Chapter 58 Sharing with a conscience? I still have that thing? ...

Bullet comments:

【Aaaaaaah! What is this?! It stinks!!】

Ah—! My nose! My nose!

[Ugh—I threw up from the smell!]

[I'm practically foaming at the mouth! How can it smell so awful?!]

Countless viewers were nearly suffocated by the fumes. The barrage of comments, which had been excitedly discussing various recipes just moments before, was instantly filled with all sorts of wails, curses, and even gibberish. Almost none of the nearly two million people survived; it was a truly horrific scene.

[Holy crap!!! Host, you didn't just activate taste sharing!?]

Lu Xuan remained nonchalant, saying, "When did I say I wanted to enable taste sharing? Besides, you only told me to enable sharing, not that I had to enable taste sharing."

The viewers in the live stream almost vomited blood: Does this even need to be emphasized?! We want to eat ancient delicacies, what else can we do but share our taste buds?

As Lu Xuan walked into the cave, he said leisurely, "Besides, didn't you say before that you were willing to smell even a stench? Isn't this prosperous era exactly what you wished for?"

Live stream viewers: ?? When did we say that...? No, it seems like someone did mention it before, but that was just a joke! Why don't you remember the good things?!

You're just kidding us, aren't you?

Lu Xuan asked in surprise, "Otherwise what?"

Audience: ! You actually dared to admit it?!

What kind of twisted streamer have they chosen as a fan of?!

Lu Xuan then added, "You guys kept saying X wanted to enable sharing, so I did. Aren't I spoiling my fans? Aren't you happy? Aren't you surprised?"

The audience was expressionless; they didn't feel any pampering at all, but were definitely being tortured. You sadist!

We were so looking forward to this food sharing event, and you're just playing us for fools! Doesn't your conscience hurt?!

Lu Xuan was even more surprised, "Conscience? I still have that?"

Audience: ...! You win!

After a series of 'friendly' exchanges, the audience, having calmed down, quickly opened their personal computers and gritted their teeth as they shut down the sharing function.

only……

Perhaps the smell was just too strong, because even though the sharing function was turned off, many viewers still felt a lingering stench in their noses. Those with obsessive-compulsive disorder couldn't help but rush to the bathroom and wash themselves from head to toe.

[Although I know the conditions are limited during this disaster period on the streamer's side, the water supply hasn't been cut off yet, right? Don't people in the big caves take showers?]

[How could a person smell so bad?! The little cave where the streamer lives doesn't have any other odor at all.]

Lu Xuan said, "In this kind of weather, how can we stand not taking a bath? Every day after finishing our work, we all go to the stream to take a shower in the evening."

As I said before, given the weather, with temperatures in the forties, and not everyone having a bio-suit, even after a shower, you'll still be sweating soon.

In addition, some people have smelly feet or even body odor. Because they dare not go out to use the toilet at night, there are many wooden buckets in the cave that are used as chamber pots. After fermenting overnight, the pungent smell of urine is firmly locked in the cave, strong enough to make people smell like they've been pickled.

As the audience listened to Lu Xuan's explanation, they subconsciously filled in the blanks in their minds and felt like they had been insulted again from afar. Ugh—

Don't the people living there find it smelly?

I simply cannot imagine what it would be like to live in such an environment every day.

I'm even worried that someone might suffocate from the stench while they're sleeping...

Lu Xuan: "It's not that exaggerated. You will naturally be shocked when you smell it for the first time, but the people who live inside have long been used to these smells and their sense of smell has become dulled, so they don't think it smells that bad at all."

They don't think it smells bad, but don't you? Is your nose damaged too?

Lu Xuan said leisurely, "I naturally have my own methods."

Even if he had no other choice, it would just be a foul smell. But can it be as foul as the smell of a corpse or the stench of a rotting human body?

As they were talking, Lu Xuan had already arrived at the village chief's 'home'.

Inside, only the village chief and Li Kangbao, who had just woken up and was still groggy, were present. Li Tie asked him in surprise, "Why are you here so early? Is there something you need?"

Lu Xuan found an empty seat and sat down, saying, "The locator can be replaced now. I'll ask the village chief how many replacements we plan to get."

"Didn't you say we couldn't exchange them for now?" Li Tie asked, both surprised and delighted. "Of course, we're exchanging one for every child in the village! How much grain does one GPS tracker cost? Will you accept other supplies?"

Lu Xuan said, "One locator is worth five catties of grain, or it can be exchanged for mushrooms and fish."

Although Li Tie didn't know if the locator was valuable to the 'gods', he knew from the price that Lu Xuan must have given a discount. Just as he was about to say something, Lu Xuan said first, "This is the price for children. If anyone else wants to exchange, let them bring twenty catties of grain or ten catties of meat."

He doesn't intend to make money off children, but adults who want good things have to pay the price.

Li Tie understood what he meant, but swallowed back the words he was about to say. "Okay! We'll do it your way."

Although Li Tie said he would provide one for every child, twelve- or thirteen-year-old boys are already able to help out at home and won't run around causing trouble for their families. The main focus is on taking care of children under ten.

Aside from Lu Chen, who already has a GPS tracker, there are a total of fifteen children in this age group.

In the end, Li Tie paid Lu Xuan with four baskets of mushrooms and two large fish.

Yesterday's blind box yielded eleven location stickers. Lu Xuan bought a five-person set of location stickers, kept the extra sticker, and handed the remaining four location screens to the village chief.

As soon as he got the item, Li Tie immediately stuck one on the collar of his grandson's bionic clothing.

The positioning sticker is magnetic, and the magnetic force is very strong. It won't easily fall off unless an adult pulls on it hard. If it does fall off... then you'll have to spend money to buy a new one.

The positioning screen is powered by stellar energy, so there's no need to worry about charging.

Li Tie peeked out from his curtained room and shouted to those around him, "Anyone with children under ten years old, come here to get your location tags."

A commotion arose from the curtained rooms of each household, and soon many people excitedly came over to collect their location tags.

While registering to receive location stickers, a group of people kept asking the village chief and Lu Xuan, who hadn't left yet, about the specific uses and effects of the location stickers.

Everyone agreed on the amazing features of the positioning stickers, but when asked if they wanted to replace them, they all fell silent, feeling it was unnecessary.

Twenty catties of grain is not expensive, but older people won't wander around in the mountains. Gathering teams and hunting teams are all group activities, so there's no chance of them getting lost. So what's the point of replacing it?

Only Xiong Mao, having just lost his son, was wary of anything else. Not only did he accept Xiong Dabao's share, but he also took twenty catties of grain on the spot to exchange for the last remaining share in Lu Xuan's hand, intending to give it to Su Ying.

Parents quickly attached location stickers to their children, then crowded around the village chief, craning their necks to see the green dots on the location screen, trying to identify which one was their child's location.

Lu Xuan watched for a while and was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhang Chengming, who looked pale and sickly. Beside him were the brothers Li Jing and Li Tuo, both of whom looked equally haggard.

Zhang Chengming put his arm around Lu Xuan's shoulder and asked through gritted teeth, "Did you already know that wolf meat is too hot and that's why you didn't eat it yesterday? Why didn't you remind us! Do you know how much we suffered last night!"

Li Jing nodded silently.

Lu Xuan said with a mocking expression, "You two have wives, so what if you ate? What's there to remind me of?"

Li Tuo couldn't help but lean closer and say, "Brother Lu, I don't have a wife!"

“Having a wife won’t work!” Zhang Chengming complained. “We all live in the same cave, how can we conveniently do that kind of thing?”

The curtains in each house are okay for blocking the view, but they're practically useless for soundproofing. If you speak even slightly loudly inside the curtains, you can hear everyone around you, let alone do anything. What's the difference between that and doing *that* in public? Anyone with a shred of shame wouldn't do such a thing.

This caused the group of hot-blooded men to be so aroused last night that they barely slept a wink. They didn't dare to go out and wander around in the middle of the night, so they could only endure it until dawn and then go to the outhouse to relieve themselves.

Even though you didn't accomplish anything, after all that effort you still feel completely drained. Isn't that unfair?

The viewers in the live stream burst into laughter after they found out what had happened.

[Hahaha, I knew they looked so haggard, turns out they were holding it in!]

It's truly tragic to have a wife but not be able to sleep with her.

[Luckily, the streamer didn't eat wolf meat yesterday, otherwise, even a single guy like him would have been starving all night.]

Zhang Chengming and the other two weren't really blaming Lu Xuan; they just had been holding it in all night and couldn't hold it in any longer. After muttering a few words, they put Lu Xuan aside and started discussing on their own how to solve the problem.

After all, even if people don't eat wolf meat, the problem of unmet needs still exists. It's okay to endure it for a few days, but no one can stand it for ten days, half a month, or even several months.

Lu Xuan had no interest in the topic. He glanced at the increasingly vulgar comments and asked, "Do you want to keep driving, or do you want to come with me to have breakfast?"

[Hmph, didn't you turn off taste sharing? What are you eating? Are you just going to eat while we watch?]

I've watched it for so many days, I'm already sick of it!

Lu Xuan said "Oh," and then added, "So you don't want to continue with the taste sharing feature?"

Viewers in the live stream immediately retorted: "Of course it should be open!"

[Drive! Drive! You're not human if you don't!]

[I remember that the first share was free, and subsequent shares required points, right? Here, have a gift for you. Don't tell me you don't have enough points.]

Seeing this, the others were afraid that Lu Xuan would change his mind again, so they immediately followed suit and showered him with gifts.

In less than an hour after the broadcast started, Lu Xuan had already received gifts that equaled his daily income from the previous few days.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Lu Xuan stopped teasing them and efficiently opened the backend to share the taste.

This time, the audience could see clearly that he had enabled taste sharing, and the person who had turned off the sharing function not long ago had just turned it back on.

Almost simultaneously, a rich aroma of noodles, meat, and eggs wafted through the air.

The audience, whose noses had been tortured, were almost moved to tears by the long-awaited fragrance.

Yes, that's the taste!

This is the aroma of the food they've been craving!