I deliver food in a bizarre world

Inside a serious-looking office at the headquarters of the Jinghai Municipal Survey Office.

Chen Jingming sat on the sofa, opposite a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit with a calm demeanor.

He is the deputy director of the Kyoto headquarters of the Public Opinion Research Office, and his surname is Zhou.

He came to Jinghai City this time to deal with the aftermath of the Red-Clad Demon incident at Xingmeng Amusement Park.

The higher-ups were worried that Jinghai City didn't have enough manpower, and Chen Jingming couldn't take care of everything on his own, so they sent some additional equipment and personnel to help. They would stay in Jinghai for two or three weeks.

Director Zhou frowned slightly as he looked at the online public opinion about Chen Mo on the computer screen.

"Jingming, the negative comments about your son online are getting increasingly outrageous. Should we guide them appropriately? Or perhaps we could talk to those platforms?"

Chen Jingming picked up his teacup, blew away the foam, and remained calm.

"No need, Director Zhou." He took a sip of tea and slowly put down the cup. "Let him handle this little trouble himself."

He looked out the window, his gaze distant: "This road has never been easy. What we're facing now is just a war of words; the dangers and pressures we'll face later will be far greater."

Director Zhou seemed thoughtful, then chuckled softly, "You're trying to use this to toughen him up?"

"I guess so," Chen Jingming said without denying it.

"If you can't even withstand the criticism online and lose your composure, then it's best to quit as soon as possible and live a peaceful life as an ordinary person. You'll actually live longer that way."

"Jade must be carved to become a useful object. If he wants to continue in this line of work, talent and luck alone are not enough; he also needs character."

Director Zhou nodded: "That's true. If someone has an emotional breakdown during a mission, then we're really doomed..."

"And..." he paused, his tone somewhat serious.

"He's currently enjoying a lot of popularity, and the presence of some dissenting and opposing voices isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"The tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind. Having some scandals can actually help him avoid unnecessary attention, allowing him to focus on learning about this subject instead of constantly messing around."

"The allegations against him are all false and baseless. They won't affect him at all..."

Director Zhou understood Chen Jingming's meaning and nodded: "What you said makes sense... then let's wait and see. However, regarding security..."

"I'll keep an eye on things," Chen Jingming interjected decisively before Director Zhou could finish speaking, "and I won't let anything really happen to him."

His gaze returned to the screen, looking at the defamatory comments about his son. His eyes remained calm and unwavering, and his hands, resting on his knees, tightened slightly at the knuckles.

As a father, how could he not feel heartache?

But as the head of the Jinghai Municipal Survey Office and as the manager of paranormal phenomena in China, he is even more aware of the cruelty of this world.

The situation is already very serious. Since Chen Mo has chosen this path, there are some things he must bear on his own.

Neither he, nor his father, nor his father-in-law could help them...

"What do you plan to do with those people outside the Mirror Hotel?" Director Zhou asked.

"It's alright, we always have to kill some chickens... so the monkeys will listen. You can't teach a person a hundred or a thousand times, but you can teach a person by doing it once... Besides, they won't die, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Xiao Jiang and Xiao Wu, notify everyone to head to Xinpu District tonight to carry out the planned mission."

"Yes, Director Chen."

The online verbal battles continue.

A farce fueled by jealousy and bandwagoning is quietly unfolding...

On Thursday evening, Chen Mo didn't go out again because he needed to go home to sign for a package.

The knife he ordered a few weeks ago has arrived!

Because he completed his regular orders, he was given a three-day holiday, a rare moment of leisure.

I simply stayed home, streamed live, and teamed up with a few familiar viewers to play ranked matches.

People need to balance work and rest. If you keep pushing yourself too hard, you'll eventually break the string.

With Chen Xing gone, the living room was quiet and deserted, filled only with game sound effects and teammates' voices.

Just as his teammates initiated the team fight and Chen Mo used his Blink Dagger to enter the fray, his phone, which was charging on the table, started vibrating continuously as messages flooded the fan group chat.

With just a glance, the character was instantly hit by a set of skills, and in the blink of an eye, the screen turned black and white.

Chen Mo: "..."

Taking advantage of the brief moment when his character died, he silently picked up another phone and quickly glanced at it.

[Brother Mo! Brother Mo! Look at the Kuangshi platform! Something terrible has happened!]

[A streamer named Xiaotian went to the Mirror Hotel! @ChenHeiquan]

[The title is disgusting! "Xiaotian storms the Mirror Hotel alone, exposing Chen Mo's fabrication!" Isn't this clearly an attempt to climb the ladder by stepping on Chen Mo?!]

Let him be. What's real can't be faked, and what's fake can't be made real.

[So you guys are watching too?]

[He brought a lot of people and even said he was going to expose the fraud on the spot! @ChenHeiquan, Brother Mo, aren't you going to do anything about this?]

[Hilarious! Such a copycat! He's obviously just trying to ride on Mo Ge's popularity!]

[Don't laugh yet, it seems there's really no good way to resolve this... I've seen so many similar cases on various platforms lately!]

[I have inside information; it seems they've planted something inside! @陈黑犬]

Wow, are you sure this melon is authentic?

[Brother Mo, go check this out! Something looks like something bad is about to happen! @ChenHeiquan!!!]

Chen Mo was speechless as he looked at the dozens of @ tags.

However, after reading the content, he frowned.

He had heard of this streamer, who was known for his daring and physical prowess, but he never expected that the streamer would use this method to gain popularity.

To make matters worse, they chose the Mirror Hotel, a truly ominous location!

"Friends, wait a minute, you guys keep fighting, I'm going to switch to something."

Chen Mo said something to his teammates in the game.

"Okay, Brother Mo, hurry up!"

"A one-minute fake is enough! If it goes beyond that, we can't keep the game in check!"

He immediately minimized the game interface and opened the Kuangshi Live website.

Zhao Tianyi also stopped sleeping in the Spirit-Nourishing Pot and ran out to stand behind Chen Mo to join in the fun.

"What are you doing out here..." Chen Mo pouted.

"Hehe, come out and see how that guy courted death!"

Chen Mo felt that Zhao Tianyi had become sleazy and shameless. He didn't know how Zhao Tianyi could have changed so suddenly when he was fine just last week.

"Brother Mo, I heard from You Hun that the Mirror Hotel, in terms of sheer danger, is easily in the top five of Jinghai City's urban legends!"

Chen Mo pressed further, "Which other places are there?"

Zhao Tianyi scratched his head sheepishly: "I forgot... I wasn't in the mood to remember that back then."

Chen Mo: "..."

Thanks to the vigorous promotion by Kuangshi Live, Wang Xiaotian's live stream has become extremely popular.

As soon as he entered the website, he found the link in the homepage promotion. The title was very eye-catching, which made Chen Mo's eye twitch.

Just as the fans said, the entire live stream was filled with provocation.

In the video, Wang Xiaotian is wearing an extravagant set of outdoor adventure gear, with a headlamp and camera on his head and a phone stabilizer in his hand, standing in front of the crooked wooden door of the Mirror Hotel.

Behind him were two assistants in similar attire, and several burly men who looked like security guards, standing at the entrance, making quite a show of force.

Several lights were shining around, dispelling some of the darkness.

But the effect was very limited, and under the strong light, the dilapidated building looked even more eerie.