12: Chapter 12 Luxury Ships, Luxury Ships, and More Luxury Ships
Yang Yue: "Ahhhhhhhh! Brother! My boat house has changed! It turned into a big ship! It's so big, so big! There are robots! There's a kitchen! And hot showers!!!"
Mother Yang: "Xiao Xing! Mom's boat has changed too! Heavens, is this real? Am I dreaming?"
Father Yang was silent for thirty seconds before sending two words: "Xiao Xing, Dad's boat house has changed too."
Yang Yue: "Dad, can't you say a bit more! This is a Silver-grade luxury dock! It has weapons! It has a protective shield! It has an automatic fishing System! And... wait, Brother, what grade is yours?"
Yang Hang put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, took a photo of the dining table, and sent it to the group chat.
Twelve dishes, exquisitely plated, with the sea and sky merging into one outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The group chat fell silent for five seconds.
Yang Yue: "..."
Yang Yue: "Brother."
Yang Yue: "Did you open a Gold one?"
Yang Hang replied with one word: "It's also Silver, but perhaps because I cast the Minor Fate Technique directly on myself, the effect is a bit stronger."
Yang Yue: "I hate you."
Yang Yue: "But I love you even more."
Yang Yue: "Brother is the most handsome in the world! The Universe's strongest! From now on, whoever dares to bully your little sister, I'll tell them my brother has a warship!"
Mother Yang sent a message: "Xiao Xing, Mom just took a tour of the kitchen. The seasonings are fully stocked, and there's a refrigerator with meat and vegetables inside. Mom will teach your Dad how to make dumplings tonight."
Father Yang finally said a few more words: "...Fine, can I have some wine then?"
Yang Hang glanced at the wine list handed over by the bionic butler and replied: "Mom, let Dad have some."
Father Yang's reply came quickly: "I knew my son was reliable."
Mother Yang snorted: "Fine, but don't drink too much. You better learn how to make dumplings properly. Since I'm not by your side and your health is already poor, eating so poorly will lead to problems sooner or later. It all depends on my precious son."
Yang Hang leaned back in his chair, watching the messages pop up one after another in the group chat.
It was rare for Dad to talk this much.
It was worth it.
Meanwhile, on the Cause and Effect Fate Platform forum, the threads about the second day of opening sunken sea treasure chests were overwhelming.
"Rotten Wood Chest, opened a rusty spoon. Thanks for nothing."
"Bronze Chest! A set of basic fishing gear! I'm crying, brothers, finally don't have to catch them by hand!"
"Is there anyone else like me who opened a Rotten Wood Chest and found only a blank sheet of paper inside? It even had the words 'Try Again' written on it?"
"Silver Chest! A retractable alloy spear! The feel is excellent! It can even drain blood to automatically restore stamina, infinite durability. I feel like I can take on a shark alone now!"
"Mentality exploded. Two days of Rotten Wood Chests in a row. Did I offend the System in my past life?"
Yang Hang scanned through them one by one, then suddenly stopped on a post.
Poster: President Shen Qing.
Title: "Bronze Treasure Chest opens 'Sea God Swimming Technique' skill—a dark humor for someone with aquaphobia."
The text was short: "The System must think it has a sense of humor. Giving a swimming skill to someone who is afraid of the sea. Bronze grade, passive effect, automatically activates upon entering the water, significantly increasing speed and agility. It's very strong. But the problem is—I won't go into the water. At least not right now."
The comment section was full of sympathy.
"Sister Shen, don't be afraid, wait until you're ready before getting in the water!"
"This skill is a god-tier skill on others, but a mental torture for you."
"System: I'm not targeting anyone. President Shen Qing: You are definitely targeting me."
President Shen Qing didn't respond to these comforts. Instead, she changed the subject and appended a full, detailed guide on hunting Wood-Rot Parasitic Snails from last night below the post—how to use the Identification Technique to detect through partitions, how to judge swarm density, how to use a harpoon for precise assassination, and even marked diagrams for the angle of insertion and leverage points.
At the end of the post, she wrote: "Fear is fear, surviving is surviving. I can't use the skill for now, but you guys take the guide first."
The tone of the comment section changed abruptly.
"Sister Shen is the eternal god!"
"I heard that sound under my boat last night too! I'm going to check it immediately after reading this post!"
Yang Hang looked at President Shen Qing's merit points—they had already surpassed three hundred thousand.
He closed the forum and opened the dock's holographic map.
The giant ship's submersible System, armament parameters, bionic personnel configuration... every item was worth his time to study.
Throughout the afternoon, he explored the dock from top to bottom.
The giant ship in submarine mode could dive directly into the deep sea at twenty thousand meters. An unknown super scanning field of view allowed him to clearly see the seabed terrain in its entirety, and he even saw quite a few grotesque giant marine creatures he had never seen before.
In the medical bay, the bionic doctor stood quietly beside the operating table; it was said to be able to treat all external injuries ranging from fractures to ruptured internal organs.
As for those bionic maids—he couldn't tell the difference from real people at all. Their faces were modeled with a level of asceticism, they had curvaceous figures, and those dazzling uniforms and silks in the private cabins...
Yang Hang stayed in the private cabin for about an hour, and came out a bit dizzy... It wasn't until he took a hot shower and changed into clean clothes that his mental state was refreshed once again.
Dinner was steak with red wine.
After eating, he sat in front of the game console in the entertainment cabin for two hours. The cabin was actually equipped with a motion-sensing game System. Although the game library contained nearly one hundred thousand various games from Earth, compared to someone who had been gnawing on fish in a dilapidated wooden house just half a day ago, this was simply heaven.
The night deepened.
The sea breeze blew in from outside the cabin, carrying a faint salty taste.
Yang Hang lay in his luxury lounge, resting his head on the dazzlingly smooth thighs of the beautiful bionic maid, enjoying the gentle massage of her slender fingers that carried a faint fragrance, while the holographic screen in front of him displayed the underlying architecture of the Cause and Effect Fate Platform.
He implemented the update plan he had pondered throughout the day one by one—Realm division: Human Intelligence Realm, Help Realm, and Bounty Realm, three major sections launched.
Echo channels: World Echo, regional echo, and group chat echo, a three-level communication System was built.
Location sharing: Users can send real-time coordinates to friends.
New features: karma points recharge portal optimized, added "auto-renewal" option.
Energy surged out from his body like a tide, spreading out along billions of karmic lines.
The Fate Platform interfaces of 1.2 billion users refreshed in the same instant, and a push notification was set to be released at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning.
[Release (Countdown 9 hours): The Cause and Effect Fate Platform has been updated to version 2.0, adding features such as Realm division, echo channels, and location sharing. Please check the announcement for details.]
Yang Hang exited his consciousness and turned to pin the bionic maid, who was wearing only a silk short skirt, beneath him. The corners of his mouth curled up wantonly, looking forward to everyone's reaction to the Cause and Effect Fate Platform update once they woke up tomorrow.
Soft... so soft and fragrant... Coupled with the excitement in his mind for tomorrow, he became even more aroused.
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