Chapter 100: Neglecting One’s Proper Duties?

Unfortunately, even though Luo Chen reacted with remarkable speed, he was still caught by the other two girls. Yan He didn’t mind at all—she was used to the siblings’ close interactions, which were nothing new to her. Dai Xinhua, however, had a much more complex reaction, especially since she was secretly drawing certain comics. She couldn’t help but let her imagination run wild.

After patiently correcting his little sister’s misconceptions, Luo Chen glanced back nervously, only to meet Dai Xinhua’s odd, probing gaze. She kept sneaking peeks at Luo Tianyi, and when her eyes briefly met Luo Chen’s, she quickly turned away, pretending to admire the scenery outside, though her expression was tinged with panic.

Seeing her like this, Luo Chen could only sigh and hope she wouldn’t get the wrong idea.

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The walk from school to home took just over ten minutes, but the awkward atmosphere made Luo Chen uncomfortable. Thankfully, the journey was short, and after a brief, silent interlude, they finally arrived home.

In the living room, Yan He was about to update Luo Chen on recent changes at the station, but after greeting her, he went straight to his room. Only after closing the door did Luo Chen finally breathe a sigh of relief—he’d just have to let time smooth over these embarrassing moments.

Trying to put all those trivial matters out of his mind, Luo Chen decided to check on his recent achievements. With the popularity generated from his livestream and the effort he’d put into editing, he was sure his latest videos must have racked up at least ten million views.

Eager to see his fans’ reactions, Luo Chen logged into the Stardust platform. He didn’t even need to search—the hottest trending video was none other than his own freshly released compilation.

Trending Chart

1 Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Video Compilation, 21.3 million views
2 Huang Ying’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, 14.21 million views
3 Why Is My Family’s Meme Lord So Weird?, 3.41 million views
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Though Luo Chen had expected as much, seeing his numbers outpace the runner-up by such a staggering margin was still a shock. He’d posted the same videos on his newly created station and had never even mentioned during his livestream that he’d upload them to Stardust. In fact, he’d deliberately delayed releasing them on the platform to build hype—yet the numbers were still this high?

What Luo Chen didn’t know was that after watching his videos on the station, many enthusiastic fans, unable to find a way to send tips there, flocked to Stardust to boost his views and shower him with donations. That kept the numbers from dropping off too sharply.

“Huang Ying...”

Aside from Luo Chen’s own work, Huang Ying’s videos also far outstripped the rest of the competition. While the data showed a gap between their results, Huang Ying’s numbers were still impressive. Luo Chen knew that without the extra boost from his livestream popularity, his own stats would likely be on par with Huang Ying’s, maybe only slightly ahead—but certainly not with such a huge lead.

With a competitive mindset, Luo Chen carefully opened up Huang Ying’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag series and watched each episode in full. By the final episode, even Luo Chen felt the urge to send a tip. No wonder Huang Ying had been a legendary gaming uploader for a full decade—his skill was unquestionable.

Of course, this didn’t mean Luo Chen’s own gaming ability was inferior; even if he played the same game, he couldn’t guarantee he’d outperform Huang Ying. This realization made him more cautious—clearly, there were plenty of talented people in this world, and his own success owed as much to luck as to skill.

Luo Chen knew that many creators on Stardust produced content just as good as his own; his advantage was only his novel ideas, unfamiliar to audiences in this world.

This time, the gap in gameplay style between the livestream-edited videos and what Luo Chen had seen before was striking. It was clear that Huang Ying, spurred on by Luo Chen’s example, had given it his all, eager to compete.

Unfortunately for Huang Ying, Luo Chen’s popularity from his livestream gave him a decisive edge. The other must be feeling pretty frustrated right now.

Despite the pressure, Luo Chen wasn’t too concerned. In pure gaming skill, head-to-head, he might not lose, so there was nothing to fear.

After closing the video and returning to the homepage, Luo Chen clicked on his latest compilation to see how it was faring. He was quite eager to see the response—after all, in his previous life, many fans had been drawn in solely because of Pure Black, and some eccentric viewers had come just for these videos. He wondered how things would play out in this world.

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Video Compilation

21.3 million views
5.4 million favorites
4.2 million comments
380,000 donations
30,000 current viewers

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Over twenty million views and nearly four hundred thousand donations—clearly, the fans were amazed. The debut of such videos must be a first in this world; no wonder the donations were so generous. Luo Chen did a rough calculation and realized that just this one video had earned him over a million. It was almost frightening.

Of course, this kind of excitement would probably only happen once. After the fans got used to it, such a sensation would be hard to repeat. Still, with the revenue from this and previous donations, the station’s operations could be funded for a long time.

The comment section was abuzz—not only with praise, but also with endless pleas for more updates.

You slacker, get back to making meme videos!
I want more memes!
If you don’t update soon, I’m sending razor blades!
Game videos are great, but don’t abandon memes!
Aren’t you the Meme Lord? More updates, please!
Update, please (1)
Update, please (2)
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