"Cyber Divination fortune-telling... Tsk, somehow it feels like there's too much to roast here.
"Even if a member of the Taixu Sect came out to swindle people with fortune-telling, they'd at least dress up in full metaphysical regalia—Taoist robes and a Bagua compass cloth spread on the ground. Using a digital version directly, isn't that a bit excessive?"
"Little sister, are you an Outworlder who just arrived on the Xianzhou? Even so, it can't be that you haven't even heard of the Xianzhou secret art of divination calculation, right?"
Caelus pinched the thin bridge of his Republic of China-style round sunglasses, adjusted them, and looked at the young girl with a gaze containing suspiciously feigned confusion.
"Cough."
Pulling down her hood which had rabbit ears, Haxxor Bunny narrowed her eyes slightly.
New to the place and not understanding the basic situation of the world, she was indeed easily subjected to suspicion.
"Of course I've heard of it."
Offering a casual defense, Haxxor Bunny asked her parallel world self in her heart.
[So, does cyber divination really work in this world?]
[It seems so. Although I haven't been here long either, I've understood a bit. The Xianzhou has many secret arts, and the leading secret art is the theory of divination.]
Bronie explained the Xianzhou setting to Miss Haxxor Bunny.
[Predicting omens of good and ill opened the path for the Xianzhou to shuttle through the galaxy. The hexagram images of divination have allowed the Xianzhou to turn ill luck into good many times.]
[For real? That magical?]
Haxxor Bunny still found it hard to believe.
Metaphysics actually exists?
Immediately following that was wild ecstasy; the entire bunny felt a sudden surge of respect.
[Then is there a way to modify a person's luck, letting me pull a double gold every time I draw cards in games?]
[...]
[What are you thinking!]
Bronie feigned a tone of being stuck between laughter and tears.
She roasted internally: If they could do that kind of thing, the Divination Commission might as well switch professions directly to become collective 'proxy pull' streamers. Gamers across the entire galaxy would be their most loyal fans, and the profits might even be enough to support the wages of all the civil servants in the Xianzhou Alliance.
[This stuff sounds like metaphysics, but essentially it leans more towards big data calculation. Collecting information and using Jade Abacus... oh, that's the computers of this world, unique crystal computers engraved with seal-carving techniques, to perform calculations. Essentially, it's about the same as predicting the weather.]
[The above is the intelligence I currently know. Actually, it's not necessarily completely devoid of metaphysical factors.]
[Jade Abacus, crystal computers?]
Listening to her own explanation, Haxxor Bunny's eyes gradually brightened. As a hacker, she was extremely interested in computer-related things.
"In that case, it might be worth a try."
Haxxor Bunny gazed at the rotating electronic Bagua map in the gray-haired young man's hand, feeling a bit interested.
However, to avoid making common sense errors, Haxxor Bunny didn't rush to try it. Instead, she unhurriedly observed the customers in front of the stall.
A gray-haired girl, suspected to be the twin of the young man before her, was holding a pink megaphone and shouting to solicit customers:
"Come take a look! Calculate a fortune! Predict the symptoms and time of Mara-struck onset in advance!"
"Who would come to calculate that kind of thing!"
March 7th stood beside Stelle holding flyers, looking exactly like a professional tsukkomi.
Stelle paused, feeling that there probably weren't many people calculating their date of death, so she changed her spiel:
"Don't miss it when you pass by! You can't buy a loss, you can't buy being duped! If it doesn't match the product description, fake one compensates ten!"
Quite a few people had already gathered around the small stall. After all, this stall was truly somewhat novel, and its business scope was overly extensive.
Fortune-telling, treating illnesses, catching adulterers and ghosts, and even moonlighting in selling street antiques and the latest tech products—it looked strange no matter how you viewed it.
As everyone knows, Xianzhou people are quite fond of watching the excitement, especially after becoming long-life species.
Hearing Stelle shout the slogan "Fake one compensates ten," the onlookers were immediately tempted.
"Little Boss, is this latest model Apple 15 Pro Max Jade Abacus really only 99,999 credits?"
"Marked price, fair trade for young and old," Stelle welcomed him with a smile.
"Why is it so cheap?"
"The bastard boss Huang He ate, drank, whored, and gambled, owing 3.5 billion, and ran off with his sister-in-law! We had no choice but to take Jade Abaci to offset our wages."
Reciting an ancient meme dug up from her ancestral graves and refined from her ancestor's DNA, Stelle struck a shovel forcefully, responding with a grief-stricken and indignant tone.
This made the green-robed man asking the price freeze. You're just talking, so why did you start singing?
Not gonna lie, it's quite catchy.
The green-robed man glanced at the "Fake one compensates ten" sign: "Then give me one."
"Alrighty!"
Stelle busied herself with a clatter, handing over the packaging bag with a face full of smiles: "Thank you for your patronage."
The green-robed man carried the bag and left, unsure if he was pleasantly surprised or apprehensive.
"Money earned through one's own labor and hard work just feels reassuring!"
Looking at the extra 99,999 credits in her account, Stelle puffed out her chest proudly and sighed with emotion.
"Do you really feel reassured? That was the labor and hard work of the Herta puppets!"
March 7th transformed into a ruthless roasting machine.
Having witnessed the two Gray-hairs stocking up with her own eyes, she knew that these "latest model Apple 15 Pro Max Jade Abaci" were all cheap Jade Abaci bought by the pair, who then had Herta puppets flash the system and modify them.
The reason Little March didn't stop this wicked behavior was that while selling eleven Jade Abaci for 99,999 was a bit of a pit, it wasn't considered too much of a loss.
"Herta is mine, so that's hard work!"
Stelle placed her hands on her hips, righteous and confident.
Walking out from the small alley, Haxxor Bunny, located behind the stall, watched with twitching eyelids as the gray-haired girl prepared ten Jade Abaci from the cargo box for compensation purposes, feeling a bit dumbfounded.
"Good lord, so that's what 'Fake one compensates ten' meant."
Her spirited little eyes swept over the crowd, spotting a listless Foxian male mumbling about how he was too unlucky, how the world was too unfair to him, and how he couldn't go on living. Stelle's eyes suddenly lit up:
"That friend! That's right, I'm talking about you!"
"This Little Savior observes that your Yintang is dark and you are plagued by bad luck. If this goes on, there is a high probability that you will fall into the Mara-struck state early due to excessive anxiety and haggardness! We have a Transfer Fortune Talisman here. Not 98, not 998, but only 9998."
"Do you want to buy one to try?"
"Does it really work? My name is Ah Xing; true to my name, I am very 'Xing' [Unfortunate]. I've already drawn lots hundreds of times at different stalls, and it's always an Ominous lot. I haven't drawn a single non-Ominous one!"
The Foxian man named Ah Xing seemed to have a glimmer of hope rise in his listless eyes.
"Does your Transfer Fortune Talisman really work?"
Hearing this, Caelus, March 7th, and Haxxor Bunny were all shocked.
Holy crap, bro, what kind of luck is that?
Haxxor Bunny noticed the two Gray-hairs exchange a subtle glance. The gray-haired girl gritted her teeth and nodded:
"Works! It definitely works! Ah Xing, was it? You can draw a few lots first to test your hand, then take our Transfer Fortune Talisman and draw lots to check your luck."
Caelus handed over the cyber holographic lot map. The result of ten consecutive draws being all "Ominous" silenced everyone.
"Come, take our Transfer Fortune Talisman and try again."
Stelle handed the red transfer fortune accessory to Ah Xing. Haxxor Bunny saw Caelus quickly open the backend settings and set the draw result to strictly "Great Fortune."
"Tsk tsk, an old-fashioned sca..."
The word "scam" hadn't even come out when Miss Haxxor Bunny's eyes widened abruptly. She saw that the draw result was still "Ominous," judging from the interface transformation process.
As a hacker, she could tell at a glance: The program had BUGGED!
Haxxor Bunny opened her eyes slightly wider, looking at the Foxian man whose face was pale and who hung his head in panic.
Bro, you're playing for real?
"Huh?" Stelle was stunned. She immediately turned her head to look at Caelus.
Caelus-cub, did you set the result properly?
Don't scam people!
Caelus was also stunned. He shook his head imperceptibly to respond to Stelle: The program bugged?
Even this is possible?
"Heh." Haxxor Bunny crossed her arms, planning to watch the show of these swindlers.
She watched as the gray-haired young man turned around and, like a magic trick, took out a bucket of wooden lots.
—One of the gifts presented by Asta: The "Happy Mood Lots." Inside were entirely Lucky lots. The only difference was Medium Fortune, Great Fortune, and Super Great Fortune.
Just in case of accidents, Caelus handed it to the careful Leylah to check once, and finally gave it to Stelle.
To avoid Caelus-cub scamming her, Stelle checked it a third time while Caelus was bamboozling Ah Xing.
Haxxor Bunny also saw the attributes of the lots. She had to admit, this gang of scammers had professional ethics.
"Cough, Ah Xing, don't lose heart. The Transfer Fortune Talisman also needs time to take effect. Draw another lot and try."
Stelle handed the wooden lot basket to Ah Xing.
"I'd like to see if you can produce an Ominous lot this time!"
"I'll eat the Transfer Fortune Talisman and the wooden lots on the spot!"
Caelus's and Haxxor Bunny's fingers moved; at this moment, the two of them coincidently had the thought of putting an Ominous lot inside.
Unfortunately, there were no suitable lots on hand.
What was pleasing was that Ah Xing's bad luck hadn't reached the level of a conceptual rule. In a wooden cylinder of all Lucky lots, even he couldn't draw an Ominous lot.
"Small Fortune!"
"Eee! I hit it! Hahaha! I hit it!"
Ah Xing laughed loudly like Fan Jin passing the imperial exam, clapping his hands frantically, as if regaining hope in life.
He joyfully bought all the Transfer Fortune Talismans, hugging a pile of earthworm-like talismans casually drawn by Stelle and Caelus, and went out onto the street laughing at the sky: "How could I be an unlucky person!"
"Ah, this..."
Haxxor Bunny was shocked. She had looked through it exactly twice; there shouldn't have been any "Small Fortune" inside!
Golden light descended from the sky, flashing in Haxxor Bunny's eyes.
What is it this time?
Caelus's expression also changed. What's the situation?
The golden light dispersed. Appearing in front of Team Star Rail was a golden scale. In the middle of the scale was a strong man giving a thumbs up.
Staring directly at that golden muscle-man scale, Haxxor Bunny inexplicably knew what it was.
In this colorful and all-encompassing universe, morality manifested into a physical form, giving a thumbs up to those of sufficiently high character.
"Huh? The freakin' Commendation of High Morals!"
Haxxor Bunny couldn't hold it back.
You call these two Gray-hairs 'people of sufficiently high character'?
Then wouldn't I be a saint!
"Alright! It's the Commendation of High Morals!"
The Commendation of Morals was more precious than any reward. Stelle hugged the golden scale, extremely satisfied.
Caelus stood in a daze for a few seconds, looking up at the sky: "You're still watching us even now? Hachi-Aha, you guy..."
The scene of Ah Xing laughing and buying out all the Transfer Fortune Talismans, combined with the phenomenon of morality descending from the sky, made the surrounding people exclaim endlessly. More and more people gathered in front of the stall.
"Little Boss, this 'So Effective Diet Patch,' will I really lose weight in over a month just by using it according to the introduction?"
A slightly chubby Outworlder woman asked excitedly.
Haxxor Bunny's gaze swept over, glancing at the product and the introduction.
So Effective Diet Patch: Stick continuously for 72 System Hours, absolutely must not take it off. Interval of one day, then stick continuously for another 72 System Hours. If used according to requirements, full refund if ineffective.
"This kind of low-level IQ tax, no one would believe it, right?"
Haxxor Bunny clicked her tongue and muttered.
"Of course, one hundred percent effective!"
Stelle patted her chest with a bang-bang sound to guarantee.
"Where do I stick it?" the chubby Outworlder woman asked.
"Stick it on your mouth."
Stelle answered seriously.
"..."
The corner of Haxxor Bunny's mouth twitched: "Smooth!"
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