Picking Up Fragments

The entire venue was quiet as the competition hadn't begun, and many people weren't wearing headphones.

Jiang Siming and the two girls' conversation naturally fell into the ears of others.

The male anchors nearly had heart attacks out of jealousy, seeing such beautiful female hosts only flirting with him. It's too much—why is it just him getting the attention, and from two girls!

Compared to their "resentment," there was a subtle envy among the women present. Many female anchors had decided to approach Jiang Siming after the competition to ask for contact information. A guy like him was quite desirable.

The three of them casually chatted amidst the crowd, the laughter of the two girls dispersing the tense atmosphere.

The chief cameraman, seeing that the competition hadn't started, decided to focus all the cameras on Jiang Siming and the two girls, earning unanimous praise from netizens.

"Two minutes before the start of the match, let me reiterate the rules."

Rita returned to the central area of the venue.

"This competition is divided into three matches. Killing a person earns 30 points, a chicken dinner is worth 200 points. For the top three, second place gets 100 points, third place gets 50 points. The scores of all five matches will be accumulated to determine the winner of this edition of the Strongest Anchor Tournament."

"No teaming up is allowed in this competition. If found, the match will be canceled, and the anchor's professional qualifications will be revoked!"

"Any form of illegal plugins is strictly forbidden. If discovered, the case will be handed over to the authorities!"

"After the match begins, communication is prohibited. The first offense will result in a warning, the second offense will lead to disqualification!"

After the slightly serious explanation, the atmosphere at the scene became tense again.

Speaking could lead to disqualification, teaming up could lead to losing your anchor career, which meant your broadcasting platform would be shut down. This was a collaborative event of numerous platforms, so hopping onto another platform after being banned from one wouldn't work.

And let's not even talk about using hacks—reporting to the authorities.

Clearly, this competition was much stricter than the previous one, and after Rita's announcements, there was silence at the venue.

Jiang Siming and the two girls also remained silent; they needed to adhere to the rules.

The cameras scanned every anchor present. Among the hundred anchors, many were recognizable faces—Thomas, Lan Zhanfei, A+, 17shou, Xue MM, and various top players from professional teams.

Apart from these experts, there were entertainers like Miss, Da Sima, and Dumb Dumb in this match.

Today's competition attracted the attention of nearly all platform viewers, and all the audience was rooting for their favorite anchors across different live streams.

All anchors were ready, and the first match officially began!

The plane took off. This match was set on the island map.

The three games were set on different maps: Island, Desert, and Sahnok.

The Island map was the most familiar to players. They knew its terrain, each house's status, which area was rich, and which was poor.

But this wasn't just any casual game. In this match filled with experts, no one played recklessly or wandered around aimlessly.

Most people gave up landing in rich zones, choosing a low-key strategy to develop before engaging.

Even though killing someone earned 30 points, they didn't have confidence in surviving a chaotic brawl in such a competitive environment.

The plane's route was from S City toward the airport direction.

As it passed over S City, more than a dozen parachutes were deployed.

However, most of them didn't aim for S City but its peripheral areas.

There were many spots around S City—Corners Z, Shooting Range, Bright Summit, K City, etc.—excellent places for scavenging.

Jiang Siming contemplated joining them initially but observing everyone's diverse directions, he gave up the idea.

Following the flight path over Y City, another group of parachutes descended, yet almost none landed in Y City—everyone jumped to the wilds.

Jiang Siming seemed undisturbed by the urge to jump off the plane, remaining calm and prepared to land at the destination airport.

As people continued to jump along the flight path, when the plane arrived above the airport, only five remained besides Jiang Siming.

Presumably, they all had the same idea—to quickly grab a gun and be ready for potential confrontations. Jiang Siming manipulated his parachute and rapidly descended.

Quickly deploying his parachute, Jiang Siming landed while the other five were still descending.

Witnessing Jiang Siming's swift parachute opening, the others were startled. What surprised them even more was his faster landing speed! When Jiang Siming touched the ground, the fastest among them had just deployed their parachute!

This turn of events dispersed those who had planned to contest C Building with Jiang Siming, making them fly towards K Building or the Police Station Satellite Building.

Once Jiang Siming landed, he smoothly found an M16 semi-automatic rifle.

Picking up the gun, loading it, he glanced up. The other parachutists were still airborne, but only one was closest to him. Jiang Siming decided to take care of this nearby competitor.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bullets shot from the rifle barrel, hitting an unprepared parachutist struggling with their descent.

"Player [4am_ming] used M16 to eliminate player [huya_dongxiaosa]."

The elimination message appeared on the top right of the public screen, visible to everyone.

From the start of the plane journey until now, this was the first player elimination, and it was Jiang Siming who secured it. And the victim was none other than Dong Xiaosa, a well-known anchor from Huya!

The Huya executives' expressions darkened considerably.

The first death at the beginning was from their platform. This was a major blow to their reputation.

The live stream cameras quickly replayed the scene of the elimination. People witnessed Jiang Siming swiftly landing, picking up a gun, and quickly taking out Dong Xiaosa before he even landed.

This caused a stir in the various live stream chatrooms:

"Haha, Ming God is mighty! First elimination!"

"Dong Xiaosa died in the first match, what a noob."

"Huya Platform: Dong Xiaosa, your salary's gone!"

"Kill Ming God, as expected! Jumping next to me, courting death."

"Dong Xiaosa has no gaming experience, haha."

While viewers were excitedly discussing, the executives from Douyu and Huya had contrasting emotions—one was happy, the other disappointed.

"Damn it, I died before even landing!" Dong Xiaosa cursed angrily at the screen.

"Please refrain from speaking. Stay where you died and don't move or talk," the stern referee behind him reminded. He immediately fell silent, feeling unfortunate for not checking his horoscope today—a stroke of bad luck.

Meanwhile, in a corner of the map, Dumb Dumb and Tuantuan, who were cautiously looting, saw this information and smiled. Their admiration for Jiang Siming seemed justified—he was indeed the best!

The information had the most impact on the remaining four at the airport. Hearing the shots and then seeing the elimination message, they understood one thing: Jiang Siming was not only the fastest parachutist, but he was also close by in Building C!