Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

”I understand the reasoning, but Brother Dan updated his Douyin. How can we explain this? It can’t really be because his account was hacked; that’s too far-fetched.”

”It’s ghosts! Ghosts did it!”

”No offense, but bad luck be gone.”

”Enough with the nonsense. Whether it’s real or fake, let’s wait for the livestream. Everything will become clear then!”

”Exactly, wait for the livestream!”

”...”

Public opinion exploded, and comments flooded in as people discussed it nonstop. This was quite normal. After all, anyone would be shocked to see a person long considered dead suddenly come back to life and even post on Douyin. No one could remain calm.

The Great Xia Martial Artists reacted the same way. However, unlike the netizens’ shock and speculation, Martial Artists felt nothing but anticipation for this event. Many among them had already known through internal channels that Zhang Beixing wasn’t dead, so when they saw his Douyin update, they weren’t very surprised. The reason for their current excitement lay in the last sentence of Zhang Beixing’s post: ”I’ll be livestreaming soon. Any questions you have can be answered there.”

As everyone knows, no matter how skilled you are, you still fear a kitchen knife. Beyond seven paces, a gun is fast; within seven paces, a gun is both fast and accurate. When modern weapons meet Martial Artists, it’s like a slide tackle against a Siberian tiger or a rooster confronting a kitten—it’s simply a perfect counter. No matter how impressive your martial arts skills are, a burst of gunfire can turn you into a beehive, sending you straight to the underworld. Before this, there had been no exceptions. That’s the sorrow of modern Martial Artists and the pitiful reality of individual power in a high-tech era.

Martial Artists? They’re just a group of civilian martial artists—to put it nicely, they are practitioners; to put it bluntly, just ordinary people!

Yet, remarkably, a few days ago in Ancient Rome, Zhang Beixing broke this pattern. He astoundingly reduced the mortality rate of humans facing a barrage of modern weapons from 100% to 99%. It might seem small—just one percent—but its significance was as unbelievable as when early humans first discovered fire, an event that heralded the dawn of a new era! It suggested that humanity might be entering a new age! It also meant that among Martial Artists, a leader had emerged, capable of directly contending with the era of modern weapons, a figure representing the high-tech age!

Therefore, these Great Xia Martial Artists were extremely curious about this. They pondered day and night, unable to sleep. Now, Zhang Beixing had publicly stated that as long as they asked, he would provide explanations. How could this not excite the Martial Artists?

They spread the word. Before long, the news of Zhang Beixing’s broadcast spread across various Martial Arts communication groups.

「Inside a lavish restaurant.」

”Gentlemen, I apologize, but I won’t be joining you for this gathering today. Let’s talk about it next time.” While discussing a project with business partners, Chen Fenghua stood up after checking his phone and addressed everyone present.

Hearing his words, everyone was momentarily taken aback. One person asked, ”Old Chen, what’s going on? What’s so urgent? This is a twenty-million project we’re discussing. Aren’t we going to talk about it?”

To this, Chen Fenghua didn’t hide anything. He pulled out his phone and pointed to Zhang Beixing’s post, saying, ”President Zhang is back, and he’s going to livestream today to answer questions. I’m a Martial Artist, and this is a rare learning opportunity for me, so I need to go watch the livestream. Sorry everyone, I must excuse myself.”

With that, he turned and left without a hint of reluctance, leaving his bewildered business partners alone. After a moment, someone finally said blankly, ”Uh, if I heard correctly, did Old Chen just say that Grandmaster Zhang is going to do a livestream?”

”It seems... he did...” another replied.

”Holy Moly! Then why are we still sitting here for a meal? Let’s go, let’s go watch the livestream! Although we’re not martial artists, if we can learn something from Grandmaster Zhang, it would be entirely beneficial, something that could sustain us for a lifetime. Old Chen, wait up, I’ll watch it with you!”

”I’m in too! Mr. Chen, wait for us! We can discuss the project while watching the livestream!”

Overnight, the Great Xia Martial Arts community was stirred up. Even Martial Artists who lived in remote mountain areas, who typically didn’t spend much time online, were specially tracked down by their friends and informed about this event. Then they hurried down the mountains to internet cafes overnight, just to watch Zhang Beixing’s livestream.

Yet, this was merely the reaction of those who weren’t regulars on the internet. For those who were on the internet, who made their living from the web—like bloggers and streamers—the impact was even more significant!

「Inside the Sanyang livestream room.」

Upon seeing a notification pop up from Douyin, Brother Yang, who was holding products and speaking enthusiastically to the camera, suddenly changed his expression. He hurriedly walked to the camera and said, ”My apologies, brothers, today’s stream has to end here. Everyone knows Great Grandmaster Zhang, right? He’s about to start streaming, and I’ve always admired Martial Arts since I was a kid, so I’m going to watch his stream now. See you all tomorrow, brothers!”

After saying that, he paid no mind to the reactions of the brand sponsors or the hundreds of thousands of viewers in his stream and ended the broadcast on the spot.

「In Li 79’s livestream room.」

Just a second ago, Drama King 79 was dramatically crying and playing the victim, trying to sell his ’family’—his viewers—some 9.9 yuan skin-damaging cosmetics while begging for their forgiveness. The very next second, upon hearing that Zhang Beixing had started streaming, his crying abruptly stopped. He hastily said he had urgent business and immediately closed the stream, leaving a bewildered audience staring at the blank screen.

And this was not an isolated case. It was the same in all the major Douyin livestream rooms. The streamers either made excuses about having urgent matters to attend to and quickly ended their streams, or they openly stepped aside for Zhang Beixing, staying out of the spotlight to watch his stream.

Among them, the ones in the toughest spot were the major streamers who hadn’t managed to end their broadcasts yet because the netizens had caught on. They were eager for some drama! They unanimously went to the channel of a major streamer who was still live and started flooding the chat,

”Yuan’er, I heard Zhang Beixing is going live! A lot of streamers have already logged off. As the face of the ’Story Circle,’ we can’t be scared, right?”

”Yeah, we’re all big internet celebrities; we can’t possibly chicken out! Don’t log off; confront him!”

”Exactly! When it comes to short videos, Brother Bei is truly incredible, but livestreaming is our strong suit! We can’t back down, ’kay?”

”Confront him! Confront him!”

”.....”

Seeing these instigating comments, Streamer Da Yuan’s face turned pale. He was caught between a rock and a hard place. But however cornered, he was one of Douyin’s top streamers and quickly found a way out. Calming his mind, he said, ”Guys, let’s not stir up trouble, okay? Who is Brother Bei? He’s the realest man on the entire internet, someone who single-handedly subdued an entire city. Why would I, with nothing better to do, confront him? Besides, to be honest, I’m actually a die-hard fan of our Brother Bei; I’ve been following him for ages. How about this: I won’t end today’s stream. Let’s make this a Brother Bei special. In a bit, I’ll rebroadcast Brother Bei’s stream, and we can all chat with everyone about our Brother Bei’s achievements. How about that?”

As soon as he said this, booing filled the chat, expressing their disdain and disappointment at Da Yuan for chickening out of a direct confrontation. Then they dispersed, either looking for the next unlucky streamer or waiting for Zhang Beixing to start his stream.

But in the end, invariably, not a single person dared to directly confront Zhang Beixing openly. At most, like Da Yuan, they didn’t stop streaming but chose to rebroadcast his.

And this was merely the impact of Zhang Beixing posting a single image with text!

「Time flew.」

The buzz around Zhang Beixing starting his livestream only grew hotter.

「At last, nine in the evening.」

「Amidst great anticipation.」

A notification suddenly popped up on Douyin:

”Your followed creator: Zhang Beixing, has started livestreaming! Go check it out now!”

Seeing this, netizens quickly clicked in. In no time, the grandest and most bustling stream in Douyin’s history began!

And this was also Great Grandmaster Zhang’s livestream debut!