Chapter 64 Achieving One Million Followers: Obtaining a Safe House
Bullet comments:
[Who doesn't like to eat that! You're trying to scam me! This is slander!]
[Host, don't try to spout nonsense just because we can't refute you!]
We absolutely love eating natural foods! The reason we don't usually eat them isn't because we don't like them, but because we can't afford them! Or because we can't buy them!
[The reputation of "divine beings" has been damaged! Is it a sign of moral decay or a distortion of human nature?]
The audience was indignant, cursing and swearing, and the barrage of comments was in an uproar.
The villagers, however, suddenly became interested after hearing about the immortal's 'secret'.
Grandpa Zhang said with great interest, "When I was young, I went to the county town once and watched a play there. It was about immortals subduing demons and monsters. The immortals in the play did indeed drink immortal dew."
Based on hearsay, Zhang Wende speculated: "Besides immortal dew, they must also eat immortal peaches and elixirs, right?"
The children waiting for their meal stared wide-eyed with curiosity. Lu Chen tugged at Lu Xuan's sleeve and asked, "Brother, do immortals really not eat? Aren't they hungry?"
Looking at the innocent eyes of these little brats, Lu Xuan said, "I was just joking. Of course, immortals also need to eat, but their food is indeed quite different from ours."
The viewers in the live stream suddenly felt their eyelids twitch slightly.
Some viewers couldn't help but open their mouths when they noticed Lu Xuan's hand reaching towards the spatial bracelet.
No, wait a minute, host!
Lu Xuan took out several vials of nutritional supplements and showed them to the people around him, "This is the food of the immortals, everyone can try it."
The families' eyes lit up, and they quickly grabbed spoons and plates to share the food.
Soon, the villagers, who had been filled with great curiosity and anticipation for the divine food, began to show strange and subtle expressions.
"Huh?"
"...Hmm."
Lu Xuan curled his lips into a smile, feigning ignorance as he asked, "How does it taste?"
The families looked at each other, their expressions troubled.
Li Jing hesitated for a moment, "It's not bad to eat, but it doesn't seem to have any special flavor either."
Zhang Chengming, unusually, carefully considered his words: "It seems similar to the porridge we eat?"
The younger Li Tuo, without any reservations, said casually, "But it doesn't have the aroma of grains. Our porridge is much more fragrant."
Li Tie glared at him irritably, "You're the only one with a mouth."
Zhang Wende patted his stomach and said honestly, "Putting everything else aside, it's very filling. I'm already a little full after just one spoonful."
The others, prompted by him, took a look and their expressions turned to surprise.
"It really is true!"
"My stomach was growling just now, but I'm really not hungry anymore!"
"Just one spoonful is so filling, truly divine food is extraordinary!"
The group, having finally discovered the benefits of the nutrient solution, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and began to praise it lavishly, wishing they could exaggerate its unprecedented, priceless treasure.
The intention was good, but the audience just wanted to cover their faces when they heard their awkward praise.
Stop praising me! I'm so embarrassed I could practically dig out a spaceship.
[Really, there's no need to force yourself to save face for us. We've been consuming nutritional supplements for years; do you think we don't know they're useless except for filling our stomachs?]
It's not entirely useless; at least one dose can provide all the nutrients the body needs, so it's quite practical.
If it can't even do this, what's the point of having it?
That makes sense.
In fact, the village chief and others weren't just making empty boasts.
In years of famine, food is the most precious thing. When people are really hungry, they will even eat tree bark and clay, but the taste is bland and that is a problem.
When it comes to survival, taste is utterly insignificant!
Nothing makes them like food that fills their stomachs more!
Therefore, after everyone had praised him for a while, the truth was quickly revealed.
Li Tie rubbed his hands together and said, "Ah Xuan, this is divine food..."
Lu Xuan: "Nutritional supplement."
Li Tie suddenly realized, "Oh, right, it's the nutrient solution. Can we change it?"
"Of course you can change it."
Lu Xuan also told them, "Immortals can be full after eating one a day, while ordinary people can survive for three days on one. In addition, the nutritional supplement comes in fruit and meat flavors besides the original flavor."
The village chief and the others, who were already interested, became even more excited and pressed for details: "How exactly do we exchange them?"
Lu Xuan: "A pound of mushrooms or wild vegetables can be exchanged for one."
Everyone was overjoyed, "So cheap!?"
"Isn't this the same as an ice pack?"
"How much can I get by bartering grain? Are the fruit-flavored and meat-flavored ones the same price?"
Lu Xuan: "Same price. Two jin of grain for three bottles of nutritional supplements."
Li Tie took the lead and said, "My family will exchange for 100, no, 200 catties of grain!"
Upon hearing this, Old Master Zhang immediately swallowed the hundred cigarettes that were about to enter his mouth and changed his mind: "Our family will also exchange for two hundred jin."
Although Old Master Wei was there, Wei Xiang was in charge of all the family affairs. At this moment, Wei Xiang followed up and said, "My family will exchange for 100 jin!"
Several families hesitated when they were changing into bio-clothes, since the clothes could cool them down but they couldn't be eaten.
Nutritional supplements are different.
It's like exchanging the same amount of grain for more food rations, which is obviously more cost-effective; exchanging for less would be a loss!
The village chief had a spatial ring, so he took out the grain on the spot, while the Zhang and Wei families went back to the cave in the mountains to get their own grain.
When other residents in the neighborhood noticed the commotion, they came over to ask what was going on. Upon learning about the existence of the nutrient solution, they were immediately astonished and rushed to buy it.
Because the village chief and his two families had previously contracted more than 700 units, not only were the more than 1,000 units they had saved from drawing blind boxes sold out in the blink of an eye, but Lu Xuan also bought a batch from the mall to exchange for them.
After changing the nutrient solution, the group continued their discussion about immortals.
Zhang Chengming said, "Immortals only eat nutrient solutions and not meat. It seems that the lives of immortals are not as enviable as I imagined." He even felt a little pitiful for them.
However, saying this aloud might offend the immortals, and even the straightforward Zhang Chengming only muttered it to himself.
But the audience could easily see his unspoken message and felt a deep sense of unease.
Aside from the convenience of technology, their lives were really nothing to envy in terms of diet. In fact, they were more envious of the ancient people who could eat natural grains every day.
If possible, they would like to replace these villagers.
They can eat to their heart's content during the live stream, but once the stream ends, they can only consume nutritional supplements.
The greater the gap between the two, the stronger the feeling of emptiness in one's heart.
No matter how much they eat or how satisfied they feel in the live stream, it's not true satisfaction. So no matter how much they eat, their appetite will never be satisfied. They will never get tired of eating and will always flock to cross-dimensional live streams.
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"How was it? You guys kept urging us to share, did you have enough fun today?" Lu Xuan said to the audience, leaning back lazily on the bed and chewing on pork jerky.
Well, it's alright.
[One day isn't enough! Let's continue tomorrow! Our appetites can't be satisfied in just one day.]
Should we continue processing meat or fish tomorrow?
Lu Xuan said, "The fish can be processed, but tomorrow's main task is to prepare a batch of staple food. We'll talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow; it's time to open today's blind box."
As usual, 100 regular blind boxes and 10 silver blind boxes.
In regular blind boxes, more than 90% of the items are duplicates, with the guaranteed item being a bio-cloak. Compared to previous blind boxes, the bio-cloak seems to be the most common guaranteed item.
Besides the bio-cloak, the most valuable items are two intermediate energy stones, two highly practical watch communicators, and a high-powered telescope.
Silver shipments were also good today.
[Silver Blind Box 10-Pull: 186 points, 4809 points, 210 points, 890 points, 3456 points, 2 Amethyst Air Conditioners, Smart Clothing Machine, Upgraded Bio-Clothing Suit, 100 Cubic Meter Space Earrings.]
Every item is practical, and finally there's nothing out of season.
He was lucky; today was indeed his lucky day.
Lu Xuan said, "Alright, I've finished the blind boxes. I'm logging off now. See you tomorrow."
Before the stream ended, a viewer quickly reminded him: "[Host, there are great rewards in the achievement reward for reaching one million followers!]"
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, his curiosity piqued. Something good?
He quickly clicked on the constantly flashing system message.
[Achieve the 'Million Followers' milestone and receive a reward of 24-hour recommendation on a random affiliated planet's channel, a safe house, and 100,000 points. Next milestone: Ten Million Followers.]
Lu Xuan was somewhat surprised.
This time it's not a data traffic coupon, but a featured spot instead?
Recommended channels refer to cross-dimensional live streaming channels, while random stars refer to all habitable planets of the Covenant, excluding capital planets, military planets, mining planets, and other special planets.
Which planet you go to is completely random, but it rotates every three hours, meaning that you can be randomly assigned to one of eight planets' corresponding live streaming channels for recommendation within 24 hours.
When Lu Xuan first bound himself to the live streaming system, he learned about the planets and population of the Star Alliance.
The Covenant has hundreds of habitable planets of varying sizes, with a total population of hundreds of billions. The capital planet has a population of one billion, while the other planets have populations ranging from several million to several billion.
Even if the population is randomly assigned to a planet with a relatively small population, the total count is still there, and the data could easily double again by conservative estimates.
Looking at the 100,000 points reward, which was five times higher than the previous 20,000, Lu Xuandi was amazed by the Star Alliance's generosity.
Finally, his gaze fell on the tiny house in his hand, no bigger than the palm of his hand, which was the 'safe house' mentioned in the reward.
This thing looks no different from a toy, but since it's named "Safe House" and is offered as a reward for reaching one million followers, it can't possibly be a toy, right?
Star Alliance cutting-edge technology?
After reviewing the detailed description of the safe house, I found that this was indeed the case.
This little thing uses advanced space compression technology, similar to that used in creating storage spaces. Once the mini house is charged, it can instantly expand to the size of a normal house by clicking a switch.
The safe house is made entirely of special materials that are windproof and waterproof. It can withstand natural disasters of level 10 or higher certified by the Covenant without damage. It has multiple authentication methods such as facial recognition, iris scan, and palm print. People who cannot be authenticated cannot enter unless the people inside open the door or the energy cannons mounted on the warships are bombarded from the outside.
The name "safe house" is truly fitting.
The audience wasn't wrong; it really is good stuff.
Lu Xuan's heart stirred. He opened the store and scrolled through the outdoor items category for a while. Sure enough, he found the safe house on the tenth page.
Because there were so many different kinds of goods in the mall, he had only browsed through them briefly before and hadn't really noticed such a good item.
Safe houses come in all shapes and sizes, from simple single-story houses for one person to two-story villas suitable for two people or a family of three, and large mansions ranging from three to five stories.
The designs include familiar architectural styles as well as interstellar architecture full of cyberpunk technology.
The safe house awarded for achieving a million points is a three-story villa, which is considered mid-to-high-end.
Lu Xuan played with the little house in his hand in a good mood, closed the mall page and returned to the backend operation page, exchanging today's gifts for points.
A newly added top fan contributed over a million Star Coins in gifts, and other new and old fans, after enjoying plenty of delicious food, were also generous in reciprocating with gifts.
Today, Lu Xuan received over two million gifts, bringing his total points to over five hundred thousand.
As for the number of online users and fans, after a day of buzz, they rose to over four million and over one million five hundred thousand respectively.
This is a very celebratory increase.
However, Lu Xuan's attention was drawn to the safe house, and he didn't care much about how much the data had increased.
Lu Xuan turned off the system screen, quietly left the cave, and avoided the watchmen's gaze to arrive at a slightly open area about a mile away from the square.
After taking out the mini safe house and pouring energy liquid into the specific energy tank, Lu Xuan pressed the activation screen at the villa's door and threw the safe house forward.
The mini safe house was suspended in mid-air, surrounded by many futuristic blue lines that gradually formed the shape of the safe house and, in just a few seconds, transformed into a real villa.
Then……
The villa landed on the ground with a loud 'bang,' kicking up a cloud of dust and causing the ground to tremble slightly for a moment.
The loud noise startled the surrounding birds and beasts, who scattered in all directions and cried out in alarm.
Lu Xuan: "..."
Oh dear, it seems I messed up.
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