The Empress’ Livestream
chapter-379

Chapter 379: Earthquake in Dongqing (11)

She’s not being friendly!

Even if the System was only a cluster of data, it had been with Jiang Pengji for years and had come to understand her temper over time. It was startled when it heard her speak in such a tone. It was completely nervous, and only responded after considering for a while. “How can I help you?”

Jiang Pengji immediately looked for a flat surface and sat down when there was no one around. She clasped her hands together in a leisurely posture.

The more she acted like that, the more perturbed the System was.

Jiang Pengji said in a relaxed manner, “Do you remember the time when I asked you if my popularity points could be exchanged for food during the snowstorm in Shangjing? At that time, you told me that my streaming level wasn’t high enough. Even if my level was enough, 10,000 points could only be exchanged for 50 kilograms of food. Is that right?”

The System was different from living beings; it had back-end data. It was impossible for it to forget things.

Of course, the System could not pretend to be dumb when Jiang Pengji had mentioned the situation with such detail. Thinking about the scale of the earthquake that time, the System suddenly felt a lot more at ease and guessed what Jiang Pengji wanted to say. “Are you thinking of using your popularity points in exchange for food? Since you’ve already reached level 4 on your streaming level, the redemption function can be unlocked. If you really want to exchange points for food, it can be done.”

Haha… What a greedy thing… Jiang Pengji lowered her eyelids, hiding the contempt deep inside her eyes.

She had persisted before. How could she stop now?

Except for the 23 million popularity points that she had accumulated on her own, the remaining 33 million points in the back-end points account were rewarded by the audience in the streaming room for the earthquake. The data was still under the premise that the System had already divided the rewards into two.

In other words, the audience in the streaming room had gathered at least 66 million points since the earthquake!

Jiang Pengji had once probed the viewers and determined the approximate commodity price in their dimension. A reward of one yuan was equal to one popularity point.

The exchange ratio given by the System was that 10,000 points could be exchanged for 50 kilograms of food.

What did that mean? That meant that 10,000 yuan would be required to purchase of 50 kilograms of rice.

There were various prices of rice in the dimension of the streaming. 10 kilograms of packed rice, which was the most common, costed about 50 yuan.

Calculating according to the ratio above, it was clear at a glance how evil the System was.

If it was during normal times, for the sake of the System’s usefulness, Jiang Pengji could pretend to be blind and let the System pocket her points for profit. Of course, pigs could only be killed when they had been fattened.

However, the rewards were used for disaster relief. Jiang Pengji would definitely fulfill the promise she made with the audience in the streaming room. Therefore, she could make a deal with the System, but the ratio had to be adjusted.

“Exchanging 10,000 points for 50 kilograms of food… Don’t you think that you’re taking advantage of the difficulties of others for your own benefit?” Jiang Pengji curled her lips.

The System answered, “The deal is a consensual matter. How can you say that I’m taking advantage of the difficulties of others for my own benefit?”

Jiang Pengji secretly curled her lips. The System was getting cocky now that she had not taught it a lesson recently.

The System must have reckoned that it was her only choice to exchange for food, so it became adamant.

Jiang Pengji smacked her lips and intertwined her fingers together, as if she was casually in a daze.

“Can’t the ratio be adjusted?” she asked.

The System replied, “No. This ratio has been set since production. The host and the System have no right to change it.”

Jiang Pengji heaved a long sigh in her heart. Some people always looked like villains, holding on and refusing to give up until they reached their goals––even after suffering from a disaster. It made people sick.

She did not continue to negotiate with the System. She made a stroke in the air with her right index finger and pulled out her own attributes.

The attribute panel was getting longer and longer. The classification of each piece of data had also become more detailed.

She skipped the meaningless content and directly locked her gaze on [Base Strength 51 points, Strength Fusion +67 points].

When she left Shangjing City with Master Yuan Jing that year, she had fused her fighting power, and the System had upgraded once. After that, being in Langye for half a year, she did a lot of trivial missions and boring streaming content. She once again fused her fighting power, and the System had “coincidentally” upgraded as well.

After being in a deadlock for approximately an hour, the System took the initiative and asked, “Do you want to redeem any food?”

“Do you think I should?” she asked, rhetorically and with a smile. However, the look in her eyes remained unchanged. Deep in her eyes, there was still ice that had been frozen for thousands of years.

The System hesitated for a while and responded, “According to the back-end mathematical data of the System, it is recommended that you redeem. The earthquake this time had a magnitude of 7.8 at its epicenter. The aftershock has already occurred five times. The death toll has exceeded 30,000 in Shangjing City alone…”

The figure, 30,000, could not have been underestimated. The general population of Shangjing City was about 120,000. In addition to the 100,000 imperial guards stationed there, the population was about 220,000.

Most of the imperial guards lived in military camps. The casualties and losses after the earthquake were small.

In other words, under the premise of not counting the number of imperial guards, the death rate of the commoners in Shangjing City had already reached 25 percent.

Those were people who were confirmed to be dead. There were even more people buried under the rubble that were still holding onto their last breath.

The System showed the data, and it was clearly telling Jiang Pengji that she should not care about her points if she wanted to be the Virgin Mary. If she cared about her points, she should stop spitting nonsense. So what if it was taking advantage of the difficulties of others for its own benefit? If she was unhappy about it, she could choose not to redeem anything. It was not its business that people died.

Realizing what the System meant implicitly, Jiang Pengji did not get angry from embarrassment. Instead, she revealed an inscrutable facial expression.

The System initially thought that Jiang Pengji would eventually give in in the end, but not long after, it realized that something was wrong. She was too calm! Could it be that she lost her cool?

Jiang Pengji suddenly made small talk. “System, we’ve been tied together for three or four years, but it seems I haven’t introduced myself properly.”

The System felt somewhat uncomfortable, but it was unable to point out what was wrong. It could only ask accordingly, “Haven’t you introduced yourself before?”

A long time ago, Jiang Pengji had yet to have a good relationship with the audience in the streaming room. She had once introduced her origin in order to taunt the audience.

“I have, but it wasn’t comprehensive.” Jiang Pengji seemed to have shifted the focus away from the redemption of food. The System grew uneasy. She continued, “Thinking about it now, I should introduce myself again. My name is Jiang Pengji, and my occupation is the General of the Federal Forces. I’m a female, and I’m the Leading General of Corps Seven. I hold one-tenth of the federal real power…”

“I know.” The System looked patient, but in fact it was already impatient.

A hero would have been silent about their past glories.

“No. I’m not done talking yet,” Jiang Pengji replied. “The candidate of the Regimental Commander has a rigid request…”

The System responded casually, “What sort of nonsensical request?”

“The level of mental and brain development must at least be at level 3S,” Jiang Pengji replied calmly.

However, for the System, that answer was tantamount to a thunder on the plains, as if a bomb had blown up in its brain.

The System did not respond. Jiang Pengji continued, “Scientists have categorized the levels of mental brain domain according to scientific standards––the lowest level being F and the highest level being 3S. There are 21 levels in total. With each level of promotion, the mental brain domain will have a qualitative advancement. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the higher the level, the higher the IQ and the higher the degree of brain development. It only means that the spiritual energy is higher… Why are you escaping?”

As she had yet to finish talking, a tiny source of energy seemed to be stripped from her brain. A pure spiritual power was holding it firmly in place.

“System… Tell me. Why are you escaping? Huh?”