We Were All Bluffing, But You Actually Pulled It Off

Chen Yang: “My name is Chen Yang. Seven years ago, I accidentally joined a group chat called [Peerless Experts]. Everyone in it was an unparalleled expert. I admired them so much and wanted them to take me as their disciple. After pestering them relentlessly for over half a year, I finally got a whole group of masters. Just as I thought, they taught me skills that were anything but ordinary.” Chen Gong: “My name is Chen Gong. I’m a member of the [Peerless Experts] fake-expert group chat. We’re not actually masters who’ve conquered the world and never known defeat. We’re all just bragging. But this guy named Chen Yang insisted on becoming our disciple, so we started putting on an act, giving him all sorts of nonsense advice and finding some so-called fake manuals to fool him. We thought it would just be a bit of fun, but, but, but... he actually mastered it. I’m freaking out.” An online group chat made up of master bluffers and an unusual breathing technique accidentally give sophomore Chen Yang the chance to make the last train to transcendence and become a Starbound Envoy. From then on, he embarks on an eventful life as bait. Chen Yang: “I don’t want to be bait. I still have my masters. They can protect me.” Shi Jian: “Sorry, your masters have been arrested, and they’re just ordinary people. They can’t protect you.” Chen Yang: “If I agree to be bait, what will my identity be?” Shi Jian: “A Starbound Envoy. A wild one. But don’t worry, we’ll do everything we can to protect you.” Chen Yang: “What if the transcendent being I lure out is too strong for you to beat?” Shi Jian: “Uh... well... that...”