Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes as he looked at those two words. He remembered that the author had said: "When the sky falls, there are always tall people to hold it up."

The other party declined the invitation to join their team and group.

According to the author, he's content with writing random things every day and living a life filled with fleeting romances; he doesn't want to get involved in any messy disputes.

This is the author's philosophy of life.

Why are you contacting me now?

And it happened right when the two of them had just arrived in Sheung Shui. Was it a coincidence?

"Oh, just like that, speak of the devil and he appears."

Yang Wei grumbled.

Chen Xi didn't say anything and pressed the answer button.

"A great author?"

Chen Xi took the initiative to greet him.

"Haha, what are you saying?"

"You've just arrived in Sheung Shui, so I came here specifically to say hello."

Chen Xi sensed a hint of weakness in the other party's tone, but there was one very obvious point of doubt:

How did you know we were in Sheung Shui?

"Cough cough..."

Let me tell you something first.

"Actually, when I was writing Goku, I wasn't even halfway through when I mentioned Kakarot, right?"

"Actually, that wasn't Cardin; it was something else I wrote."

"I've added a tracking device to your phones."

"As long as you turn your phone on, I can know your location."

Chen Xi's expression turned cold upon hearing this:

"What do you want to do?"

The author's extraordinary abilities even allow him to do something like this!

"Don't be angry, I don't have any other purpose."

"I just want to see how long you can live."

"At that time, I wasn't familiar with so-called superhumans, and I didn't really believe in you much."

"Under normal circumstances, if your phone is switched off for an extended period of time, it's basically safe to assume you've been killed by a fake human."

"I just wanted to confirm the survival rate of superhumans."

"Although I only have two samples, you two."

Chen Xi laughed when he heard this:

"Didn't you say back then that if we could live, we would live; if we couldn't live, we would die?"

The author let out an awkward laugh upon hearing this:

"Haha, isn't that just showing off...?"

"After all, I study the Golden Three Chapters every day, the kind of plot where someone shows off and gets slapped in the face."

"Experiencing this firsthand is beneficial to my creative process."

"I'll ask you one more time, what do you want to do?"

"If it's just what you say, why did you contact us and bring it up yourself?"

Faced with Chen Xi's questioning, the author paused briefly, as if organizing his thoughts:

"Here's the thing, your phones were off for several days before, and I thought you were dead. I didn't expect you to reappear, and not just for a short time."

"It was only after you suddenly appeared in Sheung Shui that I had this idea."

"An idea to upgrade one's identity."

"Upgrade your status?"

"right."

The author's use of the word "right" sounds rather hollow.

"To be honest, after meeting you all, I knew and was certain about the path I would take in the future."

"It's about writing a masterpiece!"

"A masterpiece that can instantly upgrade your status!"

"I'm very lucky; before I became an author, I was already a prospective online writer."

"Therefore, I am very confident about this matter."

"The reason I didn't hang out with you guys before was twofold: firstly, I didn't trust you that much, and secondly, I needed a quiet environment."

"Come and write my epic masterpiece!"

"But alas..."

"To be honest, I call myself aspiring online writer because none of my novels have ever been published."

"It's not for any other reason than that I don't want my readers to stay up all night every day waiting for my updates!"

"And so, I started writing a long time ago, and I accumulated a million words of traditional fantasy novels!"

"The result was that they didn't even get a contract!"

"I'm numb!"

"Later, we started sketching and submitting quickly, but every book we wrote flopped. The best result was barely scraping by in terms of perfect attendance!"

"I realized at that time that with my meager skills, I probably would never be able to upgrade my status as an author in this lifetime."

"After all that talk, it turns out you just want to upgrade your status."

"I thought you were so proud and aloof!"

Chen Xi spoke coldly.

"But what's the point of coming to me if you can't level up?"

"Let me tell you, upgrading your status is something you have to do yourself; you can't rely on external forces."

"If you really can't write, then write the story of us superhumans."

"As for the name..."

"Let's call it 'Terrible News! My Deskmate Exploded in the First Chapter'—it's concise, catchy, and fits the theme perfectly!"

After a second of silence on the other end of the phone, the author exclaimed:

"That's what you call a natural talent!"

"Even a slight movement was my limit!"

The author sighed, as if lamenting his own incompetence:

"The name is nice, but I doubt they have the skill to write it out."

"Actually, I came to see you today because I hope to cooperate with you."

"cooperate?"

"Well, I'll just tell you directly. I know information about the forbidden item number 10, 'Rising Dragon.'"

"A forbidden item that can directly upgrade one's status."

"If you're willing to cooperate, we can sit down and discuss the details."

"No need."

Chen Xi refused outright.

"I'm already at Stage II, and my friend will be at Stage II soon too, so this thing is useless to us."

If that's all the author intended, then Chen Xi doesn't need to say anything more to the other party.

Just as he was about to hang up, the writer's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Phase II is fine too!"

"The Rising Dragon can also upgrade a Stage II status to Stage III!"