Chapter 3: Snatching beans from rookie newbies!

"Good evening, everyone!"

Building 13, Baiyun Villa District, Binhai City,

in a certain room,

Zhang Danian smiles and greets the blue virtual screen hanging in front of him.

The blue screen displays his live stream, titled [Brutally Killing Rookie Newbies!]

In the Three Kingdoms Kill game space,

every player who makes it onto the combat power leaderboard has built-in live streaming permissions, allowing them to stream their matches in full,

and connect to the external network, where they can be seen by everyone.

At the same time,

every time a player streams, for every one thousand points of popularity they have,

they can redeem one gold bean in the Three Kingdoms Kill game space.

Although it’s a bit small,

even a fly’s leg is meat; no player would complain about having too many gold beans.

…

"The stream is on, the stream is on!"

"Routine end-of-month bullying of newbies! I can’t wait to see the crying faces of those newbies!"

"Snatching beans from weaklings at the end of the month, it has to be you, Zhang Danian!"

"I wonder which newbies are unlucky enough to be matched with Brother Nian this time!"

…

Seeing the full screen of comments and the fan count of 360,000 in the top left corner,

Zhang Danian smiles slightly, feeling a bit proud.

Before the Three Kingdoms Kill space descended,

he was just an unknown construction worker, working in the wind and rain every day.

Not only was the work dirty and tiring,

but there wasn't even a girl to date at the construction site!

Originally, he had lost all hope for his future life.

But now, after the Three Kingdoms Kill space appeared,

he drew the top-tier general Sun Quan and soared into the sky!

He fought his way to 56th place on the Binhai City combat power leaderboard!

Now, in all of Binhai City,

he, Zhang Danian, can be considered a person of some standing!

Facing the urging of many fans,

Zhang Danian slowly presses his hands down and says calmly:

"Starting right away!"

"Today, the old rules."

"The end of the month is here, and I’ll perform a show of brutally killing trash generals for you!"

"Snatching beans from rookie newbies!"

The Three Kingdoms Kill game space forces players to play three matches every month.

For experts, ===== CHAPTER 8 =====

these three matches naturally mean nothing,

and can be easily completed by finding some time at the beginning of the month.

But for some rookie players or weaklings,

it’s a matter of life and death!

The newbie tutorial provided by the game space and the three thousand initial gold beans are only just enough for players to familiarize themselves with the game.

Once they are familiar with it, the gold beans are basically gone!

If they lose again, they will be erased by the game space.

For the sake of their lives, rookie players naturally want to delay the match time as long as possible,

dragging it until the end of the month.

When they can no longer delay it, they are forced by the Three Kingdoms Kill game space to match for a game!

Therefore,

the end of every month is generally when there are the most weaklings and newbie players!

And it’s also the easiest time to win beans!

And Zhang Danian,

having spotted this opportunity,

specifically matches at the end of the month to brutally kill newbies and weaklings,

and snatch their beans!

And while he’s at it, he streams to attract some popularity!

………

Of course, with him doing this, there are bound to be some people in the live stream who can’t stand it.

"As someone with a name on the combat power leaderboard, bullying newbies like this, doesn't your conscience hurt, Zhang Danian?"

"Yeah! Other big shots on the combat power leaderboard don't bother doing such things!"

"Zhang Danian! You have plenty of gold beans so it doesn't matter if you lose, but if a newbie loses, they lose their life!"

……

Seeing the comments mixed with some insults,

Zhang Danian shrugs as if he didn't see them.

"Tsk."

"Since the Three Kingdoms Kill game space descended, having gold beans means having everything."

"Brutally killing newbies earns beans, with low risk and decent returns."

"Why should I bother fighting those big shots at other times?"

As for those newbies and weaklings losing their lives?

Let them lose them,

he, Zhang Danian, won't lose a piece of flesh, and instead, he’ll have something to gain!

The comments standing up for the newbies are only a minority.

Zhang Danian doesn't care about the comments of those people at all.

After all, ninety-nine percent of his fans want to see him bully the weak!

The more brutally he kills, the more the fans like it.

If the fans like it, the popularity is naturally high.

If the popularity is high, the gold beans will flow in continuously!

He casually blocks a few who are cursing him harshly,

and then,

Zhang Danian makes an 'OK' gesture at the screen with a smile.

"Today, the first match of bullying the weak, begins!"

After speaking, he communicates directly with the Three Kingdoms Kill game space,

and starts matching!

[Player Sun Quan Invincible chooses to enter matching!]

[Player, please choose the competitive mode!]

"Five-player military struggle!"

The Three Kingdoms Kill game space has various competitive modes.

But Zhang Danian still likes the five-player mode the most.

[Player matching!]

[Matching successful! Wish the player a happy game!]

"Whoosh!"

Accompanied by a flash of blue light,

when Zhang Danian reappears, he is already in the competition arena of the Three Kingdoms Kill game space.

The five-player military struggle arena of Three Kingdoms Kill

is a large round table with five chairs placed around it.

Zhang Danian sits in the first position.

Clearly, he is the Lord and gets priority in choosing a general!

"Whoosh!"

The moment Zhang Danian sits in the first Lord position, he feels confident.

Looking at the virtual screen floating in the air in front of him,

there are five general cards waiting to be chosen.

"Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Xiao Qiao."

"Does this even need thinking?"

Zhang Danian is even happier and chooses Sun Quan directly.

Sun Quan is the general with the highest overall combat power among the existing generals!

He was already strong, and now he is in the first position with the Lord role.

Not only does he get to play first, but he also has one extra health point!

A five-health-point Sun Quan with 'Balance'.

How could he possibly lose?!

………

In the live stream, a crowd of players sees this scene,

and they all start typing "666".

"It’s hard not to win now!"

"Brother Nian got Sun Quan in the Lord position, a huge advantage at the start!"

"I can't imagine what general, as a Rebel or Renegade, could make Brother Nian lose in this situation!"

"Unless those experts on the Binhai City combat power leaderboard are working together!"

"Forget it, upstairs; it’s the end of the month, and there’s an 80% chance we’re matched with rookie newbies, where would the big shots come from?"

"Haha, friends, type 'bullying the weak' on the public screen!!!"

………

During the game, Zhang Danian cannot see the live stream comments,

but that doesn't affect anything.

He first glances at the player information to see if there is anyone he knows.

After all, the same general, in the hands of different players,

can exert vastly different abilities!

However, Zhang Danian isn't too worried.

According to his experience, those matched on the board now

are likely rookie players or weaklings.

After scanning the situation on the board, ===== CHAPTER 9 =====