76: Chapter 76 Two Supernatural Streamers

In the works of Lu Xun, there is a character who was completely out of step with the society of his time: Kong Yiji.

In that era of social upheaval, a laborer at the bottom of society did not have much money and could only stand at the entrance of a tavern drinking, wearing a short jacket suitable for manual labor.

Books were very precious items for the common people in that era, so generally speaking, the family backgrounds of scholars were not too bad; most of them wore long gowns and were willing to spend money to go inside the tavern to taste wine.

But Kong Yiji was an exception; he was a scholar but had no money, so he could only wear a long gown and stand at the tavern entrance drinking every day, appearing completely out of place among the surrounding laborers.

Nowadays, "Kong Yiji's Long Gown" carries a broader meaning: it refers to one's inability to let go of things that signify their status, unable to lower themselves to do manual labor.

In recent years, the economy of the Nine Provinces has been sluggish, and the vast majority of companies have begun laying off staff, leading to a large number of graduates unable to find suitable employment.

Furthermore, because graduates cannot let go of the education they received over the past decade or more, and cannot bear to let down their parents who have toiled for years to support their schooling, they are unwilling to take on manual labor jobs that require no academic qualifications.

Yu Hongkuo is one such person.

He is a fresh graduate this year; during his internship, he finally managed to find a decent job, but lost his source of income due to the company going bankrupt.

Afterwards, he struggled to find work for over a month, sending out countless resumes, but they all sank like stones into the sea.

Yet he could not bear to disappoint his parents, who had scrimped and saved for years to put him through school. He didn't even dare to imagine their reaction if they found out he had gone to a factory to tighten screws or work on an assembly line.

While venting to a friend who was also unemployed, the two of them started talking about the streaming industry.

They had seen too many incredibly glamorous streamers on Douying and Kuaishou, and believed that in the streaming industry, as long as one had a mobile phone or computer, knew some basic editing techniques, and wrote a few decent scripts, they could quickly become famous and accumulate a large number of fans.

Once they had fans, they could start a stream at a set time every day, chat casually, shoot the breeze, wear tighter clothes, show off their figures a bit, use a cutesy voice to beg for a few tips, and occasionally sell some goods, easily making tens of thousands a month.

No need to go out to work, no need to endure the sun, rain, or wind; they could easily achieve financial freedom.

The more they talked, the more excited they became, and the idea of becoming streamers took root.

The two hit it off immediately and pooled their money to buy the equipment needed for streaming.

Yu Hongkuo was responsible for filming and Late Stage editing, while his friend Tang Yingyao took on the role of the streamer, using her not-too-bad looks—enhanced by beauty filters—to attract traffic.

At the beginning, they did indeed manage to accumulate quite a few fans by imitating some viral videos.

But the ideal is plump, while reality is skeletal.

The hardships of the streaming industry far exceeded their expectations.

Because they had no original content and the quality of their videos was low, their monthly income, let alone achieving financial freedom, was barely enough to maintain a subsistence level of living.

After doing this for over half a month, they thought it over and decided to switch careers, moving from entertainment streamers to exploration streamers.

Surprisingly, this decision did indeed bring quite a few fans who liked thrills to their previously sluggish account.

And after doing it for over a week, they discovered that exploring haunted houses was the best way to attract traffic.

Just today, they had returned from exploring a homestay on the outskirts of the West District that had suffered a major fire.

It was said that over a dozen people had burned to death in that fire back then; that homestay, named Kangle, was an out-and-out haunted house.

However, because the script design wasn't very good, their entire exploration of the homestay had been uneventful, so the popularity in their livestream room was not high.

In order to retain their fans, they prepared to tell a few ghost stories on the way back to boost popularity before ending the stream.

"Family, we are currently located near Tongjiang Park." On the road about three hundred meters away from Tongjiang Park, Tang Yingyao spoke to the livestream room.

Yu Hongkuo cooperated very well and turned the camera towards Tongjiang Park.

"We locals all know that Tongjiang Park was built on what was originally a mass grave. It is said that before this park was built, quite a few paranormal events happened here," Tang Yingyao said mysteriously.

{ The Tenderness You Want╮: I know about this. My grandfather is from Tianhai City, and he has told me about this incident. }

{ King ★ Killer 彡: Speaking of which, why does it seem like every country likes to build things like schools or parks on top of graveyards? Is there any science-popularizer who can explain this? }

{ Wrapping Strength in Pretension: Waiting for the explanation! }

{ A Primary School Monk: Waiting for it +1! }

{ Dark Clan Injury: Waiting for it +10086! }

{ Dancing Wildly on Graves: *Ahem*, the science-popularizer is here! }

{ Dancing Wildly on Graves: The ancients believed that because graveyards buried too many corpses, they would gather heavy Yin Qi. This Yin Qi easily attracts restless spirits of the unjustly dead to gather in the graveyard. }

{ Dancing Wildly on Graves: The reason why schools are built on graveyards is because students are young people in their teens. Young people have a hot temper and heavy Yang Qi, which can effectively suppress the Yin Qi of the graveyard, so that no trouble will occur. }

{ Dancing Wildly on Graves: However, when there aren't enough students in the school, the insufficient Yang Qi will lead to a backlash of Yin Qi. This is why almost every school has, more or less, some paranormal legends. }

{ A Primary School Monk: True, our school has two or three paranormal legends! }

{ Dancing Wildly on Graves: Of course, building parks follows the same logic. Parks have high foot traffic and strong flow of Yang Qi, which easily disperses Yin Qi. }

{ Longing Flooding into Disaster: I don't quite understand, but it sounds impressive! }

{ ... }

"Thanks to Brother 'Dancing Wildly on Graves' for the explanation. Let's continue with a story that Yaoyao has heard!"

Looking at the sudden increase in the number of people and comments in the livestream room, and even a few scattered tips, Tang Yingyao instantly felt overjoyed.

"New family members might not know, but I used to work in the West District.

There was an elderly lady in the place where I lived who wasn't quite mentally sound. She would sit blankly at the entrance of the alley for a long time every day, and sometimes I would chat with her for a bit.

Later, one time I heard other elderly people talking, saying that there was a widow who had been framed by local bullies and died unjustly while she was a widow; she was buried in that graveyard from before."

{ Arrogant Passerby: Those bullies really deserve to die. They choose to act like dogs instead of being decent people. }

{ King ★ Killer 彡: To the person above, I do not allow you to insult dogs! }

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