Chapter 475 - 235: Abnormal Change 4

Chapter 475: Chapter 235: Abnormal Change 4

But he refused to believe—not in a million years—that those two nobodies were the ones who’d done this to him.

A move like this had to have come from some big shot who had it in for him.

And that fucking "homage to *The Godfather*"... For all he knew, it was a real godfather.

With that in mind, the police investigation would probably go nowhere.

King Douche’s expression flickered between gloom and anger. He prepared to reach out to his financial backers one by one to see where he might have recently misstepped.

At the same time, he decided to rein it in and keep a low profile, no longer bothering with smaller streamers.

Over the next few days, the police department gave this case special priority.

This wasn’t just because of the victim’s immense influence and social standing, where mishandling the case could have severe repercussions. It was also because the case was clearly out of the ordinary.

The medical examiner had already confirmed it: the dog’s head had been torn clean off its body.

It was inconceivable. Such a feat was impossible for a human; it had to be a machine.

And yet, the marks didn’t look like they were made by a machine, and the conditions at the scene wouldn’t have allowed for one.

This left them completely stumped.

Meanwhile, the forensics team found no fingerprints from any suspicious individuals. They did, however, find prints from several different women—all streamers under King Douche—but they had already been cleared of suspicion one by one.

The investigation hit a dead end right there. With no other leads, their only option was to start investigating King Douche’s social connections.

However, his social circle was exceedingly complex. The police leadership immediately suspected that methods of this caliber pointed to an incredibly powerful figure, making them hesitate on how to proceed with the investigation. But until they received orders to the contrary, all they could do was continue the slow process of elimination, with no idea how long it would take to get a result.

But Xie Yuan knew they would never find anything.

With his vital energy cloaking his entire body, he naturally hadn’t left behind any fingerprints or traces. Furthermore, his Celestial Concealment Skill was effectively a true Invisibility Technique in this world; not even infrared sensors could have detected him. As far as modern investigative technology was concerned, he had never even been in the neighborhood.

’Unless someone here knows how to read fortunes and uses the methods of the cultivation world to solve crimes, they can forget about it.’

"Yuanzai, our traffic is back!"

A few days later, an excited Wang Yibing called Xie Yuan, telling him to hurry over so they could stream.

Lately, Xie Yuan had been living a rather leisurely life: teaching his mom and the neighborhood seniors martial arts in the mornings, and cultivating on his own from the afternoon into the evening.

Hearing that things were finally resolved, Xie Yuan nodded silently.

’All it took was a little psychological suggestion to get the job done.’

’When I was standing before King Douche’s bed, I somehow gained the ability to plant suggestions in his mind, and strangely, it didn’t feel surprising in the slightest.’

’Thinking back on it now, I guess it’s like they say: anything is possible in a dream.’

Feeling more clear-headed than ever, Xie Yuan waited for the excited Wang Yibing to arrive downstairs. After saying a quick goodbye to Wang Yafang, he went down and got in the car.

"Xie Yuan! I was starting to lose hope, but I don’t know what happened. I opened the account today, and everything’s back to normal! I tried starting a stream, and the viewer count just shot right up. The only problem was you weren’t there, so everyone was cussing me out..."

Wang Yibing chattered on as he drove.

"As long as we can stream again, that’s all that matters."

Xie Yuan said with a faint smile.

Wang Yibing pressed his lips together, unable to contain his smile.

"King Douche must have backed off. He’s probably got his own hands full."

"Is that so? We got lucky, then."

Xie Yuan chuckled.

Seeing that Xie Yuan wasn’t taking the bait, Wang Yibing couldn’t help but ask,

"You know why he has his hands full, right?"

"Why’s that?"

Xie Yuan played along with his friend.

"There’s a rumor going around that he was cheating with one of his female streamers! And get this—while they were ’doing it,’ they accidentally crushed his dog to death! How fucking ridiculous is that!"

Wang Yibing said, spitting with excitement,

"But it’s true his dog hasn’t been on stream for a few days. A ton of people are asking about it, but he won’t respond, so it’s probably not just some baseless rumor! And what’s more, his wife made a post online! She deleted it almost immediately, but not before people got screenshots! She accused him of cheating on her—even while she was pregnant!—soliciting prostitutes, and sleeping with fans and other streamers. His wife was his original investor! Back before he made it big, she bought him things, helped manage his fanbase, and told him to keep a low profile. You could say she’s the one who guided him to success. And now it’s all a total shitshow!

"It’s all over the internet now, super viral, but it’s not on any of the trending lists! That means he’s definitely trying his best to suppress it. He must be tearing his hair out these last few days, so he has no time to deal with us. Let’s hurry up and make some cash while we can! Woo-hoo!"

Xie Yuan smiled as he watched Wang Yibing’s excited display.

’Bingzai really does love doing this. He’s worked so hard to finally find something he’s good at, something he enjoys, and something he can succeed at. It would have been a real shame if he couldn’t do it anymore.’

Once they got to the gaming room, the two started the stream, and Xie Yuan sat down at the computer.

"What’s up, family! I have returned!!!"

Seeing that their viewer count had recovered significantly and the bullet-screen comments were filled with "666"s with hardly any haters, Wang Yibing broke into a delighted smile.

For the next several days, Xie Yuan streamed games from Wang Yibing’s place. Relying on his superhuman reflexes, coordination, and combat experience, he absolutely dominated these action games.

Aside from a few bosses with truly garbage designs, most of them simply became subjects for Xie Yuan’s brilliant performances.

Their viewership and gift donations returned. The stream, titled "Call Me a Vegetable When I’m Gaming!", frequently appeared on the homepage.

On top of that, Wang Yibing started editing highlight reels of Xie Yuan’s best plays and posting them on short-form and long-form video sites. Their popularity, daily earnings, and gift donations continued to climb.

However, due to the previous incident, the momentum that had once threatened to take the entire internet by storm had ultimately been quashed.

One day, after checking their analytics, Wang Yibing said excitedly,