After being fed to top-tier orcs, I became the darling of the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 209: Has the situation returned to square one?

"If Liang He herself says that she donated all the money to the rescue station, even if the animal protection association helps her prove it, netizens may not believe it."

The key issue is that, in addition to the transparent financial records and accounts of the shelter, the volunteers working at the shelter and the accounts posted in the name of the shelter all have clear timelines to prove the authenticity of Liang He's donations.

Otherwise, netizens wouldn't have been so quick to kneel down in defiance.

"Hmph, I really underestimated her. I didn't expect her to be willing to donate all that money."

Now, Nick no longer believes that Liang He was behind it, but only that the recipients of the donations spontaneously helped her explain after discovering the controversy online.

However, it was precisely these netizens who caused the situation to slip out of the rebels' control.

"Black Wizard, what are your thoughts?"

Seeing that the black wizard remained silent, Commander Nick frowned in dissatisfaction. If it weren't for his suggestion to use public opinion to sow discord between Liang He and the Federation, they wouldn't be in such a passive position.

He was furious when he saw the comments on the StarNet.

Many netizens now suspect that the rebels are behind this, deliberately framing Lianghe and the nature reserve for the poisoning and the ferocious beast incident, and then using online trolls to spread rumors and make a fool of them.

"Since this path is blocked, we might as well return to the starting point."

The black wizard seemed to have come up with a solution.

In front of Nick, he spoke to his subordinate in charge of contacting the online army. After the subordinate understood, he glanced at Commander Nick to make sure he had no objections, and then immediately began to take action.

[No, does anyone remember the initial rumors about animal poisoning and nature reserves researching ferocious beasts? How did that get linked to Liang He making money?]

[This is a wake-up call! Before, when the animals were poisoned, people only questioned whether Liang He hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities. Later, inexplicably, the criticism shifted to accusing her of profiting from animals.]

[Holy crap! Could it be that the animal poisoning and ferocious beast incidents are real, and they're deliberately using Liang He's situation to divert attention? That way, everyone will forget their original purpose!]

The matter has returned to square one, but the online trolls persist, trying to smear Lianghe and the protected area to cover up their previous failed propaganda campaign.

Yin Shuttle, who was in charge of monitoring the StarNet's activities, noticed something was wrong immediately and informed Liang He and the others.

"What's going on? Wasn't everything resolved before? Why are we talking about poisoning and ferocious beasts again?"

Holder's mind was completely baffled by such a complicated matter, and he looked at Liang He and Yin Ling with a blank expression.

As a saintess, Yinling had witnessed too many wicked people's hearts, and she saw through the rebels' motives at a glance.

"They want netizens to misunderstand and think that your story is used to cover up the truth about animal poisoning and the ferocious beast, and even to win netizens' sympathy."

Yinling tapped on one of the comments.

I seriously suspect Liang He is deliberately trying to gain sympathy so we'll forget her dereliction of duty. Maybe some netizens will even feel sorry for misunderstanding her, allowing her to make another quick buck.

This comment is clearly intended to stir up trouble; it's definitely a paid troll hired by the rebels.

However, she did not expect that the other party would retaliate so quickly, and do so very well, which indeed put them in a stalemate again.

"Unless the Iron-Eating Beast wakes up, it will be difficult for the comments targeting you to disappear."

The matter of the ferocious beast is manageable; at worst, we can say it's part of a research project conducted in cooperation with the Animal Research Institute.

Anyway, Liang He had suggested this before when they were on Green Field Star, so it was reasonable to place the research site in the protected area.

"My uncle said he has obtained the antidote, and Lan Zhuo and Xu Yi are observing the first batch of animals that have taken the antidote."

Following Liang He's advice, they decided to treat the poisoned and comatose animals in batches, prioritizing those in the most severe condition. "The problem is that if the treatment takes too long, the online public opinion will get out of control. If citizens sign a petition demanding an explanation from the federal government, and Liang He is pushed into the spotlight, then we're finished."

Yinshuo's face was full of worry and concern.

He was already annoyed by the rebels' previous betrayal, and now that he had personally experienced their ruthless and unscrupulous methods to achieve their goals, he felt even more disgusted.

"Probably not."

Silver Feather has a broader perspective and a larger vision than Silver Shuttle.

Liang He is now not only a zookeeper in the reserve, but she is also involved in too many people and things.

She is the only salvation for the evolved orcs. The theory of curing the ferocious beast virus using traditional Chinese medicine is evident in the importance that animal protection associations and animal research institutes attach to her.

In addition, both the Empire and the Temple have orcs that Liang He needs to take care of, which means that apart from the Royal Court, most major forces, including the Federation, are basically on Liang He's side.

“That’s right. At worst, Liang He just won’t be able to leave the protected area for the time being. Anyway, she doesn’t like to go out.”

Although Holder didn't think as clearly as Silver Feather, he understood Huo An.

Huo An wasn't the type to push his subordinates aside whenever something happened. Besides, this matter had nothing to do with Liang He and wasn't her fault at all, so he was even more determined to protect Liang He and not let everyone down.

"Alright, you don't need to worry about me too much, things will always be resolved."

In fact, Liang He didn't care as long as she wasn't forced to leave the protected area or get scolded.

"Besides waking up the poisoned and unconscious animals, we also need to catch the person who poisoned them as soon as possible. Only he can prove that all of this was a conspiracy by the rebels."

However, when Liang He and Hurd ventured into the forest at night last time, they only learned from the little monkey that the other party might have used animals to poison them, and they did not find any more clues. They also did not know if there was any new information from Huo An.

Thinking this, Liang He looked at Holder, wanting to ask him about the latest developments, but Cedril bit her ponytail.

"Cedril, what are you doing?"

I felt a slight pulling sensation at the back of my head, but it didn't hurt, so I had clearly applied the right amount of pressure.

"Ouch~"

Because they didn't want to disturb the furry creatures' rest, Liang He and the others later chatted in the activity room. Mo Jin Wang Hu came for quite a while and listened to a lot of their conversation.

Upon hearing that the rumors could only be dispelled after the Iron-Eating Beast woke up, he immediately remembered his original purpose for coming to find her and called out to Liang He several times.

As it turned out, there was a lot of noise coming from the dormitory, and Liang He mistakenly thought his voice was coming from there, so he accidentally ignored it.

So, Cedril had no choice but to bite Liang He's ponytail to get her attention.

"Hmm? Is there something you need from me?"

Liang He rescued her hair from Mo Jin Wang Hu's mouth and sighed helplessly. Although she often brushed the furry creatures' teeth, she felt she still had to wash her hair later, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get over it.

"Ouch!"

Mo Jin Wang Hu gestured for Liang He to follow him.

Seeing this, the crowd, unaware of what was going on, all looked at him with curiosity.

Cedril seems to be becoming more and more humane?
"I guess Kuang Ye and Yin Qi are fighting again? Cedril probably wants me to go and talk to them. I'll go check on them."