Empress Storytime

As the stream's popularity rose and more and more viewers tuned in, the challenges directed at the Empress became increasingly bizarre.

That day, Long Yue started her stream as usual. But this time, instead of accepting chess or drawing challenges, or dueling people in games, she played a horror game at the urging of everyone in the stream.

The first game people recommended for her to challenge was the renowned Resident Evil.

On-screen, Long Yue effortlessly maneuvered her character through the zombies, raising her hand to fire several shots and blow their heads apart. She remained calm and unruffled throughout.

With all the experience she had gained from various games before, she was getting the hang of new games faster and faster.

Throughout the game, whether facing swarming hordes of zombies, Lickers that looked as though they had been skinned alive, or Tyrants in trench coats, she showed not the slightest fear. Instead, she streamed with great interest while chatting endlessly with the barrage:

"These reanimated corpses are called zombies by you people. On the Immortal-Demon Continent where this Empress lived, they are generally called ghost corpses. Demonic Dao evil cultivators use forbidden evil arts to awaken ordinary human corpses and control them as puppets."

"However, those ghost corpses are unlike the zombies here. They cannot infect and transform people with a single bite. At most, they will tear people apart, but they will not eat them. After all, they are still merely corpses and have no need to eat to fill their bellies."

"Come to think of it, this Empress is rather curious. Why are these zombies, already corpses, still so fond of gnawing on human flesh?"

"Oh, right. If cultivator bodies are used as materials, what is refined will no longer be ghost corpses, but corpse puppets."

"Those corpse puppets are often as tough as copper and iron, impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire. They feel no pain and only obey orders. Ordinary cultivators who encounter corpse puppets of the same realm are in great danger."

"Hmm... They are somewhat similar to this hateful zombie called a Tyrant!"

As she spoke, Long Yue emptied all her bullets into the Tyrant. Then, while fleeing, she was caught by it again because she did not know where to go, dying once more at its hands.

"Damn it! If this Empress were personally taking the field, she would decapitate a corpse puppet of this level with a single sword strike!"

Long Yue angrily bit her thumbnail and muttered in an unconvinced voice.

These zombies clearly were not all that formidable, yet the protagonist in the game was merely an ordinary human.

If it were her, a casual snap of her fingers would turn every zombie in the entire city to ash!

How could she possibly let them run wild!

The Empress really was not scared at all.

The Empress might be clumsy at the game, but she genuinely was not afraid.

It was rare to see a female streamer play a horror game without screaming. As expected of the Empress!

This was different from what I imagined.

I came here to watch the Empress scream!

Listening to Long Yue chat away so casually, everyone in the stream was dumbfounded.

When they had first recommended horror games to her, she had not even known what a horror game was. She had never even heard of the famous Resident Evil. That was why everyone had gotten mischievous and urged her to play it. What else could they have wanted?

Of course, they wanted to see her scared out of her wits!

Yet she was not afraid in the slightest and even had the mood to chat with them!

They could not help but become suspicious again. Was the streamer really playing a horror game for the first time...?

Could she be pretending to be weak before revealing her strength again, just like before?

But watching her blankly wander around without knowing where to go, unable to combine herbs, and failing to find many items until the viewers pointed them out, everyone gradually dismissed their doubts.

Any experienced player, no matter how hard they tried to act like a newbie, would reveal some flaws sooner or later. It was easy to tell.

And some of her blood-pressure-raising plays really did prove that she was a genuine beginner...

Empress, it is your first time playing this game. Are you really not scared at all?

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An ordinary female streamer experiencing a horror game for the first time would have been screaming by now, but she remained completely unfazed.

Even when sudden jump scares appeared in the game and startled everyone in the stream, she herself was not frightened at all!

"Hm? What is there to be afraid of in this game?"

Long Yue looked puzzled. Then she paused the game, wearing a proud, self-satisfied expression as she added:

"This Empress once ventured alone into the heart of the Ghost Corpse Sect. The place was covered in human corpses, beast corpses, and even insect corpses transformed into ghost corpses."

"The Ghost Corpse Sect Master even combined several forbidden arts and secret techniques, hybridizing these three types of ghost corpses to create even more disgusting and terrifying extraterritorial demon corpses."

"Those extraterritorial demon corpses were grotesquely deformed, filled with ghost corpse insects. They possessed the bodies of ghost beasts but human faces. There were countless Demonic Creatures like them; this Empress had long since grown accustomed to such sights."

"Oh, right! There was also the time this Empress ventured alone into the Netherworld Hell Path, slew tens of thousands of vicious ghosts and evil souls with one sword, and suppressed a hundred thousand wicked entities born of heaven and earth!"

"These tiny zombies are not scary at all in this Empress's eyes~"

As she spoke, Long Yue paused, narrowed her eyes, and curled her lips into a ridiculous, mocking grin.

"Could it be that you people are scared? Ah~ It cannot be helped. You mortals are just so timid~"

The stream viewers could not possibly let that slide.

The Empress was showing off again...

Damn it! The Empress mocked us again! Why did that feel kind of good...?!

Resident Evil was still not scary enough. We should have made her play Outlast from the start!

Next time, we should just recommend Dark Souls and let the Empress experience the pain of hammering away at the forge!

Personally, I admire how well the Empress can tell stories.

The Empress must be a veteran fan of immortal heroics. She has probably read plenty of immortal heroics novels.

Honestly, I just love hearing the Empress brag! It does nothing for me when others brag, but the Empress does it so well!

"You people are ignorant. Everything this Empress said was personally experienced by this Empress. How is it bragging?"

Long Yue frowned slightly, arguing with the viewers in dissatisfaction.

She could tolerate people saying she was bad at games or suspecting her of cheating, but she absolutely could not tolerate anyone questioning her identity as the Empress!

Yes, yes, yes, we believe those were all the Empress's personal experiences.

Right, right, right, we never meant to doubt the Empress at all.

Everything the Empress says is right!

After several days of streaming, everyone in the stream had become regular viewers. They all knew that Long Yue would argue her case with them every time, and they had learned how to deal with her.

In this stream, they could mock the streamer or tease her, but they could not question the streamer's identity as the Empress or the stories she told!

Sure enough, once she saw everyone in the stream change their tune, Long Yue finally gave a satisfied huff:

"Hmph, much better~"

Empress, they are just humoring you...

Lin Fan stood nearby, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

It was obvious that those online viewers did not truly believe her. They were merely humoring her like one would humor a child...

But seeing how happy she looked, he thought about it and decided not to expose them.

Forget it. He would just let her enjoy herself...

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