Martial Online.

Chapter 177 Streams

With time passing by, Jesse finished pre-uploading the video onto the ForeverTube website and also put a title and description ready.

The title was "The Method to Acquire an Upgraded Class."

No one was calling the class an upgraded one, as no one, except the ones who had received upgrade class tokens, was aware that the special classes were only upgraded versions.

"Now I just wait for her to finish the thumbnail." Jesse cracked his knuckles and settled into his chair as he typed ForeverStream's website name.

He did not plan to go to sleep yet.

While looking for any stream to watch, Jesse thought about the world of souls and the manifestation of the gate.

Since that one day, it hasn't appeared again.

Jesse even began wondering if he was doing it wrong, but the Wisdom King instructed him to keep on trying and not lose hope.

He shook away those thoughts and then remembered the streamer who found Warhaven and wondered whether he was streaming.

However, once he typed "ShadowBlade," it showed that the streamer had only streamed once, and that was the stream of his discovery.

'Weird that his only stream was the discovery. Maybe he streamed it for that Bormund guy who chatted on his stream.'

Jesse felt intrigued and curious to learn more about Bormund and his connection to the streamer.

However, the thought faded quickly as he began searching for another streamer who was doing something interesting.

Soon, he found a streamer with a familiar name that belonged to one of the clickbait ForeverTubers.

"89John..." Jesse stroked his chin and used his left hand to press on the mouse.

The screen switched to the stream, showing a clean-shaven young man with specked cheeks and a mischievous smile.

He was trotting around a bustling market, chased by screaming players.

They seemed to be his fans, holding goatskin parchment papers and seemingly wanting autographs from the famous streamer.

'A popular one, huh.' Jesse thought while watching the young man weave past the roadside stalls and accidentally knock over a display of fresh produce.

The vendor owner seemed to shout something, but it didn't reach the audio recorder of the camera.

Soon, 89John had vanished behind the alleyway corner and was panting loudly while looking at the floating camera.

"I appreciate y'all, but next time, when I am streaming, please don't chase after me, haha." He laughed and peered past the corner.

After seeing no one, he left the alleyway and blended with the crowd.

While watching the stream, Jesse caught a glimpse of the chat and saw it was filled with emoticons, and the rare few messages were cursing the streamer.

'Huh, is he not popular after all?' Jesse wondered to himself and saw that most chatters had animosity towards the streamer.

However, he still had nearly 800,000 viewers.

'I guess people aren't as blind as I thought. They know he is tricking them into watching his videos.'

Jesse then stroked his chin and wondered. 'How does he still have so many viewers? Obviously, not all of them are chatting; otherwise, it might be possible for the chat to crash.

'I don't truly understand this, but he is still one of the most popular streamers.

'His rank is 89, and surprisingly, his name is 89John. I wonder if he changes his name every time his rank changes.

'He can't be that narcissistic, right?'

After a while, Jesse got bored watching him walk around the streets of the random town, so he left the stream in search of something else.

'I wonder what Atlantis is doing.'

Jesse wanted to check the VOD of Atlantis' sea adventurers, but he had closed the stream to go to sleep.

However, he wondered whether Atlantis made it to any island or if he happened to die.

After searching his name in the search bar, he noticed that Atlantis was surprisingly online.

The view count was merely three, but the small thumbnail showed something interesting.

Thus, Jesse, using his left hand to move the mouse, double-clicked on the stream and then settled comfortably in the chair while the screen switched to the stream.

...

"Ugh, this goddamn stain!" Atlantis roared and fished out a napkin from his inventory.

He then used it to wipe off the grease from his forehead and sighed in frustration as he dropped his gaze to the floor of the sailboat.

There was a strange rust-colored stain on the floor, and Atlantis couldn't understand how it appeared.

It had appeared during the night he slept on the sailboat.

After that night, Atlantis decided to turn around and hopefully find the way back to the Bridge, which connected the Dark Waters and the Light Continent.

Luckily for him, he found a group of friendly players who came to Dark Waters for adventure.

They showed him the path back, and after a few days, Atlantis returned back to Dark Waters in search of anything new.

Ding, ding—a dinging sound came from the chat window of his stream interface.

It was another application of the stream interface.

It was possible to add a dinging effect every time he received a chat message.

He learned that yesterday.

Since he barely ever received any messages, he added it.

It was something that more popular streams would never use because it would always ding because they receive hundreds of messages every minute.

After turning his gaze to the chat, he smiled after seeing a familiar name.

"Yo Ambrose." Atlantis then sat down and read the message aloud. "How am I doing and where am I?

"I am doing great, and I am again at Dark Waters.

"This time, I have stayed on the correct course. Haha, at least I think so."

Atlantis then fished out a map and flapped it in front of the floating camera.

"I received a map from one of the adventurer groups. They have only mapped around five islands and the way back to the Bridge, so it's pretty useful.

"I, however, have already gone past those five islands, so I am in uncharted territory!"

Ding—another message came.

Atlantis glanced at it and laughed. "Sounds dangerous? Well, it is, but I am hoping to find an island all to myself and create my own village.

"It's a very expensive endeavor, but I believe this is the greatest way of making money in the future.

"There might be some exotic fish in Dark Waters that can be sold for tons of silver.

"I'll create a fishing village, haha!"

Ding.

"Sounds fun? Haha, indeed it does. What about you, brother Ambrose? Where are you at?"

Ding.

When Atlantis saw the message, he looked surprised.

"At one of those Dojo Temples? Whoah, I have heard that a few others have also found one of them.

"Well, good luck in your adventures, Ambrose. When you come to Dark Waters, visit my village, haha!"

...

Jesse smiled and used his left hand to type a message on the keyboard.

He agreed to visit that village when he visited Dark Waters.

After he stopped messaging, Jesse simply enjoyed watching the stream and laughing several times as Atlantis cursed about the rust-colored stain that didn't seem to disappear.

Ding—but then he received an email.

Jesse used his left hand, then moved the mouse cursor to the email notification and clicked on it.

To his shock, his thumbnail commission had been completed!