Chapter 112
Chapter 112
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 112
Chapter Title: A New Month, New Duties, and an Anomalous Phenomenon
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A new month, new duties, and an Anomalous Phenomenon.
It's a dilemma.
How should I mess with my YouTube channel editor, 'Sanctuary of Lee Jia', so that word spreads far and wide about what a great job I did?
A few days after the chicken ad stream,
an edited video for the ad went up on the main channel.
The title was...
[VTuber Advertising Crescendo Chicken with Her Holy Power Pouch]
The title, thumbnail, and content were all brutally honest and blatant.
Before posting, during the review process for the edited video,
I called out the guy from Sanctuary of Lee Jia.
I knew his editing style, but even so, this was a chicken ad stream— was it really okay to edit it like this?
The sponsor would hate it, so I asked him to redo it from scratch.
But my request...
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Review of the video sent by Lee Jia is complete. To cut to the chase, our internal meeting concluded that it's fine to post as is. As for Crescendo Chicken... The sponsor's positive feedback killed it.
Mm-hmm.
Perfect, couldn't be better.
Thinking about it, chicken crumbs raining down on my chest was basically proof of how crispy Crescendo Chicken was.
A bit provocative, sure, but from the sponsor's perspective, it was a golden video that hammered home 'Crescendo Chicken'.
And so the video went live.
My chicken ad became living legend.
Just two days after uploading a chicken ad stream, it hit a million views.
Would you believe that this sparked a short-form challenge called the 'Lee Jia Crescendo Challenge'?
Hard to believe, but true.
After my ad stream, people started deliberately spilling Crescendo Chicken crumbs all over their chests while eating, and it blew up.
And it didn't discriminate by gender.
Busty ladies let crumbs cascade into their cleavage.
Even jacked dudes tore into chicken breasts, crumbs tumbling onto their massive pecs.
How the hell does a challenge like this go viral?
In-crowd vibes are truly beyond comprehension.
Like all short-form trends, it'll flare up and fizzle out quick.
But I wasn't thrilled to be the spark for an in-crowd challenge trend.
On the bright side, the sponsor was grinning ear to ear.
Sales skyrocketed after the Crescendo Challenge.
Five days post-stream, it's still topping the delivery app's rising search terms.
Emails thanking me non-stop, chicken coupons raining in.
Sponsor happy.
Sanctuary of Lee Jia thrilled the video exploded.
Lucky fans who won the crumb-tossing event giveaway happy.
Me? Followers actually grew from the ad stream, so results-wise, I'm happy too.
One unhappy soul.
The manager slaving away deleting boundary-pushing comments.
💬 Comments — Grace of Myriad Stars' Gaze Whoa, that chicken looks so tasty, lick lick <- Block these sneaky ones too? — Me (Lee Jia) Use your judgment and block them. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Gaze Help me out, ffs, these shitty comments hit every 5 seconds??? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Gaze Ugh why'd you take the damn chicken ad ffs A twinge of guilt, sure.
But that's your job, your duty—what can I do?
You chose to be manager.
Tough it out, grit your teeth.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The month rolled over.
This month's 'Archivist's Duty' updated again.
⚔ ARCHIVIST'S DUTY ⚔ 1. No off-days while alive. Fail to stream at least once a day, and you'll be forcibly returned to the Omnia Archive. 1-1. Once you start a stream, run it for at least 30 minutes. 1-2. Reach 2000+ followers by month's end. [COMPLETE]
2. Create at least one new [Item] entry per month. 3. Create at least one new [Anomalous Phenomenon] entry per month. 4. Strictly prohibited: Revealing your [True Name] when contacting other [Fervent Devotees]. 5. Fail any duty, and your Archivist status is revoked and disposed of immediately. - Archivist's Duty updates in real time. - Duty 4 is new.
Strictly prohibited: Revealing your [True Name] when contacting other [Fervent Devotees].
...Yeah, figured something like that was coming.
From my chat with the 'Fervent Devotee of the Distorted Constellation', I learned a few things.
One: Fervent Devotees are curious about other Fervent Devotees.
Others can't snap their fingers for info like me.
So he sacrificed a ton to make a conduit for chatting with Fervent Devotees.
I politely shared my True Name as requested.
But Reflecting Myriad Stars silenced him for the blasphemy.
Dunno why exactly.
Seems Reflecting Myriad Stars doesn't want my True Name out to other Fervent Devotees.
If the deity says zip it, I zip it.
Next time I chat with one, just introduce as 'Lee Jia'.
(VTuber). Mind that phrase, and we're good.
Nothing else noteworthy besides 4.
Follower goal bumped up a smidge.
Obviously, knock out Archivist duties early in the month.
Item appraisals? Four chances monthly, plus Awakener Association calls me whenever they snag new loot post-Anomalous Phenomenon.
No sweat there.
Anomalous Phenomena are trickier.
If I could check wiki info remotely, no fieldwork needed.
But life ain't that easy.
My ability—no, the Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars racial trait for wiki creation...
Requires up-close contact with the Anomalous Phenomenon.
Wonder if promoting to Special Archivist unlocks remote wiki checks.
I dashed off a surprise morning prayer.
Reflecting Myriad Stars,
isn't it time for my promotion?
How long am I stuck as regular Archivist?
Promote me, please.
Amen.
Hoping for Special Archivist next month to no-effort Anomalous Phenomena, I wrapped up prayer.
Three days later, Friday at 1 AM.
Post-stream, craving late dinner-slash-midnight snack, I ordered Crescendo Chicken.
Sponsor coupons overflowing—my staple for a while.
Taste guaranteed, too.
Staring at the door waiting for delivery...
Phone rang.
Ah.
Ominous ringtone.
Kim Junghwan.
"Lee Jia, an Anomalous Phenomenon popped up..."
"Need me?"
"Frankly, yes. We need your ability."
First time heading out at dawn for one.
What can ya do.
They need me—can't say 'boutta eat chicken and crash, pass'.
Sighed three times, then,
"Got it, on my way."
"Thank you, Lee Jia."
"Where?"
"Yeosu."
Damn.
Fuck.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ This Anomalous Phenomenon hit Yeosu.
Yeosu.
Three and a half hours by train from Seoul—far as hell.
But I've got my personal taxi: Yoo Euisul.
Via Awakener-exclusive Hotline road system, sports car blasting 200 km/h down empty dawn highways—not too long to Yeosu.
Crash at this speed? Awakener or not, instant death for both.
But 'Awakener Hotline' ain't that sloppy, they say.
Honestly, she'd die, I'd just get banged up bad.
Quicker resolution's better; locals best for Yeosu, but...
Then Kim Junghwan wouldn't call me.
Must really need my ability.
Yoo Euisul, flooring it, muttered,
"No good memories from Yeosu's Anomalous Phenomenon zone."
"Why?"
"Cursed zone. Every Phenomenon that spawns is a total pain."
Her rundown of Yeosu's zone followed.
Yeosu's on the coast—Korea's first and only seaside Anomalous Phenomenon zone.
Ten years ago.
When Anomalous Phenomena first hit.
Yeosu's zone birthed house-sized crawling tentacles from the sea.
"Tentacles again? That mad woman's portrait last time, too—why are they obsessed with tentacles?"
"Beats me. Anyway, took over a week to clear Yeosu's."
"A week?!"
"Yeah. Over a hundred tentacles longer than 3 meters each. And back then, no Excalibur... er, Iron Sword No. 3."
"..."
Without Iron Sword No. 3, aren't you bottom-tier Awakener?
Swallowed it.
Give Yoo Euisul any sharp blade, she'd pull her weight.
Sigh.
Hate tentacle fields.
Obviously not normal tentacles.
Suckers with bulging eyeballs, grotesque as hell.
Stomach-turning.
But per Kim Junghwan,
"This one's a gimme, maybe. Looks like a haunted house."
Ghosts' weakness is holy power since forever.
Purify with Reflecting Myriad Stars' gift, easy peasy...
"Hey."
"Yes?"
"Principle of Anomalous Phenomenon resolution, Article 2. Recite."
"Don't judge till direct contact."
"You know that and still think dumb shit? No good. Time to rewire your brain proper..."
"J-joking! Ahhh, Reflecting Myriad Stars! So scary, grant me grace!"
Watch my mouth asleep or awake.
One slip, surprise schedule drops.