Chapter 77 World D: Turnas's Perspective This world is very...
Something's wrong with this world, Turner thought.
He saw some familiar buildings, and the image of Starfall City, which he had visited before, came to mind, but he wasn't sure because he hadn't been to Starfall City many times.
It wasn't until he heard Ethan's somewhat uncertain words that Turner became certain of his thoughts, and the two discussed their similarities.
Suddenly a voice startled Ethan, and Turner was also somewhat taken aback.
When did they arrive? He hadn't even noticed; he didn't realize it until the very last moment before he spoke.
They had the same face and the same height, only their clothes and smiles were different. Ethan seemed to have a very lively personality, because he naturally took Ethan's hand and invited him to come over to play.
Ethan gave Turner a questioning look, looking a little uncomfortable. Turner thought it was okay, and then they followed Ethan together.
The three of them arrived in an unfamiliar space. For some reason, Ethan looked around and opened his mouth wide in shock, appearing utterly astonished.
Hmm? Is it very different from my own world? Why are you so surprised?
Turner looked at the decor; it was a very luxurious style, exquisitely crafted.
Seeing Ethan looking around suspiciously, even starting to touch the floor, Ethan stopped him. The two whispered something to each other, and then Ethan pulled Ethan away.
Was it just his imagination? Or did Ethan really not give him a single extra glance from the moment he saw them? He kept looking at Ethan and his intimate actions, yet he paid him no attention whatsoever, as if Ethan was the only one in this world who didn't have Turner, completely ignoring him.
Because it was an unfamiliar space, Tenas still chose to follow, as his complete lack of understanding made him somewhat uneasy.
When I arrived, I saw Ethan standing on that magnificent... throne-like structure. He invited Ethan to come up with him, but Ethan refused. Remembering his city's will, he went to search for it.
A few minutes later, a figure appeared here; it was a strange long-haired man.
He was wearing a well-fitting suit, his hair was a little messy, he looked listless, his pupils were somewhat unfocused, and he moved slowly as he looked at people.
How should I put it...? It all seems so suspicious! She seems so disoriented. Even if she had just been woken from a deep sleep, she wouldn't be this...unconscious, would she?
Starfall City Will, if you're being controlled, please breathe properly.
The will of Starfall City slowly glanced at him, then slowly turned back.
I feel... I'm really out of it. If even the powerful Starfall City's will is like this, what about the wills of other cities? Will they be like this too? Or even worse off?
Turner didn't dare to think too deeply about it, wondering how he could find an opportunity to contact the outside world. If all else failed, he could at least access the internet; he figured he could find something there by searching.
Ethan probably didn't notice anything amiss with the Starfall Will. After greeting him, Ethan, carrying dessert, stepped between the two of them.
Ethan gave Ethan a small cake, and then surprisingly picked up another one and held it up to Starfall. Starfall paused for a moment, then ate it.
have eaten?
have eaten? !
He actually ate it!!
Are you kidding me? Is this really the will of this city? How can such an intimate gesture happen here? Didn't the city lord say that the will of Starfall City is a cold and ruthless person who would kill everyone who dares to touch him? Is this coldness?
Ethan looked surprised as he ate, while Ethan was extremely satisfied. The three of them were having a great time, but Turner didn't miss the pause in the meteor shower at the beginning.
No matter how close the city's will is to its guardians, it can't be this close, okay?! If you're being forced, just blink! This world is just not right.
Ethan noticed the lonely Turner, and although he still didn't realize that Ethan was ignoring him, he invited him to eat.
Everyone else ate, and it would be too unsociable for him not to eat, so he ate too. It was a bit too sweet and cloying. Is it because he prefers milder flavors?
Ethan of this world is willing to borrow their power, but also says that he has a bad relationship with the guardians of other cities, and persuades them to seek the possibility of borrowing power from other guardians.
This was to prevent them from meeting. Turner made his own judgment, thinking the worst: Leaving aside the other cities, it seemed unlikely they might even be there.
The two of them changed their clothes, dressed up, and put on some hair clips and accessories. Ethan came to Starfall and waited for praise.
Receiving a less-than-satisfactory answer, Turnas noticed Ethan's smile faded, and he seemed angry. Starfall took a deep breath and began to praise him, his eyes no longer unfocused, but incredibly resolute.
He praised her from head to toe, giving off a sense of going all out, clearly afraid of upsetting the other person.
Turnas glanced at Ethan and was stunned. He probably still didn't realize it. Oh well, let him praise him too.
He almost closed the portal while out shopping, but luckily he ran fast.
Whether buying food or clothes, Ethan never even glanced at him, as if he didn't see him at all, coldly ignoring him completely.
All the food that Tenas gets to eat is given to him by Ethan, so why hasn't Ethan realized that Ethan has been just joking and laughing with him the whole time, treating him like he's invisible?
When Turnus and Ethan exchanged a few words, Turnus simply turned Ethan's head toward him, forcing Ethan to look at him directly, and then said he would tell him a secret: that he had conquered the world.
Turner believed it.
Even though Ethan later changed his story and said he didn't rule the world, Turner still thought it was possible. He felt that Ethan at least ruled this city, and that Ethan wasn't as good as his seemingly sunny personality.
When Ethan was using an insult as a metaphor, he was actually looking at him while he was being insulted. This was the first time in this world that he had received a look from Ethan, and he still felt like he was being insulted.
After wandering around all day, when they returned to that space, the Starfall City's will was gone. Seeing the empty space, Tenas saw Ethan's eyes turn terrifying in an instant. Even Tenas had to admit that he was a little afraid of Ethan's gaze.
He took something out and was examining it when Turns glanced at it and noticed a flashing red dot. A thought struck him.
It can't be a locator, right? Haha, how could that be? How was it installed?
When the will of Starfall City returned, Ethan had a good talk with him, and didn't even bother to avoid him, only avoiding Ethan.
"What is Lord Starfall trying to do by appearing in another city?" Ethan's hands were slightly clasped together, fingertips touching, forming a prayer-like gesture. He tilted his head. "Why did you leave without permission? I don't think I gave you permission. Do you want to go back to lying around in a daze for so many years?"
Xingyun lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Turnas was screaming inwardly. This was treating him like family! Were they going to kill him next? Was it something he could hear about the secrets of this world?
Help, Ethan! Can you just suddenly come over and say you need to talk to him, then pull him away?
"Is it... that you're conspiring with the other city leaders to kill me? No way, are you still in contact? After you accidentally let me steal it, I made things difficult for everyone, and they actually welcome you?" Ethan pretended to think, then a smile appeared on his face: "You guys have such a good relationship, haha, I think they need some earrings too."
Xingyun's eyelashes trembled slightly.
"Do you think they'll like earrings with star patterns? Or maybe they'll prefer other patterns? But that doesn't matter. I only make star patterns, regardless of whether they like earrings or not." Ethan smiled and gestured. "For your sake, I can add some cute little patterns to their earrings. How about a moon? Just so you know, I won't change the style. Earrings are the most effective when they're made this way."
As he got excited, his hand gestures became even more exaggerated, gesturing wildly and laughing heartily, as if he were talking about something very happy.
But what he was actually saying was how he could make those city wills lose their ability to act and obediently put earrings on them.
Hearing this, Tenas broke out in a cold sweat, and Xingyun's lips tightened even more. The two were caught in an eerie atmosphere, while only Ethan seemed to be shining brightly.
“However… I’m not an unreasonable person.” Ethan’s tone shifted as he tucked his hair behind his ear, revealing an earring, and casually brushed it aside: “But I hope you won’t run around anymore, promise me, okay? Can Lord Starfall do that? Otherwise, I’m afraid I’ll give each of you an earring, which I can only guarantee will suit you well.”
It was supposed to be a question, but he spoke with an air of absolute authority, and no one dared to criticize his arrogant and casual manner.
Xingyun could only nod slowly, her lowered eyes revealing nothing of her appearance.
"It might be murderous intent," Ethan thought nonchalantly.
He was all too familiar with Xingyun's murderous intent towards him, and had long been used to it. He didn't care; as long as he obeyed, that was enough.
But the meteorite wouldn't listen.
It was the night before he left that Turner sought out Ethan, wanting to have a good talk.
Ethan wasn't listening carefully. Before his mind wandered, he overheard a few words that sounded like he wanted the two sides to get along peacefully. How ridiculous! He and Ethan were already so harmonious, how could he not get along with his counterpart? His attitude was good enough, wasn't it?
As for what that guy was saying, he didn't hear it clearly, nor was he interested. He didn't even care about Tenas, only noticing that there seemed to be some movement on Xingyun's side.
An invisible barrier rose up, but after its master confirmed that it was fully effective, it was shattered by someone's casual thought, and the sound and illusions blocked by the barrier completely disappeared.
"I hope you never come into this world again."
Ethan heard those words clearly.
...
Ethan's smile gradually faded, his upturned lips drooped, and he stared intently at Starfall.
Tenas first shut up and took a step to the side, then glanced at the direction of the two of them and at Ethan, whose black aura was about to solidify, before hesitating and taking another step back.
Then they retreated two, three, four, five, or six steps.
Then, watching Ethan and Starfall stare at each other for several seconds before Ethan finally gave a smile that was not much different from his usual one, but Tenas knew that Ethan was angry, and Starfall probably knew it too.
He walked over quickly and interrupted their conversation, chattering away as if nothing had happened, his emotions written all over his face.
Is that really the case?
The three people present all knew that, of course not.
The star fell and departed.
As they passed each other, Tenas could feel a cold object in his clenched fist. He examined it closely and realized that the device was probably... a USB flash drive.
When Ethann left, he seemed reluctant to part with him, and told Ethan that he must come back to this world again next time, and Ethan actually agreed.
Ternas remained silent throughout his time in this world, his presence almost nonexistent.
After entering the portal, Tenas remained silent for a while. Remembering what he had seen on the USB drive, he finally couldn't help but speak.
"Ethan, maybe we shouldn't come to this world again."
Ethan was unsurprisingly shocked: "Why?"
“Your counterpart isn’t what you think… innocent and lively?” Tenas hesitated before giving Ethan a personality that Ethan might think: “Didn’t you notice? He only cared about you from beginning to end, while I didn’t say a word to him until I left that world, he didn’t even bother to give me a glance.”
"How could that be?" Ethan asked, puzzled. "I saw you chatting yesterday, when I was getting the herbs."
“Think about it carefully, did he even move his mouth? He just smiled and ignored me. I was the one who wanted to talk to him about something the whole time, but he treated me like I wasn’t there.” Turner helplessly helped Ethan recall: “He’s a very dangerous person. The things he revealed in your conversation are very different from the situation in his world.”
Ethan opened his mouth, but could only manage to squeeze out, "You mean I've been scammed again?"
again?
Turnas chose not to investigate the meaning of this for the time being, and took out a silver USB drive: "This was given to me by the city will of that world. It records his true personality, what he did, and what happened in that world. I have already read it."
Ethan stopped in his tracks, opened his personal storage space, took out a laptop, and turned it on.
As Ethan opened the data and looked through it, Turnas continued to speak beside him: "The will of the Starfall City in that world is also to prevent your counterpart from suddenly having the idea to go to other worlds, because he has too much instability, so he wants to eliminate that possibility."
Ethan stared at the documents, unable to come to his senses for a long time.
Ethan Nicks, 24 years old, an orphan. His mother died in childbirth, and Erhan died from postpartum hemorrhage. At the age of five, he killed his abusive father and lived on the streets until he became a Guardian at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Later, at around fifteen years old, he somehow seized almost all of Starfall's power...
Ethan didn't pay much attention to Ethan's series of "exciting ups and downs," but stared at the word "orphan" for a long time in a daze.
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Ethan clenched his fists in anger, feeling a bit aggrieved, as his impression of Ethan as a lively and fun-loving person crumbled.
How did I get fooled again? Tenas is one thing, but how come my counterpart is also a villain? I can't even believe myself anymore. If I travel to other worlds later, who can I trust?
Ethan, you liar... You actually tricked me into pretending to have a mother. What's so funny about that?
Huh? Wait, what is that?
What did they steal? Almost all of the Starfall Lord's power from that world? How did they do that?
For no apparent reason, Ethan suddenly thought of the black mist churning beneath the other dimension.
It's truly astonishing. I never expected his counterpart to have such an ability. I wonder how those devices were developed. No wonder he avoided those misty bodies when he touched them, and Ethan so quickly pulled him up from the ground and covered his curiosity with a carpet.
Is this the so-called most dangerous place being the safest place? If we directly trap Lord Starfall's power in another dimension, then what is the overworked Lord Starfall...?
It's probably fake too. Maybe Ethan did something to make Lord Starfall so tired.
“The power of the Starfall City’s will in that world has indeed been greatly reduced.” As if sensing what Ethan was thinking, Tenas said, “Last night, when he set up a barrier to talk to you, Ethan broke the barrier without even making a move. After hearing what he said to you, his expression quickly turned cold. Also, when the Starfall City’s will first appeared, I noticed that his eyes were somewhat vacant and his reactions were slow. He may have been given some kind of drug or imprisoned.”
drug?
Ethan remembered the earring again.
While Ethan was talking about being angry, he was hitting the earring with a stick, shaping it, and even took out a bottle of magic potion and threw the earring in, saying it was to help him sleep.
If it's meant to help with sleep, it might very well be the culprit behind Xingyun's mental confusion.
Lord Starfall, the parallel world is full of tricks. I miss you all so much. Will you come back by yourselves? TAT Everyone is lying to him. Does he really look like an idiot? Although I was really fooled, the kind of fool who didn't even realize it until someone told me.
But that's not a reason for everyone to lie to him. Ethan immediately responded with a QAQ emoticon.
“I think,” Ethan said quietly, “that when we travel through those worlds, we can’t easily believe anyone’s lies anymore. Even my counterpart is a villain, so you can’t trust your counterpart either.”
"My counterpart?" Turnas raised an eyebrow, catching a crucial piece of information: "You encountered it in the first world? Is my counterpart deceiving you?"
Ethan nodded sadly: "I landed in your house in the first world and met your counterpart. He tricked me into revealing some false information. For example, in that world, I didn't become a Guardian and was his adversary. He even lied to me, saying we were together, and then asked me to help him persuade my counterpart to become a Guardian. But our counterparts were sworn enemies in that world, and Tenas killed many people around Ethan."
Turner hesitated for a moment: "Um... sorry?"
“You don’t need to apologize. That was your counterpart, not you.” Ethan was startled. “I knew you wouldn’t do something like that, but there are many different branches in other worlds. For example, Tenas, whom I met in the first world, and Ethan from the other world. Their personalities are completely different from ours. I’m not that lively, and you were very lively in the first world…”
Ethan said a long string of words to comfort Turner, who shouldn't have apologized, telling him to rest assured that the problem was the otherworldly entity's fault, and that not all worlds are the same.
Ethan continued to look at the documents while trying to comfort him, but the more he looked, the more silent he became, the blanker his expression became, and the more lifeless his eyes became.
Ha ha.
How strange, what does "rule this country" mean here? How odd, did Lord Starfall from that world make a typo?
Should I say this city? Ethan ruled Starfall City, implementing a series of harsh and even inhumane laws. Ethan could guarantee that the inhabitants of his world would be grateful for his leniency if they saw what Ethan had done.
Walking alone with a person of the opposite sex at night for more than ten minutes is considered stalking. If the stalker is male, he/she is chemically castrated; if female, she/she has her uterus removed? Is this for real? What if it's a couple on a date? This is truly indiscriminate attack.
A nationwide alcohol ban? Hospitals are strictly controlling the use of disinfectant alcohol? Seriously? Ethan? Shouldn't you check what laws you've posted?
Is this prohibited even though drugs are banned?
oh.
Ethan looked at the next page; drugs were also banned. If anyone was found to be using drugs, the whole family would be convicted and sent to a labor camp for ten years. Then the drug user would be executed. If it was confirmed that the use was intentional, the execution would be carried out on the same day. If the user was tricked into using drugs, the person would be found and executed, while the drug user would be sent to a labor camp.
The same goes for cigarettes. Smoking is banned, but if someone reports smelling cigarette smoke, they can go to the police station, and after verification, they can spend a few years in jail.
What does it mean that newborns are uniformly raised by the government? Are they trying to take children from other parents? That's interesting. They won't let the child see their parents before they turn eighteen, afraid it will affect their development?
This still didn't make sense to Ethan, but he could roughly guess the reason. Because, well, not all parents love their children; some are raised out of necessity because abortion is illegal in their country. Ethan couldn't imagine what he would have become without Selene; perhaps he would have ended up like Ethan.
Is there a safe distance? In order to maintain good interpersonal relationships, after leaving home, you should maintain a distance of more than 1.5 meters from everyone and limit your speed to less than 30 kilometers per hour, which can greatly reduce traffic accidents.
No alcohol, no smoke, no drugs, no right to drive at high speeds, a curfew, you'll be shot if you're outside past midnight, your children will be supported by the government, and you'll have stable jobs.
Ethan thought some of the punishments were fine, but too harsh, and some were too cruel, like indiscriminate killings...
"Suddenly I feel really good about myself." Ethan looked up from the documents, covered his mouth, and said with a touch of emotion, "Really, I compared myself to others, and I really think I'm very gentle."
"..." Turnas recalled Ethan's bloody live stream when he first started out. It was a big deal, but only that one incident of killing one chicken to scare the monkey was really impressive. In fact, the laws he implemented were the same as those in other cities. It was just that more people violated them in his city, so more people were sentenced to death.
Thinking of Ethan's law, and looking at Ethan in his own world, Turner was also somewhat moved: "Thank you for being who you are, Ethan."
The two people, somewhat dazed by these outrageous laws, felt an overwhelming tenderness at this moment.
"However," Tenas coldly shattered his last hope, "it seems you think there's only Starfall City inside. You're not mistaken. The Starfall City Will wrote that it refers to the entire country. Didn't those documents also state that? If your counterpart hadn't wanted to avoid getting involved in so many things, he would be ruling the world by now. But no one is helping him; he's doing all this himself, so he's quite busy. The Starfall City Will was also imprisoned by him. It was our arrival that allowed him to come out."
Ethan covered his face, and after a long while, he let out a sound that was almost a sob.
He said, "Although we look exactly alike and have the same mother, our upbringing is different. Without my mother, I could have become this abnormal."
Ethan hesitated to remove his hand from his face.
Turnas didn't know what to say, so he just sighed and shut down the computer for Ethan: "Let's go to other worlds first. Don't think about these things anymore. There are so many parallel worlds, and there might be more than just us like this. We don't know what kind of villains we'll encounter in the next world. You can't let these things make you feel unable to accept them. What if what comes later is even more challenging for you to accept?"
He said, "Come on, cheer up."
Ethan slowly lowered his hand, his expression still contorted in pain. He didn't consider himself particularly kind, but he couldn't imagine that his counterpart in another world would be like this...
How to describe it? Ethan found himself unable to describe Ethan at all.
Ethan could only put all that aside for now, open a portal, and enter with Tenas.
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Author's Note: I should have updated yesterday, but I was too busy. I saw several patients at work yesterday... Several of the interns who worked with me didn't go when I called for IV fluids; they just sat there like real mountains. I was in a hurry to remove the IV from a patient and almost tripped over other patients' things. When I went to remove the IV from that patient, he scolded me for being too late. I asked him why he didn't ring the call button, and he said he was asleep. When I went in just now, I found him staring blankly at the IV fluids [laughing and crying with facepalm]. He has to call me for everything; I'm so busy.
Today was busy too, but this intern is quite responsible, and I like him.
I have to work the night shift tomorrow and have a meeting. It's so annoying, and then I have to come to the hospital. Being unlucky is a kind of gift. [laughing and crying emoji]
Ethan's lively personality didn't stop him from doing these things. He originally wanted to confront the Lu father and son, but the power grab was too intense, and he wasn't able to really fight them.
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