422: The consequences are more serious than imagined

Realizing the consequences were more serious than she imagined, Duan Xinya knew that if she didn't respond quickly, she would eventually be called in by the school!

Instead of her usual frantic checking of negative comments, this time she decisively took out her phone and wrote an article using her personal account.

Half an hour later, after repeatedly checking for errors, Duan Xinya took a deep breath and clicked send.

She hoped this article would earn the understanding of netizens.

The article was extremely detailed, nearly five thousand words, and at the bottom, there was a sincere apology video she personally recorded, full of sincerity.

As soon as the video was posted, it was frantically reposted over ten thousand times within minutes!

The comment section quickly exploded.

Someone excitedly posted: "Am I seeing things? Is this person apologizing really the same girl who spouted those arrogant words before?"

"Brothers, come quickly, we misunderstood our friends who play dungeon."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have followed others in saying those attacking words..."

"Let's just let it go, seeing her so earnestly admitting her mistake, I forgive her."

"I'm not speaking for everyone, but I personally agree with Duan Xinya's approach.

Making mistakes isn't a big deal; the key is to have the courage to admit them and face them.

If she had come forward earlier to explain the situation, things wouldn't have escalated to this point."

Every hot comment was still constantly refreshing its ranking, with the top few all being this type of content, their popularity and likes soaring.

DNF players were not as unreasonable as outsiders imagined; after seeing Duan Xinya's formal apology, although they were still uncomfortable, they didn't want to keep hounding her.

It's just that they would no longer have any good feelings towards Duan Xinya as a person from then on.

Three days after Duan Xinya posted that Weibo, public opinion finally slowly quieted down.

But the fire in the hearts of DNF players had not yet been extinguished.

Their focus was not on Duan Xinya herself, but on the fact that her incident had caused many passersby to develop prejudices and misunderstandings about DNF players.

To completely reverse this stereotype, this group of people actually took an astonishing action.

Inside a certain university.

After school in the afternoon, under the shade of trees.

"Let's go, let's go clear the new map together!"

"What?! You actually leveled up secretly? I remember last time you were stuck in a dungeon and couldn't get through!"

"Playing dungeon? I'll join too, I haven't cleared my stage today."

"Wait, don't rush, let's go back to the dorm to change clothes first before we leave."

The few of them discussed animatedly, their laughter eventually focusing their gaze on the last silent person.

Although they were wearing school uniforms and were already adults, meeting the national age restrictions for gaming, they didn't want to go into battle wearing school uniforms or ordinary T-shirts!

Today was a special day, a day to clear the name of dungeon players!

They all understood each other's thoughts, a single glance was enough to convey their intentions.

Everyone rushed back to their dorms and took out their respective "battle robes" from their closets.

Logically speaking, they should only buy their first formal suit on graduation day.

But to refute the outside world's misunderstanding of DNF players as "nerdy losers," they all pooled their money to buy a complete set of black suits!

And they made a pact: from now on, whenever they went to an internet cafe to play games, they would all wear this "battle robe"!

This was their sense of ritual.

Taking off their casual clothes and putting on black suits, paired with neatly slicked-back hair, they immediately transformed into mature and steady individuals.

One by one, neatly dressed, handsome, and full of youthful spirit, they walked out of their dorms, attracting many curious glances from passersby.

"What are they up to?"

"Is it an activity arranged by our school? Like hosting something?"

"There's no activity, and the hosts aren't as handsome as them."

"Wow, sisters! The handsome guys are out!"

"Where, where? Oh my god, where did our school get four suit-clad young hotties?!"

"Hurry and take pictures! Post them on the school network and ask for their contact information!"

People walking on the road couldn't help but turn their heads to look at them, and many even secretly pulled out their phones to take pictures.

The four of them were like a campus idol group, particularly dazzling in the crowd, each possessing a unique aura that made it impossible to look away.

They walked with their heads held high, not caring what the outside world thought, their hearts set on achieving one thing—

To break all prejudices with this action.

While some younger and older female students on campus were very curious, they were too shy or hesitant to approach and strike up a conversation. But outside the campus, the situation was quite different.

Those people in society had long thrown "face" aside; as long as they were interested, no matter what you were doing, they would follow to investigate.

"Hey, someone's following us."

"What's there to be afraid of? We're clearing our dungeon, it doesn't bother them."

"Ignore them, today we're going to show everyone just how cool true DNF players are!"

"Received, let's go!"

The four of them walked and whispered to each other, their voices too low for the onlookers in the distance to hear what they were saying, only seeing their mouths move.

But it was precisely this mysterious demeanor that further piqued everyone's curiosity—after all, no one had ever seen such young, handsome guys all dressed in suits together.

Just like that, a group of people silently followed them under a familiar sign:

[Wangyu Internet Cafe]

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

Wearing suits into an internet cafe?

Was there some event or performance going on inside?

Everyone was full of questions.

As everyone stood outside discussing, a girl suddenly rushed a few steps ahead and walked into the entrance of the shop.

The original queue of onlookers was immediately broken, but the girl didn't care at all; her sole focus was to seize this opportunity to get a certain guy's WeChat!

What's wrong with going to an internet cafe? She herself was a regular after work!

Seeing her boldly step through the door, others instantly gained motivation and streamed in one after another.

The waitress wiping tables at the counter was startled; when had so many people ever entered the internet cafe at once?!

Outside, people were still continuously squeezing through the door, turning the once clear path into a rush-hour subway.

This scene utterly bewildered her; she had no idea what was happening.

"You few, are you here...?"

The waitress finally mustered the courage to ask, her inner self already wanting to turn and run away.

Fortunately, these people didn't seem to have any ill intentions, only stating that they were looking for friends.

"Does finding someone require such a grand entrance?" the girl couldn't help but murmur.

The girl had seized the initiative, quickly searching the entire internet cafe for her target. Since there weren't many girls in the shop to begin with, and she was particularly conspicuous, she quickly attracted many gazes.

Many people took out their phones to secretly record videos and live stream, all wanting to see what this girl was really here to do.

After searching around, the girl finally spotted the "F4" group in the corner.