rpbooks Chapter 187 Diagnosing the Pulse with a Suspended Thread
Chapter 187 Diagnosing the Pulse with a Suspended Thread
Wang Minyu's post was like a depth charge, instantly detonating the already turbulent internet due to various rumors about "eccentric doctors".
In less than ten minutes, the comment section below the post was filled with thousands of comments.
"Hilarious! Are scammers this blatant these days? Online medical consultations? Why don't you just give me a remote consultation?"
"I'm a keyboard warrior, I'm a troll, so what? I'm proud of it! Go ahead and come over here and beat me up if you dare!"
"I've already taken a screenshot and reported it. I'm waiting for the account to be banned. This kind of attention-seeking clown should be completely banned."
A torrent of sarcastic remarks and vulgar language poured in.
Each of these comments, laced with dark malice, converged into a data stream, which, through the network, intensified the impact on Zero's system.
The static noise from the computer speakers grew louder and louder, and Zero's voice became intermittent, almost impossible to form complete sentences.
"Boss, this is no use! You're just adding fuel to the fire!" Su Qing was so anxious that she paced around in circles.
"Don't rush, let the dust settle." Wang Minyu leaned back in his chair, calmly picked up his teacup, and even had the leisure to ask Pierre to make him a cup of hand-ground coffee, explaining that he needed to stay awake while playing online games all night.
This is exactly the effect he wanted.
The underground "Matrix" is clever; it knows how to attack using dispersed, anonymous malice.
However, this attack method has a fatal weakness—it needs a "target" to gather this malice.
What Wang Minyu is doing now is turning himself into the biggest, most conspicuous, and most deserving target.
He wanted to draw all the scattered firepower onto himself.
He clicked on the profile of the user who was hurling the most insults; it was an account with the ID "Justice Messenger 888".
The profile picture is an angry cartoon dog, and the homepage is full of various "current affairs commentaries" that pontificate and express their opinions.
Wang Minyu replied directly to the user's latest post: "@JusticeMessenger888, your dark circles and puffy eyes, coupled with weak voice but excessive anger, are typical signs of liver fire disturbing the heart and heart-kidney disharmony. Have you been waking up precisely between 1 and 3 AM lately and then unable to fall back asleep, along with symptoms like dry mouth, bitter taste, and yellow urine?"
As soon as this comment was posted, a row of mocking "hahaha" comments appeared below.
"Is this fortune teller starting up again?"
"Me too! I see your face is dark; you're destined for disaster today (being scolded by netizens)!"
However, only three minutes later...
The user "JusticeMessenger888" suddenly deleted all their offensive comments, and then replied to that comment in an almost trembling voice: "...How did you know?"
The entire room fell silent.
On the other end of the network, in a brightly lit rented room, a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses and with messy hair was staring intently at the screen, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
Every symptom Wang Minyu described pinpointed his exact location.
He had been suffering from insomnia for half a month and was on the verge of collapse. The hospital only diagnosed him with "neurasthenia".
The reason he became a troll online was because he had nowhere to vent the pressure and physical pain in his real life.
Ignoring the shift in the comments section, Wang Minyu continued, "This isn't a serious illness. It's just caused by staying up late for long periods, irregular eating habits, and emotional stress. Here's a prescription for you; it won't cost you anything."
He then posted a second message: "Go to the pharmacy downstairs and buy 15 grams each of jujube seed, lily bulb, and poria cocos. Boil them in water and drink the decoction. Also, change your computer's login password to 'I want to go to bed early and get up early.' When you feel that cursing people online is no longer interesting, you'll be cured."
After saying that, he ignored "Justice Messenger 888" and turned to his next target.
"@Keyboard Warrior Sister Li, have you been experiencing joint pain lately, especially on rainy days? And do you feel bloated after meals, and your burps smell sour? Stop talking about feminism online and go get your rheumatism and spleen and stomach deficiency treated first. I suggest soaking your feet in ginger water every day, taking a half-hour walk after meals, and eating less raw, cold, and greasy food."
"@InvincibleTyrannosaurusWarrior, stop arguing with people on the game forums all day. Your face full of pimples isn't from puberty, it's from damp heat. Look at your tongue coating, isn't it yellow and greasy? Give up cola and barbecue, and eat more winter melon and barley. Otherwise, the next step will be prostatitis."
……
Wang Minyu is like a highly efficient hunter. In the vast jungle of the internet, relying on the ID with the highest malice value selected by Zero, he began an unbelievable "cyber thread diagnosis".
He doesn't need to see the patient, or even know their true identity.
[Qi Observation Technique] After the last upgrade, it is now possible to vaguely perceive the "qi" emitted by the other party due to emotional fluctuations through the medium of the Internet.
By combining this with the behavioral patterns that Zero analyzes from the other party's online traces (such as speaking time, frequently used vocabulary, and content they follow), Wang Minyu can deduce the other party's health condition with a high degree of accuracy.
What others see as supernatural ability, he sees as nothing more than a combination of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and big data analysis.
The sentiment in the comments section shifted dramatically, changing 180 degrees.
At first came ridicule, then shock, then skepticism, and finally, it turned into a large-scale "family reunion".
"Master! Miracle doctor! Please take a look at me too! I've been losing a lot of hair lately, is it because of kidney deficiency?"
"Dr. Wang, I was wrong, I shouldn't have scolded you. I have been having diarrhea every day lately, could you please take a look at the prescription?"
"I'm 'Keyboard Warrior Sister Li,' Dr. Wang, I'm begging you! You were absolutely right! I'll go buy some ginger right now!"
The black, originally malevolent aura began to dissipate at a visible rate. In its place came a colorful energy of emotions, a mixture of guilt, gratitude, and shock.
Instead of attacking Zero, this energy flowed like warm currents, converging on Renxin Pharmacy through the network.
On the system panel, the emotion value, which had already plummeted to rock bottom, began to surge wildly upwards.
[Shock value from "Justice Messenger 888" +500!]
[800 points of gratitude from "Keyboard Warrior Sister Li"!]
[Admiration points from "Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior" +600!]
……
"So that's how it is..." Su Qing looked at the magical scene before her and finally understood Wang Minyu's intention.
The "mother" uses the internet to gather malice, so he turns around and uses the internet to harvest goodwill. No, not even goodwill; what he harvests is the emotional reversal of those trolls from "extreme displeasure" to "extreme shock."
In essence, this is still a case of "harvesting the韭菜 (a metaphor for exploiting people)".
However, this time the "leeks" (victims) are anonymous, shape-shifting, and cyber "leeks" growing on the other end of the internet cable.
The static noise from the computer speakers has disappeared.
Zero's cold, emotionless mechanical voice rang out again, perfectly smooth: "Mental contamination has been cleared. The core database has completed self-repair. And... based on the high-value emotional data collected just now, I have written a new 'emotional module' patch for myself. Thank you, boss."
Wang Minyu smiled, closed the webpage, and stretched.
"That's a wrap. Have Pierre replace the coffee with celebratory wine."
This cyberattack, meticulously planned by the underground "mother," not only failed to destroy Renxin Pharmacy, but also brought Wang Minyu an unprecedented surge in emotional value, and incidentally helped Zero complete the most important evolution in his AI career.
The "Mother" will probably never understand why those "weapons" that were clearly full of negative energy became fertilizer for her in the hands of this man.
Just then, Wang Minyu's personal cell phone rang.
It was an encrypted satellite phone number; the caller ID was blank.
He answered the phone, and a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar came through the receiver. The voice was weak and hoarse, but the outline of the person from back then could still be heard.
"Brother...it's me."
It was his younger brother, Wang Jinghui, who was supposed to donate bone marrow.
"I'm in Changxiang City. I... saw people from the 'S' organization. They kidnapped Mom and Dad." The younger brother's voice was filled with fear and urgency. "They said... they'd use Mom and Dad... to lure you out."