I Stream a Bar in an Infinite Game

Lin Chu was just an ordinary office worker. After a car accident, she was forced to bind herself to a business System. [Congratulations, you have acquired a tavern. Please run the tavern and help it thrive.] Lin Chu looked at the drafty windows, the battered tables and chairs, the mice and moss in the corners, and the deserted street outside the door. She couldn't help pursing her lips. This is it? Help it thrive? I'd be happy if it didn't go bankrupt. - The world fell, and everyone was dragged into a bizarre and fantastical realm. Each person was bound to a livestream channel. Popularity became their life balance, and the streamer with the lowest traffic would be erased on the spot. Here, life became unimaginably fragile, and people struggled on the brink of death every day. That is, until Lin Chu's livestream appeared. Everyone realized she really was different. While others fought ghosts and monsters, teetering on the edge of life and death, she hung an opening-day banner outside her tavern. While others were trapped in repeating dungeons with no way out, she leisurely showed up with a little lunchbox to deliver takeout. While others racked their brains to clear dungeons, going to any lengths to sabotage their teammates, she experimented in her own kitchen with piping decorative cream onto cakes. Her tavern was packed with customers. If she closed for a day to rest, the customers waiting outside for it to open would line up from one end of the street to the other. The ferocious dungeon bosses seemed like completely different people once they entered her tavern. The box woman, who loved locking humans in boxes, enjoyed sharing manicure tips with her. The deadly poison master, capable of poisoning a whole crowd with a wave of her hand, waited in line outside for half a month just to buy her wine. The short-tempered young master, who flew into a rage at the slightest thing, was easily soothed by one of her desserts... Everyone else: ? Why is her story so different from ours? - With hard work, Lin Chu's tavern business continued to improve. But she still had one small problem: the food she sold was a little strange. For example, brewing fruit with eyes covering its outer skin, or little buns steamed from pink breadfruit... They didn't look like something people should eat. Yet the townsfolk loved them. If she didn't open for one day, people would pound her door to pieces. If she didn't open for two days, the townsfolk crouching outside would have green eyes (literally). Her tavern was thriving, but she was always worried she'd get arrested for violating food safety regulations. Then one day, a group of strangely dressed people rushed into her tavern and surrounded her, asking as if she were their last hope, "Streamer, how do you manage to thrive in such a dangerous world? Do you have any tricks?" "Did you poison the food you gave those monsters? When will it take effect?" Lin Chu: ? What are you talking about? I don't understand. Reading Guide: 1. The male lead is split into multiple versions. He appears very early and has plenty of screen time, but he's just part of the background (literally). 2. Updated daily at midnight. 3. This is my first attempt at a new genre. Please be understanding of any shortcomings. If you can't be understanding, I suggest not making things difficult for yourself. -- Forthcoming Novel -- "The Desolate Planet Livestream" [The title and blurb may still be revised.] After pulling an all-nighter at work, Chu Yan suddenly died. When she woke up, she found herself on a desolate planet. The land was barren, with not a blade of grass growing anywhere. There wasn't a thing in sight. All she had was a System bound to her. [Congratulations, you have acquired a planet. Please work hard to develop it into an interstellar tourist destination.] Chu Yan: Are you kidding me? - That very night, a storm of rain and hail poured from the sky, and Chu Yan barely escaped by hiding in a cave like a mouse. Fine, fine. You win. Whatever you say. To make a living, she started cultivating the desolate planet and came up with all sorts of stunts to entertain her livestream audience, hoping they'd send her tips. "Hello, everyone. This is the Desolate Planet Livestream. Welcome." "Take a look, everyone. This is a local specialty of the desolate planet, called Screaming Grass..." Before she could finish, a plant with sharp fangs and teeth crawled out of the soil, its shriek deafening! The viewers were stunned by the sight. But Chu Yan grabbed the plant by its stem and, expressionless, held it up in front of the screen. "Its defining trait is that it's incredibly noisy. That's normal. There's nothing strange about it." Viewers: "????" A little white rabbit ran by nearby, unbearably cute. The viewers melted with affection and sent Chu Yan a comment: "That little rabbit is so cute! Is it your pet, streamer?" The next second, the rabbit turned around. From its gaping, eight-lobed mouth emerged eight terrifying tentacles of different colors, each covered in sharp venomous spines! Viewers: "..." We're out of here! - A year later, with the viewers watching, Chu Yan finally turned the desolate planet into a paradise for monsters (?). She had raised countless hideous-looking, immensely powerful monsters into obedient little pets. One day, a pale-skinned beauty with a slender, delicate figure appeared behind Chu Yan. He stood behind her, shy and bashful, like a crabapple flower just about to bloom. He took care of her daily needs, from her meals to her everyday routine. Now and then, he would act spoiled, asking for hugs and kisses. Viewers: "I'm shipping them!" "This is so satisfying!" Everyone was delighted. After watching Chu Yan handle everything by herself for so long, she finally had someone sweet and attentive by her side. But no one expected that... Several months later, a ruthless interstellar army discovered this secluded paradise. They aimed their cannons at the desolate planet, intent on killing its owner and plundering everything the planet had to offer... The delicate beauty, who had been cuddling up to Chu Yan just a moment before, suddenly tore away his gentle, beautiful disguise. Countless terrifying tentacles surged from behind him with a torrent of viscous darkness. His crimson eyes held a playful smile as he shielded Chu Yan completely. Theme: A single lamp, a single hope