Chapter 80
Li Yingwu snatched Peng Lingdang’s code and successfully disabled his alarm.
Peng Lingdang, however, was caught by a hunter when the task time ran out because her alarm went off.
“Peng Lingdang, OUT!”
The viewer count in Peng Lingdang’s livestream wasn’t high, but everyone there was filled with regret for her and furiously scolded Li Yingwu’s despicable actions.
[This is outrageous, stealing someone else’s code.]
[That was the code Teacher Xie gave to Lingdang! What right does he have to snatch it!!]
[Hiding instead of doing tasks, stealing other people’s effort—doesn’t this sound familiar? Someone seems to have said the same thing before?]
But Li Yingwu’s fans quickly swarmed in.
[Ladies, this is a competitive game. If you can’t handle losing, don’t play.]
[Who said you can’t steal codes? If you got overheard, shouldn’t you reflect on your own carelessness?]
[No wonder he started as an “internet celeb,” his fans are all little delinquents too.]
[Yeah, he stole it. So what? Otherwise go call the police.]
Li Yingwu was a long-standing veteran in the industry, while Peng Lingdang was just a short-drama actress from the internet. Whether in fan base or status, the gap was crushing.
So even though Peng Lingdang was the eliminated victim, she was the one who ended up being completely flamed, her livestream comments section filled with Li Yingwu fans’ abuse.
Meanwhile, over on Li Yingwu’s side, it was triumphant cheers.
[Brother Wu is brilliant. Only idiots run around doing tasks. Brother Wu just wins with brains.]
[That girl can’t take losing. Her fans are flaming Brother Wu in the comments, hilarious.]
[No way, no way, are there really people who get eliminated and then mentally collapse?]
[Checked Weibo—she only has a bit over a million followers. How dare she even?]
In the show, Li Yingwu was also boasting about his “experience” with his little lackeys, “Who can she blame for lacking vigilance? This is an individual competition. She has to pay for her own stupidity.”
The toadies showered him with flattery:
“Brother Wu is the smartest.”
“As expected of Brother Wu, skillfully using the rules.”
“Actually, this is good for her too. Brother Wu has been in the industry for so long, for a rookie like her, just sharing a frame with him for a few seconds is already a huge profit.”
“Yeah, Brother Wu even did her a favor.”
Li Yingwu was quite pleased with himself, pretending to be modest while the pride in his eyes betrayed him.
Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder.
From under the table where Li Yingwu was hiding, he poked his head out—only to find Xie Mi squatting casually on top of the table.
“Hello there, second-rate senior Li Yingwu.”
Xie Mi smiled brightly, “Now it’s time for a random question. Do you know the essence of this game?”
Li Yingwu froze for a second, then sneered, showing his disdain to even talk to her. His lackeys followed his lead.
Xie Mi remained unfazed, still beaming, “Not knowing is fine, because I’m about to demonstrate it to you.”
As soon as she finished, she leapt down from the table and, in full view, kicked it aside, shouting, “Come get me, hunter!!!”
Li Yingwu & lackeries.: “!!!!”
At the sound, hunters rushed over. The group panicked, cursing Xie Mi while running for their lives.
They soon sneered again:
“She’s just a woman, she can’t run faster than us. She’ll be the one caught.”
“She tried to lure hunters to us, but in the end she’ll be the one eliminated.”
“Brother Wu, she’s clearly targeting you.”
Li Yingwu only scoffed, “She really thinks she’s that important.”
A voice suddenly chimed in, “Are you talking about me?”
Xie Mi cruised past them leisurely—on a bicycle. She looked back with a playful smile, “Be careful, the hunter’s right behind you.”
Li Yingwu: “???”
“Brother Wu, watch out!”
The hunter grabbed Li Yingwu without hesitation, eliminating him.
“Li Yingwu, OUT!”
Li Yingwu instantly broke down, roaring furiously and pointing at Xie Mi.
“Why does she get to ride a bike?! What’s the production team doing, allowing this violation?!”
While the hunter was still on cooldown, Xie Mi pedaled back slowly, “Excuse me, which rule says you can’t ride a bicycle? This is called making smart use of loopholes.”
Then she casually rode off again.
Li Yingwu cursed non-stop, and his livestream was flooded with insults:
[What’s wrong with that crazy woman? Sick in the head?]
[She deliberately sabotaged someone else. Isn’t that dirty?]
[Obvious clout-chasing. Black publicity is still publicity.]
Just then, Xie Mi cycled back once more. Ignoring Li Yingwu’s rants, she turned to the cameraman with a sweet smile.
“Excuse me, is this camera streaming for second-rate Li Yingwu’s channel?”
The cameraman blushed at her sudden smile and quickly nodded.
Xie Mi’s grin grew even brighter. She raised her hand, gave the camera a huge middle finger, and said sweetly:
“Stray dogs, stop barking.”
“If you’re weak, just train harder.”
The cameraman sucked in a sharp breath.
How could she say the craziest words with the sweetest smile?
This was a nationwide livestream!!
As expected, Li Yingwu’s audience froze for two seconds—then collectively exploded. The comments flooded with curses, as if they wanted to insult all eighteen generations of her ancestors.
But Xie Mi didn’t care at all, just turned and pedaled away again.
[The hell? We letting this slide? Go storm her Weibo and livestream, teach her a lesson!!]
Li Yingwu’s fans pulled their usual move—raiding Xie Mi’s livestream.
But what awaited them was this sight:
[Family, the stray dogs are here. Let’s welcome them.]
[I’ll say it again: if you’re weak, train more. If you can’t handle losing, don’t play.]
[No way, no way, don’t tell me someone got eliminated and mentally collapsed?]
[Checked Weibo: second-rate Li Yingwu has over 10 million followers, but his daily post shares are less than one-tenth of Sister Xie Mi’s. Are those… zombie fans?]
[Don’t tell me second-rate Li Yingwu is the one trying to ride Sister Xie Mi’s popularity wave?]
Li Yingwu’s fans: “???”
Not only were they swarmed here, even Li Yingwu’s own livestream was completely overrun. His fans’ messages couldn’t even get through—every comment was drowned out by endless middle finger emojis.
They had truly kicked an iron wall this time.
Li Yingwu’s fans, collectively breaking down, went insane on Weibo attacking Xie Mi. But to their surprise, this only sparked a brand-new trending topic:
#LiYingwuAttacksTrafficIdols#
The trend started when a netizen compiled a video montage of all of Li Yingwu’s past venomous rants against traffic idols.
They tagged every idol he’d ever insulted, their fan groups, super topics, and related organizations.
All the long-suppressed small fandoms erupted in unison, swarming and completely obliterating Li Yingwu’s Weibo.
And rumor has it—the netizen who made that compilation video was none other than a fearless Xie-bro.
