[Ding! After six months of upgrades, the live stream is now complete!]
[The updated rules of the live stream are as follows:]
[1. Previously, only the first person to answer correctly would receive a reward. Now, the first three people to answer correctly will receive rewards, but the rewards will decrease in value!]
[2. Instead of unlimited answering, there is now a buzzer system. Only the first five people to buzz in can answer the question, and due to the buzzer system, all answers will be blurred out and become invisible.]
[3. To prevent those with power from exploiting the live stream, there is now a restriction: answers cannot be obtained through commoners. If detected, the instigator will be punished one hundred times the penalty imposed on the commoners!]
As these crimson words appeared in the live stream, the system's cold voice echoed in everyone's ears.
The upgrade of the live stream was met with excitement and anticipation from the soul masters and nobles when they saw the first rule change. However, their faces fell and their hearts sank when they read the latter rules.
What?! All answers will be blurred out and invisible, and no using commoners to test answers anymore.
The change from only the first correct answer winning a reward to the top three answers receiving rewards was initially seen as an opportunity to gain multiple rewards by observing others' answers, like Lin Yu's.
But the new rule of blurring all answers and banning commoners from answering destroyed those plans.
This severely affected the interests of nobles and soul masters like Prince Xuexing, Yu Yuanzhen, and Meng Shu, making their hearts tense and uneasy.
Now, they were uncertain whether the changes they had pushed for were beneficial or harmful.
Of course, there were other rule changes made by Lin Yu to close all the loopholes he knew of in the live stream.
In contrast to the distressed nobles and soul masters, Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi were relatively unfazed. They had anticipated such outcomes and believed the changes would be more beneficial than detrimental, as the chance of winning rewards had indeed increased!
After announcing the updated rules, the livestream officially began.
The virtual space shifted dramatically. The vast, boundless expanse was replaced by a bustling, grand city, even more impressive and splendid than the Tiandou and Xingluo Empires!
What an incredible city!
The sight of this city left countless viewers in awe.
The camera moved swiftly through the city, eventually arriving at an academy, and then into a classroom.
Inside the classroom, a teacher was lecturing at the front. From the content, it seemed to be a history lesson.
As the history teacher spoke, viewers gradually understood the period and city featured in the live stream.
The period depicted was the Soul Guidance Empire, before the Tiandou and Xingluo Empires. At this time, the continent had been unified, and all worship of gods had been eradicated. The empire was heavily promoting the development of soul guidance technology.
Currently, soul guidance technology was only available to soul masters, but the empire's technological institute believed it would eventually be available to commoners, improving their lives.
The live stream's city was the capital of the Soul Guidance Empire—Soul Guidance City!
The scene then froze.
With a new crimson message appearing before everyone, the cold voice spoke again:
[The event broadcast has ended; the Q&A now begins!]
[Question: Who is the founder of soul guidance technology that allows soul power to flow not only within soul masters but also through special metals?]
[Rewards for this Q&A are as follows:]
[First Place: Humans: Random cultivation method x1; Soul Beasts: Random soul beast cultivation method x1!]
[Second Place: Humans: Random low-level martial skill x1; Soul Beasts: Random low-level soul beast ability x1]
[Third Place: Humans: Random hundred-year soul bone x1; Soul Beasts: Cultivation increase of one thousand years!]
Random cultivation methods? Random martial skills? A hundred-year soul bone?
Upon seeing the rewards, both the human and soul beast sides were thrilled and excited.
"Find the answer quickly!"
With the new question and rewards announced, the Spirit Hall, Tiandou Royal Family, and Xingluo Royal Family—led by Bibi Dong, Prince Xuexing, and Dai Tianfeng—ordered their scholars to find the answer.
"This question has two rewards that are extremely useful for our soul beast side. We must find the answer immediately!"
"I recall there are some books from the Soul Guidance Empire era left in the Star Dou Forest!"
Meanwhile, Di Tian instructed his fellow fierce beasts, especially Bi Ji and Yao Ling, to search through the pile of books with urgency. Due to the mysterious destruction of the Soul Guidance Empire, most of its books were lost.
The Spirit Hall and the Tiandou and Xingluo Royal Families had limited access to these texts, making the Soul Beasts' collection possibly more comprehensive.
While both sides scrambled to find the answer, Lin Yu sighed in his hotel room.
"Looks like this reward is out of my reach again!"
Though his Ta Qing clone remained in the Spirit Hall, perusing its books daily, the texts related to the Soul Guidance Empire were scarce. Lin Yu's clone had never encountered the relevant materials for this Q&A.