It wasn’t just one person posting that comment. Xie Zhiyu also saw several familiar fan IDs among the barrage of messages.
She raised an eyebrow and glanced at the number of viewers in the upper-right corner of the livestream.
[3,022.]
Seeing the number immediately climb past three thousand the moment she started streaming gave her an idea.
She asked, “What happened?”
The comments began scrolling even faster. Messages from old fans were mixed in with those from newcomers, making them difficult to read.
She narrowed her eyes and silently watched the chaotic stream of comments. Nearly a minute later, someone directly sent her a link.
She quickly clicked on it.
The phone screen changed at once. The livestream shrank into a small window, and a new video appeared before her.
The title displayed beneath the video was:
[The Work Sister’s Livestream Content — Who Would Still Treat Us Like Kids Without You?]
[Author: Today I Predict You’ll Go Viral.]
Both the title and the author’s name were bizarre enough to leave her speechless.
Xie Zhiyu was unusually silent for a moment, immediately developing the urge to exit the video.
But before she could close it, the darkened screen suddenly lit up.
Large text displaying the title of her very first livestream appeared, accompanied by footage of her speaking during that broadcast.
“Believe me. In three minutes, the world will experience a resurgence of spiritual energy.”
“I would never lie to you.”
Her clear, sweet voice and the bold text made her unconsciously stop what she was doing.
The footage continued changing.
The ticking of a clock sounded like a wound-up mechanism. The screen darkened, followed by a ten-second countdown accompanied by BGM…
—Until the number reached 0.
The music reached its climax at that very moment.
The screen burst into dazzling golden light.
The video’s pace suddenly accelerated.
Her voice sounded again.
“That’s right. What I sell in my livestream is spiritual roots.”
“A low-grade Earth-rank spiritual root only costs 198 yuan.”
“Hm? None of you believe me? But everything I said is true.”
……
“I’m live! It’s been a week since we last met. How have you all been?”
“You want me to teach you cultivation techniques for free? Sure, but there’s a condition.”
“If you develop any intention of harming me after learning them, everything you gain will vanish.”
……
Footage from her two livestreams was edited together in alternating sequences. The images flashed rapidly before gradually fading.
The BGM that had been building alongside the footage suddenly stopped.
It was as if time itself had frozen.
Inside Xie Zhiyu’s livestream, the viewers watching the video along with her held their breath. Even the barrage of comments paused for a moment.
They didn’t have to wait long.
A slender, jade-like hand appeared on the screen. Its movements were slow and unhurried, carrying an indescribable elegance.
It was the hand gesture Xie Zhiyu had made during her previous livestream.
Her voice teaching the cultivation technique slowly rang out.
Golden light gathered once again as the lengthy cultivation mantra was recited.
At that moment, the livestream—which had somehow already reached 6,000 viewers—fell completely silent. Everyone quietly listened to the mantra.
It was as though a lofty deity had finally cast a casual glance upon its believers, and in response, bestowed upon them a divine truth.
Everyone suddenly became dazed.
The voice gradually faded into the distance. Just when everyone thought the video would end there, the creator added another edited scene.
It was the final scene from Xie Zhiyu’s previous livestream.
Gift effects exploded across the livestream like fireworks.
—The user with the ID “Zhou Er Fu Shi” had thrown out 5 million yuan worth of gifts, and one site-wide announcement after another rang out.
Eventually, the livestream itself froze because of the overwhelming number of gifts.
The livestream footage faded away, revealing a heartfelt message from the editor.
[I made a rough estimate. So far, 786 people have spontaneously awakened because of the spiritual roots and cultivation mantra sold by Work Sister. Even after the livestream ended, people are still continuing to awaken.]
[Thank you, Work Sister, for sincerely teaching us. Every one of your livestreams has been like a lifeline to someone like me, who used to be an ordinary person.]
[Although I don’t know how long you’ll be able to continue livestreaming, I hope you’ll always be happy and become stronger and stronger.]
[—Your most loyal fan.]
The video ended there.
The video had been uploaded at exactly 8:00 this morning, and in barely half a day, it had already surpassed one million views, with more than ten thousand comments and barrage messages.
After watching the video, Xie Zhiyu silently closed the video page.
She returned to her own livestream, and by then the barrage of comments had started flooding in again.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: Why am I feeling both so fired up and so moved?】
【Langlang Mountain: Clearly, Work Sis has only livestreamed twice, yet she’s already gained a huge number of die-hard fans. At this rate, after a few more livestreams, is Work Sis going to become a major internet celebrity?】
【Seven Nights Snow: Newbie here. I watched the video this morning, and I didn’t expect the streamer to go live this afternoon. Are the scenes shown in the video all real? It couldn’t be that the streamer deliberately teamed up with that blogger to trick us, right?】
【From One Beginning to No End: +1 newbie. I just came in. What video are you guys talking about? Where can I watch it?】
【Lanlan: The person above missed it. The link is here.】
【Badass and Fat Intestine: ? Where’s the streamer? Why isn’t she saying anything? Did she get moved to tears?】
……
Xie Zhiyu saw the last comment and replied with a smile, “I was indeed a little moved.”
To be honest, even though several minutes had already passed since she finished watching the video, her emotions were still somewhat complicated.
There had been many reasons why she started livestreaming in the first place.
On one hand, she had suddenly acquired a system. On the other, she had wanted to save her own life. If she hadn’t started livestreaming back then, she might have ended up dying inexplicably after being hit by a flowerpot, just like in the original plot of the novel.
She hadn’t exactly started her first livestream willingly, so naturally, she never expected to gain anything from it.
Even when she freely taught everyone the cultivation incantation back then, it was merely to increase the popularity of her livestream.
But now, things were somewhat different.
She couldn’t quite put her finger on what had changed. She only knew that at this moment, her heart felt as though it had been soaked in a jar of honey, sweet to the core.
Sometimes, unexpected rewards were far more satisfying than anything one could have imagined.
That sense of satisfaction also greatly reduced her reluctance to livestream today.
She blinked. The words of gratitude had already reached her lips, but she swallowed them back.
In the end, she smiled and said, “Thank you to this blogger for editing the video. How about this? Send me your address through a private message. After I end the livestream, I’ll send you something.”
She didn’t say what it was, but her words immediately sparked all sorts of speculation among the viewers.
【An’an Eats Watermelon: ??? There’s actually something this good? If I’d known, I would’ve edited and uploaded a video too. Regretting it right now.】
【Lanlan: What is it? Can we know? Is the streamer going to give them a spiritual root?】
【Zhou Er Fu Shi: What? A spiritual root?】
……
Xie Zhiyu immediately noticed a familiar ID.
Before she could say anything, the livestream’s gift effects exploded once again.
【User “Zhou Er Fu Shi” sent the gift: Spaceship ×1 ×2……×10】