NOVEL WEB Chapter 91 - Other Side
Chapter 91 – Other Side
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9,251 people.
Next to the simple room title, ‘Harmony and Dark Zone Collaboration,’ the number of viewers in Yoo Jin’s currently streaming room was just shy of five digits.
These viewers formed a loosely-knit collective community and a massive intelligence under the banner of Yoo Jin—though, of course, that didn’t mean it was useful. Nevertheless, they gathered to watch her broadcast.
In short, these viewers had a certain directionality, though it was natural that there were some exceptions due to their loose gathering.
And here, there was an example.
“…What should I do in a situation like this?”
Explosions and loud noises that were more than enough to grab any viewer’s attention were erupting all around, but to one among the nearly 9,000 viewers—or, in other words, the person who was recently hired as Yoo Jin’s Yourspace editor—it didn’t resonate much.
The reason was that he was quite busy—although it had been less than two weeks since he started running Fanspace, the channel’s subscribers and video views were skyrocketing at an unprecedented rate.
Of course, since he had to operate officially as an editor going forward, organizing Fanspace was necessary.
‘There is a channel integration function, but…’
The problem was that to do this, he had to verify the approval through a subscriber vote, then submit the results as supporting evidence to Yourspace.
Even after channel integration was approved, they would have to arrange the layout through agreement between the two channel managers, decide which videos to keep or delete, and other tasks… Of course, this was a matter for the distant future, but it couldn’t be said that it wasn’t a concern right now.
In any case, with such thoughts, he posted an announcement about this on the Fanspace community after finalizing several discussions upon being confirmed as Yoo Jin’s official editor.
That was the first reason.
The second reason was the need to organize his previous part-time job.
He had become one of the few people to exchange numbers with Yoo Jin, and furthermore, was about to become the first editor to manage her rapidly growing channel, so he wouldn’t have time to worry about other things.
If he didn’t stay sharp, in the worst case, the channel could fall into a bad situation. A fan ruining a star’s Yourspace channel would be a dark history forever engraved on Tree Wiki.
So, after receiving the offer, he spent the whole day thinking of ways to grow the channel, and if it grew significantly well, he considered other measures to manage it more easily…
It might not have been his concern, but thoughts, like smoke, scattered here and there, making it hard to dismiss them.
That was the second reason.
And the third reason?
*Click-click.*
[KkoriEditor: Yoo Jin… ?]
[KkoriEditor: How should I edit the video when collaborating with other streamers?]
It wasn’t that he didn’t watch Harmony’s broadcast.
Rather, he had been a viewer even before Yoo Jin started broadcasting… but, from the font to the editing style, cut distribution, and volume distribution—of course, Yoo Jin’s portion would be prioritized since it was her Yourspace—to revenue distribution and more.
Sinking deep into his chair, he sighed while entering Harmony’s channel as others enjoyed the broadcast.
Making money was incredibly difficult, and there were numerous hurdles and waves to overcome.
It was his first day as an editor.
Today, you’re not going to stream Dark Zone all day, right? Tell me quick, protect the editor’s rights!! (Shaking carrot)
[No way, Rubin. If I’m rolling, don’t you think you guys should too?]
The editor is crying today too lolololololololololol
All editors, game editors, shorts editors are all sticking together lololol
The nightmare of Unauthorized Zone is creeping back, right?
How to upload four 20-minute videos in a week: Treat the editor like a rat
lolololololololololololol
Meanwhile.
Naturally, Harmony’s editor was also struggling similarly.
Though the direction was different from Yoo Jin’s side—in particular, Harmony’s editors got nervous whenever she played Dark Zone.
Harmony, trained with all kinds of crappy games and armed with an adamantium mentality, and Yoo Jin, who would pour out lectures like a waterfall to the point where anyone without such strong mental fortitude would give up.
The chemistry between these two caused an intense reaction, creating videos dense enough that it was hard to know where to edit.
Whether it was talk or situations.
Thus, if the raw footage was excessively entertaining, the editors would get nervous. If they made a mistake, the backlash could come back to them.
[Aaaah! Teacher! Drones and enemies are flying at us from all directions!]
[It’s low level, so it doesn’t hurt even if you get hit!]
[How can it not hurt when you get shot!?]
lolololololololololololol
Fact) If you get hit lightly, it doesn’t hurt.
At the training camp, they teach you how to get hit lightly by bullets, don’t you know? lol
How can a tiny thing fly faster than the sound and not hurt lololololol
Good at gaming but talking skills are wwwwwwwwwwwwww
Anyway, the broadcast was far from over and hadn’t even properly started yet.
What was to come later could be thought about later, and for now, he only had to turn on the clip and memo functions—occasionally noting down the parts that were too funny not to include in the video.
However, despite Harmony’s clumsiness compared to Yoo Jin’s pure physicality, there was no aspect to miss, especially…
──Boom!
[Wait, what did you just do? Wow!]
[There’s a quadrupedal sniper turret on the other side. Be careful; it shoots big rounds that can knock you back.]
[Oh my, it’s really a mess like a weapon test site…!]
Catching a drone flying near her, Yoo Jin smashed it against the wall, breaking its propeller, and then threw it at another approaching drone.
Leaving behind the Fallen attack drone that lost balance and crashed, she was literally crippling the quadrupedal turret by firing Lapua Magnums costing $2.2 per shot.
Only the mechanical sound of the ICARUS device was breaking the silence between explosions.
“…Wow.”
What should I say? Yoo Jin’s gameplay was never boring to watch. That was why her viewers didn’t easily drop off even if she spent dozens of hours in the Dark Zone every day.
At least Rubin, Waltz, and Luddite, who were also Harmony’s editors, had completed all the main missions in Dark Zone a long time ago and even played through them several times with new characters.
Most of the 20,000 viewers, combining Harmony and Yoo Jin’s fans, would also be like that.
Yet, despite it being a path they walked long ago, all sorts of bizarre situations they’d never seen before kept unfolding.
Moreover, Yoo Jin, seemingly adept at real tactical movements and small squad tactics, gave the illusion of a real battlefield by using hand signals, noise control, and various terrains, unlike those who just went around shooting everything.
Harmony also followed that well.
And for this reason,
Yoo Jin and Harmony’s broadcasts had recently become something that AP pro-gamers watched enthusiastically.
‘…I see familiar things.’
Tree Wiki had some functions that could reveal who someone was.
For instance, slightly different fonts or nickname forms, more noticeable ones included various emojis or effects attached to nicknames.
Naturally, some of these had a rarity to them—though they didn’t appear in donations, weren’t visible to streamers, and could only be confirmed by other viewers—some showed affiliations or groups.
And today, several of these became visible to the editor, who was also a viewer, in the chat.
[Veritas//Grizzly]: Throws a drone lolololol
Or,
[BlackK1KERS//ASDF]: Shooting skills ㅜ….
With the start of the preliminary rank, all pro-gamers active on Tree Wiki—whether they were streamers or viewers—had to use effects and nicknames that could reveal their affiliations.
Simply put, it was a way to prevent anonymity.
Names familiar to those interested in AP were chatting like that, and there were likely even more pros watching without saying anything.
Meanwhile, Yoo Jin and Harmony’s steps didn’t stop.
They literally shattered the underground facility, spreading pure violence. Despite this, they had no intention of stopping, instead moving further inside the facility.
Unfortunately, this mission didn’t end well. The PMC members from Artemis handed over company-produced weapons and access rights to China and Russia for their survival, and the operators had no choice but to extract information from the server and destroy everything.
As time passed, the truth got closer, and the two finally faced it.
[Notification: Residual network log found. Evidence of large-scale data transmission detected.]
[…What does this mean?]
[It means it has already been leaked. We were too late.]
Harmony visibly despaired, while Yoo Jin, as usual, checked her equipment without much expression change.
A half-scripted story unfolded. To be specific, it was provided in-game FOV, and the content was simple. The information had already leaked, and the automatic defense mechanism activated upon detecting contact.
While special enemies armed with exoskeletons and various killer robots poured in, the goal was to temporarily disable them with pre-installed EMP bombs and escape without looking back.
That was the general story. For regular players.
When the EMP went off, everything went dark for a moment, the sound of buttons popping filled the viewers
‘ ears briefly.
Ew!
Pop.
A disconcerting sound was heard first, and shortly after, the emergency power activated, illuminating the space.
A considerable disaster unfolded before their eyes.
[Another masterpiece from the teacher.]
[I instinctively reacted because something was hesitating nearby.]
In summary, what should I say?
The fact that even the most advanced bulletproof helmet couldn’t withstand a tactical hammer?
Whoa;;;;;;
Cracked the head with a hammer that doesn’t break even with bullets…????
Newbies being surprised by Yoo Jin, cute lololololololol
If you get flicked by someone who can lift over 700 pounds in real life, that’s what happens lol
[LegioInvicta//Aristo: What is this;;;;]
The newcomers to their broadcast rubbed their eyes, wondering what they were seeing, while those who had seen this chemistry for a long time—or from the beginning—just laughed and watched.
Naturally, Ruin, Waltz, and Luddite were the latter.
Thus, only one comment appeared in their Engram room.
[Luddite: Came across a scene that can’t be left out lol]
Even those who had seen it multiple times were surprised, so how would the recent newcomers or those who came to watch the gameplay feel?
As always, Yoo Jin was raising the viewers’ expectations.
It was a day in early September, still far from the end of the broadcast.
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