The next morning, the Law Enforcement Chief received movie-viewing reports from his subordinates.

Although some details varied, the result was the same: it really worked!

The most crucial part was that soothing could actually be done online!

If they had the warriors defending the border watch the movie during their breaks and arranged for the females to watch with them, wouldn’t that simultaneously solve the shortage of soothing masters and the issue of their physical safety?

Right now, the main thing was to clarify a few points.

First: roughly how much could online viewing lower a person’s Riot Value?

Second: was repeat viewing still effective?

After all, he could figure out the principle behind it. It was clearly an effect produced by the females being completely focused on the movie.

But no matter how good a movie was, after repeated viewings, it would be impossible to stay focused. One might even find it boring.

Therefore, he also needed to consider a third point: could other films produce the same effect?

After all, this female, Jiang Qin, was special herself.

If only her films were effective, then the potential impact of these ideas would be greatly diminished.

Because one person’s abilities were, in the end, limited.

No matter how talented Jiang Qin was, she couldn’t keep releasing new products indefinitely, could she? And she would have to maintain the quality of her films as well.

So, the ideal scenario was that everyone’s work could have this effect.

However, the Law Enforcement Chief felt this was highly unlikely. If it were true, someone would have discovered it long ago.

But no matter the outcome, they had to give it a try.

And so, the Law Enforcers received a new assignment.

After two days of running around and conducting tests, they finally obtained accurate data.

During the second repeat viewing, the females could still summon their Spiritual Bodies, but the effect began to diminish after the third viewing.

By the fifth time, there was still some Calming Power, but the effect was negligible.

As for how much the males’ Riot Values could be lowered, that was determined by the females’ viewing state and their numbers.

Then, everyone also tried watching other films, but they didn’t feel anything special.

"Have you compared Rebirth Night to other films? What’s the difference?"

Lan Binglan tried hard to recall. "If I had to say what’s different, I think it’s the level of interest."

"When I watched Rebirth Night, I became intensely interested. It was the kind of feeling where you get completely immersed without even realizing it."

"However, when I watched other movies, I just felt bored because I’ve seen most of the films on the market."

"They’re all pretty much the same. You watch the beginning and you can already guess the ending, so I felt no sense of anticipation."

"But it’s worth mentioning that I specifically sought out Miss Jiang Qin’s other works to watch online."

"And the result?" the Law Enforcement Chief pressed.

"The result was that while watching I Am Not a God, my Spiritual Body emerged."

"Then there were those few TV series, like The Legend of the Condor Heroes and My Date with a Vampire."

"Every time I got to a scene I was looking forward to, my Spiritual Body would appear, though it didn’t last for very long. It was probably due to my emotional state."

Lan Binglan surmised that it was likely because the atmosphere of watching a horror movie was so tense. It kept her in a taut and focused state for an extended period, which was why she could control her spiritual power so well.

In contrast, when watching other genres, her state was more relaxed, so her Spiritual Body would naturally be more lax as well.

The Law Enforcement Chief nodded. "Does anyone else have anything to add?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a female Law Enforcer stood up. "Law Enforcement Chief, I’ll share my findings."

"After conducting experiments, I discovered that when the Spiritual Bodies of multiple females appear, they can achieve a kind of mutual, sustained soothing effect."

"It’s similar to the situation with Miss Jiang Qin when she was working at the bar."

This would then create a synergistic effect where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.

After that came the findings from the male Law Enforcers. The Law Enforcement Chief collected and organized all of this information before handing it to his assistant.

"Consolidate this data and submit it to the higher-ups in a bit."

"Then, post a statement on the official website to respond to the netizens."

"Understood."

*** 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Soon, the statement was released.

In the statement, the Law Enforcement Chief clearly addressed the Law Enforcement Department’s investigation into the recent rumors, concluding with:

[These claims are not rumors. Therefore, those who spread them are not guilty of the crime of spreading rumors.

After verification, it has been confirmed that watching the film does have the effect of lowering Riot Values and assisting females in using their Spiritual Bodies for soothing.

...]

The statement went on to explain the Law Enforcement Department’s verification process and results in detail.

Finally, it urged everyone to go see the film if they had time and announced that the official website would be dropping free movie tickets at random times for people to claim.

The Federation officials moved even faster.

That very evening, they booked out several online theaters and arranged for many female students to watch the movie.

At the same time, they also arranged for warriors from the First Legion to watch it together.

The netizens who couldn’t get in through connections were going absolutely nuts.

[Seriously, are you all octopuses? How are your fingers so fast?!]

[It was only two seconds! I clicked on the ticket, and before I could even hit ’purchase,’ it was already grayed out.]

[That scared me to death! Thank god I didn’t bother picking a seat. I just randomly grabbed one, hit purchase, and used the password-free payment.]

[SOB SOB SOB T_T Does anyone have a movie ticket? I’m willing to buy it for triple the price!]

[I’ll pay five times!]

[Ten times!!]

[Can you guys please not drive up the prices? If you keep this up, scalpers will be back from the dead.]

[Exactly! With that kind of money, you’d be better off paying someone to help you snag a ticket instead of feeding a bunch of scalpers.]

[Seriously, why do you all have to rush to see it at the same time? Can’t you just wait a couple of days? Take my advice: you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry. So how about you just give that hot tofu to me? My beast form isn’t afraid of the heat!]

...

At this moment, the most embarrassed people were those who had been clamoring for an end to the "excessive promotion."

Afraid of being held in contempt, they rushed overnight to the official accounts of Tianwen Entertainment, Jiang Qin, and Rebirth Night, as well as the actors’ pages, to delete their comments.

Because the rumors had gone unchecked for the past two days, they had already flooded the official account for Rebirth Night and the accounts of several main actors with negative comments.

Many people had also gone to curse out Tianwen Entertainment and Jiang Qin.

Even a respected senior figure like Mrs. Yin had been insulted.

The problem was, they didn’t dare to respond casually and could only contact Jiang Qin privately.

But Jiang Qin herself didn’t know if the film truly had such an effect, so she could only ask the fans who had seen it.

Although she received a definitive answer from her fans, it wasn’t appropriate for her to issue a statement directly.

After all, those people wouldn’t have believed it anyway.

So, she decided to just wait for the results of the Star Network Law Enforcement Department’s investigation. No matter what she said, the Law Enforcement Department was going to investigate anyway.

Having them announce the findings would be more persuasive than anything else.