Martial Arts Returnee’s Game Broadcast

Chapter 228

The broadcast ended.
The viewers who had been thrown into space could not hide their frustration.

• "Oh wow, that was a bit longer than usual."
• "This bastard just picks the options, then cuts the broadcast on a whim."
• "I really can't predict this anymore. ?"
• "Mama... the space is so cold..."
• "Don't worry, dear. I built a 12-barrel ion cannon long-range strike frigate just for situations like this."
• "That's reassuring. Hahaha."
• "He must be excited every time he gets thrown into space."
• "Just give me the coordinates... I'll pirate the shit out of him..."
• "This bastard... how can he show us all the options and then cut the broadcast?"
• "The flesh-eating ghosts were disgusting."
• "The pedos were the worst."
• "The Chinese coins were even worse, huh?"
• "Shut the hell up, you assholes."

The World Chat in the Space Zone devolved into chaos as everyone started shouting their grievances.
The chaotic atmosphere lasted briefly, and eventually, the viewers resigned themselves to their fate, returning to their own space living areas, worried about how long they would endure another broadcast famine.

• "Maybe in 3 months?"
• "Don’t forget about the half-year hiatus.^^"
• "How am I supposed to survive six months? ??"
• "Hell's survival boom is coming!"
• "Nope, hell's survival isn't happening. I’ll do the reverse academy first~"
• "If we go in order, isn't Jumping Rabbit supposed to be first?"
• "Ayeong likes Jumping Rabbit. Why haven’t we seen her lately?"
• "She said she’s in training when she appeared as a manager last time."
• "Training to become the world's greatest jumper? What kind of training takes over six months, damn. Hahaha."

The public enemy: the broadcast cycle. The viewers, releasing their pent-up frustrations, let out a collective sigh.
Then they suddenly realized something and were horrified.

• "Huh? I can’t move my body."
• "The World!! Time, stop!!"
• "Time stop?? Who the hell bought that insane ability??"
• "I’m at the southernmost edge of the map!"
• "I’m in the central capital!"
• "I’m at a northern frontier colonization planet!"
• "The area’s gone all weird."
• "No way, time stop can’t cover such a vast range!"
• "It’s a broadcast!!"
• "The Silent Swordsman has started the broadcast!!"

[The Silent Swordsman has started the broadcast.]
[The Space Zone will be frozen until the broadcast ends.]

• "What’s going on?"
• "Damn, I trusted you, Returnee Swordsman!!"
• "Was this bitch trying to scare us?"
• "Humans don’t do this kind of stuff, right, Lehu?"
• "Ugh... this time, I’ll let it slide."

The broadcast began again.
The viewers entered the chatroom, excited.

[? The Silent Swordsman has ended the broadcast.]
[? All viewers are being ejected into the Silent Swordsman ES (Ending Space).]

And once again, they were ejected into space.

• "Hahahahahaha."
• "Shortest broadcast ban ever."
• "What the hell, bastard?! 3 seconds?! Are you even human?"
• "A new pattern of the evil ban on broadcast. Hahaha."
• "Why does it close so fast like it’s lagging?"
• "This isn’t even a civil defense emergency, what’s going on? Hahaha."
• "Is it fun to play with viewers like this, you bastard?!"
• "Aaa, I trusted him, now I’m betrayed. I won’t trust the evil Swordsman again."

[The Silent Swordsman has started the broadcast.]
[The Space Zone will be frozen until the broadcast ends.]

And once again, the broadcast began.

• "Haha, it was just a broadcast accident."
• "The capsule malfunctioned, I think."
• "Now that I think about it, this guy was using a budget capsule."
• "With all the donations, he should upgrade his capsule."
• "He probably earns more in real-life revenue than from donations."
• "For real, Haenam faction's business is booming."
• "He’s even started in the entertainment industry."
• "I can forgive the capsule’s wear and tear."

[? The Silent Swordsman has ended the broadcast.]
[? All viewers are being ejected into the Silent Swordsman ES (Ending Space).]

• "You bastard!!!"
• "Betrayal left and right, hahaha."
• "Got tricked, huh?"
• "What’s wrong with you, damn!!"
• "Change your capsule, you bastard!!"
• "You’ve ended the broadcast, right?"
• "You’ve got us, right?"
• "You’ve wiped us out, right?"

Ha Eung Eung wanted to join the Space Zone, but she didn’t know how.
She repeatedly logged in and out more than ten times while waiting for Lee So-hye to arrive and show her the way to connect to the Space Zone.
The "Simulated Continuous Ejection" event became a hotclip, later edited into a highlight video.

Lee So-hye laughed lightly and teased Ha Eung Eung.

“Seriously. A newbie who can’t even handle the VR capsule, isn’t that a rare case? Even Kim Je-cheol, the Confucian conservative, never forced viewers into space training when he couldn’t access the ES.”

[Sorry. I haven’t really used a VR capsule before, so I messed up.]
“You’re a year into streaming, though. You should’ve streamed more. How does someone with almost a year of streaming only have 24 broadcasts?”

Executioner, Demon General, Monster Sage, Monster General and Queen, White Ghost, Monster Knight and Flame King, Giant Champion, King of the Abyss, High-Ranking Official.
Including special broadcasts with Lee So-hye and the Whip Simulator (2 episodes), and with Dashman and Hell Survival (1 episode).
The total number of proper broadcasts was 12.
The number of broadcasts caused by the ejection training today was also 12.
Viewers, excited to see the broadcast count double, would likely be shocked to see details like 3-second, 10-second, and 5-second broadcast times.

"So, why’d you try to get into the ES?"
[I want to create the punishment dungeon.]
“Huh? Punishment?”

Ha Eung Eung thought back.
The terrible chats from the evil viewers. The angry demands from viewers frustrated by the broadcast not going their way.

[Blocking them isn’t enough.]
“Really...? Well, I understand your feelings. As a manager, I’ve seen my share of dirty chats, and I get pissed off too. People calling you a prostitute aren’t right in the head.”

Did she know that when this person got angry, the ground cracked and buildings around her cracked too?
Lee So-hye, who saw the chat every day, couldn't help but feel nervous, wondering if tomorrow’s news would include discovering a corpse.
With an average of 40,000 viewers, Lee So-hye had permanently banned more than 500 malicious viewers.

[Did such chats exist?]
“Didn’t see them because I was doing other things? Probably for the best. Don’t go looking for them. I’ve already permanently blocked them.”

[From now on, you won’t have to suffer. Just throw them all into the punishment dungeon.]

What was it about the punishment dungeon that gave her such confidence?
Unlike Ha Eung Eung, who checked the chat occasionally, Lee So-hye couldn’t understand her confidence.
The chats seemed to confirm her belief that humans are inherently evil.
Could locking these evil people in the punishment dungeon really solve anything?

“What exactly is a punishment dungeon? Like a prison?”
[If you dig a hole at the cliff, and they can’t escape, that’s the punishment dungeon.]

Hole, no escape, punishment...
Lee So-hye slapped her own cheek with her palm.

“?”
“Just made myself feel stupid for a moment. Don’t mind me.”

Staring into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you.
Tired of the twisted and perverted chats, Lee So-hye couldn’t help but feel self-loathing for the dark thought she had entertained.

• "What is the Silent Swordsman doing in the ES?"
• "Where the hell is that bastard?!"
• "For real, I’ll kill him if I see him."
• "The Space Zone is our home! We won’t let the evil Silent Swordsman take it!"
• "In real life, I’m just a guy with one second to live, but in space, I can beat the Swordsman with charged particles! Hahaha!"
• "One second reversal world, wow."
• "If I think about how many times he tricked us in this broadcast, I’d kill him ten times over."
• "Silent Swordsman, I’m buying coordinates. DM me!"
• "I’ll eat you alive if I see you. For real."

“Those bastards... sigh.”

[DogLikeUseAndSpend has been permanently banned.]
[SerialLootBuyer has been permanently banned.]

While it's true that chat bans, temporary blocks, or permanent bans are sometimes ineffective in the Space Zone,
capsule users must register personal data, including their body information, making lawsuits nearly 100% successful.
However, if they’re not residing in Korea, with monsters rampant in today's world, international cooperation or investigations rarely happen.
This loophole was exploited by malicious viewers who openly indulged in their desires while causing trouble.

"Let's build it. I’ll help too. It's fine to clear away the trash, but I can’t stand letting these assholes get away without any punishment."

• "Thank you."
  “How many points do you have? As a streamer, you should have received 100 times the donation amount in points. You’ve probably got a lot, right?”
• "How do I check?"
  “Call the main interface and pull up the asset details.”

[Streamer - Silent Swordsman]
[Asset Details - Approximately 50 trillion, 825.5 billion points]

“...Received 508.2 billion in donations? Wait, when? Where?”

Such donations had never appeared in his broadcasts.
Even in today’s crazy market, 508.2 billion is not a small amount.
That averages 42.3 billion per month, a staggering sum.
Even physical powerhouse streamers don’t make this much.
But Ha Eung Eung didn’t stream that hard.

“Show the cumulative donation ranking.”

[Donation History]
[Cumulative Donation Ranking]
[1st - Wandering Merchant Guild Leader]
[Cumulative Donation - 150 billion]
[Highest Donation - 100 billion]
[Donation Message - Request for destruction of the Silent Swordsman statue.]

[2nd - Human-Faced Demon Guild Leader]
[Cumulative Donation - 98.2 billion]
[Highest Donation - 10 billion]
[Donation Message - Cost for constructing a Thanatos-class battleship.]

[3rd - Tuttak's Guild Leader]
[Cumulative Donation - 98 billion]
[Highest Donation - 10 billion]
[Donation Message - Cost for building the Silent Swordsman statue.]

"...What the hell? Do these guys own a demon stone mine or something? How serious are they about the ES?"

Such donations had never appeared in Ha Eung Eung's broadcasts.
Even in today's outrageous economy, 508.2 billion was a ridiculous sum.
A monthly average of 42.3 billion was unthinkable for most streamers.
Yet, Ha Eung Eung didn’t seem to be that kind of streamer either.

“Show the cumulative donation ranking.”