Chapter 148 Live Hunting
"If you have any questions, just call me directly."
Lu Yan thought that Lu Xiaozhao could come up with some constructive suggestions, but after all this time it turned out to be just this.
Lu Xiaozhao groaned in grievance, and then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Brother, we sold out all the gold watches in our warehouse last time. Do you want to buy some more?"
Lu Yan had always thought that Lu Xiaozhao was stupid and didn't look like him. He was probably picked up from the trash by his parents. Hearing this, he raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Those losing goods were finally sold off. I was stupid to buy them. Mechanical watches are popular on the street now. Who was stupid enough to buy a big gold watch and smash my hand? Are you responsible?"
Lu Xiaozhao suddenly came closer and said excitedly: "Brother, no, there are so many people online who want the same demon-exorcist watch as the one you have on your hand! We will lose money if we don't sell it!"
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "What?"
He himself thinks this watch is tacky as hell, what fool would buy it?
Lu Xiaozhao urged, "You can find out by logging on to the live broadcast account. I also saw it when I came back."
Ever since Lu Yan killed the female ghost in the noodle shop last time, he has been busy recuperating and has had no time to go live. He turned on his computer and tried several times before he remembered the password and logged in.
As soon as Lu Yan entered the app, he saw 999+ private messages that almost exploded in his backend. The contents were similar, all of them asking for the same model of Demon Watch and asking when it would be available again. Some were even willing to pay ten times the price for it, and the rest were just a bunch of exaggerated praise.
Lu Xiaozhao was chattering on, unable to hide his excitement: "Brother, you don't know, a while ago there was a video of a noodle shop owner escaping death from a wanderer in the middle of the night, which went viral. During the live broadcast, he said that he bought your exorcist watch, and you killed female ghosts in his shop, looking so handsome!! Now many people are scrambling to get the same model!"
Lu Yan: “???”
Lu Yan didn’t know if he was born with the ability to be on the hot search list. He had only done a few live broadcasts since registering his account, but he was on the hot search list every time. He hadn’t touched the computer during this period, but the number one on the hot search list was still related to him.
Lu Xiaozhao manipulated the mouse and directly clicked on the most popular video. It was a slightly blurry surveillance video with a crude narration. The technical content was zero, but the number of views was as high as more than 3 million, and the title was particularly eye-catching.
#About the incident where I encountered a homeless person in the middle of the night and successfully rescued him#
In the normal world, the destructive power of this text is equivalent to #About me encountering a monster in the middle of the night and being rescued by Ultraman#, and it is full of absurdity.
Many netizens' first reaction after seeing the title was "this is ridiculous". Except for armed patrolmen and people with special abilities, ordinary people are doomed when encountering a wanderer. How can they be successfully rescued? However, no matter how much they cursed, they still couldn't help but click on the link.
This video is obviously captured from surveillance footage. The picture quality is so blurry that you can't even make out the faces of the people. You can only vaguely see the noodle shop owner inviting a young man into the shop to avoid the rain after closing, and then someone knocks on the door in the middle of the process.
At this time, the video screen is divided into two, the left side is the scene inside the store, and the right side is the scene outside the store. Through the surveillance camera outside the door, netizens clearly saw a black-haired female ghost standing quietly outside. Her face as white as the wall and her dark and empty eyes became even more weird and terrifying under the blurry surveillance picture quality. Against the backdrop of the lightning and thundering night, it almost makes people's hair stand on end, and the barrage of screams is everywhere.
[Fuck! I actually encountered a wanderer. Is the boss still alive? ! ! ]
[This female ghost looks so familiar!! Is she the one who killed Brother Hammer and Xiao Lu!! )]
When Lu Yan saw this bullet screen, his eyelids twitched for a moment, and his mind was full of questions: When was he killed by the female ghost? ? ?
As soon as this message came out, netizens finally realized what was going on and commented excitedly:
[Brother! You have sharp eyes. She is the wanderer who entered the house and killed people! ! ]
[Brother Hammer and Xiao Lu are both dead, how did the noodle shop owner survive?! Is he some kind of hermit master? ]
[The great hermit hides in the city, I am reminded of the monk who sweeps the ground. The more powerful a person is, the less noticeable he looks. 】
Just as netizens were speculating, the "master" boss who they said was a hidden talent had already opened the roller shutter and came face to face with the female ghost. In the video, he was so scared that he rolled and crawled to run inside. Just as he saw the female ghost's red tongue was about to wrap around his neck, a bolt of lightning suddenly appeared and stopped everything.
“Sizzle!”
No one expected that the person who would take action in the end would be the young man who was quietly eating dumplings nearby. A golden exorcist sword suddenly appeared in his hand, and he started to fight with the female ghost directly in the small restaurant. It was terrifying to watch. When the man pierced the female ghost's head with his sword and beat her to death, the whole screen was filled with dense barrages, and netizens' shock almost overflowed.
[Wow!!! He's actually a superpower? ! ! The boss is so lucky, there's a superpower in the store!!!]
[I thought the boss was the hidden king, but I didn't expect the most powerful one was eating dumplings next to me! ]
【The boss is always rewarded for his kindness! 】
[This guy is so handsome! ! Aa ...
[In one word, awesome!!!]
The video ends with a selfie of the noodle shop owner. He is wearing a dough-kneading apron, a gold necklace around his neck, and proudly showing off his gold watch on his wrist, with a rough and heroic voice:
[Luckily I met the anchor Xiaolu that day, otherwise I would have been eaten by a female ghost. I have to apologize to him. I scolded him for selling fakes before. This demon-repelling watch can really keep you safe. He left in a hurry that day and I didn’t have time to thank him. Next time, remember to come to my store to eat dumplings. They are free for life! ]
The noodle shop owner usually loves to do live broadcasts, and his homepage is full of short videos of his daily life. He probably just posted them casually without editing them properly, but they accidentally went viral on the platform and were on the hot search list for several days.
Little did he know that his last words shocked the netizens. Some people asked in doubt:
[Anchor Xiao Lu? Is the Xiao Lu he is talking about the Xiao Lu I think of? ? ]
[Since they mentioned the exorcist watch, it’s probably true. OMG, I thought Xiao Lu would have been shot in the head by a female ghost after not live streaming for so long, but I didn’t expect he’s still alive?! ]
[QAQ Isn’t the point that he actually has superpowers? He can even kill ghosts. Damn, no wonder Xiao Lu is so arrogant. His strength is here! ! ]
[Ahhh! The man who can kill ghosts is so handsome! ! ]
[(Strangles himself) Where can I buy his demon-exorcist watch? Quick!!! Link up!!!]
[I once had a 6 o'clock gold watch in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. Now I am willing to pay for it with 600 hours, but it has been removed from the shelves (shocked)]
Lu Yan took a quick look at the comments section and finally figured out what was going on. He asked in disbelief, "Why are all netizens saying that I'm dead? Who spread the news?"
Lu Xiaozhao complained secretly: "Brother, you haven't been online for some time. I don't know which unscrupulous marketing account said that you were shot in the head by a female ghost. Many fans mourned and sent chrysanthemums in your comment area. No matter how the noodle shop owner explained, they didn't believe it. Hurry up and go online!"
Lu Yan: "…Why am I live streaming?"
To prove that you are not dead?
Lu Xiaozhao said as a matter of course: "Of course it's selling watches. You are so popular now, and your fans have exceeded 800,000. It's easy for you to sell goods!"
Lu Yan thought for a moment and refused: "We'll talk about selling the watch later."
Netizens all came for the exorcist watch, but Lu Yan knew better than anyone whether that thing could exorcise demons. The incident with the noodle shop owner was just a coincidence. He and Lu Xiaozhao were so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat. They had no choice but to sell fake goods. Now that they have more money, there is no need to cheat.
More importantly, what if his sponsor finds out that he’s doing private work on live streaming?
Even though Phantom only hired him to chat, Lu Yan is willing to use his entire fortune to guarantee that this person is as narrow-minded as a needle tip. He won't even allow other people to be saved in his phone list, let alone seeing him live streaming and selling goods outside, which could ruin his job at any moment.
Lu Yan casually picked up the cigarette box, smoked a cigarette and said, "Now that you have traffic, you can do some legitimate business. Do you really plan to deceive people for the rest of your life?"
Lu Xiaozhao shook his head and said, "Brother, but I can't do anything except lying."
Lu Yan thought for a moment and finally made the decision: "Don't netizens like to watch Wanderers? Why don't we just open a new account and live broadcast killing Wanderers at night? What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaozhao's legs went limp and he fell to the ground in fear, stammering, "This, this, this... isn't this too dangerous?!"
Lu Yan: "Just tell me if anyone has seen it?"
Lu Xiaozhao immediately perked up when he heard that, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Of course people will watch, how exciting, but brother, why don't we use the current account and register a new one?"
Lu Yan casually replied, "I've fished with that number before, and I'm afraid of being discovered."
The main reason is that the nickname is too low-level. He even sold counterfeit goods during live broadcast before. He might as well just open a new account. Anyway, his strength is there, so he is not afraid of not being able to attract fans.
Lu Xiaozhao couldn't help feeling a little guilty after hearing this. He lowered his head and whispered, "Brother, it's all my fault. You work so hard every day, but I can't help you at all..."
Lu Yan rubbed his head and said, "Who said you can't help me? I'll kill the wanderer at night, and you'll be there to live stream and hold the camera. Remember to make me look good, okay?"
Lu Xiaozhao was shocked: "!!!"
…
As we all know, Devil City is synonymous with poverty and chaos. However, many years ago, before the City in the Sky appeared, this place once had the most prosperous streets and skyscrapers. The ruins of those buildings stand quietly in the darkness, and the endless rooftops and fallen light signs are silently telling the cruelty of time.
Going straight along the northwest direction, the outermost area is called the polluted zone, where the lowest level of the city gathers, including vagrants, murderers, and robbers. They are like a group of jackals and vultures, and they will rush forward once they smell blood.
Wanderers fear the sun so they stay out during the day and stay out at night, but they are demons who have no fear of the sun.
Lu Xiaozhao carried the live broadcast equipment and walked tremblingly on the deserted street. The dilapidated buildings around him looked particularly eerie in the dark night. The cold wind howled and made a sound like the cry of ghosts.
Lu Xiaozhao was almost crying: "Brother, why do we have to come here to broadcast live? Can't we just walk around the streets downstairs? I heard that there are many vicious criminals in the polluted area. If we encounter robbers, we will be doomed."
Lu Yan walked ahead calmly: "You are not afraid of wanderers, so why are you afraid of robbers?"
Generally speaking, the downstairs of their house is quite peaceful, and the frequency of vagrants appearing is not very high. Since they are going to do a live broadcast today, they might as well do something big. Lu Yan's supernatural power has now reached the third level, and he has a lot of points, which should be more than enough for him to protect himself.
Don’t be fooled by Lu Xiaozhao’s timidity. He likes to play parkour the most. He can climb over walls and buildings as if it were flat ground. He is simply a natural location photographer.
Lu Xiaozhao muttered, "The most terrifying thing is the violence among the same kind. Wanderers don't have as many evil minds as humans."
Lu Yan raised his eyelids and asked back: "Why, you are not a human?"
Lu Xiaozhao: “I’m a college student.”
Lu Yan: “…”Okay.
The two of them used to be online scammers. It was too risky to show their faces online, so they both wore masks and walked on the street in black clothes in the middle of the night. From a distance, they looked scarier than ghosts.
It took Lu Xiaozhao a long time to find a suitable place to start the live broadcast. He set up the equipment and turned on the fill light to aim at the skyscraper not far away. Opposite was an amusement park that had been abandoned for many years. The track of the roller coaster was coiled in the air, and only a black silhouette of the Ferris wheel remained, but one could still vaguely see its former prosperity.
It is said that this is the tallest landmark building in the Devil's Town. When the sun rises in the early morning, the dim sky sets off the endless ruins, creating a doomsday-like beauty of despair. This has attracted many bloggers to check in, but only during the day, because almost everyone who comes at night is dead.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lu Yan opened the live broadcast room on time with his newly registered account. His title was concise and clear, and quite explosive -
"Hunting wanderers in the contaminated area late at night, do you dare to come?"
Who is so arrogant?!
This was the unanimous thought that came to the minds of many netizens after seeing the title. They subconsciously glanced at the ID and found that it was a new anchor named "Exorcist". They had never seen him before. Could it be that he was deliberately trying to attract traffic and win favor?
Many netizens rolled up their sleeves and clicked into the live broadcast room, intending to give the other party a beating online and teach them a lesson. However, before they could start to rant, what came into view was the Ferris wheel landmark building in the polluted area, and next to it was the abandoned Sun Tower. They were all shocked.
Holy shit, this anchor actually went to the polluted area? ! !
The barrage was instantly filled with “666”.
[Brother, you are awesome. You dare to go to such a dangerous place. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by wanderers?]
[I advised the anchor to go home quickly. The contaminated area is not a joke. There are many poor and vicious criminals in it. If they encounter a lone person, they will directly catch him and cook him. Hungry and crazy people can do anything.]
[They are willing to sacrifice their lives just to gain traffic. They are so stupid that I can’t bear to watch. 】
【I can only say that you are very courageous. 】
The comment section was almost entirely pessimistic, but the anchor never showed his face. Instead, he stood aside and moved his arms and legs, apparently warming up before preparing for the hunt. He was dressed in black and had an extremely tacky large gold watch on his wrist, which almost blinded people under the fill light.
Some viewers stared at the screen for a long time before realizing something was wrong:
[Wait, this gold watch... looks so familiar???]
[Fuck, the demon-exorcist watch! This watch looks too much like Xiao Lu, right?! ]
[No way, doesn't he have an account? Why would he use a new account to broadcast live? Could it be that he is a new anchor who is deliberately trying to gain popularity? ]
As the comments section was full of speculation, Lu Yan realized that the number of people in the live broadcast room was almost enough, and finally said hello to the camera:
"Hello everyone, I'm the anchor Xiaolu. Today I'm going to do an outdoor live broadcast challenge. Let's see if you can hunt down a wanderer in the polluted area before dawn. The game starts now."
If netizens were still doubting the identity of this new anchor, when Lu Yan's voice came out, people who had watched his live broadcasts almost immediately recognized him, and the comment section instantly erupted with excited screams:
[Ahhh! He is the superpower who has been on the hot search list for the past two days! QAQ I am too narrow-minded. He is so powerful, what's the big deal about him breaking into a contaminated area! ]
[It turns out to be Xiao Lu with eight-pack abs, the noodle shop brother’s savior!! ]
[Hubby, why don’t you come to sleep in my bed in the middle of the night? Instead, you run to such a dangerous place like the contaminated area (angry)]
[Xiao Lu, you don't sell watches anymore?! I'm still waiting to see your exorcist watch! ]
News spreads in all directions on the Internet, especially since Lu Yan has been very popular recently. When the news of his late-night live broadcast of hunting the Wanderer came out, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room immediately began to soar at a terrifying speed. Netizens rushed to give gifts and rewards, and the special effects that filled the screen were dazzling.
Compared to his previous two times of becoming famous by sheer luck, this time Lu Yan finally had a real fan base. He signaled Lu Xiaozhao to pick up the equipment and follow him as he walked deeper into the polluted area. The slight sound of gravel colliding with his sneakers on the uneven road surface of the ruins was particularly harsh.
Lu Yanlai had done his homework before coming here. He clipped a microphone to his collar so that he could explain to netizens: "We are now inside the contaminated area. Going further ahead is the famous Black Stone Street. Many bloggers have come here to check in before. It is said that they have encountered wanderers, and..."
Before Lu Yan finished speaking, there was a sudden noisy sound of footsteps above his head. He saw a few mysterious figures appearing on the roof of a building not far away. They were leaping across the roof at a high speed, so fast that only their afterimages could be seen. They looked particularly abrupt in the deserted polluted area.
Seeing this, Lu Yan paused for a moment, thinking that they were just wanderers. However, with the help of the high-definition camera, he could clearly see that the group of people were wearing neat black military uniforms with guns on their waists, unable to conceal their murderous aura, like a well-trained team.
Strange, isn't it said that no one dares to set foot in the contaminated area at night?
Just when Lu Yan was secretly wondering, someone posted a comment in the comment section:
[It seems to be a team of psychics from Sky City. They all have stars on their shoulder straps, so they are probably at least level 2 psychics. Why don't you go to another place? When they are hunting psychics, ordinary people are not allowed to be present. It would be bad if they were accidentally injured.]
There are different levels of superpowers. When humans are still trying to figure out how to stimulate their superpowers, those who have reached the second level are already extraordinary in the eyes of ordinary people. Netizens are not clear about Lu Yan's strength, but subconsciously think that it is better not to mess with this group of people.
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