Livestream: "Live investigation: the real reason behind Shiyuan City's mass relocation!"
Ke Meng's account had a huge following. As soon as he went live, hundreds upon thousands of viewers flooded into the stream.
"Whoa, Ke Meng's live!"
"That's rare. Is there some big news in Shiyuan City?"
"I'll call an old friend in Shiyuan City."
The news about the relocation of all of Shiyuan City had been online for less than a second.
Its release coincided exactly with the start of Ke Meng's livestream. It was easy to see that the Investigation Bureau had deliberately held the news back.
A year earlier, before Special Items had been made public, the Investigation Bureau had also used online measures to suppress information, keeping the public from learning that such bizarre things existed and preventing mindless panic.
Less than half a minute after Ke Meng went live, the viewers who had called Shiyuan City returned to post comments.
"I can't reach anyone in Shiyuan City. What's going on?"
"Check the official news. A new infectious disease called ore disease has appeared, so residents need to relocate temporarily. The Investigation Bureau is beginning phased spatial transfers. Don't go running off on your own. You'll still be able to come back."
"What did you say? Relocating the whole city? You're kidding!"
"Spatial transfers??? Am I reading that right? What kind of crazy technology is this? A new item, or a newly developed Combination Formula?"
A Combination Formula involved using various Special Items together, potentially producing an effect where 1+1+1+1+1 amounted to more than five.
There could be any number of ones in that equation.
Once viewers learned there was an official news report, the livestream's audience dropped by half. That half had gone off to read the news.
The remaining half were either watching on