Esper X Family – Chapter 379 – The Streamer Is Genuine

The livestream wasn’t being promoted.

Yet, there was no shortage of netizens eager to watch the drama unfold.

Many passersby who came from the chat groups were captivated by Ye Yao’s cute voice and bold topics.

This streamer is genuine ¹ The word here is 真性情zhenxingqing, 真 (true) + 性情 (temperament). Basically means being honest, sincere, speaking out your mind, that kind of thing. .

Unlike other streamers who didn’t dare to touch certain topics, this one dived right in without the slightest restraint.

In any other stream, even the slightest hint of any topic related to “Tong Yao” would result in a harsh warning from the admin.

Even major streamers were shown no mercy. If they dared to continue, their streams would be promptly banned.

But what happened here?

In this stream, not only was there no ban, there wasn’t even a hint of a warning.

How interesting.

Some people even deliberately reported the stream, but nothing happened. It was as if the platform’s staff had all vanished.

Yao Catty Official’s stream had seemingly become a ghost stream visible only to the audience.

“Keep chatting, Streamer! This is what we want to hear!”

“Wait a minute, with how strict the platform has been lately, shouldn’t this stream have been shut down by now?”

“A friend of mine reported it, and guess what? Ten minutes passed, and nothing happened!”

“There are troublemakers in the audience!”

“Streamer, Streamer, are you really an old-timer?”

Sitting before her computer, Ye Yao watched the scrolling barrage of comments and felt incredibly pleased.

The thrill of showing off was truly satisfying.

She loved seeing these “rebellious commoners” react with such exaggerated surprise.

They used to always mock her gaming skills. Now, let’s see who’s mocking who.

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She had to get a good bit of revenge, using her status as an old-timer to strike back.

“Hehe~ You’re all still too inexperienced. You didn’t believe me when I told you, but do you believe me now?

Feel free to speak your mind in my stream. If it gets banned, it’s none of my business. I’m not taking the blame.”

Ye Yao’s tone was playful and defiant, as if she was born to trade insults with her viewers.

“Streamer acts out, viewers pay the price?”

“I don’t buy it! The platform must’ve loosened its rules. I’m going to tell other streamers to try talking about it!”

“Don’t go, upstairs ² Slang for previous post, previous comment, etc. . I just sent several streamers packing. They’ve all been locked up in the “little black room”.”

“There are people actually doing that?”

As time passed, the stream’s viewer count rose a bit, likely inheriting the audience of some other streams.

It was all thanks to some viewers’ indiscriminate sacrifices and some streamers’ unwavering trust of their audience.

Of course, it was also possible those streamers only tried to talk about it after seeing Ye Yao do so freely.

Who would’ve thought that they would get shut down instantly?

The admins were ruthless, not giving any time for explanation.

Why could that streamer, Yao Catty Official, talk about it, while they couldn’t?

That streamer didn’t even have as many followers as they did!

It wasn’t fair!

Some streamers even lodged a joint protest.

Unexpectedly, all their complaints vanished without a trace, not even creating a ripple.

The platform didn’t even offer a direct response, as if that one stream had become something incomprehensible and unspeakable.

As the stream’s viewer count rose, the expressions of the high-ranking Countermeasures Bureau officials secretly watching grew increasingly grave.

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The more people, the greater the chaos.

This was no longer as simple as randomly spawning one “Idea King”.

There might even be several “Idea Kings” popping up at once.

Who knew if these people would use sweet talk to confuse Ye Yao until she couldn’t tell east from west?

These netizens were devious, willing to say anything for the sake of entertainment.

They had to control the stream’s topic direction and prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.

“I now somewhat believe the streamer is an old-timer. Maybe even more than just an ordinary old-timer.”

“Streamer, which family’s little princess are you?”

“Since you’ve already awakened your Esper abilities, what’s your mental power level?”

The new era had just begun.

People were quickly learning the foundational logic of Espers: mental power.

In this new era, an Esper’s mental power typically ranged from ten to one hundred.

Some individuals were highly gifted. Upon awakening, they possessed mental power far beyond the norm, reaching C-rank within just a few days.

Others were average, awakening with only the baseline mental power of ten.

None of this was particularly noteworthy.

Now, many were curious about how powerful the previously hidden Espers were.

Simply put, it was the curiosity of metaslaves ³ People who blindly follow the meta, sometimes to the point of not even enjoying the game… .

Sure enough, as soon as this topic came up, people began to chime in, all curious about the streamer’s level.

Ye Yao blinked.

“My mental power? Maybe just a little bit higher than yours.”

The Countermeasures Bureau officials nodded.

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That was accurate.

Currently, Ye Yao’s mental power was three hundred, not even reaching B-rank yet.

The highest level among Espers in the new era was currently only C-rank. Considering the overall spectrum, the difference was only about two hundred.

Of course, if she switched to the “Tong Yao” persona… no one knew the difference.

“Why is the streamer being evasive?”

“I get it, the streamer probably just awakened her Esper abilities one or two months earlier. She hasn’t been at it much longer than us. Her strength is just average, but she’s pretending to be an old-timer.”

The netizen’s comment hit the nail on the head.

The key point was that they were actually right.

Ye Yao couldn’t be bothered to refute it.

“Yeah, yeah, that’s it. My strength isn’t much higher than yours.”

So what if they doubted her strength?

Ye Yao couldn’t care less. After all, when she got serious, she could send Bluestar flying into another dimension.

This level of slander and doubt wasn’t even enough to make her lose her composure.

Perhaps this was the aura of a true powerhouse.

“I came to this stream to watch you play games. Is the Host actually a gaming expert? You haven’t started yet. You’re not a noob pretending to be one, are you?”

As soon as this bullet comment appeared, Ye Yao became anxious.

“Darn it! Why are you still doubting me? I’ll log in right now! Watch me blind you with my incredibly stunning moves!”

The white-haired loli was so frustrated she nearly bristled in her chair.

Luo Jianhua could only smile and gently soothe her.

Meanwhile, Tang Lulu was almost ready on her end.

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When she clicked into Ye Yao’s stream, she was surprised to see that her viewer count was even higher than her own!

“Huh? Why are there so many people? Did the platform promote Ye Yao’s stream?”

Tang Lulu tilted her head, utterly confused.

But it didn’t matter.

She was more focused on collaborating with Ye Yao to play games.

This was something she had been planning ever since she first met Ye Yao.

“Yao Catty, log in!”

Without hesitation, Tang Lulu sent a message to Ye Yao.

Seeing the message, Ye Yao finally remembered the purpose of this stream.

“My friend is telling me to log in. We’ll chat about all that other stuff some other time. It’s time to game now!”

Ye Yao’s announcement was like a command to stop everything else.

All the netizens who had come for the drama let out groans of disappointment, hoping that Ye Yao would share more insider information.

It was fine even if it was made up.

Who wouldn’t want to watch a cute loli streamer, with the perspective of an old-timer, tell stories of the old era in that adorable voice?

But it didn’t matter. There would be plenty of time and opportunities in the future.

First, they would follow this hidden gem of a streamer!

Author Note

I’ve been hard CC’ed by games! My warm-up attempt failed miserably!

Text: Sob sob sob ⁴ 5 = 五wu, sounds like 呜wu (crying onomatopoeia). you bullied me

I wanna go home and find Mommy