137: Chapter 135 We need to think deeply!

The name of the Fate Master once again became the absolute focus of the entire Fate Platform.

"With the Fate Master here, the top spot of the Individual Sequence Contest belongs only to Yanhuang Civilization!"

"662 points is definitely not the Fate Master's limit; he just felt he had farmed enough points and couldn't be bothered to continue!"

"Everyone from foreign civilizations, who else dares to say the Fate Master isn't strong? Stand up and let everyone see."

"The Fate Master doesn't act unless necessary, but once he does, he crushes everyone. This is the source of our Yanhuang Civilization's confidence!"

The comment section was filled with jubilation.

Swept up in this atmosphere, the foreign civilization Survivors in the Fate Platform's visitor system also began to emerge one by one.

Tom Baker posted: "Mr. Yang Hang's strength is admirable. 662 victories in 1 hour; this number is incredible in any civilization. Thank you, Cause and Effect Fate Platform."

A Stars and Stripes Survivor replied: "God. Yang Hang is God."

Another Gaul Survivor added: "Ms. Elena Rossi of our Gaul Faction is ranked fifth with 56 victories; she is also an excellent warrior. Of course, Mr. Yang Hang is the undisputed number one."

This comment looked polite, but smart people could read between the lines.

Immediately after, someone from the Teutonic Faction posted: "Mr. Hans Weber is in second place with 61 victories, and Mr. Christian Muller is tenth with 52 victories. The Teutonic Faction occupies three spots in the top ten, second only to Mr. Yang Hang of Yanhuang Civilization. We pay our highest respects to the strongest of Yanhuang Civilization and to the strong of our own civilization."

The Polar Bear Camp's statement was more direct: "Yuri Volkov, 59 victories, third place. Mr. Yang Hang of Yanhuang Civilization is certainly strong, but in the top ten, Yanhuang Civilization seems to only occupy four spots with Mr. Yang Hang, Mr. Lin Ke, Ms. Ding Lanling, and Mr. Chen Hai, while the remaining seven spots belong to warriors from our various civilizations. Furthermore, our civilization's strongest warrior, Igor, who is in the top twenty of the Individual Sequence rankings, has yet to fight in the Individual Sequence Contest, which means our civilization still has significant competitiveness in this Sequence War."

These statements were like a heat source slowly warming up lukewarm water.

At first, the comment section was immersed in the carnival of the Fate Master's 662 victories and didn't pay much attention. But as more and more foreign civilization Survivors used the same sentence structure—praising the Fate Master first, then mentioning their own civilization's ranking—this subtle awkwardness began to seep in.

Someone finally realized it.

"Wait a second, only four of the top ten are from Yanhuang?"

"Lin Ke is ranked second, Ding Lanling is seventh, and Chen Hai is ninth. The rest are all from foreign civilizations."

"How did this happen? Where are our Yanhuang experts? If it weren't for the Fate Master holding down the fort, even second place would have been taken over?"

"Don't panic. Right now, the experts from all major civilizations have gone to fight in the Faction Sequence Battle. Our Yanhuang Civilization is the same; they didn't participate in the individual competition. They can't treat the Individual Sequence Contest like a point-farming machine the way the Fate Master does."

"Exactly, exactly. Big shots like Lin Zhaoyang, Su Wanqing, and Zhang Haotian are all in the Faction Sequence Battle. Their experts didn't participate in the Individual Sequence Contest, and neither did ours, right? Once they come to play the individual competition, especially the big shots from the Lucky Squad and the Wall of Despair, with everyone at Gold Tier plus the Fate Master, it will be more than enough to occupy all the top ten spots and then some."

This explanation was quickly upvoted, and the atmosphere in the comment section eased up a bit.

"That's right, the individual competition is only like this because our elites didn't go."

"Let those foreign civilization Survivors be arrogant for two more hours; they'll be crying later."

Confidence gathered again.

The foreign civilization Survivors already had limited opportunities to post, and coupled with the fact that what Yanhuang Civilization said was indeed reasonable—especially after these messages revealed that Yanhuang Civilization actually had at least a dozen Gold Tier experts—for a time, no one dared to reply, and the Symphony Realm was once again filled with the voices of Yanhuang Survivors.

Beneath these confident rebuttals, more and more posts were set to "Visible to Yanhuang Only."

The first batch of posts set to private mode appeared around 3:40 PM.

The poster's ID was "Old Zhao Fishing," with just over 3,000 Merit Points, having just exited the Individual Sequence Contest.

"In the Sequence Battle, are the Fate Platform functions gone, or is it just me who can't use them?"

"I fought for two hours, twelve matches, six wins and six losses. To be honest, I panicked after I got in."

"The compass is gone. At the start, I couldn't even see the talent information of the people on the other side."

"The Numerical Panel won't open. If you take a slash, it's a slash; if you're injured, you're injured. I was carrying a Silver Grade blade against a Teuton holding a Bronze Grade dagger, and I almost flipped over."

"His dagger was broken, but he was truly ruthless. His eyes looked like he wanted to eat people. I hesitated for a moment, and my chest was stabbed through."

"If my Silver Grade blade hadn't been hard enough, and if I hadn't fought desperately to hack him down in the end, I would have been done for in this match."

"Brothers, in the past when I went out to hunt sea beasts, the compass would scan everything first, weak points would be marked, the Numerical Panel would help me endure injuries, and the Life Spring would recover health. When have I ever had to fight head-on?"

"Only after entering the Sequence Battle did I realize that without these things, I... am really not as good at fighting as I thought."

The replies to this post were very fast.

"Old Zhao, you're not alone. I also had twelve matches, five wins and seven losses. A female Survivor from the Fog City Camp, with just a Bronze Grade short sword, chased and hacked at me for three minutes. Even with my Silver Grade armor, I struggled for a while."

"I won nine matches, but three of them were extremely difficult. The opponent from the Stars and Stripes was attacking my face from 360 degrees with no blind spots, completely ignoring their own defense, just trading lives. If I hadn't had a passive talent to take the hit, I would have been dead."

"So, have you guys noticed? Those foreign civilization Survivors have a particularly dirty fighting style—no, not dirty, but ruthless. They don't care about injuries, they don't care about pain; they'll take three slashes just to land one on you without even blinking."

"They never had Fate Platform functions to begin with. From day one, they've been fighting for their lives with bare hands. We got used to having a compass, a panel, and a spring, and now that they're all gone, it's like going to the battlefield blind."

"Don't air our dirty laundry, brothers; just keep these things in private posts."

"No one is spreading it. With the Fate Master here, the top spot of the Sequence War will definitely be our Yanhuang Civilization's, but the Faction Sequence Battle feels a bit precarious. Currently, the foreign civilization teams in second and third place on the leaderboard are only one or two victories behind us. It's likely also due to the inability to use Fate Platform functions..."

"We have to face the problem, otherwise how can we win the Faction Sequence Battle?"

The discussion continued to ferment in this direction.

Someone quickly summarized the reason.

The poster's ID was "Tide Observer," with over 6,000 Merit Points, considered an above-average Survivor. The post title was very direct: [Visible to Yanhuang Only: Why can't we beat people with worse equipment than us in the Sequence War?]

"There is only one core reason: Fate Platform functions cannot be used in the consciousness space of the Sequence War."

"The compass, Numerical Panel, Spatial Backpack, and Life Spring—all are ineffective."

"Why are they ineffective? Because these functions are essentially the Fate Master's innate abilities. The Fate Platform was built by the Fate Master, and all its functions are extensions of the Fate Master's personal innate abilities. The consciousness virtual space of the Sequence War only simulates the Survivor's own abilities and equipment; it does not simulate the innate ability products of others."

"In other words—the Fate Master can use them because they are his own. We can't use them because they are borrowed."

"Over the past ten-plus days, we have become accustomed to the compass for scouting enemies, the panel for enduring damage, and the spring for recovering health. These things have made us dependent."

"Foreign civilization Survivors don't have these. From day one, they have survived purely by risking their own lives. In terms of weapons and equipment, they are inferior to us. But in terms of life-and-death combat experience, decisiveness in killing, and the ability to endure pain and fear—they are stronger than us."

"This is why, even though we have better equipment and more people, we can only fight to a draw with them on the Sequence War leaderboard. We are even faintly being suppressed."

"We really must reflect deeply!"