Why do fate-defying players only have 1% luck? Because they use the remaining 99% of their luck to deal with the fate-following players.

 

“Who’s it?” Yan Hebi sat up cautiously, scanning the surroundings.

Qian Daniu asked, “Who’s Xing Ye? Xiao Yezi? Yang Xiaomao? Li Datou has a crush on Yang Xiaomao?”

It was impressive that she could pinpoint the essence of this melodrama while her face was still streaked with tears and her mind worried about the future.

After arguing with Xing Ye, Lu Mingze had been sulking. He knew Xing Ye was protecting him and understood his own situation, but he also had his own thoughts.

The biggest difference between Lu Mingze and the fate-following tool Linlin was that he did not see himself as a tool to be used only in battle. He saw himself as a mysterious outsider in the team. He worked hard to integrate, even if he couldn’t accept missions or move without a phone, even if the points he earned didn’t belong to him. He still firmly considered himself a teammate, contributing his strength in every world, doing his best not to be a burden and not to worry Xing Ye.

Lu Mingze believed that one should not belittle oneself or treat oneself as a subordinate of fate-defying players just because one becomes a tool. The right way was to face oneself first, so others would recognize you.

Of course, because of his special identity, Xing Ye wanted to protect him. Lu Mingze was always considerate of Xing Ye, never speaking up and enduring so as not to hold the team back.

He knew Xing Ye had lost his brother in the game and had a strong protective instinct. He also knew Xing Ye genuinely cared for him, giving him everything he could.

In the darkness, Lu Mingze said angrily, “Xing Ye, I understand your thoughts. You want to protect me, but have you ever thought that I want to contribute too? I want to protect you as well! That’s the only way we can be equal. Why is it always you giving? You give me points, the QR codes, hide me in your arms, and take all the storms ahead of me. I’m happy and grateful to be protected by you, but I don’t want to be a peony nurtured in a flowerpot! Of course, the peony isn’t as good-looking as me.”

Xing Ye: “……”

Qian Daniu: “Who’s speaking? Xing Ye’s lover? Boyfriend? So there are two guys and two girls in our team, but the love arrows point to the two guys?”

Cao Heihei: “……”

Yan Hebi: “Who is it? Who’s speaking?”

Lu Mingze continued, “You always say it’s dangerous if people know my identity. But in this game, which player isn’t in danger? Which one isn’t at risk of having their consciousness erased at any moment? Whether tool or player, the risk is equal. As long as you don’t hurt me, hardly anyone can. Why not think about this: you want to protect me, and I want to protect you! After all, I like you!”

Cao Heihei could no longer hold back. With a flip, she jumped up, moved to the light switch by the kang, pulled the cord, turned on the light, and sat with Yan Hebi and Qian Daniu, leaving Xing Ye and Lu Mingze to sort out their feelings.

Hearing Lu Mingze confess his feelings, Xing Ye was very happy. If Lu Mingze had a physical body, he would have picked him up and kissed him hard. If the two were alone, he would have kissed the mirror a few times.

But…

Three people on the other side were waiting for his explanation, and Lu Mingze was still waiting angrily for a response.

Xing Ye felt this was probably the toughest problem of his life. He had always handled things with ease, but now he didn’t know where to start.

Fortunately, instinct guided his first choice. He picked up the mirror and said to the angry little figure inside, “I like you too, only you, never anyone else.”

The others, Yan Hebi: “……”

Qian Daniu, now done crying, poked Yan Hebi: “You third wheel still can’t get in.”

Yan Hebi gritted his teeth: “I’m not! I don’t like Xing Ye. I liked Xiao Yezi, and it’s in the past. It was a mistake!”

Despite the complexity, Qian Daniu immediately grasped the point: “Oh, you like Xing Ye’s persona in some world, not the person himself. It’s like falling in love with a 2D character—only pain and memories remain.”

Yan Hebi: “……”

Wasn’t she crying just now? How could comforting someone turn into such a heart-wrenching conclusion?

Xing Ye, with strong willpower, pretended not to hear them and continued to Lu Mingze: “You’re right. It’s my fault.”

He apologized, and Lu Mingze, embarrassed, lowered his head blushing: “It’s my fault for revealing your real name and messing up your plan.”

“My plan is you,” Xing Ye said, looking at Lu Mingze, “to protect you and save you, but I took it for granted.”

Lu Mingze quietly watched, waiting for him to continue.

Xing Ye said earnestly, “I always said I would respect you, not touch you under these unequal conditions, fully respecting your will and freedom. But in reality, I was arrogant. I thought I was strong enough to protect you, so I kept you hidden, appearing to treasure you, but in fact, what’s the difference from a collectible?

“You’re right. In this game, the risks are equal. You are my teammate, and we should protect each other.”

Then Xing Ye extended his pinky towards Lu Mingze and added: “I promise I won’t make the same mistake again. Can you forgive me?”

Lu Mingze linked his pinky with Xing Ye’s, smiling: “Am I the kind to hold grudges?”

Of course not. Little Mirror’s favourability skyrocketed.

Seeing him smile, Xing Ye finally relaxed and felt reassured.

After clearing the air with Lu Mingze, Xing Ye looked at the three teammates against the wall: Cao Heihei hidden in the dark, unreadable; Yan Hebi heartbroken from seeing their crush confess to someone else; Qian Daniu full of gossip.

Sighing, he picked up the mirror and said to everyone: “This is another teammate of ours, the one I trust most, the companion of my soul, the person I like. You can call him Little Mirror.”

Xing Ye’s name could be revealed, but Lu Mingze’s could not—this was his bottom line.

Lu Mingze appeared in the mirror and waved: “Hello everyone. Because I am a fate-following tool, I hid my identity until now. Sorry to meet you all so late.”

Once he revealed his face, Qian Daniu immediately scrambled to Xing Ye, staring wide-eyed at the mirror: “There’s really such a good-looking person in this world! I… ah, what are you doing!”

Yang Xiaomao put a hand on Qian Daniu’s forehead to stop her from getting closer. Lu Mingze, startled by her fangirling, recoiled and hid his face.

“Stay away from him,” Xing Ye said coldly.

Cao Qian pulled Qian Daniu back to the wall by her collar.

Qian Daniu, ecstatic, gesturing wildly: “Did you see that? A stunning beauty! The first time I’ve seen such beauty in real life! Oh my, it’s so beautiful I can barely breathe. I was going to defend you, but now that I see Little Mirror’s face, you didn’t lose unfairly—not at all.”

Yan Hebi, pierced by invisible arrows in his heart, gritted his teeth: “I said I’m straight, I like girls. I… do… not… like Xing Ye. I did not have a heartbreak!”

“Mm, I understand,” Qian Daniu patted Yan Hebi on the shoulder. “It’s okay that you like him—you just can’t win.”

Yan Hebi held his shattered heart and said, “Weren’t you just crying? Shouldn’t you, seeing a fate-following item, feel fear, worry, or anxiety about yourself possibly becoming an item in the future? Why are you gossiping at a time like this?”

Qian Daniu froze. She felt she should be crying, but her mind was completely occupied with Little Mirror’s face—it was just too beautiful. She simply couldn’t feel sad.

She felt certain that she had been hit by the skill “Perfect Beauty,” a kind of mental control: anyone who saw this face would be controlled, their mind a blank, able to do nothing except stare at Little Mirror’s face.

After a moment of daze, Qian Daniu said to Cao Qian, “Heihei, you’re so calm. Did you know all along?”

Cao Qian didn’t understand where Qian Daniu’s intelligence had gone, but she suddenly became sensitive and said, “You’re right. I also have a teammate, but I just asked if she wanted to meet everyone. She’s more homebound and chose to refuse.”

Qian Daniu stepped back two steps. With two fate defying players beside her, each having a fate-following item, the pressure on her as a fate-following player was immense!

Yan Hebi said, “Don’t look at me. I only found out about the fate- following item today. I don’t have one.”

Qian Daniu immediately sat closer to Yan Hebi, feeling safer with her “bestie.”

Yan Hebi: “……”

Since Madam Lin gave him the “Friend of Women” QR code, even in the real world, more and more women treated him like a best friend. He had become very popular, yet still couldn’t find a partner!

“Digesting enough, I guess,” Xing Ye said, still watching the three across coldly. Once everyone had calmed down, he continued, “Little Mirror has an ability called ‘True Magic Mirror,’ which can observe everything happening in all mirrors across the world and show it to us. He discovered some important clues, and now I’ll show them to everyone.”

“Wait!” Qian Daniu immediately said, “We can’t skip over this. It’s not fully explained yet—you’re not allowed to press the fast-forward button!”

All night, Qian Daniu had been led around by Xing Ye: sometimes analysing the truth, sometimes plunging into black mist, sometimes using ultimate moves to instantly defeat six opponents, sometimes mentioning the true/false final level, sometimes confessing to Little Mirror, sometimes advancing the story! Dizzy and confused, she had gone from a solo player to a teammate who knew secrets that, if revealed, could be fatal. After thinking carefully, she realized this was because Xing Ye’s speed was terrifying—always fast-forwarding—and she had been completely controlled by his rhythm, unable to escape.

But! Little Mirror’s perfect beauty, and the extraordinary, melodramatic four-way love between Xing Ye, Little Mirror, Li Datou, and Xiao Yezi, allowed Qian Daniu to regain her rhythm. If the Little Mirror matter wasn’t resolved, fast-forwarding was impossible.

Seeing her insist, Xing Ye simply explained the fate-following item matter. After listening, Qian Daniu’s fear gradually calmed down.

“So fate- following items still have a chance, but it requires a fate following player to always treat them well, right?” Qian Daniu asked.

“No,” Xing Ye said. “Fate- following and fate defying players are opportunities for each other. Without Little Mirror, I wouldn’t have reached today.”

Why did fate defying players only have 1% luck? Because they used the remaining 99% luck to encounter fate-following players and mutually fulfill each other.

Qian Daniu was moved by Xing Ye’s words. She looked at Cao Qian: “Heihei, your item has also exceeded 80…so does that mean you…”

Cao Qian could no longer tolerate it: “My name is Cao Qian. Please stop calling me Heihei. Also, intimacy isn’t only about love; there’s friendship and family too. Thank you.”

Qian Daniu smiled “hehe” . Today she had been very desperate, but after seeing Little Mirror (specifically his face), she suddenly wasn’t so worried. It wasn’t yet the day she’d become an item; there was still hope.

This team, although a bit strange, liked to fast-forward, had a bizarre four-way relationship, but she liked it.

Seeing Qian Daniu’s mood stabilize, Xing Ye knew this slightly gossip-prone teammate was settled, so he said, “Now we can start exploring the story, right?”

Qian Daniu looked longingly at Little Mirror and wanted to say something, but Yan Hebi grabbed her and said, “I only want to listen to the story now—hurry and start!”

 

Translator : DarNan