Volume 1 Chapter 41: The Streamer’s Show Effect Is Fully Loaded
In today’s world, the age of information, personal computers have become one of the main household devices in almost every family. Along with that, video games have also entered people’s daily lives.
In video games, we can enjoy gunfights between police and criminals, become heroes fighting hard in battlefields, or play as characters exploring unknown worlds.
In short, video games have become an essential form of entertainment for young people today.
What? You ask why we are still playing games when there will be a study meeting next week?
Who cares!
Play first, talk later!
The girl skillfully clicked the game icon, waited for a moment, then confidently lifted the corner of her mouth and said to the viewers:
“I’m insanely strong at this game! My aim is super accurate. Just watch me destroy everyone tonight~”
Maybe the streamer’s confidence surprised them, because the chat immediately became excited.
【Damn, the streamer actually plays VGO? Really looking forward to this.】
【I thought the streamer was going to play A and mess around, but it’s VGO. Fast forward to getting destroyed.】
【Go, Ari-chan!】
【Ari-chan is the strongest! Ari-chan is the strongest! Ari-chan is the strongest!】
【The streamer is Chinese and can read Chinese. Stop spamming above.】
【Streamer, can you carry me? I want to join too!】
“Uh… today I’m ranking up, so I won’t carry anyone. And don’t stream-snipe me!”
The girl happily logged into VGO. This is a shooting game similar to CSGO, with a cops-and-robbers bomb mode. The difference is that characters have skills like smoke, fire, and flash abilities, making everything very flashy.
Lin Lin skillfully clicked ranked mode and charged straight in!
【Streamer, play a deathmatch first. You’re going ranked without warming up your aim?】
【LOL, didn’t you see Ari-chan is Silver 3? At this rank, does she even need warm-up?】
【At this rank, stream-sniping isn’t even possible.】
The girl glanced at the chat and shook her head.
Tsk, these chat people are too shallow.
Warm up aim? What’s that?
Find your “feel”? What feel?
At the character selection screen, she instantly locked in the “Happy Wind Girl,” a character in this FPS game who has a MOBA-style god skill: “Flash.”
This map was a bit special. Unlike traditional FPS games, it had three bomb sites—A, B, and C—putting more pressure on the defending side.
The game started. First round, pistol round.
It was the girl’s first time streaming a game, and she felt strangely nervous.
How to explain it… it felt like friends were sitting next to you watching you play. To avoid embarrassment, people usually focus extra hard, get nervous, go all out, and think about how to show off a cool play in front of others.
So the girl…
Instantly bought a revolver.
The revolver is the strongest pistol in the game. It costs 800 and uses all the money you have in the first round.
The huge cost comes with huge power. One headshot kills instantly, three body shots kill too. But since you bought a revolver, how could you accept not aiming for the head every shot?
She was already imagining herself using this revolver to kill the enemy sniper a few rounds later.
And then…
The countdown ended. This round, Lin Lin’s team was on offense. They chose to group up and rush A!
The girl ran straight toward the A-site main path with her revolver, stepped out to peek, and then—
She got headshot by an enemy revolver.
Dead.
“Damn it!”
The girl jumped in shock. Even the little vampire character on the screen shook twice. The chat completely lost control and started celebrating wildly.
【Wait, streamer, where’s your E skill? Where’s your flash? Use E and get out!】
“How am I supposed to flash away when I get one-shot headshot?!”
The girl complained angrily and lightly punched the desk, feeling very wronged.
【I’m dying laughing. The streamer instantly buying a revolver looked so cool, but the streamer getting one-shot headshot by the enemy looked really handsome too.】
【So the streamer was just peeking to test the enemy? With steps that big, I thought you were going to rush in.】
【Ari-chan’s rice noodles: Don’t talk nonsense, the streamer has a big hitbox, lol~】
【System message: User “Ari-chan’s Rice Noodles” has been muted for one day by moderator “Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog”.】
“Nice job!”
Seeing Dog Bro mute someone, the girl gave a thumbs-up. Then she looked back at the screen and saw her teammate pick up the revolver she dropped and win that small round. They were instantly back to full health!
“Aha~” the girl said happily. “See? I told you buying that revolver was useful. Look, look, my teammate killed them!”
【All thanks to the teammate~】
【Go Ari-chan! Go Ari-chan!】
Second round, the girl bought a submachine gun and still rushed A.
The countdown ended. The game began!
Everyone ran toward A, but the enemy had learned this time. They guessed Lin Lin’s team might do the same thing again, so they focused on defending A.
The enemy threw smoke on A main. This time, Lin Lin’s team didn’t dare to enter the site. They hesitated outside the smoke for a long time. One teammate even stood behind the smoke and got randomly sprayed to death by the enemy.
This…
Stuck outside for a long time, the girl hesitated and said, “How about… we rotate to B…”
“Bang—!”
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly got shot. She turned around and saw an enemy had already flanked from behind. She shouted, “Behind! Behind!”
But she still got shot dead.
Her teammates died together with Lin Lin…
Done.
“Why was there someone behind us?! No one was watching?”
【Streamer, weren’t you standing at the very back? If you don’t watch, who will?】
【LOL, this feels like a horror game.】
Third round, the girl tried to fake alone at C to create a chance for her teammates to take B. She got easily shot dead on C main.
…
Sixth round, she went fully geared with her teammates to clear the site. While reloading, she got blasted to death by a camper hiding in the corner with a shotgun.
…
Tenth round, she bought a sniper rifle, fought mid, wide-peeked, and died for free.
…
Sixteenth round, the girl killed two enemies in a row and was full of momentum. She switched to her newly bought knife skin to show off for a second—then got caught by the enemy’s perfect timing and died on the spot.
“I told you not to pull out the knife! Told you! Told you!”
The girl slapped her own stomach repeatedly.
【Ari-chan, stop playing, it hurts to watch.】
【Hahaha, why am I laughing so hard? My stomach hurts.】
【The streamer is truly an FPS genius, I can’t hold it anymore.】
【I can’t take this. How is this Silver 3? That score is touching. Welcome to Iron rank.】
【Don’t trash talk. The streamer plays with real hands, not a prosthetic. At least the professional ethics are clear, proved innocence, lol.】
“Ah—!”
The girl let out a cry of despair. What is this… what is this?!
My lifetime reputation is going to be ruined here!
No… something’s wrong…
After the match ended, looking at the bright red word [Defeat], the girl thought about why it turned out like this.
Uh…
Was it because she didn’t turn on her mic? Communication wasn’t good?
Hmm…
No, the main problem was that no one carried her!
Damn it!
No way, I need to find someone. With so many viewers in this stream, I don’t believe I can’t find a booster.
The girl quickly took out her phone, opened private messages, and sent Dog Bro a message.
【Ari-chan: Help! Dog Bro, do you play VGO? Please carry me! Wuwuwu…】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Uh…】
【Watching VTubers Makes Me a Dog: Okay, I’ll log in.】
Putting down her phone, the girl took a deep breath.
Hmm, she didn’t know why, but he was the only one she thought of.
Whatever. Let’s treat it as a perk for the top supporter.
After adding the account ID Dog Bro sent, she invited him into the room and started ranked again.
【Streamer got outside help?】
【The streamer’s little boyfriend is online, huh?】
【I also want to do sweet duo queue with Ari-chan, sob…】
“Ahem, ahem, just normal friends. Just playing together.”
But honestly, the girl wasn’t very confident either.
Dog Bro…
Is he actually good or not?