The Courage of a Mohist

Murong Qing felt utterly helpless. Competing with Hongdou for something was a losing proposition, because Hongdou was happy to share and didn't care about others' opinions. She lived only for herself, so once she liked something, she wouldn't give it up. In the end, only those who minded sharing would back down.

"Next time your class has a reunion, bring Si Ming along as your 'family member,' and he'll be mine this time."

"Oh well."

Hongdou thought about it and felt that this seemed like a good idea. She completely forgot that she didn't have any high school classmates, always kept to herself, and spent more time at home than at school.

Yao Bilian suddenly spoke up, reminding them, "Class monitor, don't forget, Qingqing is in your class too."

Murong Qing was taken aback, then slapped her forehead. She realized she had forgotten about Qingqing without even realizing it. She couldn't help but glare at Si Ming with resentment. "Even a rabbit doesn't stay near its burrow, why are you always targeting the people next door?"

Si Ming dared not refute, and could only silently endure it. He couldn't very well pat his chest and say that he would definitely eat more grass from afar in the future.

"Forget it, it's been two years since graduation. I bet everyone's forgotten Qingqing was a classmate. Even if she went, no one would notice her."

Murong Qing relieved that Yu Shuying had gone to the Barbarian Continent. Otherwise, she wouldn't know how to negotiate. She and Qingqing were best friends who could talk about anything, and they could discuss things in their private room. But Yu Shuying had always been hostile towards her and would definitely not give up easily. If they ended up having a scene of two women fighting over one man, it would only make their classmates laugh.

Si Ming didn't dare to speak on such a sensitive topic, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "If we're going to the party, should we buy a car?"

"Why buy a car?" Murong Qing asked, puzzled.

Si Ming immediately came to his senses. In this world, showing off doesn't rely on cars. If we're talking about the most awesome mode of transportation in the martial arts world, it's undoubtedly the flying sword.

"How about... we fly there on our swords?"

"How do you control a sword, become one with it, and move as light?"

You get to your destination in no time; who knows how you even got there?

"Uh... let's find a relatively wide sword, and fly across using the blade as a step."

Murong Qing sighed, "That's too stupid, isn't it?" She couldn't help but doubt Si Ming's sense of aesthetics.

"Okay, it is a bit silly."

So, who came up with the idea that flying on a sword is like riding a skateboard?

Si Ming then suggested, "Then, what if we could transform our True Qi into a horse? Would that be terrifying?"

"We'll walk there," Murong Qing decided.

Chapter 711 The Courage of the Mohists

At the Mohist Knight Guard base, Si Ming looked at the latest public opinion reports.

"Risking a Risk to Expose Thunder King's Secret— Thunder King is Actually a Homosexual"

Shocking! Thunder King Xing Daozhuang is actually a woman!

Nine Major Mistakes Made by the Thunder King in the War Between Humans and Demons—Especially the Last One Is Unforgivable

Yan Jinghong's evaluation of Xing Daozhuang: No fault in public morality, but deficient in private morality.

The enormous secret hidden in the war between humans and transvestites—you'll regret it if you don't read it!

Under Si Ming's manipulation, negative news about Thunder King is now flying everywhere. Of course, he did not use the Mohist Religion's official gazette to release this news. After all, many people in the world still have great faith in the authority of the official gazette. Moreover, if there is a reversal in the end, it will damage the credibility of the official gazette, which Ji Shichen will not allow.

Si Ming merely used the official newspaper's channels to contact those tabloids, demanding that they publish these sensational news stories and promising not to sue them for it. On the contrary, they should be prepared to receive lawyer's letters, because these tabloids had previously published rumors about Xing Daozhuang being Monster Race.

Debunking rumors is always the least efficient method and easily leads to a passive position, because people love "novel and exciting" news, such as "crabs cannot be eaten with tomatoes, otherwise they will form arsenic and cause poisoning." Theoretically speaking, crabs contain pentavalent arsenic, a compound that can be reduced to trivalent arsenic by the vitamin C in tomatoes. Trivalent arsenic can form arsenic trioxide, which is what people commonly call arsenic. However, the amount is far too small; to reach a level that could cause poisoning, one would have to eat dozens of kilograms of crabs.

However, many people firmly believe this because the novelty and excitement of mixing two non-toxic foods into a poison makes them feel that lengthy debunking is ineffective. In fact, almost all "food incompatibility charts" are fabricated by pseudo-scientists through various misattributions and misleading interpretations.

For example, in his previous life, Si Ming saw someone claiming that a certain innocent-looking female celebrity was actually a transgender person. Such outrageous news was obviously fabricated by anyone who used their brains, yet many people still believed it and promoted it to their friends and relatives with certainty.

Because it's human nature to only believe what we want to believe, regardless of whether it's true or false.

Therefore, Si Ming didn't bother to refute the rumors, saying that Thunder King Xing Daozhuang had worked diligently for decades, made countless contributions, and his character had been tested. He even personally killed the Moth Emperor, who was the King of Monsters. Therefore, it could be concluded that Thunder King could not be Monster Race —no one would listen to such things anyway.

So he did the opposite. "You all love to hear rumors and enjoy excitement, right? Well then I'll give you all the rumors you want!"

So what if Thunder King is Monster Race? Monster Race are too far removed from the people of the Sea Continent; they have no impression of them at all. It's more accurate to say that Thunder King is actually Demon Race. The conflict between humans and demons was a play staged by him and the Demon King. Even his victory with corpse poison was a ruse used by the Demon Race to gain Thunder King's trust in the Human Race, making it easier for him to reap greater benefits in the future.

Aren't these rumors shocking and exciting?

For example, Thunder King is actually a woman who had to pretend to be a man for some reason. Such an interesting rumor fits the expectations of many people. If the Sea Continent otaku culture rises in the future, Thunder King won't need to be gender-bent anymore; she can just use the name of revealing the truth of history.

Faced with this overwhelming sea of rumors, the rumor that "Thunder King is Monster Race" was easily swallowed up, not even causing a ripple. Those who were willing to believe rumors preferred those that were interesting or thrilling, while those who were unwilling to believe rumors rejected all of them.

"However, this at best only defuses the enemy's offensive. To launch a counterattack, we'll have to wait a while longer, allowing those who refuse to believe the rumors to build up their anger."

Si Ming issued an order to "continue the rumor-mongering offensive" and then ignored it. Smearing someone without any real evidence is ultimately just a petty trick that can't be taken seriously, unless Thunder King is really Monster Race, but how could that be?

At this moment, the doctor walked over with the test report and said, "Profound Armor is seriously injured this time; it needs major repairs."

"Anyway, I don't plan to go out for a while, so I'll just take my time fixing it."

Without the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor and with the Wheel-Turning King Sword sent to the Barbarian Continent, Si Ming suddenly lost two trump cards, severely weakening his strength. He had no intention of going out and causing trouble; he'd rather stay home and develop his strength cautiously. His usual reckless and aggressive fighting style stemmed from his genuine confidence and the several backup plans he had that could turn the tide of battle, not from mindless brute force.

"By the way, didn't I secretly send the Nation of Valor Profound Armor back to England last time? Didn't you extract any valuable insights from it? If you have any innovative ideas, apply them to the Vermilion Bird Profound Armor. Instead of wasting time repairing it, why not further enhance and improve it?"

Si Ming stated that the destruction of the protagonist's mecha means that a stronger successor mecha can be developed.

The doctor said, "I do have ideas for improvement, but this isn't like taking a dump, where you can just pull down your pants and squat down. We need to think about it carefully. We can't exactly build a suicide bomber, can we?"

Si Ming said dismissively, "I get it, you're constipated and complaining that gravity isn't strong enough."