Chapter Ninety-Seven: Weren’t these two works uploaded by the same creator?

If someone were to ask on the Starlight Platform who the strongest streamer was, the answer might vary from person to person. But if, from today on, someone asked who was the most conscientious streamer, there could be no doubt at all: it would be Innocent Little Angel.

Unable to tip despite their excitement, the fans kept flooding the screen with comments. Luo Hao joined in as well, posting plenty himself, but each one was swept away in seconds by the torrent that followed.

This is the real main event!

The video is amazing, and he looks insanely cool!

The soundtrack makes it absolutely explosive!

Why watch anything else? I’m looping it!

I want to tip! I want to tip! Wait, how do I tip again?

Looks like Little Angel also posts on the Starlight Platform, so we can tip there.

...

What? He’s on the Starlight Platform too?

Luo Hao thought about it. It seemed that the Angel Pro had never said he would not be releasing videos on the Starlight Platform. It was only that Luo Hao had assumed otherwise. Since Little Angel was a platinum-level powerhouse on the Starlight Platform, of course his video works would be posted there; his personal website was probably just an extra.

It had been one thing not to find the tipping option just now, but now that he knew it existed, how could he not show his support? Watching such an electrifying cutscene compilation made Luo Hao want to log into the game and try it himself at once, but thinking of his own clumsy hands and the frustration that would follow, he decided it was enough to enjoy the video.

Still, he had to tip!

After finishing the entire collection, Luo Hao could hardly wait. He entered the Starlight Platform and did not even need to search for it. The first item on the popularity rankings was Little Angel’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate series.

Last time, Luo Hao had been too stunned by the livestream recommendation on the home page to notice this at all, but the video had only been uploaded not long ago, hadn’t it? To surge to the top of the popularity rankings in such a short time was truly astounding.

After clicking in, Luo Hao was not surprised at all by the stream of red tipping notifications floating across the top of the screen. How could one not tip a streamer this conscientious? Not to mention that this streamer was not only conscientious, but also absurdly skilled at the game.

How heartening!

Haotian tipped 1,000 Starlight Coins to the platform’s most conscientious streamer!

Haotian tipped 1,000 Starlight Coins for pure awesomeness!

Haotian tipped 1,000 Starlight Coins for an incredible game video!

...

As a university student, Luo Hao naturally did not have much pocket money, but tipping one hundred yuan at a time was still within reason. As for why he did not tip it all at once?

Hadn’t he seen how fast the tips at the top of the screen were refreshing? If he only tipped once, who would ever notice it?

Luo Hao looked contentedly at his ten consecutive tips, which managed to remain at the top of the screen for a full two seconds before being pushed down by others. There were no telling how many people were tipping every minute; lasting two seconds on screen was already a remarkable feat.

After glancing over the collection’s statistics, Luo Hao finally realized just how wild these fans were.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate video collection
Views: 13.27 million
Favorites: 3.7 million
Bullet comments: 3.4 million
Tips: 270,000
Current viewers: 110,000

Though Luo Hao had anticipated some of it, seeing numbers this terrifying still left him deeply shaken. How long had it been? The views had already surpassed ten million. Favorites and bullet comments were in the millions, and even the tips were nearing 300,000. Given another day at most, the site-wide records for views, favorites, bullet comments, and tips would all be broken. Four top records in one video? Was that some kind of cheat code?

Even if it was riding the afterglow of the livestream, Luo Hao felt that achieving results like this was basically due to the video being unexpectedly spectacular.

After finishing his tips, Luo Hao could not be bothered to move anymore. He did not switch back to Little Angel’s personal website, and instead habitually kept watching on the Starlight Platform. He had only watched one episode so far; there were still four more waiting for him.

...

At the same time, classes had not yet ended at the First Middle School of Qing Shui City.

"In the late Eastern Han, imperial relatives seized power, eunuchs held the reins of government, politics was in turmoil, and natural disasters came one after another. In the first year of Zhongping under Emperor Ling of Han, the Yellow Turban Rebellion erupted, ushering in nearly a century of warfare..."

Inside the classroom, the middle-aged history teacher, Tang Zhen, was explaining the major historical events from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period.

Luo Chen listened intently to the history lesson. Because this was a different world, he had to pay close attention in history class. Even as a streamer and a creator, one needed a foundation of knowledge. Luo Chen did not want to make some verbal blunder while streaming later on; that would be terribly awkward.

Although high school coursework was heavier, and the students’ enthusiasm for studying was higher than it had been in middle school, Luo Chen still caught sight of a boy in the back secretly watching a silly parody video—and, to his surprise, it was one of his own parody works, The Love Story of Langlang and Liangliang.

The boy, watching merrily away, failed to notice that Tang Zhen, who had been on the podium moments ago, was already walking toward him step by step, still deeply absorbed in the video.

Bang!

"Du Lin, what do you think you’re doing in class? Hand over your phone!"

The reckless Du Lin was struck on the head by the history textbook and only then came to his senses. But before he could even hide the phone, he was caught red-handed. Facing the formidable history teacher, he could only obediently hand it over. After surrendering the evidence, Du Lin glanced at the blackboard, his eyes lighting up, and hurriedly defended himself. "Teacher, I didn’t really understand what you were talking about, so I was watching Three Kingdoms to review it."

Du Lin had hoped that this might slightly reduce his punishment, but instead he found the history teacher’s face growing darker and darker.

"Do you think I’ve never watched a parody video? After class, come to my office! If you don’t explain yourself, don’t even think about getting your phone back!"

Tang Zhen snapped angrily, his face black with irritation. Did these students really think he was some relic who did not know how to use the internet? Trying to fool him?

"Parody videos that make a mockery of historical figures like this, and you can still watch them so happily? Utterly senseless! If you want to watch something entertaining, at least choose something with some meaning, like Great Loyalty, Seeming Treachery, which is also set in the Three Kingdoms. It has both literary merit and historical substance, and it is entertaining as well. That is what students your age should be watching."

Tang Zhen was very much displeased with those creators who deliberately smeared historical figures for the sake of entertainment. That so-called Filth King was simply filthy to the core. Young people nowadays could not be watching things like that.

"Teacher, but those two works were posted by the same creator!"

Thank you to book friend Lighthouse of the Delinquent for the tip of 2,000 Qidian coins, thank you to the book friend for the tip of 300 Qidian coins, thank you to book friend How Lonely You Truly Are for the tip of 200 Qidian coins, thank you to book friends Tonight I Want a Little Rabbit and Summer Festival, Dream Fireworks for the tip of 100 Qidian coins, and thank you to book friends Night After Midnight, Waiting Thousand Years for the Stone Bridge, and NP Fruit Dream Sky for the tip of 100 Qidian coins. Flowers!