Guiding Social Trends and Increasing Rewards
Liu Yi was scrolling through videos on TikTok when he suddenly came across Wen Ziqian's live stream, which surprised him.
I never expected that a tech-savvy person like Wen Ziqian would do a live stream, so I immediately clicked into the live stream to see what he was up to.
At this moment, Wen Ziqian felt a little nervous. He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and smiled.
"Hello everyone, I'm Wen Ziqian. The main reason I'm doing this live stream today is to tell you some good news:"
Through the efforts of our team, we have finally cultivated the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice.
As he spoke, he pointed to the rice paddy next to him, where rice ears were adorned with a mixture of gold, black, and white colors.
"This is the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice cultivated by our team."
It can absorb sunlight, moonlight, and starlight to grow, drawing energy throughout the day.
Unlike Sun Rice, Moon Rice, and Star Rice, which can only absorb energy during specific time periods.
Therefore, this Three Lights Spirit Rice contains more energy and is more easily absorbed by the body.
Now only the final verification step remains. Once I've completed the verification, I'll submit it to the System Mission Hall and await the system's final review.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Ziqian reached out and picked a handful of three-colored rice ears. He ran his fingertips over the plump grains, observed them intently for a moment, and quickly recorded the various data he had perceived.
Then he raised his hand and pinched the rice ears, which turned into fine husks, revealing the spirit rice that was also golden, black and white.
While testing the rice, he explained to the audience:
"Please look, everyone. This Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice has three colors, both the outer rice ears and the inner rice grains, making it very easy to identify."
Based on current test results, each grain of Three Lights Spirit Rice contains three times the energy of the new version of Sun Rice.
Judging from the energy content alone, this is a huge improvement. Now, I'll try it out.
After saying that, Wen Ziqian took a dozen or so grains of Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice, put them in his mouth, chewed them gently, and swallowed them.
He closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, feeling the energy in the spirit rice being absorbed into his body, then opened his eyes and continued his explanation:
Even when eaten raw, the taste of this Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice is outstanding. It is sweet and has a refreshing coolness.
More importantly, its energy can be easily absorbed by the body.
Liu Yi watched Wen Ziqian's live stream with surprise in his eyes, not expecting that the other party had actually cultivated the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice.
This spirit rice can absorb sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, which is much more difficult than cultivating spirit rice that only absorbs one type of energy, and the difficulty is far beyond ordinary.
He had a deep understanding of this, as he had conducted countless experiments and experienced countless failures before finally succeeding in creating Cultivation Method that could absorb the energies of the sun, moon, and stars.
Judging from the current situation in the live stream, the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice should have been successfully cultivated. It's just waiting for Wen Ziqian to upload it to the System Mission Hall for final review.
Previously, Wen Ziqian cultivated Sun Rice, Moon Rice, and Star Rice.
It not only greatly promotes cultivation, but also allows ordinary people to exchange spiritual rice for Energy Points.
This provided another way to earn Energy Points and also helped to balance the wealth gap between some system hosts.
Seeing the constant stream of donations in the live stream, Liu Yi also donated 200,000 Energy Points to Wen Ziqian.
At this moment, the live stream chat was flooded with comments, spamming the screen like crazy:
"That's amazing! Wen Ziqian actually cultivated the new spirit rice so quickly."
"Wen Ziqian is simply a cheat code! So many people are researching and cultivating new spiritual rice, and only his team has successfully cultivated four varieties; everyone else has made no progress."
"Great! If the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice passes the system's review, I can plant it and earn even more Energy Points."
"Wen Ziqian is truly a lucky star for us farmers; every invention of his brings us benefits."
"Yes, I've temporarily suspended planting the new version of Sun Rice. I'm just waiting for the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice to pass the system review before I start planting it."
"I've never tipped anyone during a live stream before, but I absolutely have to tip Wen Ziqian today!"
"Absolutely! His invention makes it so much easier for us to earn Energy Points; we'd feel bad if we didn't tip him."
Liu Yi watched as Wen Ziqian, along with his disciples Zhou Yu'an and Shen Zhixia, meticulously organized the experimental data, videos, and cultivation methods, and uploaded them to the System Mission Hall.
He immediately opened the Mission Hall and decided to review the information himself instead of letting the system process it automatically.
After carefully reviewing all the materials submitted by Wen Ziqian's team, Liu Yi confirmed that the Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice had been successfully cultivated, but he was stumped about how to reward them.
Currently, too many people are making a fortune through live streaming, making the live streaming industry increasingly prosperous, but social morality is also deteriorating as a result.
Many people have devoted themselves to research for over a decade, yet the Energy Points they earn are less than what a streamer earns in a single live stream.
This disparity can easily trigger negative effects, causing serious researchers to lose their composure and potentially abandon their studies, opting instead for live streaming.
Even Wen Ziqian has started live streaming now. Although it can be seen as keeping up with the times, this trend of "emphasizing live streaming and neglecting research" has already emerged.
If we don't find ways to guide them in time, the number of people who will dedicate themselves to this research will only decrease in the future.
The pace of invention and creation will inevitably slow down, and the overall pace of progress in the era will likely slow down as well.
After much deliberation, Liu Yi decided to postpone the platform's commission and observe the subsequent impact before deciding whether to implement it. For now, he opted to increase the reward amount for inventions and creations.
Only sufficiently generous rewards can attract more people to devote themselves to research and gradually bring the deviated social trend back on track.
Although this action would cause him to lose a lot of Energy Points and Soul Power, with the massive amount of Energy Points he currently possesses, this loss is just a drop in the ocean.
Moreover, if this can help to change social attitudes, then this sacrifice is clearly well worth it.
Having made his decision, he immediately issued a notice:
"Starting today, the maximum reward for all invention and creation-related tasks will be increased to 100 billion Energy Points and 1 billion Soul Power."
Various inventions will be rewarded according to their difficulty and impact.
Shen Zhixia, who had been keeping a close eye on the Mission Hall's updates, jumped up the moment she saw the system notification, her voice filled with excitement:
"Master! The Mission Hall just issued a notice that starting today, the maximum reward for all inventions and creations will be increased to 100 billion Energy Points and 1 billion Soul Power."
Our cultivated Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice might just have a chance to win the highest reward.
Zhou Yu'an had just finished reading the notice and excitedly exclaimed:
"Great! They really increased the rewards! Even if we don't get the highest reward with our Sun, Moon, and Stars Three Lights Spirit Rice, we'll probably still get a few hundred billion Energy Points."
Upon hearing this, Wen Ziqian's expression changed slightly, and he immediately went into the Mission Hall to investigate.
After reading the notification, a hint of joy flashed across his face, but remembering that he was still live-streaming, he immediately composed himself and nodded reservedly.
"The Fairness System has once again increased rewards for inventions, demonstrating the growing importance placed on inventions."
We should focus on honing our skills and cultivating even more new species.
Zhou Yu'an and Shen Zhixia nodded repeatedly after hearing Wen Ziqian's words, their faces full of agreement.
They had previously felt somewhat disappointed seeing others earn more money than them through live streaming.
Now that the system has increased the rewards for inventions and creations again, their disappointment has vanished, and instead, they are even more determined to devote themselves to research.