Chapter 70

After the Spirit Net loophole was reported, it immediately drew serious attention, and someone even came specifically to coordinate with the homeroom teacher.

The Spirit Net was far too important to the current cultivation world.

Never mind that plenty of stay-at-home cultivators would have trouble adapting if they had to leave the Spirit Net. If the many permission-restricted contents inside were cracked by someone, the disaster that caused would be no smaller than murder and arson.

Fortunately, the person who discovered the Spirit Net problem was a mature and steady teacher, so the losses were controllable.

This was a talent. They wanted to poach him, or at least hire him as a part-time consultant.

The benefits were so good that even the homeroom teacher could not help feeling tempted after seeing them. Then, expressionless, he pushed Song Yi forward. “My student discovered it. The reason it didn’t cause greater losses is because she was only interested in bypassing your anti-addiction system.”

The Spirit Net experts: “...”

So their greatest enemy was not criminals, but elementary school students who wanted to get online?

After the loophole was fixed, Song Yi once again received a brave-citizen banner and a cash bonus. Whether this elementary school student was a little menace or not, it was still a fact that she had made a contribution.

This looked like a good thing. Song Yi had even set herself the little goal of covering the club activity room with honors, but this time, she could not feel happy at all.

Because at the homeroom teacher’s suggestion, the other side’s gratitude was far too “generous”: they thanked her across the entire internet, and specifically pointed out that a certain student surnamed Song from Cloud Elementary had made an important contribution to Spirit Net security.

That was not a good thing. After this round of maintenance, the Spirit Net’s identity checks would become even stricter.

In the past, some kids were not like Song Yi, who would directly drill into loopholes and attack the Spirit Net itself. But they could wheedle their parents into letting them play a little longer, and many parents would soften and agree, handing their own identity tokens over to their children to use.

After this wave, however, borrowing anyone’s identity token was useless.

Congratulations to Song Yi. She had leapt straight into becoming the public enemy of children everywhere.

The Spirit Net’s public discussion groups exploded.

“Who is this certain Song? This is cutting herself off from her peers!”

“The sack is already prepared. Everyone help me arrange a meeting with this certain Song.”

The adults, meanwhile, laughed cheerfully while wiping away fake tears. Children these days were so miserable. Truly, too miserable. But they should still study hard first and cultivate every day.

“The Spirit Net is finally the domain of us adults!”

No sooner had the adults issued their declaration of victory than a certain minor roasted them. “Take it easy. From now on, even if you want to pretend you’re a minor using your parents’ account, you won’t be able to. Let’s see whether you’ll still have the nerve to be that bad.”

People outside did not know who the certain Song was, but Song Yi was a famous figure at school, so most Cloud Elementary students could guess.

Someone in the know secretly left a comment. “I know who the certain Song is. Her name is very special. It’s the same as a certain ancient ancestor who’s been pretty popular lately.”

“I suspect people with this name have a grudge against us! That ancient ancestor added to our homework, and this one directly put strict limits on our Spirit Net use.”

“One person signs in blood, begging the brothers of Cloud Elementary to enforce justice on Heaven’s behalf!”

As for the consequences... Song Yi felt like the way everyone had been looking at her lately made her skin crawl.

The ancient ancestor had cultivated a good mentality, and would not easily be moved by other people’s attitudes.

Unfortunately, the resentment of elementary school students was too intense. Even Song Yi, calm as she was, felt as if there were thorns pricking her back, and sneezed from time to time.

Fortunately, Cloud Elementary’s students had relatively strong concepts of morality and law. At most, they merely tried to kill her with their eyes.

From this angle, it could be seen that Cloud Elementary’s education was still relatively successful. Song Yi was purely the fish that slipped through the net.

Through this “lavish praise,” Song Yi had no choice but to keep a low profile. She no longer casually swaggered around campus with a stride that disowned all six relatives.

Making Song Yi behave for a while had also been the homeroom teacher’s goal.

However, Song Yi cleverly bought herself a hooded cloak. Its face-concealing effect was ridiculously good, and it instantly blocked countless strange and bizarre looks for her.

One day, Song Yi was wandering around near the laboratory building when she heard two people denouncing the Great Demon King.

“I still wanted to use other people’s accounts to level up. Now we can’t even mix accounts anymore! Why must elementary school students make things hard for elementary school students...”

“She really is too hateful! But she just so happens to be the head of the Discipline Department, and supposedly her combat power is pretty strong. Even trying to bag her in a sack would be hard.”

Song Yi listened silently. Suddenly, she realized both of their gazes had landed on her. She had followed them all the way without saying a word, which did seem a little suspicious.

“Classmate, who are you?”

Song Yi answered naturally, “I’m just a passing person of justice. When I heard you denouncing Song Yi, I couldn’t help listening for a bit. Sigh, I’m also a victim of this incident. I want to beat someone up just like you do!”

Fellow victims adrift in the same wide world needed no prior acquaintance when they met.

The code was confirmed. She was one of their own. The two no longer investigated Song Yi’s identity. Instead, they pulled her along to roast Song Yi together.

Recently, lamenting that the Great Demon King had acted improperly was a hot topic on campus, and it had successfully helped many people gain unexpected friendships.

Song Yi showed no mercy when roasting herself. At the very least, these two unfamiliar classmates would not connect her with the Great Demon King.

They heard infinite sorrow in her tone, and patted her head with pity. “All right, all right. You really have had it rough. But we can just complain among ourselves. No matter what, she’s still the pride of our Cloud Elementary.”

“Right, right. At least Cloud Elementary’s reputation has gone up, and that’s good for us too. It’s fine for our own people to scold her among ourselves, but don’t give outsiders ammunition against us on the Spirit Net.”

Song Yi fell into thought. That made a lot of sense. Rather than let outsiders scold her, it was better to scold her first herself.

Then she had even less of a psychological burden.

Just then, Li Wenwen and Tie Yuan sprinted over from a hundred meters away. “Little Yi, we finally found you.”

Although she had not seen Song Yi’s real face, with her familiarity with Song Yi, a single figure was enough for her to confirm Song Yi’s identity.

Besides, Li Wenwen also had Tie Yuan as an aura guide. It was impossible for them to find the wrong person.

But Song Yi ignored them.

“Little Yi?” Li Wenwen asked again in confusion.

The other two people’s expressions turned extremely strange. They looked at Li Wenwen and Tie Yuan for a while, then at Song Yi for a while.

A certain answer was about to come out.

Song Yi replied without changing expression, “Are you calling me? You’ve got the wrong person. I don’t know you. Are you looking for Song Yi? She went that way.”

Li Wenwen suddenly understood. “Got it. Little Yi, you’re playing the name-changing game.”

Song Yi: “...”

If you got it, why did you say it out loud!

Li Wenwen pulled Tie Yuan away. “Sorry, we mistook you for someone else.”

Wasn’t it a little late to say that now?

Song Yi also waved to the two petrified people. “I’ll be going first too.”

The two people left standing in place felt terrible all over. They finally recalled some unreasonable details. Lower-grade students rarely came wandering around the laboratory building, because they had no related classes or project requirements.

But the classmate they had just met had clearly been a full head shorter than them.

What lower-grade student had permission to enter and leave the laboratories?

Did that even need to be asked?

Then they thought back to everything they had said to Song Yi... and felt that their future campus life had already lost all color.

They had not just narrowed their path. They had narrowed it and then chopped it in half while they were at it.

“Tomorrow, will we be reported by the Discipline Department for stepping into the classroom with our left foot first?”

“There are teachers inside the classroom, so we don’t need to worry too much about that. What we need to worry about is whether, the moment we enter the sports field area, we’ll be detained as oversized trash.”

The other classmate still understood Song Yi’s great achievements a little.

Then the two of them hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

Song Yi, who had opened up a new path, straightened her back again. Identity was merely an external thing. If they liked it, then let them use it.

They were scolding elementary school student Song Yi. What did that have to do with me, the ancient ancestor?

“Little Yi, then what are you called now?” Li Wenwen asked.

Song Yi scratched her head. She had not thought it through, so she said casually, “Anything works. Li Wenwen is fine. Lin Ze is fine too.”

If her cultivation had not been insufficient and she could switch species, pretending to be Tie Yuan would have worked too.

Li Wenwen’s and Lin Ze’s scalps tightened. The two exchanged a glance and decided to sacrifice an innocent member of the masses.

“Little Yi, our reputations aren’t very good. Everyone knows we have a pretty good relationship with you. You need to pick a name with a good reputation.”

At times like this, they were quite self-aware.

“For example, Lu Shan?” Lin Ze suggested.

Song Yi rubbed her chin. “That’s not a bad idea.”

Classmate Lu Shan, who was studying properly, sneezed.

Lin Ze and Li Wenwen looked at her back and expressed a little sympathy. “Little Yi, take it easy. Don’t bully her into crying, okay?”

Song Yi lifted her chin slightly. “What kind of person do you take me for? Am I the sort who bullies children?”

The two did not answer directly, but their eyes said everything. Then why are you preparing to use someone else’s identity!

“This isn’t called using it without permission. It’s called borrowing. I’ll tell her.” Song Yi spoke with righteous confidence. “Borrow and return, and borrowing again won’t be hard. Just you watch. She’ll agree.”

They looked at Song Yi with the eyes of people watching a warrior as she went to find Lu Shan.

In their view, Lu Shan was not stupid. Unless Song Yi used a forbidden art to control people’s minds, how could she possibly agree?

They saw Song Yi droop her head and walk over to Lu Shan’s seat. The autistic aura she radiated was too strong, making it difficult for Lu Shan not to notice.

Lu Shan looked left and right, then discovered Song Yi was staring straight at her. She could not help bracing herself and asking, “Classmate Song Yi, is something the matter?”

“I have encountered a difficult problem in life.”

“Uh, and then?”

“And then, if I needed to trouble you, would you be willing?”

Lu Shan hesitated. “What favor?”

She did not seem to be especially close with Song Yi, right? What favor could Song Yi need her help with?

Song Yi said gloomily, “I thought you were different from other people. They don’t like me because of the Spirit Net incident, and it turns out you blame me too...”

Lu Shan hurriedly waved her hands. “I don’t.”

A self-disciplined child like her did not especially like using the Spirit Net, so naturally, she did not care whether the identity checks had become stricter or not.

She could not immediately agree to Song Yi because she had already been tricked by her once. Smart children like Lu Shan all learned wisdom from a setback.

“The teacher said that if I had difficulties, I could go to Classmate Lu Shan, because Lu Shan is the study committee member and especially willing to help others. Sigh, in the end, I was the one who gave my feelings to the wrong person...”

Lu Shan immediately said, “Of course I’m willing to help you.”

But you still haven’t said what you want me to do.

Before she could say the second half of her sentence, Song Yi accepted. “I knew you were the best! Actually, it’s not a big deal. I don’t need you to do anything. I just wanted to borrow a little something from you.”

Song Yi then added with great loyalty, “If you have trouble, you can come find me too. Don’t worry, I’ll cover you!”

After saying that, she strolled back to her own seat, leaving Lu Shan completely confused. What are you borrowing from me? You haven’t borrowed anything yet.

Song Yi, refreshed and clear-headed, announced to Lin Ze and the others, “I borrowed it.”

Today was still another day when the ancient ancestor was very reasonable.

Taking something without asking was immoral behavior. Song Yi’s noble character did not allow her to do such a thing!

After being pulled aside by Teacher Yuan, who knew the truth, and given several days of extra lessons, Song Yi now always liked to emphasize that her moral standards had improved greatly. But as everyone knew, whatever a person lacked was exactly what they liked to emphasize.

Li Wenwen said, “Next time, I’ll be a little nicer to Lu Shan. When she comes to collect homework, I’ll definitely hand mine in more readily.”

Lin Ze helped cover Tie Yuan’s shiny black eyes. “Little Yuan is already tough-skinned and thick-fleshed enough. He can’t learn any more.”

Song Yi felt worried about the fragile relationships in this cultivation world. “Where is the trust between people?”

“Sword cultivators cut through everything, including trust,” they swiftly added.

There was no need to say in detail who had cut through the relationship of trust, right?

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