I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 182 - 84: Heaven Helps Me! Who Will Fire the Third Shot? [Thanks to the Overlord Qian Yu Qian Xun!]_3

Chapter 182: Chapter 84: Heaven Helps Me! Who Will Fire the Third Shot? [Thanks to the Overlord Qian Yu Qian Xun!]_3

If this were a game with a reasonable charging system, Ke Jin estimated that it might have already surged past a billion by now.

You should know, Hollow originally was priced at only 58 yuan on Earth, and that’s not even counting various discounts and student editions—it had already earned the studio a continuous stream of over a billion in revenue.

Not to mention on Blue Star, which had never before seen anything ’like Galaxy Castlevania’ nor the light ’Soulslike’ games.

The only outcome would be getting utterly "Buy it".

"Normal players don’t need to spend money, and those who want to challenge the higher difficulties can’t spend much money even if they tried, plus, as I expected, those who like tough challenges are still in the minority. Average people would just download it and play for free,"

"Wuhu, heaven is helping me!" Ke Jin couldn’t help feeling overjoyed and eased his worries.

With Wang Laoju and Beici firing the first two heavy shots, such explosive popularity within the gaming community still couldn’t drive the revenue up.

Who else could possibly fire the third shot?

With such a dreamy, ’good’ start, let’s not even talk about jinxing it.

I, Mr. Ke, never liked to jinx it.

It’s just that, this headwind game you big streamers and critics can’t even carry...

Could there still be some unforeseen "Sparks of stars" that would suddenly ignite and set my world ablaze?

I don’t believe it!

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Night falls.

Little Grey’s live stream room.

As soon as he started streaming, the viewer count instantly soared to 300,000!

For a new streamer who had been broadcasting for less than a week, this achievement was nothing short of dazzling.

When Little Grey wasn’t streaming, he was a player who liked to challenge various high-difficulty games.

And he held very positive feelings toward Designer Ke.

The Iwanna games designed by him had offered Little Grey endless possibilities to challenge his limits.

Little Grey had always relished the triumphant and exhilarating feeling of overcoming hardships.

However, Iwanna’s special nature of being a punishing game, in a world like Blue Star where the pressure and pace were cranked to the max, made it slightly awkward for survival.

Other manufacturers didn’t even want to copy it.

So much so that for a long time, he couldn’t find a game that suited his tastes.

Then, last week.

The top gamer finally released their second torturous title, "Hollow Knight"!

Overjoyed, Little Grey downloaded it immediately and tried live streaming for the first time.

He originally just wanted to see in his stream if he could find someone with the same passion, with whom he could later exchange tips and insights on gameplay.

After all, the road of suffering was too lonely.

But who would have thought?

His live stream room suddenly exploded!

Players who had never before touched this type of game gathered in droves to all the major live stream rooms, eager to watch "Hollow" gameplay live due to the reputable company behind it.

Perhaps it was because his gameplay was a bit more polished.

He found that people really enjoyed watching his graceful and effortless playstyle.

Many even started treating his stream room as a channel to decompress and relax.

Luckily receiving a boost from the famous Wang Laoju, his popularity shot up even further.

After that, gaining followers became a breeze.

Appearing from time to time on popular streaming channels, he attracted more players looking to unwind.

So much so that in just one week, he achieved such pleasing results.

Just from gifts and donations, he had made tens of thousands of yuan.

The future looked even brighter.

This made him, a poor fellow gamer, feel incredibly honored and surprised.

Little Grey was someone who remembered gratitude.

He knew that his modest gaming talent was just a minor factor behind his success today.

Even more important was the opportunity Designer Ke had given him to stand out.

Without "Hollow Knight", he would be nothing.

As the saying goes, "Don’t forget those who dug the well when drinking water."

Having just cashed out from a round of donations, Little Grey felt it was time to give back to Designer Ke.

He decided to save a small few tens of thousands of yuan for his own living expenses.

Then he took out a full one hundred thousand yuan to host a "Hollow Knight" speedrun challenge!

To let more players know about the unique charm of punishing action games, and to make more people aware of "Hollow Knight", the top gamer, and Ke Jin—names that were nothing short of miraculous!

He already had the rules in mind.

Players participating in the competition needed to buy an entry ticket.

And the money for this ticket, he wouldn’t take a single cent; it would all go to the top gamer.

It was a gesture of profound gratitude!

How to implement it was also quite simple.

The contest was divided into four levels of difficulty: Beginner, Expert, Advanced, and Platinum.

Corresponding to the four levels of in-game purchases in "Hollow".

Participants had to buy the corresponding gift package to enter and then register with him. When the time came, the fierce competition would unfold live for all viewers to see, and he would act as the judging panel, using a screen consolidation plugin to arrange all participating live stream rooms like security cameras, displayed within his own streaming channel. He could open any live room for observation at any time.

He could oversee the participants, and the viewers in their live rooms could also help monitor to prevent cheating.

Then, everyone would split the cash prize of one hundred thousand yuan.

Even the top 10 in the beginner level could win a cash red packet of 1,000 yuan.

Honestly, it was quite a generous reward.

Little Grey couldn’t help but be pleased with his own strategic move.

First, it would attract more popularity for him, which was good.

Secondly, it might catch the eye of Designer Ke, whom he had long admired.

If he saw so many players striving to conquer the challenges of his difficult game, he would surely be delighted, right?

With this thought, Little Grey turned on the camera in his streaming room, revealing his youthful face to the viewers.

He gave a light cough and said with a shy smile.

"Ahem, good evening, everyone. Today, I have an announcement..."