The next day.
In the morning.
The netizens were relishing the news.
"Have you seen the rankings yet?"
"It's gone up again."
"I really have to take my hat off to Lord Zhang."
"Yeah, I can't help but be impressed!"
"I wonder what big event will happen today."
"If he continues like this, he might really be able to max out his Asian popularity score before he becomes a father."
"I don't think so. He's still far from that."
"With how unlucky he is, do you think he'll be able to survive until he reaches the summit of Asia?"
"Pfft, that's true."
The God of Death — this was Zhang Ye's new nickname.
This fellow could always use an ingenious way to increase his popularity. Everyone was already used to it.
…
At a park.
Inside a tent.
Zhang Ye was lying in the tent with his legs crossed while playing with his cell phone. Last night, he stayed in the park and did not dare to go home or stay at a hotel. He bought a tent and set it up in an empty space in the park. Although there was a Category 5 to 6 wind gust at night, although two trees next to the tent were blown down and smashed into it, although a vicious dog got into the tent in the middle of the night, and although he woke up with a grass snake coiled around his head and flicking its forked tongue at him, he still managed to pull through.
He checked the news.
He checked the rankings.
His popularity score had increased again?
But Zhang Ye couldn't feel happy no matter how he thought about it. Yesterday had been too unbearable, and it wasn't over yet. There was still another day to go!
How was he going to pull through today?
Where should he go to seek refuge today?
All of the Lotte Mart stores in Beijing had already been destroyed by him!
Why don't he go to Tianjin's Lotte Mart to have a look?
[5 Fold Difficulty]
[Remaining time: 26 hours, 5 minutes, and 15 seconds]
Looking at the countdown timer on the game ring's Difficulty Die, Zhang Ye felt very sad.
Therefore, wanting to turn the situation around, he once again thought of the game ring. Without another word, he activated the Lucky Halo (Upgraded) and clicked on the Lottery Draw (Option 2). He did not place any additional stakes and just tried it out. He wanted to see if he could get an item that could resolve the situation at hand. He was looking forward to having an item that would allow the Difficulty Die to end earlier. That would be perfect.
The lottery draw began.
The slot machine started spinning.
Bada.
[Empty]!
There was nothing!
Zhang Ye did not believe it and tried again.
It was still [Empty]!
He finally stopped trying. This also made Zhang Ye come to a conclusion. The effects of the Lucky Halo (Upgraded) could not be compared to the increased difficulty of 5 ×. The latter was more effective than the former, so with the increased difficulty of 5 ×, Zhang Ye could not get anything out of it.
Footsteps could be heard outside.
"Hmm? Is anyone there? "
"There's someone here."
"You can't set up a tent here!"
"Alright, let's go."
The tent zipper opened and Zhang Ye came out.
There was a sanitation worker outside. When she saw Zhang Ye, she was so scared that she took four steps back. Her voice changed, "Zhang, Zhang Ye!"
Zhang Ye dismantled the tent, put it away, and left.
From beginning to end, the sanitation workers avoided him as far as possible as if they were avoiding the plague.
When the news was reported, the netizens were in an uproar. By now, everyone in Asia knew that Zhang Ye was a little unlucky. In the past, whenever Zhang Ye went out on the streets, he would have to cover himself up tightly as he was afraid of being surrounded by his fans. But now, he didn't have to worry about that anymore. When this fellow stood on the streets, no one dared to get within three meters of him.
On this day, Zhang Ye was once again "wandering" the streets.
Wherever he went, everyone was afraid to avoid him!
"Ah!"
"Face-smacking Zhang has appeared!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
"Stay away from him!"
"Run!"
It felt like the devil had invaded the village.
Zhang Ye was already mentally prepared. He had the same level of caution and nervousness as yesterday to deal with today's situation. However, the strange thing was that today's situation did not seem right. Ever since Zhang Ye left the park, it had already been an hour, but nothing had happened. There were no more empty wells by the roadside, nor were there any vehicles that lost control and crashed into him on the road.
What was going on?
This wasn't normal!
Zhang Ye was a little taken aback. The more it was like this, the more wary he became.
Fuck, the calm before the storm. This fellow couldn't be thinking of giving me a big one, right?
Half an hour.
An hour.
Two hours.
Everything was fine. It was so normal that it was scary.
If this were any other time, this would of course be very normal. But it was different now. The Difficulty Adjustment Die's 5 × difficulty was still counting down and had not ended yet. With such a big fuss yesterday, how many accidents had happened? But today, there wasn't even a single one? No matter how he thought about it, it couldn't be!
Slowly, the sky turned dark.
Zhang Ye was getting more and more uneasy.
At night, he started making calls one by one.
…
First, he called home.
"Mom, it's me."
"Where are you?"
"I'm outside. Did anything happen at home?"
"Nope."
"Where's Dad?"
"He's watching TV."
"Where's Old Wu?"
"I just called her. She's at her parents' house."
"What about Grandma and Grandpa?"
"They're both fine."
"Heh, that shouldn't be the case."
"Kid, what do you mean by that? Are you hoping that something will happen to us? "
"Ha, no, I didn't mean that. I was just asking out of concern."
…
He called the studio again.
"Old Ha."
"Director Zhang, when are you coming back? Everyone's been so worried. "
"I'm fine. I'm doing great. How are you guys?"
"We? We're fine. "
"What about the concert?"
"Everything's fine."
"The venue didn't collapse?"
"Ah? Why did the venue collapse? "
"Didn't the equipment explode?"
"Ah? It didn't! "
"Did any of the workers fall into the well?"
"Ah? No! "
"Oh, then it's fine."
…
After making a round of phone calls and asking all of his friends and family, nothing happened. Everyone was fine, and this made Zhang Ye feel very uneasy.
No!
Absolutely not!
Something big was going to happen!
Something big was definitely going to happen!
Zhang Ye was really hoping that something would happen as soon as possible. He was starting to panic after being left hanging like this for so long. The increased difficulty of 5 × was definitely not that simple. It definitely couldn't have lost its effectiveness after only a day. He knew that something bad was definitely happening at this moment. It was just that it had not happened right in front of him this time, so Zhang Ye did not know about it. Zhang Ye was very sure of this. It wasn't that he was being paranoid, but that these speculations were based on his understanding of the game ring. He knew very well how these mysterious items operated.
An hour.
Two hours.
Deep into the night, everything was still peaceful.
The media and the public did not have anything to see.
"Aiya, why is nothing happening?"
"Was there no news about Zhang Ye today?"
"I've been waiting all day."
"Pfft, are you guys serious or not!"
"That's enough of you. You're all looking forward to Face-smacking Zhang getting into trouble every day!"
"Go wash up and sleep."
Zhang Ye had calmed down by now. This bro wasn't afraid of anything. He would take on whatever came his way. Go to sleep. If something really happened, we'll find out tomorrow.
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