If Only I Could Follow Crow

【Sea】: @Glory Shines on Blue Star, do you see the outcry from everyone? Do you see what we mean?

【Sea】: Release the information for free right now, and we can pretend none of this ever happened!

【Clouds Turn Rain】: Exactly! Your guides are probably all plagiarized anyway! Post the airdrop intel immediately, or we will spam the Regional Channel every day calling you a scammer!

Zhao Hong stared at the abusive messages flooding the Regional Channel, his fingers hovering over the keyboard and trembling slightly. He had been hesitating over whether to reply.

These ingrates...

But he still possessed a shred of rationality.

Zhao Hong turned his attention to his private chat with Chen Qingshan, who had only sent him a single sentence.

【Qingshan Trek】: Don't look at the Regional Channel.

Zhao Hong: "..."

This person had predicted everything from the start.

For him, enduring some insults didn't matter; keeping the organization afloat was the priority.

But for Zhao Hong, this felt like an unprovoked disaster!

He didn't realize that slander grows in the shadows the moment glory is bestowed upon someone, so he couldn't accept these people insulting him like this.

He had done so many good deeds; just because he asked for a fee once, was everything he had done before to be negated?

The Regional Channel wasn't entirely filled with people cursing Glory. Occasionally, a passerby or two would pop up to speak for him, but they were quickly labeled as hired shills.

【Passerby 1】: Wait... don't you think this is strange? Boss Glory has helped so many people before...

【Passerby 2】: Why is everyone attacking Glory now? Didn't the boss help us many times before?

【Clouds Turn Rain】: Shut up! Are you two shills hired by Glory? Can't you see such an obvious tactic to fleece us?

【Sea】: Everyone pay attention! These two accounts are likely in league with Glory! They are manipulating the narrative!

More passersby, unaware of the truth, joined in, cursing Glory for putting on an act, for having no conscience, and for charging a hundred game coins at once.

Wait, what?

Where is all this coming from?

Cheng Shuili was starting to lose track of the situation.

Watching the siege intensify, she couldn't help herself and dug out the screenshot from New Snow in the four-person group chat.

The content on it was brief, consisting only of a single statement from Glory Shines on Blue Star.

The content was also immense, enough to reverse the indiscriminate siege happening in the Regional Channel.

This wasn't Cheng Shuili's business, but she just couldn't stand it! Why should these small-minded people be allowed to cause such a ruckus?

【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: (Image), open your dog eyes and look closely. Fighting like this over one game coin, do you still have any shame?

No one expected this to flush Angry Crow Takes Flight out of hiding. Wasn't this person a pure egoist?

She usually kept to herself, so why was she coming out to speak for Glory this time?

The malicious people were intimidated by the name 【Angry Crow Takes Flight】, and the passersby were awakened by the content of the image. The Regional Channel fell into an eerie silence for several seconds.

The first to speak again was Sea, followed immediately by Clouds Turn Rain.

【Sea】: Yo, isn't this the famous Angry Crow Takes Flight? What, did Glory give you a cut? So eager to jump out and protect your master?

【Clouds Turn Rain】: Don't be fooled, everyone! Angry Crow Takes Flight is usually money-grubbing, so why pretend to be a messenger of justice now? This is probably just a new tactic to scam people in partnership with Glory!

Cheng Shuili had seen much worse insults, so she felt completely calm looking at these two sentences.

Is this all the attack they have? Do the passersby who were incited by the Regional Channel even have brains?

It was no wonder Cheng Shuili questioned it; at this very moment, those who saw the screenshot of Glory's original words suddenly woke up, and in that instant, their long-lost brains suddenly returned.

Cheng Shuili hadn't scolded anyone in the Regional Channel for a few days. Since these two wanted to test her strength, she certainly didn't mind showing them.

But just as her finger rested on the virtual keyboard, the atmosphere in the Regional Channel suddenly reversed.

【What to Eat Tonight】: Wait... in this screenshot, Boss Glory clearly said the information fee is 1 game coin? Huh? It's only 1 game coin?

【Don't Like Rainy Days】: Holy crap! I didn't look closely before! So it's not the 100 game coins the Regional Channel said at all? (Shocked.JPG)

【Wanton】: @Sea, @Clouds Turn Rain, do you two have any conscience? It's just 1 game coin, is it worth you two jumping around the World Channel and manipulating the narrative? How wanton!

【Welding Big Sis】: Oh my god, I actually got led astray... I was actually blaming the boss in my heart just now, I'm sorry! (Kneeling and apologizing.gif)

【Welding Big Bro】: @Clouds Turn Rain, weren't you thanking Boss Glory for sharing information in the Regional Channel just yesterday? Turning your back faster than flipping a book, aren't you?

【Mosquito Coil】: Wait... so someone in the Regional Channel is deliberately spreading fake news? I almost believed it! (Sweating profusely.JPG)

【Psychopath】: I've wanted to say this for a long time, but I'd get cursed if I did! I can finally say it now! @Sea, do you have any shame? Why didn't you curse when Boss Glory shared things for free the last few times?

【Raccoon】: Damn! We were all used as pawns! Boss, I'm sorry!! (Collective bowing.JPG)

【Baibai】: @Sea, @Clouds Turn Rain, you owe Boss Glory a public apology! (40-meter big blade.JPG)

【Gray Machine】: Those who followed the trend and cursed, does your face hurt now?

【Reasonable Passerby】: I suggest we write down the IDs of those manipulating the narrative. Any information they post in the future, I'll treat as farts! Of course, it's best to just put them directly on the blacklist.

Sea and Clouds Turn Rain were still thinking about how to curse back at Angry Crow Takes Flight, but when they looked up, they suddenly became the public enemy of the entire sub-region.

【Sea】: Heh, just because it's 1 game coin doesn't mean it's not fleecing? You sycophants are truly pathetic! He gave it for free before and charges now; isn't that just boiling a frog in warm water? Today it's 1 game coin, tomorrow he'll dare to ask for 100!

【Clouds Turn Rain】: We are also fighting for everyone's interests! If he dares to ask for 1 game coin today, he'll dare to ask for 100 game coins later; we are just speaking up in advance! What? Now people aren't even allowed to speak?

Below this message was Glory's long-delayed reply.

The bad thing about having too many people is that you have to listen to commands and consider the big picture in everything you do. In the face of the big picture, individual emotions are often unimportant.

Zhao Hong looked at Angry Crow Takes Flight, who had spoken up for him.

He shouldn't have been thinking it, but at this very moment, a thought was erupting wildly in the depths of his heart: "If only I could follow Crow..."

【Glory Shines on Blue Star】: Everyone, I understand your emotions. But please let me tell you a few truths—every time we acquire this information, our team must pay a certain price. Some are injured, some sacrifice themselves. For our team members, donating supplies and game coins is a common occurrence, and dedicating personal time is also common.

【Glory Shines on Blue Star】: Charging 1 game coin is not for profit, but so that we can continue to move forward.