8: Chapter 8: The Emperor's Expedition - Star Chart Revealed

At this time, the Federation internet was already in an uproar. A video's view count was leading by a wide margin—in the footage, Li Pu was running with all his might for twelve hours, breaking through layers of obstacles, and finally successfully delivering the intelligence.

All of this was thanks to Yang Gao. He posted the video on the game's login homepage so that new players would want to learn more; once they did, they would certainly spread the word, thus creating a continuous stream of traffic. He truly was a genius.

At this moment, Li Pu had just groggily woken up from a dream when he found his phone ringing incessantly. Li Pu answered the call, and Old Chen's voice came from the other end.

"Old Chen, why are you calling me?" Li Pu said with sleepy eyes, clearly not fully awake yet. After all, yesterday had exhausted him—even if the gaming pod was a simulation, the time flow was different from reality. For example, spending a day inside might only be one second in reality, but the mental fatigue was real.

"Old Li, don't you know yet? You're on the trending search! Old Li, you're famous!"

Hearing these words, Li Pu suddenly snapped awake.

"Old Li, look at the trending search quickly!"

Li Pu opened his phone to check the trending search. The top spot read: 'The Outrageous Real Man, Li Pu, Ran for 6 Hours to Save the Frontline.'

Clicking on the related topics, Li Pu felt his vision go dark: someone was asking what color his underwear was, and someone else was asking if he liked men or women...

Li Pu felt as if the sky was falling: "What on earth is all this?"

He admitted he looked a bit handsome yesterday, but what were these related topics? What kind of questions were these? Wasn't it better to discuss his looks? He was confident that his appearance was competitive, and as he spoke, he ran a hand through his hair.

Li Pu logged into his livestream account and started broadcasting, eager to share the joy with his fans.

Just as the stream began, the number of online viewers neared 20,000. The bullet comments were filled with "The streamer is awesome" and "The streamer is a real man."

Seeing this, Li Pu also began to get narcissistic: "Don't fall for me; I'm just a legend."

"No, the streamer is getting narcissistic again."

"Friends in the stream, was the streamer always like this?"

On the other side, Yang Gao saw that the hype was high enough and decided to add more fuel. "I choose you!"

Yang Gao decided to reveal some information about the Emperor, which should add another spark to the hype. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. Immediately, using his memories from his previous life, he displayed the image of the Emperor's back as he brandished his sword on the Great Crusade through the holographic pod and released it to the game.

Li Pu, who was bickering with his fans, suddenly saw someone in the bullet comments telling him to get on the game.

"Brother Pu, the game released a brand-new dynamic image, go check it out!"

Li Pu logged into the game and found that the game animation had changed to a figure with his back to the players, brandishing a sword and pointing toward the sea of stars. Above his head were countless starships ready to set sail. That man was clad in gilded armor, as if the entire galaxy was within his grasp.

"Brothers, just one word: awesome!"

"What is this for? Preparing for an expedition? What are they defending against?"

"Look at the name, brothers, look at the name—The Emperor's Great Crusade Star Map."

"Brothers, what kind of person is this Emperor?"

"Looks like a successor or a founder of an empire."

Suddenly, the animation shifted to the battlefield, and the familiar 'Tincans' appeared once more. The difference this time was that the name of the 'Tincan' was displayed on the screen—Space Marine: Black Templars.

"Black Templars, what an overbearing name!"

"Brothers, he moved!"

The Space Marine began to fire, and the roar of the Bolter made the players feel shocked and excited.

"This is just too cool, brothers!"

"Yeah, yeah, so cool!"

"Look quickly, is he about to run out of ammo?"

The Black Templar, seeing he was out of bullets, simply threw away his Bolter, drew a power sword from his waist, and shouted, "For the Emperor! For Mankind!" as he charged forward without hesitation.