[Plan Entry - Tampering with the Ending: Why must this sea of stars only have that finality that is bound to end? Within this sea of stars, there must be a good prescription, sufficient to cure the chronic illness that leads this sea of stars to its end...]
[You might not be unable to become this panacea... You will find every possible way to tamper with the ultimate ending, and after putting a brand new period on the future of this sea of stars, reopen a new chapter that never ends.]
[You will... forge a new [Finality].]
[When you unlock the special phase of the plan entry, "Plan Entry: Tampering with the Ending", you will gain a point of Path Progress on the Path of [The End].]
[Current Path Progress on the Path of [The End]—(1/∞)]
[Strive to transcend the boundary, to arrive at a place beyond this sea of stars, and sit there to completely rewrite the chapter of this story...]
[The future of this sea of stars, the ending of this story, the entire cycle has already had its full stop written by another... But when you personally take up the pen, twist the content of the story, and rewrite all that is bound to happen, you will gain Path Progress on the Path of [The End].]
[By tampering with fate, you will fill the Path Progress for the Path of [The End], and you will step onto the Path of [The End]... in the way you desire.]
Looking at the text on the light screen, Ron couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
Path Progress for the Path of [The End]... Why is the special phase of this plan entry about starting the Path of [The End]?
Although Terminus, the Finality was incomparably powerful, its abilities already reaching a level that was difficult for Ron to imagine, that didn't mean the Path of Terminus, the Finality was all that difficult to step upon...
---o---
In this sea of stars, it wasn't as if no Pathstriders of [The End] had left their footprints—though they might not truly agree with the philosophy of the Path of [The End], there were always aspects that resonated with them.
To give a simple example—those mysterious yet active beings in the cosmos, as noisy as alarm clocks, who always kindly reminded everyone of a calamity's impending arrival, the "Doomsday Heralds" who warned all of disasters, were clear Pathstriders of the Path of [The End].
They walked the Path of [The End], listening to the dim and obscure riddles of Terminus, the Finality, unraveling Its prophecies, and informing the world of the inevitable development of fate...
However, Ron now understood that these Pathstriders walking the Path of [The End] clearly weren't hearing the prophecies of Terminus, the Finality. Perhaps they were merely sensing the vibrations from when Terminus, the Finality plucked the threads of fate, because the power leaked by the Path of [The End] allowed them to understand the fate that was about to occur...
But regardless, whether they acted with the tacit approval of Terminus, the Finality, or because Terminus, the Finality simply didn't care, it was clear that the Path of [The End] was not that difficult to step upon.
Perhaps for Ron, the Path of [The End] might be even more difficult to tread than the Path of [Destruction], but Ron didn't feel for a second that the difficulty could reach such a level...
The Path of [Destruction] was so incompatible with Ron, yet its Path Progress only required one hundred points. For Ron, stepping onto the Path of [Destruction] was as simple as manipulating the destruction of a small "civilization"—something that most Pathstriders would find difficult to achieve.
But the Path of [The End] required innumerable points of Path Progress, and stepping onto the Path of [The End] also required completing one miracle after another, rewriting a fixed destiny just to gain a single point of Path Progress?
This level of difficulty was already incomprehensible... Even if the Path of [The End] was less compatible with Ron than the Path of [Destruction], making it harder for him to tread, it shouldn't require innumerable points of Path Progress, should it?
Even if it really took completing one miracle after another to increase Path Progress, and even if its Path Progress requirement was a hundred times that of the Path of [Destruction], at most it would only require ten thousand points of Path Progress...
Ten thousand miracles, so what? Although it seemed like a nigh-insurmountable difficulty, this was, after all, a plan to overthrow Terminus, the Finality. It was normal for it to be difficult to achieve. Ron wouldn't shrink back with a single word of complaint; he would do it without hesitation.
But now it was different... How was one supposed to achieve innumerable points of Path Progress?
This was fundamentally not a plan that could be completed...
How could one person complete an infinite number of miracles?
Ron stared at the text on the screen. The tearing pain in his mind was momentarily washed away by an even greater sense of bewilderment. The pain that existed only in his memory was diluted by this immense confusion, and for a moment, all his energy was focused on the light screen before him.
The Life Simulation Game had provided quite a few entries, and every simulation entry was useful; a useless entry had never appeared. Ron didn't think this golden finger, which had provided him with so much help all this time, would now give him an entry that had no practical use...
This plan entry must be completable... but where did that possibility lie?
Ron frowned. For a moment, he could only think of IX of [Nihility].
But as for how to actually do it, he couldn't come up with an answer no matter how hard he thought. For the moment, he could only give up in frustration, shifting his focus back to the light screen before him, watching as the final choice of the simulation ended and the final tally for this run began.
[Having paid an unknown price, you finally forged the Guiding Spirit Lantern, forging this special creation that could be called a miracle of the star sea...]
[The blazing holy light transformed into a pillar that pierced heaven and earth. In the final moment before failure, this brilliant golden pillar of light, together with a searing white arrow of [The Hunt], pierced through the Veil of Fate woven from black and white threads.]
[Through the small hole in the Veil of Fate, the remnant of your will upon the Guiding Spirit Lantern saw clearly everything that existed beyond the hole, everything hidden and shrouded by fate...]
[You saw the true form of Terminus, the [Finality]. You saw IX of [Nihility] coiling around Its side, as if protecting It, yet also as if imprisoning It...]
[IX of [Nihility] discovered your gaze. It passed down a warning to you and easily erased your thoughts, as if your entire existence had never been, becoming a "nihility" that never was from that moment on.]
[The hand of Terminus, the [Finality], which had originally been extending from the long river of fate, thus lost its target.]
[It could not catch you, but it found another target—the threads of fate shot out. Nanook of [Destruction] fled desperately, but in the end, was powerless to escape the grasp of Terminus, the [Finality]. He was once again made into a completely controlled marionette.]
[His consciousness was sealed away once more, his violent thoughts forced to fill his mind—this Aeon, like a shark that had scented blood, had his reason shielded and erased, leaving only the instinct to "destroy" at this moment.]
[He hurled lava and flames towards the Xianzhou [Luofu]. The flagship of the Xianzhou Alliance was instantly incinerated, turning into cold embers under the might of [Destruction]...]
[Game Over.]
[The rating for this Life Simulation is: Un-evaluable.]
[Founding Era, Year 700. The Xianzhou [Luofu] provided aid to Jarilo-VI, which was slowly walking towards its demise in the cold.]
[At this moment, you boarded the Xianzhou [Luofu]. With the help of the Luofu, Belobog began to rebuild its civilization. Everything seemed to be flourishing...]
[Until the flames of [Destruction] ignited, burning the Xianzhou [Luofu] to cinders.]
[Everything that happened here seems similar to another timeline, but the similarity is only in the ending. Just how tortuous was the process, perhaps only the beings who died on the Xianzhou and the god in the sky above know for sure...]
[The people of Jarilo-VI discovered the pale white embers left behind by the Xianzhou [Luofu], but found nothing.]
[No matter what goal the people who excavated the embers harbored, the result was not what they had hoped for...]
[But none of this matters anymore—emotions of the moment are but meaningless duckweed. A single wave will wash them away completely.]
[After you were completely annihilated into dust, there was no longer anyone in this sea of stars qualified to erase the full stop on this story's chapter...]
[No one can tamper with the fixed ending of this sea of stars; no one can write a new chapter for this story. Terminus, the [Finality] manipulates everything with abandon, yet follows the rules, fixing everything within cold, rigid regulations.]
[It murmurs softly, yet remains silent to all inquiries directed at It...]
[It just so rigidly manipulates the fate of this sea of stars, controlling this sea of stars bit by bit, controlling the growth of the Tree of Existence, controlling every branch, every leaf of the Tree of Existence—]
[Ultimately, this sea of stars, under Its manipulation, heads towards its fixed ending.]
[Because of your performance in this simulation...]
The text on the light screen suddenly flickered erratically. The lines of text, which had already reached the end of the simulation and were merely for the final tally, suddenly began to twist. The original text was being rewritten, warped into a new paragraph.
The text box of this new paragraph seemed to swallow all visible light, as dark and profound as the deepest parts of the cosmos, a stark contrast to the usual text boxes of the Life Simulation Game...
Its characters also seemed to have swallowed countless scattered stars, a black hole where all light was consumed, yet one could faintly see tiny points of starlight within, as if some light had managed to escape.
This small passage squeezed its way onto the screen of the Life Simulation Game—
[The Aeons departed in an orderly fashion under the manipulation of Terminus, the [Finality]. All in the sea of stars came to a complete stop. The endlessly growing Tree of Existence ceased its growth and began to shrink, bit by bit.]
[The Tree of Existence turned into a cold seed, and Terminus, the [Finality] returned to the moment of Its new birth. I watched with cold eyes as the Tree of Existence took root in my body, sprouting branches bit by bit, once again growing into that lush World Tree.]
[Terminus, the [Finality] appeared once again at the crown of the Tree of Existence, manipulating everything in this sea of stars, writing a story with almost no variation, continuing to cycle through this cold and uninteresting ending.]
[Help me erase this tedious and tasteless full stop, [Salvation].]
[I want to see a new ending.]
This uniquely styled text flickered on the screen for a moment, then vanished as if it had been erased. The normal text ending of the simulation appeared on the light screen—
[Because of your performance in this simulation, and because you chose not to tally the "Plan Entry: Piercing the Veil" entry, you have lost the entry tally blessing you should have received.]
[However, your meritorious deeds in this simulation have triggered your entry "The Way of Salvation". Because of your actions of burning yourself to forge a guiding light, the entry: "The Way of Salvation" has therefore been elevated.]
[You have lost the entry: "The Way of Salvation", and have obtained the entry: "Guiding Spirit Lantern (Miracle)".]
---o---
PS: Book recommendation: Horse Girls, Time to Slack Off
Synopsis: After transmigrating to become a trainer at Tracen Academy, in order to escape the Mejiro Estate, the student council president's office, and go home to inherit the family business!
Hayashi Chihiro decided—to start slacking off, and once the internship period is over, he's grabbing his bucket and leaving.
After deciding to slack off, he activated the "Slacking Off is the Right Way" system. Unexpectedly, his own body could transform into a horse girl at any time.
There's such a good deal? Doesn't this save him the trouble of even signing a horse girl?
It seems the name of the horse girl he can transform into is noted as [Orfevre]?
He also has a younger sister named [Star on Earth]? His online handle is [Astronomer]?
His mom, Umatoshi, even warned him not to get involved with the European horse girls?
After frequently transforming into Orfevre, Hayashi Chihiro found that he was strangely attracting the interest of the Mejiro family's horse girls, and besides that...
"McQueen, Ardan, Teio, what are you guys doing?"
Until one day, Hayashi Chihiro, transformed into Orfevre, discovered that from Mejiro McQueen to Mejiro Ardan, from Mejiro Dober to Tokai Teio, they all wanted to lock him in the basement.