Chapter 123

Shi Cheng still remembered that the day he left with Joey was May 1st. At that time, his heart was filled with excitement.

As soon as they came down from the mountain, he eagerly asked while rubbing his hands together. “Master, where are we going next?”

Joey didn’t bother correcting his form of address anymore. He had corrected him once before, but this fellow had confidently replied. “Although you haven’t officially taken me as your disciple, in my heart I respect you as my teacher. Besides, those who achieve are teachers, and since I’m learning from your excellent qualities by your side, it’s only right to call you Master.”

Therefore, Joey only said, “We’re going to find two people first.”

“?” Shi Cheng was stunned for a second before realizing this was the answer to his earlier question, and quickly caught up.

He was curious. “Are you looking for other owners of lost items?”

He had witnessed firsthand how this person had recovered his own lost items from those bandits, and he could only say the scene had been rather brutal.

“No, they’re helpers who can help me find my lost items faster.”



“...you can call them the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation.”

“The Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation?” When Shi Cheng said this, Liu Ningshuang couldn’t help but repeat it, “And there are two of them?”

She seemed to think of something and showed some surprise.

“—Is it the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation that I know about?”

Her reaction drew sideways glances from others. Among the Special Case Investigation Team members sitting around listening to Shi Cheng’s story, Chu Xingrui curiously spoke up, “I spend all day on the Extraordinary Forum, but I’ve never heard of any Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation. Where did you hear about them?”

Liu Ningshuang waved her hand. “I actually learned about it from the Extraordinary Forum too. You probably just didn’t notice it.”

Under Chu Xingrui’s increasingly puzzled gaze, she explained, “It was from a post a few days ago on the Extraordinary Forum where the original poster said they encountered an online scam! Since it was posted in the casual discussion section and neither the title nor content was very attention-grabbing, it didn’t get much attention. I only came across it when I was browsing out of boredom.”

Although the Extraordinary Forum was named for the extraordinary, due to its secretive yet open nature, its users were quite diverse, including people from various countries, all ages and genders, both extraordinaries and ordinary people. Naturally, not all posts were related to extraordinary matters. A considerable portion didn’t involve extraordinary reports, and posters would consciously put these in the casual discussion section.

“...The content was a typical complaint post, saying they were scammed by an online fortune-telling account called ‘Heavenly Master Divine Calculator’, which was supposedly operated jointly by two people. The ‘Heavenly Master’ mainly sold talismans, while the ‘Divine Calculator’ handled divination.”

As she spoke, Liu Ningshuang pulled up the post she had read before.

[Help! Got scammed for 200,000 by online fortune telling but police won’t file a case, what should I do...]

The eye-catching title appeared before everyone, precisely summarizing the post’s main content. Others also found the post following her guidance, skipping over unimportant replies and focusing mainly on the original poster’s words.

[So here’s what happened. The other day, OP randomly found a newly registered social media account with no information, with an arrogant name called ‘Heavenly Master Divine Calculator’. They only do one divination per day, choosing their client based on fate, charging 100,000 per reading. It looked like an obvious scam account! Since OP was bored, OP wanted to mess with the scammer, so OP clicked on the account...]

(TL: OP=original poster)

[...Unexpectedly, after chatting with the scammer behind the account, OP started to change OP’s mind. They were just too professional, discussing metaphysical knowledge eloquently, seeming even more credible than many famous metaphysical masters.]

[Especially that ‘Heavenly Master’, their persuasion skills were incredibly strong. After chatting with him, OP was dazed and spent 100,000 to get a reading from the self-proclaimed accurate ‘Divine Calculator’. Then he told me that these two days were inauspicious for going out – the divination showed great misfortune! Going out would mean certain death, but staying home might give me a chance of survival.]

[OP: ???]

[...At this point, I started to waver. Those of you above calling me stupid, you’d understand if you experienced it yourself. That scammer called ‘Heavenly Master’ was really too good at sweet-talking, after just a few words, the atmosphere he created made me extremely anxious, feeling totally insecure. In my panic, I spent another 100,000 asking him to help resolve my disaster. That ‘Heavenly Master’ even spoke as if money meant nothing to him, saying what moved him wasn’t money, but seeing that I was fated for this, so he helped change my fortune.]

[Look, I’m here asking for help, could those calling me stupid make their own posts? I also think I was stupid for believing his nonsense.]

[The end? Of course nothing happened. I hid at home for two days, and nothing occurred. Looking at my empty bank account, I suddenly realized – damn, I’d been scammed! These two scammers didn’t do anything at all, just moved their lips and scammed me out of 200,000, this is ridiculous!]

[After coming to my senses, OP quickly went to the police station to report it. But the police couldn’t find any information and couldn’t file a case. When OP tried to message that social media account asking for my money back, OP couldn’t send anything – the system interface kept freezing. My 200,000 just went down the drain! I heard there are many capable people on the Extraordinary Forum, can anyone help me? If you can get the money back, I’m willing to give 1/10 as a reward.]

“I thought since times have changed, their previous method of divining for fated people wherever they went was too troublesome, so I suggested they could open a social media account.”

Shi Cheng shook away the mental image and said with a smile. “I didn’t expect those two would actually agree to my suggestion.”

Chu Xingrui’s originally lazy expression changed slightly. “So, these are two more low-key extraordinaries? It seems I was negligent this time. Information about the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master had already been mentioned online, but my team completely overlooked it, filtering it out as invalid information.”

As the person responsible for monitoring and guiding online information, Chu Xingrui couldn’t help but reflect, secretly adding the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master to his list.

He quickly moved to remedy the situation, immediately calling his subordinates’ office with a clear thought. “Since the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master are real extraordinaries, everything mentioned in that post must be true. We need to investigate the original poster’s real identity, find out if they recovered the money from the charity organization, and what their current situation is.”

Before long, they received the latest news.

The original poster was real, and two days ago had recovered 200,000 from the charity organization. However, on the very evening they recovered the money, they died in an accidental car crash while out for a night jog.

Reading these simple sentences, Chu Xingrui and the others felt a chill run down their spines. “An accident? Was this really an accident?”

For a moment, they all nearly fell into conspiracy theories.

Could it be that because this person recovered the money, breaking their previous deal, they were cursed by the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master?

However, these conspiratorial thoughts were quickly dismissed as the probability seemed too low. They were more inclined to believe—

“That person paid the divination fee and obtained fortune from the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master’s words, which was originally a give-and-take contract,” Shi Cheng’s voice confirmed everyone’s speculation. “But when they went back on their word and recovered all the money, it was equivalent to voiding the contract, returning them to their original fate.”

As for their original fate, hadn’t the divination already shown it? Great misfortune!

Everyone suddenly understood. Li Fufeng added, “Perhaps they not only returned to their original fate but also suffered some backlash. Even ordinary contract breaches require penalty payments. These two are extraordinary beings—could anyone really break a contract with them without consequences?”

“...Very likely,” Shi Cheng didn’t deny it. “Although I only met them once, I could sense they were truly accomplished masters who walked among mortals. While they seemed approachable and didn’t care about many things, they weren’t the type to tolerate disrespect with magnanimity.”

“Even Joey showed great respect for their abilities...” It wasn’t the reverence of the weak toward the strong, but more like the respect ordinary people show to doctors or teachers.

Shi Cheng recalled silently, feeling regretful. “These two were simply offering fortune to those with destiny, but to think there are actually such foolish people in this world, throwing away such an opportunity!”

Setting aside the matter of the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master—the Special Case Investigation Team would investigate later anyway—the focus now was on Joey. Therefore, Li Fufeng brought the conversation back. “So, you went to find the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master to divine the location of Joey’s lost items?”

“Correct.” Shi Cheng’s eyes couldn’t help but show amazement. “The Heavenly Master is a master of talismans. He folded a temporary compass from talisman paper that would last two months, and the Divine Calculator, who excels in divination, seemed to cast some sort of spell on it. As long as we follow the compass’s direction, we can find Joey’s items.”

“The journey afterward proved the compass was completely accurate.”

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but increasingly admire the abilities of the Divine Calculator and Heavenly Master. Compared to other extraordinaries, these two masters were probably the ones the Special Case Investigation Team most wanted to recruit. Their abilities were truly enviable.



Chu Xingrui suddenly asked, “By the way, there’s something I’ve been curious about for a long time. I wonder if you can answer it for me. Do you know how Joey’s items ended up outside? Is there any connection with the mysterious objects appearing around the world?”

His question was very sensitive and rash, possibly involving secrets Joey couldn’t reveal. The others were startled—this was too impulsive! What happened to taking things step by step?

After speaking, Chu Xingrui felt unusually uneasy.

He figured Shi Cheng probably wouldn’t say anything about such secrets. More likely, Shi Cheng didn’t even know the answer.

But strong curiosity still lingered in Chu Xingrui’s mind, like cat claws gently scratching again and again.

“Just what is the background of this Joey...”



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