Under the Network Divine Beast's control, the view count slowly climbed.
In reality, the number of actual viewers was zero.
When netizens opened Ke Meng's activity feed, they found a series of questions. Answering one automatically took them to the next.
The next question changed randomly based on the respondent's answer, much like an online survey.
But an online survey had preset answer paths, whereas the questions Ke Meng had posted weren't actually set by him. The Network Divine Beast was manipulating them behind the scenes.
It drew on a vast network of big data to extract a wide variety of questions from the internet, minimizing repetition and leaving respondents baffled but impressed.
"Congratulations! You've obtained a life password. Go try it out!" A middle-aged man with a gloomy gaze stared at the text on his screen, quickly copied the password, and entered it into the password verification box for Ke Meng's new video.
"Incorrect password!"
The gloomy-eyed middle-aged man frowned and took his hands off the keyboard.
A short while later, he logged into a Q account he hadn't used in ages and opened the Q group "Ocean's Cottage."
This was Ke Meng's Fan Group. The Group Owner occasionally popped in to chat.
Sure enough, when he opened the Q group, a crowd of fans was chatting about the new video.
"Has any expert found the password yet? What's actually in there?"
"@Group Owner! Come out, Group Owner!"
"I figured it out, but I can't say."
"You don't know shit!"
The chat was a madhouse, and not a single person knew the truth.
The gloomy middle-aged man thought for a moment, then privately messaged the Group Owner as a fan. He sent a screenshot showing that his life password was incorrect, then asked how to answer the questions to