I Am A Prodigy

[Damn! Y-God is finally replying!]

[OMG, it’s such a huge incident that shook the world of live streaming! How did you not know?]

[Y-God was not in the know?! Quickly take a look at the streaming platform main page!]

[Y-God is taking action? Get them!]

[Y-God, someone is challenging you. Will you rise to the challenge?]

…

Ye Lingchen went from the streaming platform and navigated to the main page. All he could see was a big red banner at the topmost corner sliding slowly across the screen.

This type of banner being displayed across the entire platform required at least RMB10,000 per shoutout. At that moment, the message was being repeated over and over again.

[China’s DOTA is nothing. The hosts are all trash. That whatchamacallit noob Y-God is hiding in fear, not daring to show himself. The Sun Nation is the best in the world!]

Occasionally, some patriotic people would purchase the banner shoutout to argue with the Sun Nation.

‘What the heck?’

‘The Sun Nation is challenging China to DOTA?’

Ye Lingchen thought to himself for a moment, then gave Coold a call.

“What’s with the banner on the streaming platform?” Ye Lingchen asked directly, cutting to the chase.

“It’s the five hosts from the Sun Nation. They came to challenge China at DOTA as a team. Right in this streaming platform, they have publicly mopped the floor with all the famous hosts one by one. Our country had nobody that could stand up to them and causing them to be full of themselves.” Coold explained.

“All the hosts lost? You too? Love Letter as well?” Ye Lingchen was surprised.

Huyu as a streaming platform placed quite a bit of importance on gaming. Most of the hosts were highly skilled. Ye Lingchen had occasionally checked them out too. To think they were all defeated by the Sun Nation!

It would seem that the Sun Nation came fully prepared!

“We all lost!” Coold sighed, “The five of them are really strong. We had also formed a team of five strongest hosts to compete with them, but we still ended up losing.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“You’re now streaming Grave Robber’s Chronicles and already have a huge following. Moreover, you’re no longer considered a gaming streamer. There’s no need for you to take part in this. Furthermore…”

“Furthermore, I might run the risk of losing, right?”

“Those five from the Sun Nation are strong. They were well prepared with excellent teamwork and they gel well together. Meanwhile, we’re only a temporary team. It’s very difficult for us to win.” Coold tried to persuade Ye Lingchen, “You’ve spent so much effort to gain such a huge following. If you lose, it would all be wasted.”

Ye Lingchen understood that Coold was being considerate to him. However, no matter the cost, he could not let this matter slide!

“Coold, you team up with me. Also, call along with Love Letter, 09, and Wu’er. I’ll go meet with the Sun Nation!” Ye Lingchen said in a serious tone.

Following that, he started hammering away on his keyboard. Without any hesitation, he purchased the biggest banner shoutout he could!

[I’ll accept the challenge from Sun Nation!]

In just a simple sentence, it sent the entire streaming platform into a frenzy!

[Y-God, it’s Y-God! He’s finally here!]

[I’ve waited so long for this day…]

[Y-God, what took you so long. I almost wanted to mail you a butcher knife!]

[Y-God, I believe in you. All the best!]

Many of the more sensitive ones were blurry-eyed and started tearing up.

Right after that, Ye Lingchen sent the second banner shoutout, [Don’t worry guys. One word: Smack em!]

[Hahaha, that’s right. Smack em!]

[Right. Smack the Sun Nation! Motherf*ckers!]

[Wait a minute, isn’t ‘smack em’ two words?]

[Don’t sweat the details. If Y-God says it’s one word, then it’s one word!]

All those while, the Sun Nation’s banner was displayed right at the top. That kind of humiliation had been repressed in everyone’s heart for way too long.

Y-God’s reappearance boosted their morale. The entire stream was in an uproar. Even those uninterested with the gaming world were attracted over. Players from Honor of Kings and League of Legends came over too to watch DOTA.

Ring!

Just shortly after Ye Lingchen showed himself, his phone started ringing. The caller ID showed that it was Song Qian.

“Y-God, you took the challenge?” Song Qian’s tone was anxious.

“That’s right.”

“That’s too careless!” Song Qian almost cried. “Why didn’t you discuss with us first!”

Ye Lingchen frowned slightly, “What’s the matter? Is the platform going to interfere with the host’s freedom?”

“Of course not! Y-God, you’ve misunderstood,” Song Qian quickly explained, “I know you’re good at DOTA, but the Sun Nation is no pushover either. All the hosts in our platform had been annihilated!”

“So what?”

“Because of that incident, our streaming platform had received many bad reviews claiming that our hosts were all incompetent. We have lost a lot of popularity that way,” Song Qian said bitterly, “You’re considered our trump card. With you here, a lot of them are still holding onto that last sliver of hope. If you lose as well, then…”

“Relax, I won’t lose!” Ye Lingchen replied nonchalantly and ended the call.

…

In the streaming platform headquarters, Song Qian was disappointed.

“Song Qian, I told you that Y-God can’t be trusted. If you had pushed for Si Yu, then we wouldn’t be facing this issue.” Zhou Min laughed on the side.

Next to her, Si Yu was dressed in a seductively revealing manner.

Huyu streaming had dumped a lot of recommendations on Y-God. If Y-God were to lose, the drop in popularity would be costly to the streaming platform.

“Director Song, this might not be as bad as you think.” Little Zhang spoke up, “First of all, Y-God’s reply had immediately boosted the streaming platform’s popularity. His showdown with the Sun Nation will also attract another wave of traffic. If Y-God wins…”

“Win?” Zhou Min scoffed, “What’s he going to win with? Our entire platform’s hosts were annihilated. Just how is he going to win?!”

“Although I don’t know much about games, those five from the Sun Nation are well prepared. It will be very difficult to win.” Si Yu who was silent all the while finally chimed in.

“I say we quickly suppress this incident and stop recommending Y-God. Let him cool off for some time and take this chance to promote Si Yu!” Zhou Min suggested.

Song Qian remained quiet, his gaze flashing quickly.

“Little Zhang, I remember you play DOTA as well. Tell me honestly, what level is Y-God at?” Song Qian asked very seriously out of a sudden.

“He’s amazing!” Little Zhang answered without thinking, “He doesn’t stream much, but each maneuver was almost at the level of textbook examples, even entering TOP10. Love Letter had suffered defeat in his hands. In the past, his gaming stream attracted several fans.”

“In his showdown with the Sun Nation, what do you think his chances of winning are?” Song Qian continued asking.

“That… it’s hard to tell.” Little Zhang was hesitant, “but I think that Y-God will win. Our country is better than the Sun Nation!”

“That’s right! Our country is better than the Sun Nation!” Song Qian’s eyes brightened, “I want Y-God and the Sun Nation’s match to be placed on the most prominent spot on our platform’s main page. No, we will cancel all other recommendations on the platform’s main page and only promote Y-God’s match! Also, go purchase Weibo’s top search placement. We’ll call it… China and Sun Nation’s gaming showdown!”

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