Chapter 236 Winning Your Heart

During the event preparation period, the platform organized an online training camp to allow streamers and professional players to familiarize themselves with and practice together in advance.

Ji Wanqing felt a little uneasy as she played the game so closely with IDs she had only seen in match highlights.

Since playing with Alan and the others last time, she has realized the gap between herself and top professional players in terms of operation, awareness, and game understanding. So she adjusted her mindset, put herself in the position of a learner, observed carefully, and humbly asked for advice.

During training matches, her occasional brilliant plays and quiet dedication to the team also earned her recognition from several professional players.

"Good awareness, very clear thinking." A retired champion, known for his strictness, rarely praised her like this, which greatly encouraged Ji Wanqing.

Of course, the big spenders in her live stream were also keeping a close eye on her activities.

After Ji Wanqing finished her live stream, Blank would ask her if she wanted to have more lessons. He could ask Snake to play with her. Sometimes Ji Wanqing wasn't tired, so the three of them would secretly play a few rounds together. She also learned a lot from Snake.

The island offered advice on mindset and energy management, reminding her to rest, maintain her touch, and occasionally bringing her food.

The finish line also learned the island's tricks, and would occasionally bring her some fruit.

Although Biefei and Qingye remained silent, their names consistently appeared on the contribution list, which in itself was a form of silent support.

However, the most enthusiastic one was Xingguang. He practically became her personal cheerleader, sending her messages every day, sharing stress-relief tips, and even wishing he could invite the national team's psychological counselor to give her a lesson.

Surrounded by this atmosphere of expectation and care, Ji Wanqing devoted herself to intensive training for the competition, and her technical skills and understanding of the game improved significantly in a short period of time.

The Spark Cup All-Star Exhibition Match has officially begun.

The official live stream was incredibly popular, with a flood of comments on the screen.

Ji Wanqing appeared in a custom-made team uniform, with exquisite makeup and graceful demeanor. She smiled confidently and calmly at the camera.

The first event is an individual ability challenge.

The first exercise was a ten-minute push for maximum last-hitting.

Faced with the professional players' script-like, almost flawless fundamentals, Ji Wanqing kept up with the pace in the early game and her CS was once in the upper-middle range. However, as the pressure on the minion waves increased in the late game and she needed to deal with simulated harassment frequently, her efficiency dropped slightly. In the end, she ranked eighth out of sixteen players, which was not too bad.

Next was the skill-dodging challenge, where she demonstrated impressive reaction speed and achieved a commendable fifth place.

Combining the two categories, she ranked sixth in the overall points of the individual ability challenge.

[Sunny's last-hitting is so consistent! Pro players are monsters!]

[His movement was so precise, I was stunned by that Z-shaped jerk when he dodged the hook!]

[She's definitely top-tier among female live streamers; you can tell she's put in a lot of hard work!]

This result was entirely within Ji Wanqing's and her fans' expectations, and even slightly exceeded them.

She proved that she was not just a pretty face, but possessed solid skills.

The second option is the entertainment mode, which is an endless free-for-all.

Ji Wanqing was randomly assigned to a team with Monkey, a retired player known for his humor, Ruolin, a top active ADC, and two other streamers.

The mode is extremely fast-paced, with significantly reduced skill cooldowns, and is full of unpredictability.

Ji Wanqing was randomly assigned the Storm's Fury, a protective support champion.

She knows that in this model, individual skill is not the most important factor; teamwork and a joyful atmosphere are even more crucial.

She quickly adjusted her mindset and took on the role of a team lubricant.

She tried her best to protect Monkey King from all sorts of bizarre team fights, and desperately shielded and healed Ruolin for her extreme damage output. Occasionally, she would happily exclaim when she got a kill herself. She frequently interacted with her teammates, creating a lot of entertaining moments.

In a crucial team fight, she seized the moment when the enemy's positioning was concentrated, and flashed to follow up with her ultimate skill.

He knocked away an enemy who rushed towards his team's carry and healed himself, reversing the outcome of the team fight and drawing praise from the commentators.

[This Janna! Her thinking is so clear!]

【Sunny Team is amazing! Love it!】

[Haha, her interaction with the Monkey King is hilarious!]

Although her team did not win the championship, their teamwork score and audience approval rating were extremely high, earning her a considerable number of project points and quietly rising to fourth place in the overall rankings.

The third, and decisive, item: the popularity vote.

Voting channels will be opened simultaneously on the event page. Each user has a basic number of votes per day, and can also exchange for a large number of additional votes through platform spending.

This is the real test of a streamer's fan base and the financial resources of each top streamer.

Xingguang took the lead, not only posting messages on his social media accounts to garner votes for Ji Wanqing and editing videos of her that were either cute or funny, but also spending his own money to buy a huge amount of gifts from the platform. He put on a vote count fireworks show under the ID Xingguang, which almost dominated the real-time gift announcements on the event page.

[This star is amazing! The votes are skyrocketing!]

Blank continued his usual style, launching events in his various games to solicit votes in exchange for in-game skins and items. Players naturally wouldn't miss out on such beneficial events, and they all eagerly went to vote for Ji Wanqing.

In addition, Blank himself also spent a lot of money, steadily increasing his votes.

This financial power... is terrifying!

[It's said that this act of love caused a sensation in the gaming world...]

At the finish line, strategy became the norm.

He teamed up with several close friends in the esports and streaming communities, who had large fan bases, to campaign for votes together in their live streams and on social media platforms.

Meanwhile, some of his followers and fans started stirring up trouble on various data websites and forums, analyzing Ji Wanqing's progress and highlights in this Spark Cup, emphasizing her hard work and strength, and guiding casual viewers to vote for her.

He even "unintentionally" leaked some clips of Ji Wanqing humbly asking for advice and taking notes diligently during training matches, establishing a positive image of her as a hardworking genius.

[The guy at the finish line has such a wide network of connections!]

This wave of public opinion manipulation is brilliant!

On the isolated island, he demonstrated his meticulousness and organizational skills as a doctor.

He quietly devised the most efficient voting methods, patiently answered questions in Ji Wanqing's various fan groups and supertopics, organized effective voting strategies, and united the power of scattered fans into one force, resulting in a stable and continuous increase in votes.

His rationality and methodical approach proved exceptionally reliable during the heated voting battle.

[The guy on the isolated island seems to be our logistics commander!]

Follow Lonely Island Bro's strategy and double your voting efficiency!

Although Kiyono gave as many gifts as Blank and the others, he himself was a brand name.

He used his social media account, "Guangjiezai," to announce his support across the internet and campaign for Ji Wanqing.

"I'm tired of being a world champion, now I just want to win your heart, @晴天团团. Please help me vote for 晴天, thank you very much."