Survive If You Can, Die If You Can't
The Livestream Room with millions of viewers was incredibly lively, leaving Ji Yang dazzled by the sheer volume of comments.
Many comments were overwhelmed by a constant stream of new ones before Ji Yang could even read them properly, so he could only reply to the ones he could see.
Is this what it feels like to be famous?
Ji Yang tried hard to suppress the urge to smile.
There's no going back, there's no going back at all.
However, the previously diverse chatter in the live chat suddenly converged on a single topic.
[Holy crap, that J Province TV station's Dungeon analysis channel is planning to do a live stream featuring Xu Xi!!]
[... Don't tell me the show is called "The Shining Players"!]
[Yes, that's the show!!]
[Is that the show called "Final Shining Players of TV programs," "the strongest jinx," and "the chosen God Hunt- hunter's holy body"?]
[Is it that streamer "Shining Players" that streamed hundreds of matches only to have every player die?]
[To this day, no player has survived their livestream of "Shining Players"?]
[Yes, that's right. I didn't expect our J Province's TV station to be so famous.]
[It's not just that, it's even spread to our B Province!]
[Coincidentally, it's spread to our S Province too.]
[Oh no! I'm barely warmed up to being a new big shot in Shining Players before I'm already going to fall victim to their wickedness!]
Why did they have to choose Xu Xi of all people?
[Because Xu Xi happens to be from J Province, and she's become so popular recently, it's natural that she's been targeted.]
[Doesn't this Production Team have any self-awareness? Don't they know how malicious they are? Are they only happy when they've ruined all the talented players?]
[Therefore, there are basically no players from J Province on the leaderboard; most of them were poisoned by this Production Team during their rookie years.]
[Is nobody going to do anything about this? Given its toxicity, it should have been removed long ago.]
[They have powerful connections, and their statements are very reasonable. It's not that our Production Team is malicious, it's just that the players themselves aren't skilled enough (I'm just relaying this, please don't criticize me)]
[Damn, my hand is itching to slap you!]
[Players dying Contamination reality, and they don't even care?]
[This proves the country can still control the level of Contamination. I bet the leaders will panic when most of Huaguo is affected.]
Why didn't the God Hunt show include that idiot Production Team?
[Wanla, is Xu Xi really going to fall like this? Waaaaah, my buddy!]
[Not necessarily. Xu Xi can break the curse of that show. Just think about his 248!]
[But that's hundreds of matches, all of them canceled, what does that even mean?]
"..." Ji Yang's smile suddenly vanished.
He had certainly heard of the famous game "Shining Players" and had even watched a few of its live streams. Unsurprisingly, none of the players who participated survived.
I never expected the Production Team to approach Xu Xi!
In his mind, Xu Xi was definitely the next Zhang Song, and might even go further than Zhang Song in the future.
Now the comments are telling him that Xu Xi is about to be poisoned?
How can we tolerate this?
"Well, it's getting late, so Streamer 'll be logging off now. As for what you guys are saying about 'Shining Players' wanting to stream Xu Xi, Streamer only opinion is that the Production Team should probably just wash up and go to bed early."
[Will Xu Xi, the Streamer, still be streaming his next Dungeon run?]
"We'll see. If 'Shining Players' airs, then I won't."
He's going to smash up the Production Team!
After the broadcast ended, Ji Yang went straight to the official account of "Shining Players".
If he can't publicly urge netizens to oppose this in the Livestream Room, can't he at least privately guide public opinion online?
He's a pro at typing!
With a blink of an eye, the enormous golden staircase reappeared before them.
Xu Xi sensed it and, although he still didn't know exactly how many levels he had advanced, he vaguely felt that it was more than the number of levels after clearing the second Dungeon.
It seems that this Dungeon is more difficult than the previous Dungeon.
Even though this was only the third Dungeon, Xu Xi had already developed the habit of reviewing the game after Dungeon ended.
Relaxing on the warm, golden stone steps, Xu Xi first analyzed her teammates.
The other four people --
The Short-Haired Woman with Glasses died too young, so let's not mention her.
The most intelligent of them all is the Refined Man, a master at analyzing clues, and always able to react quickly at crucial moments.
Secondly, there are High-Ponytail Woman. Although their behavior is not as obvious as that of Refined Men, they can not only keep up with the Refined Men's train of thought, but also observe with exceptional detail.
As for the Burly Man at the end... he's intelligent and capable.
They never expected that everyone would survive the previous Dungeon, but in this Dungeon, three out of the five of them died, leaving only the High-Ponytail Woman and him alive.
However, Xu Xi calculated that he only died four times in this Dungeon!
So, looking at it this way, he's actually made progress? At least he's dying less and less.
Thinking about this Xu Xi was in a pretty good mood, but before he could be happy for long, he suddenly realized something.
He's actually happy about dying less often?!
So, does this mean he's unknowingly become accustomed to death?!
"I'm doomed, am I really going to become a psychopath?" Xu Xi muttered to herself.
Does he still remember how he felt when he crashed into a wall and nearly killed himself in that Dungeon?
Oh, it hurts a little, but it's bearable.
After a two-second silence, Xu Xi finally accepted the fact that she seemed to have really become psychologically abnormal.
He didn't think getting used to death was a good thing, which meant his fear of death was gradually decreasing until it disappeared.
If there's a limit to the number of times Rollback, then someone who has lost all fear of death will eventually die...
Wait, it doesn't really matter, does it?
Given the difficulty of the God Hunt Dungeon, without the ability to Rollback, there's little chance he'll successfully climb the stone steps, no matter how careful he is.
If that's the case, why is he worried so much? He's not even afraid of dying.
If you can live, you live; if you can't, then you die. Anyway, it doesn't really matter if you die.
Having figured it out, Xu Xi immediately felt a refreshing sense of liberation throughout her body.
Let's continue with the analysis!
This Dungeon isn't particularly difficult, but it's not exactly easy either.
Xu Xi recalled carefully, and it seemed that the difficulty of the entire Dungeon stemmed from that young man.
If it weren't for the young man's elaborate traps, the hardest part for them would simply be finding the cellar.
Gather clues to piece together the background, find the cellar, make a phone call, the Anomaly Management Bureau arrives, they are rescued, Dungeon is cleared!
It was a super simple process, but a young man interfered.
Xu Xi clicked her tongue and patted her pocket.
The two wedding candies and some ghost money were inside; he never took this out of the Dungeon because he didn't need it.
Perhaps the Flower-Paper Wedding Candy could cleanse the Contamination of White Humanoid, but he was too immobile to eat it at that time.
This kind of manually activated Item has its flaws. It would be perfect if it were a passively triggered Item like the one for the High-Ponytail Woman.