Then it happened. The female streamer, after logging off, kissed her boyfriend, causing a meltdown among the "husband fans" in the chat, and question marks filled the screen. The guild manager frantically called to remind her she hadn’t ended the stream.

Don’t laugh!

After streaming all day, feeling mentally drained and fuzzy-headed, it’s indeed possible to make such a basic mistake.

Guo Mo also formed this habit after being repeatedly reminded by many seniors and guild managers.

After logging off, he must check the task manager to make sure no software was left running in secret, and that there was no sound or video in the stream, before he could relax and do his things, otherwise, he wouldn’t sleep well.

As usual, his computer’s background was clean with no suspicious software running...

Wait!

Just as Guo Mo was content and about to get up to the kitchen to make himself something to eat, from the corner of his eye he noticed a series of software with "xiuzhenhuanxiang" prefixes still running on the computer.

"What the heck is this..."

Guo Mo couldn’t help but complain, "Why does this game have so many programs running secretly?"

The game client hadn’t been exited, still minimized in the background, so having programs running made sense.

But wasn’t this number a bit too much?

Roughly counting, there were six or seven programs with the "xiuzhenhuanxiang" prefix running.

Where did these come from?

The last time he saw so many programs with the same prefix was with the "Windows" prefix system applications.

It’s just a game; is it necessary to have so many things? Are you trying to compete with Microsoft?

Luckily the usage isn’t high!

Although there were many programs, Guo Mo checked and saw their usage was very low, so they wouldn’t really affect everyday use running in the background.

"Forget it, just leave it..."

Guo Mo was really hungry and didn’t have the energy to deal with these things. Since the usage was low and he intended to continue playing the game, he just let it run in the background.

End the process? Shut down the computer?

Forget it! He rarely shut down his computer. Even when he slept, it was on standby to be woken easily.

Don’t say it’s bad for the computer, he does this for convenience, so he can use the computer anytime without having to turn it on again, which is such a hassle!

Guo Mo went to cook.

He ate quite simply, after all, he’s just a single guy, and not ordering takeout was his last bit of pride; just quickly stir-frying two dishes was enough for him.

After eating, he played on his phone for a while.

About an hour later, Guo Mo returned to his computer.

It was still early, so he didn’t plan to stream immediately, but wanted to watch videos and play some games to pass the time.

Thunderbolt, start!

Just as he opened the Thunderbolt web page, Guo Mo noticed he had received 99+ interaction messages in his background.

He was logged into his alternate account.

The main account was only for streaming and posting videos, whereas for daily use, he used the alternate account. After all, he didn’t want to be discovered by his fans when liking or commenting on some dance videos.

Because it was an alternate account, he was very carefree, ranting when he wanted to rant, or dissing people when he wanted to diss, with no need to indulge the netizens. After all, who would know it was his alt account?

Last night, he came across a video worshiping foreign things and variously promoting the greatness of life abroad, which made Guo Mo’s blood pressure skyrocket.

Why did this pop up on his home recommendation feed?

Without time to ponder, with Guo Mo’s quick temper, he immediately launched a "convincing education" in the comments section against the uploader and their sycophant fans.

And then...

His private messages and interaction notifications exploded.

Glancing at the @ mentions, Guo Mo couldn’t help but smirk. Unexpectedly, there were so many sensitive folks online, he just stated a fair fact, and was immediately blown up by the uploader’s die-hard fans.

Do you think I’m intimidated?

The elegantly composed Guo Mo would not take this lying down, so he picked up his keyboard and engaged in a burst of verbal exchanges with these people.

Of course!

Guo Mo knew the logic of being outnumbered, so his comments were sarcastic. When the opposition broke down and started using foul language and personal attacks, he would report them.

This trick never fails!

Comments that are too vulgar and offensive are sure to get reported successfully. Taking advantage of this, he managed to create quite a stir all by himself.

Unfortunately, the opposition couldn’t handle it.

After realizing Guo Mo was intentionally provoking them to curse so he could report them, they quickly blocked him and stopped interacting.

"That’s it? Not fun at all!"

Guo Mo shook his head, not expecting these people to be so weak, easily blacklisting him under his taunting.

Oh well, no more fun.

After half an hour of confronting strange people and another half-hour scrolling through videos, sizing up the time, Guo Mo started his stream.

"...good evening everyone!"

"Stop scolding, stop scolding, it’s just a few minutes late. What? Can’t the streamer take a bathroom break for physiological needs?"

After appeasing the audience, Guo Mo happily opened "Cultivation Fantasy" and got back into the game.

It’s worth mentioning that while he was eating and chilling, because "Cultivation Fantasy" kept running in the background, he didn’t need to log in again and could jump straight back into the game.

How it was before logging off is exactly how it is coming back...

"Holy crap?!"

Switching back to the game screen, Guo Mo was stunned by the changes happening in the game.

Not just him.

The viewers watching the stream were also stunned by the notable increase in virtue points.

"Where did the 10 virtue points come from?"

Guo Mo was sure the game had just been running in the background, he hadn’t done anything, and during that time he never even switched back to the game screen.

Yet, his virtue points had increased from 0 to 10. Where did these 10 virtue points come from?

virtue points is quite a lot!

Keep in mind, the second test for "Cultivation Fantasy" only started this noon, many players were still in the early stages of Qi Cultivation, having a hard time fighting monsters outside, let alone dreaming of obtaining virtue points.

Even if someone got lucky triggering the virtue reward mechanism and received the virtue reward from Heavenly Dao in the game, it would only be 1 or 2 points, and 10 virtue points is a lot.

"What did the streamer do?"

"Did you secretly look up strategies off-screen? Tell us where these virtue points came from?"

"Are you cheating? In just a few hours, how did you suddenly get 10 virtue points?"

"I don’t know!"

Facing the audience’s questions and doubts, Guo Mo replied blankly, "I simply made and ate food after logging off, I didn’t play the game!"

So here’s the question.

If he didn’t play after logging off, where did these virtue points come from? Surely they didn’t appear out of nowhere, right?

"Streamer, check the system tab!"

Prompted by the barrage comments, Guo Mo realized he could just check the system messages in the system tab to see where these virtue points originated from.

The system messages tab was full of various game alert messages, such as "You have left the safe zone" and "Received 10 copper coins" etc.

The idle time led to an accumulation of a lot of useless alert messages.

Scrolling up for quite a while, Guo Mo eventually found a significant system message from half an hour ago.

[Your actions have received the recognition of the Heavenly Dao, Virtue +10!]

This was the source of the virtue points.

Finally relieved to have clarified the source of these 10 virtue points, Guo Mo eased his breath. However, as an old problem was solved, a new one arose.

There was indeed a system message recording his receipt of the virtue points, proving it was an automatic reward granted by the game.

But here comes the issue...

He was idle and didn’t do anything at that time, so why would he receive a virtue reward out of the blue?

Could it be a game glitch?

Just when Guo Mo thought of reporting this situation to Ba, viewers in the stream suggested he hold off submitting it, what if this wasn’t a bug but something else?