my dream space

Chapter 38
Downstairs of the cinema is the only commercial pedestrian street in the county. After walking on the road for a while, the two of them saw the conspicuous sign of the video arcade.

"Are you going to play the arcade?"

Zhao Qingsi shook her head, "Just play what I'm good at, and I'm always bullied by you for those arcade machines."

"it is good."

Xia Kun and Zhao Qingsi came to the video game hall, today is the weekend, everyone except the senior year is on holiday, and there are a lot of people in the video game hall, there is always a conspicuous dancing machine at the entrance of the video game hall, a few Girls of the same age as Xia Kun and the others wore JK uniforms and danced hotly on the dance machine. There were crowds of spectators around, but quite a few of them were old men with children in their arms.

"Wow, are the coins so expensive here... My arcade hall is all one yuan and six coins."

"When I was a child, it was one yuan and four... It is true that video game halls and arcade halls are very different." Zhao Qingsi thought for a while, "If you buy 20 coins, I will treat you, and I will pay you back when I get home."

"It's okay, just play more if you want to play."

Xia Kun was quite generous to Zhao Qingsi who came from a foreign land. Although she said it was expensive just now, when she finally bought coins, she also bought 50 yuan coins, and got 60 coins in her hand.

"Come on, take it."

"Thank you A Kun." Zhao Qingsi took the box containing the game coins and immediately took out two coins. "A Kun, look at me catching dolls. I am very good at catching dolls!"

"it is good."

The video game hall was like Zhao Qingsi's home court, Xia Kun was dragged by her through the crowd, and walked around dozens of claw machines lined up for a while, before Zhao Qingsi stopped in front of one of the claw machines.

"That's it."

This claw machine is full of dolls that look like little pink meat balls. Xia Kun couldn't help complaining, "This doll is not good-looking."

"Hey, this is Nintendo's Star Bee card, Akun, you don't know that?" Zhao Qingsi muttered, "And I didn't choose this one because I like it so much."

"Is it because the position is easier to grasp?"

"Yes, there are many skills in catching dolls, but it is not enough to grasp the skills to catch dolls." Zhao Qingsi explained, "There is a saying in claw machines that it is easier to grasp the lower body than the upper body. When it falls naturally, the chances of catching it are higher, and throwing the hook after confirming the position can make it grip even tighter..."

Xia Kun dismissed this, "Doesn't it sound like metaphysics!"

"How dare you look down on me? Ah Kun, show me..."

Zhao Qingsi stuffed two coins into the claw machine, her hand could only just hold the rocker, and she held her breath and concentrated on moving the rocker carefully.

Must kill!Rocker whirlwind!
During the countdown process, the hook claws of the claw machine rotated at a constant speed in the air. Xia Kun watched the moment when the claw machine's countdown approached 0, and Zhao Qingsi pressed the grab button.

"Caught! Caught! Get up, get up, get up -"

Snapped!
The claw suddenly released its hook in the air, and the doll fell from the air and got stuck on the edge of the delivery opening.

"This is, this is! This is a probabilistic event, and failure is inevitable..." Zhao Qingsi pulled down the zipper on his collar and repeatedly defended Xia Kun. Xia Kun patted Zhao Qingsi's head with a smile, "Try again Bar?"

"Uh-huh."

Zhao Qingsi nodded vigorously. After several attempts, the doll that was about to be caught was thrown away by her in a corner, and it was impossible to catch it again.

"This machine is rubbish!"

Zhao Qingsi started complaining when she disagreed and even kicked the claw machine. If Xia Kun hadn't stopped him, he would have almost attracted the security officer of the arcade.

"Don't get excited, let me try."

A disappointed Zhao Qingsi watched Xia Kun go to get the coins, "Don't grab that doll, it's stuck in that position. If you try to clip it, one of the hooks will be stuck outside."

"It's okay, I can dump it."

"Dump?"

Zhao Qingsi watched Xia Kun move the claws and shake the joystick lightly.

He didn't keep turning left and right like Zhao Qingsi, but by constantly fine-tuning and twisting the hook claw, he could see that the hook claw was indeed swinging slightly under the shaking. Zhao Qingsi leaned on the window and carefully watched Xia Kun's adjustment operation.

"Yes, at this angle, the hook can catch it...but you didn't catch the lower part? You have to move to the right-"

Xia Kun didn't listen to Zhao Qingsi's words, nor did he wait until the last moment, and pressed the grab button directly.

"Ah! You put it crooked!"

Xia Kun did not refute Zhao Qingsi, but quietly watched the hook claw fall.

It is true that the hook claws were not aimed at the marked doll, but when it grabbed and lifted it, it put on two ropes, and the two dolls tied on the ropes also hooked the doll in the middle. As the three dolls climbed into the air together, Zhao Qingsi let out a shocking scream, and the players on the side stopped to watch,

bang, bang, bang,

A doll tied with a rope slipped down in the air because the grapple was not stable-but it fell obliquely in the direction of the delivery opening, which pushed the other two dolls that might have fallen. After going down, exclamations erupted from the crowd, and Zhao Qingsi was overjoyed, squatting down quickly, and took out all the dolls at the delivery port.

"Akun, you are amazing! I heard people say that you have the skill of hooking the rope, this is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes, did you see the hook right?!"

Xia Kun shook his head, "I didn't pay attention, I just grabbed that doll."

"Then you are so lucky!" Zhao Qingsi expressed her dissatisfaction, "Just pretend..."

"This is not luck," Xia Kun said. "The hook claws are continuously shaken to adjust the angle. The reason for grabbing the lower part is because most of the dolls have their center of gravity at the lower end. These techniques are originally correct, but they are all made by you. It’s an urban legend, just like when I was playing "Resurgence of the Three Kingdoms" in an arcade and someone said Zhuge Liang had a fifth sword."

(The fifth green poisonous sword was indeed changed in the later PC version, but Xia Kun didn't know it yet.)
"...It turns out that this is the case. I really admire you this time, Akun, you are really a master of learning."

"Do you know the benefits of studying hard now?" Xia Kun said, "Don't always go to bed so late in the future, the college entrance examination should be taken seriously."

"Um……"

This time, Zhao Qingsi did not refute Xia Kun.

It doesn't take long to play with 60 coins, but the two of them are very happy to play. In most cases, Zhao Qingsi plays with Xia Kun, who is the first to experience it.

Shaking the few scattered game coins left in the box, Zhao Qingsi came up with the idea of ​​the few arcade machines - the arcade machines in the video game hall are played with two machines facing each other, and some players are scattered.

"Want to play a fighting game?"

"No, then the coins will be used up soon... how about this," Zhao Qingsi pulled Xia Kun to sit down in front of a machine in "Super Roadside Fighter 2", and dropped coins for Xia Kun.

"I'm watching you play from behind."

Zhao Qingsi moved a chair and sat next to Xia Kun, watching quietly as Xia Kun continued to kill the players opposite him.

After killing the opponent and leaving the field, Xia Kun started to fight against the computer again—how could he know that the person from before came back with a box of game coins in less than two rounds.

Zhao Qingsi was very absorbed in watching at the beginning, and kept cheering for Xia Kun, but she felt bored after watching Xia Kun's abuse of food, and yawned a few times, acting very sleepy, and gradually leaned on Xia Kun's elbow .

Because he was worried about waking up the tired Zhao Qingsi, Xia Kun's right hand failed to exert force, and he quickly lost the game with one hand.

The young man who won the game slapped the machine button and let out a hysterical roar of victory. Then he stood up from his seat and raised his middle finger to Xia Kun before he showed his face.

But when he showed his face, he saw Xia Kun who was looking after Zhao Qingsi, and saw him booing him with one hand, and said:
28 years of being single with tears in my eyes, I don’t think about it, I can’t forget it;

The young man pursed his lips, showing an aggrieved expression, and suddenly felt that life had lost its meaning. Feeling ashamed, he carried the game coins in his arms, sneaked into the crowd with his tail between his legs, and escaped from this large dog abuse scene.

　In other words, are you deliberately not comparing yourself to others in order to compare yourself to Zhao Qingsi?Her catching speed is a bit fast, the old thief expresses his disappointment with you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)