Chapter 748 - Two Pleasant Surprises in a Row (2/2)
After a brief silence, Twain shrieked in fear, “Why is my equipment gone? What happened? Who’s behind this?”
His voice was high-pitched and desperate.
The netizens in the stream channel also shrieked in fright.
How terrible!
What a small worm!
It was well-known that a man’s genitals might turn small when he was scared. Then, the picture of Twain holding his head and screaming nakedly was also posted on the forum. It even went viral.
The news that Twain’s equipment became powder hit the headlines together with what happened to Gardner.
Almost all the netizens on the forum guessed that someone was going after them.
“It must be Mage’s Disjunction. Only Mage’s Disjunction can shatter magic equipment so quickly.” “Have they pissed off powerful NPCs?” “No, according to Gardner, the system showed that he was attacked by a player.”
“Heh, a player that knows Mage’s Disjunction? Stop kidding. That’s a Legendary spell… Oh, I know who he is.”
“So do I.”
“What’s Roland doing? Why is he dealing with Gardner and Twain? I don’t think there’s anything in common between them.”
“Maybe Roland is just being a bully?”
“That’s possible, but as a traditional Mage, Roland would rather spend more time in his lab than deal with those people unless they really infuriated him.”
“I still think that Roland is just cocky. He’s now the best player and he can attack whoever he wants.”
“But wouldn’t it have been better if he just killed them? Why did he blow up their equipment? Their equipment would’ve lingered on their bodies after they died anyway.”
“But your name will turn red if you kill anyone, what if you just destroy their equipment!”
While the netizens threw out random guesses on the forum, the third victim showed up.
He was a Bard player named Paine, who streamed about how to hit on girls in taverns.
Paine’s equipment was even more unbelievable. Not only was it magic equipment, but he had also spent a fortune on it to make it look fancy and gorgeous, so that it would be helpful both in battle and scoring girls.
It was all from the elves.
It was also very expensive. The whole set was worth three hundred gold coins.
As a result, the players fell silent.
Four hours later, the fourth victim showed up.
She was a female streamer who taught how to match magic jewelries. It happened when she was streaming with a bunch of magic gems on the table.
Then, they were all gone in a twisted force field.
This time, all the netizens were seething on the forum.
A lot of people were yelling at Roland.
There were even trolls among them.
As a result, Roland became a despicable man in everybody’s eyes.
Someone even reported him to the authorities and asked them to ban Roland’s account.
Then, Roland posted a thread.
About why I blew up other people’s equipment.
The content of the thread went as followed:
“I’ve never been hostile to anyone, but I won’t flinch when anyone is taking advantage of me. You think your equipment is valuable but my EXP isn’t? If you want to kill me, you have to bear the consequences after I find out. Don’t presume that I can’t identify you because you wear wolf masks and ask the liches to be your champions.
“There are five more of you. I won’t say their names. Let’s have more fun in the future.
“It’s true that I dare not kill you. I don’t want my name to turn red. However, don’t wear any magic equipment from now on, or I’ll blow up every piece. “I have Magic Material Exemption anyway, and I don’t need materials to cast Mage’s Disjunction.
“The day is still long.”
The post shocked everybody on the forum.
A lot of discussions showed up.
“I knew that there must’ve been a reason why Roland attacked them.”
“I think I heard about the conspiracy before, but I thought it was just a rumor.”
“That being said, Roland shouldn’t have blown up their equipment. That’s a huge loss.”
“Oh, as Roland said, your equipment is valuable, but his EXP isn’t? He’s already a Legend. If he dies, how much time will it take for him to regain the lost EXP?”
“But they didn’t do anything to him anyway. He shouldn’t have counterattacked until he was attacked, or it wouldn’t be justifiable self-defense.”
“Tsk. You’re talking about justifiable self-defense in the game?”
All in all, everybody knew why Roland blew up other people’s equipment. There were as many people who cursed him as there were who supported him.
In short, the public opinion was no longer as one-sided as before.
Then, another day passed. Roland rose from the virtual cabin and jogged for half an hour on the treadmill. He freshened himself up and went to the cafeteria for breakfast.
The girls and guys in the cafeteria all looked attractive and energetic.
Make no mistake. They didn’t take any of Roland’s semen.
There were hundreds of thousands of researchers in the base. Roland couldn’t possibly provide for all of them.
It was mostly because of the progress in the research.
Su Minluo’s early years in medical school turned out to be rewarding.
She managed to purify the central substance in Roland’s semen and delivered it to the lab for analysis.
It was a substance that had never appeared before… But the old researchers managed to figure out its constituents.
Then, it was copied and manufactured.
To declare that it was manufactured was a little bit outrageous, as only ten kilograms of the substance could be produced in the base every day.
Fortunately, only several grams of the substance could be effective.
Also, the effect could last for a long time.
Even more unbelievably, it was much more effective to take the substance intravenously than orally.
Because of the contribution, Su Minluo was given a First-Degree Reward.
Although her title didn’t change, her military rank was higher than before.
Also, the ten kilogram of the substance was given to the priority researchers.
Then, it was the security guards. The leaders came last.
Of course… the constituents, the materials, and the way to make it were all submitted as a classified file.
It was believable that the medical agencies of the state would soon manufacture the substance and sell it to the whole country or even the whole world, making a huge amount of money from it.
Of course… Roland had gained something too.
He went to the director’s office after breakfast.
Upon seeing him, the director asked him to sit down and then said in a friendly manner, “Comrade Huang, you really made great contributions!”
“I can’t take the credit. Comrade Su Minluo did all the hard work.”
“You’re both contributors. If you hadn’t taken the ability out of the game, we wouldn’t have gotten such important stuff,” said the director with a smile. “Living a longer life is every animal’s instinct. Also, if we make careful arrangements, this thing will bring great benefits to our country.”