Chapter 179: Internet Ban
Genting Highlands 16:01, breakfast just finished.
Yu Ling's phone suddenly vibrated like crazy! Weibo, WeChat, news feeds... were instantly flooded with the same entry and obscene pictures and comments!
#Zhaochenyulingxiaosan
#YuLingGetOutofXinghui
#feelingspoorGuQianQian
Those secretly taken photos, those vicious slanders, those curses and insults that came like a tide... were like countless poisoned needles, piercing Yu Ling's eyes and heart!
Her face instantly turned pale, and her fingers holding the phone were cold and trembling slightly. Although she had been mentally prepared for Gu Qianqian's counterattack, she had not expected such vicious and despicable online violence!
"What's wrong?" Zhao Chen noticed her strangeness and immediately put down his coffee cup and came over. With just a glance at Yu Ling's phone screen, his gentle aura instantly dropped to freezing point!
He grabbed Yu Ling's phone and slid his fingertips across the screen quickly. The more he looked, the gloomier his expression became.
Those trending searches of #Feeling sorry for Gu Qianqian# made the corners of his mouth curl up into an extremely cold and sarcastic arc.
"Heh." He sneered, the sound was not loud, but it made the temperature of the entire living room drop a few degrees.
He directly dialed a number on his mobile phone. His voice was calm without a trace of emotion, yet it carried an invisible pressure:
"It's me. Three things."
"First, all negative information related to keywords like 'Zhao Chen,' 'Yu Ling,' 'Gu Qianqian,' and 'mistress' will be completely wiped out from all online platforms within ten minutes. This includes cached content, screenshots, and screen recordings."
"Secondly, the source of the post, the encrypted forum ID 'Viper 77', and the physical location of the IP address, locked to VIP Room 3 at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The chain of evidence is being compiled."
"Third," he paused, his eyes sweeping over the obscene comments on the screen, "the top one hundred accounts most active in spreading malicious rumors, fabricating rumors, and engaging in human flesh attacks, and their respective platforms... no matter who they are, ban them forever. And by the way, give them some 'guild benefits.'"
A calm response came from the other end of the line: "Understood, President Chen. The guild's 'Network Cleaning Operation' will be implemented immediately."
Zhao Chen hung up the phone, and the terrifying coldness around him instantly subsided.
He turned and looked at Yu Ling, whose face was still pale. His eyes instantly changed to one of deep distress and apology. He reached out his hand, wanting to hug her, but was afraid of being abrupt.
"Lingling..." His voice was hoarse, "I'm sorry, I made you..."
"I'm fine." Yu Ling took a deep breath, forced down the nausea that was surging in her stomach, and interrupted him.
She raised her head. Although her eyes were still a little red, her expression was unusually calm, even with a hint of anger. "Gu Qianqian is desperate. It's just..."
She looked at Zhao Chen, "What are you going to do? Are you really going to block a hundred accounts? Will it be..."
"Block?" Zhao Chen raised his eyebrows and put on an extremely "nuclear-kind" smile. He picked up his mobile phone, clicked on an APP with the icon of a silly grinning Shiba Inu, and operated it with his fingers quickly.
"We, the 'Ark of Doom - Shiba Inu Guild', have always won people over with our virtue."
Yu Ling leaned over to take a look and saw Zhao Chen had posted a pinned announcement on that flashy app community:
【President’s Order】
Recently, we've discovered a large number of low-level smurfs (listed below) maliciously spreading rumors and false information on various platforms, severely disrupting the gaming environment! Our guild's "Net Cleaning AI" has determined that these individuals are using illegal cheat scripts.
According to Chapter 7, Article 3 of the Guild Anti-Cheating Regulations, the maximum penalty will be imposed on the above-mentioned accounts:
1. Permanently banned from the game!
2. Related forums and social media accounts will be blocked simultaneously!
3. Its IP address has been marked and added to the guild's 'unwelcome network list'!
I hope all players will take this as a warning, play games in a green way, and build a harmonious Azeroth... oh no, a harmonious Ark!
——President: Wangcai (acting)
Below the announcement, a "Diagram of the Dangers of Illegal Plug-in Scripts" was posted in a serious manner - in fact, it was just a mosaic picture of a troll's keyboard.
Yu Ling looked at the words "Green Game" and "Harmonious Azeroth," then glanced at Zhao Chen's serious face as he spoke nonsense...
"Puff..." She couldn't hold it back. The frustration and disgust she had just felt were instantly dispelled by this extremely absurd operation.
"Zhao Chen! You...your 'conquering others with virtue'...are you talking about physical salvation?!"
Zhao Chen shrugged innocently. "Of course, we have to strike hard against cheaters. The guild's ironclad rules cannot be challenged." He shook his phone. "Look, it's started."
Yu Ling refreshed her Weibo. The topic #赵辰宇玲小三# that had been all over the place just now disappeared without a trace!
Search keywords directly display "Not displayed according to relevant laws and regulations." The homepages of the most popular marketing accounts and influencers directly change to "This account has been permanently banned due to abnormal operation."
The speed was so fast and the cleanness was so thorough that it seemed as if the huge wave just now had never happened!
Only a few confused people are left online:
"What the hell? Where's the topic? Where's the screenshot I just took? Did it vanish?"
"Where are those big Vs who led the charge? Why are they all gone?"
"'Doomsday Ark - Shiba Inu Guild'? A ban? What kind of a development is this?"
"I seem to have witnessed an interdimensional law enforcement?"
"Am I the only one who noticed the 'Acting Guildmaster Wangcai' in the announcement? Woof woof woof?"
VIP Room 3 of Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital.
Gu Qianqian was still refreshing her phone frantically, waiting to see Yu Ling being scolded by the entire Internet, waiting to see Zhao Chen get into a state of panic!
Sudden!
"The page you requested does not exist."
"This topic has been deleted."
“The account has been banned.”
She frantically switched apps, refreshing! Refreshing! Refreshing again! The smear campaign that had been going on just a moment ago was instantly wiped out, as if by an invisible hand! Cleanly and completely! Not even a splash left behind!
"No... Impossible!" Gu Qianqian's eyes were bloodshot as she screamed, "Where are my trending searches?! Where are my online influencers?! Who did this?! Who!!!"
She smashed her phone like crazy, until the screen completely shattered. At this moment, her spare old phone suddenly dinged, and received a multimedia message.
Sender: Unknown number.
Content: Only one picture.
Gu Qianqian clicked it with trembling hands.
The person in the picture is herself!
Wearing a loose, blue and white striped hospital gown, with messy hair like dead grass, a pale and swollen face, and empty and dull eyes, he curled up in the corner of the bed, with the cold iron-barred windows of the mental hospital in the background.
The tricky angle and dim lighting perfectly capture her embarrassment, desolation, and madness at the moment!
The text only has one cold emoji:
Your "beautiful photos" have been added to the guild's "negative teaching material library". Thank you for your contribution to purifying the network environment~ - From: Shiba Inu Net Cleaning AI`
"ah--!!!"
A shrill, inhuman scream of despair and collapse completely shattered the tranquility of the VIP area of the mental hospital!
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