Five million followers?
Lin Ying was utterly shocked. They knew that their Imperial Crown official Douyin account, opened for ten years, had only accumulated a little over fifty million followers. Su Hang's follower count was actually only one-tenth of Imperial Crown's?
"Senior Su... Su Hang, how long have you been streaming King of Glory?"
Su Hang recalled for a moment and said, "It's been about half a month."
"Gained five million followers in half a month?"
Lin Ying and the other two were frozen in place, their average daily follower count increasing by 300,000. This was beyond exaggerated; it was downright incredible.
But soon...
Lin Ying's eyes widened as she suddenly realized something: there weren't many King of Glory streamers on Douyin who gained over a million followers recently, and there was only one King of Glory streamer who gained over five million followers.
"Senior Su Hang, could you possibly be... the Exalted Emperor?"
"What?" Su Hang picked up his sugar-free cola, tilted his head, and smiled. "Did you see my gameplay videos on Douyin?"
boom!
Lin Ying felt as if struck by lightning; his mind exploded, and his heart was filled with a turbulent storm. No matter how unwilling he was to believe it, he had to face this cold and cruel reality.
The senior he admired was their enemy, the Imperial Crown!
Because of his heavy academic workload in his senior year of high school, apart from playing King of Glory and participating in the management of the Imperial Crown Team, he had no time to browse Douyin, so he did not know what Exalted Emperor looked like. All the information he had came from other core members.
Anyone who knows that Exalted Emperor is Su Hang's senior...
Lin Ying's shoulders trembled violently.
"Is Senior Su really that good at King of Glory on his stream?" the girl with the Wanzi asked curiously. "Why does our club president look like he's seen a ghost?"
"I don't play King of Glory, and I don't know anything about it," the White Fatty with the camera on his shoulder said, pulling out his phone and asking through his smart assistant, " Doubao, Doubao Exalted Emperor of King of Glory community?"
[ Doubao ]: "Yes, he's amazing. Exalted Emperor is a super popular streamer who's recently become a sensation in King of Glory of Glory community. He's set numerous incredible records, such as reaching the Legendary King with a perfect record and becoming the number one Gan in the national server in just three days."
[ Doubao ]: " At the Honor of Kings Hegemon Feast in early August, Exalted Emperor defeated all rivals and won the title of the Strongest Overlord in the top lane. He has been confirmed to participate in the King of Glory Clash of Kings in mid-August and is expected to become the youngest King-Titled Player."
[ Doubao ]: "I'm currently leading a team to challenge for the Thousand-Star King. I even made a vow during a live stream that I would delete my account and quit the internet if I didn't achieve a perfect record and reach the top 1000 stars. Most players don't have high hopes for me. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"I don't understand, but it sounds impressive." The White Fatty swallowed hard. "Judging from Doubao's answer, Senior Su seems pretty awesome."
Lin Ying said with a complicated expression, "Senior Su Hang's current achievements in the King of Glory are practically equivalent to winning the top score in Jiangsu Province's college entrance examination. Do you understand?"
"Provincial top scorer in the college entrance examination?"
The Wanzi bun and the White Fatty were stunned. With such a simple and easy-to-understand explanation, they finally understood.
Lin Ying slowly clenched his fists. Just yesterday, he had agreed to team up with Huranlang to snipe Exalted Emperor in the ranking competition.
To be fair, Su Hang had never interacted with him, and had not offered him any help during their time at school; they were merely alumni.
" Jueying, don't let Exalted Emperor as Su Hang's senior shake your decision to snipe." Lin Ying slowly relaxed her clenched fists. "Everything you've done is for Captain Imperial Emperor, who poured his heart and soul into teaching you everything he knew, so don't feel any moral guilt."
At this very moment.
Su Hang started a live broadcast.
"As usual, let me first update you on my rank. After a day of hard work, I'm currently at Legendary King 618 stars. I'll be streaming all night tonight and try to break the 700-star mark!"
The word "awesome" was spammed all over the live stream screen.
"Damn, that's awesome, Exalted Emperor! You're a ruthless ranking machine! In less than three days, you've already reached 700 stars! I'm impressed, I admire you the most!"
"More than his 600+ star rank, I'm concerned about Exalted Emperor Chong's health. Can he still hold on?"
"Yeah, yeah, that's intense grinding for points, two days and two nights without sleep, it's like they're going to collapse from exhaustion."
While the more than 500,000 viewers were astonished by Exalted Emperor's exceptionally high skill level, they couldn't help but worry about Exalted Emperor health.
"I can handle it," Su Hang smiled. "The human limit for sleeping is 11 consecutive days. My physical condition is pretty good. Although I can't reach the limit, I can easily sleep for seven consecutive days."
The public chat was scrolling rapidly.
"I fucking thought that comment was a joke, A Chong, are you serious? Are you really planning to stay up for seven days?"
"Alas, I lack culture; all I can say is 'fuck!' So let's make a bet, brothers. I bet that in seven days, Exalted Emperor will suddenly die at home."
"I don't know if Exalted Emperor can achieve a perfect record and reach the top of the 1000-star rankings, but he will definitely be the first Overlord to suddenly die in the live stream!"
The phrase "sudden death during live streaming" appears frequently.
Su Hang was slightly moved, recalling the support player who shared a deep connection with him— Lone King, with whom he had once duo-queued and achieved a record of 521 stars in the King of Glory rank.
Unfortunately, fate is cruel to the talented. After working non-stop for ten days, the Lone King collapsed from exhaustion and died in the live broadcast room, passing away peacefully. His death also indirectly promoted the implementation of the King of Glory anti-addiction system.
"After you left, I thought I would never find a support player with the same telepathic connection again, but I never expected to meet a second support player with the same telepathic connection— Liuli."
Su Hang's gaze fell on his friends list, locking onto his pinned friend, Liuli. In terms of gaming talent, Liuli was not as good as Lone King, but in terms of telepathy, Liuli was even better than Lone King.
We should cherish Liuli as our perfect partner.
Su Hang nodded slightly, opened the ranked match, and began his first game of the night.
The 600-star rank is considered extremely high, and the number of players has drastically decreased, resulting in very slow matchmaking. It took a full three minutes to get a match.
Confirmed to enter the game loading screen.
Su Hang is on the fourth floor, and his assigned position is on the opposite side of the road.
"Um?"
Su Hang's gaze fell on the fifth floor, and he suddenly froze.
The public chat was flooded with comments.
Holy crap! The fifth floor is Liuli?!
"Holy crap! I ran into my own vice-captain, Liuli, in solo queue. This luck is just unbelievable."
"Damn? Liuli assisting the Exalted Emperor, what's the difference between that and stuffing the Twelve Zodiac Talismans into the Shendu's body?"
"Something's not right, everyone. I just checked the national rankings, and Liuli's current rank is 521 stars, which is more than 90 stars behind the top player Exalted Emperor. She can be ranked, but Liuli is clearly dragging down the rankings."
"So, the opposing team has a player with a star rating comparable to Exalted Emperor? Or rather, they've been matched against an incredibly powerful opponent?"
"Definitely! Once the ban/pick announcement is out, we'll know which top streamers and professional players we'll be facing. Let's wait and see, everyone."
Su Hang was slightly surprised. One second he was thinking about Liuli, and the next second he was matched with Liuli herself in the same team. Fate is truly a wonderful thing.
At this moment.
The team's text chat interface is scrolling.
Liuli: Haha, Captain, we're so lucky! How many times have we been matched together?
Exalted Emperor: I've queued up so many times, I can't remember anymore.
Liuli: Three times. The first time was the key match where you won all your matches and reached the top 100 stars. The second time was the important match where you became the number one Gan in the country. And this time, it was the ordinary match where you tried to break through to the top 1000 stars.
Su Hang was slightly taken aback, not expecting Liuli to remember so clearly. However, if the matches he had played with the old Imperial Emperor account were added, there would probably be more than forty matches.
Liuli: Captain, you rank second in the number of times you've queued with players on my team!
One sentence immediately ignited Su Hang's damn competitive spirit, and he typed, "You're mistaken about Liuli. We've been in the same team for over forty times."
Liuli:?