May 15, 3031 - Country C, City F

While Aria fed her hungry and tired body, she finally sat back contemplating the reality of her situation, both her pin accounts created a small storm online. Both accounts were brand new but due to the account @theprophet3033 tagging and responding to several jewelry enthusiasts accounts, some people were tagging their friends and other official accounts.

Then @theprophet3033's second pin came out. Everyone clicked the pictures shared without clicking on the account that was actually repinned. The picture had a bush that is all shimmery which was intriguing but could be fake.

Clicking on the @xinxing2911 account they played the 15 second clip where the view was mostly about the plant. Close ups and different angles were shown. Seeing a streaming link, they clicked on that and watched the 9 minute video.

What the hell is going on? Is this a prank?

During this time, the government city officials and scientists near X Park got wind of the pin posts. They weren't interested in the so-called "prophet" post but are much more interested in that Xing Plant that has gems growing from it. They then sent people to the site.

A citizen was browsing the streaming site when he noticed a video that was trending hot. He watched the video and saw the beautiful plant. He also recognized that park. He was actually getting ready to head out to that park when he saw the video clip.

This person was Stephen Xing. He was only 15 minutes from the park so he hurriedly rushed towards the park and started his live stream as soon as he stopped his car.

Stephen: "Hey guys- it's Stephen Xing here. An hour ago a video was posted here at this park where an unusual plant was found. Was this a prank created by the new user @xingxing2911? Since I was nearby, I decided to come to the location the discovery was made and check it out. Whoa, do you see this? A bunch of official looking cars seems to have just arrived. You can tell cuz their license plate is different. See? GGD Research. Never heard of them but If they are here with the same purpose as us, then I gotta get ahead of them. Let's go!"

Then his stream was like a race to who can get to the location first. Stephen had a head start so he was 50 feet ahead of the group of people behind him. The group saw a young man jogging in front of them going the same direction as them. They picked up their pace. The stream was very lively now, close to 1.3M viewers.

He finally got to the sign post and moved his camera so his audience can see it too. Catching his breath, he heard signs from behind him, men calling him to stop. His camera went from the sign, to the large group of men, then the location where Aria fell down from. By this time there were 2M viewers who were tuned in. They can see all that the men almost reached his side and the situation was at its climax. Was he going to be stopped before he reached the location?

Then the scene changed to him going down the steep hill. He was prepared so he nimbly and quickly descended. And the screen finally stopped to show everyone a large square pit.

Stephen: "What the heck? Are you guys seeing this??? Why is there a large pit all dug out? Oh shit, those men are right behind me. Let's quickly see what we can find!"

After saying this he jumped into the pit and immediately saw a small piece of flower nearby. By this time the other men had also reached the clearing and were about to jump into the pit too. Stephen immediately grabbed the piece of flower and cried out, "Found it! You all saw this! This was founded by Stephen Xing and I own this!" After showing it to his viewers, Stephen immediately stored it in his storage space. Then his camera turned towards the faces of all the surrounding men closing in on him before saying to his audience.

Stephen: "These are the faces of the men behind me. You guys got their license plates. If you don't hear from me within the hour, then these men are responsible! From their jacket logo, they belonged to a place called GGD Research. I am located at x park. If there are any viewers who are lawyers or law enforcements nearby please come and demand my safety and whereabouts. The first lawyer who comes will be hired to represent me-"

Then the screen cut off with the last scene of the men surrounding him. 5M viewers saw this stream and it was automatically available for repeated viewing.

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"Sir, we found only 1 stem of the plant left behind still intact. We have placed it inside the preservation box in the storage space. The young man over there found the third one before we got here."

"Take it away from him. Why are you telling me this?"

"He refuses to take it out of his storage space. He's a popular live streamer with over 1M subscribers. He was live streaming the whole thing starting from the parking lot. 5M people saw the stream which showed our cars and faces. The video has reached 15M views and there is a huge crowd outside the park, some claiming to be lawyers representing Stephen Xing's rights and property. We cannot contain the situation since we didn't anticipate this large volume of people.

We've also got calls from HQ telling us to let him go. The police are also here saying the same thing. They also said we cannot prevent people from coming to this location since it's public land and that we will need to leave."

"Fine. Let's pack up and go. God, what a PR nightmare."

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Stephen: "Hey guys! It's Stephen Xing! Welcome back to my live stream. So I was held up by that shitty GGD Research group for over an hour. They kept trying to take this from me. Oh, it's a little bit sad looking now from inside my pocket. Thanks to those who called the police to come and protect my rights as a citizen. I swear they wanted to detain me and take this plant by force. I can only imagine what would happen if I wasn't streaming this event with over 5M of you watching. I swear I would've disappeared without anyone none the wiser. I have decided on a lawyer who is super badass. He came with a team of bodyguards! This is wild.

Today we will be heading to 2 locations. One is a reputable bio lab who contacted me to offer to analyze this thing to see if it's a real natural phenomenon. And the second is another famous gem and precious stone cutting company. They have a shit ton of tools they can test to see if this thing is even worth anything. I'll be streaming the whole thing nonstop and it might get boring while we are enroute to our location but stay tuned. We'll go on this discovery adventure together."

By this time, his live stream caught a little bit of international attention. People turned to their computers and tuned into his stream while doing other stuff. Even though nothing was happening, they wanted to make sure they didn't miss anything. Why? Because this was even more exciting than an action movie! 50M tuned in passively to watch the excitement, putting a strain on the streaming servers. Experts were brought in to help lighten the loud on the servers by doing their expert things.

What about Aria? She was also watching the stream avidly.