Chapter 4
Viewers who were already skeptical became even more convinced that the streamer was lying when the broadcast cut off as soon as the host mentioned the crucial proof footage.
The viewers left the live stream cursing, but the stunningly beautiful female cockroach in black stockings clicked on the little yellow car icon on the streamer's homepage.
The only thing sold there was the spatial ring that the streamer had mentioned multiple times during the live stream.
Zhao Yan is a sophomore at Beijing University of Geosciences. Her Douyin username is "The Stunning Female Cockroach in Black Stockings." She occasionally watches live streams when she's bored.
She clicked into the live stream in the afternoon because she was attracted by the streamer's appearance. The streamer, named Xia Ke, had fair skin, bright and clear eyes, and a pair of dimples on her cheeks when she smiled at the camera. She was incredibly cute.
To my surprise, when I clicked into the live stream, the beautiful female host wasn't singing or dancing; she was actually moving things. And this wasn't just any ordinary move; she claimed she could transport things from Beijing back to her hometown, over a thousand kilometers away.
Zhao Yan thought she was already abstract enough, but she didn't expect someone to be even more abstract than her.
With the thought of "Let's see how outrageous you can get," Zhao Yan stayed in the live broadcast room and witnessed the entire process of the spatial crossing.
For most netizens, this streamer named Xia Ke was just faking it and lying, but Zhao Yan, who majored in Geographical Science, noticed something amiss.
Anyone who has studied junior high school geography knows that due to the differences in latitude and temperature zones between the north and south, the types and growth conditions of vegetation in the north and south will differ.
Although the camera only briefly panned across the scene during the live stream, Zhao Yan saw it very clearly.
In the live stream, the poplar trees along the roadside in Beijing were just sprouting tender green buds, while the distant mountains of the so-called hometown in the south were already lush and green. The live stream camera was too far away to see the types of trees on the distant mountains, but the bamboo forest next to the streamer's house was clearly visible.
Moso bamboo is not considered a precious bamboo species in the south, but because it prefers a warm and humid climate and is not tolerant of cold and drought, it is rarely seen in the north.
If the streamer is lying, then all of this seems too real.
If, as netizens have said, it really was a matter of moving from one room to another, then how do you explain the two completely different climates and vegetation distributions separated by just one wall?
Is what the streamer said true?
No, no, no, it can't be true, Zhao Yan shook her head in her heart.
If the country truly possesses this groundbreaking technology, then the research findings should be published by an authoritative institution. How could it possibly remain silent and allow a livestreamer to sell them?
Zhao Yan was racking her brains, feeling that it was impossible, yet unable to go against the professional knowledge she had acquired.
Why not just buy it and try it out?
Zhao Yan's finger hovered over the buy button, still hesitating.
What if it's a scam? Five thousand is a lot of money for a college student; it's two months' living expenses for her.
She did have some money on hand, which was the red envelope money she received during the Spring Festival and her birthday. This was originally her travel fund.
I'm planning to go on a trip during the summer vacation.
If it's a scam, her summer vacation trip to Xinjiang is ruined...
However, if she doesn't figure out what happened, she'll keep thinking about it and won't be able to sleep well!
Zhao Yan gritted her teeth, moved her fingers slightly, and completed the purchase and payment in one go.
If he really is a scammer, she will definitely report him and hurl insults at him until he becomes depressed!
Xia Ke didn't discover that the Space Ring had been sold until after 9 p.m. She had just finished eating and was about to browse her phone for a while before helping her parents clear the table when she saw the purchase information in the background.
!!! !!! !
Even in the very early stages of her live stream, someone bought her seemingly outrageous spatial ring!
Mom, I'm awesome!
Xia Ke happily shared the good news with her parents. Xia's parents were also happy to hear that the items had been sold, and their anxiety, which had been building for quite some time, finally subsided.
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Female dormitory at Beijing University of Geosciences.
"Yanyan, why have you been so listless all night?"
Her roommate put her phone away and looked at Zhao Yan, who was lying on the bed with a worried expression and sighing, for the fifth time.
"I made an impulsive purchase this afternoon." He then sighed softly.
What did you buy?
"Buy something that has been bothering me."
"What the heck? You went online to find a fortune teller? And then you found out she was a scammer and won't refund your money?"
"No, this is way more outrageous than online fortune telling?"
Zhao Yan sat up abruptly and told her roommates about the strange live stream that afternoon, and how she impulsively bought a spatial ring in order to figure out if it was real or fake.
After hearing this, Zhao Yan's roommates strongly condemned her.
"Are you crazy! This is obviously a scam, and you still spent five thousand on this so-called space ring!"
"Emma, I never realized you were such a silly child! Honey, when you get old, you have to tell me your address, and I'll sell you health supplements. I guarantee I'll make a fortune!"
"Stop talking nonsense, you two! The important thing now is to salvage the situation and get your money back!"
"Yanyan, you need to refund the money quickly. The buyer hasn't shipped the goods yet. The platform will support your refund request now."
Zhao Yan knew her roommates meant well, and she was also worried that she might have encountered a scammer, but she still wanted to follow her heart and find out what was going on.
Just as she was about to speak, her phone rang.
"Hello, is this Zhao Yan? I have a package for you. We're not allowed to enter the school. Valuable items need to be signed for in person. Please come to the east gate to pick it up."
"I haven't ordered any deliveries recently." Zhao Yan was completely confused, but then she suddenly remembered something.
"Could it be a space ring? Okay, I'll be right there, please wait a moment!" Zhao Yan's heart skipped a beat. The only thing she had bought recently was the space ring from this afternoon. But the delivery speed is so fast these days, she only placed the order 4 hours ago!
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yan said to her roommates, "The Space Ring has arrived. I'll go get it and try it out. If it doesn't work, we'll ask the streamer for a refund and complain to the platform!"
After saying that, he hurriedly put on his clothes and went out.
The three roommates were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Yan's school is very big. It takes more than half an hour to walk from the girls' dormitory to the east gate of the school. Fortunately, she has a small electric scooter, so it only takes her a dozen minutes to go from leaving the school to picking up the package and coming back.
The girls in dormitory 601 sat around a table, on which sat the package that Zhao Yan had just picked up.
"This is the space ring you bought for five thousand?"
"The packaging does look quite impressive."
It's a small box, about the size of a palm. The material looks like iron but isn't. A group of geography students didn't recognize what it was, but it felt quite heavy. The box is silver overall with a starry sky pattern. The side of the box has a black screen, and the packaging looks very high-end.
Turn on the screen, and you'll see the message: 'Please enter the verification code provided by the merchant on the purchase page.'
"They even need a verification code!"
"Quite meticulous."
Zhao Yan followed the on-screen instructions to open the purchase page, scrolled down, and sure enough, there was a verification code at the bottom of the page.
After the verification code was entered, a click sound was heard, and a crack appeared on the top of the tightly closed box.
Upon opening the box, Zhao Yan discovered that it was actually a pop-up gift box.
As the outer shells on both sides opened, the black velvet middle gift box slowly rose, supporting the spatial ring.
"Putting aside the authenticity of the product, the box is quite well-made and has a sense of ceremony."
"Putting aside whether the product is useful or not, for something that costs five thousand yuan, shouldn't we put some effort into the packaging? Yan Yan, take a look at the space ring."
Everyone's attention was drawn to the spatial ring in the center of the gift box.
The circular spatial ring lay quietly on the black velvet cloth, emitting a faint silver light under the lamp.
"It looks like a ring."
"The instruction manual is here."
"Let me see. The first step is authentication. After authentication, this space ring can only be used by the authenticator. Even if it is lost, others cannot use it."
"The anti-theft measures are quite good."
The four of them were all college students, so it was quite easy for them to understand a simple instruction manual. They quickly figured out how it worked.
The current problem is choosing which two locations to verify whether the space loop is useful.
The dormitory building is now closed and we can't get out. Anywhere outside the girls' dormitory is out of the question. The toilets are inconvenient due to the constant flow of people and are not a public area, so they can't be used as a space to cross to another section. The corridors, which are public areas, might frighten people, so they're out of the question.
After a noisy discussion, the four girls decided to choose the dormitory balcony and the entrance of the dormitory as the meeting place.
Although the dormitory is a private area, this area belongs to all four roommates, including Zhao Yan. Another reason is that choosing the dormitory location makes it easier for the other three to observe her.
The group quickly set up their location, and as soon as the blue button was pressed, a blue vortex as tall as a person appeared simultaneously inside the dormitory door and on the balcony.
"Wow!"
The four were amazed by the sudden appearance of the vortex.
"The same vortex as the streamer!"
Zhao Yan felt her heart pounding, as if it were about to leap out of her chest. She couldn't imagine the immense significance that would be if she stepped into this vortex and actually reached the balcony. But she knew she was experiencing a transformation that was crucial to the country and even the world.
And she was the first to try it.
"Is Yan Yan ready?"
Zhao Yan nodded.
She took a deep breath, widened her eyes, and stepped into the vortex. Because she was determined to expose the counterfeit, Zhao Yan had been recording a video on her phone ever since she received the package.
Her other three roommates, considering the potential risks of the streamer renegeing on their promises and refusing to refund if the space ring was fake, and the need for proof to intervene with the platform, meticulously recorded videos on their phones whenever they used the space ring to establish a location.
Therefore, Zhao Yan's experiment involved shooting from multiple angles to ensure that there were no blind spots or omissions throughout the entire process.
The light from the vortex looked dazzling from the outside, but it wasn't blinding once inside. Zhao Yan felt a blur before her eyes, and in less than a second, she saw the familiar blue vortex.
She took one step and had barely steadied herself when her roommate rushed over and hugged her like a madwoman.
"Aaaaaah!"
"Yanyan, you just stepped into the vortex and disappeared, then in the blink of an eye, you came out again on the balcony!"
"Really! Yan Yan... you... you went straight from the door to the balcony!"
Even the most composed dorm leader ran over and hugged her, exclaiming, "Yanyan! I witnessed history! Our country has truly mastered space travel technology!"
Amidst a chorus of "ahhh!" sounds, Zhao Yan finally came to her senses. She dazedly touched the real curtains in front of her, then turned to look at the door, which was about two meters away from the balcony.
The blue vortex has disappeared because the spatial crossing was completed, but that's not important.
The important thing is that she really crossed space!
As the person who completed the spatial crossing, this fact was imprinted in her mind with unparalleled clarity.
"Yanyan, link, link!"
The roommates, realizing what was happening, immediately asked Zhao Yan for the link. This kind of good stuff is only available now because no one else has discovered it yet. Once others find out, they definitely won't be able to snag it with their own speed. Good things should be bought early for peace of mind.
Zhao Yan not only shared the purchase link for the Space Ring, but also shared Xia Ke's live stream.
Thinking about the insults and doubts that streamers suffer during their live broadcasts, Zhao Yan suddenly felt a surge of ambition.
How can we let such a good streamer be suspected?
She wants to clear the anchor's name of any doubts!
Without hesitation, she got the videos shot from different angles from her roommate, climbed into bed, and started editing them.
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