Chapter 133: Weight Loss Livestream (Part 5)

Chapter 133: Weight Loss Livestream (Part 5)

Meanwhile, elsewhere,

Yi Zenan was alone in his room, his face alternating between shades of pale and flush.

In the last dungeon, he should never have, in a moment of impulsiveness, allowed Jie Fangcheng to summon that man.

In this dungeon, he should never have... entered in the first place.

Had it not been for his eagerness to prove himself, seeking greater support from the guild in the universal dungeon, Yi Zenan wouldn't have insisted on taking the management team into the dungeon with such a limited time frame before the universal dungeon's closure.

His initial thoughts were quite optimistic - a level one dungeon, with Wang Dongsheng, a player with greater capabilities than his previous leader, Tao Youyuan, leading them; wasn't that a killing spree waiting to happen?

But who could have anticipated that it would turn out to be this kind of dungeon?

Yi Zenan firmly believed in his capabilities, insisting that the correct approach to conquering this dungeon lay in a desperate bid to lose weight, or rather to undergo extreme flesh-cutting, depending on who was willing to go the furthest.

Initially, his strategy seemed quite astute and clever. The remaining player count attested to its effectiveness; their group still had as many as five players left, whereas the group next door had only two remaining players. Additionally, Yi Zenan, during his free moments, would log in using a secondary account to check on the condition of the two players in the neighboring group.

— The situation was considerably bleak.

The two players, who were originally quite slim, had also thought of the method of organ removal to reduce weight, but no matter their efforts, they could not match the low body weight of the indigenous inhabitants, consequently becoming the group's weakest links.

The rest of the players had already been eliminated by a coalition of NPCs. Had it not been for their limited numbers raising concerns of stirring excessive speculation from the outside world, these two players would not have survived either.

Comparing the remaining player counts between the two groups, didn't this clearly highlight his prowess?

Although Wang Dongsheng and the others harbored a strong dislike for this young man, they acknowledged his intellect, always holding him in high regard.

However, after Zhong Dao'an's arrival, their gaze upon Yi Zenan seemed to have altered significantly.

To put it bluntly, it translated to "Damn, turns out this guy is an idiot."

Yi Zhenan is in agony.

Yet, what disturbs him further lies ahead.

Zhong Daoan approached Wang Dongsheng and the other two, distributing weight-loss pills to each of them. He instructed them to take the pills live on air, alongside a concoction the system provided, immediately catapulting both the trio and Li Shuang to stardom.

Meanwhile, Yi Zhenan was left out of this medication regimen. Zhong Daoan didn't assign him any tasks, acting as if he didn't exist at all. All Yi Zhenan could do was sulk in his room, closely monitoring their actions.

Initially, he had deemed Zhong Daoan's approach as a path to self-destruction.

Considering the imminent end of the three-day deadline set by the universal dungeon, their time was running short. Had they relied on their normal physiques to draw attention from the beginning, accumulating a following until now as he suggested, they might indeed have garnered ten thousand Meishou points.

Now, it was too late. Dreaming of accumulating enough Meishou points to clear the level within the remaining time was sheer folly. The players were left with only one option: to desperately shed organs, lighten their body weight, and clear the level.

But what he hadn't anticipated was the meteoric rise in popularity, leading Wang Dongsheng and the others to actually amass ten thousand Meishou points.

The trio had already exited the level!

At this moment, panic finally gripped Yi Zhenan.

He prided himself on his intellect, yet almost ten days into this dungeon, he hadn't figured out a clear strategy to prevail.

Meanwhile, the others had managed to send three players back within just a couple of hours.

And it seemed that sending back all five of them would merely be a trivial task for Zhong Daoan if he wished.

His reluctance to do so simply indicated a lack of willingness.

What should he do?

Should he initiate a live broadcast, claiming a sudden weight gain after consuming the weight-loss pill?

Yi Zhenan quickly dismissed the notion.

He still had his wits about him.

The reason Wang Dongsheng and his companions sparked such a massive discussion was because they had ingested the weight-loss pills during a live broadcast and ballooned instantly.

They had consumed the pills in front of a massive audience, making the pills — something closely related to the viewers — the focal point. Yet Yi Zhenan had no access to these pills.

Furthermore, even if he had, the trio hadn't actually received that many Meishou points during their live broadcast. Watching something novel is one thing, but tipping involves spending money. It was a sudden generous donation of ten thousand points from a viewer that enabled the trio to clear the level.

Yi Zhenan wasn't naive; he immediately realized that the donor must be someone from the "Lei Shou" company, responsible for facilitating the dialogue with Wang Dongsheng and his group.

Now that the trio had taken the Meishou points and left, it was foreseeable that mimicking their actions wouldn't garner trust from the other party.

What should be his next step?

Yi Zhenan sat there, unable to conjure a feasible strategy to clear the level.

Yet, since he remained in this dungeon, surely Zhong Daoan and the others must have some other plans for him, right?

It must be that they envision a more significant role for him, hence they allowed both him and Aunt Li to stay, right?

Even if we consider the worst-case scenario... even if Xie Fangcheng and the other person have no intentions of including him in their clearance strategy, Aunt Li has a good relationship with them, and she definitely won't abandon him!

Thinking of Aunt Li, Yi Ziran slightly relaxed.

His mindset had undergone a transformation, evolving from the initial "I'm so capable, I can lead this group of incompetents to victory," to the current state of "At least I still have my mother with me, she won't abandon me."

Yi Ziran waited, hoping to receive an invitation to collaborate.

From morning he waited till noon, and then continued waiting till the afternoon.

Not long after lunch, a "ding" sound echoed from the computer.

Yi Ziran froze momentarily, before hastily scrambling up to sit in front of the computer.

The scenario he had envisioned where he receives a personal message from Zhang Daoan did not materialize, instead, a notification of a livestream commencing from a gamer he followed popped up.

Yi Ziran only followed gamers' live broadcast rooms, now the only ones left were Aunt Li... No!

The conceited Yi Ziran had completely forgotten that the living players were not limited to Aunt Li alone.

In the live broadcast room, the remaining two players from another group initiated a stream.

Although these two had managed to survive, they had experienced relentless torment within their group.

The NPCs were quite discontented with these two drags, often experimenting with any new method devised on them first.

Now, with one hand holding diet pills from the Meilei company, and the other a bottle of a water-like restoration potion, they hastily gave a brief introduction before concurrently popping the pills and gulping down the potion.

Soon, the incidents that transpired with Wang Dongsheng repeated on these two players.

Just as Yi Ziran anticipated, this was the second occurrence. The internet was now buzzing with debates. With the video of Wang Dongsheng and his companions being undeniable evidence and other companies adding fuel to the fire, it was becoming a general consensus that there was something wrong with the Leishou company's diet pills.

A crowd swiftly gathered in the two players' broadcast room, but since this spectacle had already been witnessed once before, the focus now shifted primarily onto Meilei's diet pills.

"Shock! Meilei also has issues? What's going on?"

"Leishou, Meilei, both have been embroiled in scandals like this, are there any diet pills left that are safe and healthy?"

"This is Meilei company's weight loss competition, yet such incidents are occurring within their own event... it seems to be true."

The audience was engaged in discussions, but not many were donating, primarily due to the diminished shock and novelty factors.

Yi Ziran had monitored these two players before, knowing that the Meilei company's diet pills carried a hefty price tag. This batch of players had spent their beauty-slim points on various surgeries, with no extra points to spare on diet pills.

It wasn't hard to speculate how these pills were acquired.

How did Xie Fangcheng and their group manage to communicate with another group???

Setting aside that issue... the tactic of Zhang Dao'an is no longer effective, is it? The beauty slim points garnered from the audience's tips are far from sufficient!

Just then, dozens of tips, each amounting to ten thousand points, suddenly flooded the chat in the livestream room of the two players.

The two relaxed their facial expressions, then waved with smiles before shutting down the livestream room.

On the black screen appeared the stunned face of Yi Zednan, who quickly regained his composure.

Damn... such tactics exist??

Both Leishou and Meilei companies have a piece of the cake!

And no weight loss drug manufacturing company could resist the temptation to drag Meilei into the mire as well!

So at this moment, someone mass messaged these companies, claiming to have technology that can make one gain weight instantly, offering to demonstrate a "sudden weight gain after ingesting Meilei's slimming pills" on a live stream, asking only ten thousand beauty slim points as remuneration.

Which company could possibly resist?

With such ease, the two players achieved their goal of accumulating ten thousand beauty slim points.

Why didn't I think of that???

The more Yi Zednan thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

However, this gave him a new perspective: could he perhaps replicate the strategies used by these two players to clear the level?

Yi Zednan began seeking out the contact details of various companies.

If Zhang Dao'an knew what he was up to, he would just shake his head in disappointment.

It's already too late.

Following the scandalous quality issues revealed about two companies, Zhang Dao'an, disguising himself as an online troll, ambiguously disseminated several comments like "Someone I know works at a slimming pill factory, actually the ingredients of all weight loss pills are almost the same, the problems are arising from all companies, which is why two exploded at once."

In the industry, not only is there a division of the cake but also a collective rise and fall.

Presuming a certain brand has been exposed for having a defective product, even if other brands don't exhibit issues, their sales would still be affected.

Now, companies who invested ten thousand beauty slim points, assuming that pulling Meilei down would skyrocket their own product sales, found that not only did their sales not surge, but they also stagnated.

At this moment, when another familiar email popped up in company inboxes, proposing “Give me ten thousand points and I’ll bring down whichever company you choose”, everyone just scoffed coldly, frantically scrutinizing their own production lines for potential issues while funneling massive funds to public relations, hoping to reverse the tarnished reputation of the weight loss pills.

While they were swamped with damage control, shifting their focus away from the ongoing weight loss competition live broadcast, another spaceship was seen, a flash of white light, leaving behind four NPC corpses and two individuals, Jie Fangcheng, standing by.

The four NPCs were killed by two players who had regained their strength, having endured much humiliation and torment. Had Jie Fangcheng and another not descended from the sky, it was imaginable that the ending wouldn't be favorable.

Jie Fangcheng always adhered to a revengeful philosophy, often being forced to compile hefty reports due to releasing normal souls for revenge. Now, as soon as the two players spoke, Manager Jie just snorted and stepped aside, emotionlessly watching as the players beat the four NPCs to death.

Professor Zhang had just come down from the cockpit. He was the one who piloted the ship from Li Auntie's group to connect with this group - of course, before this, Manager Jie first leaped from Li Auntie's ship to this one, knocking out two security NPCs to prevent any potential issues.

Given the physical conditions of the interstellar beings, human capital is costly, with the majority of people's jobs being intellectually based.

Each ship is manned by only two security personnel responsible for everything, subduing them equates to seizing control of the entire spacecraft.

When the two ships came into contact, Jie Fangcheng made sure to throw the two NPCs back onto Li Shu's group's ship.

Now on one ship, there are Jie Fangcheng, Jiang Dao'an, and Li Shu, and on the other, four security personnel accompanied by Yi Zeran, presenting quite a formidable lineup.

"What's our next move?" asked Jie Fangcheng.

Jiang Dao'an, while operating as a keyboard warrior, had already arranged contacts with the necessary individuals.

At this moment, he looked at the new message received on Li Shu's smart device and said, "Next... we can prepare to broadcast live from the healthiest place in this galaxy."