Chapter 53 "I can be a moderator in your live stream..."
Nan Zhiyi stood at the center of the line connecting the camera and the door, futilely trying to block You Xin's figure with her own, but to no avail.
Even if the other person wasn't more than half a head taller than him, the camera had already captured him clearly when You Xin opened the door and came in.
Yes, it's all thanks to the camera he just got—if it were the old one with the blurry image quality, he might have been able to keep struggling.
"What are you doing coming in all of a sudden?" Nan Zhiyi thought she was speaking very quietly, but the recording equipment was too good and she heard everything clearly. "I didn't say I was going to broadcast for two hours—"
You Xin looked at him innocently: "I sent you a message but you didn't reply."
What did you send me?
Nan Zhiyi looked down at her phone.
"It's nothing. I saw you started playing the game and wanted to tell you to stop practicing and rest for another day." You Xin lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on his right wrist. "It's not easy to have time to rest."
Nan Zhiyi's heart softened for no reason. He had just been a little angry because the other person had entered his room without permission: "...I see."
Just then, a "ding" sounded, and the screen showed that he had been matched with a game.
Upon seeing the screen, Nan Zhiyi immediately thought of the terrifying price of the entire set of equipment in front of her. Then she realized that since they were already there, it would seem strange to kick them out again: "Would you like to come in, uh, sit for a while?"
“Okay,” You Xinfei quickly agreed.
"You sit here, hmm, watch for a while? After this game, I'll stop and watch something else." Nan Zhiyi herself didn't know what she was saying.
In any case, You Xin's expression finally didn't look so bad.
So the live stream that was supposed to be one person became two. Nan Zhiyi sat in front of the screen in a room that felt completely empty, but the camera seemed to be turning into a million gazes directed at her.
He glanced at the live stream popularity in the bottom right corner and noticed that since Yux opened the door, the live stream's popularity had jumped several numbers.
[Holy crap, it really is Yux! Alive!]
[Really no talks? Really no talks? Really no talks??]
[The image quality seems much better today than before. Has Xiaoyi finally decided to upgrade her camera?]
[666 Last time it was a short video, this time it's a live appearance. The competition is over, right? Let's see what excuse the streamer will use this time! ^ ^]
“Yux is free today…he’s coming over to hang out for a bit.” Nan Zhiyi pretended not to see that comment and shamelessly replied, then picked some other comments to reply to, “I didn’t buy the camera, it was a gift from a friend…what professions would you like to see?”
[Could we interview the streamer? Yux changed his Weibo profile picture to a matching one with yours. What are your thoughts on that?]
[I heard that Little Wanderer is going to WD next season?]
Is it true or false that Stone is trying to rekindle their relationship?
Nobody paid any attention to him.
Nan Zhiyi: "…………"
He picked the "Bard" character he liked and secretly glanced at You Xin sitting next to him out of the corner of his eye. He noticed that You Xin had moved a stool over and was quietly playing on his phone.
However, after a while, Nan Zhiyi realized what he was up to.
【yux1107 sent a Star Ring*1】
A huge ring-shaped special effect popped up, and Nan Zhiyi couldn't help but turn her head: "What are you doing?"
"I'm giving you a gift," You Xin said truthfully.
"...Why did you give me a gift?"
"It's your birthday."
Nan Zhiyi was completely baffled: "Didn't you already give me a gift?"
As soon as he finished speaking, two huge, overlapping ring-shaped effects began to spin around on the screen.
【yux1107 sent 2 Star Rings】
That's doubled!
[Wow, that's incredibly talented!]
[Hey, streamer, if you find someone who can support you like this, just marry him!]
Okay, now we all know who sent the streamer his new camera.
【Wait, it looks like we crashed this round?】
[How boring! Let's spend Little Wanderer's money!]
"Don't send it anymore," Nan Zhiyi advised weakly, and saw the message "[yux1107 sent 3 Star Rings]" pop up on the screen.
You Xin remained unmoved. Upon hearing this, he sent out four more star rings in quick succession.
Star rings are Stars' most expensive gift, costing a full 10,000 RMB each. "yux1107" casually swiped ten of them for him right in front of him.
He finally seemed to be stopping: "Xiao Yi."
That form of address nearly made Nan Zhiyi's heart skip a beat. He could only feign nonchalance and reply, "...What's wrong?"
"Can I be a moderator in your live stream?"
"What?" Nan Zhiyi was stunned. So all those gifts were just to become a moderator?
He was both amused and exasperated: "You could have just told me directly!"
Taking advantage of the game's loading time, Nan Zhiyi quickly found You Xin's account on the "Top Contributor of the Day" list, right-clicked and set him as the [Moderator of this Livestream Room].
The characters “yux1107” immediately started to shine.
The game started, and his teammates had already left the respawn point. He frantically bought equipment for himself, and only when he jumped next to the main DPS did he realize that the High Priest's character looked somewhat familiar.
Nan Zhiyi glanced at the ID above the High Priest's head: [fall]. It was Qiu Cheng.
...What a coincidence. He sighed inwardly, a little helpless, and pretended not to see it, continuing with the game as usual.
You Xin didn't look up at the larger screen beside her, but kept looking down at her phone.
Nan Zhiyi's room had a large audience, and the comments were a mixed bag; the eight moderators usually couldn't keep up with the banning. He had just checked the censored words in the backend and found that they were almost all common derogatory terms for players and streamers, as well as trolls' attempts to stir up trouble. There was nothing he wanted to see at this moment.
[We actually ran into the city lord! It feels like the last time was hundreds of years ago.]
It seems like Xiao Yi hasn't interacted with the city lord in a long time.
They really broke up?
So it's still because of that incident before? That Tangyuan and the City Lord are in the same guild...
[Wife, will you still come home? TT The sweetness of the past has turned into a single sip of sugar diluted with water that you have to drink for a year TT]
[Autumn's chill is strong, but moderator yux1107 has banned me from speaking for 999 days]
【？】
【？？？】
[This autumn, unaware of my intentions, has been banned from speaking for 999 days by moderator yux1107]
You Xin glanced at the screen casually and saw that the bard had controlled the character on the other side who was about to rush to the high priest. He then casually muteed another person.
Looking at the screen full of question marks, he felt much better than before.
【…………？Where am I?】
[Someone's jealousy has reached a fever pitch.]
[Little wanderer, can we go home? Please stop going crazy, I'm really scared.]
Good news: He loves it!
[User xxa25: What did I just say? I didn't violate any of the livestream rules, did I? Why was my main account banned?]
It seems like "autumn is in full bloom" or "I don't know what autumn is about" has returned with an alternate account.
User xxa25 has been banned from posting for 999 days by moderator yux1107.
[Moderator] yux1107: I don't like the look of you.
【Hello Moderator, our livestream does not ban accounts that ship couples, thank you Moderator】
[...I really can't take it anymore. Our little wandering god only forbids shipping other people and Angel's Will, but he doesn't forbid shipping these two [facepalm] Don't be so hypocritical, okay?]
[The Title Douluo is here, everyone be careful with your accounts]
On the other side, Nan Zhiyi narrowly dodged an arrow from the other side, dragging her lowly health to a safe corner, where she drank two healing potions to restore her health to above a safe level, completely unaware of what was happening in her live stream.
The dialog box in the lower left corner shows a message that appeared ten minutes ago.
[fall: a minor oversight?]
Nan Zhiyi continued to pretend to be blind, manipulated her character to get up and look around, and after confirming that it was safe, she planned to come out of her hiding place.
At that moment, the screen of his phone, which was on the table, suddenly lit up, showing an incoming call notification.
"Do you want me to answer it for you? Or should I hang up?" You Xin asked him from the side.
Nan Zhiyi glanced at her phone, and frowned immediately after seeing who was calling.
“No, no need. My mother called me,” he said. “She doesn’t usually call me at this time…”
You Xin immediately noticed his worry: "Go answer the phone."
"But ranked..."
"I'll call it for you."
Nan Zhiyi stood up, said nothing, hurriedly grabbed her phone, and went out.
You Xin sat down in his seat, grabbed the mouse and tested the sensitivity; it was just right.
So in the next few minutes, the other seven people in the game suddenly noticed that the bard, who had been moving nimbly and playing steadily just moments before, suddenly started charging around recklessly, teetering on the brink of death several times before barely escaping with his life, almost turning the game into a tightrope walk.
[I just went out to pick up some takeout, and when I came back, the streamer looked completely different??]
[Please report any account boosting or streaming fraud, everyone!]
[This is Angel Yi's live stream, not yours, Yux. Can you please stop arbitrarily banning his fans just because Angel Yi is lenient with you?]
To everyone's surprise, You Xin was watching the live stream comments while playing the game. He spotted one of them and immediately sneered, "His fans? You know perfectly well whether you're a fan or not. If you really liked Nan Zhiyi, you wouldn't like another disgusting person at the same time."
I think you're the one who's disgusting!
“User a43365, I’ve remembered your ID.” You Xin replied calmly, while simultaneously casting a crowd control spell on the opposing carry, firmly binding them in place. “Don’t rush. I’ll ban you after this game.”
"You can create a few more alt accounts, and I'll ban them one by one."
【……？】
[I can't bring myself to criticize, this is true love]
Can I say this? I've actually disliked those people for a long time, but Xiaoyi is just too good-natured = = Thanks to Xiaoyou for helping me vent my anger.
So it's confirmed? Lord Qiu is one of those people behind the scenes targeting the streamers.
[Since yux said so, it's probably true. The streamer is just too polite and doesn't want to break ties with someone, haha.]
[...So all those times you didn't talk or interact during your streams, saying you were focused on your gameplay and wouldn't look at the chat, were you just faking it all? You can even see the IDs of people you're arguing with [cracked emoji]]
As the ranked match neared its end, in the final team fight, several enemy players charged straight at the High Priest.
The bard who had been leading the charge just moments before suddenly became reserved. You Xin seemed to react a beat too slow, only leisurely casting a control spell on the enemy when the high priest was almost dead. With the combined damage of his teammates, the enemy team was wiped out.
A medicine bottle was thrown onto the high priest's corpse, as if the bard had tried to save him but failed.
After a while, a new message popped up in the dialog box in the lower left corner.
[fall: Thank you]
You Xin almost let out another cold laugh.
He wasn't Nan Zhiyi, and he wouldn't ignore this. He casually typed a symbol in the chat box and pressed Enter.
【South0412: ?】
Clearly, his message made Qiu Cheng hesitate on the other side of the screen.
A single question mark is a message that Nam Ji-yi rarely uses, except when joking. According to him, replying with such a message seems too aggressive and could easily make the other person feel uneasy.
So, at least twenty seconds later, a new message came in.
[fall: Weren't you being careless?]
[fall: Who are you?]
You Xin scoffed and casually commented, "What a show-off."
He typed quickly: 【I am him】
Then, his fingertips suddenly stopped.
A few seconds later, press the delete key amidst the screen full of [???] to delete all the content before it.
[South0412: Mind your own business.]
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When Nan Zhiyi returned after finishing her call, the ranked match had already ended. You Xin sat back down in her original seat and was tapping on her phone screen.
Seeing him return, You Xin looked up and asked, "Are you alright?"
"It's nothing." Nan Zhiyi rubbed her temples. "It scared me. I thought something had happened. It turns out she was drunk and accidentally called me instead of her girlfriends."
"Tell your aunt to take care of her health and drink less alcohol."
“She won’t listen! I guess I’ll just have to let her be.” Nan Zhiyi shrugged. “That’s her only hobby, so I’ll just let her be. I just messaged another auntie to ask her to look after my mom—did she win just now?”
"You won. Your MVP."
Nan Zhiyi immediately perked up again: "Let me see."
"We agreed earlier that we'd rest after this game," You Xin said from the side. He looked away and continued tapping his screen, "We can play some other content."
Nan Zhiyi was a little curious about what he was doing, but since the broadcast was ongoing, she didn't ask. He said somewhat troubledly, "I haven't decided what to broadcast... What do you guys want to see? A recap of the previous finals? Commentary on the playoffs? I'm not a very good commentator..."
Suddenly, he saw the phone screen light up again, so he grabbed the phone.
However, the person who replied to him was not Nan Kui's girlfriends, but "Maifen," the moderator in his live stream who usually took charge and had known him the longest.
[A bite of wheat cracker: Baby, there's something I need to tell you.]
[A Bite of Wheat Flour: You know our livestream has rules, which content will get you banned and which won't, we discuss that beforehand, right?]
[A Bite of Wheat Cake: But Yux has already banned over a hundred accounts in just half an hour. He basically bans whoever he doesn't like, completely ignoring the rules of the live stream. We can't do anything about it... Can you do something about him?]
This was followed by an emoji of someone sprawled on the ground, motionless.
As Nan Zhiyi read through the three messages, a question slowly popped into her mind: "?"
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Author's Note: The Title Douluo has arrived!!!
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