47: Chapter 47 Three Million?

"I mean, this is just too abstract. In my mind, the Fate Master was supposed to be the type with long hair, flowing white robes, and an ethereal, immortal vibe... Ultraman mask? Flip-flops? White T-shirt?"

"Are you all focusing on the mask? I only see the screenshot of a one million karma points balance. One million. Are you just going to gloss over this number? I've only had a total of 3 karma points in my account until now."

"The picture is real. Fate Platform screenshots have an official anti-counterfeiting watermark; it can't be photoshopped. The photo was also taken using the Fate Platform's built-in camera function, and there's a time watermark in the bottom right corner—today at 12:07 PM."

This reply immediately silenced more than half of the skepticism.

The post's follower count jumped from 47 to five thousand. Then to fifty thousand. Then to one million.

The Fate Platform World Echo began spreading it simultaneously. Someone directly screenshotted the original post and forwarded it, accompanied by a line of exclamation marks.

The comment section opened up like a floodgate.

"Oh my god, she actually touched the Fate Master. She touched him. She touched the person we've been discussing for five days without even knowing what he looked like."

"Get your priorities straight! The clothes! That combat gear! Look closely at the material, the cut, and the craftsmanship! Who on the entire Fate Platform has ever seen equipment of this Rank? That wasn't opened from a treasure chest; it was conjured on the spot by the Fate Master using his abilities!"

"I magnified that full-body photo seventeen times. Everyone, please don't misunderstand; I absolutely don't have any special interests, I'm just studying the clothing material. I was a fashion designer in my past life. This outfit features modular mounting rails, composite material combat boots, and protective weave layers. It would be very ordinary outside, but in the Magic Sea, well, those who know, know..."

"So the Fate Master can not only create the Fate Platform, the compass, and the Trading Realm, but he can also conjure clothes on the spot??? And custom-fitted ones at that???"

"Are you guys really not focusing on the main point? She said the Fate Master lifted the boat fifty meters with one finger! Fifty meters! Just one finger!"

When there were five hundred thousand comments, President Lu Xingye started replying in the comment section.

Someone asked: How are you sure he is the Fate Master and not an impostor?

President Lu Xingye replied: "He lifted my boat fifty meters into the sky; may I ask which impostor has this kind of ability?"

Someone asked: What does he look like under the Ultraman mask? Is he handsome?

President Lu Xingye replied: "I didn't see his face! But his jawline is incredible, trust me! His voice is pleasant, that kind of very young but very steady feeling. He speaks slowly, like he doesn't care about anything."

Someone asked: What does it feel like when the Fate Master pats your head?

President Lu Xingye replied: "His palm was very warm, large, and his touch was very light. Just from that one moment, I feel like I can survive on this sea for another three hundred and sixty-five days."

This reply was pushed to the top of the comment section. Below it was a uniform chorus of howling.

"President Lu Xingye, get a grip, you only met him once!!!"

"I can't take it, I'm so jealous I need to go swim a couple of laps in the sea to calm down."

"You said the Fate Master wears flip-flops... Why do I feel like that makes perfect sense? For an existence standing above everyone else, what he wears is just whatever he feels like wearing, right?"

"Please, can anyone contact this President Lu Xingye and ask the Fate Master if he's still accepting fans? I want to get my head patted too."

Ten million comments.

The post's follower count surpassed three hundred million.

It's still rising.

But five minutes later, the tide turned.

"karma points screenshots can be photoshopped, right?"

"Maybe the clothes were opened from a chest herself, and she's just putting on a show to ride the Fate Master's coattails."

"Where's the group photo? Why didn't I see the Fate Master's face? Just one selfie? The background is just the sea? You call this a group photo?"

"So you're saying the Fate Master wears a white T-shirt, flip-flops, and an Ultraman mask?... Are you serious?"

"If you're going to make something up, make it believable, okay? An Ultraman mask? Is the Fate Master here to be a comedian?"

President Lu Xingye's reply speed was very fast.

"He really wore an Ultraman mask! I swear!"

"The karma points are real! If you have one million yourselves, then take a screenshot! If you can't, don't say it's photoshopped!"

"He wouldn't let me take a photo of his face! But he said I could post about it! He said it himself!"

But her typing speed alone couldn't withstand tens of millions of doubts.

The comment section was quickly drowned out by two types of voices.

The first: She is an opportunist riding the hype.

The second: Even if it were true, it's just a story she made up paired with screenshots of good luck from opening chests, a self-directed performance.

President Lu Xingye was so angry she threw her dried fish onto the deck.

"Everything I said is true!!! If you don't believe me, then forget it!!!"

She typed this line, then deleted it.

She typed again: "I know it sounds outrageous, but if you had seen him—seen that person standing on your broken boat, and with a casual point of his finger, lift your entire boat fifty meters into the air—you wouldn't think it was outrageous."

She sent it.

It was drowned in tens of thousands of new replies, not even causing a splash.

She squatted on the deck, hugging her knees, feeling a bit aggrieved.

Then she saw the changes in the trending post rankings.

Below her post, two new posts suddenly appeared at the top of the World Echo Human Intelligence Realm hot search, second only to President Lu Xingye's own post.

Without any warning, it was eerie how one just felt like two trending posts appeared in the blink of an eye. The key was that there weren't many replies under these trending posts, yet the Fate Platform's heat value was ridiculously high.

But at this moment, no one had the heart to focus on this awkwardness; their eyes were all drawn to the content of these two sudden, miraculous posts.

Soon, their originally empty comment sections instantly hit 99999+.

The first one.

Title: "The Fate Master came to my boat, wore an Ultraman mask, gave me one million karma points, and bought my fishing opportunity."

Poster ID: Zhao Kang.

No flashy descriptions. Zhao Kang's text was dry, like a plain account.

"He fell from the sky. Flip-flops, white T-shirt, wearing an Ultraman mask."

"I didn't believe it, so he split the sea right there on the spot."

"I saw the seabed."

"He gave me one million karma points, opened a Gold Rank treasure chest at my fishing spot, and took away something called a 'sustenance table'."

"I've attached a screenshot of my karma points balance, one million and three. The extra three are what I had saved before."

There was only one attached image. The karma points balance. One million and three.

The second one.

Title: "I also saw the Fate Master. Same mask, same trading method. He took away a Gold Rank skill book called 'Infinite Horizon'."

The poster was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with the ID "Fisherman Returning to Nowhere".

The text was even briefer.

"I won't say much about the trading process; it's much the same as the two above. One million karma points in exchange for my fishing opportunity. He opened a Gold Rank treasure chest at my fishing spot. The item he opened was a skill book called 'Infinite Horizon'."

"The karma points balance screenshot is as follows."

One million and seven.

Three posts.

Three survivors who didn't know each other.

Three screenshots of one million karma points balances.

Three Gold Rank treasures.

The comment section was quiet for about thirty seconds, then exploded.

"Wait a second—three people? Three one-millions?"

"Three million karma points just given away like that? Let me calculate what this concept is... Among the 1.4 billion people on the entire Fate Platform, the average person has at most a dozen or so karma points saved up. Before the Karmic Trading Realm existed, it was fine; karma points could only be used on the Fate Platform's online services and some basic functions, so there was nowhere to spend them even if you had more. But three million karma points now... pardon my French, but this isn't just wealth, this is a literal money printer."

"Wait, don't you guys think these three things look a bit familiar?"

This reply came from a survivor with the ID "Fish Bone Puzzle".