The light that was like a glass barrier in front of him suddenly shattered, flashing countless rays of light.
The light coming through the gaps looks like TV snow.
"In fact, according to the information I have obtained, the Empire seems to see the [world] as a construct that someone has not yet perfected—"
"An incomplete structure...?"
"It's an incomplete story created by someone. No matter how well thought out, there are bound to be problems—and those assigned different roles will become dissatisfied with their own roles and despise this [world]. Since no one can see the complete world, there may be a situation where even if you collect all the keywords, there will still be no satisfactory ending—"
The system whistled, and the cracked glass melted back into wholeness.
“…”
"Okay, since you've already reached this point, I can be frank with you. You don't have to take this world too seriously. I won't betray anyone who doesn't commit suicide on purpose. No matter what kind of scenery I see, I can always return to the starting point. Even at the end, I will still return to the starting point."
"Isn't the last sentence... a bit extreme?"
"That might sound true, but if you knew this [world] would be forcibly ended in 30 years, you wouldn't think so," the system said calmly. "Anyway, I've never seen the gears of this [world] move to a day 30 years from now. At a fixed point in time, you'll be randomly teleported to a certain save file, and you'll never see the next day's sunrise."
30 years later——?
How long did you live in the birdcage?
"Can I ask, what date was that? Or... you don't remember? Or do you need some favorability?"
"It would be very difficult to naturally move from here to 30 years from now, but if it was already 30 years from now or 29 years from now, then that day would become a matter of repeated attempts and passing through, so even if I wanted to forget it, I absolutely couldn't—"
The system stated a date.
A bloody glow filled Chu Shangli's mind, and he remembered the electronic calendar on the table.
Isn’t that just…?
"Are you sure?"
"Isn't the most basic rule for us to get along with each other trusting each other? So - it's absolutely right. Did you live to that time in your previous life?"
"Right after I completed my revenge and escaped from the birdcage, I returned to being fifteen... I originally thought I died suddenly from excessive excitement—but now, it sounds like there might be other possibilities."
"Oh—" the system suddenly said, "Really? So you also personally experienced that time point?"
"perhaps--"
"So how did you feel then?"
Chu Shangli pondered for a moment and made a request: "After three numbers, we will talk together. You'd better type the font in front of me——"
"Are you afraid I'll go along with you? Well, that's a fair consideration—it's certainly possible that we might go along with each other's words to conceal the truth. Especially since my favorability rating for you is only a '7'. If you trust me like this, I'd actually think you're just too weak to be vigilant."
Chu Shangli counted down to three and said, "My eyes were all white, and when I came to my senses, I had returned to the past—"
The words that appeared in front of Chu Shangli were "My previous master and my previous previous master both woke up suddenly on that day and were bounced to a strange time point."
"It seems to be for the same reason. My former master believed that it was something she did in the past that prevented her from surviving beyond 30 years, but my former master believed that it was the end of time—especially after she discovered that her exploration progress had reached 100%, which was almost certain—"
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