The moment voting opened, votes for the Soul Guidance Rabbit Ear Accessory matching Xiao Wu's shot straight up!
Five minutes later, voting ended. The rabbit ear accessory won with 1.27 million votes, accounting for just 17.2% of the total.
Close behind were the Clear Sky Hammer model and the Inversion Pen charm, both with nearly 15% of the vote!
"All right, we've got the results. Today's prize is the Soul Guidance Rabbit Ear Accessory!"
Chu Men clicked the draw button on the system panel and said, "Congratulations to the three lucky viewers with the IDs 'Little Bunny Be Good,' 'Trash Master,' and 'Handstanding Qian Daoliu.' You've won today's gifts.
"Download the official Douluo Live App from the livestream, then follow the steps to claim your prize."
Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Special Incident Investigation Bureau in the capital.
Inside a command room crammed with electronic equipment, the bureau's director, Wang Jianjun, was dressed in a black special-issue uniform. His square face was furrowed with worry as he stared intently at the enormous screen in front of him.
It showed Chu Men's livestream!
He had spent twenty years studying supernatural phenomena and seen countless bizarre incidents, but this one shattered his understanding of the world more than any other!
"I'd like to see just how you're managing to send objects from another world into ours!"
Wang Jianjun muttered to himself, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk.
It didn't take long for him to find the answer in the livestream's comments—
A phone camera!
The female college student whose username was "Little Bunny Be Good" had downloaded the Douluo App and opened its prize-claim page.
After tapping "Confirm Claim," she followed the instructions and pointed her phone camera at her desk.
A faint flash of white light appeared without a sound, and a pink, fluffy rabbit ear accessory materialized on the desktop!
Her fingers trembled as she reached for it. Her eyes kept darting toward the rabbit ears on Xiao Wu's head in the livestream as she tried with all her might to suppress her fear of the unknown.
Summoning her courage, she put on the accessory. At once, she felt a strange connection between the top of her head and the rabbit ears.
When she was surprised, the ears suddenly perked up. When she felt a little shy, they drooped, reflecting her emotions with uncanny precision.
Not only that, once she got the hang of it, she could control the ears' movements with even greater precision, as if she'd really grown a pair of rabbit ears.
Her roommates crowded around at once, surrounding her like the moon among the stars. They all pulled out their phones, snapped photos, and posted them to their social media!
In just a few minutes, the shares topped a hundred thousand!
Posts titled "Looking to Buy Douluo Rabbit Ear Accessory" flooded secondhand marketplaces, with the highest offer already reaching a million!
And the prices kept climbing.
Wang Jianjun's brows knitted into a tight knot. He spun around and ordered his subordinates, "Look into the three winners. The field team must bring back one of these so-called Soul Tools. Also, get in touch with Laboratory No. 1..."
"Yes, sir!"
As for Chu Men, he used his livestream points to buy an extra rabbit ear accessory.
He didn't put it up for a random draw. Instead, he sent it directly to Lin Xiaoyu as a gift.
"This is for you. Thanks for joining my livestream back then! Otherwise, I might still have only a handful of people watching right now."
His gesture instantly set the audience's emotions ablaze!
[Lin Daiyu, don't let a two-faced guy like Chu Men corrupt you with his sugar-coated cannonballs!]
[Giving one to Sister Xiao Wu and Sister Erlong was one thing, but now he's set his sights on our Lin Daiyu! Unforgivable!]
[Lin Daiyu, put them on! Let us see!] ×999
Unable to resist her fans, Lin Xiaoyu blushed and put on the rabbit ear accessory.
When she smiled, her eyes crinkling, the pink ears swayed gently along with her. Paired with her pale green hanfu, she looked like a moon-palace jade rabbit fairy who had descended to the mortal world!
The livestream screen went black in an instant.
When it returned three seconds later, the number of viewers had shot past 12 million!
[Lin Daiyu is so adorable!]
[Rabbit-eared Lin Daiyu, the GOAT!]
[Screenshots! Screenshots! I'm making this my desktop wallpaper for life!]
[I hereby declare this the most beautiful look of the year, bar none!]
A minute later, "Lin Xiaoyu Rabbit Ear Accessory," "The Truman Show Breaks Ten Million," and "Douluo Continent Really Exists" simultaneously claimed the top three spots on the trending list. Each was followed by the bright red word "Explosive"!
Even the official media posted, "In this vast world, anything is possible!"
Half the entertainment industry's stars were posting edited photos of themselves wearing matching rabbit ears. One top female celebrity even declared that she'd trade a mansion by the sea for a pair!
One hanfu brand went further, announcing in the middle of the night, "We've rushed out a matching rabbit ear accessory design. It goes on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m.!"
Lin Xiaoyu's agent stared at the three million new followers flooding in, hands trembling.
With compliments pouring in from every direction, even Lin Daiyu found it a little overwhelming.
Looking at herself in the vanity mirror, dressed in a way that clearly clashed with her public image, Lin Xiaoyu took off the accessory amid a chorus of disappointed comments.
Seeing her reflection in the mirror, rabbit ears on her head and her face bright red, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing. She looked like a hibiscus in full bloom.
The accessory was completely at odds with her classically elegant image, but there was no denying it was adorable!
Even as the comments pleaded, "Don't take them off," Lin Xiaoyu decisively removed the accessory and carefully put it away.
She let out a long breath, picked up the thick stack of prompt cards on the table, and said seriously, "All right, let's begin the official Q&A!"
Far too many viewers wanted to talk with Chu Men, but there were simply too many questions for him to get through. Having Lin Xiaoyu ask them on their behalf was the best option.
Besides, chatting with Lin Daiyu really lifted one's spirits!
"It's an honor to connect with you, and thank you so much for the gift."
Lin Xiaoyu sat up straight. Her eyes grew serious, and her tone became much more formal.
There was no denying that when Lin Xiaoyu was being serious, she had the refined air of a talented woman with a wealth of knowledge.
Every gesture of hers brought to mind Lin Daiyu from Dream of the Red Chamber, seemingly delicate, yet strong-willed beneath the surface!
"The first question is probably the one everyone's most eager to ask."
Lin Xiaoyu picked up the top prompt card. Her team had selected it overnight from tens of thousands of comments.
"Mr. Chu, is the world you live in really the one from the novel Douluo Continent? Does it follow the same rules as the world in the novel we read?"
"No need to be so formal. Just call me Chu Men."
Chu Men waved a hand and said with a smile, "As you can see, I'm just an ordinary transmigrator. I may be bragging a little, but you can think of me as an interdimensional explorer, reporter, or astronaut... whatever you like!
"As for whether they're the same, you'll have to keep watching the livestream to find out!
"For example, this little Xiao Wu can eat a carrot this big in one sitting, and still pack away all these snacks. That's not in the original novel, is it?"
Beside him, Xiao Wu was eating a strawberry-flavored biscuit. Hearing Chu Men badmouth her to his "friends," she puffed out her cheeks, ready to protest, but he'd left her completely speechless.
[Xiao Wu really can eat. With that Soft Skill and her vegetarian diet, she might actually be a big eater!]
[Tang San, back at Nuoding Academy: Where's my Xiao Wu? Where's my enormous Xiao Wu?]
[Xiao Wu: I don't eat Blue Silver Grass! Hahaha.]
"Indeed! Well, it's an honor to meet the great explorer, Mr. Chu Men!" Lin Xiaoyu played along with a joke.
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