CH 34

During the live stream in the evening, as soon as Xie Yao entered the live room, he noticed that the fans were much more active than before. The comment section was scrolling so quickly, he guessed they were mostly looking at the upper right corner, and sure enough, that’s where the number of online viewers was displayed.

Normally, before he starts streaming, there would be at most a few thousand to ten thousand fans who were idle in the room. But today, the number of fans had increased several times over.

The number of online viewers displayed in the upper right corner was astonishingly 120,000!

Yesterday, when he finished streaming, the number of his fans directly skyrocketed to 1.09 million, and today, even more fans had come to his live room. Some of them were new fans from yesterday, and the comment section was lively with conversations.

: SharkTV’s Princess Yao Yao, you won’t be at a disadvantage if you come and invest. Buy stocks early and become a long-time fan!

: Our host has both the skills and the looks, you won’t regret investing in him.

: Welcome to all the sisters! From now on, we are all one big family!

: Will my husband come today?

: I took a quick look, and it seems that today, Ci Sha is also streaming. He mentioned that SUS and the others are probably training.

: This host is so good-looking, it’s a pity that he’s not in the entertainment industry. Tsk tsk tsk…

…

There were all kinds of comments in the comment section, and topics were all over the place. Some even wanted to try and get some praise in his live broadcast.

Xie Yao paused for a moment as he looked at the comments.

Brother Jiang said that Praise would come to the live broadcast today. Wow, he really could keep these fans waiting!

Xie Yao’s expression was complicated, and Xiaofang approached him again.

Since the fifth-ranked team fell apart, Xie Yao had directly torn his face with those few people and left the group. However, he still kept the contact information of the female anchor and the person he met, and occasionally chatted with them, but they were not close.

Because of this, Xiao Fang had to apologize when talking to Xie Yao these past few days. Xie Yao said it was okay, but he still felt guilty, which gave him a headache.

Fortunately, Xiao Fang brought good news this time.

Xie Yao opened the message and scanned it.

Xiao Fang: Brother! You were on the top of the platform hourly rankings for three hours yesterday. I just received a notification saying that the platform will arrange a cover recommendation for you starting from 6 PM today, lasting until 9 PM!

Xiao Fang: This recommendation position always has a lot of traffic. Make good use of it!

Xie Yao had been live streaming for over a year and had never touched this legendary top 1 ranking. After seeing Xiao Fang’s message, his first reaction was surprise, and then he realized what it meant.

Could he be becoming famous?

: Praise is live streaming!!!

: Woah, I was waiting for him here and he started streaming without saying anything!!!

: Girls, I’m off to watch!

As soon as Xie Yao realized it, he switched to Praise’s live streaming channel in front of his fans.

Praise had just started streaming and the number of viewers was skyrocketing visibly. The barrage of messages was hitting 999+ per second, blocking Praise’s face on the screen.

Xie Yao quickly turned off the barrage of his own live stream and the figure on the screen became clear.

Praise’s looks have always been recognized by fans as the most beautiful in the esports circle. Even with a short haircut, it could not suppress his looks. On the contrary, it added a few sharp qualities to Praise’s appearance.

On the screen, this man who was previously known for his seriousness, holding his phone, looked past the camera towards the computer behind it, and suddenly laughed.

This smile was like a beam of sunshine suddenly shining on a snow-capped mountain, and the white snow instantly turned into a world of pear blossoms.

Xie Yao: Oh no, I’ve been hit!

On Jiang Song’s side, he was broadcasting with a tablet placed in the blind spot of the camera’s view. The young streamer sneaked into his live stream in a secretive yet blatant way.

Jiang Song laughed and then turned his gaze towards the camera, as if he was looking directly at someone through the lens.

“Caught a streamer who’s not doing their job properly,” he said.

His live stream exploded with comments.

“What the f***! Did I just see Jiang Ge smile??”

: This beauty is killing me, wuwuwu!!

: No! Hubby! As long as you’re willing to stream for a day every month, you’re the most competent streamer in my heart!

: Is Brother Jiang talking about himself???

: When the king of hell laughs, the world turns blue.

…

The moment Jiang Song spoke, it was as if electricity surged through Xie Yao’s entire scalp. He met Praise’s gaze on the screen and immediately exited his live stream.

He was in deep trouble!

Xie Yao clicked back to the “King of Glory” interface, paying no attention to the barrage that was flooding the screen. He lifted his hand to cover his heart, but restrained the impulse.

Xie Yao closed his eyes, then picked up his water glass and took a sip, barely calming down.

He checked the time and it was exactly six o’clock.

The audience started to flood into his livestream room.

: The host looks good. Can he sing?

: Is this a game livestream? I thought I had wandered into the entertainment section.

: Damn, did the host turn on the beauty filter??

…

The random viewers who joined the stream didn’t understand the situation, causing chaos in the comment section. Luckily, Xie Yao’s longtime fans had experienced countless such situations and quickly explained the situation to the newcomers while promoting the stream.

They managed to attract a lot of new viewers, thanks in part to Xie Yao’s handsome face.

Even if they didn’t watch the game, just looking at the host’s face was enough!

While the barrage was lively, Xie Yao was lost in thought.

Didn’t Jiang Song say that Praise would come to his stream?

…How did he end up streaming instead?

Xie Yao didn’t blame Praise, he just felt a little disappointed.

But after he sighed, he gathered himself together and told the barrage he was starting to match.

In Praise’s livestream, the man in the video also started matching at the same time.

Xie Yao played smoothly in this round. When both players reached a score of over 2,000, their skills were on par, and there were basically no “pit kings.” With Xie Yao in the game, at least there was a greater chance of winning.

The traffic was high tonight, and Xie Yao only played a few rounds, but the live viewership had already risen to 500,000. The screen was full of gift effects, dazzling the eyes.

He played three consecutive rounds and won all of them, his peak score rising to 2384, ranking second, just a dozen points behind the first.

One or two more rounds and he could overtake first place.

: Yao Yao is so fierce tonight, he has jumped to second place. Judging from this trend, is he going to play a top-ranked match tonight?

: I’m not so sure, the first place is also a SharkTV anchor, I heard he is a big shot with several million fans, and his skills are particularly amazing. He is also playing in the peak arena right now.

: There are too few people in this segment, and when you match, you always encounter the top players. It’s like gods fighting.

: The first place is also playing in the peak arena, and Yao Yao hasn’t run into him in the previous rounds, so I guess there’s a chance of a car crash this round.

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Upon reading the barrage, Xie Yao learned that the first-ranked player was also livestreaming the peak competition.

This would make it difficult to win.

Xie Yao had originally planned to try to reach National Rank 1 tonight, but he didn’t expect his opponent to also be playing. With Xie Yao’s consecutive victories, his opponent was likely doing the same, and they would probably be matched in the same game.

If his opponent was good, they would definitely need to determine a winner and loser, with the loser losing points and the winner gaining points, settling the outcome in one game.

If they were matched as teammates, they would have to struggle for a bit longer.

: Just came back from watching praise’s stream, didn’t expect the big shot to also be playing in the peak competition. Did they coordinate this today?

: Praise matches quickly and finishes almost every game in ten minutes. Takes a short break in between, leaving the opponent completely devastated, and their score shoots up quickly. They’re almost at the third place.

After waiting for a long time to find a match, Xie Yao put down his phone and rubbed his fingers. He absent-mindedly opened Praise’s live broadcast and saw the man reviewing his game records. Xie Yao’s eyes shifted to the almost 10-minute-long Peak Arena matches and he suddenly blinked, his hand shaking.

The fans in the live broadcast saw the little anchor leave Praise’s live broadcast and fall silent for a moment. Then, suddenly, he said something nonsensical, “The matching seems to be delayed, it’s hard to match with other players.” He then clicked to cancel the match.

Xie Yao checked the time and started the stopwatch: “I might as well wait until exactly 8:30 pm to match. Matching on the hour should be better.”

The barrage of comments showed a lot of question marks. Xie Yao looked at the stopwatch, his palms sweaty. As soon as the seconds jumped to exactly 8:30 pm, he quickly clicked to match.

It was unclear whether the phenomenon of 8:30 pm was really mystical or not, but the Peak Arena match that should have taken at least 10 minutes suddenly popped up in a matter of seconds!

One minute later, the barrage of comments exploded: “What the hell!! The top ten players in the country collided with five others, and even collided with Praise next door!!!”

Xie Yao breathed a sigh of relief and then, imperceptibly, felt a trace of joy.