Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 27 Video Storm and Detectors
"Okay, Yi-ge, wait for me. It's just a simple assembly, it won't take long."

Upon hearing that crystals would be distributed later, Chen Yu's hands flew across the screen, and soon he had spliced ​​together Lin Yi's battle video with his later tutorial video.

He thought for a moment and came up with a simple and direct title.

[Apocalypse Survival Tutorial: Learn this and monsters won't dare approach! — Source Energy Tutorial from the front lines of Hongfulou Restaurant in Helu City]

Chen Yu let out a long sigh of relief and pressed the publish button heavily with his thumb. This instantly thrust his Moyin account, which boasted over 200,000 followers and primarily shared gaming and trendy toy unboxing experiences, into the eye of the storm.

"All done! Everyone, search 'Ayu loves to play' on Moto and quickly help forward it to as many people as you can."

In the banquet hall, almost everyone subconsciously took out their phones, searched for Chen Yu's account, forwarded the video, and then clicked on it.

After a brief network delay, the video began loading and playing.

Soon, they saw Lin Yi appear on the screen, clad in dark armor. Then, a long, black iron staff tore through the air with a deep, piercing whistle. The Corrosive Abyss Wolves shattered and turned to ashes under the staff's shadow. Lin Yi, seemingly unperturbed, picked up the crystal and retrieved his weapon, all while being watched by the surrounding Abyss Wolves.
After watching the video, Zhou Jinghua's eyes were already red.

Although I had seen Lin Yi's armor damaged twice and witnessed the pain he faced during his cultivation, I had already overcome those difficulties safely, so my feelings about them were not very strong.

But this time, seeing her son dodging and fighting for his life among the monsters on the screen directly caused a violent conflict with the image of him that had formed in her mind over the years—a quiet student who never caused her any worry.

She felt a strange fear, but also a surge of indescribable pride and heartache.

The others were equally shocked by the bloody, violent, yet clean and efficient battle video, and the entire Fujin Hall fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

However, Chen Yu's voice soon broke the silence.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Brother Yi, this is...this is too awesome!"

Chen Yu naturally didn't need to watch the video again, so after posting it, he kept an eye on the comments section. Right now, he was pointing at the rapidly refreshing comments on his phone screen, so excited that he was incoherent.

"This is only...it's only been posted a short while, and it's already surpassed 10,000 views! The comments section is going crazy!"

"So fast?"

Lin Yi was also a little surprised.

In the period immediately following the arrival of the monster in his previous life, after the initial crisis was resolved, he mainly checked rescue information and other people's information about the abyssal beasts online, as well as the rescue range of the local police. He didn't pay much attention to what those internet celebrities were posting.

Soon after, the signal was lost and the network was disconnected. Except for those who had radios, everyone else basically became isolated islands of information.

Therefore, when Lin Yi heard Chen Yu say this, he couldn't help but feel a little curious, wanting to see what kind of impact Chen Yu's actions would have.

This definitely touched on a blind spot in his knowledge.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi also lowered his head and dialed his phone, clicking on Chen Yu's Moyin account.

As soon as I entered, I saw the title of Chen Yu's latest video.

Lin Yi's lips twitched, and he continued to click into the comments section. A massive number of comments instantly appeared, filling the screen.

[What game CG is this? I just woke up and saw this. The special effects look pretty good. Yu, when did you become such a gimmicky guy?]

[Upstairs, did you stay up all night and become stupid? You're fucking lucky you're still alive! How come someone like you can just sleep at home and get away with it?!]

[He's telling the truth! Our school also killed a monster, and it dropped a gray crystal. It contains something called "Basic Energy Guidance." We're hiding in the school building, and there are a lot of monsters wandering around below. Location: Shicheng No. 29 Middle School. Help!]

My whole family is gone. They covered for me and hid in my room. The monster is scratching at my door outside. Haha, I don't want to live anymore. I'm going out to fight that beast to the death.

Why did these monsters suddenly appear? It's like a game; are higher-dimensional beings playing with us lower life forms?

Where is the army? Where are the missiles and nuclear weapons?

Could you explain the guided meditation in more detail? What exactly does the "tingling sensation like the warm winter sun" feel like? I've been sitting cross-legged for half an hour and my legs are numb, but I still don't feel anything.

[The person above asked where the army was. Do you think the army doesn't want to rescue you? If the army hadn't been holding you back, you wouldn't be facing these monsters right now!]

Don't bother calling the police, it's useless. They're already doing their best to rescue you. You can only hope you're lucky and happen to be near a police station. The right thing to do now is to check online to see who's nearby and contact them now. My address is 445 Jinling Street, Linjiang District, XX City. If you're nearby, contact me!

[I'm near Hung Fook Restaurant! Help! There are several wolves outside! I thought I was doomed, but now I feel like I can survive. I'm at the 996 convenience store diagonally opposite Hung Fook Restaurant. Please, someone come and save us!]

[Location: Zifeng Tower. The army has already been repelled three waves. They shouldn't come any further. I'm just waiting to die, and I'm quite at peace with myself. I hope the army learns this source energy and can avenge us later. Here's a picture of this giant snake.] Lin Yi's gaze lingered for a moment on several comments asking for help and inquiring about the details of the guiding technique, and he sighed silently in his heart.

There wasn't much he could do at the moment, but the person who had asked for help at the convenience store could be considered for the next target.

Then, Lin Yi put away his phone and turned his gaze back to the round table.

Seven dull gray spirit crystals lay there quietly.

"Everyone."

Lin Yi's voice wasn't loud, but it drew everyone's attention.

"Seven crystals. I already knew what they contained when I picked them up. Three of them contained basic source energy guiding techniques, and the other three were level 1 source energy crystals. As for the last one..."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "It's a portable energy source detector."

At this point, Lin Yi's mood improved somewhat.

After all, this thing is very useful in the early stages.

However, energy detectors are usually produced only by white and green crystals, and the probability of them falling into gray crystals is extremely low.

Although the portable energy detector extracted from the gray crystal is the most basic model, with a limited detection range and virtually useless against true experts, it is an absolute godsend in the early stages, especially when dealing with these low-level abyssal beasts!
Its practical functions, including location tracking, communication, and most importantly, the detection of life form energy values, made it even surpass some items obtained from blue crystals in its early stages.

"A detector?" Chen Yu craned his neck curiously.

"What's the use?" Zhou Jianjun immediately asked, his soldier's instincts making him extremely sensitive to the word "detection".

Lin Yi did not explain immediately, but instead pinched the inconspicuous gray crystal and, under the breathless gaze of everyone, exerted a little force.

Click!

A crisp cracking sound was heard.

This time, however, what burst forth from the crystal was not a hazy mist, but a small, highly concentrated ball of light that flickered with tiny blue-white arcs of electricity.

The ball of light was only the size of a ping-pong ball, hovering a few centimeters above Lin Yi's palm, emitting a slight "buzzing" sound.

It seemed to be made of liquid metal and flowing light, with its internal structure rapidly rotating, combining, and collapsing. This process lasted for less than two seconds before the unstable ball of light suddenly contracted inward and solidified instantly.

As the light faded, a delicate object lay quietly in Lin Yi's palm.

It was a very futuristic device.

Its shape resembles an ear-hook headphone, with a deep matte black body and a subtle frosted texture.

At the front of the ear hook is a tiny, flat, teardrop-shaped sensor module, slightly smaller than a fingernail.

The entire device looks simple, lightweight, and full of technological feel.

"This is a portable detector?"

Zhou Yuxuan pushed up his glasses and leaned closer to look. "Hanging on your ear?"

"How do I use it?" Chen Yu asked, eager to try.

Lin Yi did not answer. Pretending to be new to this kind of equipment, he carefully picked up the lightweight device with his index finger and thumb, then paused for a moment, as if recalling the information the crystal had conveyed to him, before gently clipping the curved ear hook onto the upper edge of his right earlobe.

Then, Lin Yi raised his right hand and pressed his index finger precisely on an extremely small, round button on the side of the sensor module that was almost integrated with the casing.

嘀
A very faint buzzing sound, as if it were directly hitting the eardrum, came through.

The next second, a nearly transparent light blue screen appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Yi's right eye.

The size and shape of this light screen are exactly like a frameless eyeglass lens.

Its presence does not affect Lin Yi's ability to observe the real world with his eyes, but the scene seen by his right eye is overlaid with a clear layer of information.

(End of this chapter)