Chapter 898: I Exist for You 34

The primordial soul split apart, and deep blue eyes like the ocean opened, gazing at the sky outside the window, the phantom flickered, spiritual power connected to the world's consciousness.

But it's a pity, there is no heavenly way here; although Jin Chen felt disappointed, he sensed another subtle force suppressing him.

This force was like a barrier, enveloping the entire world inside the book.

Jin Chen suddenly closed his eyes, his soul returned to his body, and he thought of a plan.

Even if the world inside the book is vast, it unfolds following the protagonist's footsteps.

In other words, how many cities this world has depends on where he wants to go.

Those places Yishen never wrote about are because the plot setting didn't open a new map; if so……

Jin Chen jumped off the wooden bed, swiftly put on his jacket, composed himself, and went to find Thomas.

"Hey buddy! You came out just in time!"

Thomas was driving a red small car toward Jin Chen's house, kicking up ripples of grass along the vegetation‑laden road.

"Look! It's superb, running faster than the strongest horse!"

Jin Chen slipped into the car, elbows alternating as he leaned back, turned his head and saw Thomas extremely excited; he said helplessly, "Calm down, Thomas—I'm going to meet my lover who's waiting alone, not to accompany you on a date with Miss Lilian."

"Oh God, I certainly remember, hold on tight!"

Thomas pressed the accelerator to the floor and proceeded along the route Jin Chen indicated.

On the road, Jin Chen kept observing Thomas's expression.

As an NPC set in the book's world, Thomas's every appearance occurs in the town, serving as the "enthusiastic neighbor" role when he returns from his adventures.

If he leaves the town, it means Thomas has broken the setting given by Yishen.

Once an unusual reaction appears, perhaps it can prove that the method of leaving the world by seeking the map's border is useful.

But the result was not as hoped.

Thomas adapted very well to leaving the town, even praising the robust growth of the sheep grazing along the road, and humming a song all the way.

Jin Chen felt a bit worried.

From the protagonist's hometown town to Luofu City, a mountain separates them; in many of his out‑adventures, Jin Chen crossed that mountain alone, and he is very familiar with every passable road here.

This sense of familiarity comes from his many experiences.

But Jin Chen wondered how Thomas also knows this road so well.

In Yishen's setting, Thomas has never left the town; the farthest he has gone is to the dairy farm at the mountain's base to exchange eggs for milk.

"Thomas, do you often go to Luofu City?" Jin Chen asked him.

"Heh hey! Everyone in the town certainly has been to Luofu City, the most prosperous place; I often go there to dance with beautiful ladies!"

Thomas said, excitement rising, he twisted his waist while gripping the steering wheel.

Jin Chen withdrew his gaze, suddenly realizing something.

Compared to the NPC role set for him, Thomas is already an ordinary person with a full life experience.

Then, is this world inside the book truly real or not?

The question was soon answered.

Jin Chen deliberately had Thomas take a detour, bypassing the main city of Luofu, and proceeded along a remote side road.

Until sunset, the small car stopped at an orange‑yellow mountain villa.

Only then did Jin Chen truly understand that the world inside the book already has a complete timeline, and everyone's lives have escaped the creator's control.

As the protagonist, Jin Chen has never set foot in this territory, and Yishen never mentioned it even a word in the book's plot.

Yet this mountain villa appears here, inhabited by different people, each of whom in this world has a complete life of their own.

Then the attempt to leave by seeking the border is utterly declared a failure.

Jin Chen leaned against the car outside, looked up at the sky blazing like fire, and the evening wind made his leather jacket flap loudly.

"Or why not simply try to break through this world with spiritual power?"

He muttered to himself, considering the feasibility of this method.

——

Outside the book.

Yishen thought of many methods, even revised the ending of the draft, but there was no movement at all.

He sat on the carpet, his back against the sofa, and on the chair nearby there were Jin Chen's scribbles; the dagger he often used was also still on the tea table.

Also, the cup of water Jin Chen drank before leaving this morning.

All traces of daily life remain; Yishen, who always loves cleanliness, even hesitates to tidy up.

He fears that once everything returns to normal, any trace of Jin Chen's having been here will completely disappear.

The phone rang again and again, but it was not the call from the person he most awaited; it was the Yi family calling.

Yishen answered a call.

At first, the piercing sound to the eardrums was naturally Yimu's scolding.

He was used to it, but this time it was different.

Yimu scolded while crying, after crying she coughed, with great force, almost wishing to cough up blood.

During the three‑minute cycle of scolding, crying, and coughing, Yishen finally extracted the key information.

Yixi suffered severe injuries, his internal organs were ruptured in many places, massive bleeding, needing a transfusion.

So Yimu finally thought of him.

After Yimu stated her demand, she immediately reported a string of hospital addresses, without considering whether Yishen agreed.

She didn't care, or rather, she thought Yishen was not worthy of disagreeing.

In the noisy background of the call, there was also Yizhen's persuasion, which actually concealed a threat.

Yishen hung up with a blank expression, and a faint sense of relief rose in his heart.

Yi Xi was seriously injured; he only just met Jin Chen today, and it was definitely Jin Chen who beat him up.

How great, how impressive.

Just before their lover left, they also helped him beat the person he hated most half to death.

"How great, Xuyuchuan died, Yi Xi is about to die too."

Yishen said this, a smile appeared at the corner of their mouth, smoke mist overflowed from their mouth, blurring their eyes.

But 0731 felt no decrease in the Blackening Value at all.

0731 cannot restore its original form here, nor can it contact the Host; it can only try its best to first cheer up the Main God.

Thus it lay in the Living Room, thinking for a long time, and came up with a good idea.

That is to go mess up those damn things at the Time Exchange.

Then take the video of messing them up and show it to the Main God.

Good, just do that,

0731 immediately acted, its invisible body leaping out the window.

Yishen noticed nothing unusual at all, only seeing the window tremble slightly.

They turned their head to look out the window.

The freezing rain thawed, but many of the camphor tree's branches could no longer straighten.

Really useless, how did it get bent so easily?

Yishen thought this in their heart, not knowing who they were mocking.

They stubbed out the cigarette butt, then looked again at the content in the document, and their thin-calloused fingers began to type again.