74: Chapter 73: Games Bringing Them to Reality?

The next second.

A golden announcement that shook the entire Cause and Effect Fate Platform exploded directly in the depths of the consciousness of all Yanhuang Civilization survivors.

[Cause and Effect Fate Platform New Feature Announcement: Two new features added, System has fixed some unknown risks!]

[Personal Information Panel · Numerical Panel feature officially online]

[Activation cost: 24 karma points / 24 hours, or 1 karmic point / 1 hour (customizable duration, precise to the hour)]

[Activation effect: Body enters a digitized state]

[Explanation: Real-time display of personal Health Points (HP bar), stamina, mental state, weak points, and other comprehensive Numerical Panels. While active, any injuries (including severed limbs, organ damage, etc.) are converted into a reduction of the HP bar. External physical injuries will recover completely within seconds, and the HP bar being emptied is the condition for actual death.]

[Special Reminder: The head is a critical damage area; a maximum critical hit can empty the HP bar in one shot, so please take care to protect your head at all times.]

[Activation method: Enter the Personal Information Panel and select the "Numerical Panel" button to enable.]

[Karmic Trading Realm · Level 1 functional facility 'Life Spring', officially open!]

[Life Spring is now fully revived and can consume karma points to generate the following three types of Spirit Spring Water:

[Blue Spirit Spring Water] Exchange rate: 1 karmic point / 10ml. Effect: Instantly recovers mental exhaustion, mana, or Mental Energy fatigue.

[Red Spirit Spring Water] Exchange rate: 1 karmic point / 10ml. Effect: Instantly recovers physical injuries and replenishes Health Points.

[Yellow Spirit Spring Water] Exchange rate: 1 karmic point / 10ml. Effect: Instantly recovers stamina and relieves whole-body fatigue.

[Exchange method: Enter the "Life Spring" area in the Karmic Trading Realm, select the desired type of Spirit Spring Water, and enter the exchange quantity to generate the corresponding spring water.]

[Fate Master's Message: The Numerical Panel combined with Red Spirit Spring Water can achieve ultimate combat endurance, while Blue and Yellow Spirit Spring Waters ensure mental and physical stamina respectively. Combine them reasonably to fight for a chance of survival amidst the magic tide.]

Everyone who saw this announcement held their breath for a moment.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Is this even possible?"

"Numerical Panel? Digitized body?"

"Apart from the head being destroyed, any severed limbs, piercing wounds, or shattered organs just deduct from the HP bar? And they recover as good as new in seconds?"

"Doesn't this equate to... a health-lock cheat?!"

"And—isn't this just the character panel from those online games we used to play on Earth?"

"HP bar, mana bar, stamina bar, weak points, digitized body... those settings that only existed on screens were now appearing, vividly and truly, on their own bodies."

"Is this... a game... reflecting into reality? Is it real?!" someone muttered, their voice carrying a nearly absurd tremor.

And it only costs twenty-four karma points a day—even if kept on for just one hour, it only costs one karmic point.

It sounded expensive, perhaps even very expensive.

However, look at the actual effect.

One karmic point in exchange for one hour of an "immortal body"?

Is it expensive?

Not expensive at all!

How many people, when hunting sea beasts, would absolutely be willing to pay a higher price to obtain such a thing if given the chance, even if it were otherwise unattainable?

Looking further down at the three-colored Spirit Spring Waters.

Red Spring restores health, Blue Spring restores Mental Energy, Yellow Spring restores stamina. Each costs only one karmic point for ten milliliters, takes effect instantly, and has no cooldown.

Combined with the Numerical Panel—the panel ensures immortality, Red Spring fills the HP bar, Blue Spring ensures spellcasting, Yellow Spring ensures stamina... are they trying to turn them into perpetual motion machines?

The first reaction of most Yanhuang Civilization survivors was not ecstasy, but disbelief.

Someone posted on the public forum with trembling hands: "Wait... after activating this Numerical Panel, can it really automatically recover any injury? Can severed hands and feet grow back?"

Someone immediately replied below: "The announcement says 'any injuries (including severed limbs, organ damage, etc.) are converted into a reduction of the HP bar, and the external appearance recovers completely within seconds.' See for yourself!"

"What about when the HP bar is emptied?"

"The announcement said, the HP bar being emptied is the condition for actual death. Also, the head is a critical damage area; a maximum critical hit can empty the HP bar in one shot. So don't be reckless, remember to protect your head."

"But if you don't get headshot, as long as the HP bar remains, you are immortal?"

"...Yes."

"Twenty-four karma points a day? Only one point for an hour?"

"Yes!!"

After a brief silence, there was an explosive roar.

President Lu Xingye stood on the deck, and the spear in her hand fell to the ground with a "clatter." She stared fixedly at those lines of golden text, her eyes instantly turning red?

No, they were filled with colorful pink stars.

In a trance, she felt as if she had Transmigrated back to Earth, sitting in that bedroom full of pink girlish vibes, holding a mouse and frantically spamming skills on the character on the screen—no, this time, the screen was shattered, and she herself was that digitized character.

"Digitization... health-lock... one karmic point per hour..." she muttered to herself, her voice becoming increasingly ethereal and hazy, "This is simply an official cheat! Fate Master has directly moved the online game panel onto us! Wow, wow, wow, wow..."

Zhao Zheng shouted directly into the communication channel: "Everyone, listen up! Immediately exchange for the Numerical Panel! Activate it for one hour to test the function! If it's true, we will be immortal tonight! Can Fate Master even implement such rule-level existence? What kind of being is he? A god?"

President Shen Qing stood up abruptly, knocking over the water cup on the table, splashing water everywhere. Her eyes, which were always calm, were now filled with shock.

But she quickly suppressed her emotions, her voice remaining cold, yet carrying a hint of imperceptible trembling: "Logistics Department, calculate immediately—if all members activate the Numerical Panel for twelve hours, how many karma points will be needed? How long can our account balance support it?"

What she didn't say out loud was: This level of rule modification is no longer something any treasure could achieve. Fate Master... I'm afraid he has truly touched upon a Domain that transcends cognition. Is he... is he really a survivor like us?

Zheng Yuanshan looked at the nautical chart in front of him, his fingers holding the cigarette trembling violently.

He turned around abruptly and let out a roar toward the entire command room: "What are you still standing there for! Forward the announcement immediately! Let everyone know—Fate Master has given us a second life! Numerical Panel, mandatory activation for everyone! Expenses will be paid from the Revival Society's public account! Find more people to test its effectiveness! Even if the effect is only half of what the announcement says, we must exchange it for the entire army, even if we have to sell everything we own! If it's not enough, I'll sell the ships to make up for it!"

Boom!

The public forum exploded completely!

No fear, no despair, no oppression.

All negative emotions were crushed to pieces in the face of those four words, "digitized body"!

"Fate Master! It's Fate Master!"

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! Isn't this the character panel from that MMO I used to play? HP bar, weak points, health recovery mechanism... exactly the same! Fate Master has moved game mechanics into reality!"