Hanabatake Yoshiko, nicknamed the "Monkey King," created the Monkey Intelligence Reduction Method.
It is said that anyone hit by this move will have their IQ reduced to the same level without even realizing it, which is terrifying, to say the least.
"How could it be this idiot…"
Lu Ji covered the left side of his face slightly helplessly. How could he not expect the first member to enter the group to be… an amateur like Hanabatake Yoshiko?
"Tsk!"
"Even if you don't give me a powerful person, at least give me one with a normal IQ!"
In his mind, the perfect scenario would have involved matching up with group members who were skilled in powerful physical arts or certain peculiar skills.
This way, he might have been able to rely on the art of conversation, along with the powerful initial talent he had been given, to improve his abilities.
This way, he could win as much as possible to protect himself in this crumbling world partly.
But Hanabatake Yoshiko's appearance had completely shattered that beautiful vision.
Just as Lu Ji was sighing about his unlucky start, a system alert broke the gloomy atmosphere.
[System Alert: Member "Hanabatake Yoshiko" has spoken 100 times, and the group master has gained contribution value 10.]
The sudden system alert caused Lu Ji to freeze for a second. But then, he recalled a particular rule from the group owner's manual:
The group owner would receive a corresponding contribution reward if the group members provided enough activity.
"Wait!"
The scarlet eyes under his fingers suddenly lit up, and Lu Ji realized that stupidity might not be such a bad thing in his case.
The more stupid someone was, the easier they could be manipulated!
If Hanabatake Yoshiko, this idiot, kept spamming the group chat, then wouldn't she be equivalent to having an ATM that automatically generated contribution points?
Anyone with a slightly normal IQ wouldn't do such persistent and tedious work.
After all, the benefits were not proportional to the effort. But if it was Hanabatake Yoshiko, this idiot…
Thinking about this, the curve of Lu Ji's mouth grew higher and higher, and the inner gloom was swept away.
After the plan gradually took shape in his mind, he once again glanced at the group chat interface.
When the thought was realized,
he saw Hanabatake Yoshiko's screen-swiping behaviour again. This time, his heart no longer felt boredom. Still, instead, he felt extraordinarily affectionate towards the series of emoticons that were constantly being sent out by Hanabatake Yoshiko.
This was especially true when the system once again prompted him to obtain ten points of contribution value.
Ignoring Hanabatake Yoshiko for the time being, Lu Ji quickly found a function module in the group system that displayed the word "Edit " and entered it to perform a series of operations.
Edit Module.
As the name implies, it was used to add alternative functions to the group chat system, which would help the group owner increase the group's activity. So, this function module was highly open.
Of course,
as for the exact extent to which it could be done, Lu Ji wasn't prominent at the moment, and he still needed to figure it out on his own afterward.
But it had to be said…
The group chat system still had a certain degree of foresight, and Lu Ji was chosen to become the group master.
As a senior engineer in the IT software industry, Lu Ji found it easy to add other aspects to an APP-like group chat system.
Based on the instructions in the system manual and his strong personal abilities, he added two new features to the group system in about ten minutes.
The two features he added this time were:
• When a group member reaches one hundred speeches, the system will record one active point for that member.
• The opening of the "System Store" for group members, where group members could purchase items already on the store shelves with the activity points they had earned.
After double-checking that the logic of the two features was free of obvious errors or bugs that could be traced, Lu Ji smiled as he looked toward the group chat interface.
He wasn't half worried about Hanabatake Yoshiko's Monkey's Wisdom Reduction Method.
Intelligent people possessed a hundred percent passive immunity to this move.
The principle was to pull the other party into their own logic so that they would follow it down and eventually arrive at a pseudo-conclusion that seemed reasonable but actually made no sense.
The easiest way to deal with the Monkey's method of subduing intellect was to seize the initiative in the conversation and not be led by the nose by Hanabatake Yoshiko.
Thus, Lu Ji threw out a strong topic right off the bat.
[Lu Ji]: "Have you ever eaten the world's most delicious banana na na (banana)?"
And the result was obvious.
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Banana na na!!"
Yoshiko Hanabatake: "Yellow! The most delicious of the world's best foods, banana na???!"
[Lu Ji]: "Yes, the most - beautiful - flavorful banana na na."
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Siki! Catch siki!!!"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Banana na saiko!!!! Banana na hooray!!!"
The chat interface was once again swarmed by a series of drooling emoticons.
Seeing this, the corner of Lu Ji's mouth curled into a smile.
It seemed to him that Hanabatake Yoshiko would definitely not have any bad suspicions because bananas were unrivalled in their temptation to monkeys.
For Hanabatake Yoshiko, luring her this far was already half successful.
As long as she was in the process of eating the real bananas, she would become Lu Ji's most diligent leek.
The group owner's manual mentioned that the store could purchase anything.
So, Lu Ji thought the price of a banana wouldn't be too high.
Clicking on the Group Master Shop,
Lu Ji directly searched for the keyword "banana,"
and immediately, a dense array of options appeared.
Without checking too much, he directly spent one point of contribution value to purchase a product called "Delicious Banana," and a golden-coloured banana appeared out of thin air.
With a little apprehension, Lu Ji peeled the skin and took a bite.
At once, the rich and incomparable sweetness lingered in his mouth as if drinking a large mouthful of banana syrup. The whole person's mood, and even at this moment, felt a lot better.
For banana lovers, this flavour was absolutely irresistible.
However, what made Lu Ji feel the most joyful was that this vampire body of his didn't seem to only be able to drink blood…
But could also consume ordinary human food.
After confirming that the delicious bananas were indeed delicious enough,
Lu Ji finished off the remaining half of the bananas. He then directly linked the delicious bananas in the group master's store with the group member's store.
He set the price to 1 active point.
After doing all this, Lu Ji retreated back to the chat interface.
At this moment, because of his disappearance,
Hanabatake Yoshiko once again started swiping the screen. The difference now was that she was frantically @ing him.
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Have you ever eaten that kind of banana?"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Where is it sold? Where do they sell it?"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Hey? Where are the Banna's?"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "@Lu Ji!!!"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "@Lu Ji!!!"
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "..."
Seeing this, Lu Ji spoke again in reply.
[Lu Ji]: "Didn't you get the group alert? (?_?`)"
[Lu Ji]: "Speaking in this group earns you activity points, which can be used to purchase items in the store. But it looks like the only thing there now is delicious bananas."
[Hanabatake Yoshiko]: "Shocking! Is there really such a good thing in the world? (Foxy.jpg)"
[Lu Ji]: "You'll know if you try it. (Indifferent.jqg)"