Team can also get one treasure chest!”
“All of you might be wondering: what’s the use of a treasure chest? So, now I will list out and explain the rules of today’s challenge!”
[Year-end Red Vs. White Challenge]
Number of contestants: 6 people in each team, 12 people in total.
Rules:
1. Mr. Dot will decide on four gas. Not all team mbers are required to compete in each ga. Each team only needs to send out the minimum number of required contestants for each ga. In addition to that, the number of contestants sent out from each team must be the sa.
2. There is no limit to the number of tis a mber can join a ga, but every mber must join at least 2 gas or face a death penalty.
3. The contestant for each ga must be voted by the team, a mber can only be a contestant if they get a majority vote from their team.
4. So gas will provide you an additional opportunity to gain points. If a contestant manages to discover and gain the additional point in the ga, the team will be awarded 1 points. Winning a ga will gain you 1 points. The team with the highest score will win.
5. Similarly, there is also a risk of losing your points in a ga.
6. Under special circumstances, teams can get special “treasure chests”. The rewards range from the incredible heaven-sent gift of 10 points to -10 points. The possibilities are endless.
7. Before every ga comnces, the team mbers from each team who are not participating will have to offer up one of their own items as a “prize”. The prize can be a Special Item or an Active Skill. After the mbers have offered their prizes, all the prizes from the losing team will be given to the winning team. For example, if mber A from the Red Team offers his “Fart Propelling” ability and the Red Team loses, then this “Fart Propelling” ability will be given to one of the mbers of the White Team. If all the mbers participate in the ga, the prizes will be randomly chosen by Mr. Dot.
8. The team will discuss and decide on how the prizes should be distributed. If the discussions reach a stalemate, Mr. Dot will a make a judgnt and distribute the prizes based on the individual contribution of each mber. The mber with the greatest contribution will receive the prizes.
9. The losing team for the entire challenge will not only have to return all the prizes that they have won. They would also be stripped of all their Active abilities and Special Items. These will also beco prizes for the winning team. In addition to that, each of the mbers of the winning team can receive a special prize from Mr. Dot.
10. The Pocket Dinsion will end after the winning team has been decided.
After they heard those ten lengthy rules, everyone remained silent for a very long ti. From when they first heard Mr. Dot speaking, it was only now that everyone accepted the situation in front of them.
“If there is a possibility of getting a crappy penalty from the treasure chest, why the f*ck does he call it a treasure chest?!” the brash man cursed.
“I am more worried about the matter regarding the prizes…” the fair-skinned boyfriend said worriedly. “Even though we have no idea what the gas are, if our opponents gained an additional ability, it would be a great disadvantage for us.”
His girlfriend turned pale, and she even sounded like she was about to sob, “I… I only have one ability. I can’t offer my ability as a prize. Without my ability, I will definitely die very quickly…” Her boyfriend was quick to comfort her with his gentle voice, he held her hands tightly and said, “Don’t be afraid. No one will force you…”
Even though the pot-bellied middle-aged man said nothing, at least he stopped leering at the won. His thick eyelids drooped while he seed to be deep in thought. Lin Sanjiu and B.Rabbit exchanged glances, both their expressions were dead serious.
Even though they roughly knew all the ten rules, they didn’t know why they had a feeling that those rules were filled with pitfalls and traps.
Besides, both herself and B.Rabbit were in an almost impossible situation: They not only need to win but they can’t let Hu Changzai and Hai Tianqing lose.
“The rules have been explained. Please sent the mber who contributed to the team up here to receive the prize!”
Naturally, on the Red Team, that mber was Lin Sanjiu. She hesitated for a while and glanced over at the White Team. Lin Sanjiu was aware that the particular mber from the White Team would be a formidable opponent: since that person knew what a Pocket Dinsion was, there was a high possibility that the person ca from another world. Comparing their experience and their abilities, it would probably be difficult to deal with that person.
When she turned to look, she saw a skinny woman walking away from the White Team. Lin Sanjiu mistook her for an elderly woman when she first saw her. But upon closer inspection, Lin Sanjiu realized that the woman was in her forties or fifties. The woman looked much older than she really was as her face was covered with wrinkles and her triangular eyes drooped listlessly. That woman even had a rather acrimonious appearance.
This haggard-looking woman eyed Lin Sanjiu for a second and looked forward again. She walked directly into the fog. Lin Sanjiu finally reacted and removed the rabbit from her shoulders hurriedly and also walked into the fog. Once the white fog surrounded her, she saw a black wooden chest not far from her, but she couldn’t even see a lock. If she reached out for it, she could easily open it. She turned to look behind her, but she could no longer see her team mbers.
Lin Sanjiu inhaled sharply and closed her eyes as she opened the treasure chest.
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