ROSGT ### Chapter 110: You’ll Know If It’s a Mule or a Horse Once You Take It Out for a Walk
## Volume 1
### Chapter 110: You’ll Know If It’s a Mule or a Horse Once You Take It Out for a Walk
The manga king had become explosively popular. As the creator of this magazine, Ye Chui was naturally overjoyed. The second issue had an initial print run of 80,000 copies, followed by an additional 10,000 copies. Just in the Beijing area, sales reached 90,000 copies. Among all types of magazines in Beijing, Manga King had already ranked in the top three!
What made Ye Chui the happiest was the significant drop in sales of the Comic Weekly. The rise of Manga King didn’t actually affect the genre of comics that much, at least not in the short term. The dip in sales was primarily due to the editor-in-chief of Comic Weekly making arrogant remarks on the "Urban Topics" show, putting Comic Weekly in opposition to Manga King.
In contrast, other comic magazines didn’t suffer as much. However, as Manga King’s popularity grew, other manga magazines were bound to appear, and once manga increasingly captured people's attention, comic books would gradually fade away… but that would take some time.
Netizens from other regions kept posting and leaving messages online, hoping that Manga King could be sold nationwide soon. Ye Chui’s mother, Zhou Yayun, was already preparing to expand the distribution network nationwide.
The Manga King’s sensation and explosive sales in Beijing were due to the promotion from the Street Fighter Tournament. Whether the magazine could still do well in other regions remained to be seen, but Ye Chui was highly confident.
Meanwhile, in the Wolverine Game Studio, game development was in full swing. As the development of "Fatal Fury" was nearing its end, Ye Chui suddenly received a communication request from Zuo Xiaoyou.
Her voice, unusually panicked, came through the call, "Ye Chui, our website server is under attack!"
"Attack?" Ye Chui was stunned. "A hacker?"
"Yes," Zuo Xiaoyou continued, "We planned to launch in the next few days, but yesterday, the server started acting up, running slower and slower, and some gibberish appeared on the web pages. I initially thought it was a coding error, but after a night of work, we couldn't fix it, and the website’s vulnerabilities kept increasing. That's when I realized it was a virus, and not just any virus—it's highly aggressive and could ruin all our work from the past month."
After explaining the situation, Zuo Xiaoyou asked helplessly, "Ye Chui, what should we do?"
Zuo Xiaoyou was a very independent girl, and Ye Chui had never seen her so flustered. This partially reflected the severity of the website’s condition.
Ye Chui quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, I'll come to the office right away to check it out."
"Okay," Zuo Xiaoyou replied, "I’ve contacted a network security company, but I don’t know if they can handle this virus… Ye Chui, you mentioned you know an expert in this field. Could you ask him to help?"
Hearing Zuo Xiaoyou mention this, Ye Chui instinctively looked at Robert. At that moment, Robert was heatedly debating with Fang Xi about whether girls look better in shorts or mini skirts.
Previously, Ye Chui had told Zuo Xiaoyou about an expert he knew, who was, of course, Robert. Ye Chui had recently asked Robert about his hacking skills. Robert boasted that if Ye Chui gave him a red envelope, he could take down even the legendary Seven Kings of Hackers.
Despite his bragging, seeing Robert passionately arguing about the merits of mini skirts made it hard for Ye Chui to associate him with a hacking expert. But… you’ll know if it’s a mule or a horse once you take it out for a walk.
"I’ll bring him over shortly," Ye Chui reassured Zuo Xiaoyou, "Don’t worry, we’ll find a way to solve this."
After ending the call, Ye Chui approached Fang Xi and Robert, who were in the midst of a heated argument. Fang Xi pulled Ye Chui in, asking, "Brother Chui, do you think my sister looks better in a mini skirt or shorts?"
"I think she looks best in nothing," Ye Chui thought to himself but dared not say out loud. Instead, he glanced at Fang Nan, who was testing some game code on the computer. Curious about the topic, she turned around, so Ye Chui confidently replied, "I think your sister looks good in anything."
"But you have to choose one!" Robert protested immediately.
"Yeah, Brother Chui, don’t hold back. Just say it," Fang Xi urged.
Fang Nan, blushing, walked over and punched Robert and Fang Xi, "I said anything looks good on me. Is this discussion even interesting?"
Robert and Fang Xi immediately fell silent, intimidated by Fang Nan’s fierce demeanor. Ye Chui chuckled lightly. In the Wolverine Game Studio, no one dared to provoke Fang Nan—except for Ye Chui, who could somewhat keep this tomboy in check.
"Chui, it's time for your bath. I'll go run the water for you. Make sure to soak for half an hour," Fang Nan said.
Soaking his legs in hot water was something Qian Xiaomai had instructed. Ye Chui's legs had been recovering well in the past few days, but Fang Nan still insisted on strictly following Qian Xiaomai’s instructions. However, Ye Chui found it a bit unbearable as Fang Nan often forgot to add cold water, leaving his feet blistered from the heat.
"Do I have to soak this often?" Ye Chui asked.
"No," Fang Nan rejected firmly, hands on her hips.
"Can I go later?" Ye Chui continued.
"No, you have to go now!" Fang Nan insisted.
"…"
Ye Chui was speechless. It seemed he couldn't really control this tomboy after all. Seeing Fang Nan about to push him into the room, Ye Chui quickly mentioned the issue with the game website.
Fang Nan had to postpone the bath plans for now, "Alright, but you’ll have to make up for it later!"
"Okay…" Ye Chui agreed and then turned to Robert, "Robert, you’re coming with me. I’ll need your help."
Robert immediately patted his chest, "Don’t worry, I won’t let you down."
"Good, let’s see," Ye Chui replied, looking forward to it.
"According to your request, I have incapacitated the Wolverine Game Information website," a cold female voice spoke in English over the phone.
This was Tianyang Biological Research Institute. In the serene green garden, Lin Xiangfeng was on a call. Hearing the woman’s words, Lin Xiangfeng asked, "Can they recover? I said I wanted permanent damage!"
"Rest assured, the virus I used is extremely destructive. It's called Skull No. 7, developed by my mentor. Fewer than twenty people in the world can clear this virus," the woman guaranteed. "Unless they find a top hacker within three hours to clean their server, Skull No. 7 will completely destroy their data."
"Good, that's exactly what I want!" Lin Xiangfeng's face twisted with a cruel smile. "Thank you, Eva."
"No need to thank me, just make sure the money is transferred to my account."
With that, Eva ended the call.
Lin Xiangfeng smirked. He had met Eva, a top hacker, in the U.S. Recently, he contacted her, and after arriving in Beijing, she successfully destroyed Ye Chui’s website with one day’s work.
"Ye Chui, your website is finished!" Lin Xiangfeng gloated to himself.
Meanwhile, Ye Chui, Fang Nan, Fang Xi, and Robert arrived at the Wolverine Game Network Company’s office…