The live stream in the underworld had ended, but for the human viewers,
life on Earth was just beginning.
This is an era of traffic and the internet.
Everyone wants to seize the opportunity.
When Tai Qin finished introducing the Western Hall's [Opportunity], some viewers started creating content.
Some posted on WeChat Moments, others made short videos.
By the time Jiang Lin ended his stream, there were already short-form comic strips related to [Opportunity] online.
Some novel websites even launched new books with titles like:
"Apocalypse Opportunity, Simulate Invincibility and Rebirth!"
"I Can Endure This Wrong? I Just Got an Opportunity!"
"Working in the Underworld for a Thousand Years, I Script an Invincible Life"
Upon seeing these, some viewers clicked in immediately, exclaiming about the era of big data.
Many readers were also drawn in by the novel themes and settings.
These new books quickly garnered over a thousand collections and a hundred votes within just an hour.
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With the sharing and diffusion by countless viewers, the topic of the Western Hall's [Opportunity] rapidly trended.
And it sparked heated discussions within the topic.
Its popularity almost rivaled the time when the 'Daily Healing in the Underworld' live stream first debuted.
The reasons were, firstly, the viewers who came to the live stream brought their own traffic.
Secondly, the topic they discussed was inherently controversial.
Some online live streams even dedicated segments to discussing this topic.
[If you encountered the Western Hall's [Opportunity], would you choose to change your fate?]
[—Giving you a chance to script your life, but you have to be a working soul in the underworld.]
"I want to change my fate, but working for a thousand years is a no-go, I'm a laid-back soul."
"Me too, please, big shots, don't compete, it's too scary!"
"Anyway, after drinking the Forgetfulness Brew, everything is forgotten. The next life has little to do with this one."
Many netizens chose to 'lie flat' and pleaded: "Please, big shots, don't start the competition from the underworld."
Some viewers said, "It depends, I'll see first."
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"Da Ya, look at this."
At work,
Da Ya, who was diligently working towards becoming a permanent employee after her internship, was suddenly recommended this topic by a colleague.
She glanced at it briefly and wanted to dismiss it.
Such idle chatter wasn't suitable for her.
But then she heard her colleague say, "Don't swipe away so quickly, there's a prize for this topic. And I expect many people from relevant departments will be paying attention."
Now, any topic that emerged from the 'Daily Healing in the Underworld' live stream automatically gained traction.
Many websites and apps would even select topics worth discussing and offer rewards.
"Is this topic really that powerful?" Da Ya asked, half-believing.
Even people from relevant departments would pay attention?
"You don't know this, do you?"
The colleague said proudly, "The previous campus rectification campaign, the unfinished building incidents, and many others, including this topic, were all triggered by a live stream."
"There are even police officers who regularly monitor the live stream."
Hearing her colleague's words, Da Ya re-examined the topic.
Looking at the many comments about 'lying flat' and the topic description, she couldn't help but start typing.
"To those who say they're lying flat, your lives must be pretty good.
I come from the mountains, and there are five siblings in my family.
Two died unexpectedly, one sister dropped out of junior high and married a man more than ten years her senior. Another younger brother had a high fever at four and became half-paralyzed...
My parents are honest farmers, their hair turned white early.
Looking at them, I always feel that I am too insignificant in this world."
Wanting to change, but unable to bear the cost.
Wanting to save something, but unable to lift an arm.
Whenever she recalled these things, the helpless moments in the dark.
Da Ya's heart ached as if it were being cut by a knife.
"If, if I could see my life script in advance, if I could change my fate, I would change it!"
"Even if I have to drink the Forgetfulness Brew later and forget all this. But since I already know they will be my family, and know that I will face such a situation..."
"Compared to the current powerlessness, I would rather change."
Her family, her future, if working could bring about a good outcome.
What's wrong with that?
If you want something, you have to strive for it, work hard for it, isn't that how it should be?
What she feared was that in this world, there were too many things beyond human control.
No matter how much you do, how hard you try...
The dead can never come back to life, and what has happened cannot be changed.
As she wrote, Da Ya's emotions became somewhat uncontrollable.
Her heart felt heavy.
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After Da Ya, many others shared their experiences and views.
"If I could really change it, please give me a different father. I'd work for as many years as needed! He drinks and gambles every day and hits people. Did I owe him in my past life?
I'd rather work to pay it off in advance than have him as my father again!"
"If possible, I also want to strive for good innate conditions, a good family, and a healthy body for myself..."
The comments online grew, and the topic's popularity continued to rise.
Gradually, some people suddenly realized a problem.
Their focus might be misplaced.
"To be honest, most modern living standards are pretty good. We have enough to eat and wear.
Reincarnation is still a long way off for us young people.
This topic is more suitable for another group of people."
Who would it be more suitable for?
It would be more suitable for the older generation.
They were the ones who had endured hardships and come a long way.
They were the ones who were most urgently facing this issue now.
Upon realizing this, some viewers started going home or making phone calls.
They opened their doors and crouched by their elders' wheelchairs/beds.
Looking at the elders who had doted on them since childhood, now with white hair.
They no longer smiled warmly and pulled a piece of candy from their pockets, saying, "Don't be afraid, Grandpa/Grandma is here."
They pursed their lips, and their eyes suddenly reddened.
"Grandma, if you had a chance to choose again, would you still be my grandma?"
"Grandpa, if you had known in advance that this life would be like this, would you still have come to this family?"
A person's life, birth, old age, sickness, death, joys, and sorrows.
These elders had almost experienced it all.
Now, looking back on their lives, would they feel regret?
Would they feel that it would have been better not to have come?
Thinking of this, the young viewers felt a pang of distress.
It was heartache, and it was reluctance.
But if possible, they also hoped their elders could live a better life.
They had endured enough hardship in this life.
They had seen enough storms.
They had carried this family for so many years, and they were tired.
According to the description of the Western Hall's [Opportunity],
as long as one works hard, they can change.
They can change their own situation, their family's situation, or even choose...
to change a family.
Facing the children's questions, the elder in front of them smiled, their face full of wrinkles:
"Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about."
Some elders, with a temper, immediately gestured with their walking sticks, angrily saying:
"What, you think I'm old and useless? Believe it or not, I can still chase you three streets with this dog-beating stick!"
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