72: Chapter 72 Spreading Rumors That I'm a Shill? Banning and Exposing My Secrets

Only half an hour after the league announcement was sent out, Luofeng Village was already completely packed.

The numbers on the registration panel were jumping wildly.

Five hundred thousand.

Six hundred thousand.

Seven hundred thousand!

The inns at the village entrance were full, and even temporary tents along the merchant roads were being snatched up for rent by players. The world channel was scrolling so fast the words were a blur.

"Looking for league teammates!"

"Buying Luofeng Village Teleportation Talismans at high prices!"

"Purple-tier rewards, here I come!"

Just as everyone was getting fired up, a sarcastic message suddenly flashed across the world channel via a megaphone.

[Wildly Slashing a Whole Street: Wake up, everyone! Do you really think Lin Zhe's family is that amazing? He's just a plant for the official team!]

As soon as this message appeared, the channel lagged for a moment.

Immediately after, a second message popped up.

[Wildly Slashing a Whole Street: All those benefits, dungeons, and banning privileges were intentionally arranged by the officials just to trick you into spending money! Now they're holding a league where seventy percent of the profits go to Luofeng Village, and you're still rushing to sign up? What is this if not giving them free money?]

The third message was even harsher.

[Wildly Slashing a Whole Street: Anyone who signs up for the league is an idiot! Let's boycott it together! Don't give money to this NPC plant!]

The world channel instantly exploded.

"Holy crap, who is this?"

"Is this guy crazy?"

"An official plant?"

"Where does he get the nerve?"

A few players who had just joined the server were stunned.

"Is this for real?"

"Does Big Shot Lin really have an inside deal with the officials?"

On the earthen slope at the village entrance, Lin Zhe didn't even lift an eyelid.

Lin Chen was lying in his arms watching the registration numbers. Upon hearing these messages, his small face turned cold.

"Another foul-mouthed one."

Xing Jianwan narrowed her eyes. "Do you know him?"

The golden sigil on Lin Chen's forehead flashed, and a player information panel instantly unfolded in mid-air.

[ID: Wildly Slashing a Whole Street]

[Level: 13]

[Class: Warrior]

[Status: Malicious Speech]

[History: Multiple instances of malicious PK, scamming newbies, snatching drops; previously expelled for causing trouble]

Ling Xi frowned. "How does someone like this dare to jump out?"

Lin Chen gave a huff in his milky voice and tapped his small hand directly on the screen.

*Hum—*

A scarlet notification instantly slammed in front of every player on the server.

[Server Announcement: Player 'Wildly Slashing a Whole Street' has maliciously spread rumors, incited a boycott of the league, and disrupted server order]

[Punishment: Muted for 30 days, effective immediately]

In the world channel, the man was just about to send a fourth message when his avatar turned gray on the spot.

Behind the name [Wildly Slashing a Whole Street], a bright red [Muted] tag was displayed.

The entire server went silent for a moment.

The next second, the channel went wild with laughter.

"Hahaha! He didn't even last three minutes!"

"Go on, keep barking like a dog!"

"Little Archon Lin sure acts fast!"

But Lin Chen wasn't finished yet.

"It's one thing to spread rumors."

"But to pretend to be a good person..."

"I'll expose all the rotten things you've done in the past."

As his voice fell, several more holographic screens of rules and records unfolded in the air.

The first screenshot was outside the beginner village.

[Wildly Slashing a Whole Street] was with two others, surrounding a newbie who had just left the village, forcibly snatching away a Green-tier longsword the newbie had dropped. The chat logs were crystal clear.

"Give it to us or we'll hack you back to the village."

The second screenshot was in front of a trading stall.

He had a sign up saying 'Selling Blue Potions at low prices,' scammed three newbies out of their money, then immediately logged off and vanished.

The third was even more ruthless.

In a monster zone at night, he ambushed a player with low health, maliciously PKing them five times in a row, and ran off after picking up their gear.

There was a long list of violations following those.

[Snatched newbie equipment 7 times]

[Scammed newbies out of money 4 times]

[Malicious PK 16 times]

[Unresolved complaint records: 9]

The final image even showed the pathetic scene of him being expelled from Luofeng Village.

The entire world channel completely blew up.

"Damn! So it's him!"

"This scumbag scammed me out of 50 copper coins before!"

"I know him! He stole my younger brother's Green-tier gear!"

"You have the nerve to call Big Shot Lin a plant? You're the one who's rotten to the core!"

A player named [Mengxin Xiaohe] started cursing directly in the world channel.

"When I first joined the server, he scammed me out of my health potions and copper coins. I quit the game in tears! If I hadn't joined Luofeng Village later, I wouldn't be playing anymore!"

Another player jumped out.

"Me too! This bastard said he'd carry me through a dungeon, took my money, and then kicked me from the party!"

"Dammit, where's the respawn point? I'm going to camp him too!"

This sentence was like lighting a fire.

A huge wave of responses followed in the channel.

"Count me in!"

"Camp him to death!"

"Daring to slander Big Shot Lin and scamming newbies... if I don't make him delete his account today, I'll take his last name!"

At this moment, Wildly Slashing a Whole Street himself was outside the respawn point of a nearby beginner village, his face pale.

He was muted.

He couldn't post in the world channel.

He couldn't even send private messages.

What was even more terrifying was that as soon as he stepped out of the respawn point, he saw over a dozen players blocking the way, their eyes fiercer than the last.

"That's him!"

"Kill him!"

*Boom!*

Fireballs, arrows, charges, and backstabs—everything was slammed into him all at once.

Wildly Slashing a Whole Street couldn't even curse. He had barely taken a step before his health bar was emptied.

A flash of white light, and he was back at the respawn point.

He respawned five seconds later.

As soon as he came out...

Another round.

"Keep going!"

"Don't let him get away!"

"I still haven't settled the score for when you stole my brother's gear!"

Once.

Three times.

Five times.

Ten times.

His equipment dropped piece by piece, copper coins scattered all over the ground, and he was on the verge of a total breakdown.

Later on, there weren't just a dozen people outside the respawn point.

There were dozens.

Some people even came specifically to watch the show.

"Isn't this the guy spreading rumors?"

"Hit him! Beat him hard!"

Wildly Slashing a Whole Street couldn't even make it out the door. His character was hacked down the moment he stood firm. In the end, he was left with only basic white gear, and even his weapon had dropped.

On the slope, Zhou Ming watched the public opinion curve on the backend, his forehead dripping with sweat.

He had originally been afraid that this wave of rumors would affect the registration momentum.

As it turned out, once the dirt was dug up, player trust actually increased.

The number of registrations didn't fall; it rose.

Eight hundred thousand!

Nine hundred thousand!

He couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Mr. Lin, Little Archon Lin, this handling..."

Lin Chen swung his little feet.

"I hate it most when people say bad things about my dad."

"Especially a scumbag like this."

Lin Zhe's expression remained calm as he only glanced at the wildly rising registration panel.

"Continue."

On the other side, outside the respawn point.

Wildly Slashing a Whole Street died once more.

When he respawned again, he looked at the group of players waiting to kill him, his fingers trembling.

Muted for 30 days.

His dark history made public server-wide.

His equipment almost entirely gone.

He would be recognized wherever he went from now on.

He finally couldn't take it anymore.

A few seconds later, a white light vanished completely from the respawn point.

[Player 'Wildly Slashing a Whole Street' has deleted their character]

As the news spread, the world channel broke into another round of mockery.

"He deleted his account and ran!"

"Serves him right!"

"That's what he gets for being foul-mouthed!"

"Whoever dares to spread rumors about Big Shot Lin in the future better check if their own history is clean first!"

From that day on, no one in the world channel dared to casually wag their tongues about Lin Zhe.

Whenever he was mentioned, it was unanimously—

"Big Shot Lin."

And above Luofeng Village, the league registration numbers continued to climb.

Just then, in the distant woods to the west, a wisp of nature's aura, purer than before, was quietly approaching.