Case Filing Center.

Qin Mu, accompanied by Zhang Qingyuan and others, each holding a thick stack of materials, approached the staff member before them.

Zhou Lin, the staffer, looked shocked at the dozens of people before her and instinctively asked, "You... are you here to file a lawsuit again?"

She had been working here for several years. In this past year, the person who left the deepest impression on her was Qin Mu.

In the early days, Qin Mu would come here every few days to sue others.

More recently, he had settled down considerably, usually coming only once every half a month.

But this time... judging by the items in Qin Mu’s hands and those of the many elderly people behind him, she instantly realized this matter was not simple.

"Yes, these are the complaints." Qin Mu nodded and gestured to Zhang Qingyuan and the others.

Following that, the group stepped forward in succession, placing their piles of complaints in front of Zhou Lin.

Before long, these complaints and reporting materials had piled up like a mountain, blocking Zhou Lin’s view.

Zhou Lin swallowed hard. She had to stand up to see Qin Mu and the others behind the stack of complaints.

"Who are you reporting? Why are there so many reporting materials?" she asked carefully after a moment’s thought.

"It’s roughly thirteen thousand people," Qin Mu stated straightforwardly. "All the reporting materials are here. They include records of their cyberbullying on various platforms, the number of likes, and some IP addresses. I hope this can be helpful for the prosecutor’s office in handling the case."

"Thirteen thousand people?!" Upon hearing this, Zhou Lin was completely astounded.

This number... was truly frightening.

The most she had ever seen was just over three thousand defendants!

And this was several times more than the last case that had caused a sensation across the city!

The most critical point was... the last case had also been brought by Qin Mu!

It seemed Qin Mu was here to break records!

She glanced deeply at Qin Mu and said solemnly, "Please wait, all of you. I need to review each one first."

With so many defendants, she had to first screen the complaints to see if they met the standards and were qualified to be sent to the case filing center to discuss their acceptance.

As a preliminary reviewer, she couldn’t possibly take all the cases to a meeting for discussion at once.

"No problem, we have time," Qin Mu said, nodding at Old Zhang and the others behind him.

After all, Old Zhang and the others were already quite familiar with the court, so there was no concern about them feeling out of place or impatient.

In fact, he didn’t even need to say anything. While waiting, Old Zhang and the others had already started wandering around the court.

"Why do I feel this place is even more familiar than home? Come to think of it, it’s been several months since I last went back to my hometown in the countryside."

"There’s not much to see here. To the left is the case filing center, over there is the criminal trial court, this way is the civil trial court, and over here is the detention room."

"We’ve been to both the civil and criminal trial courts. It’s a pity we can’t go into the detention room."

"It seems they’re holding suspects awaiting trial in the detention room; they definitely wouldn’t let us in."

"..."

The group wandered about freely, showing no restraint or unfamiliarity as they explored the courthouse. They occasionally made a comment or two. When they ran into familiar faces, they would even take the initiative to greet them.

And many of the court staff were actually quite familiar with Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, and Song Tiancheng, calling them "Old Zhang," "Mr. Li," and "Old Song."

Seeing this, Qin Mu couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.

But this was the review period. He couldn’t wander around and had to wait with Zhou Lin for the results.

Fortunately, Zhou Lin’s review only involved a detailed inquiry about the incident and the basis of the case.

Then she checked the format and the evidence Qin Mu had collected. She found that most people were being reported for defamation.

To save time, she continuously used random sampling to screen and verify the materials.

Finally, three hours later, the review was completed.

"The formatting and everything else are fine," she said. "Leave the materials here. When the case filing notice is ready, someone will contact you."

Finally, she looked at Qin Mu with a complicated expression and kindly advised, "Also, if the case filing is approved, you’ll need to gather the litigation fees within three working days. It will be approximately... 120,000,000."

When she spoke this number, her heart couldn’t help but tremble. To have to pay a hundred million upfront, even before the lawsuit began... That was simply preposterous!

"Okay, I understand," Qin Mu nodded.

The lottery draw for that particular batch was scheduled for tonight.

He would then see his chances of winning and the final prize money. He hoped it would be enough to cover the litigation fees.

「That evening.」

At 8:30 PM, in the Mountain and Water Garden District, Qin Mu sat punctually in front of the TV, watching the live draws for various lotteries.

The sequence of numbers for these lotteries was entirely random. They were unknown beforehand and would only be revealed at the moment of the draw.

With his "Photographic Memory" skill, he had already memorized the machine-printed number combinations for all sorts of lotteries.

The arrangements of these numbers were chaotic, with only a few repetitions.

"Third prize, second prize, fourth prize..."

As he watched one lottery draw after another, Qin Mu continuously calculated his winnings.

Typically, the more winners there are, the smaller the prize pool becomes.

This time, he had purchased five thousand entries, and his probability of winning reached an astonishing 90%! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

This was all thanks to his 3,000 luck points!

However, just as he was about to tally the total winnings from these lotteries...