Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Also a Streamer
Lin Yuyu blinked.
A system notification sounded in her ear.
System: "Hidden Quest initiated. You are about to enter a Secret Realm. Please be careful!"
Lin Yuyu muttered, "I know, I know."
Lin Yuyu was a player who liked Lin Daiyu, but since that name was taken, she settled for Lin Yuyu.
But the body she’d sculpted had nothing to do with Lin Daiyu.
Now, in a new body and entering the Secret Realm, Lin Yuyu kept her eyes closed even after the dizzying, world-spinning sensation had passed.
The first thing she did was touch her face.
’Hmm, this new body feels weird.’
When the System sent it over, the sight of this puppet’s face had made her world go dark.
’How could the modeler have come up with such a deformed face!’
’What a waste of this game’s god-tier character creation system.’
When she opened her eyes, her mouth fell open and she gasped.
The environment before her had completely changed.
She was standing in a vast, empty world. It looked like a desert, but one dotted with crumbling walls and ruins.
A gust of wind blew, sending a cloud of yellow dust and sand straight into her face.
She squinted. It was bright all around, but not from natural light. It seemed to be illumination from some kind of device, a mixture of dim yellow and blood-red light.
A huge, round moon hung in the sky.
It was too big, and too close.
So close it felt like Lin Yuyu could walk a short distance and touch it.
She could even faintly make out dark shadows moving on its surface.
The System had just said this was a Secret Realm.
Inside a Secret Realm, if you died, you really died. Your account would be gone.
The first thing Lin Yuyu did was check her Jiezidai.
Thankfully, everything in her bag was still there.
She had plenty of medicinal herbs prepared, and with the System’s help, she could buy more medicine at any time.
"WOOOOOOO..."
Amidst the sandstorm, the faint sound of wailing howls could be heard. If this wasn’t the Cultivation World, it would be a great setting for a horror movie.
Just then, the System suddenly asked, "I can grant you temporary streaming permissions. Do you want to go live?"
Lin Yuyu was stunned. "Isn’t this a hidden quest?"
System: "It’s not hidden from other players."
Lin Yuyu: "..."
She asked awkwardly, "Did you ask the other players?"
System: "I could, but aren’t you a game streamer? I’m just asking you first. And for the record, I didn’t deliberately search for this information. You weren’t exactly discreet when you were talking to Lin Baobao last time."
"..."
Even though she knew the System had her real information, she never expected her cover to be blown like this.
Lin Yuyu gave an awkward laugh. "I never told my fans I’d be streaming this... so, I guess I’ll stream? But I’m just a small-time streamer. If my stream isn’t any good, won’t it affect your game’s popularity?"
System: "Do you think our game is lacking in popularity?"
Lin Yuyu: "..."
’That’s true.’
The game was ridiculously popular online right now, and Han Tian had become the undisputed king of streaming in the gaming world because of it.
No other game could even come close.
In real life, Lin Yuyu was a game streamer.
She was one of those rare, naturally talented female gamers who could quickly grasp the mechanics and master any game she played.
Her skills were impressive, too.
But she didn’t know how to create entertaining content for her streams, so her popularity had always been mediocre.
She never stuck to one game, sometimes impulsively streaming other games her fans weren’t interested in.
In the long run, it was hard to retain viewers that way.
Since starting to play Broken Sect, her total time away from streaming had reached two months.
Some of her fans were worried, afraid something had happened to her.
This streaming opportunity was a huge boon for her. Especially with Han Tian monopolizing the scene, her going live would definitely cause a stir. Lin Yuyu felt like the System was handing her a free meal. "Do we need to sign any contracts?"
System: "No need. You can even accept advertising deals for our game."
Lin Yuyu’s eyes widened. "You don’t want a cut?"
System: "...Our creator behind the scenes doesn’t love money."
’What’s the use of money, anyway?’
’Song Jiulai can’t spend it.’
They only needed the popularity points from the stream.
Although Han Tian’s stream had massive traffic, that wasn’t how the traffic pool was calculated.
It required an influx of new popularity.
To put it bluntly, these popularity points were a one-time boost. Ma Shaojie had just pulled a big stunt, but relying on hype to increase the traffic pool wasn’t a long-term solution.
But as long as someone was streaming, it was bound to keep attracting new viewers.
Every little bit helped.
Hearing this, Lin Yuyu naturally agreed without a moment’s hesitation.
’Only a fool would turn down free money.’
It was possible to log off briefly even in the Secret Realm. After confirming there was no one around, Lin Yuyu logged off and set up a stream.
Lin Yuyu’s online name was ’Forbidden Army Instructor Lin Daiyu’. When she suddenly went live, the few hundred fans who usually followed her quickly piled into the stream room.
They were all ready to start with, "Why are you only streaming now? Did you get sold off to mine coal in Africa?" but the moment they entered the stream, they were completely stunned by the sight of a vast desert under a solitary plume of smoke, and a deep, serene moon.
"Hey everyone, it’s me, Xiao Yu. I haven’t streamed in two months. The reason I haven’t been live is that I’ve been playing a full-dive VR game. This scene in front of me, which you’re seeing from my perspective, is a map in the game..."
As Lin Yuyu spoke, some of her fans—the ones who only followed her and didn’t pay much attention to online news—were dumbfounded.
[What? A full-dive VR game? You took a two-month break and time-traveled to the future?]
[Holy crap! Broken Sect! The streamer actually managed to snag a spot! You’re so mean, getting rich on the sly without us sisters!]
[Awesome! Right now, Han Tian is the only person streaming this game. The streamer actually got streaming rights too?]
[Huh? Full-dive VR? Daiyu, are you crazy!?]
Lin Yuyu was usually a woman of few words on stream, and now was no different. She just gave a brief introduction: "I’m currently on a hidden quest. We seem to have entered a Secret Realm..."
After all, it was an unfamiliar place, and Lin Yuyu was cautious by nature.
As Lin Yuyu’s stream went live, many of her fans rushed to spread the word.
At the same time, the streaming platform noticed that Lin Yuyu was broadcasting *Starting with a Broken Sect*, the mysterious, recently sensational game, and immediately featured her on the front page.
After all, Han Tian was streaming Broken Sect on another platform, and the hype was off the charts. What platform wouldn’t be green with envy?
A massive influx of viewers instantly flooded Lin Yuyu’s stream room, and a dense barrage of bullet comments scrolled across the screen.
She had no time to read them one by one, because just as she was about to start scouting for a path, she heard someone call her name.
"Fellow Cultivator..."
Lin Yuyu turned around, and her abstract-looking face seemed to have frightened the female cultivator opposite her.
The female cultivator couldn’t help herself. She instinctively covered her face and blurted out, "Oh my heavens..."
Lin Yuyu: "..."
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