Livestream Upgrade! Could the Reward Make Someone a God? Gangzi Thought He Had a Chance Again!

[Elite Livestream Room]

[Ma Hongjun: Every time you explain, I throw up again. Grandmaster, please stop explaining!]

[Dai Mubai: Understandable. Anyone who woke up and saw that replay would have trouble accepting it.]

[Liu Erlong: You can't blame Xiaogang for this. He was just bringing his disciple breakfast out of kindness. How could he have known a steamed bun would choke him like that?]

[Liu Erlong: If you ask me, Xiaogang was the victim!]

[Gu Xingzhou: Yeah, Grandmaster had it pretty rough too.]

[Ning Rongrong: So which of them got the worse deal?]

[Zhao Wuji: Hard to say.]

[Yu Xiaogang: Then don't say it!]

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[This emergency fan-created livestream has concluded successfully!]

[Congratulations to Yu Xiaogang for saving his direct disciple!]

[Let's applaud this master-disciple bond that moved heaven and earth!]

[Every viewer will receive another Popularity Vote!]

[A new round of popularity voting will begin shortly!]

[Randomly selecting candidates for this round of popularity voting...]

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[Ordinary Livestream Room]

[666, that really did move heaven and earth!]

[What a tremendous sacrifice!]

[Tang San got the worst of it!]

[???]

[What are you talking about? You think I, Gangzi, didn't lose out too?]

[Couldn't they both have come out ahead?]

[???]

[That's outrageous, but I never thought of it that way...]

[I can't take it. That was too painful to watch. No matter what, I'm voting for a woman this round!]

[Not even a Titled Douluo could stop me!]

[+1!]

[I need to wash my eyes out!]

[Gangzi delivered a hell of a show, but it was too painful to watch!]

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[Candidates for this round of popularity voting have been randomly selected!]

[The list is as follows:]

[Yu Xiaogang: A master of Soul Master theory, with the Martial Soul Luo Sanpao. Renowned throughout the Soul Master world for his theory of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.]

[Xiao Wu: A working student at Notting Academy and Tang San's dormmate. Her Martial Soul is the Soft Bone Rabbit, and she is a nimble, cunning young genius in close combat.]

[Zhao Wuji: The Immovable Wisdom King, whose Martial Soul is the Great Strength Vajra Bear. Vice dean of Shrek Academy and a power-attack Soul Sage.]

[Ma Hongjun: Possessor of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, a specially admitted student at Shrek Academy, and a hot-tempered little fatty.]

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[Elite Livestream Room]

[Xiao Wu: ???]

[Xiao Wu: Why am I on there too?!]

[Ma Hongjun: Huh? Why am I on there? Damn, I'm on the same list as the vice dean? I'm scared to tears!]

[Zhao Wuji: ???]

[Zhao Wuji: You damn fatty, don't jinx us!]

[Flender: Knowing this livestream room, it might just pair you two up.]

[Zhao Wuji: Flender, you're at Shrek too. You think you'll be spared?]

[Ma Hongjun: Can I perform with Xiao Wu instead?]

[Xiao Wu: Get lost! No way!]

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[Ordinary Livestream Room]

[Holy crap! Speak of the devil!]

[Xiao Wu of the Soft Bone Rabbit? Even her name sounds soft and fluffy! She's got my vote!]

[We can't mess with the Pope, but surely we can pick on a working student?]

[Wash my eyes out! I have to wash my eyes out! If I watch another man, I'll get a stye!]

[Forget the vajra bear and the little fatty!]

[Wait, you're not voting for Yu Xiaogang anymore? We won't have a show next round!]

[The show can wait. My eyes can't! Vote for a woman so we can recover first!]

[Vote for Xiao Wu! Have her dance for us!]

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[Countdown complete!]

[Voting for this round has ended!]

[Popularity Vote results:]

[Yu Xiaogang: 40 million votes]

[Xiao Wu: 39 million votes]

[Zhao Wuji: 500,000 votes]

[Ma Hongjun: 500,000 votes]

[Of the 100 million people across Douluo Continent eligible to vote, 80 million cast votes and the remaining 20 million abstained.]

[Yu Xiaogang wins by a margin of one million votes!]

[Yu Xiaogang will perform in the next fan-created program as well. Stay tuned!]

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[Elite Livestream Room]

[Xiao Wu: Phew... That scared me to death.]

[Xiao Wu: Thank goodness. It was almost my turn.]

[Ma Hongjun: Great, only 500,000! Looks like nobody's going to vote for me. I'm safe now! Being fat has its advantages!]

[Zhao Wuji: That's more like it.]

[Yu Xiaogang: ...]

[Yu Xiaogang: Again?!]

[Flender: Ahem, Xiaogang. Perhaps this is simply the will of the people...]

[Gu Xingzhou: Looks like there are still too many people here for the laughs.]

[Zhao Wuji: Haha.]

[Dai Mubai: Come to think of it, why hasn't the livestream started its closing countdown this time?]

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[Thanks to everyone's enthusiastic participation, this livestream room's popularity has surpassed 100 million.]

[The livestream room has successfully upgraded to level 2!]

[New features have been unlocked!]

[To encourage greater participation, the level 2 livestream room will introduce a reward and punishment system!]

[Each day, one additional performer slot and one fan-created program will be added!]

[The two performers will each choose a script to act out and compete against each other.]

[Viewers across Douluo Continent will then cast Popularity Votes to decide the winner!]

[The winner will receive one chance at a random reward! Possible rewards include increasing Soul Ring Age, Martial Soul Quality, Soul Power Level, and more... up to and including becoming a god or an even higher existence!]

[The loser will draw one random punishment and be forced to carry it out!]

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[Elite Livestream Room]

[Ma Hongjun: Become a god?! Did I read that right?!]

[Oscar: You read it right. I saw it too!]

[Ma Hongjun: Can I sign up voluntarily? What's a little public humiliation to be afraid of?!]

[Flender: Fatty, calm down and read it properly. The reward is "random," and the list isn't exhaustive. That means anything could come up. Who told you you'd definitely get to become a god?]

[Zhao Wuji: Flender's right. "Random" is the key word. You think becoming a god is as common as cabbage?]

[Ma Hongjun: True... But it's still worth it! Increasing Soul Ring Age, Martial Soul Quality, or Soul Power Level—any one of those would be a huge win, right?]

[Dai Mubai: Exactly. Even adding just a hundred years to a Soul Ring would be a dream come true for an ordinary Soul Master.]

[Ning Rongrong: But... have you all forgotten something? The loser gets punished! And it's a random punishment they'll be forced to carry out!]

[Ning Rongrong: After what happened to Yu Xiaogang these last two times, do you really think this livestream room's punishments will be anything good?]

[Ning Rongrong: o(╥﹏╥)o]

[Ma Hongjun: Hiss... I guess you're right.]

[Dugu Bo: For someone who's reached a bottleneck, the temptation is considerable.]

[Flender: This livestream room really is devious. Now that there are rewards, people will willingly go up there and make fools of themselves.]

[Gu Xingzhou: But they have to be selected first, right? It's not as if anyone can go up just because they want to.]

[Flender: ...Fair point.]

[Ning Fengzhi: Interesting. This livestream room knows human nature well. Still, I'd take that talk of becoming a god or something even greater with a grain of salt. A solid improvement would be good enough.]

[Gu Xingzhou: Come to think of it, Grandmaster really got the short end of the stick. He arrived just before spring!]

[Xiao Wu: Seriously. He got put through the wringer twice and didn't receive a single reward...]

[Ning Rongrong: But he has a huge advantage too. When it comes to putting on a show and drawing popularity, who's confident they could beat Grandmaster?]

[Liu Erlong: Exactly! Xiaogang will be in the next fan-created program too. Even with another performer, beating him on entertainment and popularity won't be easy!]

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