Chapter 2: Face the reality: Everyone in the dormitory except him has the potential to be the protagonist...
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"What do you want, real or fake? Of course it's completely real." Wei Zhehan said to Li Ming while sitting on his seat with his legs crossed. He has a masculine appearance and a strong and tight physique like an athlete. His personality is just as outgoing and cheerful as he appears, sometimes naive and innocent, and doesn't care much about what's happening around him.
After hearing this, Li Ming glanced at him with a complicated look:
I knew you had a good family background...but I didn't expect it to be this good...
Li Ming knew at the beginning of the school year that Wei Zhehan's family background was either rich or noble. The new running shoes he frequently changed, the new mobile phones he could get whenever he wanted, and the gaming equipment on his desk that was comparable to that of a professional e-sports player... all of these showed how wealthy Wei Zhehan's family was.
However, along with the perception that his family is either rich or noble, he himself is also very innocent. In Li Ming's opinion, Wei Zhehan is a big boy who gets angry easily but is also easy to coax.
But most importantly -
According to the plot of the comics, Wei Zhehan will be the son of the leader of the second largest base in the north in the future.
It's like you thought your good friend who you always get along with happily was the heir to a small local company, but it turns out that his family's company is actually a well-known multinational group.
The prince is actually the real prince.
Li Ming sighed weakly in his heart.
"So where did you find out? I originally wanted to wait until things are stable before telling you." The dormitory head pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and struggled to defend himself.
He has a strict and restrained demeanor, and his behavior can easily make people think that he is a long-time office worker. In fact, Zhou Haoyu himself is often teased by many people, including the three roommates, "Put on a three-piece suit and take a briefcase, who can not believe that you are not an excellent insurance salesman."
Li Ming looked at Zhou Haoyu dimly.
He thought back to the information he had seen on the forum, and felt that he could not stop sighing.
Zhou Haoyu is the hardworking head of their dormitory and a promising god-level assistant in the future.
According to forum readers, he lost contact with the protagonists in the early part of the comics, and reappeared in the capital base in the later part. When they met, he had already become a colonel in the military, and was promoted faster than the protagonist.
Although because of this, I have become a decadent adult whose daily motto is "Work is shit!"
Uh... Although it felt a bit tragic in the later part, at least I survived... It didn't feel like I was destined to die right from the start... Li Mingt collapsed to the ground with tears in his eyes.
"There's no need to act like we're interrogating each other. The situation hasn't developed to the point where it requires interrogation." Jiang Huai, a taciturn science guy, leaned on the escalator nearby like a good old man and spoke in a gentle tone to the two people except Li Ming.
Does that mean it could develop into a forced interrogation?
After hearing Jiang Huai's words, Li Ming felt numb.
Many years ago, he always thought that Jiang Huai was a white-collar black, and in fact, the other party was indeed a white-collar black...
Jiang Huai, the top student in our dormitory, the protagonist of the comic book that will destroy the world in the future——
Do you know how many posts were posted on the comics forum about whether you are naturally black? Do you know how I felt when I read the featured post on the forum [Summary of the debate on whether Jianghuai is white-cut black, popular science version 3.0]?
The science guy who is so naive that he is naturally black in his bones, please don't talk to me at this time!
Li Ming, who was squatting and drawing circles, wanted to cover his ears in annoyance.
However, what was more devastating than being cannon fodder was——
Everyone in the dormitory except him has the potential to be the protagonist.
"Alas..." Li Ming sighed with deep melancholy. He squatted in the corner, holding his chin, and said faintly: "Can I say that I accidentally entered the mysterious space and was told by the supernatural being?"
“No!”*2
Well... He also knew it wasn't feasible...
Li Ming had no choice but to say nonsense with a blank expression: "It was said on the forum, and I just casually revealed it. You can choose one of the two."
So the two of them listened and put themselves in the shoes of --
"Even this is revealed on the school forum?" Zhou Haoyu frowned instantly.
“I probably didn’t tell you, did I?” Wei Zhehan pointed at himself in disbelief and muttered to himself, “How could I possibly reveal it… No, I guess I didn’t…”
His tone became less and less confident.
Xiao Wei is such a naive person that he believes everything he is told. After hearing this, Li Ming glanced at him with resentment and said slowly, "Then you say -"
"Who was it that was saying 'I'm so fed up' and 'I hate my dad the most' every day in the dormitory a few days ago, and then got angry at the slightest provocation?"
Wei Zhehan: ...Aba Aba.
Wei Zhehan's body froze after hearing this. He used his hollow wooden head to think for a while: It seems that this is true, and it is normal for Li Ming to guess it through some clues later...
"Hmm~"
Seeing this, Li Ming snorted arrogantly. Then he turned to Zhou Haoyu like a Sadako who died of resentment and said, "You, the dormitory head, are even simpler."
"Go check the forum! The fact that you took a day off on Friday and went on a date with your girlfriend with a bouquet of flowers was exposed on the social media platform by your junior classmates!"
Zhou Haoyu was suddenly struck by lightning:
"There's no point in exposing this kind of thing!"
"Is it easy for me to know so much information today? I just looked at the forum!" Li Ming was furious. He covered his ears with his hands and tried to escape the harsh reality.
Jiang Huai made an inexplicable gesture of enlightenment after hearing this. He looked at the head of the dormitory with a surprised look on his face and exclaimed, "So the hot post I read today was about you?"
Zhou Haoyu: ...ah.
Zhou Haoyu suddenly spoke incoherently as if he saw the sun rising from the west: "Why do you know this too? No, aren't you in the library preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination?"
"But no one stipulates that you can't browse forums during the postgraduate entrance examination."
Zhou Haoyu: ...That makes a lot of sense.
So suddenly there were three more distraught roommates in dormitory 423. At the same time, Jiang Huai, who was a little slow to react, looked around blankly, not knowing what was going on for a moment.
Were they still asking Li Ming why just now? Why did they suddenly go back to their own beds?
"Li Ming."
He called out to Li Ming, who was lying on the desk in a daze. Li Ming turned his head slightly to look at him, and responded vaguely, his whole expression asking, "Is there anything wrong?"
"You haven't told me yet what you meant by what you said to me at the beginning." asked the rigid science boy Jiang Huai.
“Well…”
After hearing this, Li Ming weakly banged his head against the table and muttered absentmindedly, "Just think of it as me reading too many comics."
Have you read too many comics?
After hearing this, Jiang Huai looked hesitantly at the comic books and light novels that occupied half of the bookshelf behind Li Ming. He inexplicably felt that although the matter was outrageous, it was unexpectedly reasonable.
"Okay, then you should have a good rest today."
Jiang Huai, who had not suffered any actual blow, comforted him honestly.
*
Li Ming fell asleep.
What happened today was so bizarre that his energy was quickly exhausted. He lay down on the bed exhausted and fell into a deep sleep in less than a few seconds.
And when he opened his eyes—
Li Ming found himself back in the pure white space.
At this time, he still maintained the posture he had left before. Seeing this, Li Ming slumped down in the armchair and sighed, his expression was full of haggardness. When he saw the forum calling him cannon fodder before, he was still confused.
I didn't expect the situation to change so suddenly...
Li Ming's original suspicions were finally confirmed in the hasty verification process in the dormitory. It's all true... the comics are true... the foreshadowing is also true...
Who on earth reads comics so carefully that they can figure out who the protagonist is from a forum post from a long early period?
Forum readers, you are awesome.
Li Ming rubbed his brows lifelessly. He pretended to be calm and patted his cheeks vigorously with both hands, and turned his eyes back to the computer screen.
The comic forum posts were still being updated in real time, but most of the new posts were similar to what Li Ming had seen before. Forum readers were still exchanging ideas about the release date and plot predictions for the sequel.
Li Ming took a deep breath and skillfully clicked into the featured area to look for clues. He first clicked into the official introduction summary of the comic "Misty City" and the author, version 5.0:
【"Misty City", author Baishan Kele. 】
[It is the most popular urban hot-blooded youth comic today. ]
[This comic was first serialized on the Kuman website, and participated in the third "This comic is really interesting!" new cartoonist event held by Kuman at that time. It successfully stood out from many new cartoonists and became one of the pillars of the Kuman platform. ]
[Even though his debut comic book has achieved such a huge success, the author Baishan Kele still adheres to the low-key principle of "three times and two times separation" and has not appeared in public so far. 】
【But I think he also knows how much he is scolded (smile).】
"This is not just ordinary scolding..."
Looking at the last line of readers' comments, Li Ming held his head and muttered with a strange expression. But he didn't want to dwell on it too much, so he quickly scanned the remaining information and prepared to exit and look at the next post.
【Analysis of the explosive popularity of "Misty City"】
Li Ming, who had just returned to the forum's featured area, saw this and his hand holding the mouse froze instantly. He looked at the name that suddenly popped up in front of him, feeling helpless:
“How can you readers even summarize this?”
Sometimes, in addition to your peers, readers also analyze the reasons why your comics become popular.
But Li Ming said so, but he couldn't help but click in. He read the various thoughts and speculations shared by netizens at a glance, and inexplicably felt relieved.
fine……
Li Ming patted his chest with one hand and comforted himself: The comics in their world are still at the stage of normal boys' comics. There are no underworld operations, and there are no uneven assembly line products in another world...
So will the ending of the boys’ manga conform to the traditional ending of boys’ manga?
Li Ming's expression became inexplicably cautious.
[I have been reading The Mist for many years, and it was not very popular in the early and middle stages. I never thought it would become so popular because of the ending. To be honest, when the ending of The Mist was released, I almost thought that the sales of the comics were not good, and the editor forced Baishan to cut the outline.]
[Hahaha, I was confused at the time too. I was wondering at the time that although we were few in number, we were not so miserable that we were cut off from the team]
[Not really. Although the topic of discussion of The Mist was low in the early and middle stages, its sales were still in the upper middle range. It really wasn't necessary for the editor to forcibly cut the outline.]
[That’s right, isn’t “City of Supernatural Crime”, which had even worse sales than “Mist”, still doing well now? ]
[It’s so funny, I recommended this to my bestie many times before, saying how exciting the battles were, how beautiful the art style was, and so on, but she still didn’t watch it. Now, without me telling her, she’s watching this more seriously than I am.]
…
"The ending of destroying the world is indeed rare." Li Ming muttered the above words, turning the mouse with his right hand and looking down: "It seems that the sequel was also released because of readers' dissatisfaction."
"In that case, it's still uncertain whether the ending is a traditional happy one."
But I feel like I've overlooked something...
What is it?
Li Ming tapped his head and closed his eyes, silently summarizing the information he knew:
"Misty City", a comic book about supernatural boys in the city, has been well received by readers for its wonderful battles and exquisite painting style in the early days of serialization. However, what made it stand out and become an undisputed contemporary hit comic is——
The ending is an anti-routine.
The protagonist of a passionate youth comic finally destroys the world, and succeeds in doing so. Almost all comic readers expressed a strong desire to share the ending after reading it.
The heated discussion outside the circle and the growing dissatisfaction among readers prompted the publishing house to urgently announce the return of the sequel.
Publisher...author...publisher...Li Ming murmured, thinking hesitantly: Would there be a publishing house that urgently releases a sequel without communicating with the author?
When Li Ming thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up:
"That is, the author will modify the plot direction based on feedback from the outside world!"
He can completely use this to guide the direction of the comics plot!
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