I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 766 - 519 Preparing for Revenge_2

"I can't wait! My fans said that if you perform a magic trick, they'll gift me ten rockets. Hurry up!"

Xia Liang spread his right hand, revealing a thumb-sized red bead in his palm. This was the Desire Manifestation Bead from the System. Even the System could no longer stand the antics of these influencers; in an unprecedented move, it gave Xia Liang this bead to punish them, which showed just how vile and excessive their actions were.

If Xia Liang couldn't teach these influencers a thorough lesson today and ended up caving to them, then tomorrow, the day after, and long into the future, even more influencers would show up to treat him like a pushover they could manipulate at will.

The magic prop Xia Liang had just purchased was the Desire Bead. Its effect was to peer into people's hearts, amplify their desires countless times, and then manifest those desires upon them.

"This magic of mine is called wish magic," Xia Liang said with a faint smile, looking at the circle of influencers surrounding him. "As long as you have a wish, just speak it to this bead. Within one day, your wish will come true!"

This was a deliberate ploy by Xia Liang to make the influencers believe even more in the magic's power. As long as they harbored malice toward him and made a wish to the Desire Manifestation Bead, they would be punished.

At his words, the influencers' faces filled with surprise and greed. However, they still clung to a shred of rationality. After all, the magic Xia Liang described was simply too fantastical. Could something that grants wishes still be called magic?

Immediately, several people voiced their skepticism.

"God Xia, isn't your magic a bit too exaggerated? I've never heard of magic that can grant wishes."

"Yeah, are you trying to fool us?"

"If your magic doesn't work, does that count as us exposing you?"

"Exactly! What will you do if you can't fulfill our wishes?"

Xia Liang had, of course, anticipated this reaction. He simply smiled faintly. "If I can't fulfill your wishes, then you can do with me as you please. How about that?"

As expected, Xia Liang's words made the influencers excited all over again. They didn't believe in his magic for a second. Their only purpose here was to leech traffic off Xia Liang and turn it into profit. Now, the magic trick Xia Liang proposed perfectly suited their goals. Once a day passed and the magic failed, they would have a justifiable reason to use him as a tool for their own gain.

Several influencers immediately took out voice recorders to capture Xia Liang's statement. More and more of them started recording as well. They wanted to record their wishes so that after twenty-four hours, they could legitimately come here and exploit Xia Liang for profit.

One of the influencers turned to the crowd and announced, "Did everyone hear that? God Xia said it himself. If he can't fulfill our wishes, he'll be at our mercy."

"Now, everyone, just boldly state the wishes in your hearts! Let's see how he uses this magic to grant them for us."

His words instantly galvanized the others.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you," Xia Liang added with a faint smile. "When you make a wish, you must look at this Desire Bead in my hand. You have to be sincere and keep repeating the wish in your heart. Only then can it be recorded by the bead, and only then can I help you fulfill it. Otherwise, if it doesn't work, don't come blaming me."

The moment Xia Liang finished speaking, an influencer dropped to his knees with a THUD. He set his selfie stick on the ground, clasped his hands together, and stared intently at the bead in Xia Liang's hand.

"I wish to become a top influencer with tens of millions of followers!"

Another person followed, kneeling and shouting his wish. "I wish to have assets worth tens of millions!"

With the first two setting an example, more and more influencers began to imitate them, kneeling down with expressions of extreme piety and shouting their desires.

"My wish is for a Lamborghini!"

Another person, his voice deafening, screamed with all his might. "My wish is to marry ten beautiful models and live a life of endless partying!"

More and more influencers knelt on the ground, loudly making their bizarre and outlandish wishes. Some were absurdly exaggerated. One even wanted to become Godzilla! Another wished to become Sun Wukong! Someone wanted to become one of the Immortals! Someone else desired eternal life! One wanted to be president! Another aspired to own a publicly listed company! And one even dreamt of becoming the CEO of Amazon Company!

Outside, the neighborhood residents watching the scene were completely dumbfounded, their faces frozen in disbelief. Then, nearly everyone almost laughed out of sheer exasperation.

"These influencers are just shameless! God Xia is just performing a magic trick, is it necessary to be so dramatic?"

"You call those wishes? Even daydreams aren't that ridiculous!"

"This is blatant bullying, they're deliberately making things difficult for God Xia."

"I have now witnessed a group of people who are utterly without shame!"

"The depth of their greed is just twisted!"

Simultaneously, the residents uploaded videos of the influencers' wishes to the internet, causing another huge stir. Videos and photos of the influencers surrounding Xia Liang had already been posted earlier, attracting the attention of tens of thousands of netizens. Now, countless people online were spectating the influencers' disgraceful performance. After their wishes were posted, a flood of ridicule and condemnation erupted.

On Weibo, an influencer with millions of followers posted a scathing critique:

"Throughout human history, greed has been a part of our nature. But today, thanks to these influencers, I have witnessed what the pinnacle of madness looks like.

"People like this don't deserve to be influencers; they are nothing but parasites, maggots, and blowflies.

"The term 'influencer' was once a compliment, but it has been utterly ruined by this trash and turned into a derogatory label!

"This is a tragedy for human civilization!"

This post was instantly liked, commented on, and shared by tens of thousands of people and was even quoted by the official Weibo account of Kyushu Country. Within minutes, it shot to the top of Weibo's trending list. Across various major platforms, including outlets like the Dragon Country Daily, condemnations of these influencers appeared. Some even proposed that the relevant authorities should step in to regulate the live-streaming industry by banning such trashy influencers and restoring some decency to the internet.

Xia Liang watched the surrounding influencers. Once they had all made their wishes, he simply smiled faintly, covered the Desire Manifestation Bead with his left hand, and gently rubbed it with his fingertips for a few seconds.

Then, he smiled and said, "Alright, I have sensed all of your wishes. Now you can wait. If your wishes are not fulfilled within a day, I will be at your disposal."

This was the exact sentence the group of influencers had been waiting for. Like victorious roosters, they all became incredibly excited.

Both the online spectators and the onlookers at the scene felt bad for Xia Liang, thinking he had fallen so easily into the influencers' trap. Most people, however, assumed it was a move born of desperation, something he did just to get away from the crowd. No one took his magic seriously. After all, such extravagant and bizarre wishes were things that not even Immortals could likely grant.

Besides, the influencers' requests could hardly be called wishes—they were more outrageous than daydreams. Furthermore, Xia Liang's previous magic tricks were all tangible and visible. But today's wish magic had no tangible element to it; it was clearly a perfunctory act meant only to deal with these influencers.