God is Being Pampered by the Group - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: This Livestream Room is Toxic!

When Bai Yan opened the livestream, even though Guan Zhou was already prepared, he was still shocked by the number of people in the room.

Originally, the number of viewers had stabilized at around a thousand, but now, it was more than a hundred times that!

Guan Zhou counted the long string of digits about three hundred thousand or so. Furthermore, the number was constantly changing and increasing; the effect of diverting traffic was better than expected.

Or rather, Guan Zhou had underestimated the anticipation of these netizens to see Bai Yan.

At this moment, Bai Yan had not yet fully started the broadcast, so the stream window was still dark. Only the rolling, intense bullet comments manifested the presence of so many people.

Guan Zhou asked, “Are you going to start?”

He saw Bai Yan sitting motionless and asked a question. In the next moment, he saw Bai Yan click the “Start Livestream Journey” button, and the window switched to several games previously downloaded.

Bai Yan chose the old game he had been playing all along, titled Brave Hero Charges Through the World.

Consequently, the livestream lit up, and the game interface so familiar to the old viewers instantly appeared.

Just as Guan Zhou thought Bai Yan would silently start playing the game like the previous days, he saw Bai Yan toggle a speaker icon outside the livestream screen.

Immediately following that, Bai Yan’s clear, calm voice rang out in the living room.

He said, “Good morning.”

Guan Zhou: !!

His eyes widened slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. Guan Zhou never expected Bai Yan to do this. After all, during the previous days of broadcasting, Bai Yan had remained quiet throughout the entire session; the only sound in the room was the game’s sound effects.

Guan Zhou hadn’t found that strange, as Bai Yan was naturally of a quiet temperament.

Seeing this scene now, Guan Zhou couldn’t help but think of Luo Miaoxi’s words from yesterday. In the end, they must have influenced Bai Yan the so-called “fan benefits” and such. Tsk.

However, Guan Zhou didn’t say anything. Regarding Bai Yan’s actions whether he wanted to speak or show his face he chose to support them.

However, in contrast to Guan Zhou’s calm after a brief surprise, the original viewers in the livestream room were already shocked that the host had started so early. The host’s sudden opening reached a climax in the atmosphere.

“!!!”

“Did you hear that? Did you hear that?!”

“Was that the host’s voice just now?!”

“Is it the immortal-tier little brother?!!”

“Such a beautiful voice, it’s definitely the little brother!!”

“Aaaaaahhh!!!”

“Awoo awoo awoo!!!”

“…”

Aside from the disbelief of the original viewers, the bullet comments were mostly a mess of excitement and howling.

“Please don’t be shy and say a few more words!!”

“Can the little brother show his face? I have a friend who wants to see…”

“Don’t doubt it, I am that friend, hahaha!!”

“Ten thousand people petition with blood for the little brother to show his face!!!”

“Sisters, stay composed, don’t scare the little brother away.”

“That’s right, stay calm, stay calm. What’s with all the wailing?”

“Exactly. I’m different; I’ve already started screen recording.”

“!!! Sister, I beg for the resource!”

“+1!”

“+10088!”

“Awoo awoo”

Inside the livestream room, the bullet comments rolled at a terrifying speed. Essentially, as soon as a comment appeared, it vanished within half a second, like a stone sinking into the ocean.

Even Guan Zhou was startled by this momentum.

Sitting on the sofa, Bai Yan’s expression remained indifferent and peaceful, unaffected by the frantic comments. After that greeting of “good morning,” the movements of his hands did not stop as he clicked to start the game.

On the screen, a level-selection page appeared. As far as the eye could see, there were about a hundred levels, but most were greyed out representing unsuccessful attempts. Only levels 1 through 5 were lit up. Seeing this, the old viewers all painfully closed their eyes, feeling despair over the host’s “noob” skills.

Then, under Bai Yan’s control, a new round of gaming began at Level 6.

“…”

“Place your bets! Place your bets! Bet on how many times the host will die in this level before passing!”

“Every time I watch the host play, I’m dying to jump in and do it myself!”

“Thanks to the host, I dragged out this old game I played a long time ago. After a night of hard fighting, I’ve cleared all the levels!”

“Hahaha, to the brother above, do you feel a great sense of achievement compared to the host?”

“…No, I feel frustrated that iron cannot turn into steel!”

These were the comments from the old viewers. Conversely, the netizens coming from Xigua were still immersed in the sentence the host had spoken earlier, frantically urging the silver-haired beauty to speak more.

However, as time passed, some netizens gradually calmed down and raised rational questions, though these questions disappeared the next second into the vast sea of surging comments.

Yet, in the room, besides the background game sound effects, the host’s voice suddenly rang out again:

“Livestream times are not fixed.”

Bai Yan glanced at the comments and spoke, his voice indifferent and rippleless.

“I will broadcast whenever I have time.”

“Yes, only broadcasting games.”

The bullet comments froze for an instant. In the next second, they rolled frantically again, essentially a chorus of howls they were satisfied! Truly satisfied!! Aaaaaahhh!!!

There is a type of voice that is a form of enjoyment just to hear. Even for people who aren’t “voice-obsessed,” they felt the voice in this broadcast was very pleasant, as if carrying a unique charm.

Bai Yan’s voice continued: “I need to rest at night, so no broadcasting then. You shouldn’t stay up late either.”

He was answering a specific question in the comments.

As soon as he finished this sentence, the comments were filled with: “Yes, yes, yes,” “Okay, okay, okay,” “I will definitely go to bed on time!”, “Early to bed, early to rise makes a person healthy!”, “Starting with me, no staying up late!”

Among them, another sentence was mixed in: “Aaaaaahhh, the beauty answered my question! I can die without regrets!!!”

Beside him, Guan Zhou watched this scene and then watched with wide eyes as the number of viewers in the room skyrocketed within this short period, quickly breaking one million.

At the same time, the followers for Bai Yan were growing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

This morning, the massive livestream platform was as bustling as usual. As time passed, more and more viewers squeezed onto the platform to browse, and hosts used all their skills to attract audiences; the web pages changed essentially every minute.

Regarding the area with the best traffic, it was undoubtedly the platform’s homepage recommendations. However, the competition was also incomparably brutal. Those who could occupy a spot on the homepage were all “Big V” livestream rooms with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of followers. Often, these UP-loaders with “Big V” accounts had been struggling on the platform for years and had signed formal cooperation agreements with Noel Culture.

Now, however, at the very end of the homepage, a strange, never-before-seen UP-loader suddenly appeared.

And with a slow but unwavering speed, it climbed forward.

Netizens browsing the page: ???

Are my eyes playing tricks on me?

When they rubbed their eyes and looked again, that strange livestream room was still hanging on the homepage. For netizens who had browsed the platform for years, they had never even heard of this UP-loader!

Yet, who could have imagined that it was a brand-new, fresh newcomer host who had only started broadcasting a few days ago?

When netizens curiously clicked in, they were first bewildered to witness the UP-loader’s “sky-high” level of trashy gaming skills. Then, they were full of doubt, not understanding how a host so bad at gaming could fight their way onto the homepage recommendations.

Subsequently, they noticed the number of viewers: 5,292,781…

Netizens: ?? Has the world changed too fast? Are they out of touch? Is “noob UP-loader” the new trend?

Gradually, as they learned this was just a newcomer’s room, they became numb with shock.

At the same time, due to reaching the homepage, among the inflowing traffic were comments mocking the host’s trashy skills. The old viewers witnessed that incomparably familiar scene again.

A greeting from the “kind” one-stop service of deleting comments and banning, courtesy of the cold and ruthless moderator, “Brother Zhou.”

The bullet comments immediately started arguing again. However, Brother Zhou remained cold and ruthless. Coupled with the ruthless crushing from the fans coming over from Xigua, the comments returned to “harmony” before long.

Regardless, the skyrocketing number of viewers and followers eventually caused Bai Yan’s room to leap out from the newcomer zone like a dark horse, debuting on the homepage recommendations and attracting another wave of traffic.

11:00 AM.

Guan Zhou had gone from his initial surprise to being able to maintain a peaceful mind while witnessing the viewers skyrocket by several million.

It was just that once there were more people, the comments became less harmonious. But it didn’t matter; as soon as a bad comment appeared, Guan Zhou immediately gave the person the one-stop service of deletion and banning.

Regarding this, the old viewers lamented: As expected, “My Brother Zhou” is still the same “My Brother Zhou,” original and authentic.

However, after some fans from Xigua learned from the old viewers that such a thing existed, they gradually started to become a bit… “wrong.”

As for what was “wrong,” there was no need to pay it any mind; it was nothing more than self-induced brain-fantasies caused by excess hormone secretion.

Next, let us quietly appreciate how Bai Yan achieved a ten-kill “DIE” streak on Level 6.

The old viewers were very gratified—he only died ten times in one morning.

Fans from Xigua: Comforting, praising, “It’s okay,” “You’ll definitely pass next time!”

New viewers: …This livestream room is probably toxic!

…

A trending topic appeared on the Noel Culture official website.

The title was: A Dark Horse Emerges on the Livestream Platform Newcomer Host “Silver Sun and Moon”

The poster was a Big V account that shared various interesting daily news. Undeniably, the topic sparking heated discussion on the platform today was Bai Yan’s livestream room.

As a fresh newcomer who had only been out for a few days while other newcomers were still trembling and working hard to broadcast, the viewers in the “Silver Sun and Moon” room had already surpassed ten million, and the number of followers had increased by over five million.

It soared directly to the end of the homepage recommendations and continued to climb forward. Eventually, it stabilized in the middle of the homepage recommendation rankings.

One wonders if the top-tier Big Vs who had been watching the fierce momentum of this newcomer since it appeared on the homepage all breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Regardless, with Bai Yan’s room appearing abruptly as a powerful dark horse, it undeniably attracted eyes from many quarters.