fictionpage Chapter 433 Is this an obsession with art?
Chapter 433 Is this an obsession with art?
Chen You's voice grew louder and louder.
"First they instigated the city lord to exert pressure, and now they've sent these rejected, substandard individuals to cause trouble! They accuse me of rigging the deal? Pshaw!"
He whirled around, staring intently at Bobo: "Is that what you call singing? That's noise pollution! You're asking me why I gave you a zero?"
"Because I can't let the children of Cangxing City think that art is like you spitting on stage!"
Bobo stumbled back two steps after being scolded, his face turning bright red.
Chen You faced the players again, opening his arms.
"Even if they remove me from this judging panel today, even if they use the city's garrison to arrest me! I will still say it—"
"Art belongs to everyone!"
"The championship belongs to number 10!"
boom--!
The emotions of all the players were instantly ignited!
Who are the players?
In the game, they are the lowest and most miserable beings.
Every day, I'm sent by NPCs to kill pigs and fight monsters, and even when I buy a potion, the general store owner rolls his eyes at me.
Now, a player has finally won the championship in the city-wide talent show, but these NPCs can't stand losing and have teamed up to overturn the table.
How can we tolerate this?!
"Damn it! These NPCs are going too far!"
"Death to capitalism! Monsters, get off the stage!"
"Dare to touch a single hair on Lin Miao's head, and I'll tear Cangxing City down today!"
"Brothers, grab your weapons!"
Clang clang clang—!
A series of sounds of weapons being drawn echoed across the square.
Tens of thousands of players drew their swords and staffs, and colorful skill lights lit up in the crowd.
The warrior players in the front row rushed forward, forming an unbreakable human wall at the edge of the stage, protecting Lin Miao and Chen You behind them.
"Don't be afraid, You Shen! We support you!" A berserker player with a face full of scars turned around, gave Chen You a thumbs up, and his eyes were red.
"You're right, we can't let capital treat us like fools!"
"Fly bravely, number 10, Mom will always be with you!" Several female players screamed.
The situation was completely out of control.
The players' anger surged into a torrent, causing NPCs like Bobo to retreat in fear.
"What...what are you doing! This is Cangxing City, how dare you rebel?!" Bobo screamed, her voice trembling with fear.
"Screw your rebellion! I'll show you what the Fourth Calamity is all about today!"
The players pressed closer and closer, seemingly ready to unleash a massacre at the slightest provocation.
Center stage.
Lin Miao was completely dumbfounded as she looked at the players below the stage who were going crazy for her.
She turned to Chen You blankly, lowering her voice, "Team Leader Chen... what's going on? I have a feeling we're about to start a riot?"
Chen You said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't panic, it's basic stuff."
"Remember, as long as you stand on the moral high ground, even if you call a deer a horse, someone will bend its antlers for you."
Lin Miao swallowed hard, looking at Chen You's calm face, and a strange sense of awe suddenly rose in her heart.
This man is terrifying.
He single-handedly used his words to whitewash a blatant score manipulation scandal into a great class struggle against capitalism!
At this moment, the city lord Sander, who was standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.
Looking at the tens of thousands of adventurers below the stage, who were filled with righteous indignation, and then at Bobo and the others who were cowering in fear, the dazed feeling in her head was finally stirred.
"Mentor..." Sander cautiously approached Chen You, "Is this really a conspiracy by capital?"
"What do you think?" Chen You glanced at her sideways, sighed, and said, "Sander, you're still too naive."
"You possess unparalleled talent, yet you are unaware of the wickedness of this world. If I weren't here to protect you today, you would already be their pawn!"
Sander shuddered, cold sweat instantly soaking through his overalls.
She whirled around, glaring at Bobo and the others: "Fine! You despicable bunch, how dare you exploit my pursuit of art!"
"Lord City Lord, we're innocent! We didn't—"
"Shut up!"
Sander roared, and his two-meter-tall body unleashed a terrifying pressure that sent Bobo and the others sprawling to the ground.
"Guards! Arrest these scoundrels who are disrupting the event and attempting to subvert the art world of Cangxing City! Throw them in jail!"
Just then, a deafening roar suddenly came from the sky.
A voice echoed in the minds of all the players present.
【warn!warn! 】
[A major deviation has been detected in the operational logic of the Hidden Star City area! The collective consciousness fluctuation has exceeded the threshold!]
The rules of the Origin Realm are being reorganized...
All the players and NPCs in the room looked up at the blood-red system announcement in the sky in horror.
Chen You's smile froze.
He looked at the line of blood-red characters that gradually appeared in the sky, and his heart skipped a beat.
Have we gone too far?
[Regional event triggered: Human vs. Machine battle.]
[Due to Chen You's abnormal actions, a hidden penalty mechanism has been triggered.]
[Hidden Star City is about to enter 'cleaning' mode. Countdown: 30 minutes.]
A crimson light curtain rose from the four corners of Hidden Star City and closed at the top of the sky.
The entire city was sealed off by a huge, red, semi-transparent barrier.
All teleportation arrays are turned off, and the return scroll is now grayed out and unusable.
Upon seeing this, Bobo and the other NPCs suddenly burst into wild laughter.
"The gods have intervened!" Bobo pointed at Chen You. "You bunch of outcasts from out of town, you're all going to die here!"
[Regional rules have been reorganized.]
The core issue of this conflict has been identified as a disagreement over artistic concepts.
[The conditions for executing the cleansing mode have been determined: Artistic Judgment (Dance Battle).]
[Factions have been divided: Rising Artists (players and supporters) VS Guardians of the Old Order (protesting NPCs).]
[Rules: Both sides are forced to engage in a one-on-one dance duel. The losing side will be completely wiped out.]
at the same time.
The swords and blades in the hands of all the units instantly transformed into colorful glow sticks.
The players were stunned for a second, then erupted in deafening cheers.
"Holy crap! An epic faction war!"
"You're awesome! You even managed to unlock a hidden expansion pack during the draft!"
The players had no idea what "annihilation" meant to Chen You and Lin Miao; they just thought it was a super big event.
Chen You stared blankly for two seconds at the "Absolute Art" light sign that had suddenly appeared in his hand.
He turned to look at Lin Miao.
"Is this game designer out of their mind?"
Lin Miao nodded silently, holding the glow stick in both hands, at a loss.
Sander, however, was so excited he was trembling all over.
She straightened her two-meter-tall body, strode up to Chen You, and knelt on one knee.
"Mentor! This is destiny! The system also yearns for true art! Our special training has not been in vain!"
The ground in the center of the square suddenly cracked open, the original stage was submerged, and a huge neon arena slowly rose up.
Two beams of red and blue light swept across the entire area, forcibly separating everyone.