I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 772 - 522 Expert Arrival_2
"It seems my wish magic has taken effect. That's great. Isn't this what they wanted? Now they have their wish."
Liu Tongtong had originally shown Xia Liang the video to tell him that those internet celebrities had gotten their just deserts.
Yesterday, that group of internet celebrities had surrounded Xia Liang downstairs. Liu Tongtong wasn't there at the time and only found out about it online later. She felt indignant on Xia Liang's behalf and didn't believe a word he said about "wish magic." After all, if such outlandish wishes could come true, it wouldn't be magic but celestial art.
So when she habitually opened Weibo this morning and saw the trending topic, her mood instantly lifted. She hurried over to share the news with Xia Liang, hoping that he, as the victim of their torment, could finally have a good laugh.
But now, seeing Xia Liang's calm demeanor—as if he'd anticipated this all along—left Liu Tongtong astonished. When she heard him say this was the result of his wish magic, she was completely dumbfounded.
"Brother Xia, this... this doesn't seem to have anything to do with their wishes, does it? I remember a few of them. One person wanted to become the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, another wanted to own all the luxury cars in the world, and someone else wished for young models every night. How could the changes happening to these internet celebrities be related to those wishes?" Liu Tongtong asked, puzzled.
Xia Liang smiled faintly. He took a sip of the black rice porridge the owner had brought over and said, "My wish magic manifests on their bodies. It's not what you think, where they're just handed what they desire. Instead, the wish is reflected back onto them. For example, the one with a face full of monkey fur must be the person who wished to become Sun Wukong. The one whose skin is covered in tire track imprints probably wished for luxury cars. And the one with all those women's mouths growing on his body must be the one who wished for young models. Understand now?"
Liu Tongtong nodded, only half-understanding. "Brother Xia, are you really letting these people off so easily? It seems that instead of being worried, they're proud of their new appearances. Otherwise, they wouldn't be live-streaming it to the world. Cases like theirs must be extremely rare, and now they're using their physical mutations to attract a huge audience. They're on the verge of becoming genuine, major internet celebrities. This wish magic doesn't seem like much of a punishment at all, does it?"
Xia Liang just smiled faintly again. "Today is only the first day. Some punishments need time to unfold. There's a line from a movie I remember vividly: 'Let the bullets fly for a while.' In time, you'll understand. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Since you're here, let's eat together. Afterward, I plan to go to the park to clear my head and perform some magic."
At the mention of Xia Liang performing magic, Liu Tongtong's eyes lit up. "Yes, I'd love to go!" she said excitedly. "A chance to see your magic again? I couldn't be happier! Besides, it's part of my job. I think I must be the luckiest woman in the world right now."
After a simple breakfast, the two of them headed toward Ice River Park.
Meanwhile, at the Qingyun Police Station detention center, the main door swung open, and Director Yun Long walked in with a grave expression. The young Protector on duty last night was waiting for his colleague to arrive for the shift change and was shocked to see the director. He felt both surprised and somewhat flattered. He quickly stood up, came to attention before Yun Long, and saluted. "Director."
Yun Long nodded grimly. "Did anything happen here last night?"
The young Protector shook his head in confusion. "No, sir. Why do you ask?"
Yun Long let out a cold snort. "Nothing? Then what is this?"
He handed his phone to the young Protector, who took it with a puzzled expression. The moment he saw the headline of the top trending topic, his heart sank. He quickly tapped on the title and began scrolling rapidly through the content.
By then, Yun Long had already walked past him. When the young Protector finally looked up, the director was standing before the door of the detention cell where the internet celebrities were being held.
Inside the cell, the detained internet celebrities were in the middle of a boisterous live stream, completely unaware that Director Yun Long was standing right outside the iron door.
"Bros, check it out! A third eye has grown on my arm! How badass is that? I'm even stronger than the Erlang God Yang Jian now!"
"Family! Look at me, quick! I'm starting to grow monkey fur all over my body! I think I'm about to become the Great Sage, Sun Wukong!"
"Mine is even more awesome! There are already five hundred-yuan bills on the back of my hand! Look, my flesh and blood have turned into money! Who the hell has a transformation as miraculous as mine?"
The young Protector followed anxiously, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into as he listened to the voices from inside. He began to explain with a shameful expression, "Director, please let me explain. Last night, she said she needed to call her child..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
Yun Long simply waved his hand. "Enough. No need to say more. Go write a ten-thousand-word self-criticism report. You're suspended for a week."
The young Protector nodded quickly and left at once. Only then did Yun Long turn to Yun Bing, who was standing beside him. "Captain Yun, what's your take on this? Do the abnormalities appearing on these internet celebrities seem normal to you?"
Yun Bing frowned. "Not normal at all. This is too eerie. I've never seen anything like it. I think we should report this to the higher-ups and see what they have to say. In any case, this has already caused a huge sensation online. There's no way to cover it up now. Just as those celebrities said, they've gone viral across the entire internet. Our hands are tied."
Yun Long pondered for a moment. "I understand. Go return their phones to them, and give each of them a power bank. Let them live-stream all they want in there. I want to see what other tricks they have up their sleeves. There's no need for us to report this; I expect experts will be here before noon today."
With that, the two of them left the detention center.
「Time flew, and soon it was midday.」
The experts sent by the higher-ups arrived much faster than Yun Long had anticipated. The team was led by a geneticist named Fan Wen, whose assistant, Yang Sina, was an expert from the Mysterious Culture Research Department. They were in charge of investigating the mutation incident involving the thirty-plus internet celebrities at the Qingyun Police Station.
As soon as Fan Wen and his group arrived at the station, they didn't even stop for a meal, immediately asking Yun Long to take them to the detention center.
Standing at the door of the cell holding the internet celebrities, Fan Wen peered inside through the small window in the iron door. Suddenly, a monkey-like face pressed itself against the window, baring its teeth and grimacing at him.
"Director Yun, are you keeping a monkey in your detention cells?" Fan Wen asked, slightly surprised.
Yun Long looked closely for a few moments before shaking his head with a wry smile. "Professor Fan, I'm afraid that's not a monkey, but an internet celebrity."
Startled, Fan Wen looked again, observing more carefully. The monkey-like face stared back at him for nearly a minute before letting out a piercing shriek.
"You damn Protectors! Let us out of here, now! Hurry up and get us a doctor! People are going to die in here!"
Yun Long remained impassive, but Fan Wen's expression changed slightly. "What's going on?"
The monkey-like face continued, "Our conditions are getting worse! It's one thing for me to turn into a monkey, but the others are in a much worse state."
"Director Yun, I'm not lying! Just open the door and see for yourself!"
"I... I suspect this is all that 'God Xia's' doing! You have to catch him! Make him change us back!"
