I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 186 - 86: Hollow Knight Not Hollow, Hardcore Gamers Have a Tender Side!_1

Chapter 186: Chapter 86: Hollow Knight Not Hollow, Hardcore Gamers Have a Tender Side!_1

A sentence silenced the entire live broadcast.

Even OB referee Little Grey was at a loss for words for a moment.

An amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient had participated in this notoriously difficult challenge?

And had also achieved second place in the first group of challenges!

This honor, many healthy people would find unattainable.

Yet just a moment ago, many viewers were cursing because they lost their bets on fish balls.

After learning the result, the chatroom, silent for a moment, began to flood with numerous apologies.

"I’m sorry, Mr. Miracle, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have said that, sob sob sob sob..."

"Damn it, I actually went and negated a player who, despite suffering from illness, persisted in competing, all over some lousy fish balls? Despicable! I’m so despicable!!"

"Damn it, this year’s good karma just drifted away with the insults just now... I deserve to die! I wish I could stab myself!"

"I’m going to get Mr. Miracle a membership card! As an apology for my previous rude words!"

"I’m going to send Mr. Miracle a big plane!"

"Me too..."

Mr. Miracle, while being interviewed, was also watching Little Grey’s live broadcast.

Seeing the screen full of apologies, he smiled and said with difficulty,

"Everyone... there’s no need... Rather than gifts, I hope... everyone could treat me like a normal person... there’s no need to pay too much attention to me..."

"Ranking, doesn’t matter, just being able to participate in this competition... I’m already very satisfied..."

Mr. Miracle spoke very slowly, pausing after speaking for a while.

But this time, the usually impatient viewers were unusually unanimous.

They all waited quietly for Mr. Miracle to speak, without a single message urging him.

Mr. Miracle said that he didn’t come to compete for the prize money, but just wanted to challenge himself.

He was now in the second stage of ALS.

It was extremely difficult for him to walk normally.

Only his barely flexible hands and his love for gaming remained.

Although he could no longer walk, he could let his characters in games explore the world for him by controlling the keyboard.

Characters in games were agile and active, capable of running all over the place, which made him feel as if he were a healthy, normal person.

At least, not departing so soon.

He was happy to have met so many fellow players in "Hollow Knight".

Suddenly receiving so much encouragement and support from others made him feel overwhelmed and fearful.

He said he felt bad for not performing well and disappointing everyone.

In the end, he even wanted to stand up and bow to everyone in front of the screen as an apology.

This action immediately sent the live broadcast’s viewers into a panic!

Furiously sending messages.

"Damn! No, no, no! We are unworthy of your bow, big gun! Please don’t!"

"Mr. Miracle, please sit down! There’s no need for that!!"

"Over 95% of normal, healthy people in this broadcast can’t achieve your results, big gun. Please don’t be sad. We’re not disappointed; we’re actually very happy to see you participate in this competition with such strong willpower!"

Seeing this, Little Grey also urged again and again, and finally convinced Mr. Miracle to sit down.

Furthermore, Little Grey reminded Mr. Miracle that he could try to register for the subsequent events.

"Really... Can I?" Mr. Miracle sounded quite happy.

Initially, he was hesitant to sign up for higher difficulties because, in his mind, no matter how talented he was before the illness, after falling ill, all aspects had been affected, and he was worried about not performing well even in the beginner level.

"Of course, you can," Little Grey said with a smile: "However, for the sake of fairness, we’ll have to remove your ranking in the beginner level. Even if, after all the first-round competitors have finished, you are still in second place, if you choose to sign up for a higher difficulty challenge, the prize money will go to the next player."

"Fairness..." Mr. Miracle’s eyes brightened slightly: "I, want, to be treated fairly... I’ll sign up, to challenge, the high difficulty..."

As his words fell, the entire live broadcast room was filled with ’ohhhhh!!’.

Messages like ’Go Mr. Miracle!’, ’We’ll see you in the third round!’, and ’Through wind and rain, we’ll wait for you in the high difficulty group!’ also floated by.

After bidding farewell to Mr. Miracle, Little Grey’s face also carried a gentle smile.

"I didn’t expect to garner so much support from the very first competition, and even among the contestants, there are players with such determined will as Mr. Miracle, which is truly touching."

"However, I also hope that everyone doesn’t focus too much on Mr. Miracle. It is best not to disturb his training in private. Treat him like a normal person, and pay more attention to the upcoming players. All players in this competition deserve our respect!"

"Now, let’s welcome the second group of beginner level players to the stage!"

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"I’ve slept enough! Get the hell out of bed!"

Nightfall, around seven o’clock.

Street lights had come on outside, and the lights of countless homes were gradually illuminating the dark night.

Ke Jin threw off the little blanket covering him and, in the same movement, removed the eye mask imprinted with a cartoon beauty’s large chest.

Energetically, he sprang up from the executive chair.

Indeed, this several-thousand-yuan ergonomic chair he recently purchased was comfortable to sleep in and even came with a footrest.

Although it couldn’t compare with a bed, it also didn’t lead to any soreness in his back or waist.

These past few days, since he had ascertained that "Hollow Knight" had basically been maxed out and wouldn’t throw any major curveballs,