My portable gaming girlfriend

Between the beach and the road in the harbor area is a several kilometers long walking path. The flat road makes it a natural performance stage, and the portable lighting props color the performance and make the entire beach promenade extremely gorgeous.

This avenue has no shortage of idols performing in front of the camera no matter day or night.

Registered idols with a popularity value of 10 million can receive commercial orders, such as singing, appearing in MVs, and advertising endorsements. Therefore, many players regard cultivating idols as their hope of making money, and some players even become professional virtual idol managers. Their team The business is cultivating multiple idols at the same time, and every time an idol is trained and graduated, it will be signed to Lege Company to earn a transfer fee-after all, it is almost impossible to continue to cultivate through its own strength after the popularity reaches more than 10 million.

"Beifei, when will you be as popular as them?"

On a whim, I made a joke with Feifei, but she rolled her eyes over me.

"If you're in such a hurry, why don't you make your debut in women's clothing? Maybe it will be a big hit!"

"Hey, you are worthy of being an idol, and you have learned to slap people with a sharp tongue."

"How can I use a good way to deal with you?!"

"Tsk, you can't tell me anyway..."

"Hi! Our Shark Challenge is about to start. Are you interested in participating? The event will be broadcast live, and the first place will have the much-anticipated prize~"

The one who suddenly spoke to us was a very cheerful girl with ponytail, wearing a bikini and a transparent raincoat, and the work ID card hanging on her chest showed that she seemed to belong to an activity called "Heartbeat Challenge".

Where she pointed, there was a body of water not far from the shore, which was surrounded by floating white railings. There were many colorful obstacles floating in the area, and there was an exaggerated rainbow-patterned gate.

"Shark challenge? What's the grand prize?"

"That is to say, if you can ride any shark and swim from the start to the finish in the shortest time, you can get a rare shark outfit~"

Rare appearance?

You must know that there are three sources of costumes that can change the appearance of characters in the virtual world. One is to buy from the virtual world mall, the second is to complete tasks, and the third is that there are opportunities in certain games. It seems that in this game, a rare item can be obtained through the competition, so the difficulty of this competition will not be low.

But the shark costume... I searched a bit, and found that the person who wears this prize will turn into a walking shark, which is basically a comedian route.

I just wanted to say I'm not interested, but Feifei rushed to me and said loudly:

"I'm interested in this, I want to participate!"

I hurriedly asked Feifei on the communication channel if her brain was short-circuited...

[Feifei: Don’t you understand? This is a program specially made to promote virtual idols. The program team will randomly select passers-by to play together. We finally got selected, so don’t give up! 】

[Shen Qing: I won't participate, but time travels... This game is very suitable for you. 】

【Me: Which eye of yours suits me? 】

As a result, with no chance of rejection at all, I was forced to follow the staff to the shark game.

"The shark costume sounds so interesting, Ah Yuan will get the first place, right?"

Sakura's head suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and I heard Sakura talking in my ears. What, am I hallucinating?

"Is that you? Why are you here?"

"The programmer added me to the team's communication channel, now I can see around A Yuan, and I can also talk to A Yuan!"

After a closer look, there is indeed Sakura's name in the communication channel.

"Uh, so you're not in danger, are you?"

"Of course! It's just a pity that we can't have direct contact with A Yuan, but... it counts as doing the task together? Forget it, I'm already very satisfied~"

Sakura is watching, expecting me to be first in the shark game, it's really troublesome.

Walking across the beach, we took the speedboat to the game area. By the way, there are quite a few people watching this interaction. Although more than half of them are NPCs, there are also a few who are obviously players, holding strange signs and cheering, very fanatical.

And only now did I know that the participant in this game is actually a well-known virtual idol that even I have heard of, Lin Xiaohe.

This girl has an extremely retro name like Lin Xiaohe, with a pure appearance, and the media called her "the favorite first love face of the post-20s generation".

Her growth experience is very simple and legendary. All I know is that she was spotted by Lege Company after graduating with a popularity of 10 million. After negotiation, she paid a sky-high transfer fee to her original owner. Since then, she has become the official idol of Lege. .

As a virtual idol who has debuted for less than a year, her overall popularity is naturally not as good as that of a veteran virtual star like Maria, but her down-to-earth personality and the popularity that the company has successfully created through several black fan public opinion incidents have made her stardom like a bamboo.

Not only virtual idols and even some human idols, many people have tried to copy her path, but none of them succeeded.

Short black hair, white jumpsuit, and short-sleeved T-shirt, this time she participated in the show with a very simple appearance. Although the small and fair face is beautiful, it is fake after all. The NPCs surrounded her asking questions, occasionally asking personal questions, and her face turned red... maybe it made her look innocent?

"Ayuan? Do you like her..."

Sakura's expression was a little pissed.

"How come, I'm just curious why she is so popular."

"Is that so? That's good... But she does look very cute, she should be a kind girl."

"Forget it, after all, it's just a pile of characters..."

I'm not very interested in this Lin Xiaohe, but Feifei is very excited, sitting on the speedboat and looking up at those idols, she didn't know she was about to fall into the sea——

"Hey, it's her? To be able to be on a show with a well-known idol! Hehehe~ Let everyone see my strength..."

She has been completely immersed in the idol game, and she is probably hopeless, and she begins to fantasize about her beautiful future.

The shark game venue is limited to a circular area, and the fence intercepts the sea surface into a complex track, and there are many difficult obstacles distributed. In some places, it is even necessary to dive or take off from a high platform to sprint to pass...

A game that tests reflexes.

On the sign at the entrance, it says 'riding a shark is a game setting, players should not take it seriously. If you see a shark in real life, please stay away immediately! '

What is written on the sign is not nonsense. There are indeed many people who can’t distinguish between virtual and reality, and do incredible things. This also leads to virtual games being criticized by the society from time to time. Set up signage.

Feifei looked complacent, as if she was sure of winning this game. If it is not my personality to be too flamboyant, I will consider whether to let her see what the difference in strength is.

But in order not to look very embarrassed under Sakura's gaze, I still have to work hard to break into the top three.

In addition to Lin Xiaohe, the idols who came to participate included two female idols and two male idols. Although they all had well-adjusted appearances, their aura seemed soft to me, not even as powerful as Feifei's.

The referee calls the race on when everyone mounts the shark and grabs the reins. There are also many NPCs and players on the nearby yacht and beach, cheering for the atmosphere. Although these cheers are for idols, I still feel that I am being watched.

Shen Qing and Xi Wu should also be among the audience. From their point of view, more than 20 people riding the shark rushed out at the same time, the scene should be quite spectacular.

The first obstacle is a board that needs to be jumped across. I avoided the crowds and passed the barriers with ease. However, some unfortunate people have left the game at this time.

"Wow! It's started, everyone, look, there is a very fierce competition in the first level~ 3 players have already returned to the starting point!"

The staff played by the NPC made exaggerated screams, and the atmosphere on the scene became enthusiastic, even my blood boiled a little.

I saw the second obstacle, an ice cube in the shape of a snow mountain floating on the water, and the challengers needed to pass through the underwater cave. I hold the shark's head down and let it take me into the water.

After entering the water, a breathing reminder bar appears in front of the eyes, and the player will be eliminated when the reminder bar returns to zero. It is also reasonable to have a limit on the player's breathing time.

The underwater current is still surging, and the battle is constantly being staged. This level was easy for me until someone bumped into me.

This huge force caused me to deviate from the entrance of the cave. I didn't see who it was, and immediately turned to the right with the rein in hand.

The breath bar decreases very quickly, it seems that this level-breaking game is not that simple.

After a calm operation, I finally passed the cave and returned to the water surface, and there were fewer people on the field.

"Oh, the battle situation is extremely anxious, I'm sweating nervously, those who stay on the field are all masters~"

The NPC wiped the sweat off his neck and shouted loudly.

The third obstacle in front of us is the continuous pendulum, and the contestants must seize the opportunity to pass, and it is impossible to dive to take advantage of it.

I slowed down first, sprinted at the right time, and successfully passed the thrilling pass, but two of the 5 specially invited idols failed in this level. The NPC shouted that it was a pity, and continued to cheer for the others.

It can be felt that the level is getting more and more difficult, and the remaining people including Feifei and Lin Xiaohe are less than half of the initial number.

I just turned around a wall, and the fourth obstacle appeared in front of me. I didn't expect it to be a maelstrom with a diameter of 5 to 10 meters. This is quite difficult.

There is not much time left for me to react. If I am in the vortex, I will definitely be sucked into the water. I noticed that the corner is a radian, so I decided to stick to the circular outer wall and use the eccentricity to slide over.

I control the shark to turn sideways, touch the wall surface with its belly and move forward on the wall. Although the excessive speed and current made it difficult for me to see the situation clearly, I could still guess from the sudden stop of the screams that many people were drawn into the vortex.

After passing through the vortex, I found that Feifei was still on the field. She smiled and showed her two rows of white teeth, and shouted loudly:

"You're okay! Following you is the right way~"

It turns out that this guy passed through the whirlpool after learning my method!

As a result, there were only 6 people left on the track. The idol named Lin Xiaohe repeatedly showed a panicked look, but he was never eliminated, and saved himself from danger time and time again. Is it worthy of being a popular idol? Innate luck is better than others.

In the area of ​​the fifth obstacle, several octopus tentacles protrude from the bottom of the water, swaying flexibly from side to side, hindering the oncoming passers-by.

The Octopus's attack range is so large that it is very difficult to dodge them.

The contestants who remained on the field were cautious people, no one dared to speed up to do the experiment, even Feifei slowed down.

But after all, you still have to enter that area. Lin Xiaohe screamed and entered the obstacle zone first.

"Wow! Our Xiaohe is in a big crisis, everyone cheer her up!"

Can refueling save her from danger? No, only technology can!

The octopus tentacles swing fast, but I have seen its pattern in the past ten seconds. As long as I dodge according to the pattern, I will be able to pass safely without any accidents!

"Ahhh! My eyes are blurred with water and I can't see clearly!"

"Why are you yelling so loudly?"

Started was so noisy that I had to look back at her. I saw her sprinting with indomitable momentum, completely ignoring dodging and moving.

"Can you use your brain, you will fall if you run around like this!"

"I must... must get the first place! Bet on the dignity of the idol! Go for me!"

Although her face was obscured by the two long double ponytails, she did not lose her fighting spirit in her tone, holding the rein in her hand like a general charging into battle. Although the momentum is good, if you can't see it, you will definitely have trouble...

"Wow!" She was still touched by an octopus hand, her left hand left the rein, her body was sucked by the suction cup and flew into the air, and she was still connected with the shark only by her right hand...

You can pass the level with one more tentacle, but...

I can't leave Feifei alone.

It's her who wants to be an idol, not me. More than 20 figures of Feifei that were left out in the warehouse of unknown passers-by flashed in my mind. I felt like an old father who was worried about his daughter, turning back and swimming towards her with the shark.

She was sucked by the octopus's suction cup, and she flew around in the air, still holding on to the rein.

I stretched out my hand to Feifei and called her. The moment she approached me, she grasped my hand knowingly.

It's a pity that the two people and the two sharks still couldn't let the suction cups loosen, and no one could run away like this.

Letting go of the rein in my hand, the shark was thrown to nowhere. I saw the opportunity to swing behind Feifei, and grabbed the suction cup tightly to pull it off Feifei's body.

"Wow! You, you, you, you are so stupid!! What do you do after the sharks are lost?!"

"Don't move around, besides, I don't need to bet on the 'idol's dignity'!"

The suction cup was finally taken off, and Feifei and her shark returned to the track. Without a mount, I could only watch them leave and fall into the water by myself.

"What! I didn't ask you to help me...Hmph! I'll tell you when I win first place!"

Feifei turned her head and yelled at me, the shark under her seat sprinted out, and finally passed this obstacle, but I can't help her in the future, it's up to her to operate.

Because I was eliminated, I also came to the beach to sit with Shen Qing, Yugiri, and Sakura who only existed in the communication channel, eating watermelon while waiting to watch the next program.

The other idols have already been eliminated, Lin Xiaohe, Feifei and a few passers-by are still on the stage. Perhaps because of the influence of the incident just now, Feifei no longer ran amuck, but passed the obstacle cautiously, which also allowed her to survive the sixth obstacle.

This is also the last hurdle.

There were only three people left on the field, Feifei, Lin Xiaohe and a passerby.

"There are only three people left! Who will reach the finish line first?"

"Please continue to pay attention to the program titled by 'Snow Tea'!"

The NPC is still enthusiastically reporting the situation on the scene. A row of idol fans led by Fantou shouted slogans in unison, and the voice was broadcast to all parts of the world.

This last obstacle, is a pool of mud that will stick if you fall in it. The way to pass is to use several staggered 'Ferris wheel' type obstacles, the rideable parts of these ferris wheels become pools, and the competitors have to jump between these pools to reach the finish line.

"Come here! This is the most difficult level, can they pass? Or all, all, fail, fail?"

Deliberately emphasizing all failures, is it emphasizing how difficult the final level is? But it is still difficult, can Feifei really pass? I actually started to feel nervous about her.

She jumped back and forth between the ferris wheels on the shark, several times just barely reaching the target. In the barrage function of the live broadcast, I noticed that most people were cheering for Lin Xiaohe.

To put it bluntly, at first I thought it was just a game to accompany popular idols to perform, but now I clenched my fists nervously, this show can indeed mobilize people's emotions... Maybe it's because I'm looking forward to Feifei getting the first place, really Maybe it can increase popularity.

"Are you serious about this game?"

Shen Qing asked me suddenly.

"Don't you want Feifei to be the first? After all, it is also a matter of glory for DEBUG." Although DEBUG is unknown, it cannot be known.

"It's not something you can get if you think about it, and now no one can help her anymore."

I intuit that Shen Qing knows something inside.

"That Lin Xiaohe looks very weak, she has been panicking all the time, Feifei can't lose to her, can she?"

"Tsk, panicking is just a show. She is also an AI. Isn't it easy to control her expression?"

"What does this mean? Could it be that the competition party still cheated her in front of tens of millions of spectators?"

No, it's not impossible either. I was suddenly a little worried about Feifei.

"It's true that she is an idol, but as I said, first of all, she is an AI. How can she really rely on luck to pass such a level without any challenges?"

"That Feifei..."

"It depends on her own luck."

As soon as he finished speaking, the only passerby left screamed and fell from the Ferris wheel. Now only Feifei and Lin Xiaohe are left on the court. Maybe Shen Qing was right.

"There are only two people left! Lin Xiaohe, Feifei... so it's a competition between idols, who can win? To tell you the truth, I haven't even dared to blink my eyes for a long time..."

Feifei is currently leading, and there is only the last Ferris wheel left in front of her, and she will be the first to pass this obstacle.

Even though I thought it was not that simple, I didn't expect the mutation to come so quickly. Started missed the last jump.