4: Chapter 4 This live stream is toxic.

"Huff, huff… My stamina is really too poor!"

Li Changsheng rested his hands on his knees and gasped for air, his lungs burning with pain.

He had originally intended to embrace a new life, break his old bad habits, and go out for a run, but reality taught him that you can't become an expert overnight, nor can you get fat in one bite.

Looking at the panel, Li Changsheng finally felt some comfort.

[Lifespan: 108]

He had previously completed the Eight Brocades eight times, but the increase in Lifespan left Li Changsheng puzzled.

"Could it be that today's Lifespan was deducted, so it's 108 days instead of 109?"

After thinking about it, Li Changsheng stopped worrying; now, as long as he was willing to exercise, he could increase his Lifespan. Where else could he find such a good deal?

He ate two steamed buns for breakfast and then went to a nearby supermarket to buy some pots, pans, and tableware, as well as some vegetables, fruits, and meat.

Because of the heavy overtime work before, he had always eaten out.

"From now on, I need to learn to cook for myself; food from outside is never clean."

Li Changsheng knew that those takeout shops purchased everything in bulk from central kitchens. Putting aside whether it was clean or not, at the very least, it didn't feel safe to eat.

Especially those burgers and the like; a while ago, a certain fast-food chain even had a scandal exposed.

The world is not what it used to be.

Returning home, Li Changsheng first tidied up his things. Fortunately, this low-rent apartment had an old refrigerator that belonged to the landlord; he could use it as much as he wanted as long as he didn't break it.

The landlord was a decent person. Li Changsheng worked in Shenzhen, and some landlords here liked to come and collect rent in person, so he had a deep impression of the landlord.

By the time he finished, it was already nine in the morning. Li Changsheng felt bored just sitting around, so he turned on his livestream and began practicing Card Throwing and the Eight Brocades once again.

However, after practicing for a while, Li Changsheng noticed something was wrong.

"The Eight Brocades is good, but too much of a good thing is bad. My current daily limit is eight times."

Rubbing the parts of his body that were aching from his recent attempt at the Eight Brocades, Li Changsheng felt a bit helpless.

The Eight Brocades gifted by the System seemed to be evolved from the ancient Eight Trigrams Brocades; its effect on activating Qi and blood was more pronounced, but it also placed greater pressure on the muscles and internal organs.

"With my current physical condition, this is all I can do. Fortunately, there is still Card Throwing to practice."

Li Changsheng was that kind of person; once he set a goal, he couldn't just sit idle.

Perhaps it was because of this personality that he ended up being a working robot for his supervisor at the company.

"Damn, is this streamer an idiot? Why does he keep throwing cards?"

"Brother, you must be new here. I've been watching for two hours. This streamer just loves this stuff. If it weren't for the fact that I'm trying to abstain from masturbation lately, I really wouldn't come to this damn livestream."

"Buddy, that's a bit extreme. You come here to abstain?"

"You bet. I don't know why, but whenever I enter this livestream, my mind becomes peaceful and I want to sleep. In other livestreams, I end up wanting to look at pretty girls."

"Sigh, you're clearly a man with a story. I'm leaving, you carry on."

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Actually, if Li Changsheng showcased yesterday's performance of piercing a soda can with a card, he could still retain some viewers, but he had no choice; he felt bad about using up the soda cans.

So, he used the dartboard he bought this morning to practice.

In fact, the cards embedded deeply into the wood every time, but it wasn't as intuitive or shocking as piercing a soda can.

Moreover, practicing repeatedly for two or three hours at a stretch—even if people found it novel at first, they would get bored after watching for a long time.

Therefore, there were only a dozen or so people in the livestream right now, either those abstaining or just bored out of their minds, leaving it on while they zoned out.

Li Changsheng didn't care. Once he became obsessed with something, he had long since thrown any System tasks to the back of his mind.

Just like that, one day, two days, three days…

Until a week had passed, Li Changsheng had been practicing the Eight Brocades and Card Throwing with great regularity.

He was now able to practice the Eight Brocades ten times a day, and his Card Throwing had reached the point of hitting the target every single time, embedding three centimeters deep into the wood.

However, there were quite a few things that concerned Li Changsheng.

The effect of the Eight Brocades seemed to be getting worse. At first, it could provide a fixed increase of eight days of Lifespan daily, but later, as the number of times he could practice increased, the Lifespan gained actually decreased.

Currently, his Lifespan was only 145 days.

"Is it because the cancer cells are continuing to spread?"

Li Changsheng thought of a possibility, and his mood grew heavier.

If this continued, the Lifespan-increasing effect of the Eight Brocades wouldn't be able to keep up with the spread of the cancer cells.

In that case, death would still be the inevitable outcome.

"It looks like I need to complete this stage of the task as soon as possible."

Looking at the current viewer count of only fifty-eight in the livestream, he felt a headache coming on.

There were fifty-eight people coming and going; sometimes it could reach around 80, and at other times, there wasn't a single person.

"The streamer has real perseverance to practice like this every day, but does it actually have any effect?"

Seemingly noticing that Li Changsheng was staring at the screen, a viewer quickly spoke up.

"Yeah, streamer, you practice like this every day, we're already bored of watching it, and we haven't seen any progress from you."

Those who could stay and watch the livestream frequently gradually developed a sense of belonging to this place.

Moreover, after watching for a long time, they felt that this somewhat sickly-looking handsome young man was actually quite pleasant, and apart from being a man of few words, his perseverance was truly rare to see.

This also attracted the attention of some viewers.

After all, there were many streamers who just left their streams running, but most were busy with daily trivialities; it was rare to find someone like Li Changsheng who stuck to one thing for a whole week.

"Hehe, don't worry everyone, the streamer won't get bored. However, since you are all concerned about my recent progress, I will give you a demonstration."

Seeing the viewer's comment, Li Changsheng also felt he couldn't continue like this; practicing on a target wasn't very intuitive.

He looked around and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The viewers were very curious, wondering what this "Perseverance Brother" was going to do.

Not long after, everyone saw the streamer actually bring over a plastic water basin.

Then, they saw Li Changsheng prop the basin up against the wall upside down. After getting everything ready, he immediately began to back away—one meter, two meters, three meters.

In order to make it easier for the viewers to watch, Li Changsheng even zoomed out the camera so that everyone could see clearly.

"Is the streamer trying to pierce the plastic basin with a playing card?"

"That shouldn't be possible. The Card Throwing expert I saw earlier said that the texture of the card itself is too soft. Although it can pierce wood, plastic has a higher density and the surface is smoother, so it's impossible to pierce through."

Seeing this person's comment, the other viewers agreed strongly.

After all, most of those who came here had seen that Card Throwing expert; that guy could use all kinds of props as hidden weapons and was a well-deserved modern master of hidden weapons.

Li Changsheng ignored the viewers and held a playing card to test the feel. He had tried the three-meter distance; hitting the target was no problem, and embedding it in wood was also fine, but he had never really tried it on a plastic basin.

Whoosh!