At a single command, a flood of Chinese characters scrolled wildly across the screen.
The number of online viewers in the live - stream room kept rising steadily.
2.1 million... 2.3 million... 2.7 million... 3.1 million!
It finally stopped when it reached 3.5 million, and this whole process took less than two minutes.
"At this rate... are you sure these aren't paid trolls?"
An executive said, "Could it be that Haiyin hired paid trolls to counter us?"
The young girl in the live - stream room grew paler by the second.
Apparently, she was terrified by the soaring traffic.
"How... how is it rising again? I... I'll end the live - stream right now..."
She got up in a hurry, ready to end the live - stream, but before she could act, she saw the crowd in the live - stream room ebb away.
The number of viewers gradually dropped from 3.5 million to 3.2 million... 3.1 million... 2.7 million...
"Look, the number of viewers in the live - stream room is dropping."
The executive reminded. The bot - controller looked over, "The number really is decreasing... Did they leave?"
"Wait, something's wrong!"
He grabbed his computer and rushed through the partitioned workstations, bumping into the panicked person in charge.
The latter shouted, "Boss, 400,000 of our accounts have been blocked all at once!"
He looked up sharply and saw a sea of red on the split - screen monitor!
[Account has been blocked]
[Account has been blocked]
[Account blocked...]
The paid - troll accounts mounted on 400,000 cheap computers were all wiped out!
He almost glared with bulging eyes at the live - stream room as the number of online viewers continued to drop.
It dropped sharply!
2.5 million... 2.2 million... 1.7 million!
A subordinate shouted in panic, "More accounts have been blocked! More!"
"One and a half million computers have been blocked!"
The bot - controller was furious, and the number of online viewers in the live - stream room kept dropping.
Along with it came the sight of a large number of accounts being blocked, the screens turning red.
"More have been blocked! One point seven million!"
"One point nine million!"
"Two million accounts have been blocked!"
"Ah!!"
Chinese characters scrolled frantically in the live - stream room.
[Drive out these paid - troll bots! Report them all!]
[We've taken over this live - stream room! Let's move on to the next one!]
[Friends, the battle to defend Haiyin has begun! Let these bots see the fighting power of us Chinese!]
[Charge!]
The Chinese users came in a mighty wave and then left without seeking fame.
A fan in the live - stream room shouted, [It's clean! Our live - stream room is clean!]
[All those who insulted us have been reported and blocked!]
[They're not bad guys. They're here to help us!]
The young girl immediately turned on the Chinese - English translation machine. The machine - translated words were not entirely accurate, but they were powerful.
[Baby don't cry, China online]
The young girl covered her mouth and burst into tears instantly.
"Our Chinese friends have helped us! It's our Chinese friends who have come to help us!"
She cried with tears streaming down her face, "They've come to help us!"
"These damned Chinese paid trolls!"
The bot - controller had lost two million accounts in just ten minutes.
His face was contorted with anger!
"I'll never let them go! I'll never let them go!"
"Fight back immediately!"
"We can't fight back!" an employee shouted in despair, "There are too many of them!"
"Not just in this live - stream room, they're everywhere!"
"Impossible!"
The bot - controller couldn't accept it.
He rushed like a madman to the unblocked areas, clicked on the screen, and the bullet - screen scrolled in the live - stream room.
[Hey! Your Chinese grandpa is here!]
It was Chinese!
He switched to another live - stream room.
[We build physical infrastructure at home, and now we launch a cyber attack! Brothers and sisters, charge!]
Again, it was Chinese!
He gritted his teeth and switched to another live - stream room.
[Your Chinese grandpa is here—]
He switched again!
[Guys, take this place for me!]
He switched once more!
[Solve the battle in ten minutes!]
Chinese, Chinese everywhere! It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the entire Haiyin platform was surrounded by Chinese users.
And their 200 million paid trolls had gone from attackers to prey!
Employees watching the computers in each section rushed over to report the bad news, "Boss, something's wrong! Two million accounts in Area A have been wiped out!"
"Two million accounts in Area B have also been widely reported and are all gone!"
"Boss, think of a way quickly! There's a problem in Area C too!"
"Boss, save us—Area D is finished!"
Chinese characters were everywhere, from all directions.
In the smoky Haiyin Square, two groups of fans were cursing at each other when a Chinese sentence popped up.
[Give me some face. I'll deal with this guy.]
And the next second, the trouble - making bots pretending to be fans were blocked on the spot.
[!]
Had a just and noble person descended from the sky?
In the video comment section, a blogger who had been slandered was arguing for his innocence.
The trouble - making paid trolls posted slanderous screenshots without saying a word, and the paid trolls flooded the comment section to stir up trouble.
The blogger was so desperate that he pounded his chest and stamped his feet.
"I've never done any of the things you said! You're just slandering me! It's pure slander!"
The speed of manual typing was no match for the mechanical speed of the paid - troll bots.
He repeatedly posted the truth to clarify, but soon the comment section was flooded by the paid trolls.
The blogger's eyes were full of pain and helplessness. If he couldn't clarify this time, his career would surely be ruined!
"Is my career going to end just as it's starting..."
Just as his tears were about to fall, the interface suddenly refreshed. All the previously circulated slanderous pictures disappeared.
The comment section filled with insults and attacks was also completely cleaned up, and in a split - second, it was replaced by a sea of Chinese.
[Don't cry, foreigner. Your doorstep is clean. Bro's leaving.]
[Don't cry, foreigner. Bro's leaving.]
[Bro's leaving.]
The blogger stared blankly at the clean comment section.
He clicked on the translator and felt the bold and unrestrained spirit from the East.
It was his Chinese friends who had helped him!
In the user community, a user who had been chased and insulted was angrily and fearfully fighting back against the attacks of the bots wearing the badges of a certain fan group.
"Can you stop insulting me? What on earth did I do to offend you? When did I ever provoke you!"
A group of bots mechanically and rapidly launched attacks, spitting out a deluge of insults that drowned the user. He was outnumbered and unwillingly admitted defeat.
"You're crazy! I've never provoked you!"
He was so angry that his hands trembled. Desperately, he threw his phone on the sofa and hugged his head, doubting his life.
The phone kept vibrating, vibrating non - stop.
Then it vibrated wildly, continuously.
He angrily and fearfully wanted to turn off the message notifications.
But the next second, when he clicked on the screen, he noticed something was wrong.
Where were the insulting messages?
The private message interface was completely empty.
Even his personal homepage was filled with a sea of red.
Identical red avatars were moving around in the comment section.
They had the same names and were saying the same words.
They were as uniform as if they were copied and pasted.
And all they said was in Chinese.
The user used a translator to translate the words.
A simple string of words conveyed a strong sense of support.
[Why are you crying?]
[It's taken care of for you.]