039. Staying True to His Roots

  "Hey, hey, hey, are you there? Is Medewei the old hag around? Just a little broadcast."

  Li Aozi used gravity to lift the terminal, providier stabilization than any other device. Fhting, he casually ignited a small fme, just enough to illuminate his face:

  "Hi, everyone, I’m Li Aozi, the one who was falsely accused by Frost-Pted Republid globally wanted by GTB as the Abyss Destrht now, I’m in the Grand Duchy of Grant—corre, soon to no longer be a duchy."

  User 10086: ? Are you really Li Aozi?

  Tianyi Mobile: Is this really him?

  Great Wall Loans: 6

  As ents started flooding in, Li Aozi's livestream began to heat up. People quickly reized his identity and shared the stream in various chat groups, sparking lively discussions.

  "What video? Are y to trick me again? This must be another Li Aozi meme!"

  "It's Li Aozi, but not a meme, he's live streaming!"

  "A wanted man—live streaming a war."

  "Whoa!"

  Although the number of viewers wasn’t high, it was steadily increasing. Based on his experience, Li Aozi figured his stream robably being directly limited. Thinking about it, he adjusted his hair a bit, making it fluffier to distinguish himself from the angry image he had in his earlier speech.

  Due to his extremely high charisma, people quickly noticed Li Aozi’s ge in appearance. He khat overly aggressive rhetoric ofteo backsh, so in this livestream, he presented himself as a shy young man who wasn’t good with words and even got embarrassed in front of the camera.

  This was all about creating trast.

  In Frost-Pted Republic’s propaganda, Li Aozi ortrayed as a ruthless butcher, officially beled as a ‘human catastrophe.’ However, the Li Aozi that appeared before the audience was a modestly dressed man (his sger’s trench coat even looked a bit shabby), who spoke gently and even reminded minors not to send gifts—a dedicated streamer through and through.

  After all, pared to being a warrior, being a streamer was his real profession.

  Despite the official throttling of his stream, and although there weren’t many viewers, Li Aozi was still very enthusiastic about iing with them, especially fog on nurturing gachi (die-hard fans). He frequently cracked jokes and made light-hearted banter. Initially curious, the audience soon fot about the troversial events surrounding Li Aozi’s massacre of the Abyss Humanitarian Relief anization and instead were captivated by his charm. They were further thrilled by his tent, as he casually chatted while gunfire bzed around him.

  As a former professional streamer in his past life, Li Aozi couldn’t resist slipping into his old habits and unched a service:

  "Alright, folks, I’m currently attag Sullute Pace. Send a rocket donation, and I’ll send a fireball their way. If you board the ship, the streamer will personally burn your o the wn with fmes—e on, handsome guys aiful gals, don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind live battlefield stream!”

  As soon as he finished speaking, a flood of donation messages crashed his livestream.

  "Thanks to ‘Upside Down Gss Unfettable Heart’ for being the governor of this stream—thanks, boss! The boss is generous, may the boss live long and prosper, and never die. Uh, there’s more? ‘Drowned,’ ‘Milk Tea Without Pearls,’ ‘Super Pikachu,’ ‘Urging Maniac’—there are so many bosses, I ’t thank them all."

  "A ent asks, ‘ the streamer’s Omega Energy be bought and taken home for release?’ No, the streamer’s Omega Energy was obtained from a friend, so you should cherish it.”

  "What color is the streamer’s underwear? The streamer usually doesn’t wear any."

  "What game is the streamer pying? The graphics look great—The streamer is pying ‘Abyss God.’"

  stantly iing with enthusiastic viewers from Azure Star gave Li Aozi a feeling he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

  It was back—the feeling of streaming like before!

  Although Li Aozi didn’t fully uand Azure Star’s humor and famous memes, his performance was eaining and he knew how to have fun.

  When someo a donation, he would throw a sto the enemy. Seeing Li Aozi so busy, a few Bermudes soldiers nearby helped him keep track of the gift list and chat messages, but soon, they became unnecessary.

  The assistant helping him on the side was amazed to see Li Aozi in front of the livestream—he was pletely in his element, answering every question with ease, effortlessly trolling the audience’s emotions, creating jokes, rhymes, and even sharing bits of life wisdom.

  Ordinary streamers either focus oation or tent.

  Presentation involves dressing ig outfits, wearing revealing or unique es, or visiting special locations—anything to draw viewers in.

  —Li Aozi not only had striking looks, but his outfit and enviro were also hardcore, vividly embodying both ‘empathetiderstanding’ and ‘humankind’s uanding’ simultaneously.

  tent involves using various acts, skills, or scripts to perform, or iing with viewers to increase their affe.

  —Li Aozi’s streaming experience was rich, and when it came to tent, he had a unique donatiram. No game could match the thrill of a real battlefield, especially when Li Aozi would write the donors' names on stohrown with gravity, boosting viewer e.

  Li Aozi kly eople wanted. His performance skills were solid, and bined with GTB’s hype for his stream, he raked in 2.7 million Debi in just fifteen minutes. After ating fh taxes and ptform fees, he could still pocket 900,000 Debi.

  Li Aozi couldn’t help but marvel that he must be the most true-to-his-roots traveler. Even as an iional sensation, he didn’t put on airs, using a very down-to-earth approach to ect with everyone.

  He loved being a streamer; it brought happio others while earnih for himself.

  In games, he was just a skilled pyer. People knew he was good, but he still couldn’t pare to professional pyers.

  But through streaming, he could share his teical experieh more people and earn their love, making a living, and gaining both fame and fortune.

  As for the Sullute Pace defenders being stantly harassed by his bombardments and fireballs—let’s just say that human joy is not universal. While the audience was in stitches over Li Aozi’s jokes and antics, the defenders were too scared to stick their heads out, c in their cover and frantically calling for help from Law III and Frost-Pted Republic.

  Li Aozi was dissatisfied. If they didn’t scream and run, huddling up like that, how would he get good tent? Without good tent, how would he make money?

  So he grabbed a loudspeaker and shouted:

  "Don’t just hide! It’s cold, e outside and warm up by the fire!"

  His words made the Bermudes soldiers ugh, boosting their morale even more, while the defenders inside Sullute Pace were already on the verge of breaking down.

  Because Li Aozi had set up a campfire and grill, and started cooking teppanyaki.

  FAL