Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch-Chapter 1030

Chapter 1030: Chapter 953: Gambling and Gossip!_1 Chapter 1030 -953: Gambling and Gossip!_1 Yi returned to base to experience the side quests and explorable content besides the main missions.

Victoria, however, had started doing this a few hours earlier than him.

Initially, she took the “sightseeing route”.

After being assigned to other players’ worlds by the System, there were indeed some exploratory contents, but they were all too casual, too everyday.

The overall progress of the world would not naturally advance but must depend on the “actor players” to push forward.

This was somewhat inconvenient.

Especially in the world Victoria matched into, the player she encountered was unhurried, repeating each echo instance.

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[Los Angeles: K-DAY]

[Tokyo: Demon Witch]

[San Francisco: Invader]

[Sydney: Slicer]

[Vancouver: Karlov]

[Qiongzhou Island: Stranger]

[Hong Kong: Avengers]

…

Out of all these echo instances, Victoria-

Did not watch a single one.

If she were purely a casual gamer, simply coming for “sightseeing” or “watching action flicks”, then indeed, she could have had a great time.

Moreover, when others were piloting different types of mechs, duking it out with all sorts of monsters and causing chaos akin to a landslide or earthquake, she could have freely flown around in the sky, choosing any angle she wanted to watch the spectacle.

A truly immersive, thrilling experience.

But here’s the problem: Victoria is not a casual player.

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freeweɓnovēl.coɱ.

She had only gotten this far because the game had just launched, and she wanted to create some unique live-streaming content.

She was torn between showing her viewers the spectacle and not wanting to have the plot spoiled too much…

So naturally, an idea emerged: why should I be watching others fight?

Why can’t I do it myself?

I’m not a pushover either!

Victoria hesitated for a minute.

Then, without hesitation, she reset her progress and started playing on her own.

The casual players, who started out just watching for fun but couldn’t help themselves and decided to restart the game, embarking on their journey to save the world, made up a significant proportion of the player base.

…

When Yi successfully completed the main missions and reached a critical point, Victoria immediately received this information from her live-streamer community.

Being a streamer and trying not to get spoiled is indeed challenging.

Victoria’s first reaction, upon hearing a passionate viewer spoil Yi’s final battle, with paid-for conspicuous messages delivered in eighteen segments, was:

“My viewer, you’re really loaded!

Thanks for the tip!”

Then she started talking about Yi’s battle: “The nuclear bomb didn’t fully pass through the wormhole?

Does that mean, when it’s my turn, if I delay the reactor meltdown, I could completely destroy the wormhole?”

“Wait, can’t you just come fully equipped, fight well, and use the nuclear bomb for destruction?

That way, we could save one more mech.”

“Are you implying that Yi’s skills are mediocre?” The viewers started stir things up.

“No.” Victoria didn’t fall for it, instead she shook her head calmly, “I just think Yi is naturally inclined toward a Pyrrhic victory?”

“Didn’t you see him fight two Level 4 monsters in Hong Kong, resulting in mutual destruction?

Doesn’t that explain things?”

“?”

“??”

“???”

…

Her viewers churned out question marks.

Seeing a tide of question marks, Victoria was unaffected and continued confidently, “Believe it or not, I think there will be players who defeat the monster perfectly and successfully destroy the passageway without even waiting for me to reach the final stage.”

She was full of faith in the absurdly skilled players in the virtual world.

Those are the people who can make things happen if there’s even a sliver of possibility.

Ever since she saw someone riding a unicycle perform an injury-free downhill ride on Dongming Mountain, she never had a doubt about this!

But her viewers clearly didn’t want to believe it:

“That’s a Level 5 monster and two Level 4 monsters, and even a Level 3 monster as backup!

2 against 4!

And it’s underwater, how is it possible?”

“Not doubting the skills of top players, but the mech is too bulky, plus the marine environment, high resistance, and limited weaponry, it doesn’t seem feasible.”

“Whether it’s possible or not, Cloud Dream has to approve it!

There are obviously more important gameplays behind this, if you simply destroy the wormhole, what about the rest of the content?”

“I believe someone can do it, but I don’t think they could do it this quickly.

It will probably take at least a week, right?”

…

Seeing that many people didn’t believe, Victoria immediately proposed a bet: “Want to bet?”

“Starting from now, within 24 hours, if someone clears it perfectly — with the wormhole destroyed and both mechs preserved, you guys lose, and will have to each say a [Wow, Victoria is so awesome!] and do 10 push-ups on your own.”

“If no one succeeds, then I lose, and will do 100 push-ups!

Plus a handstand hair wash!”

“So, wanna gamble or not?”

Upon hearing this, the live-streamer community readily agreed:

“Let’s bet!”

“Remember your words!”

“I’ll pay for your shampoo!”

…

“OK!

The bet is on!” Victoria loudly declared.

Then she immediately started to use her connections — making a phone call!

“Let’s see if we can determine the win or loss in advance.”

“Beep-Beep-Beep-”

“Beep-Beep-Beep-”

“Hello?

Who’s it?” A drowsy voice responded.

The live-streamer community were confused.

“…Boss Lin?”

There was silence on the other end.

Meanwhile, in the live broadcast room, chat messages like “They have a thing” began to flood in.

“Victoria…” Lincoln’s helpless voice came through the phone, “Do you know what the time is?”

“Ah, this!” Victoria glanced at the time and immediately began to feel guilty, “Sorry, I got carried away with the game and lost track of time!”

“Sigh.” Lincoln sighed helplessly once again, “Just say it, what’s the matter?

Couldn’t possibly be that you’re calling me in the middle of the night to report a bug, right?”

“Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to ask, is there a perfect ending to the ‘Destroy the Wormhole’ mission?”

“A perfect ending?” Lincoln repeated the phrase, “That depends on your definition of perfect.”

“Eh?” Victoria paused, “Like, completely destroying the wormhole while keeping all mechs alive.”

“Well! I’m not sure if anyone else has done it, but it might be harder for you…” Lincoln glanced at Mavis rubbing her eyes as she woke up, her pouting face clearly unhappy.

He was certain Victoria’s luck wouldn’t be too good over the next few days.

“Ah?

Sorry!” Victoria immediately apologized, “I didn’t mean to disturb your rest!”

She thought Lincoln was holding a grudge against her.

“Sigh, I’ll try to coax her on your behalf.” After Lincoln finished, he hung up the phone, squinted and rubbed Mavis’s head, then lied down to sleep again.

Leaving Victoria and the millions in the live broadcast room staring at each other.

“She?

Someone’s with Lincoln?”

“Wow!

This is breaking news!”

“Victoria, good job!

Even scooping a big news like Lincoln’s love life!”

“Victoria, it’s okay to cry if you’re upset.

We won’t laugh at you.”

“Wait!

How do you guys know it’s a woman?

Why can’t it be a man?!”

“You’re saying Lincoln likes men?

You’re really not afraid of getting your account deleted by him, huh?”

…

A bizarre gossip swiftly brewed in Victoria’s live-streaming session.

The live-streamer community started speculating outrageous stories and swiftly spread this piece of gossip out.

— Not just on the Chinese internet, it spread throughout the global internet too!

The popularity of Lincoln’s gossip was a no-brainer!

As Victoria watched the quickly escalating situation, for a moment she felt like being struck by lightning—

“I just wanted to ask the game developer for a walkthrough!”

“Don’t spout nonsense!

What spy information did I get?

He clearly blabbed because he was half-asleep!”

“Don’t believe rumors, don’t spread rumors!”

“No clipping of footage!

Anyone who recorded it, delete it now!”

…

Victoria had no time to call for gaming experts to complete the ‘Perfect Ending’, as she tried her hardest to control the situation and recover from the blow.

But all her efforts seemed to be in vain…

The possible love affair of Lincoln hadn’t saddened Victoria at all.

But the fact that “she caused Lincoln’s secretive affair to be accidentally exposed” made Victoria want to cry badly on the spot.

A total innocent calamity indeed!!

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