45: Chapter 45 The World's Number One Beautiful Girl and the Lord of Fate...

Just when all the council members were incredibly excited, she continued to speak,

"However, there is one point. According to economic expert analysis, there is a relatively dangerous aspect to this Trading Realm—if we don't manage it, based on past experience, it will very likely spontaneously form gray areas. Some people will hoard goods, and some will maliciously drive up prices. If the economic order of nearly 1.4 billion people goes out of control, it will be even more fatal than a Sea Beast Tide."

Zheng Yuanshan did not express an opinion.

Director Sun Zheng, head of the General Administration of Defense and Security, chimed in: "I agree with Director Lin's assessment. To add a point—the teleportation function of the Trading Realm poses a security risk. Some might use the Trading Realm to transport dangerous goods, or use the guise of trading to harm others. As for the video function, we can indeed promptly..."

"You are overthinking it." Director Zhou Ming, head of the General Administration of Planning and Construction, interrupted him. "Director Sun, you are still stuck in pre-Transmigration thinking. Have you forgotten the Magic Sea rule that prohibits mutual slaughter? Furthermore, the teleportation channel is a core capability of the Fate Platform, not something survivors can manipulate. I am more concerned about those two locked functions—'Life Spring' and 'food god shrine'. If those are truly supply ports for food and medical resources, once opened, the entire resource landscape of the Yanhuang Camp will be completely reshaped. We must make contingency plans in advance."

He looked at the head of the Comprehensive Coordination Department.

"Let's talk about external matters first. What is the Council's opinion on President Shen Qing's cooperation request?"

The head of the Comprehensive Coordination Department opened a report: "The Little Life Society currently has over 5,000 members, and its core asset is President Shen Qing's Gold-grade talent—Minor Life Technique. President Shen Qing herself sent a formal request to our Society three days ago via the Fate Platform's private message channel to establish a cooperative relationship. The wording was appropriate, and the demands were clear—exchange of supplies and shared medical care."

But as soon as this topic came up, it was immediately rejected by Director Zhou Ming, head of the General Administration of Planning and Construction.

"Chief, I believe this application should be reconsidered. After the appearance of the trading Fate Platform, the actual influence of the Little Life Society has greatly diminished. The uniqueness of its organizational capability lies in President Shen Qing's Gold-grade Minor Life Technique talent. This talent is very strong, but if I may be blunt, its medical assistance to our Revival Society is extremely limited. We are too far away and cannot enjoy the benefits brought by her medical capabilities. Aside from that bit of influence President Shen Qing has on the Fate Platform, which our Revival Society is not lacking in either, it's a losing cooperation."

Zheng Yuanshan frowned and was just about to speak when the head of the Comprehensive Coordination Department suddenly interjected.

"Chief, Director Zhou, the Little Life Society also submitted a list of medical supplies. Everyone can distribute and take a look first."

As the words fell, eight handwritten reports were passed to every council member present, including Zheng Yuanshan.

"little life water, 50ml per serving, priced at five karma points or barter with equivalent supplies. Its function allows for emergency life-saving, has therapeutic effects on various degrees of trauma, can provide timely hemostasis for large-scale bleeding such as a severed arm, can restore personal status, and remove most negative statuses, such as common colds, fevers, diarrhea..."

This report was nearly a thousand words long, entirely dedicated to explaining the efficacy and function of little life water, as well as the final and most important supplementary note: little life water is diluted from little life pearl. The actual effect of little life pearl can reach the level of President Shen Qing personally casting Minor Life Technique, bringing the dead back to life, regrowing flesh on bones, and removing all negative effects.

After reading the report, Director Zhou Ming immediately reported: "Chief, I retract what I said just now and agree to reach a cooperation agreement with the Little Life Society."

The other directors and rotating council members present followed suit.

The item little life pearl struck their core lifeline; they wanted it too much.

Even if its effects overlapped with the potential Life Spring that might open in the Karmic Trading Realm later, they still wanted it.

"Approved." Zheng Yuanshan nodded seriously.

Even if there hadn't been little life water and little life pearl, he had intended to agree to this cooperation. President Shen Qing's influence on the Fate Platform, and even Minor Life Technique, were secondary; it was more about her personal IP, which was very helpful for their Revival Society to deepen and imprint the image of the Yanhuang Civilization orthodox authority. Now that such a good thing had appeared, he naturally had nothing more to say.

"But the cooperation framework will be drafted under our Society's leadership. The Department of Livelihood and the Comprehensive Coordination Department will jointly draft it, and it will be submitted to the Council for review within three days."

"Yes."

Zheng Yuanshan's gaze swept across the table.

"Next agenda item."

Setting aside the topic of the Little Life Society, his voice dropped half a tone.

"Fate Master."

The conference room went quiet.

Everyone present understood the weight of these two words. The creator of the Cause and Effect Fate Platform, the undisputed number one on the personal merit list, the de facto highest strategic asset of the Yanhuang Camp—an existence that no one had yet seen, contacted, or confirmed the identity of.

The head of the Comprehensive Coordination Department took a deep breath and turned to the last page of the report.

"Regarding the contact report for the codename 'Fate Master'—that is, the person at the top of the personal merit list, 'Yang Hang'. As of now..."

He paused for a moment.

"There has been no substantive progress. Private messages remain unreplied. No response in the post comment sections. 'Person-seeking' posts released in the Bounty Realm have vanished without a trace. The map positioning function cannot retrieve the user's coordinates—the Fate Platform System seems to have applied special concealment for him. We have tried seventeen contact schemes, all of which failed."

After the report was read, no one spoke.

Zheng Yuanshan's fingers tapped the table slowly three times.

"Does anyone have any new suggestions?"

The Chief Inspector spoke first: "Since private contact is not working, why not take a public route? In the name of the Association, release a pinned open letter on the Fate Platform, honestly expressing our Society's desire to establish a communication channel with the Fate Master. Use the highest level of respect in the wording, the greatest sincerity in the content, and even that vacant... Chief position could be offered—"

"It's too passive, the posture is too low." Director Zhou Ming of the General Administration of Planning shook his head. "If the open letter is sent out, the whole network will see it. It's equivalent to putting the Revival Society's posture in front of everyone. The Chief position is one thing, but if the Fate Master doesn't reply, our credibility—"

"Credibility?" Director Lin Su's voice turned cold. "The other party single-handedly supports the entire Cause and Effect Fate Platform, sustaining nearly 1.4 billion people, and you want to talk to him about credibility?"

The argument began to heat up.

Zheng Yuanshan did not stop it. He leaned back in his chair, his thick eyebrows knit together, his gaze falling on the report on the table filled with "No Progress."

Just at this moment.

A knock on the door.

"Report!"

The door was pushed open, and a communications guard ran in, sweat on his forehead, holding a piece of information just retrieved from the Fate Platform.

"Chief, emergency situation. An explosive post appeared on the Fate Platform's World Echo three minutes ago. The popularity across the network surged to the top spot within two minutes. Currently, the number of replies has exceeded 800,000—"

Zheng Yuanshan sat up straight.

"What post?"

The communications soldier took a deep breath.

"An eighteen-year-old female survivor named 'President Lu Xingye' posted a photo-text post. The post title is—"

He handed the information to Zheng Yuanshan.

The title was long, but it made people unable to look away:

"The World's Number One Lucky Beautiful Girl—PS: A real photo of the number one on the Fate Platform and Lord Fate Master, Tada~ (∗❛ั∀❛ั∗)✧*."

The first attached image was a photo of a youthful girl looking rather disheveled, wearing a T-shirt with several holes and shorts torn unevenly below the knees, alongside a young man in casual attire, looking extremely sensible and with a special temperament, wearing an Ultraman mask.

The second, third, fourth, and sixth images were all photos taken from different angles.

The fifth image was a clear flip-flop footprint, pressed one inch deep into the deck at the stern of the ship.

The sixth image was a screenshot of her karma points balance.

The number—1,000,001.