The Internal Testing Forum Was Flooded

Jian Ji, much like his name suggested, was a video creator driven by passion.

His follower count on C Station barely scraped past ten thousand. While not a large number, they were all loyal, long-time fans. With his solid technical skills and dedicated approach, he had gained a modest reputation among content creators.

He was fortunate enough to pass the Intelligent Brain's screening and was invited as an official participant in the closed beta for "Fall of the Gods."

It's worth mentioning that although "Fall of the Gods" was managed entirely by the Intelligent Brain, its promotion and later operations still relied on official channels.

Therefore, to build hype for the public release of "Fall of the Gods," many video creators were invited to participate in the closed beta.

Over the past half-month, Jian Ji had nearly completed his initial draft. He had poured immense effort into creating an outstanding video.

For instance, he ventured deep into various dangerous areas to capture scenery, died over ten times from monster attacks while filming, and even risked being chased by an entire village for teasing a local widow to provide benefits for his fans.

Despite still feeling like something was missing, Jian Ji decided to upload his video to the closed beta forum to gauge reactions.

However, when he opened the game forum...

Jian Ji was dumbfounded.

[Heavily Rewarded Search for Vivian's Location!!]

[Everyone, I'm planning to defect to the Witch in Huodian City. Anyone else joining?]

[Casual Cosplay of Vivian]

[Bishop Eugenia, she's so big~]

[Rational Analysis of Vivian's Current Strength]

[I'm crying, why is Huodian City so far away from me, sob sob]

[Uninformed question: Since Vivian is a Witch, is she the villain?]

[Miss Vivian, I want to be your dog!!!]

What... what was going on?

Jian Ji rubbed his eyes. He had only been away from the forum for half a day, and suddenly there were so many new posts?

And it seemed...

all these post titles were related to the name "Vivian"?

This wasn't the end of it. When Jian Ji clicked into the video section, he was even more shocked.

Good heavens!

What in the world were all these countless videos with "Vivian" in their titles?

Keeping up with current events was the most crucial quality for a video worker.

Jian Ji lost all interest in posting his own video.

He quickly selected the top-ranked, viral video titled "At That Moment, Miss Vivian Remembered Her Main Account," based on its play count.

The beginning was a brief black screen.

Well, it couldn't really be called a black screen, as it was already flooded with comments like "Congratulations on finding treasure," "One more time," "Mom, I'm in love."

This forced Jian Ji to pause the video and adjust his comment filter to the highest level just to barely make out the picture.

Finally, the actual content of the video began.

The very first shot followed a country girl dressed in rough linen clothes as she cautiously entered a deep underground lair in the forest.

The lair was bottomless, disappearing into the darkness.

The exaggeratedly large entrance seemed to hint at the terrifying monster behemoth dwelling within.

Coupled with the protagonist, the girl's small frame, thin clothing, and the only weapon she held being a scythe clutched in her hand.

In an instant, the tension and pressure were at their peak.

Comments flooded past: "I'm already scared," "What if something suddenly rushes out," "..." (red eyes).

However, just as Jian Ji expected the plot to develop into a conventional monster movie, he noticed that as the girl ventured deeper into the cave, the light inside actually grew brighter, with torches even appearing on the surrounding rock walls.

The answer was soon revealed.

It turned out that the lair, which should have belonged to the Claw Forest's regional BOSS, the Magic Tyrannosaurus "Claw," had been usurped.

Large patches of small purple grass grew in the cave, looking eerie and mysterious.

A group of followers wearing Fire God Cult robes knelt before a woman seated on a bishop's chair.

Later, through the girl's conversation with this Bishop Eugenia, Jian Ji learned that the Fire God Cult was conducting an evil ritual here, aiming to cultivate these small purple grasses.

And the purpose of this mysterious country girl's arrival was to stop the ritual.

It was evident that, in terms of numbers and aura, the bishop woman clearly surpassed the girl, who still had a strong village maiden vibe.

The bishop woman, with her condescending demeanor, seemed to want to toy with the girl, proposing a game: if the girl could withstand five of her attacks, she would stop everything.

Just as the atmosphere became incredibly oppressive, and Jian Ji was nervously biting his nails for the girl, the seemingly frail girl surprisingly displayed powerful magical abilities!

She erected a sturdy magic barrier, preparing to receive the opponent's attack. But at this moment, the situation took another turn. The bishop woman, as if she had anticipated this, dropped a cage containing players from mid-air into the molten lava, intending to distract the girl.

As expected, the girl fell for it. To save the players in the cage, she diverted her magic, and the bishop woman struck her down with a long whip.

At this moment, the bullet comments in the video began to frantically scroll with curses like "despicable and shameless" and "bad woman."

Seeing the opponent's next fire whip about to strike, and the young girl still needing to divert magic to keep the iron cage from falling into the lava—

The players trapped inside the iron cage surprisingly chose to escape control by deleting their accounts, no longer holding the young girl back.

To be able to push players to this extent showed how oppressive the situation and circumstances were. The viewers watching the video felt the same way, and Jian Ji involuntarily clenched his fists.

Swish!

The Bishop woman's whip, carrying killing intent, whistled through the air. Flames roared in the sky, charging towards the seemingly exhausted young girl on the ground.

At this moment, Jian Ji subconsciously held his breath.

Then—

Suddenly, the oppressive BGM abruptly stopped, and the video's dim color tone gradually brightened.

The young girl in the shot, as if awakened by the players' sacrifice, was now surrounded by flames. She held a giant Black Flame scythe several meters tall in her hand.

With a "clang!"

The fire whip, which had been unleashed with the Bishop woman's full strength, was actually deflected by the scythe in the young girl's hand!

A passionate BGM kicked in at this moment, matching the girl's rapidly transforming aura. It was as if she had become a completely different person; the previously weak and frail country girl had vanished, replaced by a fierce and powerful Scythe Witch.

The bullet comments in the video also reached a frenzied climax at this moment.

Even though Jian Ji had set the highest shield level, he was still bombarded by all sorts of comments:

"Here she comes, the main account is online!"

"Sister is so cool!!"

"Giant scythe and a girl, my DNA is tingling!!"

"Player: Miss Vivian, you're acting for me!"

"I love this crazy beauty!!"

The video continued, giving the impression that "Once my BGM starts, no one can defeat me."

In her Scythe Witch form, Vivian's battle against the Fire God Cult was like mowing down grass. Her domineering yet elegant fighting posture captivated countless viewers.

The final segment where she beat Bishop Eugenia to a pulp made even Jian Ji exclaim with satisfaction.

It could be said that the latter half was as exhilarating and satisfying as the first half was oppressive and frustrating.

Hoo.

He let out a long breath.

The video wasn't long, only about two to three minutes. From his professional perspective, it was quite roughly made, with many special effects and sound effects lacking seamless integration.

Yet, even with this seemingly rushed production, the sheer quality of the raw footage made Jian Ji feel it was incredibly good.

At the end of the video, there was a link inviting players to join one of Vivian's quests.

Jian Ji tried to click it, but it showed that he couldn't accept it because he wasn't within the "Huodian City" area.

Without hesitation.

He logged out of the forum and back into the game. Jian Ji packed his gear, opened the world map of the [Flame Domain], and thankfully, his current location wasn't too far from Huodian City.

For a video creator, footage was life!

"Milk is mom."

Mom, I'm coming to find you!!

There were many like Jian Ji.

Initially, Chang Lu Man Man's influence only gathered players within the Huodian City region, but now, with Vivian's combat footage going viral on the forum, players from several cities near Huodian City were rapidly heading towards it.

Of course.

For these Vivian videos, some were happy, and naturally, some were worried.

Chang Lu Man Man was one of the worried ones.

As a die-hard fan of Vivian and an eyewitness, he had bought the combat footage from Liao Zixuan immediately.

Unfortunately, the little wolf cub arrived at their village location quite late. By the time Chang Lu Man Man got the video and produced it, similar videos had already flooded the forum.

"Damn it, I was here first!"

Watching others make his goddess's videos so popular while his own, due to similar styles and lack of originality, had very few views, Chang Lu Man Man felt immensely jealous.

This situation wasn't uncommon.

The reason? Too much competition.

Chang Lu Man Man had even seen some take a different approach, abandoning the epic style for comedic edits, parodies, and even... even some creative genius made fan-service versions!

The most crucial point was that the fan-service shots were all focused on Bishop Eugenia, with no attention given to Vivian at all.

"What's the meaning of this! Do they look down on my goddess's figure!!" Chang Lu Man Man roared, furiously giving the video a barrage of negative reviews.

"Boss, but Vivian is indeed flat, but look at the heroine Bishop, her legs, her chest, and the battle damage after being beaten by Vivian, and..."

Bang! Crash! Bang bang bang!

"Ah, I was wrong, boss, don't hit me, don't hit me!"

"Stop! Ouch, it hurts! Stop! Boss, boss, I suddenly thought of a new idea!" Chang Lu Man Man's subordinate held his head, looking wronged, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Speak."

"Boss, you see how everyone else is focusing their videos on Vivian, but don't forget, Vivian has a little wolf too!"

"So, if we want our videos to get views and clicks, we have to be different. Everyone else is making videos about Vivian, so we'll make one about..."

"That wolf!"