Chapter 27 – This Generation of Viewers Is Hopeless!

The next day, early morning.

Su Ming, who had stayed in the hotel for an entire night, stealthily slipped back into the Academy before morning training began.

Originally, Su Ming hadn’t wanted to return.

But there was no other way—facing a group of crazy sycophants at the Demon Hunter Academy, Su Ming could only admit he was genuinely panicked.

Before falling asleep last night, Su Ming had logged onto the Academy Forum to check the latest updates. Scrolling through, all he saw were posts from those aggressive舔狗 calling for violence, even discussing what kinds of torture they should inflict on him.

This terrified Su Ming so much that he considered never returning to the Academy.

Fortunately, just as the Academy was growing increasingly hostile, An Zijin finally spoke up.

The girl-next-door finally stepped forward to explain, clarifying to everyone the relationship between her and Su Ming.

Only then did people learn that Su Ming and An Zijin had been neighbors since childhood. Because Su Ming’s family had moved away, they hadn’t seen each other for a full decade, which was why An Zijin had been so emotional during their reunion yesterday, throwing herself directly into Su Ming’s arms.

The Academy students finally understood, though many couldn’t help feeling sour about it.

“So they’re just neighbors?”

“Are there still neighbors this close in this day and age?”

“Jealous! Why don’t I have such an adorable neighbor?”

“This Su Ming really hit the jackpot.”

Gradually, the hostility transformed into a sea of jealousy—the bitterness practically wafting from the forum posts even from afar.

Thanks to this, Su Ming went from being a target of threats to an object of envy and resentment.

While there might not be much difference in essence—since the latter could easily revert to the former, and there were surely still plenty in the Academy who wanted to take Su Ming down—now that An Zijin had spoken up, they no longer had grounds to openly threaten him.

So, Su Ming seized the chance to return to the Academy, not to boost his presence but simply to avoid being cornered.

Of course, life back at the Academy wasn’t as comfortable as before for Su Ming.

At the very least, Lei Hao and Ye Bai would constantly make sarcastic remarks toward him.

“Oh, if it isn’t Young Master Su, tangled up with the Academy Beauty?”

“Our apologies, hope you won’t mind our humble abode being too small for a life winner like you?”

Such sarcastic comments had become Lei Hao and Ye Bai’s catchphrases.

It wasn’t just them—even those who weren’t usually familiar with Su Ming would greet him “warmly” whenever they crossed paths.

“Long time no see, still in good health?”

“No major or minor illnesses lately? What? None? Perfectly healthy? Tch…”

“How has Young Master Su fallen to wandering around with roommates? Shouldn’t you be sweetly paired with your girl-next-door?”

“Still keeping that note from the Academy Beauty? What did it say? I’m really hoping it was a debt collection notice!”

Just look at them—is that any way for humans to talk?

Su Ming was convinced these jerks had given up on being decent people—if they ever were.

Surrounded by such infuriating characters, Su Ming could only feel utterly hopeless.Fortunately, Su Ming wasn’t without opportunities for payback.

Ever since their reunion that day, An Zijin had frequently visited the dormitory to see Su Ming.

“Brother Su Ming, I made some soup for you. Drink it while it’s hot.”

“Brother Su Ming, I bought you some clothes. The weather’s getting colder lately, remember to stay warm.”

“Brother Su Ming, play games with me. It’s so boring alone.”

“Brother Su Ming…”

Like this, An Zijin practically reported to the Male Dormitory every day, clinging to Su Ming’s side with constant calls of “Brother Su Ming” while managing all aspects of his daily life. Whether bringing him breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even midnight snacks, or directly barging into Su Ming’s room to tidy his bed, this Academy Beauty junior—who appeared to be the girl next door but functioned as a life manager—made many rough guys in the dormitory green with envy.

Especially his roommates Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who nearly had their mental states shattered by envy watching An Zijin meticulously care for Su Ming’s daily needs.

“I want to change rooms!” had become Lei Hao’s recent catchphrase.

“I want to kill someone!” had become Ye Bai’s recent catchphrase.

Clearly, these two had reached their limit.

Particularly Ye Bai, who’d recently been acting like a madman—laughing one moment, crying the next, sometimes looking blissful, other times full of resentment—making Su Ming quite uneasy.

As Ye Bai put it, being able to see his goddess every day and share the same roof with her was an incredibly joyful and blissful experience.

Hence, he would laugh and feel happy.

But when he remembered that the goddess wasn’t his, but belonged to Su Ming, he’d feel utterly miserable.

Thus, he would cry and feel resentful.

Lately, this guy had even been hiding under his blankets in the dead of night secretly watching some elementary school detective anime, binge-watching entire nights and days, making Su Ming afraid to sleep at night for fear of being murdered in his sleep by some scheming villain.

As for others, Su Ming constantly felt piercing gazes on his back whenever he walked around, with people around him watching him sinisterly, keeping him in a state of constant apprehension.

Su Ming could even see numerous extremely unfriendly posts on the Academy Forum.

For example…

“If this thread reaches one million replies, I’ll personally kill Su Ming!”

“Daily check-in! Anyone who wants to curse Su Ming, come on in!”

“With elderly parents and young children to support, I can’t act recklessly. If any netizens can provide reliable murder methods that would keep me from becoming a suspect or landing in prison, I wouldn’t mind taking out that bastard Su Ming myself!”

“Check-in! Fourth day of wanting to kill Su Ming!”

Just look at these—are these posts normal people would make?

As proper netizens, shouldn’t you all be continuing to worship the goddess, building threads for her, arguing with each other—one saying the goddess glanced at me today, another claiming she smiled at me, then collectively telling each other you’re dreaming?Moreover, as fans of the two Academy Beauties, you should be going all out online—one claiming your goddess is the most beautiful, another saying rival goddesses are just cheap makeup compared to yours, then pointing fingers and drenching each other in verbal abuse, right?

This generation of netizens just isn’t cutting it!

“What’s so impressive about attacking others? If you’ve got the guts, go die for love!”

Su Ming was practically fuming.

If he weren’t afraid of becoming the target of collective backlash, Su Ming would have taught these trolls what it truly means to be a qualified keyboard warrior.

After returning to the Academy, the life Su Ming led was just this plain, unremarkable, and… miserable!

He was no longer an obscure extra but an extra everyone wanted to chase down and attack…

Yes, thankfully, he was still an extra.

After all, Su Ming had built his reputation on scandals and hatred. While everyone in the Academy might know him by now, in others’ eyes, he remained that mediocre little Sorcerer trainee with average grades.

The result was that Su Ming could no longer hide in the shadows, but his plan to become the Shili Slope Sword God hadn’t completely failed yet.

He, Su Ming, could still keep playing the role of an extra.

This was the only thing that gave Su Ming any comfort.

However, the good times didn’t last.

Though he only wanted to be an extra, the World Will wouldn’t allow Ming to have his way.

Just one week after Su Ming returned to the Academy, an extremely important piece of news spread throughout the campus.

“According to the latest intelligence from the Base City’s detection department, an entrance to the Limbo Prison will appear in Huaming District of this city in approximately six days.”

“The Base City’s higher-ups will summon all Hunters and Sorcerers in the city to Huaming District to organize a defense line and jointly resist the invasion of Phantom Demons from the Spirit Demon Abyss.”

“Trainees from the Academy will also be summoned to form teams and head to Huaming District together to help construct the defense line.”

“All Academy trainees are to form teams on their own and submit their team rosters to the Academy. They will depart together under the Academy’s organization in three days.”

This bombshell news completely shattered all the grudges and dramas within the Academy.

Unsurprisingly, the trainees exploded with reactions.

And just as unsurprisingly, the entire Academy buzzed with activity.

……

Demon Hunter Academy, Male Dormitory.

In their dorm room, Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai gathered together, discussing the shocking news they’d learned that day.

“An entrance to the Spirit Demon Abyss is appearing in the city district?” Lei Hao said with a grim expression. “Isn’t that just terribly unlucky?”

“Tell me about it,” Ye Bai sighed. “Ever since the world’s surface and inner side made contact, entrances to the Spirit Demon Abyss have been popping up all over the world from time to time. But the ocean’s area is already much larger than the land, let alone a single Base City—it’s just a tiny speck on the entire continent. For an entrance to appear in the city district… that’s even unluckier than choking on plain water.”

“It really is unlucky,” Su Ming frowned, lost in thought. “I wonder if it’s caused by some other factor.”

Su Ming’s words didn’t garner much attention from Lei Hao and Ye Bai.

“Whatever the cause, since it’s already happened, we’ll definitely be summoned to help out,” Lei Hao said helplessly, spreading his hands.”There’s no other way. We can’t afford to be careless about this. If we fail to block the invading Phantom Demons, the entire Longyao City could be destroyed.”

Ye Bai didn’t avoid this reality but instead accepted it.

Even Su Ming knew this incident was unavoidable.

When facing major Phantom Demon disasters, it was already certain and predictable that the Base City would mobilize personnel from the Academy.

“However, we’re just students. We probably won’t be sent to the most dangerous Frontline for combat. Most likely we’ll just be providing support in the rear, handling logistics, right?”

Su Ming said this with a laugh.

“Right.”

“With our current strength, it’s unlikely we’ll be given important roles.”

Lei Hao and Ye Bai nodded in deep agreement.

Thinking this, some of the pressure dissipated from the three youths’ hearts.

Su Ming felt the same.

“I can still just be an extra.”

Su Ming felt quite relieved.

(End of Chapter)