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by john1208·Translated by Novel AI Studio
Lerrin Galt is coughing up his last breaths in a filthy charity ward when a holographic camera lens materializes by his deathbed. [Welcome to the Apex Stream. Your demise is currently pulling 4,000 viewers. Want to live?] Penniless and having dropped out of college to battle his terminal illness, the pathologically kind-hearted Lerrin accepts the terms. The bizarre Streamer System demands he perform inexplicable, highly public stunts in the bustling modern metropolis of Breskad - ranging from shouting nonsense syllables in crowded plazas to painting strange symbols on subway doors. In return, he receives miraculous biological cures and massive cash payouts, which he immediately donates to the struggling slum-dwellers around him. Lerrin believes he’s just an unwitting clown for a dark-web platform of eccentric billionaires. But as the missions grow darker and the public crowds begin suffering from strange nosebleeds and missing time, the horrifying truth looms. Lerrin misunderstood the platform's metrics. [Audience Engagement] isn't a measure of entertainment - it's a psychic tethering process. Will Lerrin realize his viral philanthropy is actually an apocalyptic invasion before his monstrous "Subscribers" finally break through?
