Chapter 289: Shengzai, who suddenly went viral on the internet!

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【Playing dirty when your skills are inferior?】

【Others can also show off their operations with niche weapons. If you can't beat them, you report them. Do you still have any shame?】

Such barrage comments kept popping up on the official BoB livestream, causing some popular professional players to hurriedly and silently withdraw their complaints against Shengzai.

There was no help for it; now, whether it was the official person in charge of BoB or other players, almost everyone was standing on Shengzai's side. If they persisted, they wouldn't even be able to earn a living from their fans in the future.

Even though only the first round of the preliminaries had passed, Shengzai, a player who had been lurking in GGO for less than a month, had successfully broken through the circle because of this turmoil, and even attracted a huge wave of traffic for GGO.

After all, in today's society, MMO games occupy a huge share of the market, and the audience is quite broad.

And as soon as the videos of Shengzai's previous matches were leaked, many young people were instantly turned into fans by him.

It wasn't just GGO players; anyone who frequently comes into contact with MMO games understands the operations and techniques Shengzai displayed in the matches. The difficulty of achieving that level is quite high.

"Rampaging Bonito," who had been eliminated by Shengzai before, was originally quite depressed because he had always felt that he had bad luck, actually encountering a monster like Shengzai in the first match of the BoB tournament, which ultimately led to a crushing defeat.

However, after Shengzai went completely viral on the internet due to the "cheating turmoil," "Rampaging Bonito," as his opponent, also reaped the benefits of Shengzai and became an internet sensation!

Those who were turned into fans by Shengzai's strength, when they went to learn about Shengzai's past, accidentally discovered that Rampaging Bonito was Shengzai's first opponent after entering GGO.

And this time in the BoB tournament, he accidentally became Shengzai's first opponent again, and was also the opponent who caused Shengzai's "cheating turmoil."

It was because of this that "Rampaging Bonito" became an instant hit. Some people directly gave him a resounding title called 'Witness of the Legend,' and many even believed that Rampaging Bonito was just unlucky; otherwise, with his strength, he would be enough to crush over eighty percent of professional players.

Don't you see that other GGO players could barely last two rounds in Aunt Wenren Shengzai's hands, but our "Rampaging Bonito" brother forced him into a "desperate situation" twice. Who would dare say our Bonito brother lacks strength with such ability?

【Aunt Wenren Shengzai? Could this ID be the 'Saint'? The savior of SAO, actually went to play GGO?】

Facts proved that the speed of internet dissemination is fast, and coupled with the fact that GGO's BoB tournament is a recent large-scale event, people mingling in the MMO game circle soon noticed that Shengzai's game ID was extremely familiar.

【What 'Saint'? The other party's nickname is 'Golden Lion Cub,' and he is a supernova that has recently appeared in GGO.】

【No, no, no, you are the one who doesn't understand. Do you know about SAO, which instantly swept the country as soon as it was released two years ago?

At that time, the ten thousand players in the public beta were trapped in the game for two years because of Mao Chang Jingyan's conspiracy.

In the end, those players were able to escape successfully entirely because a player of SAO at the time defeated Mao Chang Jingyan, and most of the survivors were able to return.

And that SAO player at the time had the character ID Aunt Wenren Shengzai, and he also had the nickname 'Saint' in SAO!】

【It really is the 'Saint,' no mistake. Although the character is different from the person seen in SAO, I believe that in the entire MMO game circle, there are not many people who can achieve this level with the same operations.

(PS: I am also one of the survivors of SAO, and I can clearly tell everyone, don't look at GGO's Shengzai as a young boy, but in reality, he is a young, handsome man with high looks.)】

Shengzai, who had inexplicably become popular because of the "cheating turmoil," became even more wildly popular after his SAO identity was dug up.

When Shinai saw the comments online, she was curious and searched for information about Shengzai.

Soon, a virtual floating window appeared before her, displaying reports about how Shengzai had saved SAO players and even exposed how Sugou Nobuyuki had imprisoned the players' consciousnesses in ALO.

The photo of Shengzai attached to the report showed him at an age that looked like a high school student, and just as that SAO survivor had said, Shengzai's looks weren't just "not bad"—he was so handsome he was no different from an idol!

"In that case, you must be one of the SAO survivors just like Shengzai, right?"

Looking at the report in front of her, Shinai turned her head to look at Kirito beside her and asked.

"Yeah, Shengzai and I are both SAO players. In fact, the reason we were so skilled with light swords earlier is partly because of that... oh wait, even without SAO, Shengzai is a national kendo tournament champion.

As for why we had to dive into GGO, I told you the reason before, and Shengzai suspects that 'Death Gun' is also one of the SAO survivors, just like us."

Facing Shinai's inquiry, Kirito could only answer truthfully. There was no helping it; Shengzai was such a show-off that his background had been dug up by others.

"Since the other party is one of the SAO survivors, shouldn't Shengzai be a benefactor to 'Death Gun'? Why would Death Gun still want to kill him?"

Kirito did not tell Shinai that she was also being targeted by "Death Gun," as anyone who suddenly learned someone wanted to kill them might not be able to keep their composure.

"Because in SAO, 'Death Gun' was the type of red-name player who took pleasure in hunting others.

Shengzai is deliberately drawing attention to himself like this now, probably to attract his focus.

As long as Death Gun makes a move on Shengzai, the chances of survival for others being targeted will be higher."

In fact, it was just as Kirito said. As Shengzai became a complete viral sensation online and gained more attention, "Death Gun," hiding in a corner, looked at him with even more excitement.

"Death Gun" had known about Shengzai's strength back in SAO, but only because of that did Shengzai qualify to be killed by him.

Now that Shengzai was receiving so much attention, if he killed him in full view of everyone, his own value should be fully realized, right?

Just thinking about Shengzai twitching in front of him with a look of despair before dying made "Death Gun" tremble with excitement!

After an entire night passed, the BoB preliminaries officially ended. Shengzai not only qualified first in his group based on his own strength, but he also became the hottest star player in the entire MMO gaming circle overnight.

Virtual gaming is now an irreplaceable part of people's lives. Shengzai has great skills, is handsome, and has the persona of a "hero," so it is not strange at all that he would be highly sought after overnight.

Just as he took off the virtual device NERvGear, Anqi and Suguha immediately crowded around and said to Shengzai: "Congratulations, Brother Shengzai (Shengzai), you're now comparable to a national idol!"

(End of this chapter)