122: First on both lists, free ride to overcome the tribulation
“I'll take his monkey, brothers, hold on! Two more minutes!”
“President Qian is too fierce, with over 600,000 supporters!”
“Back then, our highest was only 720,000 supporters.”
At that time, because Ms. Hua said that all DNF players were fat otaku, the famous 4.26 Suit Festival came into being.
With 720,000 supporters and 426 million popularity, it directly broke the Douyin record.
“This is too scary. If President Qian streamed often, Bao Ge's popularity ticket position would definitely not be safe.”
“We can only compete now. Once President Qian's fan badge level is high, there will be no competition.”
“Uh... Is there a possibility that with President Qian's streaming frequency, he would struggle to even get a level 16 badge?”
“President Qian is good at everything, except he streams too little.”
“He's not a professional streamer; he streams just for fun.”
“An amateur, with more fans than top streamers, is also a great wonder.”
“Although President Qian is not a professional streamer, he is definitely Douyin's current top-tier.”
“Alas, when will the Ten Thousand Rangers reappear?”
“Stop talking! We've been overtaken!!”
“I'm shocked, brothers, those who can, quickly go up, we've been overtaken!”
“Da Binzi, quickly report the data!!”
Asahi Baby never expected that one day he would be overtaken in popularity by someone who started streaming halfway through.
This was always something he did!
Disney, Xiao Baiya, A Zhe, and other top streamers were all victims.
“brothers, those who can, keep going up and hold the tower!”
“Ten more seconds!”
Li Youqian currently leads Asahi Baby by a narrow margin, with 10 seconds remaining until the settlement.
“Five more seconds, only leading by 20,000!”
“brothers, keep going up!”
“Three more seconds, about to be overtaken!”
Li Youqian's heart was in his throat; fighting for popularity tickets was too exciting.
“X. Xue Tu sent the streamer—Im Really Rich, Popularity Ticket * 600! (600 Douyin Coins)”
“Ashen Meng sent the streamer—Im Really Rich, Popularity Ticket * 600! (600 Douyin Coins)”
“Little Lemon sent the streamer—Im Really Rich, Popularity Ticket * 600! (600 Douyin Coins)”
At the critical moment, the female streamers who had received gifts from Li Youqian all came to give their full popularity tickets.
Even Ashen Meng, who had been “convinced” by Li Youqian, sent 600 popularity tickets.
“brothers! We got it!”
“A mere monkey, I will directly suppress him under the Five-Finger Mountain with a backhand!”
In the last second of the ranking, Li Youqian's hanging heart finally settled.
Fighting for the popularity ranking is always the most exciting.
“Site-wide Announcement: Congratulations to Im Really Rich for achieving first place on the site-wide hourly ranking for the previous hour.”
“Site-wide Announcement: Congratulations to Im Really Rich for achieving first place on the site-wide popularity ranking for the previous hour.”
“First on both rankings!”
“This is the strength of the Qian Family Army!”
“When the Qian Family Army goes out, not a blade of grass grows!”
“What about the annual finals? First place on both rankings is easily achieved!”
“It's red! The fan badge is red!”
“I'll take your monkey, President Qian, you are truly fierce!”
“I haven't lost the 9 o'clock popularity ranking in a long time.”
“Congratulations to President Qian for first place on both rankings, the Qian Family Army truly deserves it.”
Although he lost, Asahi Baby was not unhappy at all.
Having been a streamer for so many years, he had seen all sorts of storms and would not be sad due to a competition loss.
“Ah, I also have to thank Bao Ge for going easy on me.”
“If the Golden Monkey really wanted to fight, I would definitely not be his opponent.”
Li Youqian also knew his limits; although his live stream had many viewers, the fan badge levels were generally low.
If he had prepared in advance, he might not have been able to win.
“Ah, a loss is a loss, there's no going easy or not going easy.”
“I will fulfill my promise and wear women's clothing during the regional final.”
For a top male streamer like him, wearing women's clothing would increase his popularity and income, which was a good thing.
The downside was that these annoying guys would screenshot and record it, making it his “dark history.”
“Bao Ge, then let's end it here today; we'll play again another day.”
“Okay, okay, goodbye President Qian.”
After hanging up the call, Li Youqian went to Asahi Baby's live stream and gave 100 Sacred Dragons as medical expenses.
This exorbitant medical expense made countless streamers and netizens cry with envy again.
“President Qian, actually... I also like women's clothing!”
“Cough cough, well, wearing women's clothing isn't impossible~”
“A million yuan, let alone women's clothing, you can make me change my gender!”
“(75) Ting Hai: “Is that true??””
“Uh... Big shot, just pretend I farted.”
“Hahahaha, he chickened out!”
“Nonsense, changing gender for a million yuan is not worth it at all!”
“Tsk, that's because your faith isn't firm enough. The Tesla boss's son disowned his father for gender reassignment!”
“He gave up the position of the world's richest heir just like that?”
“This is a true warrior!”
“Next, we have one more important thing to do.”
“Free Stuff, the rest of the time is yours.”
Free Stuff was his old fan, and it was only right to give him enough face for his tribulation in his live stream.
“Welcome, Ancestor Free Stuff!”
“Qingmeng Mountain wishes Ancestor Free Stuff a successful tribulation and immediate ascension!”
“My Xuanqing Sect wishes Ancestor Free Stuff a smooth immortal path and an early ascension to the Supreme position!”
“(74) I Love Free Stuff: “Uh... Everyone, I don't want to die so early...””
“(75) NvZongcai Jiadao: “Tsk, you should be content. When I underwent my tribulation, there was nothing at all!””
“(75) Ting Hai: “+1!””
“(74) I Love Free Stuff: “Then I'll start.””
As soon as Free Stuff finished speaking, the live stream's background suddenly turned pitch black, with rolling thunder streaking across the night sky.
A figure stood beneath the thunder, looking up at the sea of lightning above.
Accompanying it was the voice that had become popular across the entire internet:
“Daoist me has succeeded! Hahahaha!”
“Three Flowers Gathering on the Crown, South Heaven Gate, White Jade Capital, I've seen them all! Hahahaha!”
As the rolling thunder struck the figure, Free Stuff's gifts began to float across the screen.
“(74) I Love Free Stuff sent the streamer—Im Really Rich, carnival * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 ... * 334! (10,020,000 Douyin Coins)”
“Congratulations to user—I Love Free Stuff for reaching Level 75!”
In that instant, the live stream's background, which had been as black as ink with lightning and thunder, changed.
As if an invisible hand gently waved, all the darkness receded like a tide, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
And the streaks of lightning that had previously torn through the sky also suddenly disappeared.
With the departure of darkness and thunder, a magnificent immortal gate gradually emerged from nothingness.
At the same time, a flock of snow-white cranes chirped in unison around the immortal gate; each cry was clear and melodious, like the sound of nature, echoing throughout the entire live stream.
The entire scene was grand and spectacular, like an epic blockbuster, unforgettable.
These scenes were, of course, created by Li Youqian through Nuo Yi.
“Congratulations to Free Stuff on becoming a Level 75 God-tier Tycoon.”