In the interstellar world, there are many versions of the light brain.
The government-issued light brain is the most basic one, and its functions are roughly equivalent to the cell phones from a thousand years ago.
For more advanced features, one must pay a high price to buy a better model.
An Zeyu is a B-grade male, but his family has done quite well on Azure Star, and in addition to earning money from live streaming, he occasionally takes on tasks.
So his life is relatively comfortable, and naturally, his light brain is of high quality.
One of the built-in features is the ability to test the riot value at any time.
He pointed the live stream bee towards his light brain and started the test.
He then said, "I tested my riot value this morning, and it was 57%."
[Hiss?? How is that possible?]
[Brother Yu, did you make a mistake? Your riot value was 55% this morning, wasn't it?]
An Zeyu's face was filled with disbelief. "This can't be right, I have a test record of the riot value."
He tests his riot value nearly every day, and even when he's busy, he doesn't let it go for more than ten days without testing it.
So the light brain clearly recorded that his riot value had been stuck at 57% for several months, with no changes.
After all, he doesn't go to the wilderness, nor does he engage in battles. He just lies around every day, so naturally, the value doesn't increase quickly.
Now the question is, why has it dropped by 2% today?
This drop is equivalent to the effect of a C-grade female soothing him for two hours.
But he never sought one out.
His riot value isn't that high, and he doesn't need to pursue females.
So the only female he had interacted with today was Jiang Qin.
Could it be that the singing method of soothing really works this well?
Not only does he not believe it, but neither do his viewers in the live stream.
[Everyone, stop watching. Isn't this obviously a scam? These streamers will do anything to make money, even lie through their teeth.]
[If he was soothed by a female in private, I wouldn't question him, since his riot value is low and he's easily soothed. But this was a group soothing.]
[As we all know, even with the most expensive suppressants, the best group soothing in the bar can only soothe about 1% of the riot value, even if there's a one-level difference.]
[And the streamer, when he entered the bar, only bought a bottle of regular suppressant, didn't he?]
[Streamer, you're scamming us. How can you face your fans?]
Most of An Zeyu's followers were low-ranking males and half-beasts.
The reason they followed him was mainly to find affordable spots.
Most of his live streams were about exploring different establishments, but they weren't high-end places.
An Zeyu had already visited most of the bars on Azure Star.
His fans had learned which bars offered discounts on suppressants and which females had stronger soothing abilities.
So now, they suspected that An Zeyu had received benefits from the Moonlight Bar, making fake records to trick them into spending their money.
Seeing that the comments in the live stream were all leaning toward accusing him of scamming, An Zeyu grew furious.
"Whether I'm lying or not, you can all try it for yourselves. If it's just my word, then fine, but surely you'll believe what everyone else says, right?"
At this moment, the bar owner, You Wei, had already informed them that Jiang Qin would perform another soothing session in an hour.
She does two soothing sessions every night.
"The next soothing session from the female will be in one hour. Those who are nearby can come see for themselves."
[Okay, I'm nearby, I'm coming to expose the scam!]
[We understand that you need to make money, but we can't accept being treated like fools.]
An Zeyu was almost driven crazy by the accusations. If he had received money, that would have been fine, but the problem was, he hadn't received a single benefit!
"Fine, fine, you all come. I'm going to clear my name today. Since I started live streaming, I've never accepted money from any establishment! Every word I say is a fair and honest review!"
Meanwhile, Jiang Qin had no idea about the live stream. She was in the backstage area, examining a program that had suddenly appeared in her mind.
[Damaged system activated. Reputation value is now available.]
Yes, a damaged system suddenly appeared in her mind!
It was damaged because this system had been bound to her just before her death in her previous life. As soon as the binding process finished, she passed away.
The system automatically activated the protective mode, draining all its energy to bring her back to the age of 18.
The system, exhausted of energy, had become useless, leaving only one section.
The reputation value and the system marketplace.
Tasks, rewards, and other features were gone.
The reputation value was easy to understand—it was basically the equivalent of fame, but only genuine admiration for her works would contribute to it. Black or red fame didn't count.
As for the system marketplace, it was essentially a cultural repository from Earth.
Anything that was known on Earth could be purchased with reputation value in this marketplace.
In other words, even if she finished singing all the songs she remembered, it didn't matter—she could buy all sorts of works she wanted from the system marketplace.
The costs from Earth had already been covered by the system.
Looking at the familiar songs and films in the system, Jiang Qin felt much calmer.
She was confident that this life would be better than the previous ones!
Whether it was her first life or second life, people had always attacked her education.
And they weren't wrong—her cultural background was indeed lacking.
After all, she only lived to the age of thirteen in her first life, and she had always been exploited to make money. She had no time for school and only attended elementary courses.
In her second life, living on a barren planet, she couldn't even think about school. She spent her days just hoping to find food in the trash heap.
If she did find food, the next challenge was keeping it from being stolen.
When she returned to the Jiang family, they never considered sending her to school.
Jiang Yulian had once mentioned it, but she was quickly persuaded by Jiang Rumeng. She said that the classmates would discriminate against Jiang Qin because she came from a barren planet, and attending school would make her an easy target for bullying.
It would be better for her to stay at home, and she would personally teach Jiang Qin.
Besides, whether a female learns or not wasn't really important. Once she found a partner, someone would take care of her, and she could just live happily, playing all day.
Jiang Yulian thought it made sense. After all, Jiang Qin was just a C-grade female with limited soothing abilities—there was no need for her to attend school.
Once she found a partner after turning twenty, she could just stay home and soothe the males, and learning would be of no use.
So, Jiang Yulian couldn't be bothered to make any further effort and simply hired a tutor to teach Jiang Qin etiquette at home, so she wouldn't embarrass her when going outside.
At that time, Jiang Qin, facing the mother who had expected so much from her, compromised. She thought that self-study would be fine—after all, in her first life, she had also been self-taught.
Many child stars chose to work while self-studying, and there was really nothing wrong with that.
But after many events unfolded, Jiang Qin's heart finally turned cold.
In order to reject the male partner that the Jiang family arranged for her, she left the Jiang family when she was twenty, only to die at twenty-two.
So truly, not a single life of hers was long, and she had never received an orderly, formal education.