Chapter 230, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City, features Luo Chuan's special system.
The lightning strike instantly turned more than ten family heads into charred remains, leaving a large scorched mark on the ground.
The elders and younger members of the family who were close to the heads of the household screamed in terror. Many of them wet themselves on the spot, and despite having their hands and feet tied, they frantically tried to get away.
Before they could move very far, huge vines that seemed to appear out of nowhere pierced through their chests.
"ah--"
"Help—Pfft—"
Dozens of people were pierced by the vines, coughing up blood, their faces quickly turning ashen, until they breathed their last.
Everyone present stared in horror at the dozens of giant vines behind Lu Xuan, which were covered with people, their expressions filled with utter terror.
The new emperor pressed his hand hard against his heart, which was pounding in his throat, out of sight of the camera.
Don't panic, he's the emperor, we can't let him become a laughing stock.
Didn't Chu Ming mention before that Lu Xuan had shown off the giant vines when he taught Zhao Tongpan a lesson? We've only seen the real thing, so what's there to panic about?
In stark contrast to the horror of the new emperor and the disaster victims on the scene, the new viewers in the live stream who were attracted by the pop-up recommendations went into a frenzy from the moment the vampire vine appeared, showering gifts on a crazy scale as if they were free.
[Ahhh! Is this a level seven mutated vampire vine? It's so cool!]
[It's unbelievable that someone can actually contract high-level mutated plants! I thought the news reports were just sensationalist nonsense to grab attention.]
[Lightning-based superpowers are so cool! Being struck by lightning—that must have been the most taboo thing in ancient times, right? Was the streamer doing this on purpose?]
[I really want to contract a mutated vampire vine too, sob sob.]
I think the streamer used hypnotic abilities to get these people to confess; it was very effective, subtle, and insidious, making it difficult to guard against.
In addition to being struck by lightning and using vampire vines, Lu Xuan also used his ice-type ability to freeze the remaining 'death row inmates'. After freezing them completely, he used the vampire vines to whip them repeatedly, shattering the humanoid ice blocks into pieces instantly.
Another kind of terror once again sent shivers down the spines of those present.
The young nobleman, whose crime was less serious, was initially furious at being arrested, but seeing the miserable state of others, he suddenly felt genuinely fortunate that he hadn't gone too far astray.
Even if they might not survive long after being exiled, it's better than dying on the spot and being dismembered!
Those convicted of capital crimes have all been dealt with here.
The new emperor did not continue to observe what happened next. After reiterating Lu Xuan's importance to He Tongzhi, he hung up the communication.
He also needed some time to recover from the shock brought on by Lu Xuan.
Having witnessed Lu Xuan's prowess, He Tongzhi dared not slacken in the slightest. After consulting with Lu Xuan, he divided the remaining noble families' sons into several different batches according to the severity of their crimes.
Those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned, and those who should be exiled will be exiled... Lu Xuan promised that when he left, he could take these exiled people with him and drop them off in a remote place.
Finally, they went to confiscate the property of these aristocratic families.
Fixed assets, including mansions, estates, and farmland, were all confiscated. All land seized was returned, and forcibly signed indentures were returned to their original owners, restoring their status as free citizens.
Lu Xuan selected a small number of exquisitely crafted or rare treasures worth collecting from among gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings as spoils of war. The rest were stored separately in another spatial ring, which he planned to hand over to the national treasury when he went to the capital.
Consider it his contribution to the country as a marquis.
The various aristocratic families also have large stockpiles of grain and salt, as well as nutritional supplements, refrigerators, air conditioners, and other supplies purchased last time.
The latter originated from Lu Xuan's hands. Most of the grain was extracted from the people of Licheng by aristocratic families. Lu Xuan disdained to take it. He only took the salt, which Licheng did not lack. The rest was used by the prefectural government for the people of Licheng.
It also lets the common people see the benefits they can enjoy after the downfall of powerful families.
If any new powerful families emerge in the future and try to oppress the people, the disaster victims who have tasted the benefits will spontaneously stand up and resist without anyone taking the lead.
After dealing with the powerful families, Lu Xuan opened the city's protective shield and let in more disaster victims to help with the harvest.
To make the most of the recommendation effect, they even used earth-based abilities to turn over the potato and sweet potato fields to enhance their visual appeal. They also took out a large amount of food from various counties stored in their space to give to the disaster victims who were helping them, so that the new fans could enjoy a sumptuous meal together.
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late at night.
At the invitation of Magistrate He, Lu Xuan moved into the backyard of the government office.
After keeping a portion of the millions of kilograms of various grains harvested during the day for the lottery, Lu Xuan collected all of them, resulting in a grain quantity more than three times that of Yangshan, which earned him 2.5 billion points in one go.
Looking at the data increase after the recommendation started, even Lu Xuan, who had seen a lot in the world, was momentarily emotionally unstable.
The cumulative peak online viewership has exceeded 10 billion, the total number of fans is close to 2 billion, the gifts have increased by nearly 100 million, and including the 2.5 billion points recovered, the current total balance of points is 4 billion.
It has already exceeded the highest balance record before I started doing business.
The five million achievement reward for reaching 10 billion online views seems insignificant compared to 4 billion.
What's even more encouraging is that this is not the limit of the data growth.
Currently, only half of the recommended period has passed, and the remaining time should allow for further increases.
It would be such a waste if the broadcast ended like this.
After a moment's thought, Lu Xuan drew his prize for the day.
Because of the significant increase in followers, this time they gave away 500,000 jin (250 tons) of grain in one go during the giveaway.
Afterwards, Lu Xuan took out the holographic capsule that had been gifted to him by 500 million fans.
The audience, who were cheering excitedly for winning the prize, exclaimed "Huh?" upon seeing this.
[Does the streamer never stop broadcasting?]
[Are we going to extend the live stream today!?]
[The streamer is currently receiving pop-up recommendations across all channels; it would be a real shame to end the broadcast now and waste such a massive amount of viewership.]
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "So I'm not sleeping tonight. I'll just have to test if the holographic capsule is really as good as yours."
Lu Xuan purchased a special nutrient solution from the mall, injected it into the solution, adjusted the camera, took off his clothes to reveal his muscular and slender body, and lay down inside.
While connecting to the holographic capsule using his mental power, he switched the live stream camera to a first-person perspective, allowing viewers to share in his game footage.
Game streaming is already quite popular. Even though Lu Xuan can't access the Star Alliance's network and can only play single-player games, the data growth rate, which had dropped significantly after the game started, gradually began to recover.
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The first round of pop-up recommendations ended early the next morning.
Lu Xuan's live stream data ultimately settled at 12 billion concurrent viewers and 2.5 billion followers.
The number of gifts increased by about 50 million overnight.
The increase was significantly less than the daytime increase, but Lu Xuan was already quite satisfied with it.
There are two more rounds of recommendations. If you're lucky, you should be able to reach the next fan achievement in one go and get another round of recommendations.
The holographic capsule experience was also quite good.
I played games all night and didn't feel tired at all; on the contrary, my energy was no different from usual.
The nutrient solution is sticky and requires a special cleaning solution to rinse, which is a bit troublesome.
...
For the next two days, Licheng was busy harvesting the grain in the greenhouses and drying and threshing it.
On behalf of Licheng, He Tongzhi once again conducted a large-scale transaction with Lu Xuan.
Because only the amount needed until the next greenhouse harvest was purchased, the transaction amount was much less than last time, but it still brought Lu Xuan several hundred million more.
On the third day, Li Jing, Chen Rong, and the others arrived at the coordinates left by Lu Xuan.
"You're a little early." Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at them.
Chen Rong looked at Licheng, which was surrounded by rivers, with a look of wonder, and sighed, "Isn't it because business in Yangshan is too good? Zhang Chengming and the others sold out of their goods in advance, so they had to go back early to let us come over."
Li Jingdao said, "My dad and the others also went back to the village."
I was quite reluctant to leave.
Fortunately, they had the phone numbers of Grandpa Chen and others, so even when they returned to the village, they could still call and chat whenever they had free time.
Li Tuo asked Lu Xuan curiously, "Is business easy to do in Licheng?"
Lu Xuan: "If you had come a few days earlier, it might have been more difficult, but now, you can just set up your stall."
With the aristocratic families who oppressed the people gone, Licheng has been completely transformed.
Many people regained their lost land and supplies, and the government will distribute the newly harvested grain according to the household registration system.
People who have become wealthy again will not hesitate to buy supplies that will make their lives better during the disaster.
However, Lu Xuan still didn't have a good impression of Jiangnan, so he didn't sell a new batch of evolution fluid, and correspondingly, he didn't need to wait for the results of taking the evolution fluid.
After greeting Fu Cheng and explaining the purpose of Li Jing and the others' visit, Lu Xuan took a busload of people who were about to be exiled and left Li City first.
They took a slightly roundabout route to place the exiled people in the mountains to the southwest, left them with enough food for about a week, and then left.
The mountain forest wasn't particularly rich in resources, but it wasn't so barren that there was no way to survive either.
Whether they survive or not ultimately depends on their fate.
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Luochuan, inside the military camp.
Chu Ming flicked his palm, revealing a fireball the size of a fist, and said smugly to Lu Xuan, "What do you think of my fireball?"
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow. "Not bad."
Even among fire-type ability users of the same level, there are varying degrees of strength.
Judging from the power emanating from the fireball that Chu Ming condensed, the opponent was indeed quite lucky, belonging to one of the stronger groups, and would have greater potential for future improvement than ordinary fire-type players.
Of course, the luckiest are those who awaken a special type.
Lu Xuan looked at the two people behind Chu Ming, "Is it them?"
Chu Ming casually dispersed the fireball and nodded, saying, "That's right, Captain Wu Tong and Centurion Yan Erhu."
After obtaining the evolution fluid, Chu Ming kept one for himself and selected the rest by drawing lots from all the mid- to low-ranking officers who had performed well.
The person who drew the lot would have one lieutenant, two captains, and one centurion.
Unfortunately, the highest-ranking deputy general did not awaken his ability, but centurion Yan Erhu did. Wu Tong, who had just been promoted to captain before the catastrophe, even obtained the special ability mentioned by Lu Xuan.
Spatial abilities.
A true spatial system that can generate an invisible space within the body, a space system that can store resources.
Despite the fact that this spatial elementalist had no combat capabilities, it still made everyone who heard the news, including Chu Ming, extremely envious.
[Spatial superpowers! This is the real portable space mentioned in novels and movies! I'm so envious!]
[Even if you have a spatial ring, you still can't protect your property if space pirates try to steal it. Superpowers are so much more fun; even if you kill someone, you can't get the treasure, hehe.]
How large is the awakening space of this being called Wutong?
[It's only level one, it shouldn't be very big, right?]
[When Chu Ming informed the streamer before, he seemed to say it was around 10 cubic meters? The upgrade should allow it to increase further.]
[It's still unknown how long it will take for Wutong to level up, but the streamer is already level seven!]
The streamer is really happy now!
[I wonder how large a level seven spatial anomaly is.]
Lu Xuan was also very curious about this.
After Chu Ming called Wu Tong over, Lu Xuan reached out and touched the other's shoulder. Immediately afterwards, he felt as if there was an extra space inside his body.
He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the space, discovering that it was completely unnecessary and would not disappear even if he did not constantly use his powers.
And its volume did not disappoint, reaching a full 10,000 cubic meters.
When Lu Xuan revealed this data, the audience was astonished.
[Ten thousand cubic meters!? Holy crap! A level seven spatial ability can actually possess such a large space! How many supplies could it hold?!]
[Can all the items on the streamer's body be stuffed into this?!]
"Well... that's probably still unlikely, considering there are still many large items like hoverbuses and flying machines."
[It's great even though it's overflowing. If it weren't for the streamer needing to gather a lot of resources due to the disaster, this much space would be enough for anything.]
Lu Xuan was quite satisfied with the extra 10,000 cubic meters of space that no one could take away or even notice. A pleasant smile appeared on his lips as he gently asked Wu Tong, "What supplies do you want as a token of your gratitude?"
Wu Tong had already heard from Chu Ming about Lu Xuan's report on the restoration of his supernatural abilities, and his face lit up with joy. He was about to announce the supplies he had already planned.
Then Lu Xuan said, "By the way, I now have another crystal core that can upgrade my ability level, and it's also within the range of available resources."
Wu Tong: "!"
Chu Ming: "!"
Chu Ming pressed down on Wu Tong's shoulder, "Choose a crystal core!"
Wu Tong nodded vigorously.
Of course, you can't miss out on any treasures that can upgrade your superpower level.
Especially for a special type like his that cannot be upgraded by constantly consuming different things, without external forces to supplement it, he might only be able to maintain a level of 10 cubic meters for his entire life.
The space ring can reach a maximum of 1000 cubic meters. If the space in the ring cannot be increased, it will seem both useful and useless, like a chicken rib.
This was the first time Chu Ming had heard about crystal cores, and he eagerly asked Lu Xuan, "Why didn't you mention before that there were such good things? How exactly do you use these crystal cores? Can I exchange for some?"
Lu Xuan took out a handful of crystal cores of different types and showed them to him, "Crystal cores of the same level are used to replenish energy, while those of a higher level are used to absorb energy to speed up the upgrade process and to break through the bottleneck period."
As for the price, Lu Xuan offered the same price as the villagers, but limited the number of transactions.
The streamer's online store only releases a batch every ten days to half a month. After trading with the villagers, he doesn't have many low-level crystal cores left, so he can't open them up for exchange yet.
After asking how many crystal cores could be traded, Chu Ming immediately bought the maximum quantity he could afford.
There are 50 first-level crystal cores and 20 second-level crystal cores, totaling 3,000 jin of mutated grain.
Utung, however, is an exception and can exchange it for double the amount.
So Wu Tong used the quota of 6,000 catties of supplies to exchange for crystal cores, and then reduced the amount of the rest to exchange for supplies as previously planned.
The specific types of supplies exchanged were similar to those of Zhou Qing, the beast-like ability user from Huo Jiajun's army, except that there were additional supplies such as instant noodles, compressed biscuits, self-heating rice, and canned fruit.
The long-time fans in the live stream already knew about this rule and didn't have much of an opinion, but the new fans were so envious that they felt a bit unbalanced.
Wow, so many supplies!
The supplies they were lucky enough to win in the lottery were only a few pounds, but Wu Tong easily exchanged them for tens of thousands of pounds of supplies by awakening a special type of superpower. That's too awesome!
After Wu Tong finished collecting the supplies and left, Chu Ming said to Lu Xuan, "This time, our military camp is also preparing to build several hundred acres of greenhouses."
He and the government are currently cooperating fairly well, but having to ask others for supplies every time is not a long-term solution.
As the old saying goes, it's better to have your own than to have your own parents.
Besides, Liu Wenchi isn't even his father.
Lu Xuan asked, "How many acres do you want to build?"
Chu Ming said, "Our military camp only has a few thousand people, we don't need too many. Three to five hundred acres will be enough."
Having regained over four billion points, Lu Xuan readily nodded: "No problem."
Lu Xuan immediately bought the materials needed to build the greenhouse and handed them over to Chu Ming.
Afterwards, Chu Ming traded another batch of supplies needed by the military camp, wrote a new IOU, and then, unusually hesitant, asked Lu Xuan, "I heard that General Huo lost an arm in the beast attack, and you used a medical pod to help him regrow it..."
Chu Ming looked at Lu Xuan expectantly and said, "There are quite a few disabled people in our military camp. Do you think you can help them? I know that medical pods are very precious. If it really doesn't work, I can send them to Yunlu Village for treatment. Once they are cured, they can come back on their own. We will pay for all their food and lodging expenses during that time!"
Lu Xuan shook his head.
Chu Ming thought he was unwilling and looked somewhat dejected, but then he heard Lu Xuan say, "There's no need for that. I've just acquired a new batch of medical pods. Even if you hadn't mentioned it, I was already planning to trade a few with you. If the quantity isn't enough, the rest can be temporarily borrowed through leasing."
"Really!?" Chu Ming was overjoyed. "Rent! Rent! Rent as many as you can!"
There are at least 80 to 100 soldiers with serious disabilities in the barracks, and even more with minor disabilities.
With only three to five medical pods, it's hard to say how long it would take to cure everyone; of course, the more the better.
In the end, Lu Xuan sold three medical pods to Luo Chuan's military camp and rented out seven.
In addition to the basic daily rental fee, the rental fee will be settled based on the amount of medicine used in the treatment.
Having received medical treatment, Chu Ming was eager to treat the disabled soldiers under his command. He hurriedly said goodbye to Lu Xuan and rushed to the wounded soldiers' camp.
Lu Xuan didn't linger and rode his hoverboard into the city.
If we don't go soon, Prefect Liu will be so anxious he'll come knocking on our door.
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