Chapter 280: 140: Viral Spread
Day Six.
As the pollution continued to spread, the "sincerity" levels of Linxiang City's residents kept skyrocketing.
Lies were being stripped away little by little from the human world.
But to be precise, from the humans of Linxiang City.
In areas yet untouched by the pollution, most people still had the ability to lie.
At this time, people outside Linxiang City were like beings capable of dimension-reducing strikes to the locals.
Every rumor on the internet could potentially reach the ears of Linxiang's people, whether heard or seen as text messages, online information...
The various video edits on TikTok, all kinds of unverified reports, the boasting comments section... even social group chats, all sorts of conversations between group members, were incredibly real to the people of Linxiang City.
Many such phenomena occurred. For example—
"Welcome the newcomer to the group," came the greeting from a netizen named Xu Sheng.
Followed by the initiation ceremony of emoticons—"Newcomer, run away, this group is full of Nantong."
Normally, everyone would just laugh it off, not taking it seriously.
But on the following occasions, new members who had just joined would immediately leave the group.
This left the foolish members of the group very puzzled.
Occasionally, among those who did not leave, some would send very philosophical emoticons, exclaiming: Great, I never imagined there really was such a group...
At this moment, the group members had yet to realize how terrifying a netizen with an IP from Linxiang City could be.
He was like a human created by computer language, living with only 1s and 0s.
"Newcomers joining the group without sending lewd pictures, measurements, or crossdressing, is there no justice left? No law?"
Such chat records would also occasionally appear. Usually, newcomers would play dead.
But clearly, they had not realized how dangerous it was to say such things to a group member with an IP from Linxiang City.
Shortly after the newcomer joined the group, they complied with justice and the law and sent out their various details.
All the replies below were unanimously "Surely the group members haven't offended you, have they?"
It has to be said, the overly sincere people of Linxiang truly shocked those who still had the ability to lie outside of Linxiang City.
In heated arguments on major forums, the citizens of Linxiang City would genuinely be frightened by the other side's "spiral to heaven" and "your f*cking done for" comments.
They would end the argument in fear and unease, stating that they would never dare again, hoping to lift the curses and moreover, be better to their families or themselves.
This left the trolls with no sense of achievement, even dumbfounded, thinking it was some sort of new passive-aggressive tactic.
Meanwhile, on the sixth day, trials at Linxiang City People's Court were all concluded at the speed of light.
Whether the defendants had done something was crystal clear, the entire legal process was incredibly simple, and everyone listed their crimes swiftly, just as if they were reciting a menu.
The court had never concluded cases so smoothly.
During the sixth day, Zhou Baiyu was also observing whether anything illogical had occurred...
But the shock Linxiang City brought to the world was too great.
Because of humanity's excessive sincerity, the lighter, comical and foolish events couldn't make it to the forefront.
On numerous online platforms, all kinds of shocking revelations and insider information, a truckload of personal confessions from various characters, kept Linxiang City in the news for several days, dominated by "big news."
Several days of abnormalities finally led people to realize something—
The people of Linxiang City, could it be they could only tell the truth?
Is it like a fairy tale, where Linxiang City became a place without lies?
In fact, a large number of swindlers had already started verifying their suspicions.
They used all sorts of absurd reasons, disguising garbage items as unparalleled treasures...
And deceived many people in Linxiang City.
Many citizens of Linxiang City were swindled out of all their possessions.
Local businesses in Linxiang City also began to experience problems on a large scale...
Human nature is wicked.
When facing a sincere person, will you truly treat them with the same sincerity?
Human nature cannot withstand such a test. And this was only in terms of property.
Those who deceived emotions existed too; the girls of Linxiang City appeared completely gullible, believing in phrases like "You are the only one in my heart," which even a street dog wouldn't fall for.
When honest people faced liars, they were like lambs amongst wolves.
More and more people began testing the limits of "lies."
By the eleventh day, practically everyone knew something—
It wasn't scary that the people of Linxiang City couldn't lie; what was frightening was that they couldn't even discern lies! They had elevated others' words to "truth."
No matter how outrageous the lie, they would believe it! In their eyes, there were no lies in this world!
When the soil for evil desires had formed, and no price needed to be paid, many were not opposed to giving it a try.
Zhou Baiyu had clearly underestimated the evil in humans, underestimated the severity of this "sincerity" pollution.
Because it wasn't spreading globally in sync but starting from one place.
The first area contaminated by sincerity was doomed to become the "wallet" "toilet" of other areas.
People emptied the wallets of Linxiang residents, showing them their filthiest side.
Those lies were enough to prove that when humans become wicked, not even Satan has a place.
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