An Yinong’s body could not move, but his brain was working rapidly: if even one in ten thousand of these tens of billions of viewers paid attention to his situation, and if even one in ten thousand of that percentage were willing to speak up for him, he would still have a glimmer of hope. No matter how distinct the class divisions were, they still needed the fig leaf of “civilization and equality”.
How to gain people’s attention and support was precisely one of the compulsory courses for people in the entertainment industry.
“What do I have that can attract them and make them willing to support me?” An Yinong had traveled to many worlds. Some people liked him because of his songs. Some people liked him because he brought wealth. Some people liked him because of his paintings.
What did they have in common?
After a long time, the wind carried An Yinong’s “ball” lightly to the top of a giant tree. The spherical film shattered like a soap bubble when it touched something. Fortunately, An Yinong reacted quickly and grabbed a branch, hanging from it.
“Huh?”
“What happened to the tree?”
“No.” In the last moment, he seemed to have heard a lot of strange noises, and could even feel the other person’s emotions. The chirping and humming sounds were very strange. This method made him feel very nostalgic, like returning home.
Could it be that he had some kind of ‘disorder’? An Yinong forced himself to ignore this strange feeling. He looked down, and could not see the bottom between the dense leaves.
He was not afraid of heights, but he was still trembling with fear at this moment, and he held the branch tightly with both hands. However, the slender branches seemed unable to bear the weight of a person for much longer. It swayed, and he swayed as well. The branches bent and made a “cracking” sound.
“Stay!” An Yinong’s face turned red, and sweat broke out on his forehead. He took a deep breath and began to turn his body, heading towards a thicker branch not far below.
One, two… He said to himself: Let go!
Finally, he landed steadily on the branch, but before he could be happy, an unknown creature disguised as tree bark pounced on him.
“Ah!” An Yinong slipped and fell down.
The short cry was soon drowned out by the crackling sounds of branches breaking. An Yinong broke countless branches. He felt like a ball being hit back and forth with a racket.
There was a loud ‘bang’ and his whole body shook, he became dizzy and then fell down like a stone with a crackling sound. He didn’t know how long he fell, he only knew that when he opened his eyes again, he was already sitting up, and the protective suit and soft humus saved his life.
At this time, An Yinong also noticed eight small light spots like fireflies around him. Those were the cameras.
A contestant could stop filming six times a day, and the total duration of the stops could not exceed half an hour. These were usually used to protect privacy when going to the bathroom or taking a shower. The images captured by the camera were what the audience in the live broadcast room saw.
People outside the venue could watch the “program” specially shot and edited by the program team for the seven families, or they could go to the virtual world to find the players they were interested in, enter the live broadcast area to watch, and give gifts. Viewers usually only chose to watch the live broadcast room of a player and send gifts.
These gifts would be converted into player points, which could be used to purchase some information and unlock some functions, such as small pictures, shooting functions, and checking nearby players.
In order to ensure fairness, the number of points a player could obtain each day was limited to 100 points, so that even if a lot of resources were invested, the gap between players would not be too big.
After shaking his head, his vision finally cleared up, An Yinong brushed off the leaves on his body and stood up. His body was aching, but he could bear it. He did not act in a hurry, but observed his surroundings first. After finding nothing wrong, he began to check the things he had brought with him to see how likely he was to survive to the end.
The protective suit, the thing that just saved him. It was now worn on the body, transparent, very thin, but very tough. It could be exposed to sunlight during the day and converted into heat at night. It could not resist bullets and sharp objects, but it could spread the impact to the whole body, reducing the possibility of serious local injuries. Moreover, this thing could change color like a chameleon and be used for camouflage.
The deformed metal block was now like a half-pound diamond ring around the wrist. It had three forms, including pots, bowls, ladles, basins, shovels, hoes, machetes, saws and other tools, which were very practical.
There was no need to mention energy blocks. They were essential items for someone like him who could not forage in the wild and unable to distinguish ingredients. A fresh-keeping bag was included.
In addition to these three items, there was the player uniform, black leather boots on the feet, and a mission watch on the wrist. The players’ uniforms were tailor-made, and apart from the wear-resistant, sweat-absorbent camouflage color, there were no other special features. The only thing that can be taken out was the flag on the chest and arm, which served as identification.
The flag on An Yinong’s chest was red, and although the pattern on it resembled a bee, it still felt very friendly. The mission watch was the most important equipment for players in the game.
The pointer setting of the watch was familiar to An Yinong. In addition to telling time, it could also relay game progress. After turning on the light screen, there was player information, the remaining days of the game, the number of surviving players, points, and information and functions that can be purchased.
And most importantly, the ‘Abandon Game’ button. When the situation becomes critical, he would definitely save his life first.
“Yinong, can you do it? I see the number of survivors is decreasing.” The system held a strand of An Yinong’s hair and trembled. His hair was originally brown, but the tips of his hair were pure white, which was a characteristic of the differentiation period.
“It’s not like I don’t have any hope,” An Yinong looked at the system, “Xiao Qi, give me the lottery ticket.”
“Okay.”
This lottery ticket was not a physical object, so be careful when tearing it. It doesn’t matter if you are photographed. Under the watchful eyes of eight cameras, An Yinong calmly tore up the lottery ticket. A light golden spot flew out and entered his eyes:
‘Extremely looking for a live broadcast room.’
It felt like eye drops dripping into his eyes, and it was cool. He looked around again. The treetops in the sky were still layered, and the rotten soil and dead branches were still gray. However, in addition to these, a transparent light screen appeared in his eyes that was difficult to ignore.
‘The world is your battlefield. Are you ready for battle?
“Some opposition and contempt will become the surging power of your body!”
Role: Mai.
Level: 0 (no person found)
HP54/60
Attention: 3
Followers: 0
“What is this?” An Yinong didn’t understand.
The system showed a strange expression: “I don’t know whether your luck should be good or bad. This is a golden finger that can randomly turn into a real-life game according to your needs.”
Okay, games stacked on top of each other, very creative.
“What’s it for?”
“The achievements you get in the game will be exchanged for something useful to you. Now it has become a game live broadcast room, and all it needs is the attention of the viewers and the number of fans.”
In other words, was this a live broadcast room that tested popularity? An Yinong thought about his previous decision. He really wanted to use public opinion to protect himself and even fight back against those people.
Formulate live-action games based on popularity needs… this was pretty humane.
At this time, the page refreshed, and a line of golden words popped up: Novice gift pack, a set of nutritional supplements for differentiation-stage Zerg (already distributed).
Then, not far away, a ray of light purple passed through green leaves and vines and turned into three understandable Chinese characters: edible. He walked towards the direction of the purple light with a tentative attitude.
During this process, he kept observing his surroundings. He could hear birds singing, the rustling of leaves in the wind, and the scent of many things, but he could not see birds and other animals with his eyes. All he could see were plants and grass elves.
The humans in this world were Zerg, so the role of insects was naturally replaced by a new species, which were the half-animal, half-plant grass elves. There were many types, and their characteristics were that they have some characteristics of both plants and animals and were smaller in size. The thing that scared An Yinong and fell down just now was probably a mimic grass elf.
At this moment, what An Yinong saw most were grass elves with small dandelion umbrellas. They were holding fruits that were twice as big as their bodies, and they were floating while eating.
He approached that place. Under his feet was a layer of humus formed by soft fallen leaves, and all around him were tall trees and low, shade-loving shrubs and grasses. Beams of light penetrated the gaps between the tree canopies and fell into the bottom layer, forming a scattering of light. Various grass elves danced in the light beams.
An Yinong stretched out his hand, and a grass elf shaped like a butterfly landed on his fingers. It had light blue, transparent, thin wings on its back. The grass elf carefully stretched out its feelers and touched his fingers.
He also saw eight points of light dancing and filming at him. He didn’t know if there were any viewers who had accidentally entered the live broadcast room and were watching him at this moment. Probably not.
The forest was quiet, damp and cold. He didn’t know what was hidden in this peaceful place. When his boots stepped on the ground, the soft layer of fallen leaves made a rustling sound. The light he had seen before was getting closer and closer, and the word ‘edible’ kept stimulating his senses. He felt hungry.
Carefully and step by step, he finally reached the direction where there was light.
The light came from the root of a giant tree, which was hidden in the soil. An Yinong touched the tree trunk, but his fingers seemed to be electrocuted and he felt a strange pain. It was very similar to the pain when he had wisdom teeth in his previous life, as if something was pressing on him, and the wound was inflamed and swollen.
“Strange.” He let go of his hand, and the feeling disappeared. When he touched the tree, the feeling returned. And the emotion became a little aggrieved, as if he was wondering ‘why he let go of his hand’.
He carefully touched the trunk and found nothing unusual. The tree was in good condition and the leaves had not turned yellow or withered. The closer he got to the roots of the tree, the stronger the pain he felt, and he soon determined that the source of the tree’s pain was beneath the soil.
It seemed to be the same source as the purple light. Being able to feel the pain of trees and have clear emotions, was this a golden finger ability? He thought to himself.
After determining the position, the bracelet turns into a hoe, like one for balcony gardening. Whatever it was, he would just dig it out and see.
At this time, a large number of eager viewers had already poured into the live broadcast room. They either directly looked for the seeded players to watch, or randomly jumped to the live broadcast room without any purpose, and then skipped to the next one if they found nothing interesting. Many viewers also came to An Yinong’s live broadcast room.
“A kid in the differentiation period? Wow, why doesn’t he give up the competition? Doesn’t he understand the importance of the differentiation period?” The audience saw An Yinong’s condition at a glance.
“What’s so strange about this? There are always many things in this world that cannot be helped.”
“In the differentiation period, it seems that either you give up the game quickly or you are eliminated. It’s boring.” Most of them have no interest. These people came quickly and left even faster.
There were also a lot of people who stopped and wondered what he was digging.
An Yinong dug for a long time, and progressed little by little. The impatient interstellar people left one by one, leaving only a few kittens guarding the live broadcast room. The digging continued until he reached a depth of two or three meters, when the roots of the big tree were exposed. Only then did the audience know what the contestant was digging.
“Golden tumor?” The audience in the live broadcast room stared with wide eyes at the fist-sized black bulge with blood-red veins on the surface of the bulge.
This special fungus had a wide range of uses. It was a product that was formed by chance in a special environment. It could not be cultivated artificially and was extremely valuable. Such a fist-sized tumor bag could be sold for tens of thousands.
“How did he know? This contestant had such a clear purpose for digging, he must have discovered it. But how did he find it? This tree is no different from other trees.
“I remember that golden tumors can replenish nutrients and repair wounds. Is this contestant planning to use it as a healing agent?”
“That’s such a waste of resources. If we take it out, we won’t be able to sell it for money.”
The audience was talking about it and guessing the deeper meaning of An Yinong’s action. In fact, An Yinong was more confused than anyone else: What was this thing?
Both of them knew nothing about this thing, but when it kept emitting purple light and clearly turned into ‘edible food’, An Yinong knew that this thing would be useful to him. The cheat codes from the system store would not deceive him in this regard.
Just as he thought of this, the light screen appeared in front of him again, but the novice gift package had changed to ‘Picked Up’ status, and the number of people following it had risen to three digits and was still rising.
“Ding.” When the number of followers exceeded one thousand, his level changed.
Level: 1 (Insignificant people)
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