29: Chapter 29: The Reward: The Transdimensional Library Shocks the Entire Internet

"Brain in a vat!"

As these four words fell, it was as if a perfect period had been drawn on tonight's doomsday prophecy, the final ending of the tui bei tu!

At this moment, the room fell into a long silence.

As a high school student, Xiao Yu always failed history class.

But she read quite a few extracurricular books.

She was very familiar with the philosophical hypothesis of the brain in a vat!

Domestic and foreign movies and TV dramas had mature explanations of it.

And tonight, her brother Jiang Zhe had introduced this concept into the 59th hexagram of the tui bei tu...

Combining the brain in a vat with the tui bei tu brought a severe shock to her, a sixteen-year-old high school student!

That's right!

No wonder everyone was happy and fulfilled.

No wonder everyone had lost distinctions of race and skin color.

No wonder the world was in Great Harmony!

It turned out that the humans in the world were all gone, and only their consciousnesses remained in a gigantic supercomputer.

How could they not be harmonious?

At this moment, she couldn't imagine that her every word and action, her every thought, was very likely a delusion!

Even her very self might be a fictional program or character simulated by a massive computer!

To her, this was an eternal prison!

Not only her, but the million netizens in the livestream who were quick-witted also fell into deep contemplation.

No wonder the world had unified; it turned out that people were all gone, and their souls had unified!

They just quietly watched the disheartened Xiao Yu in the livestream, and the as-calm-as-ever Jiang Zhe.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhe took a deep breath.

He didn't comfort her, nor did he disturb her, but instead, as usual, patted Xiao Yu's head.

"Alright, that's all for tonight's extracurricular extension content."

"The tui bei tu is almost finished. The 60th hexagram is what Yuan Tiangang said when he first created the tui bei tu—"

"One yin and one yang, without beginning or end; the end ends itself, the beginning begins itself."

"Seeking the vast destiny within, the rise and fall of the world are not free; ten thousand things cannot be fully told; better to push the back and go rest."

"Yuan Tiangang already told us that nothing can be fully spoken or fully imagined."

"Next time, the content will continue to target your biology, physics, and other aspects."

After speaking, he turned and left directly, closing the door behind him without looking back.

[Adaptive task completed. The content you spoke caused a severe psychological blow to your younger sister!]

[Scientific mindset +2, history knowledge +2, IQ +2!]

[Reward: Money +34,000!]

[Extra reward: Interdimensional Library!]

"???"

Jiang Zhe, having stepped out of the room, was instantly stunned by the description of this extra reward!

...

Inside the livestream.

It did not close because Jiang Zhe left; on the contrary, the number of viewers did not decrease but increased.

It took a long time for the viewers to fully react.

"I... now, need, to be quiet!"

"Brain in a vat, oh my god, the 59th hexagram is Great Harmony under Heaven; only when the physical body disappears and one completely enters the supercomputer is it the true Great Harmony of the world!"

"Could we be in a brain in a vat right now? In a TV show, movie, animation, novel, or even a picture?"

"Damn it, stop talking, I'm scared!"

"Shit, I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight!"

"Damn it, why did I click in? Tonight is pure madness!"

"..."

This feeling of helplessness, fear, and confusion lingered in the hearts of many people.

It took a full few minutes for those people to sober up.

There were also some new viewers who didn't know what had happened.

"What's the situation? A million people online just staring blankly?"

"There's no show, why are there so many people?"

"Newcomers, don't ask; if you ask, just go watch the recording."

"OK, thanks!"

"..."

Soon, Xiao Yu finally picked up her phone, and after seeing the number of viewers in the livestream, she instantly switched to [Hehe]!

All the shattering of her worldview from before was swept away.

Nothing is as real as tangible financial gain, no matter what is shattered.

"Family, I kinda regret letting my brother tutor me."

"Ever since I learned that this 59th hexagram could be interpreted like this..."

"My worldview as a young, beautiful girl is about to collapse."

"Sometimes I wonder why my brother tries so hard to tutor me; wouldn't it be better to just tutor normal subjects?"

"!!!"

The viewers in the barrage comforted her one after another.

"Of course it's to help your grades!"

"Exactly, exactly, if you were good at studying, would he still be able to tutor you?"

"But honestly, the hexagrams your brother talks about are completely different from what other Sinology teachers talk about!"

"That's right, at least I like it very much. I just like this feeling of knowledge entering my brain and making my scalp tingle!"

"Your brother tutoring normal subjects? Are you getting carried away? If he taught you normal subjects, do you think we would come in to watch? Do you think we would tip?"

"The guy above is blunt but makes sense. Once your brother starts tutoring normal subjects, he will lose me!"

"..."

Looking at the feedback in the barrage, Xiao Yu wanted to cry but had no tears; she couldn't laugh anymore.

Brother, it's not that I don't want to become a student who is good at studying.

It's just that in order to make money, the viewers won't let me!

With Jiang Zhe's departure.

Most of the people in the livestream also gradually turned and left.

Even if Xiao Yu tried her best to make them stay a while longer, no one was willing to stay and look at the pink skull!

...

Dougou Platform.

Operations Department.

Operator Wang was watching the curve chart on the computer, which was dropping rapidly.

His heart also sank with it.

He took a deep breath, turned to look at his friends, "Brothers, let's tally the battle report!"

"Yes, Brother Wang!" x4

With traffic, you are king.

Even if it's the newly hired rookie, Little Wang!

Soon, the friends' data statistics were finished!

This livestream duration: 2 hours and 14 minutes.

Peak number of viewers this session: 1,075,471!

Total barrage count: 10,695,867!

New followers: 214,357!

Streamer/Platform revenue share: 170,000 yuan!

"A single livestream directly crushed the follower count of a second-rate streamer's entire session!"

"This is simply strength!"

"It's too terrifying, this traffic-drawing power; I can't even imagine what Xiaoyu's brother will develop into in the future!"

"What a pity, it's a pity that Xiao Yu couldn't ask the audience for gifts the whole time, otherwise, how could a million online viewers only result in 170,000?"

"Sigh, it's such a pity for this traffic revenue!"

Looking at the publicly released battle report, all the operations staff, big and small, in the Operations Department were shocked.

It's just that this gift share was too low; it would only be worth it if the revenue was at least 500,000!

They all understood that Xiaoyu's brother lectured too well, causing most of the viewers to be focused on watching!!!

Soon!

A lot of news popped up on the internet, hot and bustling.

Operator Wang used software to slightly crawl hot words, and dozens of soft articles and videos appeared before his eyes.

[The end of the tui bei tu is the arrival of aliens!]

[There is only one ending for humanity: Brain in a vat]

[Can you believe it, the three-foot child is actually a Greys!]

[Incredible, aliens really exist and have been confirmed!]

Watching hundreds of comments constantly appearing on every video and soft article.

Operator Wang laughed self-indulgently.

"It's no exaggeration to say that this is already a phenomenal level!"

This was no longer an ordinary livestream!

It was a severe ideological shock that Jiang Zhe caused to the netizens of this world.

Only he knew that tomorrow, the entire internet platform would shine for tonight's Jiang Zhe!

...

Gradually, the night grew deep and quiet.

But the turmoil on the internet was still fermenting.

Major soft article platforms, video networks, and even Kuaishou, Dougu, and other videos gradually began to feature Jiang Zhe.

《Shock! Sinology master decrypts the end of humanity online!》

《Roswell aliens confirmed!》

《Taking you to review the sensational moments of last night's Sinology livestream!》

《No one can walk out of this livestream smiling!》

Various terrifying, thriller, and out-of-context titles and edited videos spread virally!

Triggering a massive earthquake on the internet at night!

After all, Jiang Zhe's content was simply too explosive for this world!

Fortunately, because Xiao Yu had no fan base, it didn't completely go viral outside her circle, but it was still noticed by millions of people!

"When did such a god-tier livestream appear on the internet?"

"Whether it's true or not, after watching it, it's truly thought-provoking!"

"Awesome, the younger sister secretly filming her brother the whole time, this gimmick is good!"

"Hahaha, this streamer named Xiao Yu knows how to play; she satisfied the underlying human [desire to peek]!"

"What kind of trash video is this, no head or tail, it's not as exciting as the streamer's brother lecturing the whole way!"

"..."