Xia Zhi didn’t see Axis’s bullet comments at all.
There were already 20,000 people in the livestream room, and with everyone sending a message, the bullet comments were scrolling by incredibly fast.
Besides, Xia Zhi’s attention was focused on Dou Dou’s punishment.
Realizing there was no escape from removing her makeup, Dou Dou angrily nodded: “Fine, there’s no other choice. I’ll take off my makeup.”
With Dou Dou agreeing, Xia Zhi finally had time to look at the livestream bullet comments.
That was when she noticed Axis spamming the chat.
Axis: [“Counter-Strike,” sing “Counter-Strike” one more time.]
Axis: [Zhizhi, did you see what this Major said or not?]
Axis: [Answer me quickly! What other gifts do you want? I’ll send them to you right now! A Carnival, or a Dream Castle, or a Romantic Train?]
Everything Axis named off were gifts worth over 2,000 yuan in the livestream room.
“No need to send gifts, no need. Thank you for loving my singing, Baby Axis, but this song has too many high notes. I’ve already sung two songs with high notes today, so I need to protect my voice.” Xia Zhi felt a bit embarrassed. “Could you pick some songs that aren’t too demanding?”
[That’s true. Zhizhi was singing so earnestly just now, and her high notes were excellent, but it really does strain the voice.]
[Protect our streamer’s beautiful voice! Brother Axis, why don’t you pick a different song?]
Mi Douzi: [Indeed, Brother Axis, don’t force someone to do what they can’t.]
Seeing all the people in the bullet comments telling Xia Zhi not to sing anymore, Axis grew anxious: [No, you have to sing it one more time today.]
His horns had just begun to emerge, and the front part hadn’t yet grown the branching shape like dragon horns.
In Beastman history, no Beastman had successfully evolved in three hundred years. If he could fully evolve into a dragon today, he would be able to replace Leona as the strongest Male in the future.
Too impatient, Axis said another line: [Sing it one more time, and I’ll give you any gift you want.]
But Xia Zhi still firmly shook her head: “No, I’ll sing it tomorrow.”
Through the screen, Axis’s vertical pupils were filled with irritation.
Why can’t she sing? Even with gifts offered, she won’t sing. This Little Female actually dares to play hard to get? Fine, if you won’t sing, there are plenty of Females who will!
Furious, Axis swiped his screen to another livestream room.
The number one ID disappeared from the top of the livestream room, catching the audience’s attention.
Mi Douzi: [Zhizhi, by going against the big spender like this, aren’t you afraid you’ll lose him for good?]
[Yeah, yeah, both big spenders are gone. A big spender who drops 600,000 a day would be worshipped by any streamer wherever they go, right?]
Shanyin’s spending accounts display their level in front of the account ID.
Axis’s account had already reached level 46.
Right now, the highest-level account in Xia Zhi’s livestream room was Mi Douzi, who was only at level 43.
The big spender who spent 600,000 daily was gone, yet Xia Zhi wasn’t panicked at all.
What you can’t easily get is what’s most precious. She hoped to be unique through her own abilities, not by currying favor to win a big spender’s approval.
“Thank you for the reminder, Baby Mi Douzi. I’m happy that a big spender is willing to spend money for me, but I can’t just do everything a big spender says.”
“After I end the stream, I’ll set up some rules. Some songs really are extremely difficult, and singing them frequently will make my throat very uncomfortable. So I really can’t just go along with viewers who keep wanting high notes. I’m sorry about that.” Xia Zhi pressed her palms together, her slender, fair hands forming a pleading gesture.
[Damn, streamer, you’re really something else. Saying stuff like that will really offend the big spenders, but you’ve earned yourself a die-hard fan—me!]
[I’m curious now, so why did you actually become a streamer?]
[Following, following. You’re the first streamer this refreshing and unconventional.]
Seeing a string of “following, following” messages appear in Xia Zhi’s livestream room, the man operating the Mi Douzi account chuckled softly and sent Xia Zhi more gifts.
[Mi Douzi sent ten Guardians of Love!]
Mi Douzi: [I hope you can hold on to your original intentions and truly not be led around by the nose by money.]
Feeling like Mi Douzi’s comment carried some hidden meaning, Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment but ultimately didn’t ask.
Just then, Dou Dou finished removing her makeup and asked, “Is this good enough?”
Without her makeup, Dou Dou’s face looked somewhat haggard.
The other party had upheld the PK penalty, so Xia Zhi didn’t press further. She nodded and said, “Alright, that concludes our PK. Bye-bye.”
After actively disconnecting the call, Xia Zhi thought she wouldn’t accept PKs with such direct malice in the future—only to see that Dou Dou had followed her.
Xia Zhi’s expression immediately turned awkward, and she muttered quietly, “Why is she following me? I already made her remove her makeup on stream.”
Strawberry Candy: [I think following each other after a PK is a form of politeness. I’ve seen other girls follow each other after PKs too.]
[True, mutual follows are pretty standard.]
Mi Douzi: [If you don’t want to follow her, then don’t. It doesn’t matter anyway, since you haven’t signed with a guild.]
Seeing that Mi Douzi seemed to know a lot about streaming, Xia Zhi couldn’t help but ask further, “Are there benefits to signing with a guild? Today’s my first day streaming—I only looked up some streaming guides.”
[Damn, 900K in revenue on your first day streaming? Girl, that’s terrifying.]
[Tell me the truth—are you really not a rich heiress starting an account?]
“Really, I’m not.” Xia Zhi thought for a moment, then said, “If I were a rich heiress starting an account, then let me lose every ranked match in King of Glory for life, never pull a gold card in gacha games, and never get rich for the rest of my life.”
[Swearing on your gaming luck and wealth? That harsh? Hahaha, okay, I believe you. Seems like the streamer really isn’t lying.]
[User Big Bro Gege sent 10 Guardians of Love.]
[User Bie Lao Zai sent 1 Face-Pinching Duck.]
A string of small gifts came in, and Xia Zhi thanked each one individually before finally getting the answer she wanted.
Nezuko: [I do know some rules about streaming. You can put your work WeChat on your profile page. That way, if a guild wants to sign you proactively, they’ll add you as a friend to discuss the contract.]
[You can compare your options—there are only a few reliable S-tier guilds. The Dou Dou you just PK’d is from Guangyu Guild, also an S-tier guild with decent treatment, but I wouldn’t recommend you choose them.]
[As for the rest, the ones I know have good reputations are Yezi Media, Huangjin Entertainment, and Shangjia.]
No wonder Mi Douzi hadn’t replied directly earlier—he’d gone and changed his name.
Seeing this name, Xia Zhi’s eyes lit up: “So you like Nezuko too! I really like her as well. Thank you for your answers!”
Nezuko: [Let’s follow each other. If you have questions in the future, you can ask me directly. I have something to do, so I’m logging off now.]
Nezuko went offline.
Xia Zhi quickly followed Nezuko.
By the time she checked, it was already 10 PM—time for her beauty sleep. She politely thanked the new gifts once more, then said, “Alright, my lovelies, it’s 10 o’clock! Time for me to get my beauty rest. See you all tomorrow!”
The moment Xia Zhi finished speaking, Axis, who had vanished earlier, reappeared.
Axis: [Don’t end the stream! What will it take for you to sing “Counter-Strike” again?]
Yes, it was the same Axis who had gone to other people’s livestreams earlier.
He had spent a Carnival gift to find a female cat who sang “Counter-Strike,” but came up empty-handed. Then he’d hopped through several more streams, where other females were singing too, yet none of them did anything for him.
What Axis didn’t know was that the “female cat” he thought he’d found was actually a human wearing cat ears, dressed up as a cat-eared girl.
Oblivious to this, Axis could only return to Xia Zhi’s livestream.
But what greeted Axis was a notice: “The streamer has gone offline.”
“She went offline?!”
Axis was deeply frustrated.
If only he’d known that Xia Zhi was the only one whose singing could help him evolve, he never would have left. He could have just found a way to get her to agree.
Then, a prompt popped up on his virtual screen: [The streamer Zhizhi you follow is not currently broadcasting. Would you like to interact offline?]
Offline interaction was possible?
Without a moment’s hesitation, Axis selected “Yes.”