Picking Up Fragments

Zhou Erke's mood brightened—she'd never seen Ming God in real life.

What differences would there be between the real-life Ming God and the one on camera? Would it be a big change?

Like those female streamers who use beauty filters on their cameras, looking like completely different people…

A flare gun sound interrupted Zhou Erke's wandering thoughts.

Not far from where the four of them were searching, a team had called in a super airdrop.

Jiang Siming immediately stopped looting, jumped into a car, picked up the three women, and headed straight for the super airdrop.

"We're going to snatch someone's airdrop? I've never dared to do anything so reckless before."

Zhou Erke said a little nervously.

She occasionally played battle royale, but she was more of a peaceful player—only looting without fighting, running away at the sight of others to rank up.

In her streams, she'd often make self-deprecating bets like "Will I kill at least one person? Yes or No?"

Usually, the bets against her would outnumber the bets for her by dozens of times, which was a bit disheartening.

"No worries, Sister Ke, just stay on the sidelines and observe. Brother Ming alone is enough."

"Yeah, we're just here as the support team. Soon you'll see yourself getting a chicken dinner without much effort."

Dai Xiaomei and Tuan Tuan, who were already familiar with "lying low for the win" tactics, spoke with confidence.

The team that had called in the airdrop were some lucky but less skilled players, and Jiang Siming aggressively charged at them, jumped out, and started shooting.

The already inexperienced team was wiped out by Jiang Siming in the blink of an eye, and Zhou Erke hadn't even gotten out of the car before they were eliminated…

When the super airdrop landed, Jiang Siming was pleasantly surprised to find that it contained a glowing fragment!

This time, it was a red fragment.

"Picked up [Advanced Basketball Skills] Red Fragment *1 (1/5). Fragment set not yet complete, unable to use."

Jiang Siming had previously obtained basketball skills, but they were only basic. This time, he got an advanced skill.

Jiang Siming realized that the skills found in red fragments only have basic and advanced levels.

Initially, he thought it would be like the gene serums, divided into several levels such as basic, intermediate, and advanced. Read the latest on empire

Advanced basketball skills represented the highest level in basketball, allowing Jiang Siming to dominate even in the NBA.

Combined with his physical abilities, even Jordan at his peak would struggle to match him.

Basketball skills aside, Jiang Siming had a suspicion: could it be that every super airdrop contained a fragment?

If that were true, then this would be a steady resource, freeing him from the frustration of low fragment drop rates and bad luck.

In one match, there were at least three airdrops, which meant he could collect at least three fragments—a beautiful prospect for Jiang Siming!

To test this theory, Jiang Siming drove around with the three women, heading for any super airdrop as soon as it was called, no matter how far.

As it turned out, Jiang Siming had misunderstood—it wasn't a guaranteed drop, though the chance was still over seventy percent, which was quite high!

Out of three airdrops, at least one would contain a fragment.

This left Jiang Siming quite satisfied; even a "tiny paycheck" was still valuable, and he didn't feel anxious about his "work."

After five matches, he had won four chicken dinners.

One game was lost because Zhou Erke, feeling a bit nervous, accidentally shot Jiang Siming while trying to help, causing him to get knocked out. The opposing team immediately finished him off, leading to a lost dinner.

Zhou Erke had been apologizing for ages, still feeling sorry even as the stream was about to end.

Jiang Siming hadn't taken it to heart, but she was so full of guilt that he couldn't do much about it.

With four chicken dinners and one third-place finish, they had played nearly all night.

Winning a chicken dinner generally took over forty minutes, since they had to survive in the final zone until the end.

If Zhou Erke were playing alone, she could probably squeeze in over a hundred matches in one night—not even joking.

Throughout these matches, Jiang Siming collected six fragments: four golden and two red. The red ones were both advanced basketball skills.

The golden fragments were all pricey luxury items worth around a million, which was no longer surprising to Jiang Siming at this point.

At the end of the stream, he sang a few songs for everyone before signing off for the night.

Just as Jiang Siming was about to shut down his computer, he noticed a friend request on his Douyu account, with a somewhat familiar ID, apparently a fellow streamer on the platform named [Cool Guy God Qian Xiaojia].

Since the person was a fellow streamer, Jiang Siming accepted the friend request without much thought.

As soon as he accepted, a message came through.

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"Ming God, I've heard great things about you. I'm Qian Xiaojia, also a Douyu streamer. Surely, you know me?"

The boastful tone right from the start made Jiang Siming a bit annoyed.

"Why should I know you?" Jiang Siming replied bluntly, not bothering to be polite.

When he didn't like someone, he usually confronted them directly. He didn't believe in holding back and putting on a show; venting his irritation was just his style.

The other person obviously hadn't expected such a dismissive response, but they brushed it off with a chuckle.

"Ming God, you misunderstand. I'm not here to bother you; I actually want to collaborate with you."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Jiang Siming didn't even feel like replying. He tossed a grape that Wang Xinyi had washed for him into his mouth, casually browsing some websites and checking out today's news.

As expected, a message from the other party popped up again shortly after.

"It's like this, Ming God. You're very popular right now, but to maintain a steady fanbase, streamers need the support of a management company. Without it, your popularity will fade once your audience tires of your content."

"So, we at Huafu Management would like to sign you and provide you with maximum resource support. Of course, you'd need to follow the company's arrangements, using your popularity to boost the other streamers under us."

Reading this, Jiang Siming showed a trademark mocking smile and replied:

"Have you ever seen me relying on a management company? Do you think all streamers need an agency to fake their fame and popularity like you?"

"That's uncalled for," the other replied. "I respect you as a top streamer on Douyu, but don't take me for a pushover. I know you've clashed with Tengfei Company before, but Huafu is on a different level. We're Douyu's largest management company, with unmatched resources that Tengfei could only dream of."

"Do you know the difference between you and Monk Sha?"

Jiang Siming didn't want to waste more time with this fool. He sent that one line and immediately blocked him, going offline.

On the other end, Qian Xiaojia was puzzled. "What does that even mean?" After he searched it on Baidu, he was so angry he could hardly contain himself.