Chapter 10

Jiang Yue took out the half-pack of cigarettes and threw it on the table.

A glint of eagerness flashed in San Gou's eyes.

"Want one?" Jiang Yue noticed this detail and remained calm.

He casually flicked one out and passed it over, lighting it up as he did so.

San Gou didn't hesitate, skillfully taking it and bringing the cigarette to the flame.

Just as he was about to light it, he suddenly saw a cold, mocking smile on Second Brother's face.

The survival instinct strong, San Gou smiled awkwardly and threw the cigarette on the table as if it had a thorn.

"This... this... I'm still young! I don't know how to smoke. Second Brother, you really, how can you be such a brother? Isn't this corrupting children?"

"Modest, huh? Do you still need me to corrupt you?" Jiang Yue continued to sneer, making San Gou's scalp tingle.

"Second Brother, you really misunderstood me. Look, it says on the pack that smoking is harmful to health. I'm so young, what if I ruin my body? I really don't know how to smoke."

"Really not going to smoke?"

"Not going to smoke!"

"Then you're missing out. This is a light-flavored cigarette, the taste is really good. Sixty yuan a pack!"

"Haha, Second Brother, you're really out of the loop? Did you get scammed? This is a rich-flavored cigarette, the taste is strong but not harsh, not irritating to the throat, and a pack is clearly thirty yuan..." San Gou realized too late that he had already put his foot in his mouth.

But this guy reacted quickly, and he said seriously, "I already said I don't smoke. But Uncle often smokes this brand, and I've heard him talk about it a lot, so I remember a bit."

"Is that so? I heard Uncle is very frugal and only smokes the six-yuan Black Sand?"

"You don't live with Aunt, how would you know? Maybe Uncle has a secret stash? On the surface, he smokes the six-yuan Black Sand, but secretly, he smokes the thirty-yuan Arrow?"

"Should I call Uncle and ask?"

"Let it go?" San Gou grabbed Jiang Yue, smiling awkwardly, "Second Brother, is it really worth it over such a small matter? You don't want Aunt and Uncle to have a fight, do you?"

"What about Big Sister?"

San Gou said seriously, "Big Sister is fine! We are the most obedient kids, with no bad habits. Big Sister is already busy enough with work, so we shouldn't make her worry about us all the time."

The matter of smoking was left as a mutual secret, and they moved on without further discussion.

San Gou glanced at the phone Jiang Yue put back on the table and said, "Second Brother, did I really misunderstand you? You haven't been staring at your phone waiting for messages all this time. Could it really just be a pure classmate relationship?"

Before he finished speaking, ding, ding, ding...

A series of messages popped up on the screen.

Jiang Yue saw it was the class group.

Usually, everyone was busy with studies and had little time to play with their phones. The school didn't allow phones to be on during school hours, so there was rarely any activity in the group.

Plus, teachers would occasionally post announcements in the group, so Jiang Yue hadn't set it to do-not-disturb.

Who had the time to spam the class group like this?

Never Stop Du Yifeng:

@Everyone

Breaking news! The central peak of the Western Wolf Mountain is cracking, shocking!

First come, first served!

Get the scoop early, beat 808 (Author: divide this number by two).

Short video 1

Short video 2

...

Short video 9

Du Yifeng was a popular figure in the class, and even in the entire Yangfan High School, he was a celebrity.

In terms of academic performance, Du Yifeng was a joke. But his background was prestigious, and his demeanor was more like a socialite, with no trace of a student's naivety.

To describe him in two sentences: He's never in class for studying, but he's the fastest at fighting and flirting.

From a student's perspective, he was the worst of the worst.

But his popularity in the class wasn't bad; he didn't annoy people. Ultimately, it was because he was at a higher level, with a wide network. Students were one-third envious, six-tenths in awe, and the remaining one-third was hard to say.

In the class group, most students rarely spoke, especially when teachers were in the group, and they were very restrained.

Du Yifeng was an exception; he didn't distinguish between class groups, family groups, or social groups.

He posted whatever he wanted, depending on his mood.

It wasn't uncommon for him to start a thread in the class group.

Several times, he had a blast, and the teachers couldn't pretend to be invisible anymore and had to step in to stop him.

His group nickname, "Never Stop Du Yifeng," came from this.

Jiang Yue thought this guy was starting another thread in the class group and didn't pay much attention.

But the group messages kept popping up, ding, ding, ding.

No. 27 Liu Jian: Holy crap, is this real? Movie special effects?

No. 42 Xu Ruogu: Awesome, which blockbuster? Online for the seed!

No. 16 Zheng Weihao: Online for the seed +1!

No. 35 Chen Haoran: The footage doesn't look like a movie; it looks like a real scene.

No. 25 Han Jingjing: It seems to be the real Wolf Mountain. I went there last summer and even took a photo with it as the background. Let me find the photo.

Class Teacher Sun: Looks like everyone is very idle during the long holiday. Did I not assign enough homework? Reflecting!

No. 27 Liu Jian: Shivering / emoji, lurking / emoji, dog head for survival / emoji.

No. 42 Xu Ruogu: Shivering / emoji, lurking / emoji, dog head for survival / emoji.

No. 16 Zheng Weihao: Shivering / emoji, lurking / emoji, dog head for survival / emoji.

No. 35 Chen Haoran: Shivering / emoji, lurking / emoji, dog head for survival / emoji.

Jiang Yue's lips twitched.

A bunch of clowns.

Showing off in front of Old Sun, do they think they don't have enough homework?

Isn't it more fun to play games or watch shows?

The group chat calmed down again.

Since Du Yifeng wasn't starting a thread, and he had nothing better to do, Jiang Yue casually opened the videos.

Nine short videos, less than two minutes in total.

The shooting technique was very amateur, the camera was shaky, and it was clearly not a high-end camera.

But that wasn't the point.

The point was, the two minutes of video was not clickbait; the content was truly explosive and shocking.

In the video, the Wolf Mountain, which was three to four thousand meters high, slowly developed a crack in the middle, visibly splitting apart at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Second Brother, is this fake?" San Gou was also stunned.

Jiang Yue didn't answer but repeatedly opened the video, examining it frame by frame.

During the mountain's splitting, the ground was clearly trembling, and the dust rose to the sky. Even though it was a long shot, the sound of the earth cracking was faintly audible.

Indeed, as someone in the group said, this didn't look like a movie.

From Jiang Yue's observation of the details, the video didn't seem to have any technical editing.

But—

The mountain splitting in the middle, what an incredible sight!

Even tectonic movements don't happen at a speed visible to the naked eye, let alone captured by a camera.

Geological changes take at least thousands of years.

Was this compressing millions of years of change into a single day?

Jiang Yue couldn't hide his surprise and opened the video again.

But he received a notification that the video had been deleted.

808's speed was indeed fast. If he had been a few minutes late, he would have missed it.

No. 8 Wang Xin: Why can't I open the video?

No. 19 Fang Ziyang: Damn, I always miss the red packets. Am I too late for the scoop? Self-harm / emoji.

No. 38 Shao Yixuan: @Never Stop Du Yifeng, please repost. Kneeling / emoji.

No. 25 Han Jingjing: What's going on? I found the photo, but where's the video? Black man asking / emoji.

Class Teacher Sun activated the group-wide mute!

No matter how big, the group owner is the biggest.

With the teacher's ultimate seal, everyone who was eating the scoop or lurking quietly dispersed.

Jiang Yue had never been interested in group chats, so he didn't care about the mute.

But the explosive content of those nine short videos kept replaying in his mind, refusing to go away.

Real or fake? Real or fake? Real or fake?

Jiang Yue's judgment was unusually wavered.

By common sense, this was clearly illogical.

If this were real, the physics teacher, geography teacher, science teacher, history teacher, and all the other teachers would be in shock.

But if it were fake, Jiang Yue couldn't find any flaws in the video.

Most shocking videos on the internet are usually edited and spliced to grab attention, just for clicks.

But those nine short videos showed no such signs.

Jiang Yue was confident in his technical judgment.

"Second Brother, your teacher is so cruel." San Gou suddenly said from behind.