Time passed quickly, and soon it was time for the exchange of tokens.
The exchange session was for five days, and the exchange method was custom.
This meant that players could exchange tokens in any way they wanted.
After the first day, Bai Lixin didn’t do much, he just opened the forum.
He registered a forum account, took pictures of all the tokens he currently had, and uploaded them.
The title was straightforward: “Display of 25 Tokens.”
Shortly after the photos were posted, it immediately caught the continuous attention of players. Within a morning, his post became number 1.
As the first day neared its end, Bai Lixin posted a second thread.
“Soliciting Public Trades for Tokens.”
In the post, Bai Lixin mentioned he only needed the first-place prize, but he had too many and didn’t want to waste resources. He wanted to auction tokens but didn’t specify when or how.
After posting, he went to sleep.
The next day, Bai Lixin went to the computer and found that the second post had also become popular.
Opening the post revealed a variety of suggestions.
Some suggested having an auction where the highest bidder wins.
Some suggested agreeing on a fixed high price.
Answers were varied.
Bai Lixin slowly scrolled through the comments. At first, they were discussing how to conduct the auction, then the tone suddenly changed at some point.
Some accused Bai Lixin of deceiving people, claiming he only opened threads but didn’t actually want to sell.
Initially, it was just one voice.
But after that, many inexplicable accounts flooded in, and player comments gradually became skewed.
Bai Lixin did nothing that morning.
In the afternoon, there was still no activity.
But the more he did nothing, the harsher the criticisms in the comments section of his post became.
Some even demanded he give away the tokens for free, stating it was unfair since he had too many.
Bai Lixin chuckled and, on the second night, posted another thread.
“If It’s Rotten, Let It Be Destroyed.”
In the post, he mentioned he initially wanted others to benefit, but didn’t expect so many people to criticize him. So he was now sad.
Afterward, he said that since the Shentian Guild wanted them so badly, even resorting to creating fake accounts to criticize him, they could just openly request them. Why sneak around?
After writing the post, he didn’t read anything and went to bed again.
On the morning of the third day, unsurprisingly, this post became popular again.
This was the first time among all players that someone dared to confront the Shentian Guild so directly.
It was also the first time someone confronted them so boldly and brought the Shentian Guild’s actions into the light.
The Shentian Guild was aloof, even in its operations, it was very secretive.
In this post, people’s attention shifted to the Shentian Guild.
—[It took the entire guild to get 11 tokens, not even half of God Xin’s. Is this the Shentian Guild? Such a waste, right?]
—[I think this isn’t the Shentian Guild (God’s Heaven Guild), it should be called the Feitian Guild (Waste’s Heaven Guild). If you want to buy tokens, buy them openly. Why play these shady conspiracy games? You actually want them for free? Why was the previous thread normal, but this one is strange? Can’t the Shentian Guild handle losing?]
—[It’s really embarrassing for the top guild, such an experienced old guild would act like this just for an event. Truly shocking.]
There was a clear stream in the comments.
Just three posts pulled the high and mighty Shentian Guild from the pedestal to the public eye.
Suddenly, the Shentian Guild experienced harsh ridicule online.
In the afternoon, the blogger with the ID “Shentian Guild” posted, claiming they didn’t make those posts.
But who would believe that?
The Shentian Guild’s actions in the previous copy had already stirred dissatisfaction. Coupled with the ongoing exaggeration in the forum comments in the past few days, the players’ emotions had reached a peak.
The guilds that was rarely seen suddenly appeared, and players immediately swarmed over.
But the tone was not pleasant.
—[It wasn’t you? Could it be God Xin creating fake accounts to scold himself?]
—[If not you, then who? To find the culprit, you must first consider who benefits from this. It’s only you. When God Xin’s heart collapses, you are the biggest beneficiary as you can receive his tokens.]
—[Yes, God Xin said he would sell tokens. But I heard you had a conflict with God Xin… Oh, not a conflict, you unilaterally bullied God Xin. Bullying in copies and still bullying in the game lobby? How shameless.]
—[Apologize, apologize to God Xin immediately.]
—[Yes, apologize!]
In the evening of the third day, Bai Lixin received a private message from Zhou Guang: [ God Xin, the Shentian Guild wants to meet with you. Will you meet them?]
Bai Lixin: [Yes, tell them we’ll decide on the location.]
Zhou Guang: [you really want to meet? Isn’t this a trap?]
Bai Lixin: [We don’t know who set up a trap for whom.]
Zhou Guang: [Alright, I’ll tell them.]
Soon, Zhou Guang’s message came again: [They agreed. Where do you want to meet, God Xin?]
Bai Lixin: [Remember where they stood us up last time? Tonight at nine, same place. Tell them.]
Zhou Guang: [Alright, I’ll let them know.]
One minute later, Zhou Guang sent another private message: [Done. Should I accompany you tomorrow?]
Bai Lixin chuckled: [Who said we’re going?]
Zhou Guang: [???]
Bai Lixin: [I’m a petty person, and will hold grudges for a lifetime. The Shentian Guild stood us up before, and I still hold that grudge.]
Zhou Guang: [Uh, then you…]
Bai Lixin: [Now, we hold the upper hand, let’s play slowly.]
Zhou Guang: “…”
The blackened God Xin is so scary!
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At nine in the evening, Bai Lixin not only surfed the internet but also made a post.
The title of the post was “Tell a Story.”
Clicking on it revealed an actual story.
It told of a big gray wolf wanting to eat a little lamb and deceiving the lamb into thinking it wanted to be friends.
The lamb agreed to meet the next day and play together.
The big gray wolf happily went to the meeting the next day but waited all day and didn’t see the lamb.
What was the lamb doing?
Surfing.
The story had no depth, like a children’s book for a three-year-old.
But fans watched it with gusto, and some even began to speculate about the depth of the story.
—[Honestly, would God Xin be so bored to actually tell such a story? Is there some metaphor?]
—[What metaphor?]
—[Speaking of which, I saw members of the Shentian Guild on the commercial street today.]
—[What? The elusive Shentian Guild actually came out? Shocked!]
—[Yeah, isn’t it strange? And looking at them, it seems like they are waiting for someone.]
—[Waiting for someone? Wait, isn’t that the same as God Xin’s story? Haha, serves the Shentian Guild right.]
When it was almost dawn, Bai Lixin received a message from Zhou Guang.
Zhou Guang: [ God Xin, are you asleep? After we stood up the Shentian Guild, they seemed to go crazy. Their contact person just told me they are betting all their tokens to declare war on you.]
[Does this mean we’ve achieved our goal? What do you plan to do? Fight back?]
Bai Lixin: [Doesn’t matter.]
Zhou Guang: [Oh, okay. Can I go to sleep now?]
Bai Lixin: [Yes, good night, sweet dreams.]
Zhou Guang: [You too.]
After ending the private chat with Bai Lixin, Zhou Guang looked at the forum posts on the screen with a complex expression.
He skillfully input one account after another, swiftly deactivating those accounts.
What did he tell God Xin two days ago?
The Shentian Guild members were smart?
They wouldn’t make the same mistake twice?
Why wouldn’t they?
Wasn’t this provocative strategy effective again?
The IQ of the Shentian Guild seemed to match that of Little Overlord.
Time after time, the same old tactics.
Using public opinion to apply pressure, capturing the Shentian Guild’s eagerness to protect their reputation and desire for tokens.
Step by step, trapping them in the net.
God Xin was the spider spinning this web.
Four days ago, at the start of the exchange session, God Xin suddenly told them to stay in the dormitories these days and not go anywhere.
At that time, they didn’t understand the meaning. After a few days of fermentation, Zhou finally understood. This was a non-smoke war of public opinion.
The Shentian Guild is always in the stratosphere, so let’s pull them down.
A high-ranking god like guild was criticized by a player of less than 600 floors.
And this player had just been targeted by a Shentian Guild member in the previous copy.
-A genius persecuted by the powerful.
In just a few words, the public opinion of the already emotionally charged players was pushed to a peak.
No matter how strong the Shentian Guild was, they wouldn’t allow such dirty rumors to go unchecked.
And the moment they fell, it would be when they completely fell into the vortex.
By then, climbing out would be impossible.
Initially, they might have considered a private resolution, and let God Xin who was at the center of the whirlpool to explain that everything was a misunderstanding.
But after the truth about getting stood-up came out, reconciliation was no longer possible.
Betting the honor of the largest guild—wouldn’t they be falling into a trap?
But with most of the tokens in God Xin’s hands, if the Shentian Guild initiated a war, the initiative would still be in God Xin’s hands.
In other words, they had nothing to do.
The people in the Shentian Guild are probably pissed to death by now, right?
Well, they deserved it!
Zhou Guang felt no sympathy for them.
When the Shentian Guild invited them to meet, he had initially thought of reconciling to avoid trouble.
But after repeated incidents, he finally saw through their true nature.
They never intended to reconcile.
In the eyes of the Shentian Guild members, these newcomers, these low-level players, could never catch their attention.
He didn’t know why the Shentian Guild members looked at the Little Overlord, who was also on the lower floors, in a different light, even going as far as repeatedly searching for tokens for him.
Their attitude toward the Little Overlord was like he was their ancestor. He even felt that the Shentian Guild was the Little Overlord’s dog, a powerful and obedient dog.
Just a group of dogs, what was there to fear?
As God Xin said, they were just paper tigers, they didn’t even dare to enter copies.
Although he didn’t know where God Xin’s words came from, since God Xin said so, there must be a basis and reason.
Zhou Guang narrowed his eyes.
The Little Overlord was not ordinary, and the Shentian Guild wasn’t as invincible as the legends said.
They just hadn’t entered copies or roamed the game lobby for a long time so they don’t have too much exposure, thus increasing people’s imagination.
