What Kind of Nobody Streamer? The Imperial Seal Is Here, So Call Me Your Majesty

[Lighthearted laughs]+ [livestream memes]+ [an unconventional rise to emperor]+ [gracefully stepping down]= This novel has it all! Yu Xiaoyu, a washed-up streamer, dies from pulling an all-nighter. When she opens her eyes, she’s become her unlucky namesake in a parallel world: another tiny streamer struggling to make ends meet.

Looking at a world almost identical to Earth, Xiaoyu can only throw her head back and howl: “I transmigrated, and you couldn’t even give me an overpowered start?!”

Then, out of nowhere, her fortunes change. She casually picks something up by the roadside and discovers it’s the Imperial Jade Seal, missing for over a thousand years!

A seasoned surfer of the information age in her previous life, Xiaoyu suddenly gets an idea: here’s her chance to turn things around!

She immediately starts a livestream on “Kuaiyin,” pointing the camera at the ancient, imposing jade seal. “My friends, witness history! Who could’ve seen this coming? I found the Imperial Jade Seal!”

The livestream grows from a handful of viewers to a massive audience. Netizens go from mocking her to wondering if it’s real. Once experts confirm the seal is genuine, the whole internet erupts!

As the buzz peaks, Xiaoyu slaps the table and slips into character: “I, having received the Mandate of Heaven, shall reign long and prosper! Today I restore the Han dynasty, found the nation of ‘Heroines,’ and ascend the throne! The top donor is hereby named Grand General of the State! The second-highest donor gets to be Minister of Revenue! And as for Wang Congcong, the familiar son of the richest man… I hereby appoint him Chief Eunuch!”

Gifts flood the livestream until the servers are overwhelmed, and the whole internet is laughing until it cries. Just as everyone thinks she’s going to “ascend the throne, choose a new era name, and never attend court again,” Xiaoyu waves her hand with a carefree air. “I lack the talent and learning for this, and the responsibility is too great. I hereby abdicate of my own accord. The Imperial Jade Seal… will be donated to the state!”