Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Yi looked at the [Lost Girl] not far away, his legs stiffened in place, and he dared not approach.

“Has Cloud Dream completely let loose?”

“Is this the gold content of an[Adult Level]game?”

“Such a strong connection!”

Yi kept tongue-lashing, but his feet did not dare move an inch.

This has made the audiences impatient in his live streaming room——

“What are you standing there for? Go and save her!”

“Exactly, get closer, who can see clearly from so far away!”

“She doesn’t even have clothes on, she’s pitiful, come here, let uncle’s arms warm you!”

…

“But…” Yi hesitates to say, “It’s not proper for men and women to touch each other. Wouldn’t it be a bit wrong if I really went over?”

As soon as he said this, conspicuous messages immediately jumped out to refute him——

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Gentlemen avoid looking at inappropriate things! Have your eyes moved at all?!”

Yi quickly turned his back to the [Lost Girl] and said: “Is this ok now?”

Having silenced the viewers, Yi thought for a moment and said, “Our kindergarten teachers taught us not to casually look at a girl’s body, so let’s forget it and move on?”

While speaking, he really took a step to leave.

Under a screen full of “???” comments, he took five steps away.

Then he stopped, turned to the camera, and said, “You all saw it, right? I had absolutely no desire to get close to her! I am only going to help her because you all strongly requested it!”

The question mark comments instantly multiplied!

Yi still didn’t finish his excuse: “Also, in order to show respect to her and to prevent any inappropriate interaction that might harm both of us, I decided——”

He quickly took out the remaining [Potion of Gender Swap] and swallowed it without hesitation.

After a magical girl transformation of light and shadow effects, the female version of Yi, who had only left the stage less than half an hour ago, made her second appearance.

“Now we are both women, so there’s no problem, right?”

Ignoring the tide of comments flooding the live streaming room, she decisively turned and ran quickly towards the nearby [Lost Girl].

As he got closer and the light of the torch covered her, everyone finally got a clear view of the Lost Girl——

With white hair and not a shred of clothing, she was kneeling on the ground, looking pitiful as she covered herself with her arms, eyes welling up with helpless tears.

Just seeing this scene was enough to melt many of the audience’s hearts.

They simply wished they could climb into the display, rush to her side, and give her whatever she wanted!

It’s a white-haired young girl!

Yi was thinking pretty much the same thing, moving closer and whispering: “Little girl, do you need help?”

The “little girl” kept her head down, silently wiping her tears and didn’t answer.

Yi had no choice but to get closer and ask again: “Why don’t you come home with me?”

“My place is quite big, with many rooms, each room has a bed, you can get a good night’s sleep there.”

Tons of question mark comments flooded the streaming room once again.

But Yi was already standing next to the [Lost Girl], searching his backpack for an article of clothing for her.

But he had just cleaned out his backpack before coming down and didn’t have any extra clothes.

Helplessly, he took off his own breastplate and handed it over.

The young girl, who has been looking down and wiping her tears the whole time, finally looked up, revealing a pair of——

Scarlet eyes.

“?” Yi was stunned for a moment.

The young girl in his eyes, however, showed no hesitation as she pounced on Yi!

If this happened a second ago, this would definitely be an unexpected perk.

But now, no one would think about that!

In the blink of an eye, the tender and pale skin of the girl turned into a dark green color. The moisture completely disappeared, and her whole body became shriveled and wrinkled. Her blood-red nails grew to half a foot long and fiercely scratched towards the chest of the female version of Yi who was clad only in a shirt and lacked any armor protections!

The unexpected attack happened in an instant, Yi couldn’t react at all, and was hit hard, losing a large chunk of his health.

“Holy shit!”

After being hit, Yi finally reacted and desperately tried to run.

But the “young girl” who transformed into a monster girl was faster, way faster! She chased after him, attacking fiercely.

Yi hurriedly put back his breastplate, waved his Magic Light Sword to retaliate, but his health still dropped rapidly.

He could not figure out why he, with full armor and a big sword in hand, could not defeat an “armorless” target?

But the situation was perilous, overthinking was not helpful, he could only think of escaping!

Double jump! Rocket Boots! Back-off a little, then decisively dive downwards!

But the banshee rushed over without a word, biting and scratching him in mid-air!

Seeing his health bar hit rock bottom, Yi gave up trying to escape. Instead, he activated his rocket boots once more with a yell: “If I have to die, I’m taking you with me!” And together, they plunged into the lava pool below.

The second he touched the lava, he got burnt to death.

But during the countdown to resurrection, he was consoled by seeing the banshee, whose name had turned into “Ningfu,” also got scorched in the lava.

After reviving, Yi stood in place, unable to recover.

The crisis sprang up suddenly, leaving him no time to think. He could only react instinctively.

But now that it had ended, he could finally understand what had just happened —

“Are you out of your mind!!”

“How do you expect players to endure this kind of test!!?”

“Son of a-!” Yi cursed, looking down at his chest and growing even angrier, “Do you think this is easy for me?! ”

What pissed him off even more was the sudden red, bolded warning message from the super-administrators of the live-streaming room —

[Warning]: The content of your live-stream has repeatedly violated the rules and endangers the community. This is the second warning within a short time. If there’s a ‘next time’, the live-streaming room will be closed without further notice. Please cherish your live-streaming room.

Facing this belated warning, Yi felt dumbfounded, and angry:

“It’s too late to warn me now as I’ve already died and came back to life, isn’t it!?”

“You enjoyed watching me go through that, right?!”

The audience of the live-streaming room was dazed by the plot as well.

They felt disappointed that the “Lost Girl” was merely bait and not an NPC more ‘pleasing to the eye’ than the tree-nymph. They also found it funny that Yi was pranked so badly.

Their mixed feelings left them speechless, causing the live-streaming room to go silent for a while.

But soon, an eye-catching message emerged, reigniting everyone’s spirit: “Super Tomato encountered the Lost Girl! Hurry up and see it!”

Feeling wronged, Yi impulsively opened Super Tomato’s live-streaming room and began live-streaming his “competitor’s” show.

“Go ahead and ban me if you can!”

After stating that, Yi immediately started tuning into the live stream, eager to watch the others suffer.

On the screen, Super Tomato climbed over a hill and found the rare creature — the [Lost Girl] — as indicated by the [Life Form Analyzer].

But before Yi could start laughing, he saw Super Tomato suddenly turned his back to the naked girl with lightning speed.

At the same time, he couldn’t stop repeating: “Mother of God! You’re going to ruin my live-stream!”

“I rely on this for my living!”

“Spare me, sorry, sorry for disturbing, I’ll detour around you, bye!”

And he actually left without looking back.

“???” Yi looked stunned, “Is there really someone who could walk away without looking?”

Seeing Yi’s puzzled face, the audience couldn’t stop laughing:

“This is the difference between pretending to be upright and actually being upright!”

“A trap that only pranks perverts? No wonder it’s Cloud Dream! High level! Really high level!”

“I only want to know now: if a female player encounters it, is it the same [Lost Girl], or is it a [Lost Boy]?! ”

“If not a [Lost Boy], then it’s too unfair!”

…

Seeing his hopes shattered, he had to reluctantly close Super Tomato’s live-stream and continue his own journey — heading back to the underworld to mine.

Oh, also, he has to find another Fire Flower to change back to himself…

Just thinking about the previous daunting beeline he made for the Fire Flower, he felt like vomiting blood…

“If I drink this thing again, I’ll be a dog!”

While cursing and hurrying on his way, Yi happened to pass by the lava pool where Ningfu had died and noticed something glistening in the magma.

“Is this… something the banshee dropped?”

Yi hesitated for a moment, but still jumped into the lava to collect the fallen item before quickly jumping back out.

After placing a bonfire to regenerate his health, he examined the drop —

[Metal Detector]: When there’s valuable near the player such as ores, treasure chests, jars, life crystals, and life fruits, it will alert the player.

As soon as he picked it up, it began vibrating, and a line of text appeared —

“Platinum ore discovered nearby!”

“It’s pretty useful, but…” Yi looked at the long thin metal cylinder vibrating incessantly, “why would Ningfu drop this thing?”

“And, where did she hide this thing? If I remember correctly, she was naked, was she not?”

“Given that there are ores everywhere underground… wouldn’t it vibrate non-stop no matter where she hid it?”

“Hiss——” Suddenly, Yi gasped, hastily dropping the subject.

If he kept going, his live-stream would indeed get banned…