139: Chapter 137 That Damn Touching Moment and the Birth of a Life Profession!

When she imagined the instant noodles, having survived on the Magic Sea for over ten days and feeling a bit dazed about the various things from before her Transmigration, she actually felt it was a bit absurd for a moment.

Yet almost simultaneously, the screen of the food god shrine in front of her popped up an image of instant noodles, with a golden mark below—

karma points: 20

Cancel Confirm.

The image was quite realistic.

The price was also very expensive.

The corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily, and with a "why not try it" mentality, she selected confirm.

But the next moment, a beam of light condensed.

A steaming bowl of instant noodles appeared in her hands.

The noodle cake curled up in the bowl, the broth was a bright red, with a few grains of dehydrated corn and a large square piece of ham floating on top.

She felt the weight in her hands, and the heat of the soup transmitted through the unfamiliar yet familiar plastic bowl, leaving her stunned.

After several seconds of confusion, and smelling the aroma, she remained rational enough to know that this was currently only the Fate Platform space where her consciousness resided.

To truly eat it, she had to return to reality.

With a thought, she returned to reality the next moment, holding that bowl of instant noodles in the same posture as she had just now in the Karmic Trading Realm.

She lifted the bowl and took a sip of the soup.

That familiar, intense, and flavor-packed soup, filled with the aroma of monosodium glutamate and artificial essence, flooded her mouth, hitting her like a heavy hammer on the top of her head.

Lin Yeqing's eyes instantly turned red. This resilient woman had experienced two Magic Sea Beast Tides and over a dozen life-and-death dangers, yet she had endured without shedding a single tear. At this moment, however, tears could no longer be held back and rolled down.

"Are you kidding me? This damn Hextech, to be able to drink this on the Magic Sea..."

"I must live for 365 days and let this damn Magic Sea see that an Earth Star person who grew up in modern civilization also has the ability to conquer this Magic Sea!"

On another sea area.

Qi Bolin, Fate Platform ID: Moon-Slicing Blade.

A Silver Grade Survivor, although he had lost three consecutive Faction Sequence Battles and was feeling a bit depressed, he saw that the response on the Fate Platform to the newly opened food god shrine by Fate Master was not very enthusiastic. With the intention of "supporting Fate Master," he also entered the Karmic Trading Realm, intending to use the food god shrine to exchange for something to eat.

After his consciousness entered the food god shrine and he understood the operation process, he was surprised to find that the food god shrine had no menu?

There was only a prompt telling him to rely on his own imagination to consume karma points in exchange for food.

Qi Bolin was a bit confused.

"Rely on imagination to exchange? Can I think of anything?"

Suddenly, an absurd thought popped into his head that made even him laugh.

"How about a cream cake? And not just an ordinary cake, but a three-story giant cake like the ones at birthday parties, covered in cream, with cherries and chocolate shavings on top."

The next moment, the food god shrine displayed an image of a three-story cream cake on the interface based on his imagination. It was exactly as Qi Bolin had imagined in his mind.

Qi Bolin was stunned. "It actually works?"

But immediately, the karma point consumption shown below with the golden Arabic numeral "200" made him involuntarily take a few steps back.

So, hesitating, he tried to imagine a smaller strawberry cream cake in his mind. One hundred karma points. "Hiss~"

"Even smaller, a triangular slice of strawberry cream cake. Forty-five karma points! Hiss~ Hiss~"

"That's a day's income? Forget it, forget it. I've only been on the Magic Sea for ten days; a day's income is still a bit extravagant."

"Smaller still, a small piece the size of a palm, with a big red strawberry embedded on top. A single bite. Eight karma points."

Although it still hurt his heart, he pressed the confirm button on the screen.

A burst of light surged wildly, and the next second, a round cream cake, only three or four centimeters wide and high, landed steadily in his hand.

The cream was pure white, the cake sponge was fluffy, and there was even strawberry jam in the middle layer.

He stared at the cake for five seconds. Then he opened his mouth and bit into nothing.

The next moment he realized what happened and quickly returned his consciousness to reality. Sure enough, there was now a strawberry cream cake in his hand.

His saliva flowed out involuntarily. He dug out a piece of cream with his finger and stuffed it into his mouth.

Sweet, greasy. The taste of pure vegetable cream, with a hint of vanilla essence.

His tears also fell without warning at this moment.

On another sea area.

Duan Bao, Fate Platform ID: Red Flame Iron Pot.

A Bronze Grade Survivor, a die-hard fan of the Lucky Squad, had just finished reading the battle report of the 95-game winning streak and was feeling a bit hungry.

He had been partying in the Symphony Realm for half an hour, and his throat was hoarse from excitement.

Now his stomach let out a thunderous protest, and he remembered that he hadn't eaten a single hot meal since noon.

The iron pot stewing Magic Sea beast meat at the camp was still cooking, and he would have to wait at least forty minutes. He didn't want to wait.

Just as the food god shrine had been flooding the screen, he entered the Karmic Trading Realm with the idea of "grabbing a bite first."

He lit up the large screen extending from the palm of the statue altar of the food god shrine. The simple interface of the food god shrine appeared.

With a few simple swipes, he understood the operation logic of the food god shrine.

No menu? Imagine it yourself, consume corresponding karma points to exchange.

A strange thought suddenly occurred to him: "How about some fried chicken? The kind sold at street-side fried chicken shops, breaded in thick batter, sprinkled with chili powder and cumin, fried chicken wings."

The moment he selected confirm on the screen, white light condensed, and the aroma of fried chicken hit his face directly.

The golden, crispy skin, and when torn open, the scalding meat juices mixed with grease flowed down. One could smell the overwhelming aroma of grease even within the Karmic Trading Realm.

He returned to reality and took a bite. A crisp crunch exploded in his mouth, followed by the tender, slippery chicken meat and the burning sensation brought by the chili powder.

He cried...? No, he howled. "Awoo~ Awoo~"

It wasn't because it was too delicious, but because the taste was so damn like junk food—it was exactly the kind of fried chicken wings he used to buy for five yuan for four at the school gate, that cheap, greasy taste that made people so happy they wanted to curse.

Almost simultaneously, or within a few minutes of each other, countless Survivors, with shining eyes, imagined rice, braised pork ribs, fried chicken, ice cream, and cake in front of the food god shrine in the Karmic Trading Realm, and in the end, they all appeared intact in their hands.

These Survivors took a bite, and then tears flowed down.

"Are you kidding me? This is actually the taste of damn modern industrial additives! It's so touching!! Ahhhhhh!!!!"

Then the style of the Fate Platform changed.

"Who said the food god shrine was useless just now!? Apologize to me, waaaaaah!!"

"I was just curious and trying it out, but I got freshly made braised pork belly!!! I just chose braised pork belly! It actually materialized! Hot! Oily!"

"Rice!! White rice!! A big bowl!! Steaming hot!! I haven't eaten rice for fourteen days!!!"

"Is there hot pot?!"

"Yes! But it's expensive! The refinement level is doubled! I just imagined it, and a hot pot meal costs forty-one karma points!"

"Forty-one is forty-one! I'll sell my underwear to eat a meal!"

"What about instant noodles?! Damn, instant noodles can be eaten too, it's so fragrant!!!"

"Spicy strips!!! Who told me the food god shrine could even generate spicy strips!!!"

"Ice cream!!! It's been so long since I tasted this, a Divine Artifact, this is absolutely a Divine Artifact, I'm willing to give it the top 1 spot of all Fate Platform functions. Just one bite, and I feel like I can't live without it."

"Fate Master!!! Thank you, Fate Master!!!"

"I was using the food god shrine with the thought of supporting Fate Master, fearing that the food god shrine would be deserted. I really deserve to die. How could a groveling maggot like me understand any move, thought, or intention of Fate Master? I actually dared to have the thought of bestowing charity upon Fate Master. I really deserve to die!!!"

"Fate Master, please forgive my previous ignorance. I beg you not to mind our possible offenses. The food god shrine function must, must, must stay open forever, ahhh!!"

"Fate Master is the eternal god! The food god shrine is the eternal home!"

The posts on the Fate Platform went crazy.

Compared to the first batch of middle-aged and older Survivors who came into contact with the food god shrine and were more concerned with livelihood and survival, with less focus on the desire for food, this batch of younger-minded Survivors who emerged from the Individual Sequence Contest and Faction Sequence Battle focused immediately on the revisiting of the glimmer of modern civilization brought to them by the food god shrine.

It is imaginable how great and soul-stirring the taste of Hextech was for the Survivors who had experienced over ten days of wilderness survival after Transmigration to the Magic Sea, having had to eat excrement, drink urine, eat raw meat, seaweed, and lacking seasonings and spices.

This damn fragrant and pungent taste of industrial additives. If they were given a limit on how long they could eat it, they would be willing to eat it for a lifetime.

Yang Hang lay on the sofa, while the Bionic Maid was massaging his shoulders. He just smiled knowingly at the uproar caused by the food god shrine on the Fate Platform once again.

He had long expected this, and this was why he didn't worry at all that the food god shrine would be unpopular before opening it, even though Yanhuang Survivors generally didn't lack food now.

He knew that no one could resist the temptation of modern civilization food. It was just that this wave of the food god shrine had not yet reached its limit.

The carnival triggered by the food god shrine lasted for nearly half an hour.

The posts in the Symphony Realm were almost uniformly showing off food. Braised pork belly, sweet and sour pork ribs, egg fried rice, spicy strips, ice cream—each text description of food was followed by a string of ellipses and long paragraphs of sentiment.

Then a post appeared.

The poster's ID was "Deep Sea Notes," with over four thousand merit points, and the account registration information showed Yanhuang Camp.

The post title was very long. [The food god shrine is not a cafeteria, it is the starting point that changes the destiny of us all—On the true significance of the food god shrine's second function]

At the beginning of the main text, the tone was no different from other posts in the Symphony Realm.

"Let me state the conclusion first: I am willing to offer all the karma points of my remaining life to worship Fate Master."

"It is not because I just spent five karma points to eat a steaming bowl of beef noodles—although that bowl of noodles did make me cry for two minutes."

"It is because I just spent half an hour looking at all the functions of the food god shrine three times over. The more I looked, the more shocked I became, and the more I felt that the vision of Fate Master is far above us all."

"Everyone, the first function of the food god shrine, spending karma points to buy food—everyone understands this, so I won't repeat it. It is a benefit, a gift, and something that allows us to regain human dignity on the Magic Sea."

"But what I am going to talk about next is the second function."

"First, please look at a screenshot."

The screenshot contained the full content of the previous analysis post by "Old Chen."

"The analysis by this Old Chen helped many people eliminate panic when the food god shrine first went online, and it was a great contribution. His core viewpoint was: The food god shrine is not here to take our jobs, but to open a stall for us."

"This understanding is not wrong."

"But it is shallow."

"Everyone has not seen the essence through the phenomena."

The post left a blank line after this sentence. "What is the essence?"

"The essence is—on the Magic Sea, the first life profession in the true sense has been born."