Sinking.

Opening eyes.

The same Snow Mountain, the same summit.

What was different was—

There were no Snow Monsters here, only a short man hiding within a thick furry cloak.

"You, how is this possible!? You're just a fictional character, how can you walk out of my imagination!"

The man let out a sharp scream.

He desperately retreated, a dark green book falling from his hands onto the ground.

Ye Qiyan calmly walked forward and reached down to pick up the book.

[A node connecting two worlds, recording stories occurring within certain areas of another synchronized world. By consuming large amounts of mental energy, it can influence the reality of the other world to some extent.]

So it was because of this book that those events happened in that world.

The book didn't contain much content.

The first few entries matched what the Three-Headed Person had said.

Until the Research Team was on their way to the third supply point, the writing changed from neat and proper to crooked, distorted shapes.

And on the newest page, there was another section of neat writing.

[Explorers have broken into this world, they ride Trains, searching for the most precious item in that space.]

"Is this talking about me?"

Looking up, the short man was getting up to escape.

Raising his gun to shoot, a Bullet precisely grazed past his left ear.

"Ah!"

Blood soaked his cheek.

The man rolled on the ground in agony.

"Don't come closer, you, you're just a character from my imagination, you're just fake! You!"

"Has he gone mad."

Ye Qiyan shook his head, issued a command, and the Raven Demon that had been hovering in the air flew above him and grabbed the man's shoulders.

"Ah! Let me down, let me down!"

The Raven Demon carried the man over and suspended him before Ye Qiyan.

"Did you write this sentence?"

Looking at that line of neat writing, the man trembled and shouted loudly:

"I, I won't tell you, you Outsider, ah!"

Crunch—

The Raven Demon crushed the man's shoulder.

Seeing this, Ye Qiyan chuckled lightly, snapped his fingers, and the Raven Demon released its claws, dropping the man onto the snow.

"Alright~ I'm not some bad person. Answer my questions, and I'll let you go."

"Really?"

"Of course."

The man trembled, both arms hanging limp in the snow without sensation. He didn't realize why he was believing what the person before him was saying.

"I, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. The nicely written words in this book aren't mine—they appear on their own. Those crooked, messy words are what I wrote. I made the Research Team get lost, made them eat each other, finally made those three people fuse together. And also, also those Snow Monsters—that was my creation!"

He gritted his teeth, using his mouth to pull a drawing from his chest pocket.

It showed various strange-looking Snow Monsters of all forms.

Exactly identical to the Snow Monsters he had seen in the other world.

[Painter's Snow Monster Family]

[A monster drawing created by a trash painter]

"Where did this book come from?"

"Right here. That day I came here for inspiration, happened to see this book."

"That's all I know, can I go now!"

"Of course."

Watching the man turn and struggle to leave, his figure receding—

Although, with both shoulders shattered, he probably wouldn't make it down the mountain.

But...

"Go, deliver his Death Omen."

Caw—!

The Raven Demon let out a piercing cry.

Flapping its wings, it grabbed the man's body and flew high into the sky.

Screams echoed without end, until accompanied by the sound of bones breaking, this space returned to tranquility.

"...So, the mission is complete? Speaking of which, how do I get back?"

If he used the Anchor's navigation ability, he could return directly to the Train.

But if he did that, his Road Tyrant would be left on the mountain.

He hadn't gained much from this stop so far—if he lost the Road Tyrant too, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

He needed to think of a way.

"Can this book send me back?"

Picking up a pencil from the man's body, he wrote a line of text on the newest page.

[The door connecting both sides has been opened.]

As the final stroke was placed, distorted fluctuations appeared at the location where he had arrived.

"Raven, go check it out."

Summoning another Demon Raven to fly inside, moments later when the raven returned safely, he stepped through and returned to the platform world where he originally was.

"It really works. That makes sense—the platform should provide a way for people to pass through after all."

This stop hadn't been particularly difficult for him.

That was because he possessed multiple Demon Cards plus the Anchor along with high-level equipment support.

If it were someone else without these things?

They probably would have been surrounded and beaten to death by dozens of Snow Monsters at the third supply point.

No, perhaps they would have been helpless when the first unhittable Snow Monsters appeared at the second supply point.

"Seems like something's still missing."

Having dealt with the mastermind behind the scenes, Ye Qiyan still didn't feel like he had completed this stop.

He flipped through the book's contents.

Finally realizing what was missing.

"The Guide?"

From beginning to end, the book had never contained any content about the Guide.

The note in the photo, according to the book's content, had appeared directly inside it. And although the content was similar to what he had seen, there was no mention of any so-called "Guide" at all.

Suddenly, another line of text appeared on the book in his hands.

[The book-holder has become aware of the dissonance. World cycle about to begin. In three hours, everything within the Snow Mountain will reset. Unless, you find the Guide.]

"???"

No way?

What if he just didn't want to think about it?

Why were cycle elements being introduced now?

"So after going around in circles, the final task is to find the Guide?"

How ridiculous.

Still, it wasn't completely without clues.

He remembered the note in the photo he saw the first time.

The Guide's message was: proceed to the third supply point, that's the way out. And finally, must destroy it.

He had been to the third supply point but found no way out, nor anything that needed to be destroyed.

Had he missed something? Or was it...

The three-headed fused person?

Mounting the Road Tyrant, following the map, Ye Qiyan headed toward the third supply point in the direction he had come from.

That place should be the final stage of this platform.

"Really troublesome, but also quite interesting."

Indeed, people just enjoy torturing themselves.

Compared to the comfort of the City of a Thousand Stars.

He actually preferred adventuring in these critically dangerous places.

For some reason, the path Descending the Mountain was actually more difficult to traverse than climbing up had been.

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