At 3:05 PM on February 13th, the fifth minute of the cliff-dropping price of PUPPIES, the PUPPIES Ultimate Rich Core group was completely plunged into chaos and despair. The speed at which messages were refreshed in the group returned to madness again, but there was no more fanaticism and warmth than before. Instead, there were dense cries of panic, desperate wails and angry questions. Some people are flooding the screen with "Hurry up and ship!" Who can tell me how to sell!" Some people posted screenshots of their holdings and cried out, "My 200,000 savings are just 50,000 in a few minutes," while others angrily @trading Assistant 1 and trading Assistant 2, questioning them, "Didn't you say the three points surge?" Why did it plummet? You are liars!"
The kind reminder just sent by Su Xiao was instantly drowned in the torrent of panic, and few people could calm down to see it. She looked at the chaos in the group, at the desperate remarks, her face full of helplessness and heartache, her fingers dangling on the screen, wanting to send another comforting message but not knowing what to say - she knew that at this moment any comforting words would seem pale and powerless in the face of the naked loss and despair. She could only watch the chat in silence, praying in her heart that the group members would calm down and that this cruel harvest would come to an end soon.
Lin Ye slumped on the bench, his phone slipping from his weak hand to his leg, the screen still stuck on the trading page, the price of PUPPIES was still plummeting and had fallen below $0.000015, his assets had shrunk instantly from nearly $100,000 to more than $40,000, less than twice the amount when they were bought, not even enough to cover his mother's surgery balance. His eyes were blank and there was no expression on his face, only tears sliding down his cheeks silently, murmuring over and over again: "How could this happen... How could it plummet... My money... My mom's surgery fee..."
K sat beside Lin Ye, still pale, his phone screen soaked with cold sweat on his palms. Looking at Lin Ye's desperate appearance, he felt heartbroken and self-reproachful -- he had known all along that the old ghost would sell off a large number of goods, he had repeatedly tried to dissuade Lin Ye, but in the end he still couldn't prevent Lin Ye from falling into the trap, couldn't prevent this tragedy from happening. He took out his phone and sent a message to the old ghost, with a hint of anger and questioning: "Why are you so cruel? "Selling so many chips at once and not giving retail investors any chance to escape?"
After the message was sent, the old man didn't reply for a long time. What K didn't know was that the old ghost was sitting in his private office, looking at the surging volume and plummeting prices on the computer screen, with a cold and greedy smile on his face. He tapped his fingers lightly on the keyboard and sent a new instruction to Dao Ge: "According to the original plan, start the secret game. You disguise yourself as a retail investor and immediately join the core group, stir up the emotions within the group, guide them to talk only about hype and not about public welfare, completely destroy the proposal of that woman named Su Xiao, and don't let her kindness disrupt our rhythm. At the same time, gather information about the core members of the group, especially those retail investors who have added a lot of positions and are emotionally agitated, which may still be useful later."
After receiving the instructions, Dao Ge did not delay for a moment. He immediately opened the Telegram APP, registered a new account with the pre-prepared secondary account, with the online name "Crypto Veteran", set the profile picture as a blblurred profile of a man, and wrote in the remarks "Senior retail Investor, heavily invested in PUPPIES", quickly searched and applied to join the "PUPPIES Ultimate Rich Core Group". There was chaos in the group and the administrator had no time to review the application for joining the group. After sending the application, it was approved in less than a minute and he successfully infiltrated the core group.
As soon as he joined the group chat, Dao quickly glanced through the chat records in the group to get a general idea of the current atmosphere - most of the retail investors were in panic and despair, some were frantically selling off, some were angrily questioning, and a few were still sporadically sending messages in support of Su Xiao's public welfare proposal, trying to retain a shred of goodwill in the chaos. With a sneer at the corner of his mouth, he quickly tapped his fingers on the screen and posted the first message, his tone full of anger and resentment, perfectly disguised as a seasoned retail investor who lost a lot of money: "Damn! What's going on? Wasn't it said there was insider intelligence that the three points skyrocketed? I mortgaged my car and added 150,000 to my position. Now I have over 30,000 left. Who can give me an explanation? !"
This message hit the emotional sore spot of the retail investors in the group precisely. As soon as it was posted, it immediately received a lot of echoes. "Yeah! I also added 100,000, and now I'm losing everything!" "Liar! All liars! The so-called core group, the so-called insider intelligence, all are scams!" "I've invested all my savings and now I have nothing left. What am I going to do?"
Looking at the caption in the group, a glimmer of calculation flashed in his eyes, and he continued sending messages, beginning to stir up emotions and steer the conversation: "Don't panic, everyone! And stop cursing! What's the use of cursing? The most important thing now is to find ways to make up for the loss, not to talk about public welfare here! Just now, Xiao Kan Liu Nian posted about stray dog rescue, which was ridiculous to the extreme! What time is it? We have lost everything. Who has the heart to care about the lives of those stray dogs? !"
To enhance his persuasiveness, Dao added, "I've been in the crypto world for five years. What kind of storms haven't I seen? This kind of air coin speculation is inherently high risk, high return. If you make a profit, you sell; if you lose, you accept the loss! Now that the price is plummeting, we should find ways to huddle together and see if we can contact the pusher team and let them pull the market, or see if there is an opportunity for a rebound and cut our losses and exit quickly instead of doing some kind of public welfare donation here, wasting time and distracting our attention!"
Then, Dao Ge @ the group members who are still supporting Su Xiao's proposal, with a hint of mockery and anger in his tone: "Are you crazy? It's so bad that you're still talking about saving stray dogs? What kind heart and bottom line are you still talking about? In the crypto world, only making money is the key, only recovering losses is the most important thing! That Xiao Kan Liu Nian might be a promoter sent by the pusher team, deliberately using public welfare to divert our attention and make us miss the best escape time so that they can sell off smoothly. Don't be fooled by her!"
Dao Ge's words acted like a catalyst, instantly igniting the anger of the small investors in the group and completely reversing the direction of the group's conversation. The group members who were still sporadically supporting Su Xiao's proposal were suddenly overwhelmed by a flood of doubts and taunts. "Yeah! With such a loss, who has the heart to care for stray dogs?" "That Xiao Kan Liu Nian might really be a jerk! Deliberately using public welfare to divert our attention!" "Stop talking about public welfare and find a way to make up for the loss!" "Support this brother! We should stick together and find a way to get the pusher to pull the plate instead of doing all this useless stuff here!"
Su Xiao looked at Dao Ge's message, looked at the reversed atmosphere in the group again, looked at the group members who had supported him before, now began to question and mock him, and felt wronged and powerless in his heart. She wanted to refute, to explain that she wasn't a preserver, to tell everyone that public welfare and recovery of losses weren't in conflict, but as soon as she sent her message, it was drowned out by a flood of angry shouts and questioning taunts, and no one could see it, and no one was willing to believe her.
Looking at the messages sent by Dao Ge and the way he precisely incited emotions and steered the topic, a sudden doubt arose in her mind - how could this "Crypto veteran" who had just joined the group chat be so familiar with the rules of the crypto world? How could he precisely capture the emotional pain points of everyone? How can you completely turn the conversation around in just a few minutes? But at this moment, the group was in a state of chaos, and she had no time to delve into these doubts. She could only watch in silence, watching the good intentions she held on to be completely shattered by Dao Ge's incitement, by the anger and despair of the retail investors.
Lin Ye heard the continuous message alerts on the phone screen, slowly raised her empty eyes, picked up the phone, and looked at the chat records in the group. When he saw the message sent by Dao Ge, saw the retail investors in the group agree, saw everyone start mocking Su Xiao again, saw the originally warm kindness replaced by anger and despair, guilt and self-reproach welled up in his heart once more.
He recalled his mockery and rebuttal towards Su Xiao just now, and remembered his secretly made up his mind that once he earned money, he would donate it to the stray dog rescue station and apologize to Su Xiao. But now, with the price plummeting, not only did he not make money, but he lost everything, and his mother's surgery fee was gone again. Not only could he not make up for the harm he had done to Su Xiao, but he also had to watch Su Xiao's kindness being ridiculed and questioned by everyone again, being ruthlessly ruined by Dao Ge.
"I'm sorry... Su Xiao... Lin Ye murmured in a low voice, his tears falling more and more. He wanted to defend Su Xiao in the group, to tell everyone that Su Xiao was not a pretense, her kindness was sincere, but he had no courage - he himself had lost nothing, he had ridiculed Su Xiao before, at this moment he had no confidence and no strength to defend Su Xiao, to hold on to that submerged kindness.
Looking at the chat records in the group, looking at the group member called "Old Gun of the Crypto Circle", watching him gradually stir up emotions and undermine Su Xiao's proposal, it suddenly became clear in his heart - this "Old Gun of the crypto circle" is not an ordinary retail investor at all. He must be someone sent by the old ghost, a hidden move laid by the old ghost, with the aim of undermining Su Xiao's proposal and stirring up emotions in the group. To throw the retail investors into confusion and despair, so that they can continue to sell off their shares and even collect retail investors' information for further harvesting.
K was filled with rage in his heart. He wanted to expose Dao Ge's true identity in the group immediately, to tell everyone that this "crypto veteran" was sent by the old ghost, but he couldn't - he was still in the old Ghost's team and hadn't completely broken up with the old ghost. If he exposed Dao Ge's true identity, not only would he expose himself, but he would also bring trouble to himself and might even affect Lin Ye. He could only watch in silence, watch Dao move step by step, watch the chaos in the group get worse and worse, watch Su Xiao's good intentions be completely shattered, filled with powerlessness and self-reproach.
Dao looked at the atmosphere in the group and saw that his incitement had worked, and a smug smile appeared on his face. He continued to send messages, further stirring up the mood and guiding everyone to "only talk about hype, not about public welfare" : "Listen to me, the only way out for us now is to huddle together for warmth, @ trading Assistant No. 1 and trading assistant No. 2, and ask them to contact the pusher team, quickly pull up the price, as long as the price rebounds, we can take the opportunity to cut losses and exit, and even possibly recover losses! Don't talk about stray dog rescue anymore, don't be fooled by Xiao Kan Liu Nian. Those are useless things. Only making money, only recovering losses is the most important thing!