Chapter 140 There is no effect without a cause.
"It's boring," Yan Shi said expressionlessly. "What's the point of a one-sided arena?"
"Lanlan." Lin Cai ran to Yan Shi's side, stood uneasily behind her, and looked up at the people on the magic artifact.
The woman holding potato chips on the ritual implement chuckled. "This is boring. So tell me, what's a more fun way to play?"
Yan Shi smiled and said, “Of course, it’s more interesting when all living beings are treated equally.”
woman:?
She was slightly taken aback, momentarily puzzled.
Without further explanation, Yan Shi's fingers twitched slightly, and a sharp water blade formed at her fingertip, gleaming coldly and as sharp as ice. Without hesitation, she slashed the water blade towards her right wrist. Almost instantly, the artery was severed by the blade, and blood gushed from her wrist.
At first, it flowed in a small gurgling stream, but it didn't seem smooth enough. Yan Shi impatiently put away the water blade and forcefully tore open the wound with her left hand. Instantly, blood gushed out, and a large patch of bright red dripped down her wrist and onto the ground, forming a small pool of blood.
In this scene of the comic, apart from the bright red blood flowing from Yan Shi's wrist, the entire scene is stripped of color and is in black and white.
Lin Cai stared blankly at the scene, her eyes filled with undisguised despair. Her throat trembled slightly, as if she wanted to shout something. She tried to reach out and grab Yan Shi, but Shui Ling held her limbs in place.
She can't move.
Yan Shi lowered her wrist to allow the blood to flow. She looked down at the flowing blood, adjusted her angle, and then began to walk slowly. As she moved, the blood outlined a large array on the ground, with complex lines, like ancient and mysterious patterns spreading across the earth.
She was very focused. The people on the magical artifacts in the arena watched Yan Shi's movements with curiosity.
"Hey," a woman said, getting bored after watching for a while, "what kind of formation is this? Why isn't it over yet?"
Yan Shi had basically finished everything and stood in the middle. Her right wrist was covered in scars.
The magic circle was enormous and its lines were intricate. The initial wound gradually solidified over time, only allowing a few drops of blood to seep out. Yan Shi then deftly made several new cuts.
"It's over." Yan Shi looked up at her, standing still with his eyes downcast, seemingly lost in thought. Her face was deathly pale from blood loss, and the fingertips of her right hand twitched unconsciously.
Finally, she raised her left hand, and water blades once again materialized at her fingertips, the tips pointing towards her left chest. She closed her eyes briefly, then plunged the blades in forcefully.
Yan Shi let out a muffled groan. A sharp pain shot through his brain in an instant.
She took a deep breath, gripped the water blade tightly, and pulled downwards.
The pain was intense, and her fingertips trembled.
With the movement, Yan Shi's left chest was slowly slashed open. Strangely, no blood flowed out.
After making a long gash, Yan Shi lowered his head.
His chest was ripped open, and a water blade, crystal clear, was inserted into it.
Yan Shi took a deep breath.
Then, she reached out and slowly pulled a red object from her chest, throwing it on the ground.
The camera moves in the comic book.
A heart, still beating slightly, was in the center of the magic circle.
Golden light emanated from the heart, illuminating the patterns of the magic array formed by the blood.
“By Mother Goddess, the laws bear witness,” Yan Shi said softly. As she spoke, a smile returned to her brows, and her eyes sparkled. “I am willing to offer my body as a sacrifice, my soul as a libation, to reshape the cause and effect of this place.”
Her voice echoed through the air, and the expressions of the previously disdainful group suddenly turned serious. One of them hurriedly drew a heavy sword from his storage space, ready to strike Yan Shi down and shut her up. However, she had only taken one step when she was stopped by the power of the formation.
Inside the magic circle, Yan Shi looked up and smiled, his voice growing louder and louder.
"I want this world."
"Absolutely fair."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wind howled.
The aura of laws, which had not appeared since the world barrier shattered, suddenly became incredibly strong here.
Several white lights flashed across the distant horizon, all rushing toward this place.
"You brat! How dare you!"
The first woman to arrive nearby was already angrily berating them, her face ashen.
"What wouldn't I dare to do?" Yan Shi shrugged.
The magic circle was complete, the ritual was performed, and she could see her lower body beginning to become transparent. Then the transparent part climbed up and gradually spread to her entire body.
"Wow!" Yan Shi exclaimed with considerable curiosity, then turned to look outside the magic circle.
"Lin Cai".
"Lanlan..." Lin Cai's face was covered in tears, and her voice was unusually hoarse, almost as if she had lost her voice.
“Lin Cai,” Yan Shi said, “let’s go quickly. Right now, head southeast, go far away.”
"Someone is coming."
Lin Cai pressed herself against the barrier of the magic circle, desperately trying to get in. She shook her head frantically, "No, Lanlan..."
"Lin Cai, be good, listen to me." Yan Shi's expression darkened, and Shui Ling gave Lin Cai a hard push.
"Lanlan, I won't leave. I want to stay here with you," Lin Cai said, her voice choked with emotion.
Yan Shi's expression softened. "But there's something I want you to do."
"What's up?"
"I hope you can take my place and rebuild the world's barrier." As Yan Shi spoke, his gaze fell into the distance.
The distance was shrouded in darkness, with only occasional streaks of light flashing across the horizon.
"The world shouldn't be like this."
Lin Cai: "Lanlan, without you, the world is pretty much the same to me. Lanlan..."
Yan Shi's gaze was gentle: "That's why I'm asking you."
"This is my only request."
"Lanlan, I..."
Suddenly, the array shone brightly, engulfing the second half of Lin Caiwei's sentence.
The laws awoke from their decaying slumber and looked toward the master who had set them in motion.
"Transaction confirmed?"
The sound echoed in the air.
Yan Shi felt the pain disappear in an instant, and she looked up.
The sun completely disappeared below the horizon. Night fell, the sky was starless, and nothing could be seen.
Yan Shi sighed.
What a pity.
There is no moon tonight.
I really want to see the moon.
The law patiently waits.
After a long silence, Yan Shi said, "I confirm."
When the contract is established, the law is established.
Yan Shi had become completely transparent.
She gazed longingly into the distance, gave a slightly provocative smile to the helpless crowd outside the magic circle, and then vanished completely.
A woman's voice rang out the instant after she disappeared.
Every effect has a cause.
No living being may cause injury or death to other living beings without subjective cause; otherwise, they shall be directly deprived of their abilities and perception of spirit. Those who are deprived of their abilities and perception of spirit shall be deprived of their five senses.
Even when promulgating new laws, Yan Shi's voice was not serious; it even carried a hint of a smile.
At this moment, all living beings heard the voice of the new law.
Within the arena of countless powerful families, the ongoing slaughter abruptly ceased. The butcher stared blankly at his own hand, only to be caught by his enraged prey, who gnashed its teeth in retaliation.
Some people were crying, some were laughing wildly, and Lin Cai was running in the darkness.
The next page is completely enveloped in darkness.
This is a brand new beginning.
The conversation ended abruptly.
Yan Shi, who was outside the light screen, let out a long breath.
She now understood why Lin Cai was afraid to say what had happened.
This chapter, as a comic, is filled with the atmosphere of a bad ending, not to mention Lin Cai, who is experiencing it firsthand.
It was a glaring nightmare.
The question now is, what exactly did Guan Yunji change in this episode?
Yan Shi tapped the screen twice more and was surprised to find that the comic forum entrance was still there. Next to the comic forum, there was a new button for editing history.
Yan Shi's eyes lit up.
She opened the edit history.
There are many edit records for this sentence; scrolling down reveals two pages.
Next to all the records on the first page are several large, bright red words: "Editing failed."
Yan Shi casually clicked on a failure record.
It shows that Guan Yunji removed the scene of Yan Shi's sacrifice in the comic, and changed it to Yan Shi blowing out the candles in the shop, eating the cake in an ordinary way, and leaving.
The reason for the failure below is that the conditions before and after the world line are inconsistent.
Yan Shi clicked on another one, and the reason for failure was still: "Inconsistent conditions before and after the world line".
Therefore, in this version of the comic, is the ritual of Yan Shi a necessary condition?
Yan Shi seemed to be deep in thought.
She scrolled down to the bottom of the editing history.
After countless failures, a green "Edit Successful" message appeared.
Yan clicked on the success record.
Guan Yunji made no changes to this record, but deleted three pages.
Yan Shi clicked to open the larger image.
In the small shop, Lin Cai finished singing the birthday song and looked at Yan Shi expectantly.
"Lanlan, quickly close your eyes and make a wish."
Yan Shi looked into Lin Cai's eyes and said, "I don't think I've ever told you my name."
"Huh?" Lin Cai's eyes widened. "Lanlan is Lanlan, that's enough for me."
Yan Shi shook his head, his gaze softening slightly: "But now, I want to say it."
"My name is Yan..." Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside the window, and the last word after Yan was swallowed up by the noise and could not be heard clearly.
Yan Shi looked out the window.
That concludes the deletion process.
Yan Shi: ?
She looked completely bewildered.
No, what does "delete" mean?
It looks like a page of content that didn't have a significant impact was deleted.
Furthermore, where did Guan Yunji get so many trading beliefs to modify the two pages of modification records?
Yan Shi exited the editing history in a daze and opened the comic forum.
The comic forum on the screen is a bit different from the real one, and it is divided into chapter-specific forums and a general discussion area.
Yan Shi clicked into the forum for each episode.
It was very lively, extremely lively.
The most interesting thing is that all the discussions are updated in real time.
Just as she paused on the forum post directory page, another post surfaced.
The comic forum within the light screen of the authority of history and records placed by the unknown god Claire in the Death Throne—it has so many buffs! Are the readers of this comic forum readers from the mortal realm or the underworld?
Yan Shi browsed the post titles with great interest.
This forum, in terms of discussion, is no different from the readers of Qiman's surface world.
About my unrequited love who died young.
[Hey old thief, come in, let's talk]
[A rational analysis of the impact of this law, embodied by Lanlan, on the world]
[Bartering outside Baiyujing, now, urgently!]
Yan Shi seemed to see a barter post, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She shook her head and clicked on the most popular post.
About my unrequited love who died young.
1L Original Poster:
Waaaaaaahh ...
2L:
I knew Lanlan's story was tragic, but I didn't expect it to be this tragic...
3L:
Where was the knife?! It's all for a better future! Waaaaaah (rambling)
4L:
I thought the world was bad enough, but I never imagined it would be after Lanlan had already sacrificed herself...
5L:
So Lin Cai's nightmares are all about Lan Lan...
Author's Note: Regarding the time issue in the previous chapter, the entire text has now been revised. We will continue to fix any bugs. Thank you all for pointing out errors and for your understanding (heart emoji).
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