"No," Beichen said as he cleared the main story, casually brushing it off. "I just came up with that name."
"Oh? Hehe..."
Your Great Inventor did not let it go and directly pressed on, "What a joke-like coincidence. Then what is your actual job? A streamer?"
"More or less. As a side job, I also help people fix little things."
Beichen's words were half true and half false.
He had called his hobby of streaming his main job, and his work as a Schicksal Temporary Worker a side job.
It sounded like he had revealed something, but in reality, he had not said what he fixed or where he helped people fix things.
Otto, on the other end of the conversation, could tell from just a few sentences that Beichen was wary of him.
Interesting... truly interesting.
In the office, Otto sat up and put away his inner contempt.
He had thought this streamer was just some naïve little nobody, but he had not expected the other party to see through his intentions.
Hehe... but it did not matter. One day, I'll find out exactly where you came from.
"Hehe, you truly are talented in many ways. If you ever feel like it, you can come work for my company in the future. I'll treat you well."
The moment Beichen heard Otto's words, he nearly burst out laughing.
Treat me well? Your idea of treating people well is making them sit on the bench while machines send them all their work assignments?
Screw that. It's not like I have nowhere better to go. I'll definitely switch jobs!
Beichen internally ripped Otto apart, then righteously refused.
"I'm fairly satisfied with my current life, so let's forget about switching jobs."
Because of your words, Your Great Inventor was astonished. You received 560 Crystal!
Damn!
Looking at the 560 Crystal that had just arrived, Beichen was overjoyed.
He had not expected to get so many Crystal from just a few exchanges! Hahaha, if he kept saving at this pace, he would definitely get the limited character in the next expansion supply!
After the Crystal arrived, Beichen stopped wasting words on Your Great Inventor and focused on streaming the game.
By then, the game's story had reached the chapter before DuckDuck's corruption.
"This game feels very easy." Before he opened the chapter, Durandal suddenly sent a comment.
"Oh, that? The main story I'm playing is from the beginner period, and its difficulty has already been reduced several times."
"Difficulty reduced? Why lower the difficulty? Isn't challenging hardship a good opportunity to train one's abilities?"
Looking at that somewhat adorably clueless comment, Beichen was almost certain.
This was Durandal, right? It had to be!
Otherwise, how could she say something like that...
"How should I put this? This is a game, not a training facility. No one actually gets pleasure from challenging hardship, right?"
Outside the Live Stream, Durandal unconsciously clenched her fist.
As luck would have it, she was exactly the kind of person who found joy in challenging hardship.
Durandal loved the feeling of repeatedly challenging her limits and ultimately surpassing herself.
She felt that by doing so, she could see a brand-new version of herself and reach new heights.
Was that not a good thing?
Durandal immediately sent a comment in protest.
"I am exactly the kind of person you described. What is wrong with that?"
"...Uh?"
Looking at Durandal's reply, Beichen was a little baffled. At this point, she was actually asking him whether it was good or not?
Fine, then he would offer his shallow opinion.
"Protecting others is certainly great, but if you do not even cherish yourself, who will cherish you?"
"So, treat yourself a little better. Of course, if you really can't manage that, you can come here often. You can even treat the Live Stream as your home."
As Beichen said that, he did not forget to add in his heart, Preferably with more comments and tips.
"This..."
Because of your words, Effort Pays Off felt embarrassed. You received 740 Crystal!
???
Embarrassed?
Damn, Dumb Goose could get embarrassed too?
This was practically a miracle of the human world...
Looking at the newly received Crystal, Beichen wondered whether what he had just said had really been that heartwarming.
Whatever. She could not guess who he was anyway, so as for what came next...
Beichen clicked the stage icon, then adjusted his team before entering the stage.
Since Ri Duck was the main DPS, he had basically steamrolled through the previous stages.
Thus, while clearing the main story, Seele could not help but sigh, "Bronya is really strong!"
"Yeah. She had just been released in this version, so the developers gave her high stats to rake in money."
Although she would later be utterly outclassed by Flame of Vengeance, Big DuckDuck, and Herrscher of Human: Ego...
"Then can Bronya stay strong forever?"
"That's impossible, okay..."
Beichen felt a little awkward.
As a veteran Captain, Beichen knew very well that in this game, only supports retained their value.
As for DPS characters, there would always come a day when they fell out of the meta.
Even with their Signature Weapon and pri-arms, they would only barely remain usable.
"Eh! Why?"
Seele was so startled that the cookie in her hand fell to the floor.
She truly liked Bronya in the game, from her dazzling outfit to her heroic combat movements.
Watching the Herrscher of Reason remain nearly unbeatable in the game made her feel as though Bronya in reality would become just as powerful.
So after hearing the streamer's words, Seele immediately became a little unhappy.
"Will Bronya be weakened in the future?"
"No, because stronger characters will appear later."
"Stronger characters? Who?"
As Seele sent that comment, its color suddenly changed from blue to a blood-red shade...
Seeing that, Beichen almost blurted out, Is Black Seele coming out?
But since he had not exposed his identity anyway, it did not matter if she came out...
"It's also Bronya, but Big DuckDuck."
"Eh? (⊙o⊙)... (O_o)?? Who is Big DuckDuck?"
Clearly, Seele had never considered that Bronya would grow that big, so she did not understand what "It's also Bronya, but Big DuckDuck" meant at all.
After all, she had no impression whatsoever of Bronya being called DuckDuck.
Because she did not understand, she quickly asked again.
"Is Streamer Big Brother hiding something from me? This Big DuckDuck... who is she?"
I Got a Signature Weapon in One Ten-Pull, Do You Believe Me?
Hiding something from you?
Looking at the comment drifting past, Beichen could only laugh helplessly.
No one believed him even when he told the truth. It seemed Seele had never considered that she and her dearest, dearest, dearest Bronya would grow up.
"No, no, no. I'm telling the truth. Big DuckDuck is Bronya after she grows up."
"What! Bronya after she grows up?"
Judging from Seele's comments, she truly had never imagined what Bronya would look like after growing up.
"Right. DuckDuck → growth = Big DuckDuck."
"What does she look like? I can't imagine it..." Seele was becoming incoherent. "What exactly is Bronya like after growing up? Is she nice? Will she become fierce?"
Looking at Seele's comments, Beichen immediately realized this was bad.
Had he spoiled something again?
This topic needed to end immediately!
"There's no need to think so much. People always grow up, and you will too."
After saying that, Beichen opened the stage and began the battle with Black DuckDuck.
Following a brief black screen, the story cutscene began to play.
In the main control room of the Moonlight Throne battleship, Bronya was operating the faintly blue floating control screen before her.
There are no enemies on the bridge. Project Bunny 19c, begin cracking the main control system...
The camera then switched to Bronya's perspective.
When she saw what was displayed on the screen, she was stunned.
There is no login password... all operating permissions are open... How could this be?
...This is truly strange. Wouldn't doing this be the same as handing the battleship over to us for free?
Bronya, you must be cautious while operating it. Avoid any hidden Trojan programs left by the other side.
Immediately afterward, Bronya reported that she had discovered a strange email in the main control computer.
Dear Kiana, hello! This battleship, the Moonlight Throne, is finally being returned to you after fourteen years. You will ascend the throne and create a new world. But before that, you must find four "keys."
Conquest of Thunder, Flame of Pestilence, Storm of Desire, Silent Death. Oh right, the password for the navigation system is your birthday~
After hearing Bronya read the email's contents, Kiana belatedly reacted. "Wait, why is this email addressed to me?!"
At the same time, everyone in the Live Stream was equally confused.
"Who would be generous enough to gift someone a battleship?"
Fu Hua from the Previous Era was deeply puzzled, feeling that this simply defied common sense.
"Four 'keys'? Do these four keys have some symbolic meaning..."
Durandal stared at the screen, her head full of questions.
She had never obtained any information concerning the four keys from the combat reports, so she was completely lost and had no idea what this was about.
Compared to everyone else's confusion, one viewer in the Live Stream could be said to have remained completely silent as though he had read the script.
That person was Otto.
He did not question the battleship or the keys. Instead, at this crucial moment, he asked a rather critical question.
"If I did not mishear earlier, you mentioned Bronya after she grew up, correct?"
Looking at the drifting comment, Beichen could not help but suck in a sharp breath.
He had not expected Otto to spot the discrepancy so soon...
"I'm very curious. Why would you know what she looks like after growing up? That should be insider information from the game, shouldn't it?"
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