Chapter 8

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The video went on to the part where the Charge Blade was reassembled. However, Lin Yu did not speed up this part of the video. As he reassembled the Charge Blade, he started blabbering about his theory.

“Do you see this sliding mechanism? This isn’t just for reassembling the equipment. If someone wields this axe, its blade would become the weapon’s effort arm and a self-adjusting flybar.

“I’m not boasting when I say that anyone who carried this thing in ancient times would be invincible. I’m not accepting comments right now, just take a look at my axe before saying anything…”

The excitement from yesterday might have been the reason why Lin Yu stopped being nervous in front of the camera. It could also be the superpower he had obtained or the feeling of being different from everyone else. His voice was obviously calmer this time, and his narration seemed more confident and proud than ever.

The viewers’ reactions were the best indicator of how effective his approach was.

The viewers would only comment more enthusiastically when they feel kindness and familiarity from the uploader. When those feelings were paired with the content they were interested in, the results were beyond imaginable.

“Dear uploader, are you that shameless? Isn’t it a little too unbelievable that someone could wield this easily?”

“I’m not boasting but even if someone’s attacking me with your stupid Charge Blade, he would be kneeling before me within ten seconds… He would be crying and begging me that he doesn’t want to die.”

“The only word in my head right now is—f*ck!”

“It seems like he’s speaking facts. If someone could actually wield this Charge Blade, its destructive power would be strong, wouldn’t it? Could the uploader make a lighter version?”

“This is a crazy accurate replica. This should be the most lifelike Charge Blade on the Internet.”

The live chat on the assembling part of the video was filled with exclamations. If the live chat was not hidden, it would be hard to watch the video at all.

Unfortunately, the latter part of the video attracted more criticism.

“It’s good, but the uploader’s claim that it can balance out its own weight seems a little unbelievable. This is just like Brother Geng’1s labor-efficient hammer; they’re both out of their minds.”

“Unless this was specifically calculated and designed, not only would it not strengthen the weapon, it would actually be counterproductive for the weapon’s distribution of force as well. Do you understand?”

“Haha, the God of live chats is back. Are you not out of your mind as well? Are you sure that the uploader didn’t think these things through?”

“I’m the one without actual combat capabilities? It seems like you’re teasing me. Would you believe me if I said I could split you in half without effort arms or sharpened blades?”

“You’re speaking as if you’ve tested this out. God of live chats, you’re so arrogant.”

The second half of the video was basically filled with arguments in the live chat, but Lin Yu was not unhappy about it. Instead, he was smiling wider.

The criticism he received over his video proved that people were watching; they cared enough or were interested enough to do so. On top of that, there were others who defended him as well. These people were 80% likely to become his fans soon. If they did not like the video, why would they waste their time defending you?

As for those who claimed that the sliding mechanism was useless… Haha, would I tell you that I have a superpower? Would I tell you that my superpower, together with the upgraded hacking strength of this Charge Blade, would have been invincible in the era of cold weapons?

Lin Yu felt superior as he thought to himself. He thought of problems differently from others.

Quarrel. Quarrel as intensely as possible. If you are capable of quarreling until this gets on the news, that would be the best.

1After watching his own video happily, Lin Yu took a look at his views.

35,000 views. It was nearly 10,000 more views than on the wooden Charge Blade video at around this time yesterday. It was only past 2pm at the moment. By 8pm or 9pm, this video should have surpassed yesterday’s video views by more than 20,000.

He went back to his wooden Charge Blade video. Although it was past the first day’s peak traffic, the video’s views grew by 11,000 since yesterday. It had over 30,000 views at the moment.

‘The Video Incentive Program gave 3 yuan for every 1,000 views, so both these videos gave me 200 yuan within a day?’

2Lin Yu’s eyes lit up after doing a simple calculation in his mind.

200 yuan in a day was a significant amount of money for students. There were plenty of jobs that did not pay this much daily.

Although video-making did not pay as steadily as an actual job would, both these videos brought Lin Yu over 2,000 new followers. This followers count meant that his income could grow over time. At this rate, he would soon have enough to survive just by shooting videos.

But of course, what was most important at the moment was gaining EXP.

‘The Steel Charge Blade video has 35,000 views, and the wooden Charge Blade’s video views grew by 11,000. According to the ratio of 240 views to 1 EXP, there is a growth of 191 EXP at the moment. Together with the 62 EXP from yesterday—if the second video’s views could be added onto the Charge Blade—the weapon would have at least 253 EXP!’

Lin Yu’s gaze landed on his closet after doing another simple calculation in his mind.

Xu Zhaoyang and the others had the good habit of putting things back where they were found, so the Charge Blade was locked in Lin Yu’s closet after they were done playing with it in the morning.

However, Lin Yu was stunned when he saw the Charge Blade’s Attributes Menu.

‘Could it be that my PE teacher passed off as my math teacher in school? Could it be that a weak, busy PE teacher posed as a math teacher?’

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief and took another look.

There were no changes to the total EXP needed.

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[Steel Charge Blade]

Rank (LV1): 297/500

Description: …

Evaluation: …

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297 EXP?

3Lin Yu’s confidence in math was severely undermined.

3Where had the extra 44 EXP come from?

If it was just a few EXP more than what he had expected, it could be considered a rough calculation error. However, it would not have been a calculation error when it increased by more than 40 EXP, would it? According to the 240 views to 1 EXP ratio, the 44 EXP would mean that there were 10,000 more video views than there were at the moment.

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‘The wooden Charge Blade video had a steady ratio of about 240 or 250 views to 1 EXP, so would the error have come from the Steel Charge Blade video?’

Lin Yu seemed as if something had hit him. He reopened his video and stared at the number of views.

Sure enough, the ratio of video views to EXP on the Steel Charge Blade video seemed to be much better than the ratio on the wooden Charge Blade video. Basically, around every 190 views would bring 1 EXP.

1According to the ratio of 190:1, the new video’s views per 1 EXP seemed to fluctuate around 180 to 190. The ratio seemed to barely match with the roughly 240 views per EXP on the wooden Charge Blade video.

So the question was, under the same amount of video views, why did the Steel Charge Blade video bring more EXP than the wooden Charge Blade video?