Chapter Forty-Eight: The Enlightenment of the Ducal Nobility

Four loudspeakers, each covering a different area, began to broadcast one after another.

Especially the partition loudspeaker and the starry sky loudspeaker—these were set up to repeatedly broadcast within large live rooms over a period of time, complete with special effects. It was hard for anyone not to notice; only the blind could miss them.

In just one second, the popularity of drz02825 began to surge madly.

After one minute, the original popularity of 100,000 had soared to 170,000.

After three minutes, it reached 240,000.

Popularity continued to climb, and by then, the chat channel of drz02825 had erupted into chaos. The barrage of comments in Huang Yunshuo’s live room had always been unusually active, and now, with over 200,000 viewers, the welcoming messages alone—over 140,000 lines greeting new arrivals—nearly overwhelmed the screen.

“My popularity is so high now, should I set a restriction on the welcome messages?” Huang Yunshuo grinned from ear to ear.

Morning Dew and Light Frost was indeed generous. Having gained a small advantage over him in the game, she returned the favor by putting on this grand spectacle in his live room—magnificent, commanding, and beautiful.

It should be noted that activating the Duke-level privilege required a one-time recharge of one million credit points. When it happened, Huang Yunshuo and the Starry Sky Live Platform would split the sum evenly, half a million credits each. That was equivalent to over a thousand copper coins.

Most importantly, the publicity that came with the Duke-level privilege was unmatched.

Because the Starry Sky Live Platform was so vast, covering countless partitions and live rooms, the platform had four types of loudspeakers differentiated by coverage and influence.

The smallest was the platform loudspeaker.

Whenever someone sent a rocket or yacht gift, or activated any noble privilege, the platform loudspeaker would broadcast the message, randomly alerting viewers in live rooms with a combined popularity of around one million to grab gifts.

Next was the regional loudspeaker.

If sixty rockets were fired consecutively, or more than twenty-three yachts sent, or a Viscount or higher privilege activated—in short, if the live room received more than thirty thousand credit points in gifts in a short time—it would alert viewers in live rooms with a combined popularity of around twenty million.

Then came the partition loudspeaker.

Partitions corresponded to major categories of live content: outdoors, food, campus life, military, specific games, and so on. However, since the days of Glacier Glory and now the Era of Reforging, the boundaries between partitions had blurred, given how the ecosystem had been disrupted. For the Era of Reforging, partitions were simply divided according to average popularity, with each partition containing hundreds of millions of viewers.

To trigger the partition loudspeaker, someone had to activate a Count-level privilege or gifts in the live room had to exceed 300,000 credit points in a short time.

The starry sky loudspeaker was the easiest to understand. Once it was triggered, viewers in every live room could see it. The requirement was a surge of over one million credit points in gifts—instantaneously, not merely within a short period. In other words, only live rooms where someone activated Duke or higher privileges qualified for announcement by the starry sky loudspeaker.

Even so, the history of starry sky loudspeaker broadcasts was constantly being updated, since so many watched live streams and nearly every minute someone was activating the Duke, King, or Emperor privileges.

The starry sky loudspeaker brought by Morning Dew and Light Frost was visible to all, but not everyone would come, simply because the broadcast refreshed so quickly.

Moreover, veteran live-stream viewers knew that in rooms able to trigger the starry sky loudspeaker, gifts were nearly impossible to snatch, given the overwhelming popularity.

Thus, even with four loudspeakers sounding at once, only 140,000 viewers arrived in three minutes.

Otherwise, aspiring streamers would have it easy: arrange for someone to activate a Duke-level privilege worth a million credits, and instantly hundreds of thousands would flood in, making the room explode in popularity and sending the host to the pinnacle of success.

But such scenarios simply did not occur.

“Let’s set it up,” Huang Yunshuo quickly searched through the settings, finally restricting welcome messages to only viewers above level 10. With this, the chat interface would surely be much more manageable in the future.

“Hurry up and take a screenshot—are you going back on your word?”

“666, this girl’s rich name sounds really nice.”

“That name seems familiar, but I can’t recall it.”

“The Duke activation must’ve shocked this loser silly, since he gets to split 250,000 credit points.”

“If I grab a meteor, I’m leaving. If I stay any longer, I’m a dog.”

“Snatching treasure from the midst of thousands—speed is everything.”

“Meteor—wait, what? Did the host just rob the system shop? Why are there so many good items?”

“Report him! I can’t even afford a ten-copper medicine, but this guy’s so rich?”

The chat was in utter turmoil, countless messages flooding in every second, and Huang Yunshuo felt a headache coming on.

High popularity was a good thing, earning credit points was a good thing. But this chaotic state was interfering with his lottery draws.

He was about to start taking screenshots, when Morning Dew and Light Frost’s Duke-level activation stunned everyone, and the meteor was forgotten. Everyone stopped trying for the meteor and instead watched the spectacular entrance of tens of thousands of viewers.

“Don’t worry. Once these gift-grabbing paupers finish and leave, we’ll resume the lottery.”

Huang Yunshuo explained, “I’m not unreasonable. To make sure your gifts weren’t wasted, after these brats are gone, we’ll pick two people to send a hand shield.”

“Who are you calling brats?!”

“This host dares insult the viewers—does he want to die?”

“What trash—remember who’s boss here, viewers are your parents, understand? I’ve seen it all now.”

“First time seeing a host insult viewers who grab gifts—I’m impressed.”

The veteran viewers in the live room weren’t bothered by Huang Yunshuo’s abrasive streaming style, but the tens of thousands of newcomers erupted in outrage.

Huang Yunshuo shrugged, and with a flick of his finger, a level 32 viewer who was cursing up a storm was promptly booted.

[lv32xxx was kicked out of the live room by the idiot host]

[lv34xxx was kicked out of the live room by the idiot host]

[lv52xxx was kicked out of the live room by the idiot host]

…

Huang Yunshuo’s speed was no joke; in one minute he booted over thirty people, all above level 30.

This move immediately stunned those who had come for the meteor.

On Starry Sky Live, reaching level 20 required spending about 3,000 credit points.

But level 20 was nothing compared to level 30—attaining level 30 meant spending at least 100,000 credit points.

And those who spent over 100,000 credits were veritable tycoons, sending planes, rockets, yachts without hesitation.

But now, what was happening?

Over thirty of these moneyed viewers, godsends for any host, were kicked out just like that?

Was this host truly insane, or just courting controversy?

Regardless, everyone gained a new perspective—one word: Respect!