I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 192 - 87: The gaming community’s ’Ice Bucket Challenge’ that sparked a heated online debate! A poker-faced interview with Huabao!_1

Chapter 192: Chapter 87: The gaming community’s ’Ice Bucket Challenge’ that sparked a heated online debate! A poker-faced interview with Huabao!_1

A miracle had fallen.

But thousands and thousands of miracles stood up!

The number of people registering in the backstage was still skyrocketing!

It swelled from 30 to 200 participants in just under five minutes.

Apart from a portion of players who signed up voluntarily,

there were many more who were inspired by this event.

"To be honest, Mr. Miracle’s event has really touched me a lot. I always feel like I’ve achieved nothing and that I can’t do anything right. Then slowly, I became someone who likes to complain about everything, until eventually, I became unwilling to try at all. But if Mr. Miracle, a player counting down his life, is proving that he can do it, why can’t I, a perfectly healthy person? I’m signing up!"

"Even if it’s just to continue Mr. Miracle’s legacy or to expand the spirit that moved me, I want to carry this ID and move forward in his stead for a while longer! I’m signing up!"

"I’m sure I’ll fail, I can’t possibly make it past Platinum, but I want to tell myself through this that, at least, I should try my hardest first. I have hundreds, if not thousands of times more time than Mr. Miracle. If he can do it, so can I! I’m signing up!"

With a stream of registration requests popping up one after another.

Little Grey’s eyes moistened.

He said that if so many people signed up for the competition, the event might have to be postponed.

He also hoped everyone would be realistic about their abilities, even if ten thousand people registered, it wouldn’t change the fact that there was only so much prize money.

They said, we are all Mr. Miracle. Mr. Miracle didn’t care about the prize money, and neither do we. Even if it takes a relay, we will complete the challenge!

Thus, a grand relay race that had never been seen before in the entire gaming sphere began.

This competition could hardly be called official anymore.

The location of the competition had moved from the live streaming room to a video website.

Every participating player would label their ID with Mr. Miracle X

Then record a short clip of their best segment of speedrun in the Platinum challenge.

Through everyone’s selection, all the fastest segments would be edited together.

The sparks of stars began to spread the fire from this moment on!

At first, this matter only circulated within the gaming community on a small scale; many only knew that it was happening, but didn’t know the details or have any interest in finding out.

A player with ALS unable to continue competing due to his illness is a situation that plays out in every corner of the world at all times and isn’t enough to attract widespread attention.

But slowly,

the persistence of these players spread the popularity of this event wider and wider.

At first, they locked themselves in rooms, busy with one thing for hours, even days, causing confusion among friends and family.

But once they understood what was happening, nobody faulted or questioned them anymore.

Later on, some fairly well-known tech game streamers also joined the ranks.

Then, almost everyone in the gaming circle was aware of the event.

And the popularity kept spreading at a crazy pace, even reaching beyond the gaming community!

Eventually, in the latter stages, the event itself had little to do with Mr. Miracle, Number One Player, or "Hollow".

All attention was focused on this group of adorable, stubborn players.

It was like the ’Ice Bucket Challenge’ that had happened before.

Initially, its purpose was for a former baseball player to empathize with what ALS patients feel.

But as it gained popularity, it spread to every corner of the world, with CEOs of many well-known Fortune 500 companies and even some national leaders joining the challenge.

Though it was unlikely for Mr. Miracle’s story to create such a strong butterfly effect,

it had already caused a sensation across the Huaxia Nation!

Even the Huayang Daily reported on it with the headline "One Game, One Group of Players, One Miracle".

The article roughly described the cause and process of the events, calling Mr. Miracle, in the eyes of the players, a symbol of the Huaxia Nation’s younger generation’s tenacity and the spirit of striving for self-improvement.

It also said that the group taking on the relay challenge shone with a dazzling brilliance.

As the excitement was already explosive, the official wave of massive traffic bombardment from the newspaper

made it almost the hottest news topic of the week.

Countless netizens sent their blessings to Mr. Miracle, who was fighting his illness in the hospital.

Authoritative medical experts also began trying to contact Mr. Miracle’s family, willing to offer assistance. While they couldn’t cure him, they could possibly slow down his condition.

Many more internet users praised the adorable and stubborn group of players, deeply moved by their tenacity. If it weren’t for them, the wider public might never have learned of the story.

"Hollow", including the backing of Number One Player Company, also rode the tidal wave of this sudden outbreak, receiving an enormous amount of traffic and causing intense envy among their competitors.

The support of the country is truly not something an ordinary company can enjoy.

Gaming accounts for an extremely small part of the Huaxia Nation’s GDP.

Even the top three gaming giants in the country hardly dream of a game-related feature report in a year.

However, because of the "Hollow" game’s free trial mechanism.