Douluo Continent: Xiao Xiao, I'm going to control you fiercely!

When I woke up, it was June 1st in the real world.

Douluo II: Clash of Gods has officially begun its open beta test.

Thanks to Fujiko's formidable marketing efforts, within just half a day, 90% of the population in China knew about this groundbreaking motion-sensing game.

Furthermore, the Tianke Academy, in collaboration with Fujiko F., launched a new generation of virtual reality game life support capsules on this day, priced at 256 million.

According to official promotional materials, using the gaming pod can go a step further than the original brain-computer interface helmet, enhancing the realism of the gaming experience to 98%.

This caused an uproar among everyone, who abandoned their previous games to experience Douluo Continent II.

Xu Shu's battle armor design shop also saw a surge in orders, and he even saved enough money to buy a game pod.

However, due to a large number of orders for the game pods, Xu Shu's game pods will take some time to be shipped.

Before that, he could only continue to adhere to the old tradition of using a computer for live streaming.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

At his computer desk, Xu Shu opened a live streaming room and started setting up his equipment.

[Ruthless Iron Hand: Yes, you can broadcast, you can hear me.]

[Golden Retriever Chewing: Small streamers are doing well too. The first one to create a battle armor, that alone has gained him a million followers.]

"Okay, as long as you can hear me. Thank you to all the old and new fans here for your support. Today is the official launch of Douluo Continent II, so I'll give away an iPhone 46 lucky bag to 20,000 people in the live stream."

Before we officially stream the game content, let's take a look at the latest announcement on the official website.

As he spoke, Xu Shu set up the lucky bag and opened the Douluo Continent II official website.

[Douluo Continent II Live Streaming Incentive Program Announcement]

To our dear players:

Recently, the development team observed that the in-game rewards for many players who only stream game content are severely unbalanced compared to those for players in the Grand Arena.

We have made the following modifications in response.

Life is like a play, and every supporting actor has the chance to become the protagonist on stage. It's just that they need a little bit of popularity.

Each player will receive popularity points based on the number of viewers and votes in their live stream when streaming content outside of the main arena.

Popularity points are tallied every three months, and players with different rankings will receive the following rewards:

Players whose cumulative popularity ranking is below the top 100 will be forcibly assigned to a World Kill event. After this save file is used, the player will be unable to participate in reward events and will never be able to participate in World Battles again.

Those ranked 4th to 10th in cumulative popularity will be confirmed to participate in the next event and will receive 50 strands of immortal energy.

Ranked 3rd in cumulative popularity, the camera's share of views on the official website homepage is guaranteed to be at least 10% in the next season, and the user will receive 100 strands of celestial energy.

Ranked 2nd in cumulative popularity, with a guaranteed 20% share of homepage views on the official website in the next season, a character promotion worth 100,000 popularity points across all channels, 500 strands of immortal energy, and a 100,000-year-old soul bone in a random location.

The character ranked #1 in cumulative popularity will receive a guaranteed 35% share of homepage views on the official website in the next season, a character promotion worth 100 million popularity points across all channels, 1000 strands of immortal energy, and a custom soul ring.

Additionally, the fast-forward function has been removed, and the ratio of in-game time to real-world time has been fixed at 10:1.

Players are urged to hurry and upload the videos leading up to the start of the Mainland Soul Master Tournament within one month of the server opening.

[Custom Soul Rings: Players can freely choose the source beast for their soul rings and customize soul skills to a limited extent. The lifespan of the absorbed soul ring is the maximum limit of the player character's endurance.]

[Note: The Popularity Points Shop will open on the second day of the open beta. The shop will be refreshed with new items from time to time. Even if you're not aiming for a ranking, please try to accumulate Popularity Points.]

Live streaming popularity event.

This was a mixed blessing for Xu Shu.

The good news is that his Xiao Xiao is fully prepared and can give the audience a powerful female lead experience anytime, anywhere.

Removing the fast-forward feature isn't a big problem.

His concern is that the competition will be fiercer in the future, so he has to be extra careful to seize every opportunity to broadcast the main storyline.

Otherwise, your popularity might drop, and you might not be able to get that custom soul ring.

Xu Shu had long had ideas about how to attach soul rings to Xiao Xiao's second martial soul, the Nine Phoenixes' Auspicious Flute, but he hadn't taken action because those soul beasts were hard to find.

But now that there are custom soul rings, in order to save time and energy in the future, he must do his best to help Xiao Xiao surpass others and take first place.

In the live stream, fans who had read the announcement with Xu Shu were silent for a moment before commenting one after another.

[Ember: What is the official team trying to do? Do you also want to become a popular villain?]

[The Way of the Celestials: Uncertain. But it seems to me like an early novel genre, a comparison of two Douluo Continent novels. Let's see how the official team handles it later.]

[Pure Romance Harem: Which character did the streamer choose? Right now, the most popular character on Douyin is Huo Yuhao, a harem-style character. Can this streamer compete with story-driven streamers based solely on content?]

Xu Shu smiled slightly upon seeing the questions from netizens.

"Sorry, the streamer also follows a storyline-driven style, but it's the 'invincible supporting character' style."

"You'll see in a moment, I guarantee it'll be a surprise."

"Okay, I'll start a contest with a prize. Guess who the streamer chose. Fans who guess correctly can share a 6000 yuan DouEr monthly card."

[Chengdu Heart: The streamer made his fortune with battle armor. I've studied the strategies for blacksmiths and soul masters, and it's basically impossible to improve without money.]

Furthermore, blacksmiths need a certain level of talent, so I guess the streamer chose Vina.

Having money, one's martial soul is not only the brain behind the version's answer, but also a pair of martial souls.

It must be her.

【You're just a loli: That's not necessarily true. In terms of talent, the protagonist might have chosen He Caitou or Xiao Hongchen.】

Aside from Huo Yuhao, these two have the highest talent in soul tools.

[Direct question: Will the anchor choose a character from Xuanzi's generation?]

Who can resist a mature woman? Impossible, there's no one on the leaderboard with a Soul Power level above 80 right now.

If the streamer is so confident about the storyline they're going to broadcast, then they'll definitely be broadcasting the main storyline.

Is it possible that people from the previous era didn't break through the title barrier by the main storyline?

After some discussion, the fans in the live stream focused their attention on Xiao Hongchen and his sister, He Caitou, and the two princesses.

After all, most streamers choose to fast forward to obtaining their first spirit ring.

There is indeed no one who can delve into the secrets of hidden sects.

No one expected that the hidden sects were so wealthy that they were able to build a soul guidance room for Xiao Xiao in her early stages.

"Alright, that concludes our prize-winning quiz. Unfortunately, no one guessed correctly."

"Let's jump right into the game and uncover the mystery."

"Also, if you guess correctly before Huo Yuhao arrives at Shrek Academy, you can still come to the streamer to claim your prize."

After a long wait, Xu Shu mysteriously opened "Douluo II: Clash of the Gods".

No one guessed it, the suspense was huge, a great start.

After the classic opening door animation, the game doesn't enter the control panel; instead, it starts playing a CG sequence.

This is the movie mode that Xu Shu set before he went offline.

First, focus on Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya, broadcast a segment of the main storyline to fool the fans, and then wait for Huo Yuhao to arrive at Shrek Academy.

Then Xiao Xiao appeared, leaving a deep impression on everyone.

After all, the main character always makes their appearance last.