Acid rain in the world.
It was evening at this time.
Jiang Ying has returned and is wiping her face with a hot towel.
She was kissed on the cheek by Shi Feizhai when they parted, and she is still feeling uncomfortable about it.
"...That's how it is. He kept getting close to me, and ever since he went to the bathroom, he's become inexplicably confident. He's been making it sound like I'm taking advantage of him by being with him."
Peng Lan nodded. "You've worked hard. Go and rest now."
After a while, two more people returned, carrying a wrapped package. Inside was a green hollow brick, larger than a regular brick but lighter.
"After Jiang Ying left, Shi Feizhai went upstairs excitedly, rubbing his hands together. We climbed through the window and found him conjuring these bricks out of thin air. While he was in the toilet, we stole one and brought it back."
Peng Lan touched the brick and asked, "Did he notice you took this one?"
"There are so many bricks here. His rented room is a mess, like a doghouse. During the previous round of acid rain, there were many leaks. He used these bricks to plug them up, so no one should be able to tell."
Peng Lan ordered, "Take this thing for testing."
Soon, the test results came out, showing that the brick did not react at all when placed in concentrated sulfuric acid, demonstrating its excellent acid resistance.
In addition, it has strong pressure resistance and wear resistance, which is more than a hundred times that of ordinary building bricks.
Moreover, it is waterproof and fireproof, and no harmful substances have been detected so far.
People gasped in surprise. It was acid-resistant, pressure-resistant, waterproof, fireproof, and so lightweight—it was practically a dream material for architectural engineers!
If houses were built using these bricks, they wouldn't be afraid of anything in acid rain.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were burning with desire as they looked at the brick.
Peng Lan told everyone to go and rest first, and then took the brick to report on her work.
Late at night, the leadership team held another meeting. This time, the leadership team was upgraded again because many leaders had arrived in City A from other places during the day. Currently, the mayor of City A can only sit in a small corner. If he weren't the mayor of the city, he wouldn't even have a small corner to sit in.
This time, the leadership team split into two factions.
One faction believes that Shi Feizhai should be taken into custody immediately.
However, one faction believes that the status quo should be maintained, allowing more girls to get in touch with Shi Feizhai and extract more information from him first.
"What can you possibly gain by scavenging like this? The real apocalypse is just around the corner. Are you going to scavenge a house or two for you and me to live in, and then ignore the rest of the nation?"
One of the older leaders was furious. "Today it's just holding hands and kissing cheeks. What if that guy, Shi, wants to be intimate with a girl tomorrow? Would we agree to that? The apocalypse hasn't even come yet, are we going to create one ourselves?"
The stability faction hurriedly said, "Of course not, but we still know too little about Shi Feizhai. If we act rashly, the consequences are unpredictable. After all, what he has is the key to human survival, so we must be cautious."
Peng Lan remained silent this time; his opinion didn't carry much weight in such decision-making situations.
Suddenly, his expression changed, because a line of words appeared out of thin air in front of him.
[Given that you liked and sent flowers to both warning videos, we have now opened a private message channel for you. You can send a private message to the video uploader.]
Peng Lan was startled, then her heart began to pound as she looked at the attendees.
It seems that no one else saw this line of text.
That's normal. After all, most people here come from other places, and some haven't even caught a single live stream on the Sky Screen, let alone had the chance to like and send flowers to both videos.
Peng Lan then looked at the mayor, whose expression was also calm. Noticing Peng Lan's gaze, he cast an inquiring look at her.
Peng Lan asked softly, "Did you like and send flowers to Tianmu?"
The mayor of City A only liked the post. What did you notice?
The two men's subtle actions attracted the attention of others, and a leader asked, "What are you two talking about? Do you have any new intelligence?"
Everyone looked over, and Peng Lan said, "Distinguished leaders, a line of text has appeared in front of me."
He recounted what he had seen, and people were immediately filled with surprise, joy, and regret.
If you need to like and send flowers twice to send a private message, then you're out of the game from the start.
They looked at the mayor of City A, who said somewhat awkwardly, "I didn't send flowers, so I didn't see that sentence."
The crowd's eyes were immediately filled with condemnation and disappointment. What a great opportunity! You already liked it, is it so hard to send a flower?
However, being able to send private messages to the person who can project the canopy is a great thing!
"Ask her how this natural disaster came about."
"Let's ask the key question: what exactly does Shi Feizhai possess?"
"We're looking for more than just Xiao Peng in the whole city who can send private messages to Tianmu."
Of course, Peng Lan wasn't the only one, but there weren't that many people involved either.
The first video only received 110,000 likes and 50,000 flowers because no one was prepared or believed it. Some people only liked the video, while others only sent flowers.
Those who both liked and sent flowers numbered no more than 30,000.
Among these people, even fewer liked and sent flowers to the second video; all in all, there were only a little over ten thousand.
So, tonight, more than 10,000 people in City A saw the floating words that suddenly appeared before their eyes.
They were terrified, then overjoyed. Some people got so excited that they immediately asked questions.
[How did things suddenly turn into the apocalypse?]
[Where exactly is the Anti-Acid City?]
Is this world an illusion?
Will acid rain really bring an apocalypse?
Many people get excited and send a message, only to find that they can't send a second one.
"I can only post one message! Ugh, why did I post such nonsense?!"
Many others remained calm, carefully considering their options before asking the question they most wanted answered, then staring intently into the air, awaiting a response.
But even with their eyes strained, they couldn't wait any longer, because—
Wei Yuexin's backstage is exploding!
When she saw the first private message, she was startled, feeling like she had been sent a terrifying text message in the middle of the night.
Who exactly are you?
These five words together are inexplicably frightening.
But the next moment, she forgot all about being frightened.
She was stunned when she saw the thousands of private messages flooding in all at once.
Are people all this enthusiastic?
These private messages were mostly questions, oh, and some were insults. She hadn't even done anything yet, and a notification popped up saying, "[Insulting language detected; sender of this private message has been blocked]."
Then the number of private messages dropped by hundreds in a flash.
Wow, that's so advanced!
Wei Yuexin looked at her private messages. Some asked about the truth of the world, some asked when the acid rain would end, and others asked when the next acid rain would arrive in City A.
Wei Yuexin murmured, "Is it really that heartfelt?"
These people must be participants in a reality show. The questions they asked were so sincere. Some even started calling her a great master or something, while others pleaded for help, saying their homes were damaged by acid rain and they could only live in an underpass, hoping she could save them.
In addition, some private messages contain a lot of ***, and I don't know if they are prohibited words.
I was so engrossed; it truly lives up to its reputation as an immersive game.
She even saw several people wearing the names of characters from the novel.
For example, this one named Peng Lan.
Having just read the novel, she was deeply impressed by the name. He was a government official in City A, the main location of the story, who was very perceptive. He was the first person to discover that Shi Feizhai had a problem and to secretly follow and investigate him.
The investigation was going smoothly at first, since Shi Feizhai and the dating system were both quite stupid at the beginning.
Later, when Shi Feizhai was on a mission, he created something similar to a crisis detection system, which could sense whether there was any danger or hostility nearby. This system then detected Peng Lan as a "high-risk individual".
Shi Feizhai was terrified. He fought wits with Peng Lan for a while, almost having his secrets exposed. In the end, he used the "Unwavering Devotion" skill provided by the system to control a female security officer and make her shoot and kill Peng Lan.
Although Peng Lan is described in the book as a refined scoundrel who covets the system, Wei Yuexin disgusts the male lead, so I have a better feeling for this little bitch who almost defeated the male lead in the early stages.
So, did the participants in this game receive a script featuring the character Peng Lan? Surely it's not someone with the same name?
She looked at the other person's private messages.
[Hello, could you please tell me why Shi Feizhai can conjure acid-resistant materials out of thin air? How can I obtain his materials to build more acid-resistant cities?]
Wei Yuexin raised an eyebrow. Had they already found out about Shi Feizhai?
Can things magically appear out of thin air in reality TV games? Is it really that realistic?
She thought for a moment, then replied in a serious tone, "[Shi Feizhai has a dating system. The system will issue dating tasks to Shi Feizhai, and he will receive system rewards for completing the tasks. The system is foolish and weak in the early stages, and it levels up by gaining energy through the host completing tasks.]"
Wei Yuexin pondered for a moment. The system was eager to upgrade and had suggested that Shi Feizhai activate the offline mode, that is, develop offline connections so that other men could also share some of the system's functions, and have them do tasks to accumulate energy for the system.
However, Shi Feizhai was unwilling to share such a valuable system with others, so he did not agree.
But this shows that the system can develop downstream users.
She continued typing: [You can try becoming a new host before the system develops, then let it enter offline mode and develop more offline hosts.]
Thinking about how the male protagonist and the system ruined so many girls, but sometimes the quality of the mission completion was not high, the two weirdos would complain that the girl was not deeply in love with the male protagonist and that was why the completion rate was not high, which really annoyed her.
[Compared to casual relationships, the system needs the nourishment of true love; only genuine love is the most powerful thing in this world.]
After writing this sentence, she felt a chill run down her spine from the embarrassment.
send!
Word count exceeded?
She revised and edited until it was concise enough before sending it out.
Unbeknownst to her, shortly after sending the private message, an invisible interface appeared in her backend.
[The Acid Rain world's plot reverses by 50%, saving the world with a 4-star effect, and you gain 1 Star Power.]
And below, there are many more worlds waiting to be explored.
The next morning, Wei Yuexin was awakened by a slight noise beside her. When she opened her eyes, she saw that her grandmother was already awake.
She sat up abruptly, overjoyed, "Grandma! You're awake!"