Chapter Ninety-Two: The National Server Sun Ce Skill Points

The team leader had actually been thinking of asking about Hao Ran’s numbers just then; in his mind, Hao Ran’s priority had already quietly risen to the front.

“Hao Ran? That name sounds familiar.”

“I just looked over the rankings before the meeting. Among the top names, there doesn’t seem to be anyone called Hao Ran, does there?”

“He seems to have blown up very recently, but he’s an entertainment streamer, isn’t he?”

For many in the group, Hao Ran was still only a name they had heard of in passing.

Come to think of it, Hao Ran had originally been singled out from the sea of streamers by Wang Zhaoyi through data analysis.

At the time, he had been reported directly to the operations supervisor, Pei Fei, because the resources for Starlight support were not distributed solely within the Honor of Kings division; they had to be allocated across all streamers in the entire guild according to weighting.

And this event was jointly hosted by Shark’s official platform and the KPL tournament. Shark’s officials had assigned streamer quotas to the major guilds, and the guilds, after internal discussion, would then submit streamer names. Naturally, those streamers were all from the Honor of Kings division.

So although this event was large in scale, the selection of the quotas was still coordinated by the leader of the Honor of Kings division.

For a hidden gem like this, it was only normal if nobody knew about him without following up personally.

The team leader pressed a hand down lightly in the air. “Xiao Wang, tell us about Hao Ran.”

Wang Zhaoyi cleared her throat and said, “Hao Ran has suddenly become popular over the past two weeks. His popularity score has risen from an average of around sixty thousand half a month ago to an average of more than one and a half million now with Starlight support. His averages for gifts and bullet comments are also very high. Looking at the data, since we’re counting totals by month, Hao Ran’s surge over just half a month may not appear significantly higher than that of other streamers, but that doesn’t mean his influence is small.”

“Hao Ran’s stream is basically him using flashy plays to rattle his opponents in top-tier matches, and he almost never misplays. In this way, if his opponent happens to be another streamer, the viewers in that streamer’s room will most likely come over to watch Hao Ran’s stream, and that creates a channel for gaining followers…”

As Wang Zhaoyi spoke, the members searched for Hao Ran in the internal database on their computers.

“Exactly! This new-user registration click-through rate is the highest of all! He must be drawing traffic!”

“Look at these numbers. Tsk tsk. With my years of experience, this is absolutely a hidden gem.”

“If his mechanics aren’t trash, then giving him a quota wouldn’t be a problem.”

Wang Zhaoyi had just finished speaking when she heard these faint remarks. She paused, then continued, “He’s currently ranked eighteenth on the peak ladder, and that ranking has already crushed a lot of mechanics-focused streamers.”

Then there was no problem at all.

The team leader nodded in satisfaction. He had already been inclined to choose Hao Ran anyway. After all, every major guild was sending people, and which guild’s streamer attracted more discussion and had greater influence could all be reflected in the data. He didn’t know whether Shark’s side had similar metrics, but he still felt this would most likely affect the distribution of recommended guild slots next time.

“Then let’s settle on Hao Ran for now. Xiao Wang, you can discuss the specific details with him later, since Hao Ran has always been under your care.”

Seeing that no one objected, the team leader made the final call.

……

Hao Ran had just finished dinner and had not yet started his stream when he received a call from Wang Zhaoyi.

The girl had only just graduated, and typing was slow for her, so she simply called directly; that was faster for getting the message across.

“Brother Hao Ran, are you about to start streaming? I have something to discuss with you.”

“Sister Zhaoyi, you go ahead. It’s fine, I don’t mind starting a few minutes late.”

Without knowing the other’s age, they simply addressed each other as they pleased.

“It’s about Shark Live and the KPL tournament jointly hosting an event recently…”

Wang Zhaoyi then explained the event in detail to Lin Hao, along with the news that Lin Hao had been selected to participate.

Actually, events like this were usually arranged internally by the guild first, then announced afterward. Streamers generally would not refuse.

After all, as streamers—especially those who treated streaming as their main profession—every one of them wished they could gain more exposure. For an event like this, which only helped and did no harm, if they were chosen, they would absolutely be delighted.

Even if they did not want to participate, the guild could simply pass the quota down to someone with lower weighting.

Lin Hao listened quietly, but his eyes gradually lit up.

This was tremendous news!

Not because of the exposure, or the chance to stand on the same stage as professional players.

He was confident he would have those sooner or later. He was a man with a system, after all, and he was growing stronger every moment!

What Lin Hao cared about was the lineup for the match.

This was a competition where streamers and professional players would face off on the same stage.

In other words, when Lin Hao went on stage, the opposition would either be streamers or professional players.

If that was the case…

Lin Hao could already imagine the system’s continuous, dense notification sounds once the game began.

“Detected a famous streamer on the enemy side, XX. Detected that XX on the enemy side is a professional player…”

The rage value he could rake in from a single match would probably be enough to match an entire day’s worth of streaming!

“Alright then, do you need me to do anything?” Lin Hao asked.

“No, no. It won’t be until tomorrow night, after Teacher Ge and Tomi choose the teams, that the backend will add you all to the appropriate group chat. After that, just listen to the coach.” Wang Zhaoyi thought for a moment, then added, “And don’t worry, there usually won’t be any special training or anything like that. You’ll just discuss tactics in the group chat and go play when it’s time for the match.”

Lin Hao nodded.

Wang Zhaoyi went over a few more minor details, and then the two hung up.

“Let’s keep streaming. There should be a notification for the event later.”

Thinking this, Lin Hao began today’s stream.

……

For three straight days, Lin Hao’s luck had been especially miserable.

Not only did he keep running into actors and terrible teammates in the peak ladder, but even when it came time to use the rage he had gathered for draws, all he got was a pile of blue light.

He couldn’t even pull a single purple skill point!

This was the final draw of the night.

“If I still can’t pull one this time, then starting tomorrow I’m going to have to start saving rage value.”

And yet, on Lin Hao’s final draw, a purple glow actually appeared.

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining a skill point for the national top-tier Sun Ce!”

The system’s voice rang out.

Lin Hao stared, dumbfounded.

Fine. This damned system had him utterly in its grasp.

After absorbing the national Sun Ce skill point, Lin Hao felt it, and his eyes brightened.

Although Sun Ce was relatively weak compared to heroes like Ma Chao and Guan Yu, once fused with Lin Hao’s script-like positioning, it brought yet another breakthrough!