Chapter 935 - 954: Vampire Trope
Chapter 935: Chapter 954: Vampire Trope
The reach of the fragrance’s influence expanded even further.
The first batch of buyers consisted mostly of young people. Naturally, they wore it right after purchasing. When first applied, or if sprayed too heavily, the Gugu Meat perfume carried a pungent intensity. But with a lighter touch, once the initial sharpness dissipated, it left behind an incredibly captivating, savory meat aroma.
It was a highly distinctive scent. Countless people around them began asking what kind of fragrance they had bought. Still, this was only a small-scale spread.
Qiuqiu and Mei Lin had originally intended for their quality product to slowly infiltrate the market. After all, perfume was something people naturally smelled once worn. Launching a massive, expensive marketing campaign was unnecessary. Word-of-mouth reputation and organic results wouldn’t necessarily be inferior, and the facts indeed proved them right.
However, just as everything was proceeding exactly as planned, the perfume suddenly blew up. Unexpectedly, it was catapulted into fame by a top-ten finalist in the Federation streaming platform’s annual preliminary contest next door.
As mentioned before, the Federation streaming platform had adopted a brand-new format for this event, which meant the operations department had issued new requirements for selecting streamers. They weren’t strictly picking from mainstream categories or major regions; instead, they sought out streamers with unique talents, strong performance skills, and high display value to carry the banner and draw in massive live viewership.
Among the top ten, there was one streamer who was exceptionally gifted at storytelling.
On November 31st, during the top-five elimination finals, he told an ancient, romantic Vampire love story. It had to be said that anyone who could fight their way to this stage purely by telling stories truly knew their stuff. His ability to control the crowd’s atmosphere was phenomenal. His vote count skyrocketed, allowing him to secure a perfect victory in the elimination round, all while maintaining a staggering number of live viewers.
The story he told swiftly climbed the trending topic charts. Perhaps because the audience included impressionable twelve and thirteen-year-old boys and girls, a surprising question popped up in the replies of a popular thread: "Is it possible that purebred humans are actually the descendants of Vampires?"
"???"
"Uh, what the hell is this?"
"Anyone who has studied biology knows that’s not the case. Our Genes are complex. Rumor has it that we evolved from monkeys in ancient times. Hundreds of years ago, when a malfunction occurred during planetary migration, our Genes got mixed with the previously stored gene pool. Later, we evolved again, and here we are. So, if you’re a purebred human, your ancestors should be monkeys."
Everyone continued discussing this in the educational thread. They wondered if that meant Genetic Hybrids were originally just infected humans, and pure humans were simply the lucky ones who had avoided infection. Unfortunately, the Mixed Species later developed talents capable of conquering the universe, while pure humans grew increasingly weaker. It seemed that fortune and misfortune truly went hand in hand.
While everyone was still debating these profound questions, the original poster replied again.
"But, I really want to bite someone lately."
"So many girls at school smell Xiangxiang. I want to take a bite out of them; they smell so delicious."
"And the little girl next door, she really smells so delicious."
What kind of dangerous rhetoric was this? Little girls, little sisters, delicious?!
Looking at these comments, the netizens were a bit stunned. They clicked on the user’s profile and—holy crap, it was a 57-year-old middle-aged man! A middle-aged man speaking in this tone?! And mentioning a school? Everyone took a closer look and realized with horror that this guy actually worked at a school.
"I’ve decided. I’m going to bite the little girl tomorrow."
Scenes of impending danger flooded the minds of the onlookers online. Various images of perverts took turns flashing through their heads. Righteous bystanders immediately filed real-name police reports!
Upon seeing the reports, the Federation police quickly dispatched officers and arrested the suspect.
They originally thought they would be capturing a greasy, middle-aged pervert, but to their utter surprise—
It was a child.
In fact, it was an elementary schooler who looked no older than seven.
A mere toddler.