chapter 1 part 2
Initially, people didn't believe it, until they gradually verified that the Videos played in the Live Stream Room were indeed events that had happened in the Past and would happen in the Future. Only then did they truly confirm the authenticity of this mysterious Q&A.
People in this World speculated that this terrifying Q&A might be the masterpiece of the Gods in the heavens. As for why the Gods created such a thing, it was beyond the comprehension of them, the Mortals. Anyway, these Mortals couldn't resist. Since that was the case, they could only accept it.
However, unlike the natives of this World, Ye Cheng, before his transmigration in his previous life, had read fanfiction of this spoiler type. Some of those novels were pure ensemble stories, where the so-called Q&A had no mastermind behind it, just a simple mechanical Q&A mechanism. However, there was also a portion of such novels where a protagonist was manipulating things from behind the scenes.
Ye Cheng didn't know if there was a protagonist manipulating the Q&A on this Douluo Continent he was in. So, for the past six years, he had been very well-behaved. Even for questions that weren't restricted to specific respondents, where anyone could answer, he, a 'Truth Emperor' who had read the original Douluo, did not step forward to try and gain any benefits.
After all, if there really was a Transmigrator mastermind controlling this Q&A, then if he answered questions that the local natives couldn't possibly know, wouldn't he completely expose his identity as an outsider?
However, as Time passed, seeing many people gain benefits by answering questions correctly and changing their Destiny, Ye Cheng also gradually couldn't help but want to answer questions recklessly.
He wanted to take a gamble, betting that there was no mastermind behind the Q&A.
If he bet correctly, his Destiny would change forever.
If he bet incorrectly, at worst, it would just be death.
So Ye Cheng decided, the next time a public Q&A appeared where anyone could answer, he would definitely rush to answer!
...
"Ding!"
A clear sound suddenly rang in his mind.
Ye Cheng, who was sighing at the moon, paused, his expression frozen. He thought he had been chosen by the terrifying Q&A and was about to answer a question. Then, a mechanical Prompt Sound suddenly rang in his mind, making him completely stunned.
[...Role-playing System successfully activated!]
The expression on Ye Cheng's face gradually shifted from stunned to ecstatic!
Cheat System!
His Transmigrator Cheat System had finally arrived!!!
And the changes didn't stop there.
Soon, the System's Prompt Sound rang out again in quick succession.
[Detected another System in the current World...]
[Upon detection, it is a remnant after another System's Destruction, confirmed to be an ownerless External Plugin, "Live Stream Spoiler System"...]
[Capturing and Absorbing... 1%... 10%... 16%...]
[Absorption failed, System Energy insufficient.]
[Current Absorption Progress is 50%, Low-Level Authority obtained.]
[Prompt: To fully Absorb it and gain the Live Stream Spoiler System's Highest Authority, Host, please diligently Role-play, collect Energy, and assist the System in upgrading its version; only then can you completely Absorb this ownerless External Plugin.]
[For details, please enter the System interface to view.]
After a series of dazzling prompts.
Ye Cheng took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down.
Then, with a thought, he opened the System interface.
[Role-playing System — Create a Persona. The more people who believe it, and generate shock, yearning, fear... and various other Emotions for this fictional Persona, the more this Persona will eventually become real!
Current Role-playing: None.
Already Role-played: None.
External Plugin: Live Stream Spoiler System — 50% (Current Absorption Progress is insufficient, only possessing Low-Level Authority. It can freely propose questions, fabricate and alter Videos, and set Q&A Rewards and Punishments. However, it cannot obtain Q&A Rewards. Only by acquiring 100% Highest Authority can one Control everything within the System.)]
After carefully studying the panel for a while.
Ye Cheng finally understood the cause and effect in general.
First, this Role-playing System should be his Transmigrator's Cheat System. Its function was also very simple: it allowed him to create a Persona, and Role-play this Persona. For instance, if he created a Sun Wukong Persona, the more people who believed in this Persona of his, believed he possessed all of Sun Wukong's abilities... Once the Role-playing Progress finally reached 100%, he would possess all of Sun Wukong's abilities as perceived by others.
And undoubtedly, the more advanced the Persona created, the more people would be needed to approve, acknowledge, and believe in the existence of this Persona. To be honest, while this System's ability was indeed powerful, how to make others believe in the Persona he created in the early stages was indeed a difficult problem.
Furthermore, if the created Persona didn't reach 100%, he himself wouldn't be able to use the Persona's abilities. Therefore, if he was an Ordinary Person, trying to Role-play a peerless expert would definitely be exposed in minutes. He would end up being beaten to death on the street.
But now, it was different.
When the System unexpectedly acquired the Live Stream Spoiler System's Low-Level Authority, Ye Cheng suddenly realized: these two Systems were simply a perfect match!
Making others believe in the Persona he designed wasn't difficult at all. If he fabricated a "Future Video" and broadcast it live to the entire World, wouldn't the Persona's progress rapidly skyrocket?!
Although it was only Low-Level Authority, he couldn't obtain the Q&A participants' Rewards, or the various things stripped away after Punishment. But for him now, having this Low-Level Authority was sufficient. Paired with the Role-playing System, it was like adding wings to a tiger!
This Transmigrator, who had suffered for twenty-six years, had finally seen his suffering end and sweetness begin!
As for the Live Stream Spoiler System that suddenly appeared in the Douluo World six years ago, Ye Cheng also learned through his Cheat System. This thing originally had an owner, but later, it seemed to have offended a powerful figure in a Super High-Level World, and then the System's Host was utterly annihilated!
The originally intact Live Stream Spoiler System was also affected by this, shattered to pieces, with most of its functions Destroyed. Only a core part of its functions escaped into the Space-Time Turbulence and fortuitously arrived in this World.
And to repair itself, this damaged System autonomously activated its live stream spoiler function, using it to collect the Power of Sentient Beings' Wishes, and to Convert Energy from "things" stripped away after Punishment, to repair itself.
Once repaired, the Live Stream Spoiler System would once again choose a Host.
Unexpectedly, Ye Cheng's Cheat System just happened to Awaken at this time, and then captured this damaged Live Stream Spoiler System. Thus, this thing fell into his lap.
"So, for the past six years, I've been battling wits with thin air?" Ye Cheng said, feeling somewhat amused and bewildered.
(end of chapter)