Chapter 381 – Dongqing Earthquake (Part 13)
In the face of Jiang Pengji’s reprimand, the System had a look of a dead pig that wasn’t afraid of scalding water.
It could neither self-destruct nor escape, and could only hope to provoke Jiang Pengji into taking action to destroy itself.
I have to admit, it underestimated her; Jiang Pengji was merely a lowly ant that it had let its guard down against. If only…
Jiang Pengji saw right through its thoughts and said with a relaxed tone, “This mental domain is your prison. Once I catch your main body, I’ll deal with both of you in one go. If I dispose of you now, wouldn’t that just alert the snake to the grass…”
Even though the System was just a virtual consciousness, hearing her say that sent shivers down its spine.
“Are you stupid? Since my mental domain is rated 3S, do you really think I wouldn’t notice that yours is off?”
The System was speechless, left dumbfounded and unable to utter a word.
Indeed, it had sliced itself and copied its essence, splitting into two—its main body containing most of its energy and abilities, while the split-off part had copied the incomplete data of the main body, forming another “Palace Struggles Live Stream System,” which was essentially this version attached to Jiang Pengji.
“If I kill you, your main body will sense it instantly, and that would just alert the snake to the grass. If you escape, the main body and the split will merge, raising the mental domain’s rank to my level, basically creating a formidable rivals for myself.”
Jiang Pengji couldn’t understand who gave the System the confidence that she wouldn’t see through such childish tricks.
“You, just sit quietly in there. I’ll periodically feed you energy to ensure you won’t starve, but you won’t get full either.”
After saying that, she cut off the System’s channels for external awareness, isolating it from the noise.
In an instant, she felt like the entire world was different; her ears were finally clear.
Her showdown with the System took only a little more than half a stick of incense, and to the audience in the live stream, it seemed as if she had just spaced out for a moment.
Even without the System’s assistance, she had to operate manually, but without the System’s hidden dangers, her safety had increased significantly.
At that moment, she noticed that many of the features in the live stream’s backend were gray.
Jiang Pengji clicked her tongue, then pulled up more detailed backend data.
A glance revealed that the System had altered the initial data, setting sensitive words that entirely blocked the possibility of a certain big shot from another plane reaching out to her. If the audience spoke “forbidden” words, they would be kicked out immediately, their IPs banned, which meant Jiang Pengji could only encounter the peanut gallery viewers.
With the System’s obscuring, Jiang Pengji couldn’t see any of this content.
Unfortunately, even though she had imprisoned the System’s consciousness, she didn’t have the authority to change the backend data.
In other words, the state of the live stream now would be the same in the future; no upgrades or data updates…
A seriously castrated version of the live stream… tsk, Jiang Pengji looked utterly disdainful.
However, as long as the live stream continued, and she could see those viewers, and the shop could supply her with the rice and grains she currently needed, that would suffice.
She comforted herself, but still felt quite unsatisfied.
However, that dissatisfaction soon evaporated.
“Wow—this is amazing!”
Jiang Pengji looked at the backend popularity points, totaling 111 million.
She hurriedly flipped through the backend data, finally understanding where the suddenly increased several tens of millions of popularity points had come from.
She had confined the System’s consciousness, and the points in that account had directly been transferred to her backend account.
The System attached to her had an unknown ultimate cause but had one clear target—exploiting popularity points in various ways.
Each time it “upgraded,” the System would take the chance to transport the exploited popularity points back to the main body. Of course, under Jiang Pengji’s deliberate obstruction, the amount it could send back was minimal; most were what the System had painstakingly saved up.
During this earthquake, the audience in the live stream eagerly tipped, and the System received half of the popularity points—all freshly acquired.
Before the System could secretly rejoice, it had crossed Jiang Pengji’s bottom line, and they could no longer maintain a facade; it unfortunate was imprisoned.
In the end, all the popularity points the System had accrued recently ended up in Jiang Pengji’s pockets.
At this moment…
【Nutritional Express】: Host, are you feeling unwell?
【Old Driver Alliance】: Do you all think the host is possessed? She hasn’t moved since earlier, suddenly gestured towards thin air and now she’s inexplicably smiling happily… Of course, maybe it’s her back injury affecting her brain.
Jiang Pengji snapped back to her senses, her expression much gentler as she replied to the eagerly waiting viewers in the live stream.
【Host V】: Ahem, I apologize for making you all wait. I just had a discussion with the live stream manager. Due to confidentiality issues, I can’t disclose too much. However, thanks to my compelling arguments, they are willing to temporarily open a passage to another agricultural plane, allowing us to exchange tips for equivalent food and medicinal materials, but to avoid affecting the plane, the variety of items available for exchange is limited.
This barrage was probably the longest Jiang Pengji had ever written in one go.
Upon hearing this news, the audience in the live stream became incredibly excited, as if they’d just been injected with adrenaline.
【Nutritional Express】: Wow, the host is actually an employee of the legendary interdimensional live stream company? Just like in the novels?
【Wow Haha】: Just hearing the host talk makes it feel so high-end and sophisticated.
【Motorola】: Good heavens, are there other hosts like her?
The live stream audience’s imaginations ran wild, and they asked all kinds of questions as Jiang Pengji replied uniformly.
【Host V】: I’m not an employee of some interdimensional live stream company, just a luckless soul lost in time and space, temporarily tasked with helping out. At first, I genuinely didn’t like live streaming, and even after years of doing it, I still didn’t enjoy it. But I really like you guys, and I love chatting live with you. As for whether there are other interdimensional hosts, I really don’t know; so far, I only know myself…
After a brief chat, the audience in the live stream gradually accepted this bittersweet reality.
【Musician Zhuge Qinmo】: Host, the supplies needed for rescue after this earthquake are so many and will take up a lot of space. How will you explain their origin to outsiders? If you don’t explain it well, your friends around you might become suspicious.
Having allies has its benefits; with her real body full of flaws, even blind pig teammates might not notice the inconsistencies.
But with clever teammates, it’s tricky—smart folks are hard to deal with. Once they become suspicious, it’ll be tough to dispel their doubts.
Jiang Pengji had already considered this question of course.
【Host V】: Don’t worry, just sit back and watch me perform; if I can’t fool them, that’ll be my loss.
Seeing this comment, for some reason, many viewers suddenly began to pity Xu Ke and Feng Jin.
She stood up and brushed off the dust gathered on her hem.
Calculating the time, it was about time for Huaiyu to finish writing up the memorial; she wondered how Xiaoyu was organizing the personnel over there.
