Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 591 - 355: Surrounded by Big Shots

On Station X, accounts can be used for multiple purposes, such as watching videos, uploading videos, livestreaming, and viewing, among others.

Over the past two years, due to the rapid development of short videos, the number of self-produced video creators, known as UP hosts, has increased sharply. And since Station X focuses on gaming, most of the UP hosts are related to games.

The account "XN000," which was once suspected of being gibberish, emerged as a rising star in the gaming district during the summer vacation two years ago. It was known for its solid gaming videos with no commentary or face reveal—just pure gameplay. However, because its game strategies were extremely comprehensive and the videos had a certain distinctness, it amassed nearly tens of thousands of fans with less than 10 videos.

However, what ultimately led to his fan base skyrocketing, surpassing the one million mark, were two incidents.

First, while playing a popular new game, he discovered a bug and couldn’t continue.

At the time, many players encountered this issue. Although the game developers promised to resolve it swiftly, due to the game’s immense popularity, players were getting anxious. This gentleman was among them, and out of impatience, he directly posted a dynamic update, providing programmers a step-by-step guide to fix the bug, even letting them directly copy the code.

Initially, when this update was posted, players and fans didn’t take it seriously at all, thinking he was either joking or trying to piggyback on the hype, leading to a flood of ridicule and sarcasm.

But no more than two hours later, the game was fixed, and the officials specifically named and thanked this gibberish brother.

Those who mocked him covered their swollen faces and knelt on keyboards, spending the whole night flooding his dynamic page with "Master" comments.

This incident caused quite a stir within the community, and overnight, gibberish brother’s followers soared by three hundred thousand.

The second incident was after he had stopped updating for half a year; suddenly, one day, he quietly posted a link.

The content was simple: a game he made himself.

The link was for downloading the game.

Even though he disappeared since posting that dynamic update, it didn’t stop fans from becoming obsessed with his game, talent, and mystery. By the end of last year, his followers on Station X surpassed one million.

Moreover, every day, thousands of fans sent private messages, begging the Master to return.

Then, on this otherwise ordinary night—

Fans logging into Station X, while watching videos or livestreams, suddenly received a message notification: "The UP host you follow, XN000, is livestreaming now."

???

Stunned for a second, then fans bent down to pick up their eyeballs and jaws.

[Has the wait finally ended? Has Mr. X fallen from grace? Going live to make a living?]

[Holy crap, never thought I’d see the day!]

[Did someone hack Mr. X’s gaming account?]

[My small treasury has been ready for a year, just waiting for Mr. X to livestream!]

...

Fans surged like a tidal wave into the livestream room.

Livestream room title: Black Town · Horror Game.

Seeing this title, fans felt reassured—at least it wasn’t a hacked account!

"Black Town" is a horror game launched a week ago, played single-player. Everything from its visuals, music, details, to its storyline is impeccable, with the horror level giving players goosebumps. The gaming experience is phenomenal. After playing it, many game UP hosts willingly promoted it by word of mouth, sending the game soaring to hot searches several times with little promotion. Its popularity remains high and is sizzling hot.

It’s considered a phenomenal horror game.

Importantly, it’s domestically produced.

Previously, fans discussed whether the phenomenon-level popularity of "Black Town" would lure XN000 back.

Who would’ve thought—

It did!

And it even got XN000 to livestream for the first time in history!

With the combined popularity of XN000 and "Black Town," even without prior notice, the livestream broke through 300,000 viewers within just a few minutes, and fans celebrated worldwide, showering him with gifts at the start and pushing it up the gift leaderboard.

[Okay, no face reveal, no open mic, typical mysterious style of my Mr. X.]

[Pure gameplay? No explanation?]

[I came in for the gifts. With just game footage and background music, yet such high popularity—I kind of want to keep watching.]

[Welcome back, Mr. X, let’s flood the comments.]

[??? Deserving of a phenomenal game work, "Black Town" actually has enough appeal to make Mr. X livestream!]

...

In a certain study room.

After starting the livestream, Nora Scott, Marcus Shaw, and Oliver Scott didn’t look at the comments but focused on the game.

Marcus Shaw didn’t take the livestream seriously.

Nora Scott and Oliver Scott didn’t pay attention to Marcus Shaw’s account, treating it as a no-name account’s livestream, and since it didn’t have commentary, estimated that if the view count surpasses a hundred, it would be considered a significant achievement.

With her hand over the mouse, Nora Scott was eager to try, asking Marcus Shaw, "Have you played it?"

"Yeah."

"Remember to warn about the high-energy parts."

"..."

Are you, with your invulnerable and impregnable constitution, really needing a "high-energy warning" for a horror game?

After some thought, Marcus Shaw said, "I roughly cleared it; I can’t remember some of the details."

When the game launched on the first day last week, he played it casually during study breaks, planning to play it thoroughly after exams and when results were out.

Unexpectedly, playing it again—

He found himself watching Nora Scott’s gameplay.

Nora Scott gave an "oh" and had to say, "I’ll try my best."

"Yeah."

Seeing the opening scene of the game, Oliver Scott felt a chill on the back of his neck, hugged his arms, and turned to look at Marcus Shaw, "Brother, is it really scary?"

"... It’s alright."

This was Marcus Shaw’s gaming experience.

However, for someone like Oliver Scott, who rarely plays games, has never touched horror games, and hasn’t even watched many horror movies, the horror experience can be described as "hell-level".

"Ah—"

"Aaaaah—"

"..."

...

Oliver Scott, with his limited experience, was so scared that his scalp tingled, screaming incoherently.

Ten minutes later, Nora Scott rubbed her ears, looked at Marcus, and pointed at Oliver.

Without a word, Marcus understood immediately.

He moved his chair next to Oliver, covering Oliver’s mouth just in time before the intense scene, preventing him from scaring not only himself but others too.

After Marcus covered his mouth twice, Oliver looked dejected, hugging his knees on the chair, looking a bit defeated and introverted.

Marcus slightly furrowed his brow, observing Oliver, "Do you want to take a break?"

"I want to watch the storyline."

Oliver rubbed his face, reluctant to give up.

Retreating halfway through would be too embarrassing.

Besides, he’s merely an observer, not actually controlling the game.

Look at his sister—

Playing the game calmly and silently.

Of course, the "storyline" is indeed an important point, which is true.

"The storyline is pretty good." Nora acknowledged this point, paused, and asked Marcus, "Is it made in China?"

"Yeah."

"Which company?"

After thinking for a moment, Marcus said, "A new team called ’Alvin’."

"Which characters?"

Oliver took out his phone and asked Marcus.

"The ’Al-’ from ’Alvin and the Chipmunks,’ the ’-vin’ from ’Convene.’ " Marcus replied lightly.

"’Convene’..." Oliver lifted his gaze slightly, looking at Marcus meaningfully, deciphering his underlying hint, "Brother, you still aim to be number one?"

"Time will tell."

Marcus remained expressionless.

Oliver: "..." Having such a brother by your side, there’s no room for slacking off.

With a gentle sigh, Oliver lowered his head and used a search app to find this team that’s only been established for a little over a year and has only released one game.

"Hmm?"

After glancing at the production team members, Oliver couldn’t help but be surprised.

Marcus looked over, "What?"

Oliver asked curiously, "Sis, the team leader of ’Alvin’ and the general planner of ’Black Town’ is named Luke. Does he have any relation to Miguel Smith?"

It was just a casual question.

He knew Miguel Smith had been an esports player, and was crowned as a "god-level game planner" for planning ’God.’

Now seeing a similar name, he instinctively linked the two.

"If there’s any relation..." Propping her chin with one hand, Nora moved her mouse, staring at the computer screen, and casually said, "Miguel Smith’s name on his ID is just Luke."

"..."

Oliver’s hand trembled, almost dropping his phone.

Marcus, who was just listening casually, was also caught off guard by this news.

"Does this mean... ’Black Town’ might be..."

The already heavily frightened Oliver struggled to maintain composure.

Marcus’s eyes flashed, realizing the same thing.

He met Miguel Smith during Miguel’s planning of the "golden cup determination."

Because he was part of Miguel’s cheering squad, Oliver added Miguel as a friend and would occasionally chat or arrange to play a game together.

But, Oliver’s understanding of Miguel Smith was limited to online resources and his impressions from their few encounters.

Miguel Smith was simply too straightforward.

Gaming, streaming, eating, and drinking.

Oliver never denied everyone’s choice in life, but sometimes he shared the same thoughts as Pedro Langley—

Clearly, with Miguel Smith’s ability, he could accomplish more meaningful tasks, so why did he choose to "fall into mediocrity" like this?

He never expected—

This hardcore online addict, without saying a word, managed to shed all reputation and glory to create a horror game.

—With Miguel Smith’s reputation in the gaming world, if he openly declared ’Black Town’ as his new team’s creation, the buzz would be immense.

Nora had no significant reaction, just lazily smirked and nonchalantly retorted, "If he can create ’God,’ now creating ’Black Town,’ what’s so special about it?"