Fate's Choice: Livestream at the Start Summoning Billions of Ravens

Shanghai, 7 a.m.

The sky was bright.

Inside the penthouse duplex of Tomson Riviera, Jiang Ming stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Beneath his feet, the ever-sleeping steel forest had regained its surface calm from the midnight turmoil.

The Huangpu River is still murky, but the waterway has been initially cleared.

The Bund's riverside boulevard was cordoned off with long barricades, and countless construction vehicles and personnel were working intensively on repairs.

In good order.

But Jiang Ming knew that beneath this order lay a surging undercurrent powerful enough to overturn everything.

He brought up his system panel.

[Emotional Value Balance: 12,890,000]

Looking at this number, Jiang Ming's lips curled up slightly.

Just one night.

The global cognitive impact of the "One Sword Cuts the River" incident contributed more than ten million emotional points to his reputation.

This figure even surpasses the total revenue of the previous "First Snow in Yuzhang".

And it continues to grow.

Jiang Ming finally understood.

His previous solo performances, no matter how grand the scale, were essentially just performing magic tricks for the audience.

The audience will be shocked and amazed, but there is always a limit to the intensity of their emotions.

But things are different now.

A real and true "Servant" with world-destroying power descends upon the world.

This is no longer a performance.

This is about building a brand new, extraordinary, and enormous stage that will draw the entire world into it.

He is the dealer.

And the whole world will become the audience on this stage, or even... the actors.

This model is a hundred times, a thousand times more efficient at capturing emotional value than individual performances!

The old model is now completely obsolete.

Jiang Ming composed himself, and an invisible command, transmitted through a mental link, traversed several kilometers to precisely reach the rooftop of another skyscraper in Shanghai.

There, dressed in white, Li Bai sat cross-legged, breathing in the morning's purple mist.

"From this moment on, find a 'Master' that you approve of."

I won't interfere with your choices.

On the rooftop, upon hearing this, Li Bai slowly opened his eyes.

He nodded slightly in the direction of Jiang Ming, performing a classical and elegant gesture.

next second.

Li Bai's figure transformed into countless bright specks of light fluttering in the sky, like dandelions scattered by the wind, completely merging into the vast city and disappearing without a trace.

Jiang Ming switched perspectives.

Consciousness instantly descended upon Mirror 1's senses through an invisible connection.

A slight jolt came over me.

Through the narrow porthole, you can see the rapidly receding sea of ​​clouds and the vast land below.

Mirror 1, the perfect double, is currently sitting on a simply decorated but highly secure military aircraft.

Destination: the capital city.

"Cooperate with all actions of the Ninth Inning."

"Play your role as a 'special advisor' well."

"In case of any emergency, report to me immediately via mental link."

Jiang Ming's original body's command resounded in the mind of Mirror 1.

"clear."

Mirror 1 responded in its mind, while outwardly maintaining a slightly tired appearance, leaning back in its chair with its eyes closed, seemingly resting.

Let's switch the perspective back to Tomson Riviera.

Having resolved two important matters, Jiang Ming began to consider the next steps.

Identity.

action.

Although Mirror 1 was drawing all of the Ninth Bureau's attention domestically, the movement of the main body was still very inconvenient.

Every trip requires the No. 2 puppet to follow in optical camouflage, which is too inefficient and too limiting.

More importantly, his identity was now firmly tied to the persona of "Raven God".

This is fatal for a "director" who wants to live in seclusion behind the scenes.

This problem must be solved.

Jiang Ming turned his gaze to the invisible puppet No. 2 beside him, which seemed to exist in the air.

It's time to upgrade your "tool".

With a thought, Jiang Ming directly "recycled" the No. 2 mirror doll beside him, turning it into the purest emotional energy return system.

Although less than 10,000 points were returned, it's better than nothing.

Then, Jiang Ming opened the [Mirror Doll] ability interface in his mind.

This time, he did not choose any known templates.

Instead, they began to create their own custom designs.

"Emotional investment: 2,000,000 points."

An astonishing number.

This is almost a quarter of the total revenue from the "First Snow in Yuzhang" event.

Jiang Ming intends to exploit a "bug" in the ability of the [Mirror Puppet].

The acquisition of his abilities depends entirely on the "three-way choice of fate," which is full of randomness and cannot be specified.

But mirror dolls are different.

Theoretically, given enough emotional investment, he could create a perfect life form with any specified ability he could imagine.

Although these puppets are just puppets, their abilities cannot be used by Jiang Ming's main body.

But they possess an absolute, soul-deep obedience to themselves.

This is enough.

As Jiang Ming gave the order, intricate golden patterns began to appear on the system interface.

Jiang Ming began to assign abilities to this brand-new doll, which was about to be created at the cost of two million emotional points.

[Capability 1: Cognitive Shielding]

[Effect: Can be applied to oneself and a designated target. Once applied, the target will be subconsciously 'ignored' by intelligent beings on both the physical and informational levels. For example, if you are standing in front of them, they cannot see you; if your name appears on a document, they will automatically skip it. Unless actively canceled, you will become a 'ghost' in the world.]

[Capability Two: Data Manipulation]

[Effect: Possesses top-tier artificial intelligence permissions and capabilities, allowing free access to, reading, modifying, and deleting any network data, rendering firewalls ineffective.]

[Ability 3: Spatial Jump]

[Effect: As long as a location that you have seen or remember before appears in your mind, whether you have been there in person or learned about it through photos, videos, or memories, you can instantly teleport your entire body, including your personal clothing and belongings, to that location, regardless of distance or physical obstacles.]

The three incredibly powerful support abilities have been set up.

Jiang Ming pressed the "Confirm Creation" option without hesitation.

[Mood value -2,000,000]

[Current Emotional Value Balance: 10,890,000]

The immense emotional energy was instantly drained.

The air in front of Jiang Ming began to distort, and countless golden data streams converged out of thin air, quickly outlining a humanoid silhouette that looked exactly like Jiang Ming.

The light dissipated.

A brand new, second-generation Jiang Ming mirror image puppet stood quietly in front of him.

Jiang Ming looked at this perfect tool that he had created at great expense and nodded in satisfaction.

With him, I finally gained the freedom to travel the world.

Jiang Ming walked up to the new No. 2 puppet and gave his first command.

"Let's go."

"Take me to the birthplace of the next 'Heroic Spirit,' the land of cherry blossoms—Tokyo."