The comments below were filled with her devoted fans praising her.
[Goddess, you're amazing! No matter what competition you enter, you always come in first. You're a true genius!]
[Hurry and hide your code! I heard that the village girl who just returned to your family is also competing; you need to be careful of her.]
Sophie replied, [No worries! This post is just for fun; no one will take it seriously.]
Then an anonymous user posted a picture that was a screenshot of me browsing Sophie's thread.
As soon as that image appeared, the comments exploded with outrage. [Isn't that a screenshot of that village girl? How disgusting! She actually found the goddess's forum! What if she really plagiarizes?]
Sophie didn't respond but instead created a new post with that same image, [Sister, looking forward to a fair competition with you!]
This post solidified the accusation of plagiarism against me, and my Instagram was flooded with unread messages.
[What a shameful person! That's Sophie's hard work; how dare you steal it!]
[Who do you think you are being Smith's biological daughter? You should have been sent to the mountains forever when you were lost!]
[People like you don't deserve to live!]
...
The feeling of being drowned in online harassment returned with full force.
I sighed deeply and checked my watch; tomorrow was the final day for submitting entries for the competition. No matter what I did now, it would be too late.
I decided to give up and bought a plane ticket to travel instead.
Although I felt reluctant, I couldn't think of any better options.
In my past life, my biggest regret before dying was not taking the opportunity to explore while I was young. Now, I had no choice but to let it all go.
When I arrived at the airport, my phone reminded me that the hacker competition I had previously signed up for was currently being live-streamed.
I immediately opened the stream and saw Sophie standing on stage with a beaming smile as she demonstrated my code.
The camera quickly panned to Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Kyle sitting in the audience, all looking proud as they watched her.
As Sophie showcased her code, the judges' expressions were varied and intriguing.
One older judge even adjusted his glasses repeatedly as he watched the code closely.
The entire venue was quiet, but the comments on screen were anything but crazy.