Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

Lin Shu had just finished saying "Welcome everyone, Yanzu and Yifei," and before the second wave of comments could even flood the screen—

A series of golden light effects suddenly exploded in the lower right corner of the screen.

"【Crossing the Galaxy Through Wind and Rain】Gift: 1 Rocket to the Streamer!"

"【Hanjiang Zuike】is gifting the streamer a rocket x1!"

"[Supreme Veteran] is gifting the streamer 8 Swords!"

"【Old Dreams of the South Wind】Giving away 30 trophies to the broadcaster!"

"[IG-WSC] is giving away 3 rockets to the streamer!"

"【WE-peile】is giving away 1 rocket to the streamer!"

"【Huya TV Mengmeng】Gift streamer..."

"【Huya TV Good News】Giving away 100 units of Tiger Food to the streamer!"

"【Huya TV Xiaocang】is gifting the streamer a rocket x1!"

"【Huya TVMISS】Gives away 3 swords to the streamer!"

"..."

Before Lin Shu could interact with the comments from the audience, the live stream was flooded with gifts.

Among them are long-time fans who have followed YY all the way, e-sports figures represented by Xiao Wang, and many streamers who have signed with Huya.

One after another, newly signed Huya streamer IDs popped up, offering everything from top-tier paid gifts to free interactive items: rockets, swords, trophies, castles, glow sticks, Huya food, and cute beans.

Some came to show their support and pay their respects, some were simply there to ride the wave of the premiere and make an appearance, and others were just there as fellow platform members to make a brief appearance—but whatever their motives, all these gifts combined to form a visible, overwhelming digital torrent.

Buzz! Buzz!

Without a doubt, it must be the buzzing sound coming from Huya's backend server.

Hundreds of thousands of people were clicking the button to send gifts at the same time.

On the other end of the server, the data flow curve on the maintenance team's monitoring screen instantly changed from a flat curve to a nearly vertical steep slope.

The bandwidth pool, which was originally reserved to be four times the normal peak bandwidth, was consumed by nearly 80% in just three minutes.

The team members blinked, gazing at the snowflake-like gifts, as if they could feel the enthusiasm of their own mainframes... well, actually it was because the data was so outrageous that it almost burned out.

At first, Lin Shu was able to thank everyone one by one, with a calm smile on his face, and read out the IDs of the gift senders to the camera.

But when he got to the third one, he started to lose his rhythm.

Because the newly popped-up gift notifications were countless times faster than his speaking speed, before he could even finish thanking one, more than twenty gift notifications followed suit and surged ahead.

He tried to speed up his speech, but after reading seven or eight IDs in a row, he found that he couldn't keep up with the length of the queue. So he gave up on calling out names one by one, leaned back in his chair, put his hands together, and made a "I give up" expression to the camera.

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

He raised his voice and shouted into the microphone with a smile, "Thank you all for the gifts, Yanzu and Yifei! You've all gone to so much trouble... Oh, by the way, minors aren't allowed to send gifts!"

About ten minutes later, the flood of gifts in the live stream finally subsided.

【exaggerate!】

[This is the first time I've seen a gift send cause the live stream to lag.]

[A full thirteen minutes, that's an outrageous amount of time!]

[Rich guy, IG and WE owners, streamers, brothers, show your support in the chat!]

[Holy crap, just that last play, how much money will E-God get?]

[I don't know, but even excluding the high-value gifts, the free gifts given by ordinary players alone are probably worth tens of thousands.]

【I'll name a number: 100,000!】

[100,000? Who do you think you are? 500,000!]

Hey, why argue about this? Let E-God start the game quickly, being the first to see it is the most important thing.

[Oh right, right, right, start the game now!!!]

Lin Shu glanced at the real-time scrolling bullet comments on the right and pressed the microphone stand down a little with his finger.

The chair back, which had been slightly leaning back, straightened out, and I went from the relaxed state of the previous gratitude session to a serious sitting posture that was "ready to get down to business".

"We've received your kind words, brothers, and we remember them all." He smiled slightly. "So, what's next—"

Halfway through his sentence, the young man's right hand instinctively reached towards the fixed spot on the table in the lower right corner of the camera.

I rubbed my fingertips together twice, but they were empty.

Lin Shu looked down and his face instantly turned embarrassed. He cleared his throat and said, "Ahem... well, I got too excited and forgot to install the new keyboard and mouse."

He scratched the back of his head and flashed a bright white smile at the camera: "Hey guys, I'm getting it done right away."

【? ? ? 】

[Forgot to install peripherals during the live stream, huh?]

"Seriously, buddy? You actually believe this? It's definitely an old trick; the peripheral brand they're selling to is 100% terrible."

[Great, great, great! New platform, first day of broadcast, and the first thing you do is give your brothers a thumbs down. You're invincible!]

I would call E a genius spokesperson.

[Nonsense, they didn't show you the anime, did they? (laughs)]

[Hey, wait a minute, what brand are those two boxes E-God is holding? They look pretty high-end, I've never seen them before.]

I don't remember, but I guess it's a new product from some company.

Amidst the flurry of comments, Lin Shu remained unhurried, bent down, pulled out two boxes from under the table, and placed them on the tabletop.

One large and one small, both square.

The box is visibly well-made, with a high-density cardboard base and an outer layer of matte frosted coating.

The pure black background, which is neither reflective nor flashy, gives off a very faint, cool-toned halo under the lighting of the live streaming room's overhead lights.

On the front, facing the camera, are two rows of silver-gray English letters prominently displayed—

"Emperor".

Yes, the audience was right.

Lin Shu did indeed accept a peripheral promotion contract, but this time it wasn't for someone else, but for his own peripheral brand.

To be honest, he didn't expect it to be so fast. After finalizing the cooperation with Boss Xu, the other party relied on the foundation accumulated by the factory over the past ten years of OEM manufacturing, working three shifts around the clock to rush out the engineering samples of this "Emperor Gaming" series keyboard and mouse.

Even the design of the packaging box was finalized by the design department after two long nights, just to catch the traffic window of Lin Shu's first broadcast on Huya.

As for the naming of the peripheral brand, there was nothing unpleasant to argue about, and Mr. Xu accepted Tang Bin's suggestion to directly use Lin Shu's professional ID without hesitation.

Lin Shu removed the seal from the large box, lifted the lid, and revealed the keyboard inside. It had a pure black aluminum alloy panel, keycaps with a slight inward curve, and high-gloss chamfered edges, giving it a sharp yet textured look.

Thinking of this, he cleared his throat and looked up at the camera:

"Ahem, guys, let's get serious. For us esports players, keyboards and mice are like our weapons on the battlefield. Just like guns need to be accurate and knives need to be fast, keyboards and mice are no exception."

"The streamer's ability to perform smooth gameplay definitely relies on a set of excellent e-sports peripherals."

"Coincidentally," Lin Shu flipped the keyboard over, briefly revealing the logo on the bottom, "the host happens to have a great set that I can recommend to you."

"A brand new brand, designed specifically for esports players."

"Emperor Gaming Series -"