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

Meanwhile, it got to night.

Shanghai at night, the rooftop of a skyscraper.

Funina looked down at the golden river formed by countless car lights, the evening breeze ruffling her silvery-white hair.

Three tiny figures floated around her.

Lord Uther in his octopus form, Lady Hevima in her bubble seahorse form, and Miss Shebeleta in her armored crab form.

They are Furna's loyal water elemental servants, now quietly awaiting their master's command.

"This stage is much grander than the Opicclays Opera House."

Funina opened her arms as if to embrace the entire city.

Her voice carried a touch of aria-like magnificence.

"However, an excellent actor must first understand his script and his audience."

Funina turned around and looked at her three family members.

"Go and fetch me a terminal that can connect to the 'intelligence network' of this world."

The instruction has been issued.

The three relatives instantly transformed into three barely perceptible streams of water, falling vertically from a height of several hundred meters without making a sound.

Their target is a large, brightly lit commercial center below, Global Harbor.

The water seeped silently into the building's ventilation ducts, traversing the complex network before finally dripping quietly from the fire sprinkler heads on the first-floor ceiling.

This is an official Apple store.

Under bright lights, brand-new electronic products were neatly displayed on white display stands.

The three family members reassembled into their original form.

They targeted the latest mobile phone models in a store on the first floor of the mall.

Miss Shebeleta took the lead.

Its small, heavily armored crab form silently climbed onto the display stand and aimed its claws at the black anti-theft rope connected to the phone.

Click.

With an extremely slight snap, the sturdy security rope was precisely cut.

Lord Uther followed closely behind.

Its octopus tentacles deftly extended and coiled up the newly freed cell phone, the whole process smooth and swift.

Finally, there was Mrs. Hevima.

Its bubble-seahorse shape spun gracefully in the air, leaving behind a metal coin emitting a faint golden light where the phone had originally been.

The gold coin was engraved with special patterns belonging to another world.

Mora.

After completing their mission, the three companions transformed into water again and returned along the same path.

A few minutes later, a shop assistant wearing a blue uniform noticed something amiss while tidying up the display stand.

"Huh? Where's the prototype here?"

He saw the empty base and the cut security rope, and then he discovered the peculiar gold coin.

The staff immediately reported the situation to the store manager and the security department.

The mall's security personnel quickly reviewed the surveillance footage.

On the screen, a blurry water image flashed across the display stand, and then the phone disappeared.

An extra gold coin appeared on the spot.

The entire surveillance footage was filled with an eerie feeling that defied scientific explanation.

A young security guard secretly recorded this "paranormal" video with his mobile phone and uploaded it to a short video platform.

The rooftop of a skyscraper.

The three family members returned to Funina's side and handed her the brand-new cell phone.

Fu Ningna took the phone.

Information about how to use this metal artifact, and various aspects of modern technology, automatically surfaced in her mind.

This is the basic understanding granted by the Holy Grail when a Servant descends.

Fu Ningna showed no signs of unfamiliarity.

She pressed the power button on the side.

The screen lit up, and a bitten apple logo appeared before her eyes.

Fu Ningna stood on the edge of the rooftop, and her phone automatically searched for and connected to an open public Wi-Fi network.

She opened the browser application.

In the white search box, Funina typed her name letter by letter using pinyin.

The search results loaded instantly.

Millions of messages related to the name appeared on the screen.

Funina saw countless pictures of herself.

Some are exquisite paintings, some are so-called game screenshots, and many people are wearing her costume and performing imitations.

Her finger slid across the screen and clicked on a link to an entry titled "Genshin Impact Encyclopedia - Furyn de Fontaine".

Page redirection.

The above details her identity: "The former Water Goddess of Fontaine in the game Genshin Impact".

Her height, birthday, character story, and skill mechanics are clearly listed one by one.

Funina continued to swipe down the screen.

She saw the "Character Voice" and "Character Story" tabs.

Click to open.

It contains records of her past words and experiences that she thought only she knew.

At the very bottom of the page is a section called "Player Reviews".

"I feel so sorry for Fufu, she has endured so much."

"Furina is the cutest in the world! No arguments allowed!"

"For her, I didn't hesitate to spend 648 yuan on in-game purchases!"

...

These words were filled with a passion and kindness that she could not comprehend.

Fu Ningna closed the encyclopedia page and then searched for her name on video websites.

A video titled "Take a 9-minute look at the 500-year history of Fulinna" ranked first in the search results.

She clicked on the video.

Familiar music, music that belongs to Fontaine, flowed from the phone's speaker.

A "story" belonging to her, narrated from a third-party, omniscient perspective, has begun.

The "she" in the video is a virtual character with an exquisite face, composed of countless data points.

Funina looked at the "herself" on the screen.

She listened as the narrator calmly recounted her enormous lie about salvation, a lie that had lasted for five hundred years.

Fu Ningna held her phone and watched the entire video.

In the video, she saw herself being judged as a "god" every time, and forced to put on a brave face in front of the public every time.

I also saw each of them, alone, silently shedding tears in front of their reflection in the water, on the verge of collapse.

The climax of the video is the collapse of the water god's throne.

It is the final confession of her personality and divinity, "Fukaros".

It is the complete debunking of Fontainebleau's ancient prophecy.

She saw that the people of Fontaine were not dissolved by the waters of the primordial sea.

The entire country was ultimately saved.

At the end of the video, she, as an ordinary human being, is sitting in the audience at the Opizke Opera House.

As she watched others perform on stage, her own genuine tears streamed down her face.

Fu Ningna put down her phone.

The video had finished playing, and the screen automatically dimmed, revealing her somewhat bewildered face.

That burden, which had lasted for five centuries and was heavy enough to crush even the gods, was completely stripped from her soul at this moment.

She succeeded.

She protected Fontaine and everything she loved.

A tremendous, unprecedented sense of ease enveloped her.

But what followed was an even greater emptiness.

She has achieved the goal she fought for her whole life.

Her life, her drama, has come to an end.

Funina looked down at her hands, then looked up at the brightly lit, completely unfamiliar world.

She is no longer the water goddess Fukalos, nor is she the one who plays the water goddess Funina.

She is just Funina.

A breeze blew across the rooftop, carrying a hint of coolness.

The city lights shining brightly below, forming a magnificent stage, seem distant and unreal at this moment.

The performance has ended.

The applause has ended.

and then?

Just as that immense emptiness was about to completely engulf her, a piece of knowledge that didn't belong to her five hundred years of memories, but had been forcibly implanted, became clear again in her mind.

The Holy Grail War.

Seven Servants, a battle for the ultimate wish.

The ultimate victor can make a wish upon the all-powerful wishing machine.

A wish...

Funina's breath caught in her throat for a moment.

Yes, Fontaine in the story was saved, and her people were spared the fate of being dissolved.

But those five hundred years of solitude, that realization that belonged to "Fukaros" and was shattered along with her divine throne... those were real pains that existed.

Salvation is not the same as perfection.

A brand new idea, an idea even more "reckless" than saving Fontainebleau, sprouted in her mind.

in case……

What if the Holy Grail's wish could grant Fontaine's future a truly perfect beginning, free from sacrifice and tears?

That immense emptiness was instantly filled by this newfound desire.

The heterochromatic eyes, which had dimmed, regained their light.

In this drama called the "Holy Grail War," she not only has to participate, but also win the ultimate reward that belongs exclusively to the protagonist.

Funina held up her phone, her face reflected on the black screen.

She performed a flawless curtsy to her reflection.

"So, esteemed audience members, and the actors of this world..."

"Please enjoy my encore performance, presented by Furnessa de Fontaine."