Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Zhang Manman narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "I despise those who engage in such malicious flattery. They appear to stand on the side of Little Six, raising him up high, but the higher they lift him, the harder he falls."

Zhao Xinglong asked, "What if someone tries to do that to you in the future?"

With her hands on her hips and a confident smile, Zhang Manman said, "Then I'll just give them a beating first. Anyway, compensating them with some money afterwards will suffice. Even if I break the other person's legs, I can afford it."

Zhao Xinglong: "..."

He was somewhat speechless.

However, for someone like Zhang Manman with her status, it truly was the best choice.

Rich, and willful.

"Ming Lun prohibits fighting in public places," Su Jie reminded.

"That's a big problem indeed; I'm not very good at verbal confrontations." Despite saying so, Zhang Manman didn't seem to care. Her spirit was firm, unlike Little Six's hesitation, "Speaking of which, it seems like the martial exam candidate is suppressing Little Six from losing his cool, as if to prevent the situation from getting too severe."

"On the contrary, this is the highest stage of psychological warfare," Su Jie shook his head, his eyes clear, "Because once Little Six goes mad and hits someone, the fair judgment would shift from eating tens of thousands of bowls of starch noodles to whether hitting someone should be punished."

"Hitting someone won't result in the death penalty."

"But eating a few bowls of cold noodles—"

"Will."

Zhang Manman immediately understood.

Hu Wan controlled public opinion, while the martial exam candidate controlled Little Six, and in a situation where Little Six was isolated and emotionally agitated, the candidate's actions caused the idealistic Little Six to lower his guard. However, in reality, it effectively blocked any path Little Six might have taken away from the subject of "cold noodles."

Like when the martial exam candidate asked Hu Wan if he had seen Little Six eat two bowls but only pay for one.

If Little Six asked, Hu Wan naturally wouldn't be able to respond.

Because no one had seen it! The full series lives on My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|L0EMPYR).

The only 'witness' was the noodle seller, but he had no evidence.

But when the martial exam candidate raised the question, what could Hu Wan possibly respond with?

["Hey, you backstabbing piece of work." Hu Wan swiftly changed the subject, cursing the martial exam candidate and even pushed him, "What now, does your butt not hurt?" ]

[Feigning an attack, the martial exam candidate used the elbow strike from Bajiquan, softly repelling Hu Wan into the crowd, once again steering the topic back to cold noodles: "Let's not talk about butts today, let's talk about cold noodles. One bowl means one bowl, two bowls means two bowls; there can be no ambiguity! Lord Six! Admirable!"]

It was obvious!

The most crucial question—did you see it with your own eyes?

The subterfuge by both, one singing and the other accompanying, glossed over the key point. Even during this stage, the martial exam candidate became the mouthpiece for Little Six.

Chen Tian Yuzi thought of a similar example: "In such a situation, it's like some people cannot express their opinions due to public opinion issues and can only wait for the outcome."

"But then the fans and bystanders start to pick sides, and even passionately start cheering for someone, vehemently praising him to defend him against injustice, and that's bound to cause bigger problems."

Everyone fell silent.

Why does Chen Tian Yuzi's example suddenly make the atmosphere seems more cheerful?

Something's off!

[At this moment, Little Six had calmed down a bit, but was still extremely impulsive. He walked up to Hu Wan, raised a finger, and shouted, "One is one, two is two, today I only ate a bowl of cold noodles..."]

["You paid for one bowl but ate two," Hu Wan interrupted Little Six directly, also raising a finger at his nose, his tone grave as if he were dispensing justice, even offering Little Six a way out, "You have no money, is that it? I'll help you pay!"]

Hu Wan's move was even harsher.

If slandering Little Six for eating two bowls was a destruction of his belief in fairness, then the issue of money was a demolition of Little Six's personal integrity.

This was the true psychological warfare!

When it comes to money, whether it was paid or not, it affects credibility!

In this chaotic era, even though people could not get enough to eat or wear, they still clung to one belief—dignity.

Plainly speaking, it was a problem of saving face.

This notion is especially ingrained in the continent of Shenzhou and has not been eradicated to this day.

All of Hu Wan's actions had one purpose, to disgrace Little Six. To save face, Little Six had to prove he indeed only ate one bowl of cold noodles.

Without proof, it would only make him lose more face!

Su Jie saw an extremely contradictory problem and pointed it out, "Through this, we can see a very conflicting issue: is truth more important, or is reality more important?"

"At this moment, Little Six is in an environment where no one acknowledges the truth, and he's faced with only one question—"

"Whether or not to stand by his truth."

If Su Jie's classmates were in Little Six's position, they would have plenty of ways out, such as: "Sorry, I forgot. I can pay now, right?"

They would choose to get past the moment and seek revenge later.

However, Little Six wouldn't.

He would not compromise!

Even Su Jie believed that if he were in Little Six's position, he would not compromise either, as he was a person who stood by his word.

Truth, he would also uphold.

If one were to yield to reality, then it meant accepting that truth could be buried and drowned out by reality.