Chapter 64: This Thing Can Release DLCs? |
“So that means ‘Judge’ can actually achieve effects similar to rules-based anomalies.” Samuel muttered to himself, “Future Celt could definitely pull off something like that.”
“No, if it’s him, if it’s ‘us,’ then he could definitely cook up an anomaly way more intense than this current notice board in the municipal square.”
“For example…”
“Hmm…”
His gaze shifted and landed on the Travel Guide slowly floating beside him not far away.
Suddenly, he grabbed the floating Travel Guide, pulled it in front of him, and flipped open the first page.
[The Lunatic's World Travel Guide]
[1、…]
He stared at this description that also resembled a rules-based anomaly, lost in thought.
“Tell me, for those truly powerful Law Seekers, Law Contemplators, Law Inscribers, or even Law Carvers, is time unidirectional or non-unidirectional?”
Text re-emerged on the Travel Guide.
“This… I don’t know either. But at least for a Law Contemplator of the 【Retroflow】 Law, it’s probably not unidirectional, right?”
“Is that so…” Samuel dragged out his tone, “No, the answer is actually pretty obvious.”
“This era doesn’t have telephones.”
But what brought Falson to this town was a red telephone.
Samuel curled his fingers and tapped the Travel Guide.
“You’d better not be some so-called ‘time capsule left by my future self for my present self.’” Samuel squinted, looking down at the open book and shaking it lightly, “You know very well, I’ve never liked these so-called ‘time loops.’”
Samuel stared at the Travel Guide in his hands.
“I used to get annoyed whenever I saw similar setups.”
“Why do I have a system? Oh, because the system is a gift sent back by my future self out of the kindness of his heart. Why can my future self send the system? Oh, because my past self happened to receive the system, allowing him to become awesome and transform into my future self…”
“Every time I see a story like that, it makes me uncomfortable.”
He let go, allowing the Travel Guide to float back up beside him.
“You’re not that kind of existence, are you?” He looked at the Travel Guide, half-smiling.
“Of course not.” The Travel Guide immediately retorted, “I am merely a reminder, not a rule-maker. There’s an essential difference between me and ‘Judge.’”
“I feel like you’re in a bit of a bad mood today. I’m not too keen on chatting with you.”
“Oh? Is that so?” Samuel paused for a moment.
He thought back, and it seemed like he was, indeed.
That shouldn’t be the case…
This wasn’t right.
He hadn’t been like this in a long time.
Just what was wrong…
Frowning, Samuel detached his head from his neck, opened his skull, and a single eye appeared in his palm as he examined his brain.
Nothing seemed to be wrong with it, either.
Reaching inside, Samuel raised his palm and gave it a solid slap.
A broken thing just needs a good whack to be fixed.
The old master’s craft.
Watch me manually activate the happy switch.
For a moment, the discontent in his heart was instantly shattered. Samuel felt his entire mood lift.
Yes, that’s how it should be.
Composing himself, Samuel reattached his head to his neck and asked with a smile.
“What? Afraid I’ll just destroy you?”
The Travel Guide didn’t respond.
He chuckled, then continued chatting with the Travel Guide like casual banter.
“I can accept ‘climbing to the top of the mountain with my own strength and then building a ladder for my past self.’ But I cannot accept ‘because I will be at the top of the mountain in the future, I can use a ladder to get there now. And because I can use the ladder to get there now, I will be the one to put the ladder down in the future.’”
“Where did this ladder come from in the first place? I can’t find it.”
“And then I’ll feel miserable, I’ll keep searching, and if I can’t find it, I’ll get annoyed.”
“I need a clear ‘beginning’ to accept it; otherwise, the thinking alone makes me miserable.”
“This so-called causal loop, to me, has no logic.”
“Well, even though in this world governed by the 【Fallacy】 Law, ‘having no logic’ itself is a kind of ‘logic.’”
“I understand.” The Travel Guide replied, “After all, I am an extension of your will. I can understand your thoughts.”
The conversation ended. Samuel pushed up the corners of his mouth with two fingers and fell into silence.
His mood really had been off today.
But he couldn’t quite pinpoint why.
His intuition told him someone was pulling strings.
He felt a strange sense of dissonance.
But he couldn’t find the source of that dissonance…
Soon, man and book returned to the center of the municipal square.
Samuel didn’t approach the notice board that seemed to be the town’s centerpiece directly. Instead, he stopped by a stall selling cheap hot drinks at the edge of the square and spent one sien to casually buy a cup of coffee.
Worth one sien—basically some pure, artificial, non-natural bitter ditch water.
He didn’t know why, but coffee never had any effect on him. Even in his first life, he was completely immune to it. Drinking coffee couldn’t help him stay awake at all; even drinking it before bed had zero impact.
But he just liked drinking it. He treated it purely as a beverage.
Leaning against a pillar next to the stall, Samuel tilted his head back and brought the still-steaming cheap coffee to his lips, taking a sip.
Mm, yeah, that’s the flavor.
Expensive coffee doesn’t even have this feeling.
Coffee in hand, Samuel cast his gaze towards the notice board.
He could see that there was quite a bit more text on it compared to the last time he saw it.
“Oh?” Samuel raised his hand to block the sun. “The circle is closing in?”
【9. From today onward, Liant Town implements a curfew. No one is allowed to go out or loiter outdoors after 11 PM.】
【10. It is forbidden to contact the outside world by any means, including, but not limited to, telephone, telegram, writing letters…】
【11. It is forbidden to resist the Enforcement Team. Any form of resistance is equivalent to violating a rule!】
【12. Without important leads, it is forbidden to approach the Enforcement Team.】
【13. It is forbidden to commit fraud, deception, theft, fooling, or similar acts against Enforcement Team members. Violators will face severe punishment!】
【14. It is forbidden to harm Enforcement Team members.】
Seeing the newly added Rule 10, Samuel became interested: “Oh my? Is this targeting me?”
This thing can release DLCs just for him?
His gaze dropped to Rules 11, 12, 13, and 14.
“If Rule 10 is the DLC for me…”
Samuel suddenly felt that something interesting must have happened yesterday that he missed.
Damn. Didn’t that mean he’d missed out on a lot?
Comments 1