Chapter37

He stared at one of the comment for a second, 'unreleased series?' he thought, not sure whether to be offended or relieved, 'so they think this is some kind of show.'
It actually made sense when he thought about it. People on Earth had no reason to believe a random stream was broadcasting from another world. They would assume it was entertainment, a production, or something generated by whatever AI thing they kept mentioning.
Which meant he could work with that.
He tapped on the stream settings while walking and found a toggle he hadn't noticed before.
[ Broadcast Control ]
[ Stream: ON/OFF ]
[ Note: Turning off the stream pauses Soul Energy accumulation. Goddess Fragment Recovery will not progress while broadcast is inactive. ]
He read that twice, then tested it by flipping the switch to OFF.
The comment feed froze instantly, the viewer count stopped updating, and the faint awareness he had been feeling at the back of his head since the stream activated just... vanished. It was like someone had closed a door he didn't even know was open.
He flipped it back to ON and the comments started rolling again.
[ CringeSlayer91:] did the stream just lag 
[ NewViewer_02:] what did i miss 
[ ShadowMage44:] probably server issues, this thing is clearly running on something janky ]
'So I can turn it off whenever I want,' he thought, feeling a little better about the whole situation, 'which means I'm not stuck broadcasting every moment of my life.'
That was important, he didn't want the stream dictating when he could have a private conversation or when he needed to sleep without an audience. The system had given him control, and he intended to keep it that way.