WS - Chapter 115
Chapter 115
The news that the livestream on Wilderness Planet had resumed spread quickly online.
Regardless of their interest in The Wilderness Journey, most people were very concerned about the Yaoxing Storm, and for a time, topics related to Wilderness Planet became hot spots on StarNet.
However, the senior executives of the guests' talent agencies, who were all in closed-door meetings, did not receive the news of the livestream resuming right away. It was only when employees outside saw it while browsing StarNet and reported up the chain that the people in the meeting rooms learned of this.
The resumption of the livestream was both an opportunity and a crisis for the talent agencies.
Regardless of the six guests' rank, after this Yaoxing Storm livestream, as long as they returned safely, their popularity would certainly be on a completely different level. If the agencies seized the momentum, they could also profit considerably.
But to achieve such success, too many prerequisites were required. Leaving aside whether they could return safely in the end, just looking at the present—knowing it was a Yaoxing Storm and thinking the livestream had already failed, could the guests' conduct still be as good as when they were on a livestream? Once the guests' performance disappointed the audience, then truly... even returning safely would be of no use.
Some companies that knew their own artists' situations weighed the matter: resuming the livestream under these conditions posed too great a risk; it would be better if the livestream could not continue, as they would have greater control.
But now it was too late for anything.
Look at that new livestream page, which people from all over StarNet were crowding onto and which was broadcasting smoothly. The technology behind it was absolutely not as ordinary as its crude page design suggested.
Moreover...
To be able to continue the livestream during a Yaoxing Storm was like a superhero emerging from a disaster film. Whatever the case, this new livestream page had already seized the moral high ground of public opinion.
For talent agencies like theirs, they clearly knew that continuing the livestream now posed greater risks than rewards, yet none of them stepped forward as the first to condemn the new livestream page for violating guests' privacy or to demand that it stop broadcasting.
Everyone was waiting—waiting for the first bird to stick out its neck. Of course, they had a candidate in mind.
Wanshan Entertainment, where Song Shiyue belonged, was a top-three entertainment company on Beichen Planet. It was a large enterprise with a sprawling business; although the quality of its agents and artists was somewhat uneven, the boss of Wanshan Entertainment was a man of temperament who showed considerable care for his artists.
It could be said that Wanshan Entertainment was originally the company most likely to be the first to make a statement, demanding that the new livestream stop airing its artist's private life, to prevent the artist from behaving badly while unaware that the livestream was continuing.
Of course, that was based on what they thought before receiving news of the series of feats Song Shiyue had accomplished after joining the program.
Those who could sit in meeting rooms making decisions were all company executives, and naturally not every one of them had time to follow the variety show livestream of one of their artists. Just as each company was fiercely discussing keeping a close watch on Wanshan Entertainment and preparing to follow up with statements, the records of Song Shiyue on the program submitted by lower-level employees delivered a sharp slap across their mouths.
Heh heh...
With such an outstanding artist, even if it were them, they wouldn't request the livestream to stop either.
This time, those talent agencies were right.
Song Shiyue's performance on the program before the Yaoxing Storm was excellent, and she had been very proactive in saving people after the storm; Wanshan Entertainment was confident she could do even better.
Of course, this confidence did not include Wang Mancang.
Wang Mancang was very hesitant, very wavering.
He was never a high-level agent to begin with, and in the current situation, he wished he could continue watching the livestream to know Song Shiyue's condition at every moment, to know whether she was still okay. But he was also worried... Back then, the turmoil on Pinggu Prime was not kicked off solely by criminals.
In times of upheaval, what ordinary people would turn into... who could say for sure?
Of course, Wang Mancang did not lack confidence in Song Shiyue; he believed Song Shiyue wanted to be a good person. But what if others turned bad...
In that kind of situation, reasonable self-defense might not achieve its effect, but if the defense were excessive... under the countless watchful eyes of StarNet... it would ultimately give some moral guardians something to flame about.
Wang Mancang was hesitant and pained; he rarely had to make such difficult trade-offs.
But it didn't fall to Wang Mancang to make the choice; he voiced his concerns, and the final decision was made by the boss of Wanshan Entertainment.
Wanshan Entertainment chose to stand on the side of the new livestream page and let the broadcast continue, only that, with the situation unclear, they did not explicitly take a side in their announcement.
It was a dilemma to begin with; since the current wind was blowing this way, choosing the option of not going against it was clearly the wiser move.
At Wanshan Entertainment, Wang Mancang still had a place where he could voice his own thoughts and concerns.
At Senxin Entertainment, Ouyang Hui, the moment she learned the livestream was continuing again... left the meeting room, just as abruptly as she had arrived.
If Ouyang Hui's uninvited arrival had made Shi Senxin's face darken, then her leaving now without a word truly made Shi Senxin's whole face flush a stifled blackish red with anger.
They had clearly married willingly and were not some resentful couple, so how had they ended up like this now!
The remainder of the meeting at Senxin Entertainment grew increasingly quiet under Shi Senxin's heavy mood.
When a person is alive, their relationships with this world are countless and intertwined.
Some care sincerely, some with false affection.
Some people's giving up is only as hard as stepping on a pebble.
Some people's persistence holds on to what their heart clings to even while barely surviving.
For the people on Wilderness Planet.
What talent agencies, what gains and losses—before survival, who had the mind to waste on such distant matters?
Feng Qianqian's injuries were severe. Even though the medicinal solution Ni Jinghe used to clean her wounds was somewhat irritating, it only made her break out in more cold sweat while she remained unconscious, without even stirring awake.
With limited resources, Ni Jinghe could only perform simple hemostasis for Feng Qianqian and put on a splint... but whether it was applied well and whether it would hold, Ni Jinghe had little confidence.
In the interstellar age, even the best doctors relied heavily on high-tech medical products. In such crude conditions, even though Ni Jinghe wished to treat her better, there was simply no way.
The styptic powder had all been used by Ni Jinghe on Feng Qianqian's leg.
When it came to Guan Yongyi's left hand, she could only apply a simple bandage... using the ancient method of compression to temporarily stop the bleeding. In between, she had to constantly loosen the bandage to let the wound breathe and prevent necrosis from the pressure...
For Mu Xingzhou's right shoulder, Ni Jinghe palpated it with her hands. It didn't seem like a fracture, but more like a bone crack from being struck by a heavy object... In such a case, without more advanced instruments, Ni Jinghe had no way to make an accurate diagnosis. For now, she could only tell Mu Xingzhou not to use his right hand to lift heavy objects and to minimize use of his right shoulder, to see if it could heal somewhat on its own.
When it was Captain Yang's turn, his left foot had swollen up like a steamed bun rising, turning purplish-blue. Ni Jinghe could only determine that it wasn't just a sprain; the bones inside were very likely damaged as well. Just like Mu Xingzhou's swollen right shoulder, it was highly probable there were bone cracks. And that wasn't all—during the examination, Ni Jinghe also found swelling and damage at Captain Yang's left shinbone, likely injured from a collision or fall. However... aside from rest and recuperation, Ni Jinghe had no better advice at the moment.
Director Zhang, whose right arm seemed immobile, actually had the mildest condition among the injured. No one knew how it happened... it turned out not to be a bruise or impact injury, but a dislocation... With just a slight pull and reset from Zhao Da, Director Zhang's arm was fine.
Zhao Da and Zhao Er only had scrapes; the more serious was Zhao Er's forehead, which was slightly cut. Anyway, the styptic powder was all gone, so they just rinsed it off casually and considered it treated.
The remaining Song Shiyue, Yu Nianbing, Zhuang Jiachuan, and Wang Daming seemed quite fortunate—apart from some scrapes and dirt on their clothes, they appeared to be uninjured.
But no matter how you looked at it, more than half of this team had injuries requiring recuperation, which was really not a good thing for them, as they needed to reach one camp after another as quickly as possible to obtain more survival supplies.
As Ni Jinghe treated one person's wound after another, the audience on StarNet could not help but sigh.
"Truly, calamity lasts a thousand years. Those so wicked—how come they're so lightly injured!"
"Poor that young lady who likes doing handicrafts and making bags—truly, good people don't have good fortune."
"Now I'm just worried that the bad people are all fine. If a fight breaks out later, the good side will be at a great disadvantage."
"Sigh... Those two, Zhao Da and Zhao Er, must have taken precautions against the Yaoxing Storm and earthquake early on—they barely got hurt."
"They look so strong... what if they snatch the guests' food!"
"Damn! Right, the only ones carrying food now are just those few young girls, aren't they!"
"Scary! The Yaoxing Storm just happened, and it's already developing into such a brutal situation?!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Sister Song is still here—even all of them combined can't beat my Sister Song!"
"Patting chest, breathing out!"
...
The audience on StarNet still had full confidence in Song Shiyue.
But Yu Nianbing on Wilderness Planet had a different feeling.
"Are you all right? Why don't we rest a little longer before setting out?" Yu Nianbing took Song Shiyue's hand with considerable worry.
Song Shiyue shook her head.
Yu Nianbing didn't believe it at all...
If she were really fine, how could she start panting while sitting on the ground for no reason?
At this moment, Yu Nianbing didn't care about all of Song Shiyue's differences and pulled her straight to Ni Jinghe, asking Ni Jinghe to take a look.
Song Shiyue knew in her heart it was useless, but she didn't resist.
Time was running short, and Song Shiyue was willing to go along with Yu Nianbing on something... that was useless, but was fine as long as Yu Nianbing was happy.
Song Shiyue had no external injuries, and Yu Nianbing, who felt something was wrong, couldn't articulate exactly what it was.
Ni Jinghe could only judge from experience that Song Shiyue was overly tired from saving people in the cave and was now somewhat drained. If she found a place to rest ahead and ate something, she should be fine.
Song Shiyue nodded cooperatively.
Yet Yu Nianbing still felt something was wrong.
It wasn't just that Song Shiyue's body was off right now.
Looking at her... this person, too, seemed somewhat off...
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