OFR – Chapter 308 Prelude

Many of the newcomers who had just joined also sensed Lenghao’s differing attitude—warm and friendly with familiar faces, distant and aloof with strangers.

But instead of feeling offended, they actually grew more respectful and even fonder of Lenghao.

After all, in such a flashy and fickle industry like livestreaming, someone who doesn’t abandon the old for the new was incredibly rare and admirable.

Of course, Mu Bai had no idea about the subtle shift in the hearts of all these streamers.

At that moment, after chatting for a while in the QQ group, he thought it was time to give his affiliated streamers their routine round of gifts.

As for the newly joined streamers, he casually asked Haiqing about them.

Haiqing replied that most of them had joined simply because of Lenghao’s reputation—they weren’t expecting gifts, just hoping to ride on the fame of the Worldly Glamour team to boost their own popularity.

After hearing this, Mu Bai thought for a moment and still decided to pick a few who seemed promising and send them some gifts anyway.

After all, the Worldly Glamour team had grown to an impressive scale—it hadn’t been easy.

And with the arrival of these new streamers, his income from online currency had seen a solid rise. A few gifts were nothing—it was perfectly reasonable.

Mu Bai then mentioned in the QQ group that he’d be sending gifts. As the goddesses of the platform screamed and cheered in their voice chats, he exited QQ and switched to the Douyu TV app.

The year was coming to an end.

Tomorrow was New Year’s Eve—the final moment for the Streamer Power Rankings Battle, a grand event in the entire livestream industry.

So today, the Douyu TV platform was already plastered with advertisements for the upcoming showdown.

These ads were meant to stir up excitement among top teams and their fanbases.

After all, every streamer who made it onto the all-platform Power Rankings would become a truly top-tier, A-list livestreaming star—some even rivaling real-world celebrities in influence.

It was the highest honor for any streamer.

Every platform naturally hoped that more of their own streamers would place on the Power Rankings. It saved them marketing costs and boosted their platform’s prestige.

Management teams thought similarly.

They all wanted their streamers to make it onto the rankings—not only would income skyrocket, but the streamer’s standing in the industry would reach an all-time high.

So right now, nearly every streamer and team on Douyu was working relentlessly to prepare for tomorrow’s rankings war.

Many top-level team leaders were personally promoting streamers they believed had a shot at the top.

This included legends like Guan Zong, Yuan Yangjun, Luo Tianshen, the eSports goddess Xiaoxi, and other top-tier patrons.

However, Mu Bai noticed that Qian Nanshen was surprisingly absent—he hadn’t publicly backed any streamer this time.

What’s more, perhaps due to Qian Nanshen’s forceful intervention last time, the Yuwan Alliance, which had been on the brink of collapse, now showed signs of revival.

Many once-departed noble patrons and high-traffic streamers were quietly returning to the Yuwan Alliance. Additionally, several dozen mid- and high-tier teams had recently grown closer to Yuwan as well.

To be honest, Mu Bai still considered Qian Nanshen a serious figure—more than even Guan Zong or Yuan Yangjun.

That was because, during their last direct confrontation, he had used his system to analyze Qian Nanshen’s profile.

The scan was fuzzy due to network barriers, but the threat level was clear—Qian Nanshen was significantly stronger than other top players.

Threat Level: B++

That was already an extremely high rating at the time.

That was why Mu Bai took him seriously.

Of course, within the span of a single month, Mu Bai himself had advanced at a rapid pace. What used to be B++ might now barely rate a C-level threat by comparison.

So after sparing a few moments to think about Qian Nanshen, he quickly pushed the thought aside.

After all, no matter what hidden cards he might have, absolute power would crush everything.

Shaking his head slightly to dispel those thoughts, Mu Bai began entering the streaming rooms of his affiliated streamers one by one, sending them a modest round of gifts.

Even so, those modest gifts were more than enough to delight and move them.

In Awen and Xiaoyue’s stream room:

Awen: “Welcome my boss Lenghao—360 degrees of no-dead-angle welcome! Ying ying ying, Lenghao has finally blessed me with his presence!”

Xiaoyue: “Welcome Lenghao~ A humble bow to you, but Lenghao, truly truly, Awen missed you a lot. She even called out your name in her sleep so many times~”

Their flattery, combined with the appearance of Mu Bai’s Level 180 Supreme account in the chat, instantly livened up the whole stream room.

“Whoa! Lenghao’s here! No wonder Awen’s fawning so hard—it’s our invincible Lenghao!”

“Haha, greetings to Lenghao!”

“The moment Lenghao shows up, the streamer starts groveling—ahhhh! That’s the power of money! When will I be that rich? I want to be worshipped by streamers too, even IRL!”

“Haha, Lenghao’s handing out gifts again! Time to grab some freebies and save them to support my favorite streamer tomorrow!”

“Exactly! I’ve saved up dozens of gift packs—wonder how many I’ll be able to snatch from Lenghao’s haul today?”

10:00 AM, at the Xuanwu Zhongshan Villa.

Sitting on his sofa, Mu Bai smiled faintly as he read Awen and Xiaoyue’s greetings and the chat notifications.

They were veteran streamers who’d been with him since the early days.

So without much hesitation, he opened the gift page and started sending out presents generously.

Boom! Level 180 Supreme Patron A Little Cold sends 2,000 Supreme Rockets to streamers Awen and Xiaoyue! Everyone, come to the stream to grab free gifts! These 2,000 rockets boosted the room’s popularity by 10,000,000!

Boom! Level 180 Supreme Patron A Little Cold sends 2,000 Supreme Rockets to streamers Awen and Xiaoyue…

Boom! Level 180 Supreme Patron A Little Cold sends 2,000 Supreme Rockets to streamers Awen and Xiaoyue…

Ding! Congratulations to Supreme Patron A Little Cold for pushing Awen and Xiaoyue’s stream to Hot Rank #1!

These 6,000 Supreme Rockets appeared in the most prominent full-server announcement banner on Douyu’s homepage.

With the livestream industry’s year-end showdown happening tomorrow, most teams and fan groups were conserving resources—nobody was spending big today.

So when those 6,000 rockets suddenly exploded onto the scene, it immediately drew everyone’s attention.

And when they saw the blazing hot ID in that announcement…

A Little Cold!

After nearly a month of silence, this name returned with blinding force to the center stage!

Many had believed that A Little Cold had been injured after clashing head-on with the team alliance last time.

They thought he’d gone off to some unknown corner to quietly lick his wounds.

But no one expected that less than a month later, this legendary Lenghao—who once stirred the Douyu world—would return with such overwhelming power on the eve of the industry’s biggest event!