Gene Unlocking: I Evolve Every Day

Chapter 305: Chapter 266: Hype Sweeps Across the Entire Internet

Afternoon.

A little past five, the evening summer sky was still brightly lit.

Lu Li had Gu Wei drop him off at Vox’s entrance.

He just happened to spot a food stand nearby.

He pondered whether he should buy something for his girlfriend to eat.

As soon as he took out his phone, he realized the battery was dead.

Helpless, he had to return to borrow fifty yuan from Gu Wei in the car...

Well, Gu Wei didn’t have any money either.

In the end, the driver offered a hundred-yuan bill.

Lu Li promised to repay the driver next time, then took the hundred yuan to buy radish cakes.

”Besides radish cakes, do you want anything else?”

”How much are the fried sausages?”

”Five yuan for two, do you want them?”

”Okay, give me two.”

At this moment, the woman was frying food.

Lu Li stood there fiddling with his phone.

He wondered if, since he could generate substances, he could also charge his phone.

Considering the function of his domain, creating a current to charge the phone wasn’t a problem.

He decided to give it a try.

Thinking this, Lu Li activated his domain and generated a weak current to inject into the phone’s charging port, curious whether it would work.

And then...

Uh, the phone made a ”zzzz” sound and started to smoke.

Lu Li broke into a sweat.

It seemed the voltage of the current he generated with his domain was too high, causing the phone to burn out.

Typically, a phone charger outputs five volts, and the charging voltage is generally 4.2 volts.

He guessed that the current and voltage he just generated were too high, which is why the phone burned out.

Although the phone was destroyed, Lu Li was excited.

Because, based on the experiment, it proved that he could indeed use his domain to charge his phone,

it just required controlling the voltage and current input.

With this in mind, he used his active domain to inspect the conditions inside the Vox administration building.

He noticed someone was charging a device.

He noted down the current and voltage.

Lu Li sneakily reassembled a new phone in his pocket.

He removed the SIM card from the burnt phone and inserted it into the new one.

Then, Lu Li tried charging the phone using the current and voltage he detected.

The charging was extremely slow because of the low current, probably.

Lu Li thought for a moment and increased the current while maintaining the voltage.

The next moment, the battery percentage on the display started scrolling rapidly and soon filled up.

”Wow, I can really charge my phone!”

Lu Li’s eyes lit up, and he turned off his domain while casually turning on the phone.

The phone system is normally installed via pre-burn and online upgrades.

So, the newly assembled phone had a pre-burned system, and it didn’t fail to turn on, just needing a system upgrade.

Staring at the normal boot, Lu Li thought silently, ”With my function as a human power bank, I never have to worry about a dead phone again.”

While the phone system was upgrading, someone came out from inside.

Lu Li glanced casually.

He saw it was Xiaomei, a colleague from the previous office.

He was about to greet her.

Unexpectedly, she spoke first.

Xiaomei looked surprised and delighted to see Lu Li, ”Lu Li, long time no see.”

Lu Li smiled at her and said, ”Yes, it’s been a while. How have you all been recently?”

”Pretty good.” Xiaomei walked up with a grin and said, ”You’re amazing! I was just scrolling through Weibo, and you’re all over the hot searches for developing stealth bombers? Incredible! Everyone in our office was talking about it this afternoon.”

Lu Li hadn’t had a chance to respond.

Brother Cheng, Old Zhu, and other former office colleagues all came out.

”Oh wow! It’s Lu Li. How have you been recently? We’ve all been thinking about you.”

”You’re really amazing. We never knew you could develop stealth bombers!”

A group of seven or eight people surrounded Lu Li, marveling at him.

Looking at his former workmates, Lu Li smiled and humbly said, ”Well, I just happen to know a little about these things, got lucky, got lucky. Hey, are you guys off work? Isn’t there a live stream tonight? I’m here to support you all. No one can leave, let’s have dinner together, and then stream.”

Xiaomei’s attitude was similar to before, but her tone was more courteous, ”Sure, I heard from Xiaoqing and Xiaozhao that you’ve struck it rich, so we’ll take advantage of that, hehe.”

Brother Cheng, being a straightforward person, felt a bit awkward, ”Mr. Lu, about your last job offer... I... I feel a bit sorry.”

Lu Li waved his hand, smiling, ”Brother Cheng, what are you saying? We’re friends. Asking for your help doesn’t mean you owe me anything. I don’t like that kind of talk.”

Brother Cheng, slightly flattering, said, ”Yes, yes, you’re right.”

Old Zhu chimed in, ”Lu Li, keep it up. Whether our country’s military technology surpasses that of the US and Russia all depends on you creating greater miracles.”

Lu Li laughed, ”It’s not easy to develop new products. This time was just a lucky fluke. You guys go wait at the small restaurant. I’ll go upstairs and get someone for dinner.”

Xiaomei said, ”Alright, we’ll order and wait for you.”

Lu Li was about to head upstairs when something occurred to him, and he turned his head to ask, ”How’s the live stream sales recently?”

On this topic, Old Zhu couldn’t help but sigh, ”Since you resigned, the live stream relies entirely on the fiery babe, and sales have been quite ordinary, only a few ten thousand yuan per stream on average.”

With Vox’s products being so expensive, it’s indeed low if each stream is only a few tens of thousands of yuan.

Lu Li roughly understood and smiled, ”No problem, I’ll help boost your sales tonight. Okay, I’m going up to get someone.”

”Alright.”

”We’ll be waiting at the restaurant.”

Xiaomei, Brother Cheng, Old Zhu, and the group all headed toward the small restaurant across the street.

Lu Li went upstairs with some fried food and invited Liu Kexin to have dinner with their former colleagues.

Liu Kexin was very gracious and agreed readily.

As a result, when Xiaomei, Brother Cheng, and Old Zhu saw that Lu Li had invited the general manager, they all became a bit uneasy and were very restrained during the meal.

Especially after learning about Lu Li and Liu Kexin’s relationship, everyone showed looks of envy, eagerly asking him what the story was.

Lu Li answered casually while occasionally checking Weibo to see if people’s opinions about him had changed.

Indeed, there had been quite a change.

At the very least, more people now believed he wasn’t an ancestral alien than those who still did.

Additionally, Lu Li stumbled upon an interesting piece of news.

In the next couple of days, the US and Philippines planned to conduct a military exercise in the South Sea.

It’s said to be a response to our ”selfie stick incident.”

This news was quite hot, though not as much as his development of a stealth bomber or the debate about whether he was an ancestral alien, but it still made it to the top three trending topics on Weibo, showing many people were paying attention.

Upon seeing this news, Lu Li was intrigued, pondering if he could seize this opportunity to do something.

...

At 6:55 in the evening.

The Vox official live stream hadn’t even started yet, and there were already tens of thousands of viewers waiting.

At that moment, a fascinating scene unfolded on TikTok.

The viewers in those streams with struggling performers couldn’t match the numbers in a not-yet-started stream.

Those waiting in the Vox live stream weren’t just curious spectators; many were keen on seeing what Lu Li was up to.

For instance, those who insisted Lu Li was an ancestral alien, like ”Decryption Little Prince” and ”Kawashi,” were there.

They were in an awkward position now.

If Lu Li could indeed prove he wasn’t an ancestral alien.

Then, for defaming him, they could potentially face legal consequences.

Moreover, today, it was announced that Lu Li had created a stealth bomber.

”Decryption Little Prince,” ”Kawashi,” and others now realized the significant power behind him.

Without evidence proving he’s not an ancestral alien, they all might be in trouble.

If it’s confirmed he really isn’t, it would be more than just being in trouble!

Naturally, Decryption Little Prince and Kawashi were now terrified, worried that Lu Li might actually prove he wasn’t an ancestral alien.

The live stream chat was buzzing.

”Hey, what do you think Great God Lu Li is up to with this live stream after so long?”

”Surely he’s not going to promote products for Vox, right? He developed a stealth bomber, I doubt he would stoop to live streaming for sales.”

”Maybe he’s planning to explain whether or not he’s an ancestral alien.”

”Yeah, he must be explaining. Honestly, I’m still slightly skeptical. If Great God Lu Li isn’t an ancestral alien, then who is?”

”Why do you care who’s the ancestral alien? As long as Great God Lu Li isn’t, don’t stir up trouble for him.”

The netizens were chatting enthusiastically.

Meanwhile, Decryption Little Prince, Kawashi, and others were silent.

They didn’t dare show their faces; they had been scolded terribly all afternoon.

Right at 7:00 PM, the Vox live stream began!

No one appeared on screen yet, but Lu Li’s voice rang out, ”Good evening, welcome to Vox Home Living Live Stream Sale. I’m today’s host, Lu Li. Nice to meet you all.”

Then, a female voice followed, ”I’m tonight’s other host, Flame Baby. Welcome to the live stream.”

”Ah!”

”They’re here!”

”Great God Lu Li is live streaming!”

”Come check it out! Great God Lu Li is live!”

”He’s here! He’s here! He’s here!”

The number of viewers in the stream skyrocketed.

Jumping from tens of thousands to over three hundred thousand in almost an instant.

And the number kept climbing as countless people flooded in.

No doubt, today’s events surrounding Lu Li were massive, with the top two trending Weibo topics all about him.

Naturally, it attracted thousands of viewers to the stream for a glimpse.

Three hundred eighty thousand!

Five hundred twenty thousand!

One million and twenty thousand!

In just a few seconds, viewer numbers surpassed one million!

Suddenly, the Vox live stream exploded in popularity.

Sweeping away all other streams broadcasting at the same time.

Everyone wanted to know what Lu Li was going to do on the stream tonight.

Kawashi was glued to the screen.

Decryption Little Prince didn’t blink.

The other million-plus viewers were all intensely focused.

And then, the next moment, Lu Li and Flame Baby walked into the camera frame hand in hand.

Their stepping into the frame was initially a normal occurrence.

However, in the live stream, whether it was Kawashi, Decryption Little Prince, or the hundreds of thousands of other viewers and those still arriving, they were all stunned upon seeing Lu Li’s attire!

Why?

Why wouldn’t they be stunned?

Just as he entered the frame, Lu Li was wearing a ridiculous skull-printed white T-shirt and trendy ripped jeans.

Also, the white T-shirt and jeans—it’s unclear if they hadn’t been washed for a long time—looked slightly moldy with yellowish stains.

What?

He wore a skull T-shirt and ripped jeans?

Weren’t they destroyed during the battle with the Jalisco Group in Mexico by a high-energy laser gun?

Seeing this scene, Kawashi and Decryption Little Prince couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of foreboding, sensing something big was about to happen tonight, and they might not be able to escape the consequences!