Chapter 44: Chaos's Beginning and End, Writer

The 'Chaos' card, a tarot card that should not have appeared, is a tarot card that Feng Yi obtained above Yuanbao.

Originally, he existed above Yuanbao as merely a spiritual presence, and this card was not a real object.

But now, this tarot card has appeared in reality, albeit slightly illusory.

Looking at the slightly illusory 'Chaos' card before him, Feng Yi's eyes flowed with countless information; he then pointed a finger, and a beam of light composed of constantly shifting and recombining black-and-white points appeared, directly merging into the tarot card before him.

Hum

In an instant, the entire 'Chaos' card violently trembled, directly turning into a flickering mass of chaotic light.

At the same time, the two other tarot cards before Feng Yi also faintly brightened, seemingly forming some mystical connection with the light mass that the 'Chaos' card had become.

The next moment, the light mass formed from the 'Chaos' card split directly into two, becoming two beams of light that were similar yet different.

Both beams carried an indescribable sense of chaos; one resembled the primordial chaos at the beginning, symbolizing start, while the other resembled the void chaos of the world's end, symbolizing conclusion.

The 'Fool' card faintly brightened, merging with the light mass representing the beginning, as if indicating that it is indeed the zero of the tarot deck, the symbol of all beginnings.

And the 'World' card likewise merged with the light mass representing the end, signifying that this tarot card symbolizes conclusion, symbolizing perfection and sublimation.

Watching the two tarot cards before him constantly change, Feng Yi's eyes turned pale gold, with black-and-white points appearing deep in his pupils, the yin-yang lines continually arranging and recombining to form various primordial trigrams.

At the same time, his aura continually shifted, faintly carrying a sense of loftiness and divinity.

'This counts as an alliance, or perhaps an investment, or maybe just meddling with Him, ruining His plans!'

His thoughts turned; after an unknown amount of time, the changes of the two tarot cards ended, and they returned to Feng Yi's hands.

At this moment, both tarot cards felt somewhat heavy, as if they had received some conceptual empowerment.

With a casual flip, the 'World' card merged with a gold coin engraved with a full red moon shape, taking on a slight crimson hue, and Feng Yi stored it in his bosom.

Afterward, he looked at the Fool card before him, his pale gold eyes filled with flowing information.

"Fool!"

A low voice sounded; Feng Yi turned and walked toward the other side of the street, while the Fool card automatically floated beside him, moving along with him.

As he walked, the silver-white ring on Feng Yi's finger faintly glowed, causing ripples in the surrounding void, as if opening nonexistent doors, or like unveiling hidden spaces that overlaid the space he walked through.

At the same time, illusory gold coins appeared on every street and corner of Tinggen, turning into runes that combined with the ripples in the void, forming some kind of context and foundation.

Sensing the changes in heaven and earth, Feng Yi casually pointed at the tarot card before him, and an inexplicable fluctuation appeared on the Fool card, spreading outward in all directions.

In an instant, the heavens and earth of Tinggen City continually shifted, countless images appearing, as if time had become disordered at that moment.

At this moment, Tinggen City seemed to have been hit with a fast-forward button; everything began to operate at high speed, giving a feeling of being overwhelmed.

However, this change seemed to occur in another dimension, and also carried a hint of a special concept, affecting neither the whole world nor drawing people's attention.

In a somewhat secluded spot of Tinggen City stood a house containing a cyan-green lawn.

Gentle sunlight passed through the rear window of the house's bedroom and fell upon a table bearing an open notebook.

A somewhat pallid hand held a classical quill, continuously writing something in the notebook.

Through the sunlight shining down, faintly visible on the notebook were the words 'Klein Moretti', 'Antigonus Notes', 'Night Watch Squad', and so on.

After a long while, as if having finished writing today's story to come, the pallid hand set down the quill.

Just then, the classical quill suddenly twitched, as if intending to actively write some words in the notebook.

However, an illusory and nameless fluctuation appeared, like a silver-white snake with its head and tail entwined, carrying an illusory aura of fate, silently tugging at the course of destiny.

In an instant, the classical quill ceased its twitching and returned to calm.

And on the notebook, the previously written lines of words continuously jumped, faintly seeming to contain a power that turns the illusory into the real, flowing into the surrounding void, causing real-world events to unfold according to what was written in the notebook.

Viewer Pathway Sequence 1, the Writer's ability: using text or language as a medium, to modify and write the future of a chosen target, just like creating a novel, so that the target's birth, aging, sickness, death, love, hatred, joy, sorrow, parting and reunion, and even the future trajectory of fate all develop according to the story one writes, making one's written story become what will actually happen in reality.

And this classical quill is the manifestation of the extraordinary trait of Viewer Pathway Sequence 1, the Writer; it is Seal No. 0-08, the Pen of Alseshode.

On a certain street in Tinggen.

Clad in a hooded robe and dressed as a traveler, Feng Yi suddenly lifted his head, as if he had 'seen' something, a hint of contemplation in his eyes, and he whispered, 'This is the power of fate!'

The moment his words fell, he again headed toward the distant street; the silver-white ring on his hand flickered with light, like overlapping door-shaped runes.

The Fool card followed at his side, continuously emitting a certain fluctuation that affected the surrounding environment.

Outside Tinggen City.

A young man with black hair and black eyes, a gaunt face, wearing a monocle, stepped down from a vehicle and directed his gaze at this somewhat tranquil city.

He adjusted the lens at the corner of his eyeglasses; looking at the utterly ordinary Tinggen City before him, the young man's mouth involuntarily curled into a smile.

"Really, you're here?"

"That obstinate fellow actually seems to know everything inside out!"

Having said that, the young man's eyes involuntarily showed a hint of doubt: 'If that's the case, why doesn't that obstinate fellow come himself? This isn't Bekland, so there's nothing to worry about.'

"Could there be something special about this city?"

A low voice sounded; the young man pinched the corner of his eyeglass lens, lifted his luggage, and, following the crowd, stepped into Tinggen City.

The moment he entered the city, the young man did not go into the streets like the crowd; instead, he vanished on the spot, as if entering a special dimension that is the inside-out counterpart of Tinggen City.

The surrounding crowds noticed nothing abnormal about the young man; the entire city remained tranquil and peaceful.

In the office of a 'Security' company in Tinggen City.

A young man wearing a white shirt, with black hair and green eyes, decent-looking, his temperament carrying a touch of unrestraint, was resting.

Just then, he seemed to be startled by something, and suddenly opened his eyes.

After glancing around, the young man stepped forward and locked the office door from the inside, then tilted his ear as if listening to something.

After a moment, his eyes showed a hint of bewilderment, as if he had received some incomprehensible information.

(End of Chapter)