CHAPTER 376: CHAPTER 376: SHARING THE STAGE

Chapter 376

The grand auditorium.

Professor Ye Hong has entered the stage.

Professor Jiang Yulan has also entered the stage.

These two are currently the top talents in the Alliance’s Material Department, senior bigwigs! Now, everyone knows that these two have proposed to remake the project with Ji You.

In an instant, the students in the audience got excited:

"This—this is a masterclass performance by the bigwigs."

"No, it’s not! This is a fight between divine bigwigs, happening right online!"

"Professor Jiang Yulan hasn’t personally handled materials for a long time; I heard her techniques are especially proficient, just watching her is a treat, we are so lucky today."

"While there’s still seating available, I need to quickly call over a few more of my buddies."

"How did I not think of this? The sight of bigwigs practicing in person is rare; I must call my sisters over too."

"Hahaha... I already called them; my classmates are rushing over at full speed."

Meanwhile—

Lanyue Star School forum.

There is an exceptionally hot post, the title of which is very unabashed, even carrying a thick sense of schadenfreude, but it is precisely because of this unabashed human malice revealed by the title that it is very eye-catching.

The post is as follows:

[Today’s public challenger, I wonder if she’ll feel lonely with no one showing up?]

1L: Everyone should boycott, let’s see if she can even start the competition.

2L: Buddies, let’s unite and stand firm together, let’s not give that disgusting plagiarist a chance to boost her fame, let’s call out: Don’t go to the grand auditorium! Don’t go! Don’t go!

3L: Don’t worry, upper floor poster, anyone with a sense of justice definitely won’t go.

4L: Have you all forgotten the title of the post? Let me be the first to answer: I guess that plagiarist dog is so worried right now, her hair’s turning white, grabbing her scalp and howling: ’Ah~ this accursed, unshakable loneliness!’

5L: I just imagined that scene and I’m about to burst from laughter.

6L: She must be very lonely, because there’s confirmed news from the frontlines, fewer than a hundred people went, and dozens left already, it’s seriously killing me from laughter, the joke of the year is completely monopolized by that plagiarist dog.

...

1099L: Here’s another call-out: Please let’s all work hard in the fight for justice, don’t go to flatter the plagiarist dog, absolutely do not go! The fewer people that go, the more she’ll be embarrassed. Now, she’s embarrassed herself enough, we just need to be patient a little longer, wait for the end of today, and then see if she still has the face to hang around the school.

...

2999L: Plagiarist dog, get out!

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399L: I hope the plagiarist dog dies off completely.

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4999L: Buddies, good news! Good news! It’s been 2 hours already, and there are still fewer than 600 people in the grand auditorium, keep it up everyone, maintain the course.

5000L: What kind of idiots are those 600 people that went? Did they grow brains? Why would they flatter the plagiarist dog?

5001L: Don’t get too worked up, floor above. There will always be some who love to join in the bustle and don’t have a sense of right and wrong, stay cool! Stay cool! We just need to keep doing what we do.

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8999L: I’m happy, Xu Siyu senior clearly also doesn’t plan to accept that plagiarist dog’s challenge! That’s right! That’s the reason I began to admire senior Si Yu, her values are super upright! No going means no going, why should we provide a stage presence for the plagiarist dog?

9000L: Si Yu is right not to go. Where does that copycat dog get off being so shameless? She says go and we’re supposed to go?

...

The entire forum, led by Xu Siyu’s fans and supplemented by the voluntary actions of students who despised plagiarism, resulted in a lack of attendance at the grand auditorium for Ji You’s public challenge starting from 8 o’clock.

That’s also the reason why there were only so few people at first.

Then—

What happened next?

The students on the entire forum were unanimous in their spontaneous refusal to watch the contest or challenge Ji You, and for a while, they practically controlled the entire online forum.

A few of Xu Siyu’s die-hard fans were gathered together, discussing how to celebrate their victory.

Suddenly—

One of them received a message and exclaimed in surprise, "What? Professor Ye Hong is there? Professor Jiang Yulan is there too? Director Wang as well?"

Another said, "It’s just the teachers who went, there should be no problem. It’s fine as long as we students don’t go."

"But—what if someone goes there to fill the venue out of respect for the professors?"

"Control the comments! Let’s send someone to the forum right now to control the comments and try to cover up the news about the teachers’ attendance."

"It’s too late! The forum has already spread the news."

"Not only the three professors, but the live video from the scene has also been shared. That plagiarist dog, in front of everyone, seems to have produced something amazing, even professors were startled and took the initiative to discuss it together."

"What!!!"

"When did this happen? Why didn’t you say earlier?"

"It just happened; I just heard about it too. Before we could control the comments, the news had already spread on the forum."

A few die-hard fans clustered together, their joy instantly vanishing as they furrowed their brows, showing discontent. One of them said, "How are we going to break the news to Siyu?"

"Siyu asked us to make an effort to control comments and to urge everyone not to go because she is busy and can’t leave, so she’s unable to accept the challenge. But she doesn’t want to say it herself because if she does, the plagiarist dog will catch on and claim that Siyu is scared and doesn’t dare to accept the challenge."

"Whether Siyu accepts or refuses, there’s no benefit for her. It’s right for Siyu not to go. Since we are her fans, we should share her anxieties, think from her perspective, and clear the way for her, overcoming all difficulties!"

"Right! This is our undeniable duty!"

"Now we have no other options. Let’s just keep steady and foremost, don’t make things difficult for Siyu."

"Right!"

Ji You was unaware of everything that happened on the forum and the discussions among Xu Siyu’s private group of fans. Of course, even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.

Because—

Right now, she simply couldn’t afford to care about anything else.

After Professor Jiang Yulan proposed working together, she immediately started, and within moments, had discarded three batches of Snow Juice’s raw liquid, then handed it to Professor Ye Hong and Ji You.

Ye Hong got straight to work once he received it.

Ji You did not dare to waste any time either. Reclaiming this discarded Material required perfect timing; if she missed the opportunity, once the material was completely wasted, it would no longer be salvageable.

So—

The three chose separate workspaces and began their work.

The surroundings were quiet, no one spoke to disturb the three of them.

Then, everyone saw Jiang Yulan and Professor Ye Hong almost without blinking, start processing immediately. Their methods were slightly different. Jiang Yulan’s technique was very graceful, her fingers fluttering as if performing an elegant dance, a sight to behold.

And Professor Ye Hong?

His approach was very methodical, step by step, orderly, appearing to be monotonous movements, yet there was an inexplicable rhythm to them.