Evolutionary Superstar

Back in Room 701, Lin Haoren had no idea what had transpired between Su Xiaoran and Mu Qingxue.

He flipped open his Xingchen Blade X16 Ultra laptop, logged into Origin Literature, and checked his creator’s inbox.

For a new account, 99+ notifications were quite impressive.

It seemed the new novel performed well.

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Book: Birth of the Demonic Saint

Chapters: 12

Views: 57.21k

Collections: 3,096

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Upon seeing the new novel’s data, Lin Haoren was startled.

Origin Literature was not the same as QuickBeat. A viral video could explode overnight, but even a good book would still take time to grow.

After all, the market was saturated.

Most readers were already following their favorite stories. There wouldn’t be that many readers looking to pick up a new story.

Even if they were, they wouldn’t look for a story with only 12 Chapters.

No matter how good the story was, they couldn’t binge it. The immersion would be too brief.

Too short to enjoy, and left feeling uncomfortable after, like blowing one’s load before they could even finish pulling down their pants.

As such, 3,000 collections overnight was really impressive.

It seemed quite exaggerated.

Lin Haoren quickly went to take a look at the novel’s comment section.

"I came looking for junk food, but found gold. Now I have to suffer the pain of waiting. Boohoo, why did I find such a great story so soon?"

"12 Chapters really is too short! Eagerly demanding updates, Author!"

"Lin Shengyuan is so pitiful. He was born with such a precious life-saving gift and should have received all of the world’s goodness. Yet, all he got was endless malice and exploitation. Our boy just wants to rest, but fate played a cruel trick, giving him a second life."

"Right? To make matters worse, this new world is so much crueler than the last one. The author just wants the MC to suffer."

"Not necessarily. Maybe only such a cruel world can have some people who can show the MC some warmth. After all, only those who understand pain don’t want others to experience the same."

"Kek, a prosperous age breeds human greed and malice, while a difficult age cultivates human compassion. It’s quite the irony. Looking forward to more updates!"

"Signing in from My Superstar Life."

"The author finally knows how to write well. Kekeke, spill the truth, Author. Have you been pretending to be a pig?"

"The author’s new pen name is so arrogant. But with this level of writing, he does have some grounds to be arrogant! Looking forward to more updates."

"Old fan checking in."

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Lin Haoren read through the comments and gradually understood the situation. His new novel had a strong start; thus, it wasn’t difficult to pull in readers quickly.

However, the bulk of his collections consisted of old fans of his finished novel.

It seemed the effect of My Superstar Life’s final Chapters was quite good.

Even he didn’t know he had that many readers.

Unfortunately, there were no contract offers for serialization yet.

However, this was also to be expected. He was using a new account and uploaded during most people’s off-hours.

Even if Origin Literature was quick to offer a contract, it would be later during the day at the earliest.

Since that was the case, Lin Haoren put Origin Literature aside for the time being.

Now that he was a viral cat owner, there were many opportunities to earn money and fame. Some could help catapult him to stardom faster, while others might try to entrap him and hold him in obscurity.

Thinking of this, Lin Haoren realized he needed his own dedicated helper—someone who could help him filter out good and bad opportunities and never backstab him.

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[Reputation Store]

[Smart Assistant AI Lumi: 5,000,000 RP]

[Description: A next-generation personal assistant-type intermediate AI, 30 years ahead of humanity’s current technological level, designed to assist users in managing and scheduling various aspects of daily life and work.]

[Effect: Can carry out autonomous assistance within the virtual space, such as scheduling daily activities and work plans with maximum efficiency, filter out spams, scams, paparazzi baits, and low-value offers while prioritizing genuine opportunities, provides protection against all virus, trojans, and spyware, investigate and assess businesses, companies, and organizations on credibility, risks, and overall reputation, tracks various news of interest, recommends...]

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Lin Haoren glanced at the Smart Assistant AI’s incredible long list of capabilities and felt his heart move.

This was an intermediate AI capable of autonomous action.

It was far more advanced than today’s AI technology and was extremely versatile. This was basically an all-powerful, multi-purpose AI, capable of handling many roles.

It could be a professional manager, secretary, assistant, anti-virus protector, intellectual consultant, and firewall manager, among many other things.

Even if he didn’t need it to be his manager, secretary, and assistant, he would still get it for the cybersecurity it ensured.

The frequent data leakage of his confidential details was simply too annoying to deal with.

Who could stand changing dozens of passwords every six months?

Hackers were simply too rampant in this age of the Internet.

With the Smart Assistant AI’s all-powerful cyber protection, he would no longer have to worry about or deal with such an annoying matter.

Buy!

Must buy!

Ding!

[-5,000,000 RP]

[You have purchased the Smart Assistant AI - Lumi Edition.]

[Automatically binding to your personal electronics.]

Buzz!

Shortly after, Lin Haoren’s phone vibrated, and a cute, adorable little AI maid appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Master. I am your Smart Assistant AI, Lumi. How may I serve you?" Lumi subserviently greeted and asked.

"Hello, Lumi," Lin Haoren spoke to the phone, feeling a sense of novelty.

Although the Xingchen X9 Ultra smartphone also had AI features, he had never really used it.

There was also a world of difference in speaking to a basic AI and an intermediate AI. The latter was far more advanced and felt more like a real person.

"Let’s see. First of all, activate 24-hour cyber protection."

"Done. Anything else, Master?"

Barely a second had passed, and Lumi had already completed the task.

This efficiency was very high!

Truly living up to an AI technology 30 years ahead of humanity’s current AI technology.

Moreover, this was only the tip of the iceberg.