Chapter Forty-Five: A Frenzy of Humiliation!
Conservatory of Music. With ten minutes left until noon, Chen Qi took the initiative to stop teaching.
“That’s all for now. We’ll continue after lunch.”
“Alright.” The girl nodded, carefully packing away the teaching materials she’d spent so much effort organizing.
“See you this afternoon.”
With a brief farewell, Chen Qi hurriedly left, clutching his laptop, paying no mind to the girl’s bewildered and slightly lost gaze.
He hadn’t forgotten the editor’s reminder from yesterday.
“Immortal World” would open its VIP access at noon today.
Generally, releasing chapters the instant the VIP channel opens is the best strategy.
He decided to take the editor’s advice.
Though his purpose in copying this novel was to accumulate Destruction Points, there was no need to deliberately go against these established rules.
Going against the current order didn’t increase his Destruction Points; otherwise, his score would have already soared into the hundreds of millions by now, and those mysterious folders would be unlocked.
He’d been thinking seriously about it lately. He suspected he’d been deceived by the system. Though it was called the Destruction System, it wasn’t as simple as causing chaos for easy points.
Otherwise, all the stir he’d created in the advertising industry—ignoring conventions and causing a fuss—should have earned him something. Yet, his points remained unchanged.
Clearly, the system only recognized genuine, structural disruptions, not minor disturbances. What exactly would count? He’d have to experiment further to find out.
Lost in such tangled thoughts, Chen Qi’s pace remained swift and steady.
Seven or eight minutes later, he arrived at his destination—a milk tea shop just outside the campus gate.
He ordered a light meal and settled into an inconspicuous corner, knowing well that his appearance tended to draw attention.
He connected his laptop to the internet, and as everything was set up, the clock struck twelve.
Chen Qi logged into the website, opened the author’s backend, and uploaded all fifteen chapters he’d prepared in advance.
At that very moment, many other authors and readers were refreshing the “Immortal World” page.
When Chen Qi’s new chapters appeared, everyone’s eyes immediately lit up. They clicked in without hesitation.
The gripping content was the primary draw—watching the protagonist’s reckless, life-on-the-line antics gave them a thrilling experience.
To exaggerate only slightly, every update from Chen Qi left his readers thoroughly satisfied!
In all their years of reading serialized novels, they’d never enjoyed one so thoroughly.
As expected, the fifteen-chapter release triggered a fresh wave of tipping.
Within minutes, the review section of “Immortal World” was flooded with red-highlighted posts.
Yet, there was a slight sense of regret among many: though there were plenty of small and medium tips, perhaps due to the lack of recent bonus chapters, there was no Silver Alliance tip this time.
The highest tip was just from an Alliance Leader.
Seeing these numbers, a few twisted-minded trolls immediately got excited.
“Hahaha, this is hilarious! For such a popular novel, the highest tip is just an Alliance Leader? Pathetic!”
“I knew those numbers were faked!”
“You all were hyping him up, but look at it now—nothing special.”
“A newbie is still a newbie! The real masters get huge tips even at signing, and their releases are never this embarrassing!”
“What a joke! This is humiliating!”
Suddenly, the review section was filled with these sneering, mocking voices.
Though small in number, their concentrated outburst was quite disruptive.
Are these people crazy?
How could they concoct such drama from a single tip?
Some well-meaning readers couldn’t help but rebut beneath these posts. But ordinary readers were no match for seasoned trolls.
“If the numbers aren’t inflated, why are the tip stats so poor for a release?”
“Just answer this: is it or isn’t it true that the highest tip is only an Alliance Leader?”
“It’s been almost half an hour now, and I’ve only seen a few Alliance Leader tips. Compared to the big names, this is a joke!”
These professional trolls didn’t care for logic or reason. They latched onto this tipping incident and attacked relentlessly. No matter what the regular readers said, the trolls kept repeating the same points.
If it were about something else, it might not be so bad. But the trolls had found an irrefutable fact, leaving even the most well-intentioned defenders tongue-tied.
Moreover, since Chen Qi ignored everything outside his writing, there was no moderator for his review section.
In a few short minutes, the trolls had turned the once lively review section into utter chaos.
“Ugh! I’m going crazy! Are these people insane?”
“Is there no moderator here?”
“Author, come and do something! If you don’t, this review section is doomed!”
“Can some big shot please clean up these trolls?”
“Damn it, my good mood is completely ruined!”
The readers were furious.
Such a pleasant environment, spoiled by these trolls.
After nearly half an hour of chaos, the trolls finally realized something—they’d discovered a review section with no moderation!
It was like stumbling upon a new continent. Banned from countless other review sections, they’d found their battlefield at last!
“Look, it’s been nearly half an hour. Never mind bigger tips—now even the small and medium ones are drying up. Hahaha, how tragic!”
Watching the trolls’ arrogance, the readers’ anger reached a boiling point, trapped and unable to vent it.
Reading like this was too frustrating!
Many couldn’t stand the atmosphere and simply closed the review section, intending to return only when the author had cleaned things up.
Out of sight, out of mind—they’d come back when order was restored.
But just as many were about to close the page, a site-wide tipping announcement suddenly flashed on the screen.
“I Am a Person of Feeling” has tipped “Immortal World” 10,000,000 points! Becoming the book’s Golden Supreme Patron!
Seeing this global announcement, those who’d just closed the page froze for a moment.
A few seconds later, their eyes shone, and they rushed back to the “Immortal World” review section!
“Damn! Where are those trolls? Show yourselves!”
“Who said the book only got a few Alliance Leader tips? Who?!”
“See the Golden Patron? Golden Patron! Do you even know what that is?!”
The readers, filled with pent-up anger, erupted in delight!
The reader “I Am a Person of Feeling,” who’d previously tipped at the Silver level, had now dropped a Golden tip—a shot of adrenaline that sent the regular readers’ morale soaring!
The review section was now filled with posts slapping back at the trolls.
And this was just the beginning.
“Too Handsome to Have Worries” tipped “Immortal World” 1,000,000 points! Becoming a Silver Patron!
“Rowing Without Oars” tipped “Immortal World” 1,000,000 points! Becoming a Silver Patron!
“I Fell for the Girl Next Door” tipped “Immortal World” 1,000,000 points! Becoming a Silver Patron!
“I’m Not Satisfied with This Username” tipped “Immortal World”...
One after another, these wealthy readers tipped in quick succession. In just a few minutes, “Immortal World” gained seven new Silver Patrons!
“Wow!!!”
The site-wide notifications came one after another, sending the whole site into a frenzy!
The review section of “Immortal World” was filled with gasps of amazement.
In that instant, every reader felt a rush of satisfaction, as if a long-held grudge had been resolved.
Bless those generous patrons!
What a satisfying comeback!
Almost simultaneously, as he was eating, Chen Qi received a call from the editor. Flustered, he finally figured out how to use the review section functions and promptly blacklisted the twisted-minded trolls from “Immortal World.”
After a moment’s thought, he opened his laptop again, uploaded ten more chapters, and in the final one, apologized for the earlier chaos in the review section.
Of course, he didn’t forget to thank the generous patrons for their timely support.
“Wow!!!”
Seeing ten new chapters, the readers exploded with excitement once more.
“Ten chapters just like that?”
“I love authors who start with ten!”
“Haha, I almost miss the trolls now!”
The lively, joyful atmosphere quickly returned to the review section.
At that moment, just as Chen Qi breathed a sigh of relief, the editor pulled him into the official authors’ group.
All the members were authors whose works had been published and achieved some success.
“Holy crap!”
“Holy crap!!”
“Holy crap!!!”
When the notification announced Chen Qi’s arrival, the bustling group suddenly went quiet, then erupted into a chorus of exclamations.
It seemed this was their way of expressing both admiration and complicated feelings.
Beyond “Holy crap,” they could think of nothing else to say.
Seeing the barrage of messages, Chen Qi was speechless.
“...” He replied with a single ellipsis.
Upon seeing his message, the authors went wild with complaints.
“Chen, we finally caught you!”
“How much material do you have stored up?”
“Can you please not update at such a monstrous rate? My readers are driving me crazy! They keep telling me to be more like you!”
“Yeah, can you leave us a way to survive? No one can keep up with your speed!”
“Please, slow down on your updates!”
“Seconded!”
“+1!”
“+ID card!”
“+Pi without the decimal!”
Oddly enough, the message queue became orderly again. Even authors who usually never spoke chimed in with a “+1.”
Watching the endless stream of messages, Chen Qi couldn’t help but laugh.
He could tell they were joking.
After a moment’s thought, he typed out a line:
“Honestly, I can’t help it. I just type that fast. What can I do?”
As soon as this message was sent, the previously frantic chat froze.
For at least two minutes, the group fell silent.
In that instant, every author felt an overwhelming urge not to talk to him anymore.
Talk like that...
He’d better watch out for lightning!