[Wang Hao's Schemes](@Yun Xiaoyun, thanks for the Super Fan certification; extra update today)

(ps: Counting yesterday's extra chapter, that makes exactly two. Thanks to @Yun Xiaoyun for the Super Fan certification.)

(And @Yi Zhi Zhizhi Yu's eighty gift points mean I still owe two chapters. I'll make them up later ₍ᵔ･•･ᵔ₎)

["Wang Hao's true objective was... that 'clang—' that didn't sound like a sword ringing."]

[As though afraid you wouldn't understand, Wu Yong continued explaining:]

["His objective was to verify exactly what sort of existence stood behind you."]

["If the existence behind you was powerful enough, heaven-defying enough, then everything would naturally be easy to discuss."]

[He didn't go on to say the rest, but this time, you truly understood.]

[Fucking hell, you knew that Old Schemer Wang Hao was absolutely a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken—up to no good!]

[You knew that, no matter what, Ning Chen should have been stronger than you.]

[By the logic of "picking the softest persimmon to squeeze," if he wanted to prevent the [fifth group mission] from starting,]

[And thus leave the Chat Group with too few members to activate the group mission feature, you should have been the ideal target for slaughter.]

[Even if he really was plotting something against Ning Chen, there was no way he would drag you into it!]

[So it was because of that "clang—" that didn't sound like a sword ringing and had seemingly come from the future!]

[You had previously guessed that it might well have been "Future Chen Fan," but fuck, that was only a guess.]

[Wang Hao, meanwhile, wanted to verify whether this supposed "Future Chen Fan" actually existed, and whether he was your backer.]

[His proposal to take down Ning Chen with you was purely a Probe, too. If you really had that person's support, you would clash head-on with Ning Chen.]