Our Attitude
"I'll draw my sword and kill, leaving no trace for a thousand miles!"
—After Lu Xingshen Sword Holder of the Wallfacer Organization, advanced to the seventh rank, he traversed Four Great Continents overnight, taking countless heads, causing shockwaves among all forces!
This post was pinned to the top of the entire page, with the font highlighted in red and bold, making it impossible to miss! After Li Yao clicked on it, the post described Old Man Lu's behavior after breaking through to the seventh rank, but it glossed over the fact that various forces had come to obstruct Lu Xingshen's advancement. The entire post focused on describing Old Man Lu's power and invincibility, and then emphasized the miserable state of those forces that had come to his door.
Finally, let me add a brief note: China is a vast and resource-rich land, with countless talented and extraordinary people. In less than a century, two seventh-level powerhouses have emerged from the land of the Wallfacers!
If this continues,
What will become of the world order? What will become of world peace? Li Yao pondered for a moment and found it quite interesting. The writing style was quite impressive. Throughout the entire piece, the author did not explicitly state their own force field. By taking established facts and embellishing them in a way that avoided the main issues, the author created a rather good piece of soft writing that smeared the Wallfacers ' forces.
certainly,
Not everyone on the forum is stupid.
Li Yao scrolled down to the comments below, and sure enough, the post was in the middle of a heated argument, with some people questioning the Wallfacers and others worrying about the international situation.
Some were blaming Old Man Lu:
"They were just trying to stop you! And they didn't even succeed! And you killed their entire family! It's utterly cruel! You're a murderer!"
Then this was extended to the Wallfacers!
They condemned those Wallfacers as ruthless and cruel butchers!
Surprisingly, quite a few people support this argument...
Li Yao laughed at that moment.
This reminded him of the arguments made by Qiong Yao and Yu Zheng: "You only lost a leg, but Pinru lost love!"
Um...
Something seems a bit strange.
never mind,
None of that matters.
Of course, some people pointed out that this post was evasive. "It was clearly a case of various forces invading China, and then China retaliating. How did you describe it as provoking trouble?"
Then someone replied below, "The Wallfacers are eccentric and domineering. If this continues, they will become too powerful to be contained. If we do not take action to punish them now, and they eventually gain a dominant position, the whole world will live under the terrifying control of the Wallfacers."
Li Yao was completely baffled.
The guy who replied like that, is your brain and eyes blocked with shit?
Who told you that the Wallfacers are so powerful and unstoppable?
I'm discussing A with you, but you're telling me to emphasize B. If I really want to argue B with you, are you going to stand at the center of the universe and call out to C? It seems the quality of netizens in the Esper World isn't that great either.
certainly,
One of the advantages of browsing forums online is that you can see a lot of silly netizens.
Some are fake idiots who come here specifically to make people laugh and tell jokes to entertain everyone.
Some of them are truly idiots whose foreheads are covered in shit.
Li Yao glanced at the person's ID, which read "Hermes Brand Italian Cannon," and the region it belonged to was China.
Li Yao: "..."
Wow, there are all kinds of dogs out there! Li Yao suddenly remembered the news he saw a couple of days ago. "Several animal protection leaders from mainland China were invited to study in the United States, and the training costs were all borne by the America. State Department."
Even some well-known influencers active on Weibo and Zhihu have their activity funds come from the American Federation. State Department or other funding institutions.
Isn't that amazing? Okay,
From a strategic perspective, many of these things are actually quite reasonable, as it's not like only other companies do them.
The Wallfacers and those cowardly cowards in the domestic intelligence agencies have also done their fair share of smearing and slandering other countries.
Do those who only play tactics have the nerve to think others are dirty? Of course they have the nerve! I, Boss Li, am not one of them.
Those tactical geniuses must have hearts as pounding as the Ganges! Ugh, disgusting!
Then a forum user named "Thor's Fitted T-Shirt" from the Northern Europe region replied to "Hermes Brand Italian Cannon": "When did the Wallfacers stop being strong? Who has he been bullying all this time?"
After browsing for a while, Li Yao took out his phone and sent a message to Wang Xueyi in the Staff Department. The two of them were considered to have a "very close relationship"—well, that was Wang Xueyi's original words. He said that after all, they had tricked people and fought together, so their relationship was definitely pure and solid.
But Li Yao didn't think so.
He's not like those Mind's Eye and wicked cowards in the Staff Department. Boss Li just has a lot of tricks up his sleeve from his life experiences; he's really not dirty.
You can't blame your brain for being smart and clever, can you?
Even if you blame it, it won't agree! Li Yao thought to himself happily, then typed to Wang Xueyi: "Is this Lao Wang? What are you busy with?"
Wang Xueyi: "... can you remove the word "ba" for me?"
Li Yao laughed, "How can you be like this! With our relationship, would I take advantage of you? I didn't even notice until you pointed it out!"
Wang Xueyi: "Heh."
Your explanation almost moved me to believe it.
He asked, "I'll say it again—the doors of our Staff Department are always open for you. Our Chief of Staff has been missing you lately. Why don't you come over for a visit sometime? The Chief of Staff said he'd open Space Gate for you, it's cheap and quick!"
Li Yao reprimanded, "This is abusing public resources for private gain! You can't do this, I'm telling you!"
There was a pause on the other end, and soon Wang Xueyi sent a cold laugh emoji, "Is Madam Qian next door to you?"
Li Yao was a little excited at meeting his match. "Wow, Old Wang is really sharp!"
Wang Xueyi, sitting opposite him, was so excited that his hands were almost numb. "We can practice together!"
Li Yao: "Alright, enough nonsense. Have you seen the Esper World Forum? It's in an uproar."
Wang Xueyi: "So what?"
Li Yao: "Aren't you in the Staff Department afraid that the image of the Wallfacers will be tarnished too much and make it difficult to carry out your work in the future?" This kind of brainwashing propaganda is still very scary. There are still many people in the American Federation who regard China as a monster. The neighboring Japanese island is so close, but their young people don't know anything about what happened in World War II.
Even if you throw evidence in their face, they still won't apologize.
They felt that it was a mistake made by the ruling party and had nothing to do with ordinary people like them. This shameless behavior was reminiscent of Zhou Shuren's refusal to arrest Lu Xun.
If there's any regret, it's probably that we didn't win that war back then.
Wang Xueyi: "Thank you for your concern. Old Lu's situation was indeed unexpected. It was also unexpected that he would be so angry that he bled profusely. However, we have a plan, and this matter is related to you. As for whether or not there is any smear campaign... don't worry, the more fiercely they make a fuss right now, the more they will be proven wrong when the situation is turned around."
This tactic has been overused even in the entertainment industry.
However, this time it was an accident.
Many things were not planned in advance, and it was unknown whether the Wallfacers's side could turn things around.
However, judging from Wang Xueyi's confidence...
There must be a mastermind behind this, so there shouldn't be any problems.
In the afternoon, Old Man Lu returned from outside.
Hearing the commotion, Li Yao went outside. He saw that the Old Man Lu's once-proper dark blue suit was now tattered and ragged, with bloodstains on the cuffs of his gray shirt underneath. There were even more bloodstains on the vest under the suit. His gray hair was a bit messy, his face was bruised, and his eyes looked gloomy and tired.
His face was naturally strong and broad, with deep-set eyes and a high nose.
Plus, the feeling I have right now is somewhat similar to Mads Mikkelsen in "The Hunt".
He stood under the Ginkgo Tree, which had already sprouted buds, holding his Dragon-Snake Staff upside down, his expression resembling that of a lost child.
Madam Qian also came out of the Midnight Bar next door. When she saw Lu Xingshen standing there looking lost, she couldn't help but smile gently. Madam Qian waved to him and said, "It's good that you're back. Come home quickly. I'll have Little Pineapple cook for you. After you eat, take a shower and get some rest. Leave the rest to us."
Old Man Lu felt his eye sockets burning, damn it...
He's over a hundred years old.
He took a deep breath and said, "... I'm sorry, teacher, I've caused everyone trouble."
Madam Qian, however, didn't seem to care. She walked over to Old Man Lu like a kindergarten teacher leading a child home, saying as they went, "What are you afraid of? Are we disregarding the bigger picture? No. You need to understand—"
"Peace will survive if we seek it through struggle, but it will perish if we seek it through compromise."
Humans are inherently base.
Fighting back is not our goal, but our attitude.
We do not want to cause trouble and hope for a peaceful and prosperous world.
But we are never afraid to cause trouble when faced with difficulties.
First update! Thank you Yang Xiaonuo for the generous donation! Did Qidian send me another red envelope? Or did some reader give me a generous gift? My collection dropped by 20,000-30,000 in the last two days, but it's back up to 120,000... I don't really understand... Anyway, thank you so much! So this chapter is 2,500 words, a discount for everyone~ Hope you enjoy reading~