Rian Sinclair watched Jessica dance, and Jessica’s fans went completely wild in the chat. After all, average streamers rarely performed such suggestive dances since it was an easy way to get banned by platform administrators. Bamboo, on the other hand, had no idea what was going through the mind of the wealthy woman who had bombarded him with No.1 of Sharkstream gifts. He had little interest in Jessica’s suggestive dancing; his mind was entirely preoccupied with the previous donations.
This was the first time Bamboo had ever encountered such an extravagant display of wealth. Even his follower count had surged significantly. It was an opportunity that could only be stumbled upon by chance, not sought out. He hadn’t received any guidance when he first decided to become a streamer; he had simply seen people online talking about how lucrative the profession could be. Yet, once he entered the industry, he realized it was nearly impossible to gain any traction without a solid background or backing. He had to rely solely on his burning passion to navigate the live-streaming world, hitting a wall so many times he had completely lost count.
Regarding the wealthy woman’s donations, his initial thought was, "Has she taken a liking to me? Does she want to keep me as her sugar baby?" Trembling with a mix of anxiety and anticipation, he waited for a private message from the wealthy Pigsy. However, even after Jessica finished her dance, his inbox remained empty. For a moment, he was left completely baffled.
"DING! Detected an increase in Target 1’s affection! Current affection level is 70. You have been awarded twenty attribute points. Please allocate them wisely, Host! DING! Detected a drop in affection level to 30. Calculations confirm that attribute points will not be deducted. They are one-time-issue attribute points. Please allocate them wisely, Host."
Hearing the system’s announcement, Rian figured out that the conversion of affection into attribute points was based on the highest recorded affection level. Even if the affection dropped later, the attribute points wouldn’t be revoked. This meant she could madly harvest attribute points simply by throwing money around, easily maxing out her own stats.
At this thought, Rian felt quite pleased. She enjoyed the rest of Jessica’s dance before finally leaving the stream. To her, donating to Bamboo was merely a means to use him as a tool for cashback rewards. There was absolutely no need for any further interaction. However, Jessica’s dance had been an unexpected surprise. Rian was tempted to tip her as well but ultimately dropped the idea, considering the cashback rewards only applied when spending on highly attractive men.
She had already heard the system’s notification while she was spending the money. Rian quickly opened her messages and checked the deposit notification from her bank card.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand.
Exactly ten times the amount. Rian’s eyes lit up slightly. She tried to return to Bamboo’s stream, but a quick search showed he had already gone offline. Unfazed, she simply moved on to find her next target.
For an app with over three hundred million daily active users, there was certainly no shortage of handsome male streamers like Bamboo. Still, picking out a hidden gem from the massive crowd was somewhat difficult. Rian swiped past stream after stream before finally stopping on one featuring a guy playing Honor of Kings.
"DING! High-quality handsome male detected! Assessed appearance score is 90. Eligible for ten-times cashback rewards on spending!"
Rian looked at the man appearing in the small camera box in the bottom right corner of the screen. She hadn’t expected him to score a ninety in looks—he was almost on par with her own little brother. This realization immediately sparked an idea. "What if Ash Sinclair meets the cashback requirements? Couldn’t I just use my little brother as an infinite money glitch?"
Rian was tempted to find Ash immediately to test her theory, but she let it go when she remembered he was still a miserable high school senior who had to wake up at six the next morning.
Bringing her attention back to the stream on her phone, she began to appreciate the streamer’s gameplay. Rian hadn’t purchased any VIP titles on the platform, so there were no special entrance effects when she joined the channel. It was entirely up to the streamer’s sharp eyes to notice her arrival.
The streamer was playing Umbra as the jungler. The match had likely just started, as the kill score was tied at zero to zero. Seeing this, Rian directly typed in the chat.
[Streamer, one No.1 of Sharkstream for every kill.]
Since she had just spent one hundred and fifty thousand, her text in the chat carried a special visual effect. The streamer, engrossed in his game, didn’t spot it right away, but the fans in the chat certainly did. They immediately began typing to alert him.
[Miro, Miro! A rich lady is here for you! Look at the chat!]
[Wait, this sister’s username looks super familiar. Isn’t that Comrade Pigsy who was just tipping in Bamboo’s stream?]
[Miro, a wealthy lady has arrived!]
[The guy above me is right! It really is her. I was drawn to the other stream by the No.1 of Sharkstream treasure chests, and I even followed her account. It’s definitely the same Pigsy!]
Miro, who was busy jungling, finally noticed the flurry of comments in the chat. Seeing the message from "Innocent Maiden Pigsy" piqued his interest.
"Alright, Sister Pigsy! Just watch how I slaughter everyone this game!" Miro wasn’t actually greedy for the No.1 of Sharkstream gifts; he simply wanted to prove his prowess in Honor of Kings. Getting over twenty kills in a single match was just basic gameplay for him.
Seeing Miro’s enthusiastic response, Rian went straight to the top-up page. She added to her remaining one million, seven hundred thousand Sharkstream Coins, boosting her balance to a staggering ten million. Feeling her fingers tremble slightly, she genuinely felt that the platform’s top-up system was poorly designed. Tapping so many times was a real workout for her fingers.
When she returned to the stream, the kill count had already reached thirteen, and the match was only ten minutes in. At this point, the fans in the chat were beginning to doubt the authenticity of Pigsy’s promise. After all, the streamer had secured so many kills, yet not a single No.1 of Sharkstream had materialized. Miro himself didn’t mind too much—whether she tipped or not was entirely up to her. Still, his motivation to rack up kills began to wane, and his gameplay turned rather casual and sloppy.
On the other side of the screen, Rian saw the doubts flooding the chat and replied with a single sentence: [I was topping up my account.]
Ignoring their previous mockery, she began showering the stream with No.1 of Sharkstream gifts. One after another, the extravagant visual effects lit up the channel. She didn’t stop until she had sent exactly fifteen.
Right at that moment, Miro’s kill count coincidentally hit fifteen.
Massive gifts triggered a special notification on Miro’s end. Stunned, he watched as Pigsy chained fifteen gifts back-to-back. He was so completely paralyzed by shock that he forgot to move the Umbra he was controlling. Right after securing a pentakill, his character was pitifully taken down by an enemy minion.
Miro’s heart raced, and his hands shook with excitement. Those fifteen No.1 of Sharkstream gifts amounted to forty-five thousand! Even after the platform’s cut, he would take home a solid sixty percent!
Revitalized by Pigsy’s aggressive tipping, Miro found a newfound motivation to slaughter the enemy team. He turned on his mic and began leading the charge. Since his voice was smooth and he never yelled at his teammates, he effortlessly won over a random teammate playing Yo-yo.
For the rest of the game, Umbra carried Yo-yo around, wreaking absolute havoc. He frantically ordered his team not to destroy the enemy towers. For whatever reason, his teammates happily complied, spamming the chat with messages calling him "brother."
Despite the endless shower of "brother" this and "brother" that, Umbra only had eyes for the enemy team’s three... ahem, for their kills!
Supported by his cooperative teammates, no one pushed the towers. The game dragged on to the thirty-minute mark, and the second Storm Dragon spawned. The enemy team was left with nothing but their middle lane inhibitor tower and their core crystal.
Miro’s kill count had surged to an astonishing forty-three. True to her word, Rian didn’t back down; she gifted exactly forty-three No.1 of Sharkstream. At this point in the match, aside from Yo-yo, the rest of the teammates turned on their mics.
Every single one of them was a girl.
Seeing this, Rian finally understood why they had been so willing to listen to Miro and halt their push on the towers. As it turned out, they were all starry-eyed girls.