Chapter 39:
"System, come out and explain!" Tang Yu said irritably.
He felt his system was getting more and more unserious.
Other people's systems activate right at the start. His? Had to go through a two-and-a-half-year internship first. This was really fishy.
{Ding: What explanation does the host want?}
The system's prompt sounded quickly.
Tang Yu immediately said: "Explain what the 'Debt Repayment' reward means?"
He was very curious about this. As for the punishment column—daily honey sessions with Silver Wolf and Hu Tao— he understood that part quite well. After all, he had just tasted it this morning.
{Ding: Debt Repayment skill explanation: When someone makes you do something and you do it, afterward you can order them to do anything.}
Wow!
Hearing this explanation, Tang Yu was stunned.
This skill is OP as hell!
Imagine—if someone makes you move your seat and you do it, the next moment you can order them to do anything.
That's basically mind control!
{Ding: Not quite like that. The host's Debt Repayment skill has limits. Currently, it cannot control thoughts—only force the target to perform specific actions.}
Hm?
Tang Yu looked confused. "For example?"
{Ding: For example, the system can make Kafka call you Daddy, but it cannot make her truly see you as her father.}
Hearing this, Tang Yu roughly understood the skill's upper limit.
Although it couldn't control thoughts, being able to force specific actions was still extremely powerful.
If he made the school beauty do something illegal and secretly recorded evidence, couldn't he then threaten her into doing anything he wanted?
Hehe!
"No, no—this thought is too evil. I'm not that kind of person." Tang Yu forcefully shook his head to suppress the dark idea.
Then, he said to the system: "System, use the Geo Archon Role-Play Card."
{Ding: Role-Play Card ready. Confirm use?}
"Use it." Tang Yu didn't hesitate at all.
The next moment, a golden light enveloped his entire body.
The whole house burst with dazzling golden radiance. Fortunately, it was daytime— the golden light didn't attract much attention from people outside. They just glanced over and looked away.
{WTF! Whose house is flashing gold? Did they pull a golden legend?}
Two and a half minutes later, the golden light quickly faded.
Tang Yu had undergone a complete transformation.
First was his outfit. His casual clothes were gone, replaced by an elegant and luxurious prince-like robe.
His hairstyle and aura now perfectly matched the Zhongli Geo Archon from Genshin Impact.
Tang Yu stood in front of the full-length mirror and turned around. His eyes shone: "Kinda handsome!"
It wasn't narcissism—after role-playing as the Geo Archon, he genuinely felt incredibly handsome.
The corners of his mouth rose high. Tang Yu sat confidently in front of the computer. This time, even without 2D beautiful girls boosting him, he was sure he could pull massive popularity.
With that thought, Tang Yu set the stream title:
{Geo Archon Has Arrived—Subjects, Come Pay Respects Immediately.}
Click—stream started!
{Huh? Host is live! Yay, I'm first!} {Silver Wolf! Silver Wolf! I want to see Silver Wolf!} {Hacker genius? Huh—who are you?} {What's with the title? Who's the Geo Archon?} {Did I walk into the wrong room?} {WTF! So handsome! Host, what character is this?} {...}
Right after starting, a flood of viewers poured in.
Most of them came for Silver Wolf. But when they entered, Silver Wolf wasn't there. Even Tang Yu wasn't there. Instead, a 2D young man appeared in the stream.
Originally they thought they'd be disappointed, but the moment they saw Tang Yu as Zhongli, a strange excitement stirred deep in their hearts.
Such a noble prince—they had never seen one before!
In an instant, both male and female viewers felt their hearts race.
Tang Yu sat in the streaming chair without speaking. He had to maintain the dignified, aloof image of the Geo Archon.
Only after reading the barrage did he speak calmly: "Today Silver Wolf and Hu Tao will not appear. I will handle the entire stream."
His cold expression paired with that indifferent tone instantly made the viewers explode.
They felt like they were looking at an ancient prince. Noble! So damn noble.
{WTF! Is this the Geo Archon? So cool, so handsome!} {I'm a guy, but I still have to say—I'm in love.} {Oh my god! Who would've thought a male 2D character would make this shut-in's heart race! So embarrassing!} {Silver Wolf is beautiful, but the Geo Archon is no slouch! Sometimes I feel gender doesn't need to be so rigid!} {Hehe! To be honest, bros—I want to… with the Geo Archon. Back-to-back style.} {...}
Seeing the barrage getting more and more off the rails, a hint of helplessness flashed in Tang Yu's eyes.
He never imagined he would one day become the object of LSPs' fantasies. This wasn't a good sign.
"Ahem… everyone, watch your words. The Geo Archon gets angry—and the consequences are severe," Tang Yu said coldly in Zhongli's voice.
He probably shouldn't have spoken— because the moment he did, the viewers went even crazier.
Of course, gifts started flying in at that moment too.
{Gift Info: Hu Tao Symbiote sent Flowers ×454,512 and commented: I want Hu Tao, I want Silver Wolf, and I definitely won't let the Geo Archon go—kukuku…} {Gift Info: Single Turbo Boosted Silver Wolf sent Airplane ×4,451 and commented: I'm a Silver Wolf stan, but the Geo Archon is really handsome!} {Gift Info: Green Branch r sent Super Rocket ×147 and commented: I'm a guy—Geo Archon, I have one question: can you accept male-male?} {Gift Info: Kindergarten Class President sent Small Airplane ×253 and commented: Gugugu… so excited! The colder the Geo Archon is, the more excited I get. I want to be humiliated by the Geo Archon!} {...}
Looking at the flood of gift effects on screen, Tang Yu felt delighted inside.
At this rate, he might even reach 1 million yuan in gifts in less than eight hours.
"Being an influencer really makes money easily!" Tang Yu couldn't help sighing inwardly.
But he also knew maintaining this gift heat long-term was almost impossible.
After all, viewers' money didn't grow on trees.
To keep them spamming gifts, Tang Yu knew he had to do something exciting. The more entertaining the content, the more they'd spend.
With that in mind, Tang Yu faced the camera: "Thank you all for the gifts."
"If you have any questions, feel free to type them in the public chat. I'll answer what I can."
The viewers didn't hold back and immediately started asking.
{Geo Archon, is this character your original creation?} {So handsome! What's your relationship with Hu Tao and Silver Wolf? Are you their boss?} {Why don't Hu Tao and Silver Wolf stream separately? They always appear in your room.} {Hu Tao followed your ex last time, and your ex died—does Hu Tao have some dark power?} {Geo Archon, how much bride price to marry you? I'm a rich second-gen—name your number!} {...}
Tang Yu moved the mouse to slow down the barrage a bit.
Then, with a gentle and dignified smile, he answered the questions one by one:
"This character is my original creation. His name is Zhongli, also known as the Geo Archon."
"As for my relationship with Hu Tao and the others… hehe! That's classified!"
"They don't want to stream alone. I'm not their boss."
"Lu Yan's death was just an accident. It has nothing to do with Hu Tao!"
"Oh right—if anyone in your family passes away, feel free to come to Hu Tao for funeral services! Her new shop is open—buy one stele, get one free."
"I don't marry, so please don't ask about bride price. That's not polite at all."
He answered almost all the questions in one breath.
After finishing, he felt a bit thirsty. He casually picked up the thermos beside him and took a sip of water.
"Hm?" His brows furrowed slightly. This boiled water tasted awful.
If only there was tea.
Meanwhile, the viewers who heard Tang Yu's answers couldn't stop laughing.
They had just asked casually. They never expected Tang Yu to answer seriously— and even promote Hu Tao's funeral services in the process.
This guy was actually pretty nice.
{LOL! Confirmed—the relationship between the Geo Archon and Hu Tao isn't normal. Otherwise he wouldn't care so much about her.} {I was super jealous before! I thought Tang Yu didn't deserve Hu Tao. But now I'm not jealous—Geo Archon totally deserves both Hu Tao and Silver Wolf.} {True. The moment the Geo Archon appeared, my looks were threatened! Sigh… tough.} {Family, who understands? My brother cried when he heard the Geo Archon doesn't marry—started threatening to unalive himself! LOL, dying of laughter.} {....}
Tang Yu chatted casually with the viewers. Half an hour passed unknowingly.
His live room popularity had already reached #1 on Douyin's overall live ranking.
This shocked many big Douyin streamers.
They could feel their own room's popularity dropping sharply.
Who was this godly streamer that just appeared?
The streamers were confused.
So they started looking for the reason.
Soon, they noticed Tang Yu.
At first glance, their eyes widened.
Because Tang Yu's room was unfamiliar. Before, thanks to Hu Tao and Silver Wolf, the room had high popularity. But back then— except for Dai Xiaomei— other streamers hadn't paid attention.
So when many streamers learned about Tang Yu, their faces were full of question marks.
Da Ma Hou's live room.
Da Ma Hou looked at his plummeting popularity. His skinny, monkey-like face wrinkled into a mess!
"Brothers, what's going on today? Are you all not watching streams?" Da Ma Hou said to the camera: "I was even planning a giveaway! But with popularity this low, forget it."
{Monkey Bro, the bros all went to the Geo Archon's room. I even saw your #1 and #2 big spenders there!}
The barrage quickly replied to Da Ma Hou.
Geo Archon?
Da Ma Hou looked confused. He found it strange.
Who was this person, managing to attract his #1 and #2?
Wait— Da Ma Hou's expression changed.
#1 was his wife!
His wife was watching another male streamer—this couldn't stand!
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