Xinghai University.
"Huh? Zhou Fan's streaming?"
Xia Qingran was scrolling through her phone when a livestream notification popped up.
She tapped it and saw Zhou Fan broadcasting.
"Last time, several First Tier, three-star mutant beasts surrounded him during his stream. He must have paid quite a price to escape."
"But looking at him now... he doesn't seem to be missing any limbs."
Xia Qingran carefully looked Zhou Fan over on the livestream and felt relieved when she saw that all his limbs were intact.
That meant he must have managed to escape those mutant beasts in the end.
"Wait!"
Only then did Xia Qingran notice the level displayed above Zhou Fan's head.
"First Tier, five-star?"
"How did he reach First Tier, five-star so quickly?"
She clearly remembered that Zhou Fan had only been First Tier, three-star a couple of days ago.
Otherwise, those First Tier, three-star mutant beasts wouldn't have sent him fleeing for his life.
Yet less than a week had passed.
And Zhou Fan had already reached First Tier, five-star??
Xia Qingran remembered that, among all the newly awakened Espers in Xia Country, the record for reaching First Tier, five-star was seven days.
Granted, Zhou Fan had already taken more than seven days.
But the person who had reached First Tier, five-star in just seven days was that lunatic hailed as "unrivaled throughout history"!
No one had ever managed to match him.
Aside from that lunatic, the second-fastest record for reaching First Tier, five-star was fifteen days.
And now Zhou Fan had broken that second-place record!
"Interesting."
"I didn't expect such a promising talent to emerge this year." As Xia Qingran watched Zhou Fan, an unprecedented spark of excitement appeared in her eyes.
Then she posted in the livestream chat.
Please Call Me Your Majesty (paid message): "What are you planning to stream today?"
Zhou Fan: "I'm just doing a quick stream today to let everyone know I'm okay."
"During these two days when I wasn't streaming, people kept sending me private messages asking whether I'd died because I'd been offline so long."
The livestream chat immediately filled with "Hahaha."
Please Call Me Your Majesty (paid message): "Haven't you already reached First Tier, five-star? I want to see you take on a challenge to find out how many mutant beasts you can hunt in a single day."
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
Xia Qingran's comment immediately drew plenty of support.
Zhou Fan: "I don't take requests for specific challenges."
You've got to be kidding.
This is my livestream!
The viewers don't get to decide what I stream.
["Please Call Me Your Majesty" sent "Carnival ×1"!]
???
Zhou Fan: "Don't send gifts, everyone. Even a Carnival won't change my mind."
["Please Call Me Your Majesty" sent "Carnival ×1"!]
?
Why is she still sending them?
"Your Majesty, I said I don't take requests for specific stream content..."
["Please Call Me Your Majesty" sent "Carnival ×5"!]
"I know you're rich, but..."
["Please Call Me Your Majesty" sent "Carnival ×10"!]
"Your Majesty has successfully won me over with her sincerity. Her persistence has truly touched me."
"So I've decided to take on a challenge for her!" Zhou Fan's expression instantly turned serious.
The rich woman's sincerity (money) had won him over.
"Awesome! You switch faces without paying a thing, huh?"
"Look at him showing his true colors!"
"His true colors!"
[Contempt +1] [Contempt +1]
"I'm not changing my tune. I just don't want to let my fans down," Zhou Fan said without missing a beat or blushing in the slightest.
Seventeen Carnivals!
Each Carnival is worth 3,000.
Seventeen makes 51,000!
Even after the platform takes half, that's still 25,500!
Twenty-five thousand.
At market prices, a First Tier, one-star Crystal Core cost 100. Twenty-five thousand could buy 250!
If he tried to get those Crystal Cores by hunting mutant beasts instead...
Even if Zhou Fan blew Fire Release until the skin peeled off his lips, who knew how long it would take him to kill 250 mutant beasts and collect 250 First Tier, one-star Crystal Cores!
Although money mattered far less in this world...
For the vast majority of ordinary Espers, it was still very useful.
Besides, those dozen-plus Carnivals...
Weren't just money.
They also brought a huge influx of viewers!
Gifts could boost a livestream's viewership.
A single Carnival could generally bring about a thousand people into the stream.
Those dozen-plus Carnivals had added fifteen thousand viewers directly!
Although plenty of people only dropped in for a look before leaving...
Some of them stayed.
The livestream now had more than fifteen thousand concurrent viewers.
An all-time high!
"All right, today's challenge will be a live mutant beast hunt. Let's see how many we can kill in one day."
Please Call Me Your Majesty (paid message): "You need to set a target. If you don't reach it, you have to accept a punishment."
Zhou Fan thought for a moment, then said, "All right. Today's target is to kill at least twenty First Tier, three-star mutant beasts."
"If I don't hit that target, I'll wash my hair while doing a handstand on stream."
Please Call Me Your Majesty (paid message): "First Tier, three-star is too easy. Make it First Tier, four-star."
"If you complete the challenge, I'll send another ten Carnivals."
Zhou Fan sucked in a sharp breath.
Had a rich woman really taken an interest in me?
Although he had always dreamed of finding a rich woman to support him someday...
Now that his dream was actually coming true, he felt a little nervous.
"All right, then I'll take on twenty First Tier, four-star mutant beasts live. Help me keep count, everyone," Zhou Fan said.
The newcomers were all watching Zhou Fan's livestream for the first time.
When they saw that he was only First Tier, five-star, yet intended to take on twenty First Tier, four-star mutant beasts, they thought he was insane.
"He's talking out of his ass. Guess there's no tax on bullshit."
"People still use this kind of stunt to stream? And people actually believe it?"
"Is this for real? Does he have a death wish?"
[Doubt +1] [Doubt +1] [Doubt +1]
Zhou Fan didn't respond to their doubts.
He had bought a wearable phone mount specifically for today and hung his phone around his neck.
He also changed the livestream's title to "New streamer takes on twenty mutant beasts in fierce battles in the wilderness..."
The hunt began!
The Mutant Beast Forest was teeming with mutant beasts.
Zhou Fan soon found a First Tier, four-star mutant beast.
In their very first exchange, he used the Sharingan's perception to dodge its attack while slashing through its throat.
One slash, one kill!
"Holy shit! He one-shot it?"
"Wait, that's ridiculous!"
"Even if he's First Tier, five-star, isn't that strength a little absurd?"
[Shock +1] [Shock +1]
Although First Tier, five-star was stronger than First Tier, four-star...
Killing one in a single blow was still no easy feat.
But Zhou Fan had done it!
Xia Qingran watched the livestream feed with keen interest.
"Come on. Let me see how far you can go."
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