Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi
Chapter 18 Livestream
Within a virtual world viewing platform, hundreds of viewers were watching a livestream, Li Miaomiao among them. She was concentrating intently, listening carefully.
"Seventy percent of a swordsman's strength depends on your footwork," a man in jeans was saying in a training field, instructing on swordsmanship. "Now, I'll simulate a sparring partner with a combat power of 500."
Whoosh! A bandit wielding a cleaver appeared, ferociously attacking.
"The sword is an extension of the hand."
"You only need to control the distance between you and the enemy through footwork." The man in jeans was like a phantom, retreating several steps, causing the bandit to miss with successive furious chops.
"When the opponent misses a strike, it takes time to prepare for the next one, and that time… is when we strike." The man in jeans seized the opportunity of the bandit's missed strike and lunged forward, his sword piercing the bandit's neck like a viper. He instantly withdrew his sword and retreated, and the bandit dissolved into illusion.
"Swords have many disadvantages compared to other cold weapons, such as being relatively short and lacking in power. But its advantage is its flexibility, as fast as lightning. We need to exploit its advantages," the man in jeans explained.
Whoosh.
In the stands, Xu Jingming appeared and sat down next to Li Miaomiao. The viewing platform allowed you to select livestream channels that your friends were watching.
"Miaomiao, what are you watching?" Xu Jingming was currently in a queue, and having practiced for more than eight hours, he was taking a break.
"Learning swordplay," Li Miaomiao said, turning to Xu Jingming. "I've been practicing swordplay as a hobby for seven or eight years, and you, the great expert, have even personally taught me. I thought my swordsmanship was pretty good, but in the virtual world game, I tried my best, and my base combat strength is barely 156. I'm not even qualified to participate in the placement matches. I played in the Prosperous Star tier for more than two hours before finally getting a full star! I advanced to the Silver Moon tier one star! But as soon as I got there, I lost three games in a row. Luckily, this game doesn't allow demotion, so I'm currently at Silver Moon tier 0 stars."
Xu Jingming nodded. "Take your time, don't rush. It's only the first day. Most people are still novices, stuck in the Prosperous Star tier."
Li Miaomiao sighed. "The threshold for the Solar tier is 400 base combat strength, and the threshold for the God tier is even higher at 1000 base combat strength. I lost three straight in the Silver Moon tier. Alas…"
"Oh, right, this streamer, Cong Yao, has won an Olympic épée medal and has also participated in the World Martial Arts Competition," Li Miaomiao said. "His swordplay lectures are quite useful."
"Cong Yao is quite formidable," Xu Jingming agreed.
The man in jeans, who was lecturing, glanced at the stands and saw Xu Jingming, nodding slightly. Xu Jingming also nodded in acknowledgment.
"He's already at Solar tier 28 stars! He has 29 wins and 2 losses in the Solar tier. His swordsmanship is extremely impressive," Li Miaomiao said. "Among the current livestreams, he should be in the top few for swordsmanship."
"Are there no God-tier players streaming?" Xu Jingming asked.
"There are! But there are no God-tier players who specialize in swordplay streaming," Li Miaomiao lamented. "There are too few God-tier players right now. There are only 32 God-tier players in Xia country. Only three of them are streaming! If we want to learn swordsmanship, we can only look for Solar-tier players."
Xu Jingming opened the viewing platform to watch friends' livestreams and was surprised to find that 125 of his friends were streaming.
"Quite a few of your friends are streaming," Li Miaomiao said in amazement.
"Professional players need popularity. The higher the popularity, the higher the appearance fee," Xu Jingming said. Many of his friends still managed themselves even after retiring, and many participated in variety shows.
"Among my friends, there are nearly a thousand professional players. A hundred or so streaming isn't that many." Xu Jingming continued to browse the livestreams and saw A'Shuo.
Yang Qingshuo was currently doing a combat livestream, and Xu Jingming immediately clicked on it, and the livestream screen enlarged.
"That's your good brother Yang Qingshuo, isn't it?" Li Miaomiao said, watching in amazement. "He's amazing. Anyone who can get into the Solar tier on the first day of the game is a top professional player. Solar 32 stars—even with consecutive wins… that requires 31 consecutive wins!"
"He's pretty good," Xu Jingming said as he watched.
…
Yang Qingshuo's livestream channel.
A snowy battlefield.
"We need to exploit our advantages. For example, I'm fast, so I look for isolated opponents and defeat them one by one." Yang Qingshuo was wearing leather armor, wielding a silver spear, and running across the snow as fast as lightning, heading straight for an opponent wielding a large shield and a hammer.
As he ran, Yang Qingshuo explained, his voice audible to the viewers in the livestream channel.
Because he was a Solar 32-star player and had participated in the World Martial Arts Competition, and his explanations were also quite interesting, Yang Qingshuo's livestream channel was quite popular, with over a thousand people watching.
The shield-hammer-wielding strongman was burly and tall, but slow. He watched helplessly as Yang Qingshuo approached, unable to escape.
"Shu shu shu."
Yang Qingshuo's figure was like a ghost, circling the strongman a few times before unleashing a series of spear shadows. The shield-hammer strongman was also a professional-level expert, carefully raising his shield to protect himself, but ultimately, the difference in skill was too great.
The fifth spear shadow, stabbing from the side, grazed the edge of the shield and pierced the strongman's head, and the strongman's figure dissolved into nothingness.
"Beautiful!"
"A Solar-tier opponent taken down with just a few spear strikes."
"So powerful, 32 wins and 1 loss, truly a monster, carrying the team!"
"Yang Qingshuo has revealed his combat power. It's already reached 970. The Solar-tier threshold is 400. There aren't many who can stop him in the Solar tier."
The viewers watched in amazement and enthusiastically sent rewards.
Various gifts were sent.
Yang Qingshuo glanced at them, delighted, and continued, "When we're fighting, we need to choose opponents who we have an advantage over. For example, the opponent just now was clearly of the lumbering type, while we are agile and fast. We can attack freely, but it's difficult for him to hit us."
"Look, the one in the distance using dual blades." Yang Qingshuo stared at another opponent in the distance, "He's probably cultivating the *Shadow Leopard Evolution Method* like me, but he's not as fast as me, and his dual blades are shorter than my spear. We can easily reap him. We must try to defeat them one by one before their team comes together. In the later stages, our team will have a numbers advantage, and we can easily win."
Yang Qingshuo quickly sprinted over.
…
Xu Jingming watched and felt gratified. "A'Shuo, a hero has a place to use his skills, and he can earn money through livestreaming."
"Friends from all over the world are fighting hard," Xu Jingming said, looking at one livestream channel after another. He wasn't sure about those who weren't streaming, but the friends who were streaming were all in combat.
He himself was also queuing for 'combat', but because he was a God-tier player, it was a bit difficult to gather ten people.
"Miaomiao, where are the God-tier players streaming?" Xu Jingming asked.
"Here they are." Li Miaomiao was very knowledgeable about livestreams and quickly pointed out three channels, all showing the same scene—
The void of the battle space, with only the prompt: "Seven people are ready…"
"Streaming, but the people aren't even there?" Xu Jingming laughed.
"Livestreaming can lock the battle space," Li Miaomiao said. "Those who can become God-tier players now all relied on placement matches. It means their base combat strength is at least 1200. They are all monsters. Many World Martial Arts Competition participants can't even reach that."
Xu Jingming nodded, looking at the livestream channels of the three God-tier players.
"Panda Zhang Qian, Archer Wang Yi, Goddess of War Sun Yuting," Xu Jingming said, reading out the names of the three, all of whom were very famous.
Li Miaomiao also said excitedly, "Previously, due to the difference in physical fitness between men and women, the World Martial Arts Competition was always a stage for men. But now women also have suitable gene evolution methods, and they are no longer at a disadvantage physically. On the first day, there were women who became God-tier players. Archer Wang Yi… a three-time Olympic archery champion, the great demon king of the archery world."
"A God-tier archer is very terrifying," Xu Jingming nodded. In cold weapons combat, archers pose a great threat.
"Goddess of War Sun Yuting has won the first place in the Women's World Martial Arts Competition twice. But the popularity of women's events is much lower than the World Martial Arts Competition," Li Miaomiao said. "Now, she can truly prove herself."
"There are also fewer female professional players than male players," Xu Jingming nodded. "That's because the popularity is generally lower, and the income is generally lower as well."
This was also normal.
Because the World Martial Arts Competition was not limited by gender, women could also participate.
But women were indeed at a physical disadvantage, and in the highest World Martial Arts Competition, the most dazzling were still the men.
"With gene evolution methods, women's physical talent is no less inferior to men's," Li Miaomiao pointed out. "Two of the three God-tier players streaming are female players, which shows a lot."
"Hmm, what's that? A pinned livestream channel?" Li Miaomiao said in surprise.
Xu Jingming also saw that there was a livestream channel pinned on the viewing platform.
"Xia Country Official Livestream Channel?" Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao both saw the name.
"Let's go take a look."
The two clicked on it.
Whoosh!
As the only pinned livestream channel on the viewing platform since the virtual world opened, a large number of viewers were constantly pouring in. The stands were infinitely vast, two million people, five million people… more and more people were coming in.
Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao also came in, sitting in their seats, looking into the distance.
"Zoom in." With a slight click, the livestream scene in the distance quickly zoomed in to fill their vision.
Three people were sitting in front of a commentary booth.
"This is the Xia Country Official Livestream Channel." The host was the official golden host 'Liu Xin'. Next to her were a middle-aged man and woman. Liu Xin smiled and said, "Today is the first day of our official livestream channel. The two people next to me are the head coach of the National Martial Arts Team, Huang Yong, and the coach of the women's team, Qin Yiwen."
Huang Yong and Qin Yiwen both waved. "Hello everyone."
"Our livestream channel has just started, and the audience has already exceeded ten million," Liu Xin said with a bright smile. Her smile alone could become a hit on the internet. The official media also regarded her as a treasure. Now that the virtual world Xia Country official was livestreaming for the first time, they had her as the host.
"The first livestream we're doing is going to be the first God-tier battle that's about to begin in Xia Country!" Liu Xin said.