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Chapter 45: Chapter 45: High-Level Player



"Huh? Why isn't the comment section moving? Did I accidentally hit the mute button?" Lumina asked, feigning ignorance as she stared at the eerily silent live stream.

"Um... well..." Guinaifen hesitated, unsure whether to reveal the truth to Lumina, who was putting on a "naive and slightly curious" act.

"That wasn't the mute button... it was the camera button. Which means you're now live on the stream, visible to everyone."

"As for why it's so quiet... they're probably all stunned by your beauty."

Realizing Lumina was now on camera, Guinaifen pondered briefly before deciding to come clean.

"The camera's on?" Lumina muttered, glancing back at the live stream. The once-black screen now displayed her peerless visage.

"Hmm... should I say hello?" Lumina asked Guinaifen, feigning confusion.

Before Guinaifen could respond, Lumina raised her hand and waved at the camera.

"Hi~ Hello everyone! ♪"

Lumina's greeting instantly stirred the stagnant waters of the live stream, causing a wave of excitement to ripple through the chat.

[Hello, my wife! I'm xxx from planet xxx in the xxx galaxy. I'm watching under my real name and typing with both hands to show my sincerity!]

[Wife! Please take me with you! Wife, I'm begging you! Take me away!]

[Ah~ Oh~ Ah~ Saintess~ I am your most devoted follower!]

"Um... your viewers are quite... enthusiastic, aren't they?" Lumina said awkwardly, catching a few of the comments flooding the screen. She gave Guinaifen an embarrassed smile.

"Haha, I... I suppose so..." Guinaifen replied with an equally awkward laugh. Though she couldn't see the comments on her phone, she had a general understanding of how live streams worked.

Seeing Lumina's appearance, the viewers in the live stream were likely spamming comments like, "Marry me! Take me away, Lumina! Take me away!"

"Hmm? What's this...?" Lumina continued scrolling through the comment section. Suddenly, the scene in the live stream changed, and a dazzling array of stars filled the screen.

Then, a magnificent rocket appeared and crashed down, causing the entire screen to tremble violently.

Feigning ignorance about this sudden "event," Lumina handed her phone to Guinaifen and asked innocently, "What's going on?"

Guinaifen took the phone and stared blankly at the brilliant starry display, once again falling into a daze.

Just as she was about to express her gratitude, another rocket crashed down.

Before she could speak, another one followed.

Soon, a barrage of [Spaceships] began to flood the live stream.

[ Past Like Smoke ] gifted 100 [Spaceships]!

The starry special effects continued relentlessly until the hundredth rocket finally stopped.

Overwhelmed by the relentless barrage of gifts, Guinaifen froze, unable to recover from her daze.

"Guinaifen, are you alright?" Lumina asked, noticing her stunned expression.

Lumina's soothing voice instantly snapped Guinaifen out of her trance. Staring at the one hundred Spaceships displayed on her phone screen, she swallowed hard, her voice trembling as she stammered, "T-thank you, Past Like Smoke, for the S-Spaceships..."

Oh my god, a hundred Spaceships! That must be a hundred million Credit Points...

As Guinaifen finished speaking, a shimmering, rainbow-colored comment appeared in the comment section:

[Past Like Smoke: I'm one of the trillions of lives Miss Lumina saved. Without you, I wouldn't be who I am today. Though you may not remember me, know me, or even care about my gratitude, I still have to say it: Thank you!]

"Um... this is for you," Guinaifen said, handing her phone to Lumina as she stared at the comment section.

Lumina took the phone, glanced at it briefly, and smiled. "Really? Then I'll gladly accept your thanks♪"

Lumina's smile was breathtaking, capable of transforming all the world's ugliness into beauty...

"Huh? Why did it freeze again?" Lumina asked, feigning confusion as she looked at the once again eerily silent comment section.

The moment her words faded, the comment section erupted like a volcano.

[🤤... So beautiful! So beautiful! So beautiful!]

[Wife! Please take me away, wife! Wife, I'm begging you! Take me away!]

[I'm Miss Lumina's dog!!!]

Lumina paid no attention to the frantic comments flooding the screen. With a faint smile, she returned the phone to Guinaifen and asked, "I've noticed others call you 'Little Gui.' May I call you that too?"

"Of course!" Guinaifen took the phone, nodding eagerly in agreement.

"Hmm..." Lumina smiled at Guinaifen, then glanced around, feigning thoughtfulness. "I'm new to Luofu and not very familiar with the place. Little Gui, would you mind showing me around?"

"For a fee, of course~"

"Absolutely!" Guinaifen replied without hesitation. She picked up her phone and immediately ended the live stream.

The viewers erupted in protests.

[Hey, Little Gui, are you hogging all the fun again?!]

[Whatever. If Little Gui's being so territorial, maybe I'm the one being unreasonable.]

[Little Gui, you don't want to wake up tomorrow and find your stream banned, do you?!]

Guinaifen remained blissfully unaware of the barrage of comments. She had already pocketed her phone and was happily leading Lumina on a tour of Luofu...

Lumina's arrival in Luofu was poorly timed. Guinaifen had barely started showing her around when dusk began to fall.

"The Luofu Hotel is just ahead, Lumina... uh, Sister Lumina? We can check in quickly." Guinaifen led Lumina to the hotel entrance, hesitating slightly before addressing her as "Sister Lumina."

"That's fine, Little Gui. You can call me 'Sister Lumina'," Lumina said with a faint smile, accepting the nickname.

She glanced at the hotel, a hint of embarrassment coloring her expression. "Um... Little Gui, could I borrow some Strale? I just arrived in Luofu and don't have any local currency..."

"Oh, oh, of course!" Guinaifen readily agreed without hesitation.

She emptied her bag, handing Lumina all 726 Strale she had.

"Lumina... Sister Lumina, I don't have much, but... but it should definitely cover one night's stay."

Today's live stream earnings were roughly equivalent to her income for an entire Amber Era...

Even though all the Strale had been spent on Lumina, the first one, the Spaceship, should at least count as her own, right?

"Alright, I owe you one. I'll pay you back a thousand tomorrow," Lumina said, accepting the Strale with a faint smile.

"No need, it's just a few hundred Strale," Guinaifen replied, waving her hands dismissively. "Anyway, Sister Lumina, I should head back now."

Without giving Lumina a chance to respond, Guinaifen turned and left.

"She's so lively..." Lumina murmured, pocketing the Strale and heading back into the hotel.

[ You didn't even use this as an excuse to stay at her place?! ] the System inquired, having observed their interaction. It suspected Lumina was up to something again.

Having noticed Lumina's lack of Strale, the System had expected her to use this opportunity to visit Guinaifen's home. Instead, she had simply borrowed the money.

"What kind of person do you think I am?" Lumina retorted, glancing at the System's message.

She then answered herself: "I'm someone who strives for perfection."

"And if I strive for perfection, I can't allow even the slightest flaw in my actions."

[...]

[Oh, so you're a high-level player after all.]

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