On the other side.
After the four, including Tang Hao, fought high in the sky, the pressure of soul power Lin Chen felt gradually dissipated. He was able to move normally again without feeling that immense weight.
At this moment.
Lin Chen's heart was filled with countless doubts, but also countless conjectures.
With a thought, a black diary invisible to others appeared in his hand. He opened it and began to record the strange events of the day.
[My mind is a bit of a mess right now. How could Bibi Dong, along with the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos, appear at Nuoding Academy?]
[This was fundamentally impossible in the original story. Even if my arrival caused a butterfly effect, it shouldn't be this massive.]
[I seriously suspect now that the contents of the diary I write are being leaked by this unscrupulous diary system. Otherwise, this butterfly effect couldn't possibly be so large.]
[As for my diary's content, what I can be certain of now is that Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall, must have seen it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have shown up here today.]
[I just don't know how many other people on this continent can see my diary entries?]
Writing to this point, Lin Chen closed his black diary and began to communicate with his diary system in his mind.
"System, tell me quickly, did you distribute several diary instances of this content?"
"And, on this Douluo Continent, it's not just Bibi Dong watching; others must have received this diary instance as well."
Lin Chen called out to his diary system in his mind, wanting to get an answer from it.
[Ding! Host, your thoughts are correct.]
[Besides Bibi Dong, other characters on the continent have obtained your diary instance. As for who they are, you need to explore that yourself, Host.]
Sensing the doubts in Lin Chen's heart, the diary system didn't continue to keep him in suspense and answered his questions.
In any case, even more and larger butterfly effects would occur in the future. As long as Lin Chen wasn't stupid, he would eventually discover the truth.
But the diary system didn't tell Lin Chen one thing: there was a Chat Group among the owners of the diary instances.
Hearing the diary system's confirmation, Lin Chen fell silent for a while, seemingly deep in thought.
Immediately after, Lin Chen raised another doubt:
"System, does that mean the owners of these diary instances cannot harm me, the Diary Owner?"
Recalling the diary entries he had written, he had practically offended Bibi Dong to the core.
The content he wrote revealed his disdain for Bibi Dong between the lines, almost always referring to her as a "stupid woman" in the diary.
Furthermore, in the diary entries, Lin Chen had also written a large amount of content insulting Yu Xiaogang.
With Bibi Dong's personality and her level of obsession with Yu Xiaogang, after seeing his diary entries, she should have flayed him alive.
But now, more than a week had passed and he was perfectly fine. This could only mean that Bibi Dong had no intention—or ability—to harm him in her heart.
Otherwise, for Bibi Dong to find him, Lin Chen, on the Douluo Continent would be far too simple.
As someone who had read the original work, Lin Chen naturally knew the depth of the Spirit Hall's resources.
Bibi Dong could have appeared before him the very next day after his first diary entry to show him the cruelty of society.
Therefore, there was only one truth: after obtaining the diary instance, Bibi Dong could not harm him, the Diary Owner.
[Ding! Host, you are amazing. Your guesses are all correct.]
[There is an explicit rule that diary instance owners cannot harm the Diary Owner. Rest assured, even if the diary content you write is quite offensive, you will not be in any danger.]
[However, if a diary instance owner discards the diary instance, the system will erase her memory. At that time, there will no longer be any constraints between her and the Host.]
Hearing the diary system's explanation, Lin Chen nodded, understanding some of the rules involved.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
The Chat Group had also exploded into a frenzy.
[I Have No Mother: It seems this Lin Chen is quite clever; he guessed it so quickly.]
[I Am the Little Princess: Yeah, he's got some wit, but he definitely hasn't realized that we diary instance owners have our own exclusive Chat Group.]
[Yanzi Will Return: Xiao Wu, stop lurking! Come out and tell us quickly, what academy are you and Lin Chen actually at?]
[Yanzi Will Return: Bibi Dong has already tracked you guys down. Stop being so secretive and hurry up and tell your sisters.]
[Yanzi Will Return: Now you need to compete with Bibi Dong to get the diary instance hidden rewards. Bibi Dong has money, looks, a great figure, and strength. Xiao Wu, you're just a 'three-nothing' girl; how can you compare to her?]
[Yanzi Will Return: If you don't tell us, all the hidden rewards will be snatched away by Bibi Dong. Xiao Wu, you wouldn't want to see that happen, would you?]
Heaven Dou City.
Dugu Yan was frantically PUAing Xiao Wu in the Chat Group, trying to get her to reveal Lin Chen's location.
These hidden rewards were much more bountiful than the check-in rewards, only slightly inferior to the once-a-month lucky draw.
As a Spirit Master, she naturally wanted to obtain these hidden rewards to become even stronger.
It was just that the Douluo Continent was so vast. Aside from the Spirit Hall, even for the Two Great Empires and the Upper Three Sects, searching for a single person's location was quite difficult.
[Cat Longing for Freedom: That's right, Xiao Wu, hurry up and tell us your location.]
[I Am the Little Princess: +1]
...
[My Surname Is Not Yu: +1]
Except for Ah Yin, who was currently a blade of grass, all the members of the Chat Group were pressuring Xiao Wu to reveal her location.
Ah Yin was currently just a plant. Even if she wanted to get close to Lin Chen, she was powerless and could only remain an impotent Blue Silver Grass in that stone cave.
But the other Chat Group members were different. Many were low-level Spirit Masters, and even those as powerful as Poseidon and Gu Yuena had their own desires.
After obtaining the diary instance, Poseidon's desire to become a deity gradually increased.
Although she was a believer of the Sea God, that didn't stop her from wanting to become a deity herself, did it?
As for Gu Yuena, she wanted to obtain rewards from Lin Chen that could fully heal her injuries.
That strike from the Asura God's sword back then still caused her body to ache faintly even now, making her desperate to heal her wounds.
And Xiao Wu, that gluttonous little rabbit, had hogged the hidden rewards for an entire week, which really made them green with envy.
As members of the Chat Group, they naturally wanted more rewards, and the diary instance hidden rewards were considered the lion's share among the various prizes.
They needed a platform for fair competition. Whoever could get Lin Chen to mention them the most would be the most deserving of the diary rewards.
It shouldn't be like Xiao Wu, who simply monopolized Lin Chen all to herself; it wasn't fair.
They admitted they were jealous of Xiao Wu, but if they were the ones monopolizing Lin Chen, they wouldn't feel that way.
People are all about double standards. As long as it's within a certain range and they don't act like a certain Tang-named Buddha—practicing double standards while simultaneously sanctifying themselves—it's all acceptable.