All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 696 - 72: The Giant Catfish of the Dead Silent World (6100)

Chapter 696: Chapter 72: The Giant Catfish of the Dead Silent World (6100)

"I am famous? In the news?"

An Jing blinked and then casually waved his hand: "I know I am famous already, and this ’Expansion War’ definitely has news about me, but the actual situation is very different from the news. I’ll explain more to you guys in a bit."

A whole day had passed, and the Luofu Group’s propaganda campaign had surely begun. An Jing could imagine how many stirring stories they could concoct, such as how he admired the group since childhood, was blessed with extraordinary talent, and cultivated for the rise of the Human Clan, and now, seizing the opportunity, he attained remarkable achievements, continuing the legacy of Master Qingye, successfully developing the North Lake Marsh District, and so on.

That would definitely be an image so overwhelmingly positive that he wouldn’t recognize himself.

Unexpectedly, Huo Qing and Nian Quan shook their heads unanimously.

"You’ll know when you see it."

The two sent An Jing the relevant news links, and with a puzzled click, he accessed them.

What appeared before An Jing’s eyes were numerous completely different self-media and various local tabloid news, along with photos of himself that he had no idea when they were taken, and clearly fabricated images constructed by artifact spirits!

Because An Jing had not given any interviews, all the real pictures were taken from a distance. However, some media used these distant photos as source material, creating numerous images of An Jing, smiling and shaking hands with reporters in interviews, and the headlines even read ’Young Expansion War hero An Xuan interviews with our station reporters’, making the young man involuntarily grimace: "Such blatant fabrication?"

An Jing’s image was quite good, a typical handsome and heroic young martial arts practitioner. However, he usually either had a murderous expression or was focused on cultivation, and even the occasional smiles were fleeting thoughts in his mind, rarely seen by others.

But in the artifact-generated photos, An Jing was smiling like a bright and cheerful big boy, his righteous expression almost made An Jing fail to recognize himself; he had to confirm several times before he reluctantly admitted that it was indeed himself.

And upon reading the content, An Jing couldn’t help but lose it.

Actually, the majority of media and self-media described him as an enormously positive wilderness talent, discovered early by Jingwei Academy and carefully nurtured into a hidden ace.

But the issue was, the details were absurd.

For the future of the Human Clan, An Xuan had always been preparing for the new Expansion War, and had been hunting demon beasts in the wilderness from the age of six (An Jing took a deep breath when he read this), honing his strength. Under the guidance of his instructors, he performed various dangerous tasks, killing countless demons from a young age, capable of surviving in the perilous Rain of Ashes Jungle with just a small knife.

"Wow, according to this, by the age of twelve, I had undertaken 191 high-risk tasks alone, plus 455 other tasks, averaging one Qi-refined demon per day, and one Foundation-establishment tier every ten days?"

Reading this, An Jing tried several times to hold back, but ultimately couldn’t, internally commenting: "Not even my Heavenly Mandate had such tough tasks, let alone battlefields in my previous life, where at least I could find time to practice martial arts and recuperate. Unlike in these news reports, I am portrayed as a bloodless, tearless iron man!"

"This isn’t me, this is a protagonist collection from adventure stories, truly a synthetic mega-protagonist!"

"Haha, this is just the beginning."

Noticing An Jing’s somewhat twisted expression, Huo Qing also started to laugh, hinting for An Jing to continue: "The ridiculous parts are yet to come."

"Then I’ll see."

An Jing took a deep breath, steadied his heart, and continued reading.

He nearly lost it again.

If the earlier An Xuan was merely a positive energy genius propaganda template, the following self-media publicity portrayed entirely different fabrications.

Some self-media assert confidently with various data that An Jing is actually a reincarnated Demon Spirit. Although he appears young, he is actually several hundred years old, a real old demon. This time, he transformed into a young form merely as a disguise to infiltrate the group’s higher echelons.

As for evidence, they had some—they couldn’t find any wilderness force behind An Jing, and ordinary forces couldn’t possibly cultivate such a powerhouse as An Jing; thus, by eliminating all other impossibilities, the remaining even if improbable must be the answer: An Jing is not a human at all!

Other self-media believed that An Jing’s emergence coincided highly with the appearance of the Ancient Immortal Ruins; An Jing is actually a person from the Ancient Immortal Ruins, nurtured by ancient heritage. This Expansion War was simply because he was good-looking and was promoted as a figurehead; in reality, it was the forces from the Ancient Immortal Ruins aiming to secure their own land in the Tianyuan Realm, with Xuanye City just collaborating with the Immortal Ancient forces!

More self-media speculated that An Jing actually came from an Otherworld—truth be told, An Jing was shocked when he saw this, but quickly realized that this self-media’s arguments and speculations were as baseless as those claiming he was a Demon Spirit, entirely wild and unfounded.

And they actually guessed it right!

— Imagined scenario of Immortal Path cyber-opinion campaign.

— Actual scenario of wild historical narratives in cyber-opinion.

After reading all this, An Jing felt a bit sweaty and muttered: "Damn, from now on, any news about me will probably have no credibility... So this is it, the group plans to use this method to conceal my detailed information?"