At the exact moment Brian Clark killed Voldemort, gunshots suddenly erupted at his side—the three of them hadn’t even reacted before, within seconds, their screens all turned gray at the same time—

Game over, Brian Clark took second place.

The last player killed all three of them with headshots from an M416 in just a few seconds.

【……?? What the hell】

【Is this guy a god or something? The three of them were so far apart, all headshots, how is that possible!】

【Wait, this ID...】

The player who killed them had the ID XKTVlaoshu.

XKTV, Xingkong TV, looks like he’s also a streamer on the same platform.

【This is definitely a cheater!】

【The streamer loses and just calls others cheaters? Can’t handle losing, huh?】

【What’s wrong with the guy above, did the streamer say anything?】

【If you can’t tell, you’re just a casual, did you even buy the game?】

Brian Clark glanced at the chat and smiled indifferently.

“Everyone, stop arguing. Actually, I just went easy on them... After all, Jason Brooks the big jerk only deserves to eat chicken butt.”

Chapter 4

His words didn’t have much effect; the chat was still lively and noisy.

The phone by his hand lit up, WeChat notified him of a new message.

Henry Grant: Damn, bro, that XKTVlaoshu is definitely a cheater!

Henry Grant, one of Brian Clark’s few real-life friends.

As a true internet addict, Brian Clark knew way more online friends than real-life ones. He was more open when talking behind a computer screen, but in person, he always seemed a bit reserved. Plus, since he left school early, he had even fewer chances to meet people.

He met Henry Grant because he used to work at an internet café, and Henry Grant happened to be the owner’s son. Back then, PUBG hadn’t come out yet, and they played another shooting game. Henry Grant saw he was good and kept pestering him to rank up together. After playing for a while, they became good friends.

Henry Grant was basically his half-teammate in this game, so he didn’t hide the fact that he was streaming.

He put down the mouse and let out a breath. “Everyone, please wait a moment. I’ll rest for two minutes, have some water, and then queue up again.”

He’d already been practicing for a few hours before starting the stream, so he was really a bit tired now.

After speaking, he picked up his phone and replied: I know.

Henry Grant: You know and you’re not calling him out?

Brian Clark: Afraid of getting targeted.

He didn’t watch streams often, but he wasn’t a stranger to them. With so many streamers now, it wasn’t rare for two streamers to end up in the same game. There was once a streamer who reported another for cheating, and then got harassed by that streamer’s fans, even making it to the trending topics on Weibo.

Even though he was just a small streamer without much influence, better to avoid trouble if possible.

Henry Grant: ?

Henry Grant: Bro, you’ve gone soft, I’m disappointed in you.

Brian Clark: Oh, wanna play?

Henry Grant: Sure, boss, but I’m out right now. How about tomorrow? Tomorrow I’m all yours.

Brian Clark: OK.

Henry Grant: By the way, you should ask for gifts too. Gifts help you gain points and level up.

On Xingkong TV, streamers have levels from 1 to 30. The higher the level, the more features you unlock. For example, at level 3 you can do viewer raffles, at level 15 you can add more moderators, and at level 30 you can apply for a big homepage recommendation slot...

Henry Grant always liked watching streams, so he knew way more about this stuff than Brian Clark, the newbie streamer.

He replied with an “okay,” then glanced at the follower count next to his avatar—he actually had 800 followers.

His stream had about 1,600 viewers at the moment, and half of them were willing to follow him.

“Thank you all for following me. My current streaming schedule is from 11:30 a.m. to after 11:30 p.m.... Of course, I’ll take a break for meals in between.” He spoke while watching the chat. “Is it tough? Not really, I’m new, so I have to work a bit harder.”

“If you think I play decently, you can send me some free gifts. Once I reach level 3, I’ll be able to pick viewers to play games with me.”

Viewers get ten free gifts every day after checking in. Free gifts don’t add as many points as paid ones, but they’re still very useful early on.

As soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of free gifts started coming in.

【Really want to play games with the streamer! Here are ten little flames!!】

【Stop dawdling, start the game already.】

【That girl just now applied to add you as a friend, accept her!!!】

Brian Clark scrolled through and really did see the ID from player 2 in his friend requests.

He hesitated a bit, worried that jerk Jason Brooks might come back to curse him out.

In the end, he still checked the box and accepted the friend request. The other party immediately sent a team invite.

The fair-skinned man stood in the game lobby, and the girl’s voice came through again.

“Number one, let’s add each other as friends and play together next time, okay? I’m pretty good, I just got pissed off by that idiot earlier.”

Brian Clark laughed, “Sure, what’s your ID?”

“FOCOPINK.”

After adding her, the girl quickly said goodbye and left, but the chat was now full of people asking to be added as Brian Clark’s friend.