Chapter 896 - 915: Qiuqiu Doesn’t Just Have a Trick or Two Up Her Sleeve, She Has Them From Head to Toe

Qiuqiu didn’t reply to the individual comments on the bullet screen anymore.

It had been a long time since she had used this sharp cleaver, and even longer since she had seen her cutting board. She quickly threw herself into preparing the food.

The viewers weren’t angry that she was no longer responding. Because—the moment she lowered her head, the main subject on the screen completely changed.

The camera robot shifted from tracking Jiang Qiuqiu’s face to zooming in on her hands. Her slender, fair hands held a lotus root on one side and a large, heavy cleaver on the other. These three distinctly mismatched elements appeared in the same frame, yet they looked exceptionally harmonious.

The lotus root’s skin was peeled away, revealing its snow-white interior. With so many viewers watching, peeling just one section definitely wouldn’t be enough, so Qiuqiu quickly picked up a second one.

As the saying goes, a master’s touch is instantly recognizable.

A casual viewer couldn’t help but comment on the bullet screen: [She seems to really know her stuff.]

[At the very least, she looks the part.]

[Duh, she wouldn’t be this famous for nothing. Even if she isn’t as amazing as the rumors say, it’s not like she’d be completely clueless.]

This sentiment won the agreement of many casual viewers. However, Qiuqiu’s loyal fans strongly disagreed!

[No, no! She definitely lives up to her reputation! Juju is even more amazing than the rumors say!]

[Juju doesn’t just ’know her stuff’, her entire being is made of pure skill!!!]

[Also, her posture right now is the most useless part! It’s just for show!]

The truly impressive skills were yet to come!

Reading these exaggerated claims, the casual viewers felt that Juju’s fans were a little unhinged. It wasn’t just the casual viewers; the middle-aged and elderly audience members who had been drawn in by the Q3 incident also felt that this was a bit... a bit too overconfident.

People should be humble!

[Let’s not get carried away. A stellar reputation is great, but we should still remain humble.]

[It definitely tastes good; it’s a rare delicacy compared to what we usually eat.]

Truth be told, those who had previously managed to snag the sensory data for the brown sugar steamed buns had really taken a liking to it. It was sweet and soft with a wonderful texture—an absolute culinary delight. But to point at that steamed bun and declare it the most delicious thing in the entire Federation... It still seemed to lack a bit of soul.

Some veteran fans recognized these users’ IDs and realized the "rare delicacy" they were referring to was the brown sugar steamed bun. They had judged Qiuqiu’s culinary skill based solely on that single item.

But they were completely missing the point!

[Out of all the dishes Juju has made for us, that steamed bun was the most average-tasting one.]

[Yeah, exactly! The sensory transmission was terrible and the data was patchy. It was totally mediocre!]

[...?]

[Mediocre? It wasn’t *that* average, was it?]

[It was very average! Just wait until you try her other dishes! The brown sugar steamed bun sits at the absolute bottom of her menu’s tier list!]

The veteran fans spoke with such absolute certainty that the viewers who had only tasted the steamed bun began to doubt themselves. They had thought the bun was pretty delicious—was it really considered bottom-tier?

It had to be said, the fans’ overwhelming confidence successfully piqued the curiosity of the middle-aged audience members. The casual viewers, watching the exchange between the two sides, eagerly joined the fray and started asking all sorts of questions.

With the sudden surge in comments, the livestream lagged once again.

This immediately united all three factions against a common enemy.

[This app is kind of trash, isn’t it? Why is it always lagging?]

[It’s the year 5356 and we still have apps that freeze up...]

[Is the company broke? Can’t they upgrade to better servers?]

[@Qian Xingxing @Qian Xingxing You broke Boss Qian, hurry up and explain yourself!]

Meanwhile, the aforementioned Qian Xingxing was standing in the technical department, sweating profusely.

He paced nervously, thinking, "What do we do, what do we do..."

The situation was far worse than the company had anticipated. They originally thought that shutting down the other livestreams and dedicating the remaining mechanical-brain cluster would be enough to handle the traffic. However, they hadn’t expected such an astronomical amount of data to flood into a single broadcast window.

A Grade 6 or 7 mechanical brain simply couldn’t handle the load!