'Shi's' livestream room.
The people who entered this livestream room never really expected that some S-class top player would actually come to support this kind of dungeon. Most of them came to watch the streamer spin the wheel just to join in the fun, or for the thrill of it. Besides, this newbie streamer's luck was truly incredible — the first spin landed on a famous top rank powerhouse, and the second spin landed on another top rank powerhouse again!
What incredible luck.
And when the people in the livestream room saw the name "Yan Shang" appear on the wheel, the entire chat erupted in shock. In an instant, the comments were flooded with insincere messages like "Congratulations, streamer—". But who would have thought that not even two seconds after the result appeared, Yan Shang's figure had already materialised inside the dungeon.
The reinforcements arrived so fast that everyone was left dumbfounded.
Even those who had never seen Yan Shang in person before could now see the newly added livestream screen on the page — the info bar in the upper right corner of the screen clearly displaying: [Yan Shang | S-Rank | District 2].
...
With such obvious information right there, no matter how shocked you were, this was the truth.
[...]
[Y-Yan Shang went in?]
[Th-That fast??]
[...]
[Did the top player... did he even check the details clearly... before entering?]
[Did the top player misclick?]
...
[Going into the dungeon at this speed... could the top player also be watching the livestream? Was he just waiting outside the whole time so he could jump in the second his name got spun?!]
[Am I dreaming?]
[Wake up, person above.]
...
With the new player entering, an additional screen appeared in the full-view livestream. It was indeed rare for anyone to have seen a player summoned by the wheel enter a dungeon this quickly. At that moment, most people still wore expressions of utter disbelief. They stared collectively dumbfounded at the top rank player who had now appeared in the upgrade dungeon's livestream footage.
Those who had been about to post insincere, hypocritical comments in "Shi's" livestream to pretend to comfort the pretty streamer all stopped in their tracks as well.
Why did Yan Shang go in?
Was it for someone that he went in?
The situation inside the instance was urgent, and the atmosphere outside the instance was a little tense as well — and this strange atmosphere only deepened after another top rank player also entered the instance.
Those outside watched as Yan Shang and De Yuechen were transmitted into the instance.
The livestreams exploded —
Two of them.
Because the full-perspective livestream was a channel forcibly activated whenever an instance was upgraded to S-rank, many of the viewers who arrived later went straight into this "official" livestream, completely unaware that there was another livestream — a first-person perspective broadcast started by a player inside the instance.
At that moment, most of the people in the official livestream didn't really know the full story, but these newcomers who had just found their way to the upgraded instance saw, in the blink of an eye, two top rank players enter the instance one after the other —
What's going on?
…
Very quickly, some kind souls who had both livestreams open enthusiastically recommended the E-rank rookie streamer's channel, welcoming everyone to join the first-person perspective livestream to experience the instance properly.
Meanwhile, in the official livestream:
[There's actually an E-rank in this instance.]
[Why is the E-rank's screen black?]
[Where are the others?]
And after they caught sight of the other livestream feeds from the B-rank instances…
[? Is this a total wipeout?]
[No! Xiao Shi is still there! It's just that his screen went black… no idea what kind of bug this is…]
The newcomers, looking at the only black screen with the character "Shi" in the name: [Xiao Shi? Shi? E-rank?]
…
[To be honest, he's the one who called in both of those top players!]
…
[They must have taken a liking to my little white-haired angel too. Damn it.]
…
[It can't really be for Shi, can it?]
...
Some newcomers, looking at the E-rank player's black screen, also scoffed: [What are all you guys going on about? Yan Shang and De Yuechen went in for him? That's hilarious.]
[Then why did they enter this instance?]
[You newcomers don't know yet, but Shi is seriously beautiful.]
[Really, it's true. That face shouldn't belong to a mere mortal, sob sob.]
[And his voice, Shi's voice! My god, it's so healing... I feel like just now, listening to him speak... a lot of my mental trauma got better... so calming... so gentle...]
[...]
[?]
[...?]
[Is it really that exaggerated...?]
[Are you guys too stressed out? I say just turn off the livestream and go get some actual healing.]
[Yeah, go take a walk around the District 7. If you leave it too late, it's harder to treat.]
...
The livestream chat went on rowdily for a while longer.
The newcomers, naturally, weren't going to believe that an E-rank player could be that stunning.
[If he's really as gorgeous as you all hype him up to be, how come he's nowhere to be found on the White Moon leaderboard?]
[Brother, you've hit the nail on the head!]
[I looked through all one hundred spots on the White Moon leaderboard from top to bottom and really didn't see anyone called "Shi".]
[Huh...? Now that you mention it, how could White Moon not have a place for the little white-haired angel?! How is that possible?!!!]
[This leaderboard must be bugged!]
[Bold guess... or... could Shi be a hidden player...?]
A hidden player refers to a player who can conceal their alias from a specific leaderboard.
And this is usually a privilege reserved for certain top rank players.
[Don't make him out to be more amazing than he is... He's E-rank, E-rank...! Open your eyes and look carefully!]
Someone else put it more fairly: [But for an E-rank player, to be able to cross three ranks and enter a B-rank instance like this, he must have something to rely on.]
[Did someone bring him in?]
[If that's the case... then he really might be a pretty little brother!]
[Huh??? So the "Shi" you've all been talking about is a guy?] — Viewer A, who had just woken up and entered the livestream not long ago.
[...Bro, "he"! "HE"! "HE"!]
[Sorry... just woke up. You were talking about Shi... black screen?]
...
[So, can some expert explain why Shi's screen is black in the full-view livestream? The main view in his own livestream is also just a black screen like this.]
[Waiting for an expert.]
[I really don't know about this one. But if you're saying this kind of thing has happened before... well, those cases were all... you know what I mean?]
[?]
[...Maybe take a look at how much you just left unsaid.]
[...]
[To put it plainly, ordinary people simply can't hide their livestream feed and turn it into a black screen.]
[Then Shi, he...]
...
[Great, now you've all made me a little curious. What kind of player is he exactly?]
[But De Yuechen didn't enter the instance before. How can he still enter now? Wasn't there only a thirty-minute preparation window to enter?]
[An S-rank player privilege?]
[Read the wheel rules carefully. The thirty-minute preparation window means that after reinforcements confirm their entry, the instance gives them thirty minutes to prepare. But normally, outside support players don't have the right to refuse, so once they're selected, it's equivalent to having already confirmed entry. S-rank players, however, have the right to accept or refuse.]
[So does that mean De Yuechen never actually clicked refuse in the first place?]
Watching the figures of the two big shots in the instance, Viewer Wu, who had long since entered Wen Shichun's livestream, was very excited: [Wonderful, my little white-haired angel is saved!]
