Was It Actually Me?

When everyone heard this, they remained unmoved.

Someone said outright, "Is it really that exaggerated? Have you been watching too many movies? A big shot going around smashing up venues one by one? Have you read too many Soldier King novels where the Dragon King smirks crookedly?"

"Have you heard of that Kai Huai Chang Le KTV on Jixiang Road?"

"I actually know about it. I heard they have a lot of influence. No thugs dare cause trouble at their KTV, and even the rich second-generation kids from our school act respectfully inside."

"How could they not be powerful? Yet this tough guy still charged right to their door. Those people weren't pushovers either. Since he came to challenge their turf, they followed the underworld rules. And what happened?"

"What happened?"

"First, they had the men in the club compete in drinking. The result? Bodies everywhere! Then they sent in the girls to compete in drinking, and the outcome was still a disastrous, unbearable defeat. Then, just as they were about to settle things with violence, they saw him fend off seven burly men with three punches and two kicks!"

"Holy shit!!?"

"Impressive!"

"Hiss! That ruthless? It really has that flavor!"

"You think that was the end? There's more! That man waved his hand, and a group of burly men in black filed in one after another. Turns out he'd been courteous before resorting to force, and only then revealed his fist. He hadn't come alone—there was a huge, terrifying force behind him!"

"Damn, so much happened in that KTV? That's too exciting!"

"It's just like a novel."

Zhu Zhengwei's face darkened as he listened. It sounded like they were talking about him, but it also wasn't him.

But somehow, it really did seem to be him?

What the hell was all this?

Peerless Fierce Man.

Who gave me that name?

It was so generic and awful.

Besides, I was a perfectly legitimate businessman.

Rumors were fiercer than tigers. I'd been wronged.

I pulled those young ladies into the dream, then left them alone.

When they woke up the next day, whatever they did in their dreams all night was beyond his control. That was entirely up to their own imaginations.

Who the hell knew what they dreamed about??

But he really had been to that KTV.

"Ahem, so that KTV was actually that formidable? The waters ran that deep? Their background was terrifying?"

Zhu Zhengwei felt a lingering chill.

"When they saw me, they said, 'So you're that legendary man,' then treated me politely and led me into a private room. I even thought they had good manners, so I hypnotized the whole group. Good thing I ran away quickly. Turns out it was a criminal den. Those rumors must have been things that happened in their dreams. Dreams are bizarre and absurd—what the hell did they all dream about?"

"Still, if they hadn't fallen asleep, they probably would have done all that to me in reality! Some kind of rule, surrounding me and forcing me to drink, then bringing out clubs and knives. Terrifying."

Zhu Zhengwei felt a lingering chill!

At the same time, he finally understood exactly what had happened.

He had pulled them into the Servers and left, allowing them to keep dreaming without bothering about them, but they continued the plot of meeting him in their dreams.

Yet after he left, the dreams they continued having went off the rails. The dream world was bizarre and fantastical.

It had to have started with that first shop and that older lady, who had a wild brainstorm in her dream.

She imagined that such a powerful, mysterious man must have come to challenge their turf, then dreamed up all sorts of domineering CEO lines he had supposedly said to them.

Then they began treating the dream as reality, and early the next morning, they told the other Brothel Madams in the group.

The other Brothel Madams assumed someone had come to challenge their turf, which was why, when he arrived, they were full of hostility and said:

"So you're that legendary man?"

At the time, he had no idea what was going on and simply hypnotized them again, making the people in that shop dream.

Following the real-life plot, they continued extending the dream, playing dream relay.

In the dream, that mysterious man who had come to challenge their turf was weathered and full of stories. He surely had a gang, probably called Xin Fu Gang!

Then they woke the next day and informed the group of what had happened "in reality" the night before, saying, "That man revealed it himself. He has a gang, and he came to subdue us."

Then came the third shop.

And in the dream, there was yet another third installment in the dream relay.

Thus, the whole sequence of events became clear.

A mighty Peerless Fierce Man, along with an exciting relay story like something out of a movie, appeared in one shop after another, embracing women of the night as he traveled, outwitting and battling others. It was thrilling and filled with heroic swagger!

"Case closed!"

Zhu Zhengwei's face had gone completely dark.

"I told you to sleep, then left. Yet every one of you was filming a Hong Kong gangster movie in your dreams? Or was it a TV drama?"

But in truth, it was inevitable. That first older lady was surely a fan of Hong Kong gangster films. She dreamed up the opening of one, and then it passed from person to person like a game of hot potato!

Rumors were fiercer than tigers. This was a dreamborne phenomenon passed from person to person.

After all, whenever he entered, they must have looked at him and thought, The sisters in the group made him sound so terrifying. Is he from some gang? Is he really that domineering and fierce?

Naturally, they feared him and stayed on guard. Then he hypnotized them directly, and once they fell, their dreams followed the fear in their hearts.

After all, what one thought of by day, one dreamed of by night. In the end, everyone saw him as some kind of ruthless overlord.

Man proposed, Heaven disposed!

He thought he had been careful enough, that no one could detect his covert actions. He had secretly taken over one Server after another and built up the "Mobile Dream Network," yet he had never expected—

The entire city was abuzz with rumors.

Meanwhile, the university group chat was growing more excited by the moment, the discussion blazing hotter and hotter.

"A real big shot."

"I still don't believe it."

Seeing how lively the group chat was, Wang Jun could not help secretly typing, "I want to acknowledge this big shot as my Eldest Brother. For no other reason than to become that kind of Tough Guy!! (Awesome awesome awesome)"

Zhu Zhengwei's face darkened as he watched his roommate speak.

He was a perfectly decent person. How could he be that kind of Tough Guy?

What kind of rumors were these? Give me back my innocence.

I'd become impure.

Wait.

I was wearing a mask and a baseball cap. No one knew it was me.

Oh.

Then it was fine.

It was not only Wang Jun who spoke. His roommate Li Xiang also jumped in. "The two of us brothers both want to acknowledge this expert as our Eldest Brother! (Handshake)"

"You want to acknowledge him as your Eldest Brother? Dream on!"

"You two are dreaming!"

"Hahaha, he's far more impressive than you can imagine! My Eldest Brother works in that line of business."

"Those in the know know. Those lowbrow industries around the university district are an enormous prize, and this man has swiftly conquered this entire territory right before our eyes. He's anything but simple."

"I went to the shop to try to get acquainted with this overlord figure. They said that even they can't contact the boss now. He's mysteriously disappeared."

"But! They were weak before and got bullied by Old Man Liu's gang, who specialized in predatory loans. At first, they also wanted to unite, but there was no leader, and no one would submit to anyone else. Now, with such a Peerless figure leading them, he has beaten them all into submission, and they've become united as one. Even if their leader doesn't show up, I heard they're already evenly matched."

"Awesome, awesome!"

The two of them were fired up.

But Zhu Zhengwei was completely dumbfounded. Only now did he discover the true use of "hypnosis"! Once people fell asleep, they had no idea they were asleep and would continue the scenes of meeting him in their dreams. The dream scenes before them also fit the ruthless struggle of their industry, so they believed he had come to challenge their turf and cause trouble.

The great figure who had unified the university district's underworld was actually me.