r18novel Chapter 109 818
Chapter 109 818
Before breakfast sold out, Chen Sui quickly bought a bowl of purple rice porridge and two custard buns at the window, and also opened the group chat to see how many people were regretting not getting on the bus.
Now I can openly and legitimately remove myself from the blacklist. If any group member dares to bark at me again, telling me to stop blacklisting, I can confidently retort: "I got our guild's first Mystic Crystal through blacklisting! Blacklister, you speak up!"
The message count in the group was indeed 99+, but along with it came a flood of requests to join the group. Chen Sui instinctively felt something was wrong and then realized that the group had become a noisy mess.
"Is the commander still not awake?! The enemy has already come knocking on our door!"
"Team leader, we've made it to 818! We're in the spotlight now, even if it's a controversial one, but controversy is still controversy!"
"What happened..." Chen Sui finally popped up and said a few words.
With the key person in charge identified, everyone in the group briefly explained the situation, and I also sent her a link to a forum.
Chen Sui clicked on it and saw: [818] Lightning Protection Group Fireworks, the group leader's clique bullies the savages and imposes arbitrary fines, kicking people when they can't argue...
818 is a homophone for "gossip" in Chinese. The content usually revolves around the poster exposing the bad behavior of others or other groups. Things like infidelity, betrayal by relatives and friends, and being a third party in someone else's life become more and more interesting as you read. The writing style of each post is better than the last.
There are many posts on various topics on Tieba, such as game information, confessions, and Ghost 818. Gossip is also a popular topic, after all, who doesn't like to read game gossip when they're slacking off at work?
At that time, there were few people playing PvE, and most players were playing PvP. So when a gossip post about team disputes suddenly appeared, it was surprisingly quite lively.
Chen Sui read through the post. Goodness, if she hadn't been the person involved, she definitely would have believed it, let alone the other netizens.
The person who posted the message was Milk Show, who was almost unanimously kicked out of the group yesterday.
From her perspective, she was the complete victim. She randomly selected a group tour, which not only turned out to be a complete disaster, but she was also inexplicably fined. When she tried to reason with them, she was kicked out of the group.
The comments section was filled with condemnation, mostly clichés: all sorts of trash are starting raids and becoming raid leaders; the game's atmosphere is being ruined by people like this; after calling customer service to complain and verify, their accounts will definitely be banned.
To increase the post's popularity, this person even organized a lottery within the post, and it seems there were also supporters who vigorously promoted the post and stirred up trouble, all just to vent their anger. For a time, the post remained highly popular on the forum.
Although the spies in the group have been kicked out, the group number has still been exposed. Since it has gained popularity, naturally some idle people with a strong sense of justice have come to take the lead and uphold justice on the Internet.
This has led to the current situation.
Fortunately, the people in the group weren't going to take it lying down; they immediately started taunting and mocking each other in the comments section.
"Even savages have agreed to let you fly, and you still have the nerve to bark like a dog?"
"By the way, once you, this jinx, leave, we'll be getting Xuanjing right away. You'll regret it then."
"I was on that vehicle, and to be honest, I've never seen such a good-tempered guild leader in all the time I've played. Even after the vehicle overturned and we had to rescue it, he didn't yell at anyone. He just calmly gave orders. If you can still criticize this, then you're really something else, Feng Fei."
It's unclear whether this is a rebuttal from a passerby or a group member, but at this point, everyone has their own version of events, and both sides are attacking each other from their own perspectives, causing chaos throughout northwestern Shanxi.
Someone in the group continued to fuel the fire, saying, "Leader, let me lead the group to charge again. Let's blow him up. He's bullying us too much."
"Don't worry, Commander. My main account on Tieba was permanently banned for being a troll back then, but if there's a war, I'll be there when called upon!"
"Team leader, let me handle this. I don't argue with people online, but I argued with someone for two hundred floors until they finally couldn't take it anymore and blocked me."
Chen Sui was both touched and helpless as she read the comments from her fellow group members. There was even someone in the group nicknamed "Peerless Bald Donkey" stirring things up, which almost made her laugh out loud.
"Thank you everyone for wanting to help me vent my anger, but arguing is not the solution. Please don't reply to that post anymore; it will only increase the heat and escalate the conflict."
At this moment, Chen Sui decisively and calmly stepped forward to stabilize everyone's emotions. Aimless arguing is not the way to solve problems; it will only make things worse. Ask anyone who still remembers the name of that milk show from yesterday.
Having read many posts on Tieba (a Chinese online forum), Chen Sui knew that there was a reasonable way to deal with this situation: take screenshots and record videos promptly.
I don't usually take screenshots or record videos, but if we mess up a dungeon or there's a dispute in the team, this is the best evidence for reviewing the situation. It's a pity I've never done this before; this time I'll learn my lesson.
Fortunately, someone remembered the other person's ID. Chen Sui added the other person as a friend, but they were offline. When the other person came online in the evening, she tried to send a private message, but was immediately blocked.
A little while later, Chen Sui discovered that her account had a bounty on it again.
Damn, they're not even giving us a chance to communicate! Chen Sui sighed helplessly.
At this moment, someone in the group asked, "Team leader, are we still departing today?"
Chen Sui thought about it and was a little worried. At this critical moment, she was still organizing a group of people. Wouldn't someone cause trouble?
But then he thought again, what's there to be afraid of? If someone asks, I'll just explain it clearly. I'm innocent, so I have nothing to hide. So he gritted his teeth and started organizing the group.
Sure enough, all sorts of bizarre and strange things happened.
Either a group of people click to join, and then most of them leave when the group is almost full, or someone joins and starts venting their emotions, hurling insults and then leaving the group without giving you a chance to explain.
Even during breaks in the group, some people were browsing posts and broadcasting live, criticizing them for daring to continue organizing group chats.
Someone suggested that she should just change her group badge and reincarnate on the spot, but Chen Sui thought about it and finally disagreed. Firstly, she had been using this group badge for so long and had become attached to it, so she was reluctant to change it.
Another group in a district always has the same few people, so changing the group nameplate won't hide it. It will be exposed immediately, and it will only make it seem like they are guilty and changed the group nameplate.
Moreover, many raid leaders know each other. Sometimes when it's difficult to find a group, the raid leaders might chat and then merge two raids that were only half-formed into one.
Actually, I discussed my approach with the other raid leaders, and everyone agreed with it. We even proactively avoided the troublemaking healer, and everyone quietly chose to stay silent to prevent the conflict from escalating.
Finally, we managed to get a full group, but halfway through the first boss fight, the main tank suddenly started playing music on the public mic and then pulled away from the boss.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then realized that this was someone who had come specifically to cause trouble, even more cunning than those who came in and started cursing. They would only start causing trouble and making trouble after the fight began, and then at the last moment, they would bring the boss to break up the fight and specifically mess with your mentality.
Although Chen Sui's resolve was still quite firm, this incident completely dampened everyone's enthusiasm for the game, and they immediately disbanded the group, deciding to just let the storm pass.