Chapter 813 - 832: It Turns Out Everyone Was Faking Their Misery, Only I Am Truly Miserable
Chapter 813: Chapter 832: It Turns Out Everyone Was Faking Their Misery, Only I Am Truly Miserable
They were the darlings of the universe.
Possessing talents ordinary people lacked, they were one in ten thousand, capable of mending trauma with their spiritual power. Even a bottom-tier C-level Spirit Healer at an academy could step out of school, enter society, and effortlessly become an honored guest of nobles on second-rate planets, enjoying a life free from worries about food and clothing.
Let alone those favored children of heaven at the B-class and A-level—individuals most people could only ever see in the news.
So... The passerby quickly clicked back into that community, taking a second look at its name: *Compared to Others, I’m Just Interstellar Scum*.
Good grief. In that moment, the full name perfectly mirrored this unremarkable passerby. He thought, "Compared to others, I really am interstellar scum."
He charged into the comment section, diving straight into the sea of fake gloom put on by a bunch of humblebragging students, and loudly demanded (or rather, loudly typed), "Are you all from the Spirit Healing Department?!"
"Ah... we are, but just the really trashy kind."
"Just bottom-feeders, bottom-feeders."
"Sigh, I’m nothing more than the dust beneath the big shots’ feet."
Seeing these words, the guy was furious. "You bunch of liars!"
And here he was, thinking the universe was full of people unluckier than him. He hadn’t expected this. Boohoo. Everyone else was faking their misfortune; he was the only one who was genuinely unlucky.
In a fit of rage, he cross-posted his experience in this group to a shitposting community. Naturally, this provoked a chorus of amusement.
After everyone had a good laugh, the *Q3 Fourteen-School Joint Practical Competition* was also thrust into the spotlight. People realized in hindsight that this year’s Spirit Healing Master competition had begun.
In previous years, there would only be an interview from the mainstream media. While its prestige was undeniably high and everyone would leave a "like" when they saw it, not many people actually watched the whole thing carefully. That world was simply too far removed from the general public. Furthermore, the healing process itself was quite boring.
But this year was different. Hundreds of millions of people flooded into that newly created little community. Across the internet, they were interacting with future Spirit Healing Masters.
Then, everyone was surprised to discover that these people—whom they assumed would be cold and arrogant—were actually... quite cute. There didn’t seem to be such a huge gap between them after all.
Especially when they were gossiping about the big shots at their schools.
"Slaughter, an absolute slaughter! The rankings updated today, and first place remains eternally unchanged."
"Although the competition is divided into tiers, everyone knows who the true number one is."
"...Seriously too OP. This isn’t even a victory anymore; it’s a steamroll."
Jiang Qiuqiu’s cumulative patient count was growing insanely. At first, it was double that of others. Doubling it shocked the whole dorm.
Later, it was more than the top ten combined. That shocked the entire top ten.
Even later, it was more than the top one hundred students on the leaderboard combined. By this point, everyone was no longer shocked. They would only be shocked the day her numbers finally stopped growing.
The incoming masses also noticed that these students all loved mentioning one name: Jiang Qiuqiu. And they liked to add a prefix to this name: *This year’s number one genius, Jiang Qiuqiu.*
What level was a genius who could be acknowledged by the majority of her peers?
Qiuqiu’s background information was quickly doxxed. After all, she was somewhat of a celebrity. The number of times her schoolmates anonymously came out to spill the tea was enough to make someone sick, and the Ju people hovering on the fringes of various gossip circles were a dime a dozen.
So, after piecing everything together, the information everyone gathered was quite comprehensive. It was so comprehensive that it made people think, "Holy crap, this is too unbelievable."