Douluo Continent: Look at my diary, they're using crazy cheat codes!

Chapter 154 A Cruel Victim of PUA

Also today.

Flander and his group, along with Tang Hao and his son, set off for Tiandou City, embarking on a new adventure.

in the forest.

While luring soul beasts to help Zhu Zhuqing choose suitable soul rings, Su Chen began updating his diary.

[Today is another day full of energy!]

[We were originally going to return to Wuhun City, but Zhu Zhuqing needs a spirit ring right now, so she brought Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, and Ning Rongrong to the Star Dou Great Forest first.]

[I remember the last time I came to the Star Dou Great Forest was...]

【All right!】

When I'm happy, I feel like writing some nonsense. Let me see what I should write in my diary today!

[Ning Rongrong?]

[Alright, alright, while the soul beasts we're catching right now aren't too old, let's start by writing about this little devil, Ning Rongrong!]

Here.

Huo Wu and the others burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"It starts with a little witch, and you still say you can't criticize it at all?"

"hehe!"

"Let's just sit back and watch the drama unfold."

Ning Rongrong also looked annoyed and muttered to herself:

"I hope he can be a little gentler."

Ning Rongrong is the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, one of the three upper sects. She possesses innate soul power at level nine and broke through to level twenty before the age of twelve. She is the only genius in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's history to have the potential to transform the school into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile School.

[It was precisely because of this that Ning Rongrong grew up spoiled by her father Ning Fengzhi and the two titled Douluo, Chen Xin and Gu Rong, which fostered her arrogant nature and self-centeredness.]

[You could describe her as a spoiled, willful, domineering, and arrogant little princess, a little witch.]

My assessment of this is—a complete victim of PUA!

Here.

Dugu Yan and her group's expressions turned strange.

"Good heavens!"

"Just as we expected!"

"Ning Rongrong, Ning Rongrong, you still say you can't stand being criticized at all?"

Ning Rongrong pouted angrily and replied to the group of people in a gruff tone:

"Su Chen, he's slandering me! He's slandering me!"

"She's not as bad as he makes her out to be. Besides, she is a little princess, after all..."

Uh.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

That makes sense. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is incredibly wealthy and one of the three upper sects. Ning Rongrong is also favored by Ning Fengzhi and two titled Douluo. She's even more like a princess than a princess!

Zhu Zhuqing asked with some doubt:

What does the last sentence mean?

Everyone looked puzzled and shook their heads in unison.

Ning Rongrong was completely bewildered:

Am I a victim of PUA (Pick-Up Artist) tactics?

"PUA?"

The diary entries continued to be updated at this point.

[Actually, I personally think Ning Rongrong isn't that bad. After all, she was born a princess, pampered by Ning Fengzhi and two Title Douluos since childhood, living a princess-like life, getting whatever she wanted. It's understandable that she might have a bit of princess syndrome.]

[Take Dugu Yan, for example. She was spoiled by Dugu Bo from a young age, and her personality was unruly and rebellious.]

Dugu Yan: ? ? ?

The group looked at Dugu Yan, their expressions turning strange.

Dugu Yan was truly speechless!

"Cough cough."

"I think Rongrong is right. Su Chen is definitely slandering us."

So, what exactly is PUA?

[PUA takes many forms, including brainwashing, moral blackmail, emotional control, behavioral control, deception, distorted values, and manipulation of emotions.]

In the workplace.

[For example, if you were Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall, and you were praising your subordinates, Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, to the point that they were putting in more effort, they wouldn't receive any extra reward.]

For example, if you were Bibi Dong from the Spirit Hall, and you gave Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo a severe scolding, to the point that they doubted their existence, then in order to prove themselves, they would work even harder, and thus, despite doing more work, they wouldn't receive any extra rewards.

[For example, if you were still Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall, you would make grand promises to your subordinates, Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, guaranteeing them great treatment once the Spirit Empire was established, but in reality, you would still make them do more work without giving them extra compensation.]

Bibi Dong: ? ? ?

In an instant.

By looking at the contents of the diary copy, everyone can get a general understanding of the situation.

that is:

Is Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall not human?

This is not.

Ning Rongrong forgot about herself at this moment and looked at Hu Liena, shouting:

"Nana, is your teacher like that?"

Dugu Yan and the others on the field also looked over.

"cough."

Hu Liena was also taken aback, and said with an annoyed look, "What are you thinking? Su Chen said it was just an example, a metaphor!"

"oh oh!"

Ning Rongrong and the others nodded in agreement.

Wuhun Temple.

Bibi Dong was so angry she was numb.

No?

Is there no one else in Douluo Continent?

Su Chen, if you have no one to compare me to, then you should just focus on catching your soul beasts. All three of your comparisons make me sound so inhuman.

I beg you, please just be a human being!

Bibi Dong was truly furious. "Su Chen, how dare you compare me to this—you've already mastered the secret chamber technique."

Of course, she was well aware of the things Su Chen was comparing. As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, how could she not have used PUA tactics on others?

Ning Rongrong ran away from home in a fit of pique after a disagreement when she was twelve years old, and somehow ended up enrolling in Shrek Academy.

When she first arrived, she still had the mischievous personality of a little devil. Knowing that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mobai had relationship problems, she went to mock Dai Mobai, only to be slapped away by Dai Mobai. The little devil had never been so humiliated.

Then she wanted to hire someone to kill him, asking Tang San to do it, but Tang San didn't. She then asked Oscar to do it, but Oscar didn't do it either.

[Then at Shrek Academy, she was subjected to various attacks and ostracizations from Flander, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar, using the second example I mentioned.]

[In the original storyline, it was precisely because of this that Ning Rongrong felt she was the weakest member of Shrek Academy, leading her to doubt that everything was her fault, her shortcomings, and that she was too arrogant to get along with others.]

This is the terrifying aspect of PUA (Pick-Up Artist) tactics: they subtly make you accept them psychologically, and there's no way to undo it. Ning Rongrong's pride is ingrained; the more Flander reprimands her, the more unwilling she is to leave Shrek Academy, and the more determined she becomes to prove herself.

Ultimately, to prove herself, she slowly began to change, becoming gentle and approachable. She transformed from a somewhat headstrong princess into a mere tool, a dependent follower of Tang San's orders.

Let's say one is a legitimate princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, while the others are just a bunch of cowardly cowards. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for these two groups to get along, as their values ​​and social classes are completely different.

[If this isn't a deeply resentful victim of PUA, then what is it?]

[Oh, right, I was also tricked by Yu Xiaogang into using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's ultimate technique—Distraction Control.]

(End of this chapter)