After a thread was posted on the forum of the No. 3 school, the whole campus seethed.There was no text in the thread but only a thirty-second recording of a conversation between two people.
The students recognized one of the voices, which belonged to the revered Master w.a.n.g Hao.
What w.a.n.g Hao said in the end infuriated the students: "The students of the No. 3 school are r.e.t.a.r.ds who cannot tell drugs from salty water. They deserve to be tricked."
Everybody complained on the Internet after hearing the recording.
"This must be fake. Somebody must"ve used a voice changer to make this recording."
"That"s right. I don"t believe that anyone dares to deceive people in the name of the Guild of Pharmacists."
"I just tested the dimensional drug I bought. It"s really salty water."
"I tested mine too. The result is the same."
"Me too…"
"Me too…"
"d.a.m.n it! Seriously? Have we really been fooled?"
As the word got out, the students who hadn"t taken their dimensional drug yet all tested it, only to find that it was indeed salty water.
Soon, the incident escalated into a disaster, and Qian Wanyang, Chen Yao, and Zhuo Chao did not hesitate to fan the flames.
"You were really idiots. Who would"ve made drugs with the precious s.p.a.ce gem?"
"This is a lie! Master w.a.n.g Hao is a devotee who sees nothing but drugs in his eyes. However precious the s.p.a.ce gem is, it"s only an ingredient in his eyes."
"The s.p.a.ce gem is indeed an ingredient, but have you realized that half of the people who activated an alternate dimension are w.a.n.g Hao"s followers?"
"Well… Are you saying that w.a.n.g Hao gave us salty water and those people real drugs in order to deceive us?"
"Of course! We"re all human. Why have w.a.n.g Hao"s followers succeeded but not us?"
"Shoot! I think I got it now…"
"d.a.m.n it! I"m going to file a complaint to the Guild of Pharmacists right now!"
"That"s right. We have to demand the Guild of Pharmacists severely punish w.a.n.g Hao."
"You"re really idiots. If you want to accuse w.a.n.g Hao, you"d better present evidence. Do you have any evidence?"
"We haven"t had our salty water yet. That"s definitely evidence."
"Are you still daydreaming, young man? Does the salty water bottle have w.a.n.g Hao"s fingerprints? Can you prove that it was sold by w.a.n.g Hao?"
"It was a cyborg who sold the drug to us. Cyborgs do not have fingerprints!"
"w.a.n.g Hao did not show up at all. It was the cyborg who did everything."
"We still got the recording. It"s evidence."
"Even videos can be faked nowadays. Recordings are meaningless."
"Stop talking! w.a.n.g Hao had stated that the odds of success were low before he sold the drugs. That can be his defense."
"Do you think the Guild of Pharmacists will believe you without valid evidence?"
"Well… I don"t think so. Even if they do, they will not admit it unless more powerful proof is revealed."
"That"s right. Such scandals are best kept a secret anyway."
"If you accuse w.a.n.g Hao, chances are that w.a.n.g Hao will demand compensation for slandering him."
"d.a.m.n it! I don"t have any proof to accuse him after he tricked me! How annoying!"
"I don"t care! I"ll beat him up and cripple him right now if I can"t accuse him."
"That"s right! He should end up handicapped for deceiving us."
"Let"s go together!"
"Let"s go! Let"s go!"
"…"
On his s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, w.a.n.g Hao browsed through the forum with a smile.
Le Xuan couldn"t help but ask, "w.a.n.g Hao, what are you up to exactly?"
w.a.n.g Hao smiled but did not answer. He heard the system"s notification: 〈〈Congratulations! The host has been acknowledged as a fraud by millions of students. Reward: 150,000,000 Villain Points.〉〉
"w.a.n.g Hao, not good! Many people are surrounding our s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p!" Ling Ling rushed to them in fear.
"We have a problem!" Le Xuan rubbed her forehead and grabbed her revolver, ready for battle.
"Don"t be nervous. Those are idiots who are offering their money to us. We can"t be rude." w.a.n.g Hao patted Le Xuan"s shoulder and left the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p.
"Idiots who are offering their money?" Le Xuan"s eye twitched. She did not know whether or not they were idiots, but w.a.n.g Hao certainly looked like one right now.
…
In the dean"s office, Hua Zixu looked at the surrounded s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p with a smile, certain that w.a.n.g Hao would remember this lesson.
Ling Xiao asked, "Master, is this really okay? Many people will be killed if w.a.n.g Hao fires his cannon."
"You think he dares to do that?" Hua Zixu"s eyes widened. "His wretched s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p can"t do anything as long as I"m here."
"But what if anything happens to w.a.n.g Hao when all those students beat him up?" asked Ling Xiao regretfully.
"It"s fine as long as he doesn"t die." Hua Zixu waved his hand. "How can he remember the lesson if the lesson is not brutal enough?"
"But won"t it be too brutal?" Ling Xiao glimpsed at the crowd of students down below. w.a.n.g Hao would be crushed even if they each punched w.a.n.g Hao once.
"Headmaster, I"ve just found something strange." Li Hao walked in with a weird look on his face.
"Something weird?" Hua Zixu asked after a brief pause. "What is it?"
"I discovered that someone has been instigating this incident since we released the truth. There was also a recording about w.a.n.g Hao that made the students out of control," said Li Hao solemnly.
"Who did it?" Hua Zixu"s face was cold. Although he hoped that someone could teach w.a.n.g Hao a lesson, he did not really want to see anyone plot against him.
Li Hao smiled bitterly. "It"s w.a.n.g Hao"s two lackeys and Zhuo Chao from the No. 3 school. They were probably instructed by w.a.n.g Hao."
"What?" Hua Zixu was stunned. What was w.a.n.g Hao up to? Why would anyone slander themselves so vehemently?
"I suspect that w.a.n.g Hao is up to something evil again," said Li Hao.
"Is this jerk really ineducable?" Hua Zixu was more than infuriated. Every time he thought w.a.n.g Hao would be taught a lesson, the boy would resolve the problem and make a fortune with his ideas.
He knew that w.a.n.g Hao must be taking action again, but what confused him was w.a.n.g Hao"s intention.