42: Chapter 42 Chen Changsheng: I want to be an internet celebrity, I want to make a fortune!

"And the pistol magazine was fully loaded with shiny yellow bullets!!"

"Just as he was about to shoot the wooden board in the courtyard to demonstrate the pistol's power to the netizens, we instantly banned his live stream!"

"And we took down and banned all the videos that were rapidly spreading online!"

As Mo Wudi listened to Director Liu's serious report, his gaze turned to the live stream photos on the table, as well as the professional technical staff's analysis report on the black pistol.

Mo Wudi's lips curled up, revealing a faint, inexplicable expression. "Conjuring a standard-issue pistol out of thin air—young people just love to show off; they don't know how to hide their talents."

"...Vice Provincial Governor Mo, what did you say? I didn't quite catch that."

Director Liu asked, puzzled. Why did the atmosphere feel off?

The evidence had already been laid out; that was a real gun!

At a time like this, shouldn't Officer Mo "slam" the table in a rage?

Why did it feel like he was... "excited"? ?

"It's nothing. I'm aware of this matter."

Mo Wudi waved his hand, offering no further explanation.

Director Liu tentatively asked: "...Should I go assemble personnel now?"

"Assemble personnel for what?"

"This is just a trivial matter. I saw that gun; it's a very realistic model."

Mo Wudi put away the photos and documents. "These unscrupulous merchants are getting more and more outrageous these days; they dare to sell any kind of model. It seems future work priorities will need to shift more in this direction."

"...???"

Director Liu looked blank. Why did he feel like he didn't quite understand?

"...Officer... what about the supernatural?!"

"Oh, you mean that? I was just about to tell you."

Mo Wudi said, crossing his hands on the red-lacquered wooden desk with a serious expression. "After you go down, select some young and strong police elites from various departments. After layers of screening and vetting, pick out the ten best talents proficient in various types of combat."

"Keep them; I have great use for them later!"

"Yes!"

Director Liu stood at attention, responded, then turned and left, clutching the documents again.

His shiny black leather shoes tapped against the clean, tidy hallway, and Director Liu's face returned to a state of confusion and bewilderment.

He still hadn't figured out Officer Mo's intentions.

The pistol could be ignored, but the terrifying ability to conjure items out of thin air could not be overlooked!

Even if that kid Chen Changsheng used some "trick" to deceive the analysis of the professional staff, it was entirely worth them blaring their sirens and paying a personal visit.

But... Officer Mo had no reaction, as if he had expected it all along?

"Could I have been played?"

"Has the supernatural existed in this world all along?"

Standing at the end of the empty hallway and looking at the world outside the window, Director Liu realized for the first time that this world was somewhat inexplicably eerie.

He then took off his hat and rubbed his bald head, feeling his scalp tingling??

...Yuanxi Village. Next door to Jiang Jin's house, in Old Man Chen's courtyard.

"Why was my live stream banned!!"

"My dream of being an internet celebrity!!"

"Iya-ya—Light, please grant me power!!"

Chen Changsheng stomped his feet in anger, holding his cracked-screen phone attached to a selfie stick.

The old man wasn't home today; he was the only one there.

It was supposed to be the perfect opportunity to showcase the new supernatural ability he obtained yesterday to the netizens, and the first step toward realizing his "internet celebrity dream"!

But instead, an invisible hand had shattered his young heart.

"My plan to make money... no! Is my internet celebrity dream going to be shattered before it even begins?"

Chen Changsheng put down his phone and lay weakly in front of the door, looking at the dazzling sun. It felt so blinding, as if it were mocking his "efforts."

"No way!!"

"I, Chen Changsheng, am destined to reach the pinnacle of internet celebrity status. How can I let a measly 'invisible hand' crush my dream with a single blow?"

As Chen Changsheng said this, his cunning eyes lit up. He thought of a good solution—switch to another online platform and continue streaming!!

"Hmph, if this place won't keep me, there's always another place that will!"

"Once I become famous across the country, don't you regret it, you 'small platform'!!"

Chen Changsheng reluctantly uninstalled the original streaming software.

He found a few more streaming apps in the app store, installed them, registered and verified them using his grandfather's identity, and restarted his career as an internet celebrity!

What Chen Changsheng didn't know was that the scene where he "conjured the gun out of thin air" had already been recorded by many netizens who were watching!

It was secretly passed around privately, and the situation grew more intense. Although many people didn't believe it after watching, thinking it was AI-generated fake content, with the banning by the invisible hand, some finally sensed a hint of... eeriness!!

Beneath the neon giant screens of this surface world, there was definitely an unknown, transcendent "Inner World" hidden!

When Chen Changsheng switched platforms to stream again, he had learned his lesson and no longer proactively revealed his ability to store and retrieve personal items from the [Temple of Destiny] website.

Instead, he beat around the bush, rambling mysteriously to the netizens who entered his stream about stories that no one could understand.

The Sun Is Not Too Cold: [Streamer, you've talked so much, what are you actually trying to express?]

The Sun Is Not Too Cold: [Is this world abnormal? Or did you, a young kid, develop delusional mental illness?]

Looking at the only three people in the live stream, one of whom was scolding him, Chen Changsheng felt some anger. He picked up the selfie stick, turned around, lifted a small slit in the cardboard box in his room, and said with a boastful look:

"See that? This is something I got from the 'Inner World'; it can go 'bang bang', oh!"

The Sun Is Not Too Cold: [What is this? Streamer, your old man's phone needs replacing. It's all black screen and pixelated; it's so dark I can't see a thing.]

"Gaia—I'm furious!"

Chen Changsheng's mentality collapsed. He shut down the streaming software directly and sat in the courtyard, looking at the sky with a dejected face.

"The internet celebrity dream is going to be shattered again!"

"When will I be able to embark on the path of... making money?"

Suddenly, Chen Changsheng remembered something, slapped his forehead, and hurriedly got up from the courtyard.

"Oh right, today is a new day, I can enter the Inner World again!!"

"Light—I must succeed in transforming!!"

As the [Temple of Destiny] website authentication passed, Chen Changsheng moved his thoughts, and his consciousness instantly departed from the real world.

...Temple of Destiny. It was bustling with people.

Many Destined Ones entered here again after midnight, exchanging information and calculating when they should choose for their second Transmigration.

After the first Transmigration, they already had a good understanding of the Origin Continent.

It was a "primeval ocean" with no Advanced species, consisting entirely of various small animal creatures that had just stepped into the supernatural.

Therefore, Transmigrating into a powerful small animal provided a significant lead.

The settlement of destiny coins was, to a certain extent, related to "survival time." The Destined Ones prepared various strategies in advance, wanting to show off their skills on the Origin Continent and even break into the top ten of the rankings in one go!

The three major rankings were settled every seven days, and everyone in the top one hundred received generous destiny coin rewards!

The Destined Ones were all eager to get started. They stared at the giant screen above the temple hall, their eyes flashing with a burning, determined gaze, like swords about to be unsheathed!

Chen Changsheng hadn't been in long when he heard a familiar voice of a little brat.

"Haha, I'm back!"

"I've dragged over a ton of gold, hurry up and hand over your destiny coins!!"