Esper X Family – Chapter 377 – This Is a Topic That Absolutely Mustn’t Be Touched!

The Ye Yao Circle stared at the livestream with pounding hearts, refraining from any action for the time being.

Based on their observations, Ye Yao had always shown a high degree of tolerance for these netizens’ jokes.

Although she would occasionally get upset, it never escalated to taking things too far.

Even if she was called a ‘feeder’ in games, she would still happily play along next time.

Overall, it was a mutual exchange of insults.

The Countermeasures Bureau found it hard to determine what would genuinely make Ye Yao furious.

Therefore, the most they could do was keep an eye out for blatant personal attacks and delete them instantly.

Just to keep the livestream from becoming a toxic environment.

“Ah, still, I’d suggest this little rascal display her heart rate when she streams. That way, we’d know if she’s genuinely angry or not.”

A blanket ban was out of the question.

That would only increase the risk.

For now, the Ye Yao Circle could only hope that those rigid leaders would understand that this is the younger generation’s way of interacting.

To avoid them being pressured indiscriminately without understanding the context.

And just as they thought, quite a few high-level officials in the Countermeasures Bureau were stealing glances at the livestream amidst their busy schedules.

Seeing the barrage of insulting comments from random viewers in the stream, they couldn’t help but feel their hearts race.

How much mental power did these people have?

How dare they speak to Ye Yao like that?

Even veterans like them, who had been through ancient battlefields, had to tread carefully as if walking on thin ice.

Yet, these people casually hurled insults, as if worried that their attacks weren’t vicious enough to make Ye Yao break down.

Whose subordinates are these people, to be so audacious?

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The group of high-level officials who were already swamped with work had to split their attention ready to monitor Ye Yao’s livestream constantly.

Afraid that someone might come up with a clever trick to trap her.

The uncontrollability of a livestream was far greater than that of a group chat.

“First, get someone to obtain all permissions for the livestream room, including stream control, banning, muting… everything. Make sure there’s no visible activity to avoid accidents.”

In fact, they had already thought of a way to handle such situations.

Which was to adapt to circumstances, trying not to interfere with Ye Yao’s activities to avoid appearing overly controlling.

Of course, members of the Ye Yao Circle accompanying her in games didn’t count.

It felt more like participation.

In short, the priority was to create an entertaining environment that wouldn’t disturb her.

The livestream permissions had to be secured, to prevent platform staff from shutting it down.

Fu Qi and Lou Wei were also watching.

Both of them felt like they were being hard CC’ed by Ye Yao.

“Lou Wei, these people in the stream are badmouthing your daughter. Want to use your authority to find their addresses and give them a warning?”

Fu Qi spoke jokingly.

Having been lectured by Chen Wan Ting for hours earlier, he felt revived after weathering that storm of pressure.

Now that this world was flourishing, new talents would always emerge to take over and bear the pressure. It was a time of rapid progress, after all.

As long as Ye Tong didn’t come over to hiss, Fu Qi’s mindset was naturally excellent.

“Childish.”

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Lou Wei paid no attention to Fu Qi’s remark.

As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss.

As long as Ye Yao had no objections, he naturally had no right to interfere.

Just as long as there were no ‘Idea King ¹ CN meme, basically people who came up with dumb ideas. There’s even a saying that when three men gather, an Idea King automatically spawns among them. ’ among them.

If the livestream started automatically spawning Idea Kings, then Lou Wei might actually pay attention.

In fact, livestreaming was quite good. It trained Ye Yao’s resilience to pressure.

Prevented her from snapping under stress.

The current results seemed decent.

Even with all the audience’s insults, she hadn’t fully broken down or used profanity.

Perhaps it was also because she was sensible by nature.

Ye Yao didn’t seem like the type to swear anyway.

Bullet comments kept scrolling in the stream.

Mostly from curious onlookers attracted by group members sharing the link.

A quick glance, and they were hooked by Ye Yao’s voice and topics.

“Hey streamer, are you really an old-timer with abilities?”

Ye Yao hummed softly: “Of course~ Do you think your streamer would lie to you?”

“I planned to keep it a secret, but since you’ve all become newbies, I’ll come clean. It’s one hundred percent authentic~”

In the streaming world nowadays, the topic of abilities was undeniably a simple, crude way to attract traffic.

Many streamers pretended to be veterans to draw viewers.

Some were real, some fake, and audiences couldn’t really tell them apart.

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Although they couldn’t distinguish, that didn’t stop them from digging deeper into the topic.

“Since the streamer is an old-timer, do you know some insider info only old-timers know? For example, whether the ‘Great Emperor Tong Yao’ who turned into the sun shining upon everyone is male or female?”

This was undoubtedly a dangerous topic.

But not everyone realized just how dangerous it was.

The ‘Tong Yao’ who ushered in a new era was beyond anyone’s imagination.

Not only did “They” ² 祂ta is the genderless pronoun used to refer to gods. In LotM, it’s used to refer to demigods and angels as well. enable all humans to awaken abilities, essentially driving human evolution, but “They” had also instantly transmitted their divine name into everyone’s minds.

If “They” weren’t a god, who was?

Think carefully. An existence capable of such feats might very well be watching this world constantly.

The saying “whatever is spoken, shall be known ³ LotM reference. It’s the ability of the Visionary pathway’s Sequence 1: Author. Whatever you say about “Them” will be known, and the more you talk about “Them”, the more “They” know about you as well as everyone you come into contact with. ” might actually apply to “Them”.

Therefore, anyone with half a brain would avoid the topic, lest they attract divine attention.

Unfortunately, not everyone possessed such self-awareness.

Upon seeing this comment in her stream, Ye Yao didn’t hesitate for even a second.

“Female.”

This decisive answer made the comment barrage explode.

“Wow! So sure? Streamer really is an old-timer!”

“You can’t just make this up! I’ve seen several streamers discussing ‘Great Emperor Tong Yao’ get sent to the little black room ⁴ Previously I said blacklist, but the term is also used for shadowbans or just bans in general. .”

“Tong Yao is really female? No wonder the title sounds so feminine. A true goddess indeed.”

“Shivering in anger ⁵ 气抖冷qidouleng. From a pretty long meme that might be a copypasta. Apparently the full line is “I was shivering in anger when I saw this video. My whole body was sweating on a hot day, but my hands and feet were cold.” . Can’t manly men use ‘Tong Yao’ as a nickname?”

Ye Yao hummed again.

“So much fuss, what’s there to explode about?”

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“Really? I asked some streamers who awakened abilities early on, but they know nothing about ‘Great Emperor Tong Yao’. Is the streamer from the Countermeasures Bureau?”

The Countermeasures Bureau was no longer a secret to the public.

Ever since the moment of nationwide awakening, the Bureau appeared before the public as a government organization, reacting swiftly and establishing itself as the most authoritative national Esper institution in the people’s minds.

To those newly awakened, they were undoubtedly shrouded in mystery.

Some even speculated that ‘Great Emperor Tong Yao’ came from within the Bureau.

If the streamer was from the Bureau, they might indeed know some inside information.

The Countermeasures Bureau’s high-level officials lurking in the stream were sweating a little.

They had never expected someone to actually bring up the topic of ‘Tong Yao’.

Although Ye Yao had long known that ‘Tong Yao’ was Ye Tong’s doing, and didn’t remember much from back then…

What if chatting about it suddenly triggered some memories?

The scenes from back then were like a ticking time bomb.

Fu Qi, who was handling work while monitoring the stream, had completely lost his smile.

What’s the meaning of this?

Who dug this pit?

This is a topic that absolutely mustn’t be touched!

Author Note

Stronghold ⁶ Stronghold Protocol, the Auto Chess event in Arknights. The CN side just got Stronghold Protocol: Alliance #2 going on. is really fun. I played for hours on end, and I got hard CC’ed.

Text: Why are you being so fierce?

I’m just leaving.