Chapter 49: The Result
As soon as the online lottery began, their personal computers kept popping up with all sorts of messages, from their kids, their parents, and a whole bunch of relatives, all eagerly awaiting the results.
Hicks, far away on Casa, also secretly logged into Skynet using his subordinates' accounts to watch the results of the lottery.
He kept praying in his heart that his parents would be selected to adopt the baby.
"You're coming?"
Luo Jin swiped his finger, bringing the lottery page to Tang Ting's view.
All the cubs in the family were adopted by Tang Ting. Although they had already decided on them, Tang Ting might still get adopted by lottery. After all, he really has amazing luck, as if he is specially favored by the god of fortune.
Tang Ting smiled slightly: "Okay."
Anno watched the two interact and saw the numbers flashing on the screen, and seemed to understand something.
Looking at Tang Ting's gentle expression and calm demeanor, it seemed as if he possessed a magical power to bring peace of mind, making her unconsciously feel at ease and believe that they would definitely become her parents.
Tang Ting rolled up his sleeves, his slender fingers spinning the wheel, and randomly selected four fortune sticks.
After making her choice, Tang Ting gently stroked Anuo's head and said softly, "Baby, would you like to drive?"
Anno nodded and, following Tang Ting's guidance, flipped open the four covered slips one by one.
The first sign that appeared was a gray, blank page. Anno continued to click on the next sign, and the second and third signs were also gray. Only one sign remained.
Anno paused, looking up at Lokin. "No, is it... bad?"
She doesn't know much about linguistics yet, so she can't form complete sentences, but both Logan and Tangting can understand her meaning.
They knew she was afraid that if the signature was still blank, they would lose her eligibility to adopt.
The little one was smarter than they had imagined. Even though they hadn't talked to her much about adopting her, she could still understand what they were doing through observation and interaction.
Luo Jin lowered his head and kissed her forehead, comforting her, "No, baby, don't worry. No matter what the outcome, we will always be your parents."
Hearing her say that, Anuo felt relieved and clicked on the last fortune slip.
Upon opening, golden light flashes on the page, and a cluster of flames burns on the golden tag.
They won the lottery to adopt the baby cub.
Luo Jin and Tang Ting exchanged a glance, both feeling that things might not be as they thought, and that the draw might not have been predetermined.
Overjoyed, Lockin sent Ivana a message: Really?
Eve quickly replied: Tang Ting still has such good luck.
This statement clearly indicates that they did not touch the signature.
Eve and the others had already made preparations to manipulate things for Tang Ting if he didn't win after drawing the four lots. However, he won on his own, so they didn't need to do anything behind his back.
This result relieved Eve and the others; they were all better off having drawn the correct answer.
However, Evena was quite puzzled by the order given to them by the Grand Consul. As a member of the Lockin family, she naturally hoped that the cub could be adopted by Lockin and his family, but this was the first time it had been done in private.
She could guess a little bit about it. This little cub was quite special. First of all, she was already three years old, and she was born in such a harsh environment as Casa Star. She also possessed three unprecedented fire-seed abilities, so it was normal for her to have other considerations.
The little cub was cared for by Luo Jin and Tang Ting along the way, and it seems she has come to recognize people and no longer wants to be cared for by other parents.
In that case, it's understandable that the Chief Executive chose Lockin and his group.
But she still felt that something was off about the matter, and that the little cub's identity might not be as simple as she thought.
Now she can only wait for Logan and the others to return to the main planet with the cubs.
The lottery results brought joy to one family and sorrow to many. The discussion on the SkyNet intensified, and even races from other star systems heard the news and climbed over the wall to enter the Northern River Star System's network domain to witness their grand lottery ceremony for adopting the Fire Seed.
"Sure enough, opportunity favors the prepared mind. Four chances to draw lots! If you don't win, you'll probably be furious."
"Wow! It's Dr. Tang Ting! He's my elective course advisor, a super amazing medical doctor!"
"Ah, ah, it's Teacher Tang's family. Their whole family is incredibly awesome. His wife is Commander Lockin of the Seventh Army Corps, and I went to the same military academy as her daughter, Karina."
"Karina? Is she the one who got first place in the solo match of the league last month?"
"Yes! It's her! She's still a first-grader, and I, a third-grader, can't even beat her. She's ridiculously strong."
"The commander of the Seventh Legion, he has a distinguished record of military exploits. He is also an SS-level fire-type ability user, and now he has a fire seed cub. I guess his genes will be even higher in the future. Who's jealous? Oh, it's me."
"......."
The discussion on Skynet was so heated that Luo Jin and Tang Ting were overwhelmed with messages that they simply turned off their personal computers. Right now, they had to take care of their little one and handle the follow-up adoption matters. They would have to deal with everything else later.
Luo Jin held Anuo and carefully looked at the various adoption documents to be signed. After signing her name, she turned to Tang Ting and asked, "Did you really draw the papers? I feel like someone is helping us?"
Although Tang Ting was indeed very lucky, this time was different from other times. It was a one in hundreds of thousands probability. Although Eve had told them that it was because of Tang Ting's luck, her intuition told her that things were not that simple.
Tang Ting also signed his name at the back of the document, patted Anuo's head and smiled, "Of course, someone is helping the baby."
It's about helping Aloo, not them.
Outside a palace on a certain planet, Caesar sat on the steps, watching the lottery results announced on the Northern River Sky Network. He had been waiting for a long time, but the interface kept showing the loading progress. He kicked a red-haired boy next to him and said, "Is it done yet? Why don't I have internet here? When will this damn internet be ready?"
The red-haired boy lowered his head and rapidly tapped on the projection screen. "Lord Vanguard, don't worry. The system I created has already defended against more than five million attacks from the external network. Once I've defeated them, we'll see the results. Rest assured, I've placed the lottery results in their network domain beforehand, ensuring that the little princess will choose her ideal adoptive family."
"If I fail to accomplish this, not only will you, Lord Vanguard, be the first to be crushed to ashes and scattered."
As soon as the red-haired youth finished speaking, the palace gate was kicked open. Hearing this noise, his hand trembled, and he deciphered the external network's attack system even faster.
The king's out! Damn it! Those scum from the Alliance, die!
Ten seconds later, a hoarse, gloomy voice rang out above him: "Why can't I see the result yet?"
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