CHAPTER 118: CHAPTER 114: GRIM JUDGMENT!_4

Staring at her 1-30 match score on the screen, she couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Other good-looking live streamers...

Were delicately cherished by their fans, who were ever so careful not to upset them.

But her fans...

In the fan match, they all demonstrated professional-level gameplay.

Top lane, mid lane, jungle, AD carry—all of them aggressively targeted her.

The thing was...

She was just a little support.

Her own teammates were the kind who would even proactively lead the enemy to her.

Hiding in the brush with low health to recall, she was stunned when her team’s mage led the enemy right to her. It was almost as if they’d said, "Over here, sir!"

What’s more, the worst part was that the opposing team had built a huge advantage but just wouldn’t push the crystal. They adamantly refused to end the game. They killed her over and over. They said they wanted to teach her a memorable lesson, to show her how harsh the world could be.

Now, she hadn’t seen much of the world’s harshness, but she had certainly experienced the cruelty of human hearts.

"Huh? Why has everyone gone AFK?"

Suddenly, while playing, she realized that all five of the opposing fans had gone AFK. Not only that, but her own four teammates had also chosen to go AFK.

Could it be an internet cafe disconnection?

she muttered to herself.

Without thinking much about it, she took control of her hero and pushed the towers like crazy, acting as if she had never won before.

「Three minutes later.」

With the sound of the crystal exploding, this torturous game finally ended.

After exiting the game, she noticed something else was off—the bullet comments were much fewer than usual. Usually at this point, there would be many bullet comments making fun of her performance, accusing her of unethical play. But now there were only a few sporadic bullet comments.

Could it be... that Qin Mu has updated again?

Seeing this familiar scene, she recalled a possibility. She often watched Qin Mu’s videos during her live streams. Because of this, her fans and Qin Mu’s fans largely overlapped.

Thinking of this, she opened her computer, checked her followed list, and found Qin Mu’s account. Just as expected, she saw that Qin Mu had posted a new video not long ago. The title of the video was fairly mundane, a continuation of the previous one; it was the second part.

Has the case been judged?

She blinked, quickly recalling the video from half a month ago. In that video, due to a delivery guy, Qin Mu had faced a cyberbullying incident. Then, he had personally funded 870,000 to sue the commenters.

Curiously, she clicked on this fifteen-minute-long video.

The beginning of the video was quite normal, mainly discussing the preparations before the trial and the defenses from both sides. The case was divided into three charges: poisoning, incitement, and slander. The number of defendants was as high as sixty-nine.

And there were still four people who didn’t show up? Qing Lan’s mouth twitched slightly; she was quite speechless. She remembered clearly that in one of Qin Mu’s previous videos, some people who received court summonses did not attend. In the end, they were judged in absentia. Normal people, even if they don’t know about being judged in absentia, would at least inquire about the consequences of not attending court, right?

Then, during the trial for the poisoning charge, the incident where the delivery guy cursed the judge in court truly broadened her horizons.

She exclaimed genuinely, Damn impressive.

Losing his cool and daring to curse the judge—that was like lighting a lantern in a latrine pit, absolutely suicidal!

Afterwards, one "genius" after another appeared; some actually tried to shift the blame in court, claiming they hadn’t posted the comments. Then... the court instantly added a perjury charge, and the cases were consolidated for retrial. A slander case had triggered a bloodbath, with the maximum sentence reaching six years!

Eventually, Qin Mu briefly introduced the sentencing outcomes for the various defendants in the video. The delivery guy received a five-year prison sentence for actions including spitting. Of the eight instigators, all but one minor received three-year sentences. The other commenters on the "infamous list" received sentences ranging from three months to two and a half years. These were the outcomes for the key figures. The overall trial results were shockingly brutal and exceptionally severe!

「Fifteen minutes later.」

After watching the video, she couldn’t help but swallow repeatedly, her emotions taking a long time to settle. In the video, Qin Mu specifically pointed out a way for those who suffered from cyberbullying: never suffer in silence!

At this moment, fans in her live stream chat were gradually returning. The number of bullet comments noticeably increased.

"What happened? Didn’t we crush the streamer? How did we get wiped out?"

"How can you still be concerned about a game at a time like this? Shouldn’t we be celebrating our victory now?"

"Right! Although we narrowly lost the comment battle half a month ago, fortunately, the uploader appeared, turned the tide completely, and annihilated the enemy!"

"The uploader is too fierce! Lawsuits are filed at the mere mention, court appearances made at the drop of a hat. I just checked out other uploaders’ videos and noticed their comment sections are much cleaner now!"

"I’m willing to honor the uploader as the greatest purifier of the platform!"

"..."

The chat was equally thrilled. Previously, they had also personally engaged in countering the trolls, attempting to reason with them, but they were brutally crushed.

Fortunately, their side had a ’nuclear weapon’ that turned the tide at the critical moment. It cleansed that comment section.

As a chain reaction, the other comment sections on the site also became much cleaner. Of course, the cleanest place was, without question, Qin Mu’s video comment section. Netizens dubbed it the "Spiritual Purification Zone," "Soul Redemption Grounds," and "Reformation Area." Countless people left comments here expressing their positive feelings. Their words contained no malice at all.

"Hahaha, let me tell you what I just noticed. Sister Lan forgot the standard trifecta of interactions after watching the video."

"Are you dumb? Why would you say that in a bullet comment?"

"Too bad, another chance to get Sister Lan into trouble, gone."

"Everyone remember next time, don’t say..."

In the live stream chat, bullet comments scrolled like crazy, flooding the screen.

Seeing this, a few dark lines involuntarily appeared on Qing Lan’s forehead. She felt that one day, she would definitely be done in by these fans.

「At the same time.」

Ma Ming fell into silence as he looked at the comment section under his only video.

This uploader... is too fierce.

After a long while, seeing the rapidly increasing number of comments, he swallowed. Qin Mu’s newly released video recounted a devastating case triggered by a single video. The scope of its impact was extremely wide... It had landed sixty-nine people in jail! This was extremely similar to his current situation.

The comment count on his video had already accumulated to over 200,000. Every time Qin Mu updated a video, those netizens with no place to vent their frustrations would pour into his comment section. The variety of comments was endless.

If a few slanderous comments appeared... That would undoubtedly be a major earthquake. He, the ’organizer,’ might be sued for abetting a crime?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine, and his scalp tingled.

No way! For my own safety, I must review these comments!

He took a deep breath and opened his computer’s backend controls. He began to review the comments one by one. He deleted any comments involving slander or personal attacks.

Even after doing all this, he still felt uneasy, so he edited a comment and then pinned it to the top of the comment section.

"The internet is not beyond the law: Please be cautious in what you post. Be responsible for your own life and property, and for the uploader too."

This comment quickly gained the approval of the vast majority of netizens, receiving countless likes. Obviously, after watching Qin Mu’s video, they were now much more contemplative before posting comments, fearing that they might follow in the footsteps of those sixty "predecessors."