Chapter 37: The Factory Director: The Sky is Falling!

The competition was officially over.

As the winners, the members of EDG returned to the base at 6:00 PM.

"I'm heading to the training room first." As soon as they arrived, Su Mo left a single sentence and headed straight for the training room.

He wanted to start a livestream.

Now that EDG had just won, the traffic was at its peak, making it the perfect time to start streaming and attract followers.

Watching Su Mo's retreating figure, Meiko couldn't help but sigh, "He really works too hard."

"Yeah." Abu was also gratified; it seemed Su Mo had actually listened to his words.

...

Before long, Su Mo arrived at the training room.

The room was empty.

Su Mo walked over to the computer next to the water dispenser, sat down, and pressed the power button.

This was the previous owner's exclusive seat.

Once the computer booted up, Su Mo decisively opened the Dogtooth Live platform.

Currently, the two largest streaming platforms in the country were Dogtooth Live and Shark Live.

From his memory, the EDG team was partnered with Dogtooth Live, with an agreement that several EDG members must stream on this platform.

Of course, as a newcomer, Su Mo was not on that list.

However, to avoid trouble, he chose to stream on Dogtooth.

Since his predecessor had never streamed, Su Mo had to register a streaming account on the fly.

The process was simple. Two minutes later, Su Mo had completed the verification and possessed his very own livestream room.

He opened the stream without hesitation.

He also set a simple title: *EDG, Mo is streaming.*

After going live, Su Mo did not see the massive influx of people he had imagined.

The livestream room was empty; there wasn't a single viewer.

Faced with this situation, even Su Mo felt a bit demoralized.

Just as he was pondering the reason, a bullet chat suddenly floated up: "Are you really the EDG player, Mo?"

The speaker was a viewer named "Restart a Billion Times."

Su Mo quickly put on his headset and said, "Brother, I'm the real deal."

Two seconds later, "Restart a Billion Times" sent another message

"Holy shit, it really is you, you animal! I'm the first one to follow you. I'm your veteran fan from now on!"

*“Restart a Billion Times” has followed you.*

Su Mo was somewhat speechless.

This generation of netizens had absolutely no manners!!

After a moment of thought, Su Mo said, "Brother, as a thank you, I'll make you a moderator."

"Thanks, Brother Mo! I'm going to go call people over. You'd better turn on your camera; I'm afraid people won't believe it's you."

After sending that last message, "Restart a Billion Times" went silent.

However, very soon, a few more people flooded into the room.

The viewers who entered seemed to have the same question

"Is this the real Mo?"

"Can the streamer prove his identity?"

"This is the 16th streamer I've seen today impersonating Mo. I'm truly exhausted."

Seeing the bullet chats, Su Mo's expression turned strange.

After thinking for a moment, Su Mo stood up and walked toward the "junk" storage box in the corner of the training room. He had noticed a simple webcam inside when he walked in—the kind that probably cost 9.9 yuan including shipping—and he wasn't sure if it still worked.

Su Mo pulled out the webcam and plugged it into the computer.

Soon, Su Mo's image appeared in the livestream room.

Although the picture was a bit blurry, he could be vaguely identified.

After adjusting the camera, Su Mo found that the bullet chats were increasing again.

"It really is Mo!"

"The founder of Top Lane Sion, right? You truly deserve to die!"

"Brother Mo, I'm the eighth person to follow you. Can you V me 200?"

"I knew it! Every single game this afternoon I ran into Top Lane Sion. I had to search online to find out it was you, you filthy thing, leading the charge!"

"I specifically play Galio and Angel, and I'm almost crying from how disgusting this is. It's either Top Lane Sion or Top Lane Karma on the enemy team. This is too animalistic!"

"..."

Once the viewers confirmed Su Mo's identity, they began to vent their grievances.

Su Mo didn't speak; his eyes remained fixed on the notification window of the livestream.

*"Angel's Wings" has joined the room.*

*"Sword Comes!" has joined the room.*

*"sdsgafdsf" has joined the room.*

The notification window kept jumping; Su Mo could barely keep up.

In just two minutes, the room's popularity surged from 0 to 300,000.

This was almost equivalent to the scale of a mid-tier streamer's room.

Furthermore, the popularity was still rising rapidly.

The number of bullet chats was also growing at a breakneck pace.

"So this is EDG's substitute top laner, Mo? He's actually quite handsome."

"Thanks, Brother Mo. If it weren't for you, EDG probably would have been finished today."

"Mo, how on earth did you think of playing Top Lane Sion and Karma?"

"Now, whenever you start a game, you're guaranteed to face either Sion or Karma. One person disgusts nine others. Brother Mo, your crimes deserve death!"

"Letme is truly trash; getting crushed by a rookie caused so many players to follow the streamer's lead and act like monsters."

"..."

Looking at the dense wall of bullet chats, Su Mo felt complicated.

He was quite happy about the high popularity.

But among the viewers coming in, few praised him; most just called him an "animal" every other sentence...

Abu had mentioned before that many people online called themselves "animals," but Su Mo hadn't expected it to be this exaggerated!

Su Mo put on a wronged and pitiful expression and said

"Welcome, brothers, to the livestream. However, please speak civilly. Try not to give people nicknames randomly; it's very easy to hurt a streamer's young and fragile heart."

But Su Mo's words didn't seem to work. Two seconds after he finished speaking, the bullet chat was filled with nothing but the word "animal."

And there were more and more of them, almost covering the entire screen.

"That's going too far!" Su Mo said intentionally. "Is the moderator here? Mute everyone calling themselves 'Brother Animal'!"

Unfortunately, the viewers weren't flustered at all, because...

The ID bearing the "Moderator" title was the one cursing most frequently.

"Hahaha, I'm dying! You told the moderator to ban us, but the moderator is cursing even harder than we are!"

"Brothers, I'm confused. For every one sentence I type, the moderator types three. Did this moderator come from Zu'an?"

"What a great brother, the moderator! Wait, how did you even become a moderator like this?"

"Never mind, brothers, follow the channel first so you can come back and curse anytime."

"Brother Mo, solo me. I'm Bronze in Challenger tier, which is basically Challenger in the suburbs. Do you dare accept my challenge?"

"I declare the guy above is a pure idiot!"

"..."

It was clear that the viewers had a rebellious streak and wanted to go against Su Mo.

But Su Mo wasn't angry at all, because while the screen was full of "animals," a massive gift banner appeared in the livestream.

*"‘Restart a Billion Times’ sent a Treasure Map x1 in EDG_Mo's livestream! Come and watch!"*

A line of prominent text appeared across the screens of all Dogtooth Live streamers.

This was a privilege exclusive to high-value gifts.

However, this was only the beginning.

*"‘Restart a Billion Times’ sent a Treasure Map x2 in EDG_Mo's livestream! Come and watch!"*

*"‘Restart a Billion Times’ sent a Treasure Map x3 in EDG_Mo's livestream! Come and watch!"*

*"‘Restart a Billion Times’ sent a Treasure Map x10 in EDG_Mo's livestream! Come and watch!"*

In less than ten seconds, "Restart a Billion Times" had sent ten Treasure Maps in a row.

One was five thousand; ten was fifty thousand.

Perhaps with "Restart a Billion Times" leading the way, many other viewers also joined in the gifting.

*"‘Passionate Citizen of Pudong’ sent Dogtooth No. 1 x1..."*

*"‘Superman is Superman’ sent Farewell Night Balloon x1..."*

*"‘Lone Ghost’ sent..."*

These were all gifts valued at over a thousand.

Gift effects bloomed across the livestream screen one after another, making Su Mo's eyes dizzy.

He had expected to be cursed at, but he never thought he would receive so many gifts.

Su Mo thanked them sincerely, "Thank you for the gifts, brothers. Thank you, Big Boss 'Restart a Billion Times.' Everyone, please gift according to your means. Minors, please do not send me gifts."

As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, he found that the gifts were even more frequent than before...

Clearly, this was all the passion of the EDG fans.

Although Su Mo's playstyle was a bit disgusting and caused a wave of players to follow suit and act like monsters in ranked games, everyone understood the reality.

It could be said that EDG's victory was almost entirely due to Su Mo stepping in and disgusting RNG so much that they forgot how to play the game.

...

Looking at the massive amount of gift effects, Su Mo hesitated and said, "Brothers, that's enough gifts. Stop for now, let's play a game first."

With that, Su Mo opened the League of Legends client.

The system had previously rewarded him with a top-tier mastery card for Shaco, and he wanted to test it out.

Just as he was about to start the game, an exaggerated shout rang out from behind him: "Oho! Little Mo-ge is here~"

Su Mo turned around to see Clearlove bouncing toward him.

Jumping behind Su Mo, Clearlove patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "I came to call you for a team dinner. What's wrong with your eyes?"

Su Mo gestured with his eyes for Clearlove to look at the computer.

Clearlove leaned toward the monitor and saw a flurry of colorful gift effects on the screen.

At the same time, he saw his own reflection appearing on the computer screen.

In that instant, he felt as if the sky was falling.