Chapter 86: The Livestream System Has Been Activated

Opening the operations interface, Su Chen navigated to the "honor & battle records" section, where he discovered a hidden feature: the Redemption function.

This function allowed him to exchange Warrior Badges for various hidden abilities.

These hidden features were categorized by tiers, with the highest one requiring a whopping 100 Warrior Badges. If defeating an easy-to-handle beast only earned one badge, that meant he'd have to kill a hundred of them to unlock the top-tier ability.

Even taking down a werewolf like the one Su Chen encountered today would net him only around five badges. In other words, twenty such beasts would be needed to unlock the best ability.

These monsters weren't just tough—they were deadly. If Su Chen hadn't had a flash of brilliance at the critical moment today, he probably would've died under that werewolf's claws.

It felt like divine intervention was on his side. If it had come down to strength alone, Su Chen would've had no chance.

The effort required to kill something like a werewolf and earn five Warrior Badges was staggering.

Despite having access to high-tech weapons, Su Chen had still ended up with bruised knees while taking down just one werewolf—and nearly got himself killed in the process.

For other survivors, it was a miracle just to avoid getting killed by these monsters, let alone slay them.

Su Chen had now collected twenty Warrior Badges—enough to unlock the first-tier hidden ability.

But these hidden abilities were clearly designed to get progressively more valuable with more badges. Once he redeemed the current twenty, he'd have to start all over again.

Collecting more badges would be no small feat. Killing a giant spider was hard enough—werewolves were even worse.

Su Chen was lucky to have survived twice now. Both times, it came down to sheer luck. If he'd tried to fight head-on, he definitely would've been toast.

No doubt about it.

Su Chen hesitated.

The hidden abilities came in four tiers: 20, 50, 80, and 100 Warrior Badges.

Each ability was standalone, and unlocking one didn't affect the others.

If he wanted to save up for the 50-badge tier, he'd need at least 30 more badges—meaning he'd have to kill roughly six more werewolf-level monsters. Just thinking about that sent chills down his spine.

It had taken him ages to gather these twenty. How long would fifty take?

Might as well test the waters with the 20-badge ability.

If it turned out to be useless, the higher-tier ones probably weren't that great either.

No point wasting that much time.

Su Chen selected the 20-badge hidden ability and hit Redeem.

[Congratulations! Livestreaming Permission Unlocked!]

[Congratulations! You've received a Joker Mask!]

A clownish-looking mask suddenly appeared in Su Chen's hand.

"What the hell is this?"

He stared at the mask in utter confusion.

A livestreaming function? That was the so-called hidden ability?

He was someone who didn't even know how to set a WeChat profile picture—and now he was supposed to use a livestream feature?

And now he had a Joker mask too? Were they expecting him to play a clown?

"I'm a full-grown man, and they want me to cosplay as a clown?"

The longer Su Chen looked at the mask, the angrier he got.

Hidden ability, my ass! What a joke.

Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be anything good.

He immediately tossed the Joker mask to the ground.

Just then, a system announcement rang out from the RV World:

[Ding! Congratulations, Survivor! You've unlocked the livestream feature. You can now earn mysterious rewards by streaming!]

[The rewards are extremely generous—comparable to a week's worth of resources gathered by ten hardworking people, or even more!]

[You can choose between Real-Name or Anonymous livestreaming. Your choice won't affect your rewards.>

Wait, ten people's worth of loot for a whole week?

That was the only line Su Chen remembered after the long-winded system message.

Because honestly, that part was the only thing that really mattered.

The first mission for the Livestream System: gain 1,000 followers via livestreaming.

Real-name or anonymous—up to him.

Without thinking, Su Chen chose anonymous.

There was no way he was going on camera. The idea alone made him squirm. He even felt shy just video-chatting with friends—livestreaming in front of countless strangers? No way.

Wearing a mask was much easier. If no one could recognize him, the pressure would be gone.

If the rewards had been mediocre, he wouldn't have bothered.

But those rewards were too tempting to ignore.

They were the kind of resources you'd have to grind forever to get your hands on.

Su Chen figured it was worth trying. Everything starts somewhere, after all.

Besides, he had another reason for staying anonymous: even though he didn't see himself as particularly strong, among survivors he was practically a legend.

If he showed his face on stream, people would recognize him instantly.

It'd turn into a giant fan meet—and probably make the system feel unfair.

After all, Su Chen already had a fanbase. Getting a thousand followers would be a piece of cake for him.

He wouldn't even need interesting content. Just saying, "I'm Su Chen," a couple of times would be enough.

Many of his fans were total survival newbies who worshipped the ground he walked on.

To them, Su Chen was practically a god.

Where's the fun in that?

But let's be honest—the main reason was that Su Chen just didn't want to show his face.

All the other reasons were just excuses.

[Congratulations, Survivor! Anonymous livestream selected. You've been assigned the nickname: Cherry Tomato (nicknames are randomly generated for anonymous streams).]

Cherry Tomato? What kind of name is that?

What next—Potato, Eggplant, Tomato?

Well, anything's possible. It's just a nickname.

What mattered was that he'd chosen to stream anonymously—meaning he wouldn't start with any built-in popularity.

So the quality of his content had to be top-notch, fresh, and engaging, or no one would tune in.

Most people probably didn't even know livestreaming was an option yet.

Suddenly, inspiration struck. Su Chen clapped his hands in excitement.

"That's right! I'm going on a camping trip tomorrow! They've probably never experienced something like that—should be a great way to attract viewers!"

It really was a solid idea—kill two birds with one stone.

With humanity still struggling just to survive, livestreaming a relaxing outdoor camping trip would be totally unique.

This could really blow up.

It was getting late now. Time to get some sleep.

He'd need the energy for tomorrow's stream.

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