Chapter 100: Chapter 94: 1,000,000 Little Cuties! (Big Chapter, Cockroach Extermination!!!)_2
So then.
The entire internet community focused on this event found themselves, for the first time in their lives, watching cockroach videos.
Really, more strange knowledge acquired.
As for whether this would awaken some cockroach-girl XP in someone, that’s beyond Xu Yun and Heke University’s expectations.
At the same time, this scene stirred up emotions in the entire live stream room.
After all, ten minutes might seem quick, but for the audience in the live stream, it was actually quite a tedious wait.
Influenced by emotions, online discourse gradually began to polarize, a trend that was quite apparent in Wang Muyi’s live stream room:
"Did they drug them beforehand? So fast?"
"This is hilarious, can’t even fake it right. Imidacloprid’s target is the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor on neurons, its agonist is 5-I-A-85380, and the theoretical onset time is no less than forty minutes. Saying it worked in ten minutes, you’re fooling a ghost!"
"Fraud school, get out of here!"
"I find it strange, can’t it be that technological advancements broke technical barriers? Does everything have to act on fixed receptors? Opening a webpage during 3G took over ten seconds, haven’t you seen how much faster 4G is? According to you, should our current army still be using Hanyang-made stuff?"
"Chinese universities deceive like this, look abroad, how can you compare?"
While Wang Muyi was blocking some radical comments, he also kept his eyes firmly fixed on the close-up HD camera in the live feed, feeling a bit anxious.
After all, everyone has their own expertise, and much of his confidence in Heke University came from his experience as a participant in the Event on the 14th. Expecting him to explain the relevant technology was clearly impossible.
And so.
Amidst this intense and emotionally charged discussion, another ten minutes passed.
At 10:13 in the morning.
East District’s sports field, camera position number 73.
This camera’s view faced south from the north, covering not only the whiteboard with gel bait but also a building’s flank, specifically a plastic pipeline stretching from the sixth floor to the ground.
At that moment, a pair of tiny antennae carefully emerged from the plastic water pipe, waving a few times in the air.
Next, a cockroach about three centimeters long slowly appeared, drawn towards the whiteboard by some invisible substance.
This little darling seemed to be pulled by a thin line, heading directly towards an excited cockroach and doing something indescribable.
The sharp-eyed Ouyang Li happened to witness this and, as a professional, immediately identified the egg case at the cockroach’s tail, confirming it was a female.
Yet what puzzled him was.....
This female cockroach was going towards another female cockroach, and they seemed to be getting along splendidly.
In theory, their pheromones shouldn’t attract each other.
While the quick effect of cockroach poison could be explained by Heke University pre-treating it, this precise act couldn’t have been orchestrated by human hands.
However, Ouyang Li’s confusion didn’t last long before another little darling darted out of the pipe, also quickly heading toward the extermination point.
Meanwhile.
Camera position 7,
Camera position 13,
Camera position 26,
Camera position 34...
Across various HD cameras, cockroaches began to appear one after another, swiftly heading toward the extermination point.
These cockroaches came from all directions, quickly forming a small black pile around the whiteboard.
Even Wang Muyi and the others, from their dormitory, could easily spot this black dot without much effort.
Compared to the video from the building on the 14th, this scene wasn’t as impactful.
But as more and more cockroaches appeared, apart from some who were there just to criticize, some internet users who initially doubted Heke University began to change their stance.
At least the visible profanities had noticeably decreased.
Even though it was just the initial effect, the results were already beyond many people’s expectations.
This was exactly what Heke University wanted to see. Instead of controlling reviews and opinions, using facts to direct public sentiment is the right way.
If you are upright, why fear others’ opinions?
Then another fifteen minutes passed.
Gradually.
In the East District, some secluded pipeline openings began to see groups of cockroaches coming out, no longer just cautious, peeking individuals.
These cockroaches formed small teams, numbering from three to five, sometimes more than ten.
They ran toward the extermination point like chopstick-sized teams, rustling along.
Meanwhile.
At the Bilibili tech department, Ye Xu clapped his hands proudly:
"President Gong, the traffic’s up again! The M value in the live stream has reached 1.2, traffic is increasing again!!"
The so-called M value is the full name of the minute entry-exit ratio.
It refers to the real number of viewers entering/leaving the live stream room within a minute, one of the key indices for a live streaming platform.
The specific IP algorithm is quite complex, requiring the deduction of some repeated clicks. In short, as long as this coefficient is greater than 1, it indicates that the live stream’s popularity is rising.
Previously, due to the boredom of the waiting process, some viewers decided to close the live stream and watch other videos, or simply switched to using other apps.
The M value in the backend once dropped to 0.47, but began to recover gradually fifteen minutes ago.
Next to him, Gong Zenghui, after hearing this, pondered briefly and said: