Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

Chapter 129: Chapter 118: Shocking the Entire School

Listening to the rumbling thunder coming from the screen.

At this moment, everyone watching the video was as if they had been hit by an Immobilizing Spell, frozen in their tracks.

They stared blankly at their phones, eyes filled with confusion. Amidst the confusion, there was also a hint of bewilderment.

It wasn’t until a while later that the video ended. Only then did people come back to their senses. They pinched a friend’s thigh hard, and upon hearing their friend’s scream, confirmed that they were not dreaming—their faces filled with disbelief!

”WTF??? What the hell is this?”

”The sound of the river flowing, the tiger’s roar, and even the freaking thunder—so mysterious. Are you sure you’re not filming a movie?”

”Definitely fake! My expert opinion? Those are five-cent special effects, can’t be more than that!”

”Where did you get this audio, mate? At first, it really sounded legit. If you hadn’t insisted on setting the background in our Shi University’s grove, I might have actually believed it!”

”You’re right, and there are way too many loopholes in your video. Never mind the sound of the river flowing and the tiger’s roar, but just that thunder sound alone—dude, when you were editing this audio, couldn’t you have glanced at the night sky? It’s freaking clear for miles, okay? Where did that thunder come from? My brain might not be the sharpest, but you can’t treat me like a complete fool!”

”Speaking of which, where are those students majoring in film? I remember in the past, whenever this kind of thing happened, they were the most excited, jumping out immediately to hit the original poster with evidence. How come today, so much time has passed, and they still haven’t made a peep?”

”A peep? What kind of peep do you expect from us? To tell you this isn’t fake, that it’s real?”

”??? What? It’s real, not fake? Bro, did you type too fast and get the order mixed up? How could something like this possibly be real?”

”Senior from the film major passing by. I can testify that what the previous person said is true. This video hasn’t been edited at all. Meaning, all the sounds in this video—including that tiger’s roar—truly occurred in our Shi University’s grove!”

”Holy shit! Dude, don’t scare me, I have a heart condition! What do you mean? There are tigers in our Shi University’s grove?”

”Isn’t that obvious enough? Listen to my advice: if you can run, run now, before that tiger comes out of the grove...”

{Notification: This user is suspected of spreading rumors and causing panic, severely violating the forum’s user regulations. The account has been banned!}

”Initially, I only half-believed this, but now that this ban has appeared, I freaking believe it completely! Seriously, can we even stay at Shi University anymore? So many incidents have happened in this grove in just two months—the Hi-Ha Immortal, Chu Renmei, and now, apparently, a tiger has sneaked in from who knows where.”

”Principal, Principal, are you asleep? I’m so freaked out I can’t sleep!”

”Mom, I want to go home!”

”...”

Due to several professional comments from film students, the post instantly exploded. It quickly soared in popularity within the forum, becoming the number one trending topic at Shi University in the blink of an eye and seeming like it was about to go viral.

The forum’s moderator was freaking out. If such a scandal, extremely detrimental to the school, occurred during his tenure, forget what the school leaders might do—his advisor alone would tear him apart.

Thus, to prevent such a thing from happening, he quickly gathered all the moderators and sub-moderators, muted the users discussing this topic, and deleted the posts.

While they were busy silencing the netizens, they were unaware that the crowd had already switched battlegrounds.

Now, if you opened Shi University’s class group chats, you would see that the chats, usually silent for most of the day, were now exploding with messages marked 99+, with seven or eight new messages appearing every second. It was as if a pot had exploded.

The video from the forum was being shared everywhere.

Even if some people increasingly felt that something was off and voiced their doubts, their questions were quickly drowned in the flood of new information. Nobody paid attention.

Just as this matter was escalating, Liu Yi, a teacher at Shi University, inevitably heard about it, even from outside the university.

He opened the video, listening to the sounds of the River Rushing, Tiger Roar and Rolling Thunder in it. Liu Yi’s brows furrowed slightly.

Something seemed a bit off!

Perhaps to ordinary people, a tiger’s roar was just a tiger’s roar, and rolling thunder was just rolling thunder, with no difference. But to Liu Yi, a Martial Artist, the more he listened to these sounds, the more he felt something was wrong. It was as if he had heard them somewhere before—a mysterious sense of familiarity.

Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound?

Out of nowhere, Liu Yi’s mind suddenly recalled a characteristic display of Internal Boxing when it reached Great Accomplishment. But this thought was immediately dismissed as soon as it appeared.

He had been involved in the Great Xia Martial Arts circle for so many years and had seen masters of Internal Boxing emit the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound. However, their sounds were almost like a cat’s soft, continuous ’rumble’—very faint and not as exaggerated as in the video. They had adopted the name ”Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound” merely because it sounded impressive and dignified. How could it be so loud and realistic, like the one in the video?

Liu Yi felt that the reason he was inexplicably reminded of the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound might be because he had been too engrossed in practicing the Eight Pieces of Brocade recently. He didn’t take this thought seriously and quickly dismissed it.

Could it be that a real tiger has entered Shi University?

Just then, ’DING-A-LING—’ a crisp ringtone sounded from his phone, disrupting Liu Yi’s thoughts.

Seeing this, Liu Yi picked it up and realized the caller was the principal of Shi University. Although he didn’t quite understand why the principal would call him so late, he brought the phone to his ear because of their hierarchical relationship, ”Hello? Principal, is there something you need?”

”Teacher Liu, have you rested yet? If not, could you come to Shi University?”

”To Shi University? But why?”

”What else could it be about, if not that tiger roar rumor spreading from our Shi University? Students suspect there’s a tiger, and calls were even made to the police station! I managed to intercept them. Otherwise, you’d be seeing reporters covering this on TV by now. Teacher Liu, I’ll owe you one for this. Please come quickly and help us check it out. If there really is a tiger, I’ll immediately request police intervention. If not, I can at least give the students an explanation. Don’t worry, we have tranquilizer guns, and we’ve also called professionals from the Forestry Bureau. We’re just going to take a look; nothing will go wrong!”

”This... Okay, I’ll be there right away.”

With that said, Liu Yi hung up, quickly got dressed, and drove to Shi University.

During his trip to Shi University, the university itself had already descended into chaos.

The saying ”three men make a tiger” proved true. Even though the tiger hadn’t shown itself, enough people were talking about it that some naturally began to believe. Others even deliberately spread false rumors. Consequently, the story of a tiger in the grove became distorted as it spread, quickly reaching half the campus and causing considerable panic and unrest.

Seeing people suddenly creating a commotion, many who were unaware of the truth were baffled, unable to grasp what was happening.

But at this moment, the most baffled person had to be the instigator of it all, Zhang Beixing.

After completing the Hidden Force version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade, he lay resting in the grove for quite some time, watching as his status transitioned from ”extremely exhausted” to ”heavily exhausted,” regaining some strength.

Zhang Beixing then struggled to stand up and slowly headed back to his dorm, planning to take a good shower, write in his journal about today’s workout, and then go to bed.

However, before he even reached the dorm area, he heard a cacophony of what sounded like wild revelry from a distance. This made him wonder:

What’s going on? Did IG win the championship?

No, that doesn’t feel right. I remember that’s supposed to happen after October, right? And even if IG did win, their reaction shouldn’t be this extreme.

What’s wrong with these people?

Mumbling to himself, Zhang Beixing expressed his confusion. He hastened back to the dorm to ask Zheng Jituo and the others what was happening.

But as soon as he pushed the door, CLANG. The door didn’t open; instead, there was a sound of metal striking metal.

Zhang Beixing was utterly puzzled, ”What’s this? Why is the door locked? Jituo, Lao Dong, Lao Jin, come and open the door for me!”

Hearing his call, there was a flurry of footsteps inside room 203. Soon, Zheng Jituo sneakily opened the door, poking his head out like a thief. He first looked left and right to make sure nothing was around Zhang Beixing, then grabbed Zhang Beixing’s hand and pulled him inside.

Seeing this, Zhang Beixing looked utterly baffled, unclear about the situation. Just as he was about to ask why they had locked the door, Zheng Jituo interjected anxiously, ”Lao Zhang, you should stop going out to exercise for a while. There’s a tiger scare at Shi University!”

”Ah??”

Hearing this, Zhang Beixing was dumbfounded. He looked at Zheng Jituo with an expression that seemed to say, ’Are you even hearing what you’re saying?’

Understanding what Zhang Beixing meant, Zheng Jituo quickly pulled out his phone and opened the group chat to show him the video. However, he found that their advisor had already set the chat to mute everyone, and the video of the grove that a classmate had posted had also been retracted by the advisor. Clearly, the school had already taken action regarding the situation.

Luckily, Jin Linyu had saved the video in advance and showed it to Zhang Beixing. This finally made Zhang Beixing understand what had happened.

After watching the video, the group vividly explained the cause and effect of the incident to Zhang Beixing, acting as if they had personally experienced it and seen the tiger with their own eyes.

They completely failed to notice that as they recounted the story to Zhang Beixing, his expression gradually turned bizarre.

As soon as he heard the sound of River Rushing in the video, Zhang Beixing realized he was the one who had made those noises. But what he hadn’t expected was the immense impact of the incident. It had even caused panic and unrest.

And according to the latest message from their advisor, it seemed the principal of Shi University had even returned, personally leading the security team armed with tranquilizer guns to the grove to capture the ”tiger.”

Ah, this...

Would anyone believe me if I said it wasn’t intentional?

I was just practicing the Hidden Force version of the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade. It shouldn’t have caused such a commotion!