193: Chapter 193 The Rumor-Spreading Offensive Fails? Direct Ban

Outside the Dragon Crystal cultivation ground, the next batch of players had just entered.

Breakthrough notifications continued to pop up incessantly.

The world channel was originally filled with messages showing off levels, attributes, and cultivation ground buffs.

"Awesome! The bottleneck I've been stuck at for two months has finally broken!"

"When will the review for the second batch of slots be finished? I want to go to the Dragon Domain too!"

"The general attack is coming soon, let's max out our combat power first!"

Morale on the front lines was high.

But just then, several eye-catching messages suddenly flashed across the screen.

[Anonymous Smurf 001]: Stop dreaming, the general attack on Black Wind Valley will definitely fail! Qing Yan is still hiding a hundred dark dragon flame bombs; a million players going in is just sending heads!

[Anonymous Smurf 002]: Lin Zhe doesn't treat players like people at all; he's just tricking you into being frontline cannon fodder! There's still time to quit the Vanguard Army!

[Anonymous Smurf 003]: Inside info: the Dragon Race is already preparing to retreat, don't be stupid and go to your deaths!

The messages scrolled by extremely fast.

And they sounded quite convincing.

Things like "a hundred Dragon Flame Bombs."

Things like "the general attack is doomed to fail."

Things like "players as cannon fodder."

As soon as they appeared, the world channel went silent for a brief moment.

Then, many players were instantly enraged.

"Where did these dogs come from?"

"Qing Yan doesn't have a single Dragon Flame Bomb left, weren't they all confiscated before?"

"Starting to stir up trouble again?"

A very small number of newbies who had just signed up were startled.

"Is it true? A hundred Dragon Flame Bombs?"

"No way, is the front line that dangerous?"

Seeing people hesitate, several smurfs immediately grew more spirited.

[Anonymous Smurf 004]: If you don't believe it, just wait to die! The Lin family only gives benefits to trick you into throwing your lives away!

[Anonymous Smurf 005]: Smart people have already quit the team, only fools would keep charging!

But just as the fifth message was sent out,

not even ten seconds had passed.

Hum—

Above the world channel, a faint golden light pattern of the Power of Rules suddenly lit up.

In the next second, the messages from those smurfs all turned gray.

Immediately after, system notifications slammed down.

[System Notification: Player 'Black Dragon Truth Bro' has been permanently muted for spreading false battlefield information and maliciously inciting players to quit the Vanguard Army!]

[System Notification: Player 'Quit Team for Safety' has been permanently muted for spreading false battlefield information and maliciously inciting players to quit the Vanguard Army!]

[System Notification: Player 'Qing Yan Hasn't Lost' has been permanently muted for spreading false battlefield information and maliciously inciting players to quit the Vanguard Army!]

A string of notifications popped out frantically.

The dozen or so accounts that had been shouting the loudest just now were silenced on the spot.

The world channel instantly exploded.

"Hahahaha, gone in less than ten seconds?"

"Lord Lin Chen's detection system is way too fast!"

"Trying to stir up trouble? Your accounts are banned!"

On a dirt slope in Luofeng Village.

Lin Chen sat in a small rattan chair, holding a Spirit Honey Cake in his arms.

On the rule light screen in front of him, a row of red keywords was flashing.

[General Attack Failure]

[A Hundred Dragon Flame Bombs]

[Quit Vanguard Army]

[Players Sending Themselves to Death]

These keywords were ones he had set up long ago.

On the eve of a general attack, the biggest fear was people spreading false rumors to shake the army's morale.

So, whenever someone maliciously combined these words in the world channel, the system would immediately lock onto the account, its chat logs, associated smurfs, and the main account behind them.

Lin Chen only took one glance, and his small face turned cold.

"Remnants of the Dragon Slayer Alliance."

Lin Yueyao, holding Xiao Jin, sat beside him and blinked: "It's them again?"

Xiao Jin also let out a cute but fierce "Awoo."

Lin Chen nodded and waved his small hand.

Swoosh!

The records behind all the involved accounts were pulled out directly.

These smurfs looked new.

But the underlying hardware IDs, transaction chains, and historical guild relationships were all related to the remnants of the disbanded Dragon Slayer Alliance.

Maliciously monopolizing dragon crystals.

Inflating the price of materials.

Blocking solo players.

Teaming up to hijack dungeon entrances.

There were even records of maliciously PK-ing newbies in the Novice Area back then.

Lin Chen's face darkened.

"Publicize it."

Boom!

A bright red server-wide announcement slammed down.

[Server-wide Announcement: Upon investigation, the accounts 'Black Dragon Truth Bro', 'Quit Team for Safety', 'Qing Yan Hasn't Lost', etc., are all smurfs created by remnants of the Dragon Slayer Alliance.]

[This group of accounts maliciously spread false information such as 'the general attack is doomed to fail', 'Qing Yan still has a hundred Dragon Flame Bombs', and 'players participating is suicide', attempting to disrupt the morale of the Dragon Domain Suppression army. The evidence is conclusive!]

[The penalties are as follows:]

[1: Involved accounts are permanently muted!]

[2: Associated main accounts' violation records will be publicized simultaneously!]

[3: Involved accounts are permanently banned from participating in Dragon Domain Suppression-related welfare activities!]

[4: Accounts associated with Dragon Slayer Alliance remnants are placed on a priority public opinion monitoring list!]

Behind the announcement, a long string of violation screenshots was attached.

[Screenshot: Dragon Slayer Alliance maliciously hoarding dragon crystals, inflating the price of a low-grade dragon crystal to 5000 copper coins]

[Screenshot: Dragon Slayer Alliance members blocking solo players and forcibly charging passage fees]

[Screenshot: Dragon Slayer Alliance remnant smurfs mass-sending rumor scripts]

[Screenshot: Login records from the same device and maple coin flow]

Concrete proof came one after another.

They weren't given any chance to make excuses.

The world channel completely erupted.

"So it's the Dragon Slayer Alliance again!"

"These people still haven't given up after their dragon crystal trading privileges were banned?"

"Hilarious. They got hammered for monopolizing dragon crystals themselves, and now they're making up rumors about Dragon Flame Bombs?"

"A hundred Dragon Flame Bombs? The entire server saw the seizure records earlier; do they think we're blind?"

"The Dragon Slayer Alliance is truly the server's clown!"

The few newbies who had been scared earlier also reacted immediately.

"I almost got swayed by the rumors; turns out they're scammers!"

"Good thing I didn't quit the team, otherwise I would've lost big time."

"Lord Lin Chen is awesome!"

But Lin Chen wasn't finished yet.

He took a bite of the Spirit Honey Cake and tapped his small hand again.

A second announcement followed immediately.

[New Server-wide Mechanism: The Rumor Reporting Mechanism is officially live!]

[Any player who reports the spreading of false battlefield information, malicious incitement to quit teams, impersonating internal news, etc., will be rewarded with 1000 suppression points upon verification!]

[Those who make malicious false accusations will receive the same penalty!]

[This mechanism takes effect immediately!]

As soon as the announcement came out,

the eyes of players across the server lit up.

"1000 points for one report?"

"Holy crap, this is even better than farming a wave of mobs!"

"Brothers, let's go find some smurfs!"

"Don't run, you rumor-mongers, I've already screenshotted you!"

The atmosphere of the world channel changed instantly.

Just a moment ago, some people were annoyed by the rumors.

Now, all the players were like wolves who had smelled blood.

Chat channels, guild channels, regional channels, and forum threads—people started patrolling everywhere.

"This account just said in the Holy Light City channel that the general attack is certain death—report!"

"This one said the big boss Lin Zhe has run away—screenshot and submit!"

"This one is even more ridiculous, saying the Dragon Race surrendered to Qing Yan—send him in directly!"

Reports flooded into the backend one after another.

Lin Chen's detection system filtered them rapidly.

Real rumor-mongers? Banned.

Malicious repeaters? Muted.

Those following the trend to stir up trouble? Permissions docked.

Accidental triggers? One warning.

In less than half a day,

the server-wide announcement refreshed again.

[Server-wide Announcement: In the half-day since the Rumor Reporting Mechanism went live, 327 malicious accounts have been verified and processed.]

[Reporting rewards issued: 327,000 suppression points.]

[Please all players participate in the war rationally; do not believe rumors, and do not spread rumors.]

The world channel was filled with cheers.

"Sweet! I reported two and got 2000 points!"

"Hahaha, the smurf rumors have directly turned into point babies!"

"Does the Dragon Slayer Alliance remnant dare to come out again?"

"Come out, I'm already holding down the screenshot key!"

On the front lines of Wanlong City.

The slight fluctuation caused by the rumors earlier had completely vanished.

Outside the cultivation ground, players continued to line up.

In front of the supply points, players continued to buy potions.

At the Vanguard Army registration channel, the number of applicants actually jumped up another notch.

"I was a little panicked at first, but not anymore."

"With Lord Lin Chen watching the channel, no one can even think about stirring up trouble."

"I have to go to the general attack; whoever quits is the one losing out!"

On the city wall, Lin Zhe watched the rule feedback emerge.

Player morale was stable.

Lin Chen's control over public opinion had increased.

Server-wide support had risen.

System notifications sounded accordingly.

[Ding! Because the host's offspring, Lin Chen, stabilized player morale before the Dragon Domain general attack and struck down hostile remnant forces, player support has increased!]

[Ding! The host's Power of Rules has increased by 0.5%!]

Lin Zhe's expression was calm as his gaze fell toward the depths of Black Wind Valley.

The dark aura there was still churning.

And in the world channel, new slogans were already flooding the screen.

"Don't believe the rumors, charge with the Lin family!"

"Rumor-mongers shut up, reward-takers follow me!"

"Qing Yan, just you wait, the Vanguard Army is coming!"