Chapter 156: Formidable Rival

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The players watching this live stream accounted for about 2% of all players across the entire Xiahu Star Domain.
Do not think that is a small number.
In the cosmic era, against such a colossal base, even a mere 2% amounted to a figure counted in trillions.
'First!'
'It's finally starting, I've waited so long my flowers are practically withered.'
'What kind of company is Qiyou? How come I've never heard of this company in real-world gaming?'
'Qiyou makes virtual games.'
'Virtual games? Then why are they crashing a real-world gaming show?'
'I hope they pick a good game. I'm almost sick of all the games currently on the market.'
...
The moment the live stream went live, viewers' opinions and questions poured in.
Over at Gamer's Sky, merely a few minutes after the broadcast began, the number of live stream comments surpassed ten million and was rapidly approaching one hundred million.
This was unprecedented data for their platform.
It was foreseeable that even if this wave of real-world game adaptations by Qiyou failed, they would still be able to leverage this exposure to completely break through and enter the public eye.
It could be said that this time, Qiyou used the media to manufacture a massive hype train for themselves.
However, the media did not lose out either, as they could garner massive viewership ratings from it.
It was a mutually beneficial situation.
The reporter who came to Qiyou's headquarters today for Gamer's Sky was a young woman.
"Hello everyone, I am Aichan. Qiyou has already opened up the backend permissions of the games for us. Now, let's go check out what interesting games are available."
While speaking, the reporter known as Aichan followed the guidance of the Qiyou staff and arrived at the back of the high platform alongside other reporters.
Suspended in the air here were numerous rectangular virtual video windows.
These windows varied in size. Apart from the largest ones, all the others were constantly changing.
Growing and shrinking unpredictably.
"The size of the video windows changes in real-time based on the rankings within the platform," the Qiyou staff member introduced to the reporters.
After describing the specific operations to everyone once more, he took a step back, making space for the reporters.
Seeing this, the female reporter who called herself Aichan turned to the audience in the live stream room and said, "The stream is about to begin~"
"Does anyone have any games they want to see, duck?"
Hearing Aichan's words, a flurry of bullet comments flew past.
They almost completely obscured the video screen.
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Aichan took a closer look and found that the majority of the bullet comments were asking her to check out *A Guide to Customary Alien Races*.
"Ah, this..."
A trace of embarrassment appeared on her face.
However, this expression did not last long. As if she had received some instruction, she nodded slightly and said, "Since everyone wants to see it, I have no choice but to bow to the dark forces."
...
Inside the apartment
Yin Jian and Zhou Shun sat together, watching the progress of this competition.
Most of the media chose to stream the ecchi content, and only the official media of Xiahu chose something relatively proper.
Zhou Shun was fine, but Yin Jian felt a bit depressed.
"These new media folks really understand what the viewers want to see," Zhou Shun clicked his tongue twice, then noticed that Yin Jian's mood was a bit off and hurriedly comforted him,
"Don't worry, bro. I've played *Infinity* a dozen times or so, and I can tell you definitively that the setup of your game can definitely crush them."
"I hope so," Yin Jian replied, then split a portion of his attention to open the Qiyou platform.
He wanted to see how the game recommendations participating in this contest were arranged.
Entering the platform, Yin Jian immediately discovered that the prominent wind-blowing recommendation previously on the homepage had been moved further down.
And in its original spot, it was replaced by a lush, leafy tree.
The leaves of the tree represented various games.
The content on these leaves was displayed randomly.
Yin Jian casually clicked on a leaf.
Soon, the name and synopsis of a game appeared before him.
This smart recommendation mechanism was considered fairly fair.
"Actually, Qiyou is still more willing to give the top games more traffic," Zhou Shun said when he saw Yin Jian looking at the recommendations.
"How so?" Yin Jian looked at Zhou Shun.
Zhou Shun did not answer, instead reaching out and tapping the tree on the screen several times in succession.
The detailed information for several games appeared simultaneously.
Yin Jian frowned as he looked at the games Zhou Shun had clicked on.
He found that these were all games currently at the top of the rankings.
"The top few games all have fixed recommendation spots, unlike other games that have to rely on luck."
"You could say the strong stay strong. Games currently ranked near the top have a very high chance of making it to the end."
Zhou Shun shook his head, feeling that Qiyou's vision this time was a bit too narrow.
Although he could understand that they did not want to split the traffic too widely, frankly speaking, this approach was hard to convince the masses.
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After hearing Zhou Shun's words, Yin Jian was somewhat surprised: "Brother Zhou, didn't the competition just start? How do you know so much?"
Zhou Shun touched the symbolic green hat on his head and said directly, "This was leaked by a Qiyou tech staff member."
"I happened to follow the forum where he posted."
Hearing Zhou Shun's words, the corners of Yin Jian's mouth twitched.
He didn't even know what to say.
He shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it anymore.
He had already done everything he should do; the rest would depend on the market.
Thinking of this, he redirected his attention back to the live stream.
At this moment, Aichan in the live stream footage had clicked into the game backend of *A Guide to Customary Alien Races*.
This backend was set up solely with viewing functions.
After Aichan opened the game, rows of screens showing players playing the game appeared before her and the audience outside the live stream room.
Aichan glanced around, and her gaze quickly locked onto one particular player.
This was the most handsome one among all the players.
Appearance is justice.
Therefore, without any suspense, such a handsome player became today's lucky star.
The handsome player's gameplay footage was also broadcasted by Aichan.
While watching the handsome player play, Aichan simultaneously analyzed his actions and what he was thinking at the moment.
This added even more entertainment value to the live stream.
After watching for a while, Yin Jian roughly understood the gameplay of this *A Guide to Customary Alien Races*.
The identity of the players within it was that of travelers.
Roaming between major star systems.
Investigating the customs and cultures of various planets, writing reviews and publishing them to earn rewards.
Then using these earned rewards to patronize better maidens and write more authentic reviews.
Of course, this was just the core gameplay; there were also many side storylines.
Such as creating a team.
Or accepting commissions to track down people who had drifted away and lost contact.
It could be considered a very interesting game.
Fascinating in every aspect.
"A formidable rival."
Yin Jian rubbed the space between his brows and swiped the screen to check out live streams of other games.
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