MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Viral Video

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“How did he do it? Podell obtained a silver evaluation by himself and he was the only one who got it, but Starfire got a Platinum Medal.” John turned to the blonde chick, “Aidella, do you think this is possible?”

“That is out of the question. It took Podell nineteen minutes to get a silver evaluation whereas this Starfire dude only took three minutes and forty seconds, and he even got a perfect Platinum Medal. This is simply impossible,” said Miller, the black Warrior.

Aidella let out a sigh, it was still possible for their team to break the team record. As for individual record, it was utterly impossible.

“Other than BroadSky, we don’t know anything about the other team members. The data doesn’t reveal their stats and description, but I believe that they have gotten the Gold Medal because of Starfire.”

Aidella did not go on, but everyone understood what she meant.

“Seems like we have to reorganize our strategy and give in our best to prepare for The Den of Evil. Also, we have to prepare for the Carnival Tournament. Not only do we have to get first place in our district, we have to get first in the world too. We have to go all out and not underestimate other players no more,” said Aidella in a serious manner.

“Yes.” Other team members felt as though they had received infinite strength just by looking into Aidella’s beautiful eyes that were filled with determination.

It was not just the No.1 guild in the West. Li Yao’s achievement had disrupted everyone’s plans, causing guilds all around the world to revise their fighting strategies.

“Brother, how should I compliment you?” BroadSky looked at Li Yao and said.

“It’s just a normal stage.” Li Yao’s expression did not waver in the slightest.

He had participated in numerous challenge stages for the past ten years. At later stages, the monster bosses would become insanely difficult to defeat. To Li Yao, the first stage was just a basic lesson. It was not the slightest bit difficult for him, nor did he feel any glory for getting Platinum Medal.

If the first stage was considered difficult to him, then his rebirth meant nothing.

After the squad had come out of the stage, Li Yao went back for the one-star Platinum Medal. Now that he was facing the boss alone, the boss’s health was few times lower than before. With the help of Arrow Towers, Explosive Sheep and Spike Traps, his damage output was maximized. Since the boss was not able to lay a scratch on Li Yao during the chaotic four-player mode, solo mode was way easier for Li Yao to make decisions. He obtained the Platinum Medal without breaking a sweat.

“Brother, did you record the fight?” asked BroadSky.

In World of Ancient Gods, players were able to set rules for video recording upon entering a stage. As the team captain, Li Yao set the rules that only he could record videos. Of course, if there were any reporters or journalists amongst them, they too could record the video.

“Yep, I did.” Li Yao shook his head, “Sorry to say this but I have another use for it. If you don’t mind, you can watch this clip at the official webpage.”

“Alright, since you have your own plans, I wouldn’t ask for much.” BroadSky was not disappointed. “This time you carried me in this stage, seems like I took advantage of it. I’m not going to make a fuss about the thank yous, call me if something’s up.”

“No problem, I will contact you.” Li Yao thought of the Poisonous Dart Frog’s materials in his backpack. “I still have a bunch of Poisonous Dart Frog’s materials. Do you want it?”

“Of course I do, send it my way through mailbox. I’ll pay you a reasonable price that will not disappoint you. These are some good stuff, especially the fangs that are only obtainable through critical hits.”

“Yep, okay.”

After Li Yao had organized the materials with BroadSky’s help, he mailed them to him. This saved him a ton of time from selling it at the trade market.

Quarter of an hour later, twenty gold coins were mailed to him. Apparently, the price of the materials had dropped. He had only earned twenty gold coins for selling so much Poisonous Dart Frog’s materials. Even so, it was normal since the materials did not require critical hits to obtain, but the frog’s level was high. Therefore, he still received twenty gold coins.

Li Yao, who was so deep-rooted in engineering, did not know that his achievement had stirred up a storm around the world. This time, players from all around the world remembered his name, Starfire. 

“The first player to get a Platinum rating, I might be able to get an invitation.” Li Yao did not get the Platinum Medal for the sake of limelight, he did it so he would be qualified to receive the invitation for the annual Carnival Tournament.

The invitation was sent out by the administrators to top professional players from guilds or clubs. It would be not possible for Li Yao to enter either way. With a Platinum Medal, he would be qualified for it. In his previous life, a pro player received the invitation after he had gotten a Gold Medal. He believed that with his Platinum Medal, the invitation was well within his grasp.

The carnival would be held within each country, and every district would have their very own carnival independantly. China would hold the event on behalf of Asia and the East Pacific. Smaller countries that were under the control of China such as Korea, Japan, India, Vietnam and other sub-regional countries would be attending this event as well.

These districts treated this carnival very seriously. Before the carnival, each district would have their own regional competitions for players to acquire the eligibility to participate in the carnival’s tournament.

On that day, every television channel and internet sites would only be showing the carnival live. China’s famous singers and actors would provide free entertainment for the show to receive huge publicity.

Entertainers on the event became sensational news on the next day. Now that Li Yao was the only player with a Platinum Medal, he deserved a show segment of his own such as challenging powerful monsters. This would be a good stepping-stone for Li Yao and he would definitely not miss out on it.

He thought about all this while he was creating more items.

He promised to bring AdorkableTong to Level 5. Hence, he required more Explosive Sheep.

Li Yao turned off all private messages and friend requests from strangers. He uploaded their Gold Medal clip onto the internet.

He had done some facial blurring on their faces in the video so they looked blurred out. Then, he concentrated on making the engineering items at the work station.

Soon after the clip was uploaded, it went viral. Although the official web for World of Ancient Gods was recently opened and had been running for less than a week, there were nearly half a billion people already in the game.

According to Li Yao’s past life experiences, during the tenth day or so since the opening, there were an average of over one hundred million players that had entered the game.

The official webpage was thriving. The game had dethroned all of the other games in such a short period of time.

Some of the most famous commentators and anchors of other games were restricted by the limitations in their contracts, but most of them had devoted themselves to this unprecedented game.

Take China’s official gaming website as an example, the videos ranked top on the list were either videos by China’s top commentator or video gameplays by top professional players from major guilds or clubs.

The commentators and players from other games were desperate to make their existence known to the public. They tried to get as much attention as possible since the game had just started not long ago. Everyone wanted their fair share of the clout.

They were competing with each other on the weekly and daily hit list, recommendation list and others. The lists were filled with videos of different classes, races, beginner’s strategies and beautiful sceneries of different places.

In this scenario where Li Yao became a hot topic for stage challenges, his clip was reviewed by the editor and was immediately reported by the media. His clip was published on the recommended list.

‘Team Starfire’s First Stage Challenge Gameplay’ appeared on top of the official website. The title was eye-catching but was not exaggerated at all. Nevertheless, many players immediately clicked into the video.

In less than an hour, the nine-minute clip skyrocketed to the top ten daily hit list, appearing at the end of the list.

Now, it was still morning in real-life time. Players that were still in the game had seen the leaderboard on the airship. When someone found out about the clip on the official website, they were the first ones to watch it.

In the game, many players were staring blankly into space. In actuality, they were watching and replaying the clip.

All the major clubs, guilds and offices in China were super stoked when the clip came out. They were all watching the video.

Players from other regions visited the Chinese’s official webpage to observe the clip. All the average players could see were Li Yao’s moving shadows, whereas some players could see Li Yao’s excellent archery skills and his agile movements.

In less than three hours, the video rose to top 1 in the daily hit list.

At first, the top five videos were famous commentaries, and the top one was by a famous commentator named Ozawa.

Ozawa was a hired commentator. Previously, she was the commentator for the Olympics, making her the world’s best game commentator. At the age of thirty, she still had beautiful complexion and was given the title ‘China’s first lady, Queen of Commentary.’

In second place, KB was also a famous commentator. He was a former professional player of a globally-famed game. He became a commentator and was famous for it. He had a unique understanding of the game and a humorous commentary style. He was known as the best male commentator for several years and had many female fans.

The third commentator was named Dongmei. She was said to be the first female commentator in the field. She was also a pretty student which was favored by many older men. She was rated as the best entertainer.

The fourth commentator was called Summer. She had never shown her face to the public and kept a low profile. She had various commentary styles. Although nobody knew how she looked, she still gained mass popularity and was called the Hundred Voice Fairy.

The fifth commentator was Silver, a male commentator who used to be a professional in a game. He was also known as the young hunk in the gaming industry.

In addition, the other commentators on the list were famous influencers and were more popular than professional players. For the past few years, the list had always been dominated by these influencers.

Li Yao became the first player to trample these commentators under his feet. To be fair, Li Yao was once a commentator too, except now he would not go into this business.

There was an insane number of comments under Li Yao’s clip.

1. CrazyOccupier: Damn, finally, a real guru.

2. CunningRabbit: I can’t even get through trial mode, praise the expert.

38. StarDetective: Dear great guru, would you like to join Star Guild? Our guild is ranked top ten in china, and there is no club restriction. If you join our guild, we will pay at least the salary of a top pro player. If you’re interested, contact me.

236. PrettyFlower: I’m a beautiful, charming lady. I’ve sent a picture of mine to you through private message. I’ll be waiting for your reply.

16586. Aidella: I’ve trained with my people for hours with this strategy. The more we trained, the more I admire Starfire. Hope I can meet this person.

16588. LimitlessLove: Even Aidella from the West’s top guild is here. This is insane.

16631. NotABeast: It has always been people from China who would look for strategies from other districts. Finally, we have a pro from other districts here to observe. There is nothing that can be said about Starfire anymore, everyone has been turned into a fan.

16793. Ozawa: Starfire is our China’s grand master. There is no need for all that sweet talk, I believe Starfire master will not be touched by your words. Other than that, I would like to befriend Starfire master, we can discuss things in the future.

16798. LoveOzawa: Goddess Ozawa is here! Notice me, notice me, notice me. I’m your brain-dead fan!

16822. Aidella: Miss Ozawa, your words sounded unpleasant to my ears. Whatever you say, we are a united nation, the only thing that separates us is where we live.

16935. Ozawa: Then it’s better for grand master Starfire to remain in China. You said that you had your people try out the strategy, so how was it?

16985. Aidella: In the clip, it was obvious that Starfire is having a one-man show. This person’s skills were over the top. All these years I have known countless of talented players. If I were to describe him, there is only one word, terrifying.

17037. Ozawa: Whatever you said was nonsense. Starfire is the only pro player that has received a Platinum Medal. Challenge Mode, S rating and above, cleared the stage unharmed, successful critical hits. Anyone that has tried to accomplish all that solo would know how difficult it is. I would like to know what Podell, who has gotten a Silver Medal, and a Gold Medal in the last Olympics Challenge, has to say about this?

17198. Aidella: There is no harm in telling everyone about it, Podell was the one who used terrifying to describe StarFire. He has replayed the clip a dozen times. In his opinion, Starfire looked as if he was light on his feet, dancing on the tip of a blade. He looked like he was familiar with the boss’s movements and knew what was coming next. It looked dangerous, but he managed to evade the boss’s fury attacks with ease. He tried a few times with his methods and managed to clear the stage using less time, but he only managed to get a Silver Medal.

Then, the guild assigned him with three top players, two healers and one necromancer. Under their constant healing and attack blocking, Podell got a Gold Medal with the team.

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After the explanation, Aidella and Ozawa did not carry on with the conversation, but the comments below were getting out of control. One was China’s best commentator, the other was from a top guild from the West, West Rose Aidella. It was not an exaggeration to say they had undeniable influence over the community.

From their discussion, many people came to a realization. They thought that they were here to watch a show, now they realized the important values of these clips. They began to watch the clips one by one, trying to learn something from them.

No one was making fun of these people, even Podell who was an Olympic Gold medallist was learning some skills from the clip. There was nothing embarrassing about learning from it.

Over time, the video had received tremendous numbers of clicks. In the afternoon, the video had exceeded three hundred million clicks, making it the top of the weekly hit list. This was more than double the number of clicks from Ozawa’s level-up strategy video that was released few days ago and had one hundred thirty million views.

Moreover, the views were still increasing. Players from other regions were still rushing in to view the clip.