Before Li Yang’s live stream, Huang Jing had been monitoring the data.

The initial test had a quota of fifty thousand accounts; too many for the current server to handle.

Of course, the main point is that fifty thousand is already quite a lot.

They’re a rookie in the gaming industry, without a major platform, relying solely on Li Yang for traffic.

A few minutes after Li Yang announced the invitation code, registration data started appearing on the backend.

Initially, the data increased slowly, two or three, four or five per minute.

An hour later, the numbers grew, but still only about twenty registrations per minute.

Li Yang’s channel had tens of thousands of viewers, which was quite a lot given he hadn’t shown his face, just posted an advertisement.

From 5:30 to 7:00, in one and a half hours, more than a thousand people registered.

The downloads might be more.

The data was moderate, considering Li Yang hadn’t started playing yet.

But starting from 7:00 until Li Yang’s 8:00 live stream, the registration users suddenly surged.

Each minute saw fifty or sixty new registrations, and the game’s online player count quickly climbed from almost none to several thousand, negating the need for bots to accompany players.

It was then that Li Yang officially started the live stream.

He turned on the camera, chatted for a bit, then entered the game.

Even when promoting his own game, Li Yang spoke quite modestly.

"If anyone likes playing FPS games and has time, just download this game and give it a try. I’ll be posting the download link on my homepage later. If you’re not into it, that’s fine, I’ll be streaming while chatting with everyone today, I’ll reply to any questions I see in the chat. Oh, and considering there probably won’t be many downloads, let’s agree on a time... open real-time... 20:01:00 to queue..."

Li Yang had played before, but with mostly bots in the mix, it didn’t feel quite right.

Now he wanted to use the chance to promote the game and play properly with real people.

He had a knack for FPS games, plus at this time, no one understood the game’s mechanics better than him. He was ready to unleash his skills today!

Possibly, the highest elimination count might be achieved today.

Awesome!

He wasn’t critically lacking money anymore, the simple pleasures of gaming rarely moved him.

But like playing on a retro server, there’s always potential for nostalgic triggers.

Moreover, it was a completely new kind of nostalgia.

This map called Hurricane Peninsula was the only map in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds at the moment.

Compared to the island map from his past life, Hurricane Peninsula had only one core jump-off point, Central Main City, a level one resource point.

There are five or six secondary resource points, a dozen tertiary ones, forty or more quaternary ones, and hundreds at the fifth resource level.

"Brothers, winning this game is called ’eating chicken.’ If I manage to win ten games today, then I’ll log off!"

Each game lasts around thirty minutes, but he figured he could finish in twenty-five.

In that case, playing until midnight would be just right.

As for not winning? Not possible! He felt terrifyingly strong!

Li Yang saw the time had come, and immediately clicked the start game button.

Just as expected, instant entry.

All his fans.

Others were wearing basic white outfits, while he had the server’s unique Golden Windbreaker.

When everyone at the Courtyard surrounded him, he didn’t sense anything unusual.

He even started explaining some game mechanics in the live stream, like parachuting, gathering supplies, the frequency of toxic zone refreshes, etc. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"By the way, the map’s supplies are all inside buildings; the larger the building, the more supplies there are."

He had a small plan: let him score twenty or thirty kills first.

He chose to parachute into Central Main City.

As he was about to land, he adjusted the view for a look, and then...

"Wow... why is it so densely packed!"

"Very good, very good..."

Today is definitely going to be thrilling!

Upon landing, the muscle memory for this game triggered: he grabbed a gun and loaded it.

Bang, bang, bang...

Effortlessly taking down two opponents nearby.

However, before he could gather more supplies, suddenly, a bunch of big guys descended upon him.

Those guys had no guns, but they had fists.

Li Yang emptied a clip, and even though he killed five or six, he couldn’t fend off dozens of iron fists.

They charged at him like zombies, recklessly lunging at him.

...

"Sis, I got Yang God killed!"

"Good, good, give me an account."

"Thanks, Sis!"

At this moment, Li Yang was still explaining in the live stream, saying he wasn’t prepared and had been ambushed.

The main thing was he thought maybe these people didn’t really know how to play and aimed specifically at him.

No worries, since he died quickly, it didn’t waste time, he could just start another round.

The previous round definitely diverted away some audience, so this round should have far fewer people.

Not many people are bored enough to only play with him, getting two or three hundred would be good.

...

"Wow, really five thousand? Sis, you’re generous!"

"Hey buddy, got a screenshot?"

"[Image], I’m sure not a troll; people in the group know me, don’t they?"

"Damn, I wish I had booked an overnight session, five thousand bucks overnight would be awesome!"

"It’s five thousand per game, it took only three minutes!"

"Damn it, I’m so envious, downloading now, today I’ve got to try my luck!"

"Anyone teaming up? We can plan among four people, no matter who makes the kill, share the prize equally."

"Count me in..."

"I’m in too..."

Teaming up certainly lowers individual rewards but increases the chances.