"Waiting for You to Say" is a web show produced by Cool Ridge Media, considered a veteran among web shows. The host is an industry leader with years of experience, and the guests invited are outstanding figures from various fields. To be on "Waiting for You to Say" is seen as a type of recognition for the guests. Faced with such an invitation, Sophie Scott barely hesitated and accepted without a second thought. In the following few days, the heat surrounding manga artist UU continued to rise, with countless news articles about her and discussions centering on "how outstanding UU is," she had evidently become the new darling of the media. Netizens were very fascinated by this persona with multiple halos of "beautiful, wealthy, top student, and talented." Additionally, UU had been relatively low-key previously and was not a celebrity, so suspicions of hype were low, making it easy to garner favor among the public. UU’s followers on Weibo quickly surpassed five million, making her exceptionally popular. This level of popularity reached its peak directly on Thursday night when the latest episode of "Waiting for You to Say" aired. In the program, Sophie Scott appeared as a guest, with a forty-minute interview detailing every aspect of her journey to becoming a manga artist and her specific experience of conceptualizing "First Ruins." Host: "We all know that UU’s first work focused on romance, so what prompted your transition to post-apocalyptic manga?" Sophie Scott: "I’ve always been fascinated by post-apocalyptic literature, but there aren’t many works in that genre, let alone manga. So instead of waiting for others’ works, I decided to do it myself. After having this idea, I kept conceptualizing it. After several years of intermittent planning, one day, it felt like the right time, so I started writing." Host: "While conceptualizing ’First Ruins’, did UU encounter any difficulties?" Sophie Scott: "There were definitely difficulties, I pondered the world-building for half a year alone. Then there was the character design, for the protagonist alone, I went through more than a dozen iterations... It was tough, but seeing the readers enjoy it, made it all worth it." In this interview, Sophie Scott once again successfully portrayed an image of being "dedicated, professional, and hardworking," smoothly gaining a wave of favor. After watching the program, netizens screamed excitedly. ["Praise! Keep praising! Praise this beautiful, talented yet low-key and dedicated fairy to the heavens!"] ["I’m a fan! Uncle, I’m sorry, the pretty sister is indeed my true love! It’s only your fault for being a sloppy macho man."] ["Ahhh, pump up the numbers, our goddess is too modest! Uncle, make way, quality doesn’t matter, let ’First Ruins’ occasionally step on ’Base No. 9’!"] Zero’s fans went crazy for two days following Zero’s deliberate trouble-making Weibo post, not knowing what Zero wanted. They could only try to clarify and control the narrative regarding "plagiarism," ignoring everything else. Now, with UU’s image fans generating data out of love, CC Comics collapsed again. Upon recovery the next day, "First Ruins" had truly overtaken "Base No. 9" in results. Waking up and hearing from Molly Forest about "First Ruins" crushing "Base No. 9", Sophie Scott felt like she was dreaming and didn’t react for quite a while. "UU! You’re going to become a legend! The editorial department is exploding right now; since White’s time, we’ve never seen anyone who could compare to Zero in terms of results!" Molly almost shrieked in excitement over the phone. Sophie pressed a hand to her chest, her heart pounding intensely, making her blood boil and causing her entire being to feel elated. "It must be true! The server has been repeatedly upgraded and yet crashed because of you, you’re the second author to crash the server..." Molly kept talking non-stop. Listening to Molly’s praise and affirmation, along with the unmistakable excitement, Sophie was so excited she could hardly contain herself. Although she had certain ambitions, she was after all a newcomer, and her work’s quality was a step behind Zero’s. Despite recent glory, she never imagined surpassing Zero in such a short time. In just one week, the tide turned! And such glorious results were almost personally handed to her by Zero! The current all-round crushing situation, perhaps even Zero hadn’t anticipated. After talking for a long time, Molly suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, you said a few days ago you wanted to modify the fifth Chapter of ’First Ruins’, have you made the changes, and which version will you release tonight?" Sophie pondered for a moment and quickly replied, "After some consideration, there isn’t a particularly better idea, so I’ll just use the previous version." A few days ago, she noticed many netizens speculating that Zero might create a big spectacle in this Friday’s update, so she was faintly worried and hesitated whether to modify the fifth Chapter of "First Ruins." The storyboard she viewed contained the Plan for the first five Chapters, including character design, world-building, storyboard method, and the main storyline, which she adopted entirely. That is, Zero likely knows the content of the fifth Chapter of "First Ruins." To avoid any mishaps, she thought of making some modifications as a precaution. Yet, despite how she envisioned in the past two days, she felt that the initial version was the most perfect, and it was the most crucial tipping point for this work. Even slightly changing a scene would cause the viewing experience to deteriorate, potentially affecting the future reputation. Given her current high popularity and the fact that "First Ruins" has surpassed "Base No. 9", it is the most critical time, and she must ensure quality to respond with the best version. "Phew, I knew it," Molly breathed a sigh of relief, "This version is already the best. If you can think of an even better one, I would seriously kneel to you." After hanging up the phone, Sophie couldn’t help but let the corners of her lips turn up. After tonight, she would undoubtedly be the new generation legend in the manga circle. Before eight o’clock, Nora Scott had just finished dinner when she received a call from Laura Collins. Laura: "I’m nervous." Laura: "I just want to see how outrageous he’ll get tonight." Laura: "Can you at least match my mood?" Feigning surprise, very pretentious. Marcus Shaw, drinking water on the side, choked as he heard it. Nora shot him a cold look. Marcus turned his body, looked away, pretending nothing happened, and continued gulping down water. On the phone, Laura was silent for two seconds before finally sighing, "There’s a reason your acting gets criticized." No fun in personal attacks. People just love to remind her about it, inexplicably annoying. Laura suddenly said: "Three more minutes." "Mm." Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novęlfire.net Nora leisurely sat down. On the coffee table were strawberries just washed by Marcus, and she picked up the biggest one, slowly savoring it. Laura was probably too nervous, her mouth couldn’t rest, and she started finding topics to talk about like a chatterbox: "The other day I went shopping for clothes and saw several new winter styles, quite suitable for you. Someday we... Two more minutes." Nora picked up another strawberry. At the same time, she gestured to Marcus, signaling him to pour her a glass of water. Marcus, who was about to leave, saw this and muttered "ancestor" in his heart, then returned to the water dispenser to obediently hand her a glass of water. "Where was I?" Laura continued the topic, "Oh, clothes..." With intermittent conversation, two minutes felt particularly long. At eight o’clock, Laura suddenly fell silent, the call not hung up, just long periods of not speaking. Nora put the speakerphone on, set the phone aside, and took the warm water Marcus handed over, sipping it slowly. Marcus waited for a moment, seeing no further orders from her, he wanted to leave. At this moment, Laura’s excited and frustrated voice suddenly came through the phone— "Damn! Will Zero act like a person?!" Startled by the unexpected outburst, Marcus raised his eyebrows, turned his head, and saw Nora squint her eyes, her lip corners curving at the right time. It was chilling to see. Marcus felt like he saw a villain’s evil smile. Nora chuckled lightly. Sorry, tonight, she’s not acting like a person. After a week’s wait, although there was no solid evidence, everyone following the two works was waiting for tonight’s update. CC Comics and the official Weibo, at the same time, announced that "First Ruins" and "Base No. 9" would be updated tonight. Long-awaited readers and netizens finished the updates of both works at the fastest speed, and then— One by one, they were petrified. After a short pause, they flooded the comment section at a furious pace. [Damn it, Zero! I yield! You’re still the best! You’re that shameless main villain sitting behind the scenes, drinking wine and eating grapes, controlling everything coolly!] [Dude! You’re pushing it too far; aren’t you afraid of messing up the world?] [Savage, too savage. No matter what grudge, even if UU plagiarized you, you didn’t have to torment the people to death, right?] [Crazy, crazy, Zero, I beg you to act like a human!]