"Holy crap! Bros, is my internet lagging? Why aren't those flames moving?"
"I think my internet's lagging too! Those flames are just stuck in front of Brother Ye!"
"Holy crap, it's not lagging! Those flames are frozen!"
"Why did my physics and chemistry teachers never tell me that ice could freeze flames?"
"Holy crap, holy crap! Brother Ye, you call this a magic trick? Why does it feel like actual magic?"
In the livestream, over ten million viewers exploded. They had thought Bai Ye conjuring ice blocks with his bare hands was already miraculous, and creating various ice sculptures was equally awe-inspiring.
But compared to the current scene, anything flashy before was utterly insignificant!
"Ahem~"
Bai Ye cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, stop overthinking. I originally planned to perform this ice magic for you tomorrow night. However, due to the special circumstances today, it came in handy!"
"Many ice magic tricks have principles, with varying levels of technical skill. For instance, using liquid nitrogen can make water freeze rapidly, or employing some ice-like prop materials can achieve the effect. My props are just a little more advanced than others! So, use your little brains, don't be fooled by appearances, and believe in science!"
As he spoke, Bai Ye raised his hand and gently tapped the flames frozen before him.
"Crack, crack."
The massive ice block freezing all the flames, with his tap, rapidly cracked into countless ice powder, falling down with a swish, and then, as if sublimating, slowly disappeared into thin air.
"!!!"
Those fans and viewers, who had just been successfully brainwashed by Bai Ye, now stared at the screen with wide eyes, unsure of what to say for a moment.
"What he said sounds reasonable, but why does something feel off?"
"Woof woof~"
Meanwhile, Gou Dan, hanging on the balcony, saw all the flames extinguished and scrambled to get in through the gap Bai Ye had cut with his fire sword.
However, the gap was small for it, so it struggled to get through.
"Stupid dog!"
"Whine~"
Bai Ye reached out, grabbed its dog head, and yanked it inside. Gou Dan looked up at Bai Ye with a wronged expression, as if to say, "Why did you cut such a small hole?"
The netizens found the scene hilarious.
"Hahaha~ Gou Dan looks so wronged!"
"He must have been pulled hard by Brother Ye! Speaking of which, Brother Ye’s pull just now was quite strong!"
"Even Gou Dan must weigh several hundred catties, right? He pulled it up so easily!"
Bai Ye walked to the mini version of the ice cage. The brother and sister, children, passed through the gaps in the ice spikes and looked at Bai Ye curiously, as well as Gou Dan, who occupied half the balcony.
It seemed because Bai Ye and Gou Dan had saved them, they weren't very afraid of Gou Dan.
"It's alright now!"
Bai Ye raised his hand and slapped the ice cage, causing the ice spikes to break. The two children came out from inside.
Apart from some burns on their arms and their faces being smudged with soot, they were otherwise unharmed.
"Big brother, thank you for saving us."
The little girl said gratefully, hugging her younger brother. The little boy also thanked him in a small voice, "Thank you, big brother."
"Where are your parents?"
Bai Ye scanned the room, finding no trace of adults.
The little girl suddenly started crying, "Mom and Dad went out to earn money."
Bai Ye chatted with them and learned that their parents had gone out to set up a stall to make a living. When the little girl was cooking noodles for her hungry younger brother, the little boy, playing with his dad's lighter, accidentally set the sofa on fire, thus causing the fire.
The viewers in the livestream expressed their emotions.
"Such an sensible elder sister~"
"The younger brother was too mischievous, but thankfully nothing happened."
"It's fortunate that they are alive amidst misfortune!"
"Alright! That's all for tonight's livestream! Good night, everyone!"
Bai Ye put away the drone and turned off the livestream.
Meanwhile, neighbors who had come to help with the fire started entering one by one.
Upon seeing Bai Ye and Gou Dan, they were shocked.
Knowing that Bai Ye had timely rescued the two children, a group of people breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Ye, were those frozen flames you did?" Da Feng Novel Network.
"Brother Ye, is this your new magic trick? How did you do it?"
Once everyone calmed down, they began to ask with suspicion.
Bai Ye could only helplessly explain to them simply, as he had to the viewers in the livestream, and then quickly escaped with Gou Dan.
He couldn't help it; the crowd surrounding them was growing, far exceeding his expectations!
He had originally planned to take Gou Dan down the stairs and leave normally, but a group of people rushed up from downstairs, shouting like invaders, saying things like "Brother Ye is upstairs, Super Internet Celebrity Ye is upstairs."
Bai Ye had no choice but to pat Gou Dan's head and quickly rush to the rooftop, leaping to other buildings to escape.
Fearing that people would find out his address, he deliberately took Gou Dan for a walk, confirmed no one was around, and then returned to his rented apartment.
However, he still miscalculated.
Not long after returning, several trending topics about him appeared online.
"#Super Internet Celebrity Ye rushes into the fire scene with pet dog Gou Dan, saving two children."
"#Super Internet Celebrity Ye's address exposed, it turns out to be at Shanghai City, Lan Hui District, Yong Liu Street, XX Residential Area, XXX Building 503/502/501."
"#Super Magician Ye, creating the magical ice magic."
Naturally, there was an uproar online.
"Holy crap! Brother Ye's ice magic is no less impressive than his favored fire magic!"
"I've only heard of fire melting ice, never of ice freezing flames. Huh? Can any physics or chemistry gurus explain?"
"Is this Brother Ye's second rescue? Amazing!"
"Gou Dan is quite brave too? It dared to jump across a street!!! We all misjudged it!"
"Brother Ye actually lives at Shanghai City, Lan Hui District, Yong Liu Street, XX Residential Area, XXX Building 503/502/501. I'll camp out there tomorrow and see for myself!"
"Let's team up, team up, let's go see Brother Ye tomorrow!!"
"Which guy leaked my address?"
"It's even precise to the apartment number?"
"Although there are three, does it make a difference?"
Looking at the information online, Bai Ye frowned.
"Gou Dan, it seems this is our last night sleeping here."
"Woof woof!!!"
Gou Dan looked indifferent, as wherever Bai Ye went, it would follow. It absolutely couldn't lose this "iron rice bowl"!
Bai Ye took out a few bottles, tossed two to Gou Dan, and drank two himself.
Lying on the bed, he reviewed today's gains.
Livestream gift revenue: 5 million.
Fan growth: 6 million, current fan count: over 64.9 million.
Personal Information:
Host: Bai Ye
Profession: Intermediate Fire Magician, Beginner Ice Magician.
Reputation: 8.8 million.
"System, draw lottery."
"[Ding~ Detected that the host's strength has reached an advanced level, the advanced lottery zone has been unlocked for the host.]"
"Huh?"
Bai Ye quickly checked the system's changes.
The lottery zone was divided into two areas: one was his usual normal lottery zone, costing 100,000 reputation points per draw; the other was the newly unlocked advanced lottery zone, costing 1 million reputation points per draw.
The normal zone lottery could only yield items required for beginner and intermediate magicians. As for the advanced lottery zone, the items drawn would naturally be those required for advanced magicians. For example, items needed to upgrade from intermediate to advanced fire magician could only be drawn from the advanced lottery zone.
"1 million per draw!"
Bai Ye, who was happy with his original vast sum of 8 million reputation points, suddenly felt it wasn't as appealing.
If he spent it all on advanced draws, he could only get 8 draws, likely not even as good as the beginner gift package!!!
After some thought, Bai Ye decided to draw twice from the advanced zone to test his luck.
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing the magic skill: Summoning flames from the ground to burn everything on the ground. The range depends on the magician's magic power. It can be used to clean up garbage at a live broadcast scene quickly and cleanly. Note: Only advanced fire magicians can use it. Rating: Advanced Magic.]"
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing [item name], Rating: Top-tier.]"
Bai Ye's mouth twitched.
"The advanced zone can even yield this junk???"
"The only useful item, which can quickly clear garbage, is unusable!!!"
"What a loss! This garbage advanced zone!"
Bai Ye decisively returned to the normal lottery zone.
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing: An item that can temper and enhance a magician's magic power, promoting to Intermediate Ice Magician. Rating: Top-tier.]"
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing the magic skill: Create a snowfield, the range determined by the magician's magic power. Note: The snowfield is a bit cold. Rating: Intermediate Magic.]"
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing [item name], Rating: High-grade.]"
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing the magic skill: Use ice power to form a shield, which can provide some protection during high-risk magic performances. Rating: Intermediate Magic.]"
"[Congratulations to the host for drawing [item name], Rating: Top-tier.]"
Out of over 60 draws, the most valuable was naturally the intermediate ice spirit stone. The others included over ten types of intermediate and beginner magic skills, both ice and fire.
The rest were mostly magic power potions, over 20 bottles of high-grade and 6 bottles of top-tier.
Bai Ye casually rewarded Gou Dan with two bottles again and drank one himself.
Then, he started using the intermediate ice spirit stone to advance to an intermediate ice magician and learned all the magic skills.
After finishing everything, at 2 AM, he went to sleep.
Then, at 5 AM, before dawn, he woke up.
Finding a small bag, he packed his belongings, slung on his backpack, and woke Gou Dan.
With his address exposed online, many people were bound to come looking for him.
"It's not advisable to stay here any longer."
"Let's go!"
"Woof woof!"
Riding Gou Dan, under the faint moonlight, the figures of the man and the dog moved rapidly through the city.