87: Chapter 86 Would they dare to forge it?

President Shen Qing's eyes narrowed slightly. Indescribable, unmemorable; the Fate Master truly was such a transcendent existence.

Just then, a commotion erupted behind her.

Shen Qing turned around and almost laughed in anger.

That group of Silver Grade powerhouses, who had just been marveling at the Fate Master's mighty power, were now acting like a bunch of perverts, scattered across the area where the young man had just been standing.

Some were lying on the deck, noses pressed against the wooden planks, sniffing frantically.

Others pulled out daggers, carefully attempting to pry up the wooden plank the young man had stepped on.

There was even a burly man with an awakened Water-type talent, holding a glass bottle and frantically collecting the residual water vapor in the air.

"What are you doing?" Shen Qing's voice was as cold as frost.

"President Shen! This is the plank that Lord Fate Master stepped on! This is a divine relic!" the man prying the plank said, his face flushed red. "I'm going to enshrine it and study it every day!"

"Right, right, right! This definitely contains the lingering powerful essence of Lord Fate Master!" the burly man collecting water vapor chimed in.

In the corner, a thin, gaunt man rolled his eyes around: "President Shen, what do you think... if we listed this plank on the Karmic Trading Realm and labeled it 'Authentic Fate Master Footprint Plank,' how many karma points could it sell for? A hundred thousand? A million?"

Before he could finish, dozens of gazes filled with Killing Intent locked onto him instantly.

"You dare to sell Lord Fate Master's divine relic for money? I'll chop you up and feed you to the fish right now!" Zhao Zheng brandished his notched horse-chopping saber, looking murderous.

The gaunt man shrank his neck and quickly shut his mouth.

"Enough!" Shen Qing shouted coldly. "The beast tide has just retreated, the defensive line hasn't been cleared, and the wounded are still waiting for treatment. Everyone, get out of here and get to work!"

The President's long-standing authority still held sway; everyone could only reluctantly disperse to clear the battlefield, looking back every few steps.

Scolded by her, everyone could only shamefacedly put away their little schemes and disperse while looking back every few steps.

Shen Qing turned her head and personally helped Wei Xiaoyue and the male combatant up: "You've been frightened. Go to the safe rest area Houseboat and rest first."

The coldness on Shen Qing's face melted instantly. She summoned two trusted guards and spoke rapidly: "Arrange a squad to tow this ship to the central area, specifically the area next to my private Houseboat. Seal it off at the highest security level and designate it as a restricted zone."

"The whole ship, President Shen?"

"Yes, the whole ship." Shen Qing was expressionless.

The two guards were dumbfounded.

President Shen, you didn't have this expression when you were scolding them just now!

But they didn't dare to say anything more and immediately complied.

After handling the scene, Shen Qing returned to the conference room.

"Collect all live stream footage from that area just now!" Shen Qing ordered decisively.

The Fate Platform's editing staff immediately got to work. Soon, dozens of fragmented live stream recordings were extracted. Some only had interrupted footage, some only showed a back view, and some only captured the moment the giant crab disappeared.

After emergency editing, a complete video finally took shape.

From the young man appearing out of thin air, to the giant crab opening its abyssal maw, to the young man casually pinching it, turning the crab into ashes, and finally the young man turning his head and disappearing into the air.

Shen Qing and the senior members of the Little Life Society stared fixedly at the big screen, their breathing heavy.

"Too strong... This is a god." Zhao Zheng muttered to himself.

But soon, they discovered something wrong.

In the conference room, a senior logistics officer rubbed his eyes, his face full of confusion: "President Shen, what are you looking at? In this video, besides that big crab disappearing into thin air, there's no one there at all!"

Shen Qing was stunned.

She pointed to the young man in the white T-shirt on the screen: "A person this big, and you can't see him?"

"There really isn't anyone!" the logistics senior was anxious.

Shen Qing immediately called over several ordinary members who hadn't been at the scene, and the result was exactly the same. Everyone who hadn't faced the Fate Master in person could only see the giant crab being crushed out of thin air when watching this video; they couldn't see the young man's figure at all!

The conference room fell into instant silence.

Everyone gasped, feeling a chill mixed with extreme awe rushing straight to their scalps.

"Can it only be seen in reality? Can the video footage actually not record it..." Shen Qing muttered to herself, her knuckles turning white from the force.

They realized that this had already exceeded human common sense. Only those who had faced that mighty power in person could barely catch a trace of his afterimage on the video medium.

Shen Qing made an immediate decision: "Contact the Revival Society!"

The communication connected, and Zheng Yuanshan's calm face appeared on the screen, but at this moment, even the old general's eyes revealed shock that could not be concealed.

The two sides exchanged the information they currently had.

And then they matched their findings.

"You discovered it too?" Zheng Yuanshan didn't waste words.

"Yes." Shen Qing nodded. "Except for the survivors who witnessed it in person in reality, no one else can see the figure recorded in the video. President Zheng, do we release this video?"

Zheng Yuanshan was silent for two seconds.

"Release it." The old general's voice was resolute. "If we don't release such magical footage, other survivors who might have recorded it will. Rather than letting rumors fly, it's better for us, the official side, to set the tone. Seize the initiative and push the Fate Master's prestige to its Peak! This will be of immeasurable benefit to the cohesion of the Yanhuang Civilization."

"Alright, we will release them one after the other."

Thus, there was that three-minute event on the Fate Platform that drove four billion people crazy.

Back to the present.

Although the wave of questioning from the survivors had been curbed or even reversed under the comments from the Little Life Society, the Revival Society's internet trolls, and some slightly more rational people.

But obviously, words are not proof. Without actual evidence to show, those speculative comments trying to clear their names were still a bit pale.

After all, the existence of an invisible survivor was indeed a bit outrageous.

Although the Fate Master, or rather the top of the leaderboard, Yang Hang, had already become a Soul Transformation figure in the hearts of many survivors, he was ultimately just a Soul Transformation, not a true god. Using that set of concepts—that gods are invisible and unseeable, or even Cthulhu-like evil god settings—to explain it was too far beyond their acceptance.

Soon, after the initial wave of shock, the wind direction began to shift visibly again.

"I acknowledge Lord Fate Master's power, but I still think there's no one in the video? I watched from beginning to end, and I only saw the Magic Sea beast disappear on its own. If he's truly invisible to Mortals, and the Fate Master is powerful to this extent, then does this so-called Magic Sea survival have any meaning for him? Does the Magic Sea really allow such a badass existence to exist?"

"That's right, I think so too. To be blunt, out of the more than 1.3 billion people still existing in the entire Yanhuang Civilization, only your two organizations claim to have seen the Fate Master? Isn't that a bit too coincidental?"

"So, in the vast Yanhuang Civilization, only the Revival Society and the Little Life Society are favored by Lord Fate Master? Is this a coincidence or a joint effort to create a god?"

"I believe Lord Fate Master exists, but this video of yours... forgive me for speaking bluntly, but if I can't see it, I just can't see it."

The questioning posts were ranked at the top, and the number of likes was skyrocketing.

Just as the comment section was becoming a chaotic mess, and both the Little Life Society and the Revival Society were somewhat overwhelmed by the public opinion, three replies from the God-Seeing Society appeared.

Universe's Number One Beautiful Girl, President Lu Xingye:

"Everyone, don't be anxious. This beautiful girl seems to really be able to see him, eh. At 1 minute 17 seconds of the video, Lord Fate Master is standing on the left edge of the deck, right hand held upward. 1 minute 23 seconds, palm closes. 1 minute 24 seconds, the giant crab disappears. In the second video, at 0 minutes 48 seconds, Lord Fate Master appears about two meters to the right above the cannon muzzle, facing away from the giant beast. 0 minutes 52 seconds, right hand placed diagonally at his side, palm facing up. 0 minutes 53 seconds, waves his arm. Everyone has seen what happened after that."

Ordinary passerby who has seen the god, Zhao Kang:

"Young Miss Lu is right, I saw it too. To add one point, in the first video, Lord Fate Master was wearing a white T-shirt, height estimated at about 1.8 meters, build on the thin side. I'm only noting what I saw."

Sky-high Fortune, Zhang Chengming:

"Continuing from the two comments above, between 0 minutes 47 seconds and 0 minutes 48 seconds of the second video, there is a very slight ripple-like fluctuation in space. That is the trace of Lord Fate Master using Infinite Horizon to arrive above the Renaissance. Those who carefully watch frame-by-frame should be able to notice that the image in that frame has a slight distortion."

Three replies, calm, precise, without a single word of emotional embellishment.

The comment section froze for two seconds. Then it exploded.

"Young Miss Lu? She appeared!!"

"Is it real or fake? Xingye, can you guys really see it? You weren't hired by the Revival Society and the Little Life Society to save the situation, were you?"

"Holy crap, President Lu Xingye and the others can even tell what color clothes the Fate Master is wearing?? They even stated the exact time and position. It seems somewhat real?"

"I still trust the credibility of the Universe's Number One Beautiful Girl, President Lu Xingye, a little bit. After all, she is the first person to have truly seen Lord Fate Master!"

Before the crowd could continue discussing, immediately after, the God-Seeing Society's official post updated with a pinned reply. This reply was even more sensational and went straight to the core.

Poster: President Lu Xingye (God-Seeing Society · President)

"Strongly supporting the Little Life Society and the Revival Society. I will only ask the doubters one question—"

"Do you think the Little Life Society and the Revival Society would really dare to fabricate a post about seeing Lord Fate Master on the Fate Platform?"

"This is the Fate Platform personally built by Lord Fate Master."

"Every word, every video, every piece of information is under Lord Fate Master's nose."

"Do they dare to fabricate?"

"Do you believe it?"