46: Chapter 46 Hoshino Doesn't Get Lost

Over ten minutes ago.

Cause and Effect Fate Platform, Human Intelligence Realm.

Just half an hour after the launch of the Karmic Trading Realm caused a sensation.

A new post quietly appeared at the very bottom of the information feed.

Poster ID: Xingye Doesn't Get Lost.

Followers: 47.

Post Title: 'The World's Luckiest Beautiful Girl — PS: The First Real Photo with the Fate Platform's First Place and the Fate Master, Ta-da-da-da~~(∗❛ั∀❛ั∗)✧*.'.

Main Text —

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"Hello, everyone! Let me introduce myself first. My name is President Lu Xingye, eighteen years old. I had just finished the college entrance exam before my Transmigration, and before I could even receive my acceptance letter, I was dumped into this damn sea."

"Important things first — I tried the Karmic Trading Realm as soon as it went live!! It's so amazing! This feature is like a super year-end bonus that Lord of the Fate Altar, the big boss Yang Hang, gave to us Yanhuang Civilization survivors! I just traded three salted fish for a roll of bandages and some hemostatic medicine, and they arrived instantly! The bandages and medicine just dropped out of the Void Realm right onto my head! Even sci-fi wouldn't dare film something like this!"

"Big boss Yang Hang is forever the GOAT! Every update to the Fate Platform is a lifesaver! From the compass to the Trading Realm, I'm really bowing down to you all!"

"Okay, enough with the flattery."

"Now for the main topic."

"Are you ready?"

"If you're not ready, it's fine. Even if you were ready, you probably couldn't handle it anyway."

"—I, President Lu Xingye, a bottom-tier survivor on a rotten wood-class broken ship, met the Fate Master in person around noon today."

"Yes, you read that right."

"That's the Yang Hang who's ranked first on the personal merit list with 1.9 billion merit points."

"The one who built the Cause and Effect Fate Platform, created the magic sea compass, and just launched the Karmic Trading Realm."

"He came to my ship."

"Wearing a white T-shirt, flip-flops, and an Ultraman mask on his head."

"Yes, you read that right, Ultraman. The original version. Silver."

"I'll post the pictures first, you can see for yourselves."

First picture.

President Lu Xingye stood on the deck of the rotten wood ship, making a peace sign with both hands, her eyes curved into crescents from smiling. Beside her stood a tall, slender man in a white short-sleeve shirt, black casual pants, flip-flops, hands in his pockets, and a silver Ultraman mask covering his head.

The jawline visible below the mask was clean and sharp.

The distance between the two was about two fists wide. The background was an endless expanse of azure sea and the twin suns overhead.

Second picture.

A different angle. President Lu Xingye took a low-angle shot while half-squatting. The silhouette of the Ultraman-masked man was outlined by the glow of the twin suns. His posture was casual, like someone standing on their own balcony enjoying the breeze.

The third picture was a selfie of President Lu Xingye looking up and smiling with a peace sign next to him as he was opening a chest.

Then came the fourth and fifth pictures from different angles.

And a full-body photo of President Lu Xingye alone.

Olive-green combat gear. A short tactical jacket, dark gray functional base layer, with an olive-green metal pendant necklace resting on her collarbone. The waist was cinched, high-waisted tactical shorts, modular mounting rails on the outer thighs, dark high-elasticity combat socks extending from the ankles to above the knees, mid-top combat boots.

The entire set fit perfectly, absurdly exquisite.

Sixth picture.

A screenshot of the karma points balance.

[karma points Balance: 1,000,001]

Seven digits.

The post text continues —

"The clothes were a gift from him."

"Yes, this very outfit you see. Before, my tattered T-shirt was as ragged as dried salted fish. He just covered my eyes with his hand, and when I opened them again, it had changed into this. I don't know what ability that was, but the whole outfit fits as if custom-made for me, and it's incredibly warm to wear."

"I can't bear to take it off even when I sleep now."

"The one million karma points were also given to me by him. All because I gave him my fishing opportunity for today. I said I didn't want anything, that I'd give it for free, but he insisted on paying."

"Guess what he fished up using my fishing spot?"

"A gold-tier treasure chest."

"On a rotten wood-class broken ship with less than 400 merit points at the fishing spot, he came over, touched it, and out came a gold-tier treasure chest, containing some treasure called a life spring, I think."

"When he first appeared on my ship, I was screaming like crazy, pointing a sharpened plank at him, telling him not to come closer, no killing or anything. Who would have thought he just came to buy my treasure chest opening opportunity?"

"I genuinely thought he was a scammer at first. He came up and immediately offered one million karma points. Who wouldn't think that's insane? So I tentatively asked if he was the top-ranked Yang Hang, and he just said one word — 'Mhm.'"

"I told him to prove it."

"Then."

"Then he raised a finger."

"My ship flew."

"The entire ship lifted off the sea surface and rose into the sky. Ten meters, thirty meters, fifty meters. I clung to the door frame and looked down; there was nothing but sea beneath my feet."

"He just stood on the deck, no expression visible, the mask blocking it. But that feeling... I don't know how to describe it. It's like you instinctively know that the person before you is from a different world."

"While he was opening the chest, I wanted to keep him around a bit longer, so I confidently brought out a bit of this beautiful girl's charm, trying a tiny, little seduction. But he just reached out his hand, and I thought... well... you know what I mean, my mind did wander a little bit at that moment."

"And then he just patted my head."

"Then he said, 'Close your eyes, I'll give you something.'"

"When I opened my eyes, my clothes had changed."

"When he left, he didn't even say goodbye. He just turned and vanished. I leaned over the railing and shouted, but he was already gone. Then I heard a voice coming from who-knows-where, three words."

"'It's fine.'"

"That was in response to me earlier asking him, 'Can I post the photos on the Fate Platform?'"

"So this post was published with the explicit permission of big boss Yang Hang himself."

"In the end, I just want to say one thing —"

"The Fate Master is a good person, handsome, more powerful than you imagine, and gentler than you think."

"I, President Lu Xingye, from today onward, am the Fate Master's exclusive fan."

"Anyone who opposes, get out."

"If I ever get the chance to meet you again, Fate Master, I'd like to treat you to some lemonade (even though I have no lemons, no ice, and no cup, but the sentiment is there, right?)!"

— Xingye Doesn't Get Lost

PS: This post was absolutely posted with the Fate Master's permission, okay? Cute emoji jpg, otherwise this beautiful girl wouldn't dare~

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For the first three minutes after this post was published, the comment count was zero.

In the fourth minute, someone clicked in.

In the fifth minute, seven comments.

In the sixth minute, the comment section exploded.

["Wait wait wait wait wait??? Fate Master??? Photo together??? One million karma points??? I read every single word three times to make sure I'm not hallucinating. Isn't this the era where everyone has like a dozen karma points on average?"]

["Fake, right? Photoshopped? What kind of Fate Master wears flip-flops and an Ultraman mask?"]