"Did you hear? Lu Zihan, the girl who slandered the great Zhang Hongxing, died."
"What? How did she die? Don't tell me Zhang Hongxing did it."
"Shh, keep your voice down. You can't go saying things like that."
"Wait, how did you find out Lu Zihan died? I haven't seen any news reports."
"She died in the Goddess Country. The news hasn't reached us yet. I heard it from a classmate who happened to be there when she died. Apparently, she ran into the road herself and got hit by a car."
"Seriously?"
"Would I lie to you about this? If you don't believe me, just wait for the news."
Before the media reported Lu Zihan's death in the Goddess Country, the news had already spread among university students through word of mouth.
Precisely because it spread this way, the story inevitably became distorted as it passed from person to person.
Some said Zhang Hongxing had secretly killed her using the same technology he used to control sharks.
Some said Lu Zihan had finally chosen suicide because she could no longer withstand the pressure powerful figures were putting on her.
Some said a mysterious big shot had hired an assassin in the Goddess Country to kill her.
Aside from the actual reason for her suicide, almost every imaginable cause of death found believers who then spread their version to others.
Gradually, the rumors even began spreading beyond university students to other groups.
It was only then that reporters from First News finally gathered evidence concerning Lu Zihan's death, along with all the information on Black, and promptly published it.
Even after reading the true reason for Lu Zihan's death, people still found it hard to believe.
Not until several girls who had also been swindled out of their