Rising Popularity!

037. Skyrocketing Popularity!

There was still an hour left until Jiang Siming's stream started at 3 PM.

The 99999 live stream room was already packed, with over a million viewers online, and the number was still climbing.

"Came here because of the online video 'Zou Ma'!"

"I saw the kill videos on Bilibili, he's like a beast. Here to verify!"

"Open up, open up! I want to hear the song!"

"Start the slaughter, Ming Shen, we want to see you dominate the Asia Server again!"

"Honey, when are you going to start streaming? whimper"

"A husband this talented is mine!"

The popularity was soaring and showing no signs of cooling down!

Jiang Siming's stream room had the potential to become the third biggest on Shark TV.

If this popularity continued, Jiang Siming could very well become the third biggest streamer on Shark TV, right after the veteran streamers PDD and Da Ma Hou.

Many veteran streamers were jealous of Jiang Siming's popularity and suspected foul play. However, after reporting him, they only received one response from the platform: "He's fine, you're just being petty."

As it neared 3 PM, Jiang Siming, having satisfied his craving for driving, returned home and started his stream.

As soon as he went live, Jiang Siming was a bit stunned. What was going on? Why were there so many people!

Online viewers: 3,545,129, approximately 3.5 million.

Popularity score: 8,787,544, approximately 8.8 million.

These numbers left Jiang Siming bewildered.

When he first started streaming yesterday, there were only a few hundred thousand viewers and just over a million in popularity.

Today's starting numbers were a bit terrifying.

"It's so lively today, good afternoon everyone." Jiang Siming greeted his audience through the microphone.

"Finally live! You're a whole minute late!"

"Ming Shen, you've gotten too big for your britches! You're fifty seconds late. Just compensate us with one song, 'Zou Ma', and we'll let it slide."

"Came specifically for 'Zou Ma'!"

"Came from Bilibili to learn skills. Do you take apprentices, streamer?"

"Honey, you're finally here! Your little wife has been waiting for you."

"I saw the comments, a lot of people came for 'Zou Ma', but this isn't a music stream. What should I do?"

Jiang Siming's mournful tone amused the audience, and they all agreed to let him off the hook if he sang one song.

However, knowing that the forbidden fruit is the sweetest, Jiang Siming wasn't about to agree so easily.

"How about this, I'll sing a song for everyone before I end the stream. Is that acceptable?"

After saying that, without waiting for the audience's opinion, Jiang Siming logged into PUBG. That's just how he rolled.

A top streamer needed to have that kind of presence! Yeah, he was learning well, acting just like one.

"When I was scrolling through Douyin yesterday, I saw a video saying the Win94 is the weakest gun, and it spewed a lot of trash talk. Today, I'm going to play a match with the Win94 to vindicate this gun."

After speaking, Jiang Siming switched to the Desert Map and started the game!

Those viewers who came to listen to music had planned to come back later, but upon hearing Jiang Siming's words, they became curious and decided to stay and watch for a while.

"The Win94 is pretty weak, right? I never use it anyway."

"You can't attach a scope, only use iron sights. It's too difficult to play."

"Ming Shen isn't planning to win the game with just the Win94, is he?"

"If he can win the game using only the Win94 for the entire match, I'll send five rockets without complaining!"

"I believe in Big Boss Ming!"

The audience's comments were lively, with both believers and non-believers.

It wasn't like yesterday, when he said he'd reach number one on the Asia Server all day, and everyone just said Jiang Siming was dreaming.

Entering the vast Desert Map, Jiang Siming aimed for the most chaotic hotspot on the map: Picador City!

This was the paradise of desert outlaws, and like Sad City on Sanhok and the Airport on the Island Map, these were bloody and violent cities.

Jiang Siming chose to land at the most dangerous boxing arena. Although there was a risk of not finding a Win94, Jiang Siming's landing speed was much faster than others, so even if he couldn't find one, he could still escape.

After landing, he performed a stylish forward roll and landed on the third floor of the boxing arena.

At this time, many players were still in the air. Jiang Siming glanced around the three floors. There were quite a few guns, but none of the ones he wanted.

Even when tempted by an AK, an M416, or even a 98k, Jiang Siming ignored them. He had promised himself he would only use the Win94.

He went down to the second floor, but unfortunately, still no luck!

By now, other players had already arrived on the third floor to loot guns.

The audience was getting anxious for Jiang Siming.

"Why not just pick up a gun and fight!"

"Just grab a gun and kill someone first, you can switch to the Win94 when you see it."

"If you don't pick up a gun soon, you're going to die, just give up on it!"

"Please, just be a normal person, I can already hear footsteps coming downstairs."

Jiang Siming searched the entire second floor and still didn't find it. He continued running downstairs, and someone behind him was already following his footsteps.

Finally, heaven favored the persistent. In a lounge on the first floor, Jiang Siming spotted the gun.

He picked it up and loaded it, the loading speed being incredibly slow.

The sound of each bullet being chambered made the audience incredibly impatient.

Just as he finished loading, the player who had been tracking him arrived, gun in hand, and it was a shotgun.

Upon seeing Jiang Siming and the Win94 in his hand, the other player smiled, a look of confident victory on his face.

He raised the thick black barrel, intending to give Jiang Siming a double-barreled blast.

But Jiang Siming calmly raised his rifle and pulled the trigger.

The pleasant sound of the Win94's bullet was like a muffled torpedo.

Yet, within that dullness, lay its long-suppressed power.

The bullet pierced through the enemy's head, and the player with the shotgun fell to the ground, full of disbelief.

A surprising white light illuminated the loot box.

"Picked up [Shotgun Mastery] fragment * 1 (1/1). Fragment count is full, can be used directly."

A useful game skill. Jiang Siming collected the fragment and, turning, charged back up to the second floor with his gun.

Though he only had a Win94 in his hand, he moved with the presence of someone fully kitted out with god-tier gear.

There were three players exchanging fire on the second floor. One of them, unable to withstand the pincer attack from the other two, tried to escape.

But Jiang Siming snatched the kill with a single shot.

The player who was about to secure the kill was infuriated. He aimed his AK at Jiang Siming, wanting to riddle him with bullets.

It was important to remember that Jiang Siming was playing on his main account! The number one player on the Asia Server with 4500 points!

The players he was matched with were all top-tier, elite players.

The player with the AK was a well-known skilled streamer on YY Live.

He had just won a match, his stream was booming, with over a hundred thousand viewers watching.

"You're stealing my kills, huh? I'll make you fucking die with some rhythm!"

He cursed furiously as he raised his gun and fired!

The streamer's recoil control was also good. Logically, Jiang Siming, exposed without cover, should have been dead.

But Jiang Siming, through his left and right sidestepping and twisting, managed to dodge the entire burst of fatal bullets.

"What the fuck is this garbage? Is he some kind of autistic orphan?"

The small streamer spewed curses casually and adjusted his aim, trying to regain control.

He adjusted his aim and successfully found Jiang Siming. But through the streamer's scope, the figure he saw as already in his grasp was now raising his seemingly harmless white Win94.

Bang!

The streamer's vision went black, and he turned into a corpse on the ground, his body even rolling off the spectator area.