Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 252 - 218 Diverting Attention

“Brother Ma, several of the key accounts we’re monitoring haven’t posted for several minutes now. Based on their previous posting frequency, this is clearly abnormal.”

Wang Longlong concluded, “We have completely suppressed the enemy’s arrogance!”

Guo Kunnan was thrilled, “Good, very good!”

He never imagined Brother Ma could solve problems in this way.

Dan Kaiquan, Cui Yu, and the others were excited. Others attacked Kun Nan through posts, and now they had directly crippled their adversary’s phones. What’s called a tactic?

This, here, was a tactic!

Ma Shicheng, unlike them, only showed a brief excitement, his expression quickly becoming solemn again:

“Although we’ve achieved a temporary victory, this is just the first step. We must not waste this great chance, for once the enemy reacts, we will be in danger again.”

Upon hearing this, the previously excited group, feeling as if they’ve been doused with cold water, sobered up immediately. They had not won yet and must not get carried away in triumph.

Guo Kunnan asked for advice, “Brother Ma, what’s our next move?”

“Brother Ma, don’t stand, take a seat,” Dan Kaiquan offered his spot.

Ma Shicheng took his rightful seat in the middle and said, “The first step is to render them unable to post, and the second step is for Kun Nan to make his appearance.”

Guo Kunnan was a bit confused. What use could he be?

He didn’t understand, but he felt Brother Ma did.

Ma Shicheng called out, “Longlong.”

“Begin the next phase of the plan!”

Hearing this, Wang Longlong pulled out another A4 paper and placed it on the desk.

The others hurriedly looked, only to see it was filled with various accounts and passwords.

“These are Tieba account details. Everyone, use Tieba to log into these accounts. I’ll teach you what to do next.”

Cui Yu asked, “Do we have to use these accounts? I’ve got my own, can I use that?”

Wang Longlong replied, “If you don’t mind being mistakenly targeted, sure, you can use it. The accounts I’ve provided are just backups.”

Cui Yu thought for two seconds, his expression shifting, “Give me one, I’ll use both accounts.”

While they discussed, Dan Kaiquan began to log into an account and once logged in, realized it was a female account.

“Where did these accounts come from?” he asked in surprise.

“No time to explain, get to work.” Wang Longlong said, copying a lengthy text from his phone notes and sent it to Dan Kaiquan through QQ.

“Post this to Tieba.” Wang Longlong started copying other texts to distribute to Cui Yu, Hu Jun.

Dan Kaiquan glanced at the text, the title read:

A man from Fourth Middle School hands over a large sum of cash to a woman, and afterwards… men silent, women in tears!

“Why is he giving money to a woman, could it be?”

“Is it what I’m thinking?”

Dan Kaiquan continued reading to find the content was actually a news report about Guo Kunnan’s story of finding a wallet and returning it, asking everyone what they thought.

“Dammit.”

After reading it all, he initially felt duped, then thought Guo Kunnan was a fool – finding one thousand yuan and braving the rain, waiting two hours until the owner appeared, and then Guo Kunnan left, not taking even a wisp of cloud with him.

He asked Guo Kunnan after reading, “Have you ever found one thousand yuan before?”

Guo Kunnan: “What are you talking about?”

“Look for yourself!” Dan Kaiquan showed the text to him.

Guo Kunnan immediately knew it was fake when he saw it and went to ask Wang Longlong.

Wang Longlong said indifferently, “Made-up. Does it matter if it’s real or fake?”

“On the internet, you don’t even know if the other person is human or a dog. If I say you’re honest and righteous, then you’re honest and righteous!”

On the other side, Cui Yu received a message:

Shocking! Doing such an indecent act in broad daylight at Fourth Middle School!

Originally Cui Yu was very excited, the words ‘indecent’ immediately reminded him of the exciting action movies he had watched on Meng Gui’s big TV.

He eagerly continued reading, only to find it was actually about Guo Kunnan helping the janitors pick up beverage bottles by the roadside.

“Damn, I’ve been conned!”

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The message Meng Gui received was: Shocking! The truth that 99% of Fourth Middle School students don’t know is…

Hu Jun’s message was: Heartbroken, for a girl, he actually…

Wang Longlong tapped the desk and cleared his throat:

“Everyone got the messages, right?”

The group exchanged weird glances, and Dan Kaiquan said, “This feels a bit awkward, can it really work?”

“We won’t know until we try,” Ma Shicheng decided firmly, “Go ahead and post it.”

Dan Kaiquan clicked into the forum, finalized the post, and chose to publish it.

Cui Yu and the others did the same.

“Time to switch accounts and bump the posts.”

They all followed suit, and Wang Longlong quietly said to Brother Ma:

“Should we continue with the next step?”

The just-posted threads were all a one-man show starring Guo Kunnan, adding several halos of righteousness to his image—returning lost money, willingness to help others, struggling against adversity, and exuding integrity.

All mention of his fake online romance was omitted; it was praise all around.

Ma Shicheng nodded in confirmation. Although those posts could attract people from the forum with catchy titles, at best, they would just seem novel and wouldn’t spark much discussion to ensure their long-term presence.

They could barely overpower the negative posts about Guo Kunnan,

and that wouldn’t last long.

Eventually, two narratives would emerge in the forum: one would be led by Manman and attempt to smear Guo Kunnan, and the other comprised of spectators which would surely confuse people’s impressions of Guo Kunnan.

So next, they would need to start another hot topic to divert everyone’s attention.

“Let’s proceed with the next step.”

Wang Longlong got the message and immediately began to prepare; he already had the photos ready.

One was an impressive shot of Zhuang Jianhui dunking during military training, taken from the group chat. In it, he seemed to fly, his handsome profile dazzling countless girls at Fourth Middle School.

The other photo was taken during the New Year’s party, featuring Huang Zhongfei sitting on a stool, playing guitar solo, equally charming.

He posted a thread comparing who was the handsomest in Fourth Middle School.

To prevent the thread from veering off topic and becoming unserious, he made a point to post the photos of Zhuang Jianhui and Huang Zhongfei in the first and second comments.

Then, he tagged the most active boys and girls from the Fourth Middle School forum.

Next, he posted another thread, this time about a girl giving CPR on the sports field.

That day, Wang Longlong had sneakily taken a photo. He posted the shot of Pang Jiao performing CPR on Shen Xinli, adding another close-up of Pang Jiao looking stunningly beautiful.

Then, he switched accounts and commented that Pang Jiao had once confessed her feelings to Zhuang Jianhui.

After commenting, he started a separate thread to clearly discuss Pang Jiao’s confession to Zhuang Jianhui, also posting their photos in the thread and asking everyone if they thought the pair were well-matched.

Having done all this, Wang Longlong tirelessly switched between accounts to bump the threads.

At this point, due to the barrage of texts and phone calls from the mass texting service, the original negative posts about Guo Kunnan had completely sunk, replaced by the shocking posts and the ones he had just created.

Considering the Fourth Middle School forum wasn’t a huge one, there were not many new posts at the time, and the posts hadn’t yet begun to ferment.

“Brother Ma, it’s all set up,” Wang Longlong reported.

“Should we continue with the follow-up plan?” he asked.

Ma Shicheng was busily scrolling through the forum:

“Let’s just wait and see for now, this is all we can do.”

“Even if Manman personally apologizes, it’s not going to be much better than this. After all, it was an unexpected incident, and Nan’s unflattering photo has been seen by everyone.”

In fact, there was a more ruthless trick targeting Manman specifically, though it was unnecessary.

There’s a limit to everything, a lesson he had learned from Yang Sheng.

Wang Longlong agreed, “Exactly, nobody online cares about the truth. Even if things are clarified, people won’t pay attention.”

…

In the front row,

Chen Siyu was playing with her phone, occasionally checking the forum.

She followed a few niche forums with a really nice atmosphere, where the owners and moderators were diligent and responsible, frequently online to clean up spam and prevent arguments.

Unlike the Fourth Middle School forum, which she stopped posting in after being chased and scolded for a misplaced comment.

She called her sister, and together, with both their accounts, they tried to fight back but were overwhelmed.

It nearly brought her and her sister to tears.

Thankfully, she had met some ‘old brothers’ in other forums she frequently visited, who came to her aid and managed to suppress that Fourth Middle School student.

However, the consequence was that Chen Siyu no longer participated in the Fourth Middle School forum; she would only browse, never leaving comments.

After all, the forum discussed matters about the school, and sometimes there were useful insights.

For instance, she had inquired about the girls’ dormitory at Fourth Middle School before school started. A senior even took photos for her and shared some tips.

After school began, this senior also treated her to some delicious food outside.

As soon as she opened the forum, the first thing she saw was “Shocking…”

Chen Siyu instinctively clicked on it, only to find it talked about Guo Kun from her own class; she had not expected to stumble upon a topic involving her classmate.

She exited, then noticed two more posts with similar headings. Even though she had been misled just now, she couldn’t resist clicking on them.

Again, about Guo Kun…

Chen Siyu: “What the heck?”

She refreshed the page and saw the thread rating the handsomeness of Fourth Middle School boys.

Chen Siyu, with her straightforward nature, loved such topics.

She read the thread from beginning to end. At that moment, there weren’t many replies, and among the few pictures, Zhuang Jianhui and Huang Zhongfei were still the most handsome.

She clicked to save the thread, planning to return to it later.

Thinking of handsomeness, Chen Siyu subconsciously turned her head to look at Jiang Ning sitting behind her.