After fixing some small bugs and getting a good night's rest, Bronya was full of energy now.
Her ranking of fifth on the overall list gave her a strong shot in the arm; the excitement and slight pressure made her work even harder.
The games behind her in the rankings were very close, so she would first maintain her position in the top five before considering further progress.
Taking advantage of yesterday's popularity, the previously unknown "arahato α" welcomed its first wave of curious players attracted by word-of-mouth. The entire morning was spent more hurriedly than yesterday.
Fortunately, Kiana had good stamina, otherwise, she would have probably collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
At noon, the few of them quickly ate a few bites of food and hurried back to the booth. The afternoon's flow of people would be even greater than the morning's, and Kiana was already imagining her miserable fate for the next few days with a bitter face.
"Kiana, didn't you say last time you wanted to go to the beach?"
Kiana, who couldn't hide her emotions, was quickly noticed by Bronya. She walked over to Kiana and patted her on the shoulder.
"Ah? Yes, but isn't Mei's family's private beach under renovation and unusable?"
Summer vacation was approaching soon for school, and she did mention it before, but because Mei, Sirin, and Seele didn't like places with too many people, it was left unresolved.
"What if I could borrow a private beach in Europe?"
"Hmm?!!"
Suddenly, Kiana's eyes lit up: "Bronya, are you saying..."
Without explaining directly, Bronya chuckled and raised an eyebrow, looking at Kiana: "It depends on your performance these next few days~"
Immediately, Bronya felt her arm being pulled. She saw Kiana putting on a weathered expression, looking at her with teary-eyed emotion: "Kiana has drifted for half her life, only regretting not meeting a wise lord. If Bronya does not abandon her, Kiana is willing to pledge allegiance..."
"Stop, stop, stop, I don't want to be a father right now!"
Bronya pushed Kiana's forehead away with a hand and said with some disdain.
"Hehe, isn't this just setting the mood? Bronya boss, leave anything to me, I guarantee the mission will be completed!!"
Not only in terms of mental atmosphere, compared to just now, Kiana even stood a bit straighter. It can only be said that Bronya knows how to motivate.
Soon, the players who had eaten and rested regrouped into a flow of people. Looking at the heatwave that was even more surging than in the morning, Kiana subconsciously held her breath, ready to face it!
However, she soon discovered something strange.
Even though there were more people, very few of them stopped in front of Bronya's booth. Moreover, these people seemed to have already decided on their destination after entering, not even willing to spare a glance along the way.
How strange.
Unfortunately, there was no way to go and investigate now. Fewer people didn't mean none, and she still needed to receive them seriously.
Bronya also noticed this situation, but like Kiana, it was impossible to leave the other players present unattended, so she could only silently suppress this doubt in her heart and wait to investigate later.
A few hours later, there was still some time before the closing of the exhibition, but there were no new players coming to try out the game at Bronya's booth.
After explaining the game rules to the last player, Bronya looked around and walked over to Kiana, who had been idle for a while and was dozing off.
"Kiana, do you have any impression of the people flow this afternoon?"
Kiana, awakened, rubbed her eyes, yawned, and spoke slowly.
"You mean the ones who were all heading in one direction? Yes, I do."
"Mhm."
Bronya nodded. She lightly stroked her chin, her tone thoughtful: "There's not much going on at the booth for now. You go and see what the situation is, I'll stay here."
"Huh?"
Kiana was stunned for a moment, but after looking around at the sparse few people in the venue, she nodded in understanding.
"Okay, I'll go over there and ask. If there are any problems here, remember to call me."
Stretching with a long yawn, Kiana shook the silver long hair behind her head and waved goodbye to Bronya.
...
[Speaking of which, to the moon is ranked tenth from the bottom.]
[Haha, I didn't realize it at first, but now that you mention it, it feels funny.]
[Even to the moon can only rank tenth from the bottom, so the games at our indie game festival must be really amazing (laugh)~]
[Our indie game festival is really strong~]
[Brothers, is anyone there to support? Online voting is simple, but the on-site popularity can't be lacking!!]
[Thanks for the invite, I'm going to Saint Freya and already on my way.]
[Oh, brother, remember to take pictures. I want to send some local specialties to this interesting designer.]
[Brothers, I'll say a number: first place in one afternoon, can we do it?]
Top-tier plot, plus Elysia, plus Eden Studio, this combination that could be called a royal flush was overshadowed on the first day because it was a pixel game, achieving the excellent result of tenth from the bottom. It must be said that it was quite dramatic.
At this time, many people in the bullet screen of Sirin's live stream had started to become active.
After having their fun with Sirin, they forgot about the streamer who was still crying and directly used the live stream room as their chat room.
Some were being sarcastic, some were watching the show, and some were calling for everyone to go support. In short, everyone was chatting about their own things, it was lively, and the background was accompanied by Sirin's non-stop crying.
Relying on the popularity of the live stream, it could indeed bring a lot of traffic to Nangong Yu's booth, but the real bulk of the traffic came from Elysia and Eden.
'What? Eden released a new song?'
'Ah? Not Eden? If it's not Eden, then what the... Is it Eden Studio plus Pink Fairy Miss?'
'You should have said so earlier, now I have to support it.'
Such conversations filled the fan groups of Elysia and Eden, taking the already lively group chats to the next level.
Many people near Saint Freya changed their afternoon plans and turned to rush to the exhibition held by Saint Freya.
After asking a few passersby, Kiana quickly got the accurate answer.
"It's actually A Yu's booth, hiss~"
An expression of unconcealable surprise appeared on her face. Kiana remembered that A Yu said yesterday that his booth had no one going to it, so how did it become so popular today?
Could it be that A Yu was doing a striptease at the venue for popularity?
With intense curiosity, Kiana walked towards Nangong Yu's booth in the adjacent hall.
And then, the scene that followed left her deeply shocked.
Upon entering the other exhibition hall, she immediately felt the congestion. Kiana circled around twice before slowly getting a bit closer, but the layers of human walls prevented her from seeing the scene inside, and the noisy voices made it impossible for her to hear anything.
The surrounding stalls were already deserted by their staff. Kiana simply found a corner piled with miscellaneous items, climbed to the top along the items, and soon had a clear view of the entire hall.
Her gaze quickly locked onto the center of the crowd, which was the location of Nangong Yu's booth. Kiana saw them sitting in rows on the ground, filling the booth area and the open space, watching the large screen in the center of the booth as if they were watching a movie together.
The scene on the screen just changed. With her excellent eyesight, Kiana could barely make out the image on the screen.
Is this... a spaceship? A rocket?
Just as she was thinking in confusion, a sudden scene occurred that scared her so much she almost fell off.
She saw the audience sitting in the middle suddenly start crying for some reason. They were in tears, some who were sitting closer even hugged each other, and the sound of crying almost echoed in every corner of the hall. That feeling of sorrow and sadness almost instantly enveloped Kiana's entire body, gripping her heart.
Trembling all over, Kiana's legs felt weak, and her expression became increasingly terrified. Looking at the scene before her, she trembling reached for her phone with her right hand. Soon, Bronya's call was connected.
"Kiana, what's wrong?"
Bronya's confused voice was like a lifeline to Kiana at this moment. She clutched the phone tightly, the veins on the back of her hand protruding: "Bronya, hurry and save me!!!"