On the Ark.

"There's nothing I can do about it, what can I do... Hello?" After the call connected, Lin Ye immediately took the phone to the side and lowered his voice to say, "Warfarin? I have something to ask you."

Five minutes later, Lin Ye returned to the security checkpoint.

"I was also invited," Lin Ye said to the security guard, "but I forgot to bring my invitation."

The Guardian officer in charge of security asked with some confusion, "Who are you?"

Lin Ye feigned composure and said, "Mr. Xue."

Chapter 433 I am Mr. Blood (Part 2)

"S-Senior?" Eyjafjalla looked at Lin Ye, who had suddenly appeared in the venue, with great surprise. "How did you get in?"

Facing the girl's questioning gaze, Lin Ye put his hands behind his back and said rather smugly, "Just kidding, is there anything I can't do?"

The girl's questioning gaze immediately turned into admiration: "Senior is amazing."

"Hahaha, not at all." Lin Ye's vanity was greatly satisfied. While talking to Eyjafjalla, he also kept an eye on the venue, mainly looking for the woman who had just been arguing with them. He really wanted to walk up to that woman right now and say to her in an arrogant tone, "Didn't expect that, did you? I'm coming in."

But then I felt that saying such things would be too degrading, and it sounded like something a villain would say, so I decided against it.

“Mr. Xue,” the staff member following behind Lin Ye said respectfully, “Due to our oversight, we did not prepare a seat for you, but don’t worry, if it is you, you can sit in the front row with Mr. Wei. I think Mr. Wei will also be pleased to have you here.”

The very front row?

After being reminded by the staff, Lin Ye realized that the symposium was divided into five rows, with ten seats in each row. However, according to the nameplates on the seats, only five people would sit in each row, with one empty seat between each two people. Just like the conferences in his previous life, each person's seat was often related to their status. Naturally, the seats at this academic symposium were linked to the academic standing of the scholars attending the symposium.

Eyjafjalla's seat... was in the last row, the kind you could see as soon as you entered, which clearly demonstrated her status at the seminar. The woman who had just confronted them was sitting in the second row, discussing something with another male scholar, oblivious to Lin Ye's group.

It seems that Warfarin holds a very high position in academia; no wonder she's a vampire who's lived for hundreds of years.

Lin Ye, of course, couldn't possibly sit in the front row. His purpose in being there was to support Eyjafjalla and prevent her from being bullied. What would it look like to sit in the front row, especially next to Wei Yanwu? Wei Yanwu knew him! What if he saw him and exclaimed, "Dr. Lin? Aren't you a veterinarian? How did you become a blood expert?" What should he do? Should he awkwardly admit that while his primary profession was veterinary medicine, he occasionally dabbled in academia out of personal interest?

That's just too stupid.

So Lin Ye said to the staff, "No need, I'll just sit here."

"Sit here?" The staff member hesitated. "Isn't this inappropriate?"

"It's alright." Lin Ye waved his hand and sat down in the seat next to Eyjafjalla. "I'm just here to listen in; I don't want to make a big fuss."

The staff member immediately gave a "I understand" look: "Got it, please sit here first."

Then he quickly left.

This puzzled Lin Ye, who wondered what he had come to understand.

"Mr. Blood?" Eyjafjalla asked softly, "Senior, isn't that Dr. Warfarin's pen name?"

"Huh? Hahahaha." Lin Ye laughed somewhat awkwardly, "You knew?"

“Of course I know!” Eyjafjalla nodded repeatedly, something seemed to be glittering in her eyes. “When I found out that Senior Warfarin was ‘Mr. Blood,’ I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep all night.”

Lin Ye asked with some doubt, "Is she really that famous?"

“Of course!” Eyjafjalla said. “Senior Warfarin is a titan in the academic world!”

Even the titans have arrived...

When Lin Ye thought of Warfarin's appearance and her constant refrains like "Let me see if your development is normal," "Give me some blood," and "Go to bed early and get up early, eat more supplements, so your blood will smell better... I mean, better," he felt that this word had nothing to do with her. However, when he thought of Warfarin's age, he felt that it didn't seem so out of place.

However, Warfarin herself didn't seem to care much about her pen name. When Lin Ye asked her about it, she said in a very impatient tone, "Huh? Academic conference? Do you need qualifications for this kind of thing? How about this, you apply for the name 'Mr. Blood' and see if you can get in... You ask what Mr. Blood is? It's a pen name I just wrote down when I had insomnia and wanted to write something."

It sounded incredibly far-fetched, but Lin Ye, with a "let's give it a try" attitude, gave the name to the impatient staff member. The staff member's expression immediately changed. Then, with Warfarin's help, he answered a few questions from the staff member, successfully confirmed his identity, and was thus successfully brought in. Even Chen, who was preparing to take him to the police station, couldn't do anything about it.

"Does Warfarin rarely attend these kinds of seminars?" Lin Ye asked Ayjafjalla.

Eyjafjalla nodded repeatedly: "Yes, to be precise, Senior Warfarin has never attended such an academic conference before, so no one knows who Senior Warfarin is, or even her gender. If I hadn't seen her paper when I visited Senior Warfarin, I would still be in the dark!"

So that's how it is? What's with this feeling of being indifferent to fame and fortune yet truly a powerful figure?! Is that really Warfarin?! Is that really the Warfarin who, at first glance, looked like a psychopath?!

Lin Ye's shock grew even greater. He felt like the female protagonist in those cheesy urban romance novels, who initially thought her husband was a complete loser or a migrant worker, only to discover by chance that he was actually a reclusive elite soldier... Wait, what's with this nonsensical analogy? Why her husband? Why is he the female protagonist's template?

Damn it, has he been hanging out with lunatics for too long and is he going to become a lunatic himself?

No, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with mental illness. It's probably just because he read too many vulgar novels in his past life! This kind of plot is just stuck in his mind!

Lin Ye's expression was very stiff.

Seeing that Lin Ye suddenly stopped talking, Eyjafjalla asked curiously, "Senior, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing." Lin Ye shook his head. "I just didn't expect Warfarin to be such a capable person."

"Is that so? But why did you come in as Senior Warfarin?" Eyjafjalla asked.

"Because I thought that woman would pick a fight with you," Lin Ye said. "I was afraid you wouldn't be able to argue with her alone, so I came in to help you!"

"Uh... While I'm very grateful that you're willing to help me like this, an academic seminar isn't a place for arguing," Eyjafjalla said softly. "If she can outdo me academically, I'll really admire her."

Hmm, she appeared? Lin Ye suddenly felt a little ashamed. Compared to someone as magnanimous as Eyjafjalla, Lin Ye felt like a haggling vegetable vendor at the market. Of course, he also knew very well that not everyone in this world had Eyjafjalla's magnanimity. At least he felt that the woman from before was no good, not much different from himself.

The only one who can deal with the vegetable-selling auntie is the vegetable-selling auntie.

So Lin Ye said, "If that's the case, of course there's no problem, but if she insists on causing trouble, then we can't tolerate her, right?"

"Hmm...that sounds like a strange way of putting it," Eyjafjalla asked. "So, how do you plan to deal with her?"

Lin Ye chuckled twice: "That's easy, isn't it? You don't even know whose identity I used to get in."

Having read so many CEO romance novels in his past life… no, occasionally reading some low-brow, clichéd novels with a critical eye, Lin Ye was quite adept at the plot of showing off and getting slapped in the face. The female researcher from earlier, in every way, was a definite minor villain. Such minor villains in novels are used to give the seemingly low-key protagonists a chance to be slapped in the face.

Although getting slapped in the face is indeed cliché, it's also undeniably satisfying. Since arriving in this world, Lin Ye has been constantly troubled by unruly children and hasn't yet truly experienced the thrill of being a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel. He felt he could already foresee the next development in the plot: the female researcher would inadvertently discover that Lin Ye had also entered, and, filled with rage, would walk over like a shrew, pointing her finger at Lin Ye and demanding to know why he was allowed into such a high-class place.

At that moment, Lin Ye must not get agitated; he must maintain a calm and composed demeanor, remaining unmoved despite the female researcher's repeated insults. Once everyone has noticed, a staff member will come over to explain, saying, "Ms. XX, this is 'Mr. Blood'."

And then… wow, wow, the face-slapping scene just happened! As soon as Mr. Blood's name was mentioned, according to the novel, the female researcher's face had to change drastically! Everyone present had to change drastically! Everyone had to change drastically! Only he remained calm, with a smug expression that said, "I am Mr. Blood, so what?"

It's so interesting! Just thinking about it makes me want to laugh out loud. I'll definitely have to observe the female researcher's expression closely when the time comes.

Wait, wait, wait! He can't laugh out loud now. First, he has to pretend to be calm. Speaking of which, what does calmness look like again? A slight upturn of the corners of the mouth, forming a wicked smile?

Lin Ye began to ponder, and then someone sat down next to him.

"Oh? Who are you?" A pleasant female voice rang out.

Lin Ye answered instinctively, "I am Mr. Blood."

"Mr. Blood?" The other person thought for a moment, then immediately became excited. "You're the guy who called me a 'pretentious rich girl' online!?"

Lin Ye: "?"

……

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Author's rant: I couldn't sleep last night, so I reread Deepsea Volume and scared myself! I was too scared to sleep in the middle of the night! I stayed up until dawn before I finally fell asleep. Damn it, I'm never reading this kind of stuff again.

Chapter 434 The Keyboard Warrior Gets Targeted (3K)

Why is the plot development somewhat different from what I imagined?

Looking at the unfamiliar girl standing in front of him, arms crossed and puffed out in anger, Lin Ye was somewhat at a loss: "Who are you?"

"You've insulted me several times on the forum, are you still going to pretend you don't know me?" The girl's words were full of anger. "That's too much!"

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly; he roughly understood.

Before he could even show off, Warfarin's "enemy" came knocking. The person said, "How could Warfarin possibly have such an enemy? The ages don't match at all! Is this girl also a Blood Demon?" Wait, no, the other person said Warfarin insulted him on a forum. Could Warfarin be a keyboard warrior online?

"Wait a minute, let me think about it."

While trying to calm the girl, Lin Ye took out his phone from his pocket and the Bluetooth earphone in his ear. He had prepared before coming in; to avoid revealing his identity, he would maintain constant communication with Warfarin. If anyone asked him any questions, he could have Warfarin answer them. Of course, getting Warfarin to cooperate wouldn't be without compensation; Lin Ye had promised her that he would fully cooperate with her research after returning and would not be allowed to leave the island unless there were special circumstances.

But what Lin Ye didn't expect was that before he could even ask the question, his enemies arrived first.

The call connected, and Warfarin's languid voice came through the Bluetooth headset: "You called so soon? Okay, what's the problem?"

"Do you often use the ID 'Mr. Blood' to argue with others on the forum?" Lin Ye asked in a low voice.

"Huh? Arguing?" Warfarin asked, puzzled. "What are you talking about?"

"Someone has already come knocking on our door, because you insulted them, what was it again?" Lin Ye couldn't remember, so he turned around and looked at the girl with slight embarrassment. "Excuse me, what did I say to you online? Could you repeat it?"

The girl's eyes widened, she pointed at Lin Ye's nose, her whole body trembling: "You, you, you, you, how could you be like this?! It wasn't enough that you said it about me online, you had to say it about me in real life?! And you want me to repeat it all?!"

He looks very angry.

But Lin Ye could also tell that this girl must have been well-mannered, because even when she was this angry, she didn't swear. She just kept saying things like "How could you be like this?" which had no power. No wonder Warfarin called her a rich young lady... Oh, right, Warfarin called her a cocky rich young lady.

Lin Ye remembered something, apologized to the girl again, then turned to the side and whispered to Warfarin, "Hey, why would such a well-mannered girl call someone a stinky rich girl?"

"The arrogant young lady?" Warfarin thought for a moment and said, "I can't remember who it is."

"Huh? You can't even remember who it is? Just how many people have you insulted online?!"

"What do you mean by 'insulting'? Can I call what I did 'insulting'?" Warfarin said in a very unconvinced tone. "I was just having an academic discussion with my juniors. Sometimes the words get heated, isn't that normal? Why would anyone come after me? Wait, the computer is right next to me. Let me go look at the posts where I insulted people."

"You fucking admit it, right?! You just admitted you were swearing, didn't you?"

"That's your imagination. Wait a moment, let me see."

"Wait for what? The girl is blocking my way and waiting for an explanation, and you're telling me to wait?"

"Oh, then let's not wait."

"Hey, hey, hey, are you really not going to wait anymore? Do you remember who the other person is?"

“I can’t remember,” Warfarin sighed. “I just looked through the records and found a total of twelve…”

Lin Ye lowered his voice and said, "Twelve isn't too many, is it? The nickname 'Stinky Young Lady' should be easy to find, right?"

“What I mean is, there are twelve pages,” Warfarin said, somewhat puzzled. “There are fifty entries per page, so there are just too many people. We simply can’t finish flipping through them all. I’m really surprised. I never thought I had… had friendly academic discussions with so many people.”

Lin Ye: "..."

At that moment, Lin Ye felt as if a mouthful of blood was stuck in his chest, impossible to spit out. He never imagined that Hua Falin would be a cyberbully. And judging from the number of her trolling posts, she was a notorious one! This made Lin Ye regret using Hua Falin's identity to enter the game. The worst thing for a keyboard warrior is to be exposed in real life. If the identity of "Mr. Blood" were to become his, Hua Falin would be launching a fierce attack online, while he would be meek and submissive in real life... no, he would be taking the brunt of the attacks for Hua Falin!

Lin Ye began to hesitate, wondering if he should be honest with the girl.

Then Warfarin added, "Oh right, I almost forgot, take a picture of the venue and send it to me."

"Photos of the venue?" Lin Ye was taken aback. "What do you need these for?"

“I have my reasons,” Warfarin said somewhat impatiently. “Just hurry up and take the picture.”