She went viral! The Empress went viral!
Over the next few days, Long Yue's virtual Empress avatar spread across all the major video platforms.
Rumors about this Empress were everywhere. Some said she could paint the vastness of an ink-wash immortal realm with nothing more than brush and paper. Some said she had effortlessly defeated dozens of Go masters alone. Others claimed she was an unprecedented gaming prodigy, able to go from complete newbie to expert after just a day or two of familiarization!
As everyone knew, netizens loved a spectacle. People could not help wondering whether the rumors were true, and countless viewers flocked to her stream.
Over the past few days, Long Yue had sat in her livestream every day in the name of the Empress, accepting challenges from everyone in every field.
The challenges began with games of Go, then moved on to painting competitions, and later even turned into one-on-one matches in all sorts of games.
No matter the game, she was extremely unfamiliar with it at first, completely like a newbie touching a game for the first time. Yet once she gradually got used to it, she improved at an absurd rate, going from being crushed in defeat to winning with ease.
After that, it became very difficult for her opponents to beat her again.
Whenever she lost a challenge, she would repeatedly study everything related to that game, cramming its combos and gameplay highlight reels.
Any highlight reel she watched once, she could recreate move for move.
From a newbie who did not even recognize the skills to later turning the tables on opponents by recreating all kinds of highlight-reel plays, she needed less than half a day at most! Just like the rumors said, she was a gaming prodigy!
It was precisely because of her heaven-defying gaming talent, along with her flawless Empress persona, that she exploded in popularity beyond her usual audience. Stories of her exploits spread wildly online.
Her livestream had grown increasingly popular and lively these past few days, while her follower count shot upward like a rocket.
She had only had one hundred thousand followers yesterday. Today, she was nearly at two hundred thousand!
The all-around strength and talent she displayed had now almost completely won over everyone in the livestream.
The initial mockery and doubts gradually transformed into praise and admiration.
At this point, whether she truly was the Empress or merely playing a false persona no longer mattered. With her nearly omnipotent, Empress-level performances, everyone had already accepted the title of Empress for her.
Of course, aside from her extraordinary talent and strength, there was another reason people had accepted her title as Empress.
It was her persistence in proving that she was the Empress, as well as all the ways she behaved perfectly in accordance with that persona.
When she first began streaming and called herself the Empress, people either mocked her or paid it no mind, treating it as nothing more than a character setting and forgetting it as soon as they heard it.
Yet no matter how others questioned or mocked her, she repeatedly insisted that she was the Empress. Her clumsiness in various matters and her dazed ignorance of reality also fit the persona exceptionally well.
The innocence and ignorance she displayed felt natural rather than deliberately affected for entertainment value. Ironically, that made it even more entertaining.
It made the people in the livestream feel as though she really might be an Empress who had fallen from the immortal realm into the mortal world and knew nothing about anything...
For instance, once she got stuck inside a wall in a game and could not move at all. Having no idea what to do, she asked the chat for help.
Someone in the chat told her, "Press alt+f4 repeatedly, and the game bug will automatically be fixed."
She actually believed it. Without the slightest hesitation, she repeatedly pressed alt+f4 as the chat instructed, and the game closed on the spot...
When the game screen suddenly vanished, she tilted her head with a blank look, blinking foolishly. It took her several seconds before she finally realized what had happened.
"Hmm? Where did my game go?"
That scene made everyone in the livestream burst into laughter.
After learning she had been tricked, she angrily searched through the livestream one person at a time for whoever had posted that earlier comment, drawing even more uproarious laughter from everyone.
By now, everyone was used to Long Yue calling herself "this Empress." The chat was filled with cries of "Empress," while gifts were sent nonstop.
Empress, which game are you planning to use to crush these mortals in next?
Empress, Empress, can you scold me?
Empress, how do you know how to do everything? You're so amazing!
Empress, is there anything you can't do?
"Thank you, thank you, mortals, for the gifts you have given this Empress. This Empress shall remember your kindness!"
Seeing the nearly one hundred thousand viewers in her livestream and the endless stream of gifts, Long Yue smiled so broadly that she could not close her mouth. She immediately waved her hand grandly and promised,
"When this Empress one day regains her cultivation, I certainly will not forget the help you mortals have given me. I shall grant you the immortal opportunities you have always dreamed of~!"
"Whatever you desire, just say it~"
Really, Empress? I want to get rich overnight!
Empress, Empress, I want eternal youth and immortality!
Empress, just give me some beauty-preserving pill and make me handsome!
Empress, can I have you? (heart)
Empress, I'm not greedy. I don't want wealth or immortality, just let me join the Hehuan Sect~
Everyone in the livestream played along with Long Yue, chiming in boisterously.
Long Yue smiled as she watched the comments continuously scroll across the screen, generously promising each request in turn.
"Trifling things like gold, silver, wealth, and eternal youth are no difficulty at all for this Empress. Changing one's appearance is not difficult either. This Empress has noted every one of your requests~"
"As for those of you who wish to join the Hehuan Sect..."
At this, Long Yue paused. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she warned them with a serious expression.
"The Hehuan Sect is not as wonderful a place as you imagine. The demonesses there cultivate the immoral Hehuan secret arts and are especially skilled at draining men of their essence and vital yang, harming their primordial essence and even their lives!"
"An ordinary mortal need only dual-cultivate with a Hehuan Sect woman once or twice before being sucked dry into nothing but skin and bones!"
"Even so, you still want to go?"
After saying that, Long Yue's lips curved upward in a teasing smile.
She had thought those words would be enough to frighten everyone into backing down, but instead, the livestream became even more excited.
Go, go, go! I'm definitely going!
Drain me!
Such a dangerous task—gentlemen, stand back and let me go first!
What a joke. I've spent twenty years cultivating pure yang virgin power. I can at least last ten times!
Hmph, that's because those Hehuan Sect demonesses have never met me! Otherwise, I'll make sure she never returns!
Seeing the eager comments from everyone in the livestream, Long Yue could not help revealing an expression of disgust and confusion.
Why was she suddenly unable to understand the mortals of this world...
Back on the Immortal-Demon Continent, whenever men heard the words Hehuan Demoness, even the most lustful among them would be terrified and avoid her at all costs. Yet these people were all so fearless and eager to try...
Were the men of this world all this brave...?
Lin Fan silently watched Long Yue interact with the chat in all seriousness, unable to decide whether to laugh or cry.
Clearly, everyone in the chat was merely joking with her and deliberately teasing her. She was the only one taking it seriously...
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