Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 392 Public Opinion Can Melt Metal

The journey from the star system where Boshi Zun resides back to the Immortal Ship Luofu doesn't take long, but the distance of so many light-years still requires a considerable amount of time.

The Venerable Master still didn't explain clearly, but Yunzhi didn't necessarily need Him to say it. Anyway, when they arrived at Onpharos, all beings were equal. Except for his companions, everyone else was useless. Except for Lan, everyone else was a cripple.

What's the point of all the hype surrounding the "scepter"?

If the Star Gods don't take action, it proves that compared to the universe, they are nothing.

Upon returning to Luofu, Yunzhi's first priority, without a doubt, was to check on Luca's match.

However, as soon as he reached the door of Luca's lounge, he sensed something was wrong.

— Luca won a few times and accumulated a certain number of fans. Yunzhi remembered that when he left, there were many people holding up signs at the entrance of Luca's dressing room.

But now, outside Luca's lounge... there are many people whispering and pointing.

With his keen ears and sharp eyes, Yun Zhi listened for a moment and immediately realized that the onlookers were saying some...not very pleasant things.

For example, Luca is hypocritical, Luca is the company's dog, Luca's arm was broken by the Xianzhou people, so he targets the Xianzhou people...

Let's just spout nonsense.

Lan seemed to remember something, and felt annoyed by what she heard.

Yunzhi swayed its tail.

He walked into Luca's dressing room in front of a large crowd.

The lounge was still filled with the familiar trio: Luca, Sing, and Camille.

They were huddled together, discussing something, but it was clearly related to the people outside.

"star."

Yun patted Xing on the shoulder: "What's going on outside?"

I haven't been gone for very long.

When Xing saw her patriarch, her eyes immediately welled up with tears, like an undercooked fried egg.

"of"

She spoke in a very affected, pitiful way:

"Someone is bullying us!"

Yunzhi: ...

Even though I knew Xing was acting on purpose, seeing this scene still gave me goosebumps.

"Speak properly, child. What exactly is going on?"

So Xing began to recount the story in detail.

—This year's Starry Sky Martial Arts Ceremony has added an "Exhibition Match" event, where lower-ranked individuals can challenge those of higher ranks, and the loser will lose all subsequent challenge opportunities.

Although this is intended to enrich the variety of competitions, it is not very meaningful.

Luca received a challenge from a man named "Shuojin," which he accepted.

That afternoon, near dusk, Luca met with Toppa in the Golden Man Alley. Within a short time, the internet was flooded with messages like "Luca is a company lackey" and "Luca takes company money."

Camille said this was a premeditated propaganda attack and advised ignoring it, suggesting they wait to defeat their opponents fairly and squarely on the field.

Luca didn't feel anything at first.

He wanted to go outside for some fresh air, but he felt like everyone was talking about him. The pressure was so great that he started hallucinating, and he actually injured his next opponent in front of everyone.

He was surrounded by the excited audience when Xing pulled him out and took him to the Pill Refining Department to find the Spirit Sand.

Ling Sha simply said that the excessive pressure caused neurasthenia, and used some incense to calm him down.

Ling Sha meant that Luca should play well in this invitational tournament and prove himself.

"But Luca's condition is not good."

After Xing finished recounting everything that had happened recently, she looked at Luca with some concern: "He's under too much pressure."

Belloberg's expectations weighed heavily on him; his obsession with "winning" was too strong.

"What about Toppa? What did she say?"

Yunzhi looked at the report on her phone; the photo showed the scene of Luca and Topa meeting.

Still in front of the golden branches of that "Cloud Knight".

Amazing! They've only been back a short while, and they've already put on such a grand spectacle at his grave.

Xing replied, "Topa is a businessman after all...you know."

That's true. Nobody does anything without a reason. We don't expect Topa to clarify things for Luca for free.

"That's fine too."

Yun smiled slightly:

"If you can do it yourself, don't owe those people favors."

Camille instantly became excited:

"My Lord, do you have a solution?"

Yunzhi could still hear some whispers outside, and malice surged in like a tide.

He closed his eyes.

"Defeat your opponent fairly and squarely? Don't be ridiculous. You injured that person, so it's no longer fair and square."

So what exactly did Luca run off to do back then?

If you injure your opponent off the field, and then defeat them in the ring, that person can claim they were still recovering from serious injuries, thus gaining a lot of sympathy.

"If you live in the eyes of others, you are destined to die in the mouths of others."

Yunzhi scrolled through her phone and quickly found the person:

"If someone falsely accuses you of stealing their cake, what you need to do is not prove that you ate the cake, but gouge out their eyes and swallow them, so they can see for themselves whether you have any in your stomach."

Sending text messages is too slow, I'll just send a direct message.

Soon, the call was answered on the other end:

"True Lord, the Earthly Balance Division awaits your command."

On the other end of the communication line were people from the Earth Balance Division.

Luca blinked, turned his head, and asked in a questioning tone:

—What is the Earth Balance Office?

Xing quietly explained to him from the side.

Then Yunzhi spoke:

"If I remember correctly, there's a surveillance camera near the Cloud Knight's cenotaph. Show me the footage from yesterday evening when Topa, one of the company's ten Stone Heart members, and Luca, a contestant from Belloberg, appeared."

"Yes, True Lord..."

The person on the other end hesitated, as if they wanted to say something but then stopped.

The timing of this video is too specific; the head of the Earth Balance Division can probably guess what's going on.

Although Luca's matter had not yet spread widely, the Earth Balance Division was naturally aware of it.

They generally don't pay much attention to these kinds of public opinion issues.

"Before the next exhibition match begins, I want to see the recording projected onto the big screen in the ring."

That surveillance camera happens to be able to record the sound.

Even if you can't, you have to be able to.

The sounds from the other end were chaotic; they were clearly doing everything they could to retrieve surveillance footage and send it to the Jingfeng ship.

Yun doesn't care about these things.

He continued to threaten:

"If I get to the stands and don't see it—"

Yun paused for a moment:

"I am about to instruct Rong Tao to open the ten directions of light to illuminate the Dharma realm."

—Is this an overreaction?

—The Immortal Boat Alliance all belong to him. Why doesn't Yuque open its eyes and see the cause and effect?

—No problem.

"that's all."

The cloud unilaterally cut off communication.