Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 185 - 180 Perfect Answer

"Are you asking me... if you and my mom both fell into the water at the same time, who would I save first?"

"Mhm! Mhm!" Eve nodded vigorously.

This question had been taught to her by other beings, supposedly as a means to deepen mutual affection. Therefore, Eve had posed this question to Xiao Yi.

Everyone in the live stream also recognized this question, and they all knew, it was definitely not a question that would enhance a relationship!

[Quack! What a deathly question!]

[This is like the trolley problem, a total trap! Don’t answer! Don’t answer! Don’t answer it!]

Faced with this question, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat speechless before he replied:

"What kind of weird question is that? I mean, aren’t both of those people you? Aren’t you just my mom? So, wouldn’t I just need to save you, and that’d be that?"

[...Huh? The dilemma... has been solved!]

[I thought if he tried to change the topic, there might still be a way to dodge the question, but I didn’t expect a perfect answer!]

[There’s such a solution? Learned something new.]

"This..." Eve was also taken aback, "But I already told you I’m not your mom! Ahhhhh... that doesn’t count! Let’s do it again!"

After taking a deep breath to calm herself, Eve asked again with a serious expression:

"I mean, if your biological mother and I both fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"

"...My biological mother?" Xiao Yi paused for a moment, then said, "Whether my biological mother is still alive is itself a question. If she’s dead, you can’t possibly want me to dig up her grave and throw her in the water, can you? That’s a bit too much."

Eve’s little head was buzzing with pain, but she insisted, "It’s just a hypothetical scenario, if that were the case, who would you save?"

"Um..." Xiao Yi finally started to ponder seriously. Soon after, he came up with an answer, "I know who I should save first."

"Who would you save first?!" Eve immediately tensed up.

"Do you even have to ask?" Xiao Yi replied, "Obviously, I’d save the water first!"

Eve: "...What?"

[To be fair, one should indeed save water first. With such a heavyweight falling in, there’s really no need to worry about her but rather the water.]

[Another perfect answer. We have to admit, Mr. Xiao does have some skills.]

[Mr. Xiao’s really something. What does he teach, anyway?]

"..." Eve asked with a twitch in her mouth, "Save the water? What do you mean?"

"Heh heh."

Xiao Yi smirked proudly, then explained:

"A long time ago, a sister asked me a similar question. She asked whether I’d save her first or someone else if there was a fire at home. To my surprise, the correct answer was to save the fire! I’m no longer that naive child I once was; I’ve become a mature adult! Therefore! I won’t easily fall into a trap! So the correct answer is definitely to save the water! You can’t fool me!"

Hearing Xiao Yi’s words, Eve’s eyes glinted with a dangerous emotion.

"Oh— a sister, huh..."

"..." Xiao Yi instinctively sensed danger, shivering involuntarily, "What... what is it?"

"Nothing, not a thing." Eve turned her face away, seemingly pouting.

"Is that so, nothing at all."

Tell Xiao Yi it’s nothing, and he’ll probably really believe there’s nothing amiss.

Then, once again, Xiao Yi took out that page from a book and began to read.

Although Xiao Yi had not the slightest clue about what exactly he was supposed to do, he always felt that the content on the pages was very important.

"..." Eve stole glances at Xiao Yi, moved by the sight of him deep in thought.

She hadn’t expected that he would be thinking so seriously, which was a lot of growth compared to when they first met.

Suddenly, Eve felt that not helping him at all might have been a bit too much.

Although she wasn’t allowed to directly reveal the clues for passing, a little hint wouldn’t hurt, and a tiny punishment was something she could handle.

So, Eve cleared her throat.

"Cough! Xiao Yi..."

"What’s up?"

"You’re doing well; the pages are indeed of paramount importance, everything else comes secondary to them."

"...Really?"

Following Eve’s hint, Xiao Yi also affirmed that the dreams or whatever were not important— it was the pages that mattered.

But upon closer consideration, since the pages were obtained from dreams and sometimes disappeared, yet at times could be brought out from dreams, what was going on?

What are dreams? And what is reality? Or perhaps, there are no such things as dreams?

Xiao Yi couldn’t figure it out, and couldn’t ask Eve, so he had to let nature take its course.

However, there was one question that Xiao Yi was particularly curious about, he couldn’t help asking Eve:

"Speaking of which, Eve, what’s the situation with the enemy you mentioned— the one I can’t defeat?"

"That one, huh..."

Eve hesitated for a moment. Regarding the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma, there indeed weren’t too many restrictions in place.

But there was a prerequisite: the existence of the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma wasn’t something that current humans were meant to know about.

Eve thought since she had already shown her face on the live stream before, appearing again shouldn’t be a problem, as long as she didn’t let the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma detect her presence.

Therefore, blocking the live stream one more time shouldn’t be a problem, right?

"I can answer this question, but before that, there are some annoying fellows that need to be dealt with."

As she spoke, Eve looked at every person watching the live stream.

In an instant, the live stream went completely dark.

The live stream... was cut off once again.

The audience was startled at first, then quickly realized what had happened.

[Quack! The stream’s been cut again, that woman must be humiliating Brother Xiao Yi terribly!!]

[That woman is definitely forcing Brother Xiao Yi to kneel down again and making him do Star Rage! My Brother Xiao Yi, oh my Xiao Yi!!]

[Let me recharge! I’m willing to pay any amount! Let me see the premium content!!!]

[So the stream was cut, I don’t mind, but a friend of mine might be sweating bullets, she’s not feeling well and wants to sleep, of course, it’s not me, I’m all good, I’ve been watching with the heart of a bystander, no need to break down, just thinking of my friend’s feelings— she’s kind of breaking down, maybe it’s better to block it, but really I don’t care, just feel unjust on behalf of my friend, it’s not that easy to break down...]

"...Hmm?" Xiao Yi looked at Eve’s action, puzzled, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing much." Eve looked at Xiao Yi, with a serious face and tone, said, "Xiao Yi, if I were to directly tell you how strong your enemy is, you probably wouldn’t be able to grasp it, right?"

"That’s true," Xiao Yi agreed wholeheartedly.

He had seen those battle power comparisons online; the higher they went, the more they emphasized with repetitions, and exactly how it worked was anybody’s guess— just a stack with no creativity, incomprehensible to anyone.

"So..." Eve said, "First, I need to clearly introduce you to the stages of the standardized ability system we have."