The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 249 - 170: Facing It

Chapter 249: Chapter 170: Facing It

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"This is the place."

The car stopped in front of an abandoned building, with weeds growing all over the ground and trash everywhere.

It was eight o’clock in the evening, and it was already dark. There was no light around the abandoned building, making the darkness somewhat oppressive, like a corner forgotten by time, standing alone and eerily in the night.

Behind the shattered doors and windows, it was pitch black, like a gaping abyss ready to devour anyone. Shadows seemed to conceal something lurking behind, waiting for prey to walk into its trap.

With his Dark Vision, Zhou Yuan didn’t need light to see in the night. He looked up at the abandoned building in front of him, sensing a faint presence of ghostly energy emanating from it.

[An apartment building abandoned for over a decade. Due to the demolition notice not being issued, it was left unattended. With no human presence and the spread of polluted energy, this place was occupied by ghosts born of the rising supernatural powers. However, the fierce ghosts inside are just three small fries that can be easily suppressed.]

Current area abnormal entities: 3

[Event detected, generating task...]

[Task name: "Livestream"]

[Task objective: Reach 100,000 viewers in the livestream room]

[Task time limit: 2 hours]

[Task reward 1: 300 Experience Points]

Zhou Yuan glanced at the task panel and then took out his phone to start the livestream.

Thanks to his large base of followers and the promotional efforts of Gu Chacha and her team, the viewers in the livestream room reached more than 5,000 within the first five minutes.

"Livestreaming ghost hunting? Is this for real?"

"The host is so handsome, I have a brother who went abroad two years ago. He’s in Sydney now, I miss him so much."

"Have you ever considered charity, host? Donate a few playgrounds and set them up at my elementary school."

"Hurry up, I want to see a female ghost!"

Zhou Yuan looked calmly at the barrage of comments in the livestream room and said, "Don’t rush, don’t rush. As a seasoned extraordinary person, let me tell you a golden rule: when facing abnormal situations, never rush. Always make sure you are prepared."

He took out a table from his Storage Ring, placing it in front of him, then took out a stack of yellow paper and a red-ink brush.

"Oh oh oh! Live talisman drawing!"

"Is the host a Taoist?"

"I knew those Taoist priests had real skills, I’m quitting my job to apprentice at Longhu Mountain!"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and explained, "I’m not a Taoist, and the things I’m drawing are not traditional talismans. It’s something I figured out myself. As long as you infuse the brush tip with your own strength, anything you write can explode with supernatural power and harm ghosts."

"So..."

He shifted his tone and flashed a flawless commercial smile. "Everyone, send a rocket as a tip, and I’ll write your names on the talismans. So it’s almost like you’re personally fighting the ghosts! Limited quantity, first come, first served, the most authentic ghost-hunting livestream, only here!"

This method wasn’t really new. Back in the old century before the Third World War, many frontline soldiers in war zones used similar methods—just donate money, and you could have your desired patterns or texts drawn on artillery shells.

Zhou Yuan waited for a moment, and immediately countless rocket-tipping animations filled the screen, one after another, causing his phone to lag.

"Thank you [Electroshock Lord Mr Yang] for the rocket, thank you Mr Yang. Thanks to [Pigeon Over Lamb Dies Below] for the super rocket, thanks a lot, big boss. Thanks to [Reformation Faction E-Cigarette Litang King Real] for the super rocket, the host is neither Reformation nor Traditional Faction, and the host doesn’t smoke..."

Zhou Yuan recited a long list of tipping IDs and then quickly began drawing the talismans, infusing them with spiritual energy.

He drew a total of fifteen talismans, more than enough to deal with those minor ghosts. To ensure that the big spenders felt they got their money’s worth, Zhou Yuan intentionally lowered the strength of the spiritual energy so the ghosts wouldn’t be killed off too quickly.

"OK, all done. Now I’ll enter this haunted building alone and clear out the evil spirits inside."

Zhou Yuan picked up his flashlight and walked toward the abandoned building, answering viewers’ questions as he went.

Gu Chacha and her team took screenshots of the livestream and shared the information in chat groups on WeChat, spreading it rapidly among netizens. The number of viewers in the livestream room soon exceeded 30,000 and continued to grow visibly.

Reaching 100,000 viewers was just a matter of time.

Zhou Yuan felt confident and stopped paying attention to the viewer count. As he explored various parts of the abandoned building, he educated the audience about the spiritual bodies of ghosts.

"After the rise of supernatural powers, people with strong obsessions before dying have a high probability of becoming ghostly spirits. However, these spirits usually lack self-awareness and can only act on instinct."

And a ghost’s instinct is to eat people."

Zhou Yuan’s tone was calm, which, paired with the desolate surroundings, made the livestream room’s atmosphere eerie and silent.

"Ordinary physical attacks can’t hurt ghosts. Instead, such attacks might drive them into a frenzy. So when you encounter a ghost without self-awareness, the best thing to do is to run away as quickly as possible."

At this point, a viewer asked: What if you can’t run away?

Zhou Yuan chuckled. "If you can’t run away, then it’s best to quickly think of something that makes you angry. Increase your resentment, so after you die, you might become a fierce ghost and have a chance to seek revenge on the ghost that killed you."