Chapter 144 Someone asked me to chat with you
As the saying goes, pressure creates motivation. Under the pressure of death, Lu Xiaozhao burst out with unprecedented efficiency. He sat in front of the computer and clattered on the keyboard until sparks almost flew.
Have you ever seen someone chatting with forty netizens at the same time?
Anyway, Lu Yan has never seen it.
He checked the time and found it was still early, so he simply went back to his room to catch up on his sleep. There was no other way, as there was only one computer at home, so they could only divide the work. Lu Xiaozhao was responsible for chatting during the day, and Lu Yan was responsible for chatting at night. He hoped that one day he would meet a sucker who would buy all their fake watches.
Time passed quietly with the rustling sound of keyboards in the living room, and in the blink of an eye it was night. Lu Yan was finally awakened by the system's prompt sound.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task of selling watches within 24 hours, the reward of 500 points has been credited! ]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the first side mission. You have survived the Wanderer's attack for 24 hours. Reward: Superpower Upgrade! ]
Hearing this, Lu Yan sat up from the bed in a daze, and then he remembered that he had accepted two side quests yesterday. He looked down at his right hand, and three lightning bolts as thick as little fingers appeared in the palm of his hand, entwined together like fish, and illuminated most of the room.
Lu Yan was originally quite happy, but suddenly found that the life value on his wrist only had 19 hours left. He felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on his heart, and he was shivering: "Do you have any other tasks that can reward time?"
The system thought for a moment: [Yes, you killed the female ghost yesterday, and you can get 200 years of time.]
"Get lost."
If Lu Yan wanted to kill him, he should have done it long ago. Why bother talking about it?
The system has no other choice: [Then just keep selling watches.]
Just at this moment, Lu Xiaozhao stumbled in with dark circles under his eyes, and said weakly, "Brother, it's time, you go take over, I really can't hold on any longer."
After he finished speaking, he fell asleep on the bed. Not long after, he began to snore tiredly. Lu Yan had no choice but to go to the bathroom to wash his face to wake himself up. He sat in front of the computer, opened the live broadcast app, and prepared to continue the live broadcast of selling watches.
Ever since Lu Yan suddenly encountered the Wanderer during his last live broadcast, his account has become a little popular, and his fans have skyrocketed from a few to hundreds of thousands. However, because he did not have any follow-up live broadcasts, and many of his colleagues were jealous and suspected that he was self-promoting, the comment section was already in an uproar.
The cause was a blogger who was trying to take advantage of the popularity. His ID was "Hammer Brother". He had no other hobbies but to find fakes all over the Internet. He recorded the entire process of Lu Yan's live broadcast of selling watches yesterday, and then slowed down and analyzed it. In the end, he found out that Lu Yan was deliberately looking for someone to play a ghost to hype up the incident. The video has already become a hot search on the entire website.
Lu Yan sat in a chair and clicked on the video with some doubt. He saw a thin man with a small braid on his head and big gold front teeth sitting in front of the screen, speaking in a crosstalk-like tone:
"Hey, I believe everyone has seen yesterday that a host was attacked by vagrants at home. If you didn't see it, don't worry, listen to Brother Hammer's analysis and popularization."
The other party first played a video of Lu Yan being reminded by netizens during a live broadcast that a female ghost appeared behind him, and he was so scared that he ran away frantically in the house, and finally killed someone with a kitchen knife. Then he pressed the pause button and said:
"Look, this scene is so thrilling. This guy is really lucky to be alive. But I believe many people have the same question as me. First, although vagrants like to appear at night, they will never break into residents' homes without reason. At least I have never heard of this since I was a child."
Lu Yan silently raised his middle finger at the screen and said, "Nonsense. Everyone I met is dead. Where are you going to hear this?"
Brother Hammer: "Second, this guy is just an ordinary man. How can he chase a wanderer with a kitchen knife? It's too fake!"
When Brother Hammer got emotional, he suddenly slammed the table, which scared Lu Yan. "So after my sleepless verification, I finally found evidence that this anchor was faking it! Everyone, please look at the screen. During the chase, the skirt of this female ghost was accidentally blown up by the wind, revealing her slightly protruding belly. It's obvious that she is pregnant. How could a wanderer be pregnant!"
He deliberately slowed down the video and made it high-definition and detailed. Looking from the side, the ghost girl's belly was indeed bulging. It looked like she was about four or five months pregnant, which formed a sharp contrast with her slender limbs.
Lu Yan originally thought that what this person said before was bullshit, but now he had to admire his sharp eyes. However, before he could even start to admire him, he heard Brother Hammer's serious analysis:
"According to reliable sources, the female ghost in the video is actually the anchor's pregnant wife in disguise, and all the special effects are computer-generated. Everything is done to attract traffic and bring in goods. I hope everyone will keep their eyes open and don't be fooled!"
At the end of the video, Brother Hammer looked so handsome and winked at the screen: "I am Brother Hammer, a one-stop anti-counterfeiting company. If you like it, please click like and follow me. The next video will be even more exciting!"
There are actually many parts of his anti-counterfeiting video that do not stand up to scrutiny, but the rhythm is so good that it makes people stunned. Many netizens believed his lies and ran to Lu Yan's live broadcast room to wait for him to come online and start scolding. Even the homepage square was discussing this matter.
[Fuck! That anchor surnamed Lu is so shameless, using this kind of thing to attract attention. He is simply not offline. I am so worried about him for the whole night! ]
[My wife is pregnant, but I still let her come out to dress up as a ghost and scare people. I'm not afraid of her falling down. 】
[No wonder he kept hesitating and kept asking us to buy watches when so many netizens asked him about the follow-up. It turns out he was trying to attract traffic and bring in goods! ]
[In this match, I really thought that ordinary people could fight against wanderers. ]
There are many comments like this, which made Lu Yan stunned. My goodness, not only did they accuse him of fraud, but they even accused him of having a wife out of nowhere. Are netizens nowadays so scary?
Lu Yan read through tens of thousands of comments before he finally found a few netizens who supported him:
[This Hammer Brother has been frantically fighting fakes all over the Internet since he opened his account. None of them are real. I stand with Xiao Lu this time. 】
[I am a digital media professional. After checking, I found that there is no trace of computer synthesis in the video. It is simply because the host's equipment configuration is too low that the video looks blurry and fake. ]
Although the words of comfort from netizens were hurtful, Lu Yan still felt a little relieved. He clicked on the background records and saw that the dozens of watches that he had sold with great difficulty yesterday were all shown as returned, making the already poor family even worse off.
“…”
Lu Yan completely gave up the idea of live streaming online and decided to wait until the hype died down. He looked through his pitifully small friend address book and finally focused on an account with a black fox avatar. The other party's nickname was Phantom.
Lu Yan thought for a moment and then he remembered that Phantom was a friend he added in a chat group two days ago, but the other party did not agree to the application at that time. How come he suddenly approved it?
No matter what, it’s him. Besides Lu Xiaozhao, he is the only stranger friend in Lu Yan’s list. If I don’t lie to him, who else should I lie to?
Lu Yan tapped the keyboard, sent a message, and then waited for a reply.
At that time, Xing Yuan had just finished taking a shower and came out of the bathroom. He was wearing a black silk robe, and his wet hair hung down on his delicate brows, making his face look even more pale and stern. He heard his cell phone vibrate, so he picked it up and scanned it. It turned out to be a message from a stranger. Through the screen, he inexplicably felt that the other party was serious and serious:
【Hello, someone asked me to chat with you. 】
【Well behaved.jpg】
Lu Yanmin realized that this Phantom must have a very cold personality, so he deliberately used a little trick. He sat in front of the computer and waited quietly, not looking anxious at all. After more than half an hour, the other party finally sent a message:
【who?】
Really very cool.
Lu Yan glanced across the screen and did not reply immediately. After about a minute, he sent a message:
[I can’t say, my mission is to chat with you for three hours, and if I do, that person will pay me three hundred hours.]
I have to say that Xing Yuan is quite gullible in some ways. His first reaction after seeing the news was that Luo Yang was secretly playing tricks on him. His brows wrinkled unconsciously and he replied coldly with two words:
【Need not.】
The other side sent an emoticon of a little cat looking aggrieved:
[Please, I really need this time. There are only two hours left from the three hours. Can you let me finish the chat with you? ]
Pretending to be pitiful was what Lu Xiaozhao taught him. When this guy was cheating people online, in order to gain sympathy, he could even lie with his eyes open and tell people everywhere that his own brother was dead.
Xing Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly: [How much do you need it? ]
Lu Yan didn't say anything, just took a photo and sent it over.
In the picture, a bony right hand is holding a black mouse. The knuckles are clear and the skin is white. Under the light of the computer screen, there is a kind of hazy sexiness. However, the most eye-catching thing is the health value displayed on his wrist——
16:00.
This number is so meager that you can't even afford a bottle of drink in the Sky City, and it also means that the person on the other side of the screen won't even live until dawn.
Oh...it looks like it is really necessary.
Xing Yuan is not a kind-hearted person. After all, he is not even a human being. However, the hands of the person opposite him are indeed beautiful, which makes him itchy. He clicks on the photo with his fingertips, presses and holds to save it, and looks at it over and over again with a deep gaze.
In this world where health points are used as currency, everyone's bank card number can be tied to their own information. Although Xing Yuan liked the other person's hand, he really had no interest in chatting, so he directly sent a red envelope.
Seeing this, Lu Yan was stunned for a moment. He had never seen someone who did not play by the rules before. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What do you mean?"
Xing Yuan's indifferent tone could be felt through the screen: [I'm not interested in chatting with you, you can go home directly.]
He seemed to have gone offline when he stopped talking, and his profile picture instantly turned gray.
Wow, that’s too cool.
Lu Yan liked people who would throw money at him without giving it a second thought. He opened the red envelope with his mouse. He thought the other party would give him a few dozen hours, or three hundred hours if he was generous. But he didn’t expect that this Phantom would actually give him three thousand hours!!!
Oh shit!
Lu Yan's butt slipped and he almost fell off the chair. He climbed up with difficulty while holding onto the table, staring at the computer screen and counting them one by one -
"One, ten, hundred, thousand... Holy shit, he really turned three thousand times?!"
The poor guy Lu Yan was extremely shocked. He worked so hard to kill a low-level wanderer and only earned more than 700 hours, but the other party just casually gave him 3,000 hours, which was enough for him to sell 500 gold watches! !
Happy, jealous, and envious...
Lu Yan trembled as he transferred the 3,000 hours to his own life value. He saw with his own eyes that his life value had changed from two digits to four digits. He was so excited that he almost burst into tears. Damn, why would he sell watches in the future? He could even chat with this rich man all night long! !
Lu Yan specially set up his phone, made a heart shape with his hands, took a photo and sent it over, and typed two words sincerely:
【Thank you!】
Damn, for the first time in his life, he had the urge to pour out his heart to a man!!
With these three thousand hours of support, the sword of death hanging over Lu Yan's head was finally moved away. In the following days, he first transferred one thousand hours to Lu Xiaozhao, then paid six hundred hours of water, electricity and rent to the landlord, and finally spent two hundred hours to buy a lot of steamed buns and noodles from the bun shop downstairs. After all, this stuff is durable and cheaper than instant noodles, so it never hurts to stock up more.
"Boy, you've made a fortune. You bought so many at once. I'll give you two more."
The landlord was quite surprised by Yu Luyan's generosity. While putting steamed buns into his bag, he shook his head and sighed, "I thought you would move out after someone died next door. I didn't expect you would still dare to stay here."
Lu Yan picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, mumbling: "It's OK. It doesn't matter where you move to. People are dying everywhere in the world."
As he stopped talking, he suddenly thought of the female ghost and paused in eating the steamed bun. Who was she?
Lu Yan asked casually, "By the way, I saw the patrol team coming to move the bodies that day. How come there were two women's bodies among them?"
The landlord has lived here for decades and still vaguely remembers some past events: "They were two sisters. The one who died first was the elder sister. She suddenly disappeared more than ten years ago. I don't know why. I thought she was killed by a wanderer, but I didn't expect it was her husband who killed her."
"This beast, not only did he harm one person, he also captured my sister and forced her to bear his child. Didn't you see that whole wall of glass jars..."
Lu Yan ignored the landlord's chatter, thinking that no wonder the female ghost seemed to have a close relationship with the dead woman, they were actually sisters. He went upstairs carrying two large bags of steamed buns, only to see Lu Xiaozhao sitting in front of the computer typing away, closing the door he had just repaired and saying:
"Lu Xiaozhao, come and have dinner!"
Lu Xiaozhao said without even looking up: "Brother, wait a minute, I'm fighting these sprayers!"
Lu Yan asked in confusion: "What spray?"
Lu Xiaozhao was furious when he heard this: "Brother, you don't know that last time, that Hammer Brother not only took advantage of your popularity, but also threatened to have a live chat with you. When those netizens saw that you didn't go online, they all went to your live broadcast account to make trouble and report you, and almost got their accounts blocked!"
Although Lu Yan did not tell Lu Xiaozhao about the encounter with the vagrant at home, the latter often went online and could not hide the fact. Not long after, he saw the recording of the live broadcast that day and learned the whole story.
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He thought that if he just handled it calmly, the matter would be settled soon. He didn't expect it to get worse and worse: "Get up."
Lu Xiaozhao obediently stood up and gave his seat to him.
Lu Yan sat down in front of the computer, and saw the arrogant and smug face of Hammer Brother, who was broadcasting live:
[This ID is called something 185... an introverted, innocent college student netizen, you said I slandered this anchor named Lu, but I put several hammers on him in the video, the evidence is solid, if that doesn't work, just let him confront me in the video, I have nothing to fear from my own shadow, I never do anything to slander others.]
[Your ID names are so similar, could it be a relative or a smurf? Tell him, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, just come out and admit your mistakes and everything will be fine, don't hide from others.]
Brother Hammer would release a video of him actually hammering Lu Yan almost every day, and he gained nearly 300,000 fans by using this incident to gain popularity. He obviously tasted the sweetness, and when Lu Yan failed to refute him, he felt more and more that he had guessed the truth. His tone was so smug that even many netizens were misled by him.
[It's probably a small account, Chinese anchor, please use your main account to speak. ]
[I was worried that something might happen to the anchor, so I stayed up all night in front of the computer. I didn’t expect it was a lie. Come out and apologize!!!]
[I also bought a watch from him, but when I realized it was a scam, I returned it. I will never buy from him again! ]
[Come out to fight, what are you doing, you turtle! 】
Netizens always enjoy making trouble when things get exciting, and they use all kinds of nasty words. No wonder Lu Xiaozhao was so angry and kept confronting them.
Lu Yan tapped the keyboard with his fingertips, and simply switched to the main account to go online, replying to Hammer Brother's comment area: [Okay, let's connect via microphone. ]
Lu Yan was not interested in telling everyone what happened that day, especially since it involved more than a dozen lives and should not become a topic of conversation among netizens. However, he realized that if he did not respond, this Hammer Brother would never stop and he would not be able to sell goods through live streaming in the future.
As soon as Lu Yan's news was released, the comment area became agitated instantly, and hundreds of thousands of people rushed into the live broadcast room. Seeing this, Brother Hammer was so happy that he showed his two gold-encrusted front teeth and said excitedly: [Okay, okay, let's connect via live broadcast, I'll send you an application for live broadcast right away! ]
Lu Yan adjusted the live camera to a position below his neck, lit a cigarette to calm himself down, and then clicked to accept the live connection. The computer screen instantly split into two, with Brother Hammer on the left and Lu Yan on the right.
Now, nearly 600,000 netizens were watching the excitement in their live broadcast room, the comments section was refreshed frantically, and the ranking rose directly to first place.
Brother Hammer was obviously well prepared, holding a thick stack of papers in his hand, just like a reporter doing an interview: [Hello, anchor, I am Brother Hammer, I am glad that you can respond to this matter. May I ask that you were accidentally attacked by a vagrant while live streaming at home on the evening of the 16th. Is this true or false? ]
The audience only saw a black T-shirt in the half of the screen belonging to Lu Yan. The neckline was slightly low, just enough to reveal half of his collarbone and slender neck. The host held a cigarette in his right hand, with smoke lingering around. The picture was indescribably decadent and tempting.
Lu Yan said coldly: [You've already said I'm a fake, why are you still asking such a question!]
Well, it’s just that the host’s words are not very pleasant and a bit dirty.
Hammer still smiled: [Don't be like that. If you think it's wrong, you can refute me. Then let's move on to the next question. Is the actress who plays the female ghost in the video your pregnant wife? Is it convenient for her to show up? ]
It seems that Lu Yan went online just to curse people today. He took a puff of cigarette with a blank expression and said calmly: [Show your mother's head! ]
Hammer's face changed and he slammed the table: [Why are you like this? I was talking to you nicely!]
Lu Yan continued to curse with a blank expression: [Talk about your mother's head! ]
This matter is so easy to prove. Just expose your superpowers and, if you are desperate, catch a low-level wanderer and kill him in the live broadcast room. You can block the Hammer Brother on the opposite side so that he can't even get out of his mouth. But Lu Yan decided to curse for his own pleasure first.
Netizens saw the expected fight and were so excited that they couldn't express it in words. The live broadcast room was filled with barrages of comments:
[He is anxious, he is anxious! ]
[He got angry because he was exposed by Hammer Brother for his fakery. This kind of person is really uncultured. 】
[Ah... I am a neutral person. I was waiting for the Chinese anchor to explain. It seems that the video is really fake. I am disappointed.]
[I apologize to everyone. I will do my live broadcast properly in the future and don’t use such deceptive means. ]
[Brother Hammer is so awesome, he is the best at fighting fakes on the Internet! ]
Seeing that the comments were overwhelmingly in his favor, Brother Hammer finally looked better. He cleared his throat and pretended to preach: [Mr. Lu, I'm not trying to go against you on purpose, but you can't deceive your fans when doing live broadcasts, and you can't take crooked paths, especially since your wife is pregnant. You let her do such a dangerous thing. What if something happens to her?]
His words were unanimously agreed by netizens, so Lu Yan was once again given the title of "scumbag". As Hammer Brother spoke, he became more and more excited, spitting everywhere, and he did not notice that a dark mist had appeared above the ceiling, and a long-haired woman was standing upside down and slowly falling from behind him.
At this moment, some netizens have noticed that something is wrong and subconsciously stopped typing.
It was a face so white that no facial features could be seen. Where the eyes should have been were now only two pitch-black holes. She stared at the back of Hammer Brother's head. Her mouth slowly widened, revealing sharp teeth. Her whole face was distorted to make people shudder. A scarlet tongue swung out without warning, directly wrapped around his neck and bit him.
“Puff——!”
A column of blood spurted out instantly, splashing all over the ceiling. The fat man who had been chattering incessantly finally calmed down. His headless body slumped on the chair, and blood dripped from the chair, gathering into a small pool on the ground.
The live broadcast room was dead silent.
Even the densely packed bullet screen had large blank areas due to the netizens' pause.
“Crack—”
“Crack—”
It was the sound of a female ghost chewing a skull slowly. The sound of bones breaking came through the microphone, making one's scalp tingle. Her dark, empty eyes stared at the screen, as if she was selecting her prey. Finally, she gave the camera a terrifying smile, her mouth bulging with blood, flesh, and brain residue, and one could even see Hammer Brother's two big gold teeth.
It turned out to be the female ghost who appeared in Lu Yan’s live broadcast room that day.
Netizens were instantly terrified when they saw this, and screamed across the screen: [Holy shit! That fucking wanderer is actually real! ! ! ! ! ! ]
Lu Yan was also shocked: What the hell, this female ghost even brought someone to visit?!
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