Volume 1: The Wheel of Fate Chapter 5: The Wheel of Fate

  When the sky was bright, Li Ang finally got his first bucket of gold in this world. A total of 1,000 damn lids were the reward for his first action, and for a moment, Li Ang's brain was short-circuited. It shouldn't be difficult to produce something with no technical content, right? It's just some iron sheets. If he could pull in Lengzi, with his strength, it shouldn't be difficult to set up a simple workshop. Thinking about it, Li Ang couldn't help but start fantasizing again, and he finally had a goal in this world.

  In an extremely individualistic free economic society, the cost of any production is much higher than imagined. Raw materials are hard to come by, there is no ready-made equipment, and it's crucial to be innocent until proven guilty. Without being strong enough to protect these riches, owning them doesn't necessarily bring happiness. After a brief rest, Li Ang forcibly pulled the lame man away from Sakura, who had been pestering him, and shared his thoughts. The lame man's words of advice greatly dampened the enthusiasm of this creator of counterfeit currency in another world. However, he still didn't think so, telling himself that any successful person is a biased one.

  After several hours of journey, Li Ang and his party had left the range of Sha Zei. Since yesterday, everyone hadn't eaten anything properly, and several prisoners who escaped from the Sha Zei camp hadn't been full for a long time. The smooth task made everyone's mood relax a lot, and they all sat around the bonfire, taking out dried lizard meat to process on the fire. Those hungry former prisoners didn't even care about waiting for the meat to be processed properly before devouring it hastily.

  After eating a few pieces of roasted lizard meat, Li Ang's eyes were no longer under his control and he began to notice Sakura. Although she was wearing the crippled Jin's combat uniform on her upper body, her high chest was still visible. The short skirt on her body was very suitable for this tall woman, with two legs that were both sturdy and slender, clearly showing muscle lines but somehow looking exceptionally soft.

  Fifteen minutes, Li Ang quietly gave out the score. After experiencing several unpleasant emotions in the past, he no longer wanted to be with women who scored above 80 points. Women who were too beautiful to be with would exhaust his energy, and after all, he had too little to offer them, while there were too many temptations in this world.

  The current situation is also making Li Ang extremely depressed, not expecting that after changing the time and space, his own situation has not improved at all, still having no guts to flirt with girls. It's infuriating that even though Jin Mu's jokes are obviously boring, they make Sakura laugh out loud as if she thinks they're so clever. It's just a case of trying to curry favor, really shallow. Thinking this way, the fighting spirit he had ignited earlier when he vowed to become a great counterfeit bill maker quickly dissipated.

  If it weren't for Sakura's attention suddenly shifting to Blank, Li Ang probably wouldn't have noticed the small snowflake holding a deck of cards for Blank to draw. It seems that two cards are already laid out on the ground, resembling tarot cards, and Li Ang thinks they're probably used for fortune-telling. This looks like it's still on Earth after all; this is clearly just a simple three-card spread from the Major Arcana. The card that determines one's current fate has been drawn, and Blank's face suddenly changes color as he draws the card into his hand.

  "Do I need to continue explaining?" asked Xiaoxue, taking over Blank's hand card.

  "It's really a lonely thing to know what the future holds, I guess I shouldn't have let you make prophecies." Branck said, fiddling with his cards as he gazed out at the distant Liao Ji.

  "Unfortunately, not many people truly understand this principle. Most of the time, I don't like to tell fortunes for people. No matter what the result is, most people will be disappointed." Xiaoxue said with a naive expression that didn't match her words at all.

  "Even if my fate is already sealed, I won't give up on my mission. And I believe going to the elder is a good choice for you, and I think your brother would think so too." Blanke still smiled, it seemed that the hint of fate didn't have much impact on someone who could see through most things in the world.

  "No wonder brother said you are a great mentor." Xiaoxue picked up all the cards on the ground. "He is also one of his few friends."

  "If you have the chance to see your brother, don't forget to ask him how he's doing for me. Just say that I also consider him a good student and friend." Blanche said as she handed the card back to Xiaoxue.

  The thirteenth card is still facing upwards, and Li Ang saw the fortune of the old handsome man behind him at a glance. It seems that this person is going to have an unlucky year.

  Obviously, Sakuya next to Kim also saw Blank's third card. Just looking at her slightly furrowed brow, she smiled and said to Kim: "Boss Kim doesn't count, does he? Xiao Xue is quite accurate. Yesterday, she calculated that I would escape today, and she also said that I would meet the hero of my destiny." As she spoke, she pulled Kim over.

  It's clear that not everyone is concerned about this absurd fate, except for Li Ang himself and his partner Lei De, no one else has noticed the situation here. On the contrary, Jin, who was crippled, carefully watched Xiaoxue shuffle the cards and seriously cut them. This made Li Ang very suspicious, it seems that this little girl may not be so simple after all.

  "Remember what you want to ask and come back to cut the cards." Xiaoxue's voice suddenly became low, which made Li Ang on the side feel hairy.

  This made Li Ang, who was concentrating on cutting the cards, suddenly shudder deeply. Sitting next to Xiaoxue, he felt many scenes flashing through his mind, and then froze on Jin Da's blood-soaked body, wearing a crimson power armor that had been severely damaged. It seemed as if some massive monster had dealt him a heavy blow, causing the thick armor to be dented inward, and the enormous pressure had caused all the capillaries on Jin's face to burst and bleed, terrifyingly, even his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.

  The sudden situation made Li Ang shocked, and he wondered if it was the first time to feel nervous about the task and had a terrible hallucination. Jin also drew the third card, and the cripple's question was simple, which was how his love fortune was recently. It seems that this old lecher is also going to take advantage of the situation to eat cherry, and this cherry looks very enjoyable. It made Li Ang secretly scold the adulterer and adulteress.

  The first two cards were the upright Zero card Fool and the reversed Twenty Judgment, but when he flipped over the third card, Li Ang suddenly saw a scene of golden death. Was it the upright Death card again, just as Li Ang was thinking about it, the card also turned over.

  "What bad luck!" Even Jin could probably tell that the number 13 on the death card didn't represent good fortune.

  "Let's set off quickly. We won't rest in the desert city anymore. I want to hurry back." Blanke made a decision immediately after seeing that Jin's luck card was the same as his own.

  The people who came with Hublanck showed high efficiency, while the mercenaries hired by Jin were not so enthusiastic since they had already received their payment and were not within the range of the Sand Thieves' enemies. Everyone was slowly sorting out their things, while the mutant Lock seemed to still be hungry, stuffing piece after piece of lizard meat into his mouth.

  Li Ang had no long objects on him, and besides, he was originally planning to eat the crippled Jin's food. Except for his equipment, he didn't bring any food or cooking utensils, and since he didn't need to tend to his wounds or equipment, he, Xiaoxue, and Sakura became the most leisurely people.

  "Li Ang, aren't you going to calculate your own luck?" For some reason, Sakura, who was originally stuck with the crippled Jin, suddenly became interested in Li Ang.

  The strange phenomenon just now also made Li Ang very curious, could it be that he had a special function and could predict the future. However, thinking carefully, logically, the possibility of hallucinations is greater, and his heart can't help but think that yesterday was too tense, which led to so many hallucinations.

  "Think carefully about what you want to ask before cutting the cards." After hearing Sakura have Li Ang's fortune told, Xiaoxue quickly shuffled the 22 cards in her hand.

  "I wonder if I can go back to my original place." This was indeed what Li Ang wanted to know. Although the world he came from was not perfect, all his memories were related to it. If given a wish, Li Ang would undoubtedly want to return to his original world. At this moment, a large amount of information flooded his mind again, but this time everything was vague and unclear, and after a while, it became a complete darkness, pure and desolate.

  Just as Li Ang felt that his auditory and visual hallucinations were getting worse and he needed to rest, Xiaoxue's voice rang out. "I can't answer your question because your fate is not under the control of this world."

  As he spoke, he flipped over all the cards, and both Li Ang and Sakura were stunned on the spot. It turned out to be three tens of 'Wheel of Fate'.

  "What's going on? None of them are the same, and you've managed to produce three identical ones. What kind of nonsense is this?" Li Ang said with a wry smile. It turned out that several adults had been fooled by this kid, and who knows, maybe there were seven or eight number 13 cards among these twenty-two. Look at how frightened Blanc was, and Li Ang's originally high opinion of the Steel Brothers immediately took a huge hit."

  It was actually Yuki who was excited, even with the guidance of fate. But I never thought that under such circumstances, I would find the person my brother wanted, and fate is indeed unpredictable. And Sakura seemed to have noticed this, looking at Yuki's movements with a smile.

  Just as Li Ang turned around to help others pack up and prepare to leave, Xiaoxue's handkerchief suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Moreover, she quietly crushed a small glass bubble.

  All of this did not escape Sakura's eyes, and it seemed that Yuki's actions had not sparked any curiosity in her. She just smiled and asked: "So he's not only the one who changed my destiny but also the person you've been searching for with great difficulty? You tell me whether I should believe you or not? I'm someone who doesn't believe in things that can't be grasped. Besides, can destiny really not be changed? Or does this kind of thing simply not exist?"

  "It's easy for you to kill me, but even if you do, fate will still have its own trajectory." Apparently, Xiaoxue didn't seem to be trying to hide either.

  "I'm still not very clear about what happened, you just waited in different prisons for him to come find you. And this seemingly impossible thing actually happened, maybe I should believe your words." Sakura looked at Li Ang packing things and asked Xiaoxue.

  "My life is actually very monotonous, and if the future doesn't have any expectations or surprises, it won't be a good day." Xiaoxue seemed to be answering without intention, asking one thing but responding with another.

  "If this man were really my destined one, then why wouldn't I stop you?" Sakura turned her head and smiled coquettishly at Xiaoxue.

  "You can try, but fate won't change. It's already been decided when he appears." Looks like Xiaoxue knows Sakura's personality well, looks like this woman is more dangerous the thicker her smile gets.

  "I don't care about fate, I'm not interested in someone who is incapable, neither now nor in the future. You can play around all you want. I just want to stay and watch the show." After saying that, she smiled sweetly at Li Ang, who was sneaking a peek at her, before walking elegantly towards Jin, the cripple.

  Sakura's smile at Li Ang had made him very excited, and he shouldn't have pointed his gun at her just now. Just as he was about to go up and talk to her, he saw Sakura standing next to Jin. Looking at Sakura laughing and joking with Jin, Li Ang couldn't help but curse the damned country bumpkin in his heart.

  Li Ang was worried that his hallucinations were getting worse, he needed to rest properly. Li Ang shook his head desperately trying to wake himself up as he got into the car.

  Fate is indeed strange. If Li Ang wasn't persuaded by Jin to save Xiaoxue, fate wouldn't have been tied up here; if he hadn't come to find Xiaoxue to foretell these things, these people's fates wouldn't have become entangled either; and if Sakura's curiosity hadn't been so heavy, these people would probably still be following their original life trajectory.

  It turned out that the change in everyone's fate was not because of saving Xiaoxue or protecting Xiaoxue, but because of Li Ang in front of them who looked harmless to humans and animals.