In all honesty, ending the arc like this was pretty unfair, like putting "To be continued" right after "The End."
But fortunately... this was only the end of the arc, not the end of the whole story.
That was also why I, Panda, immediately started writing this "arc wrap-up" after finishing it.
There was no need to worry or get impatient. There was still one final arc, and all the loose threads would be tied up in it. But as far as the Constellations Chapter went, this was where it had to end. The moment the stars burned, the moment the gunfire rang out, this arc was destined to draw to a close.
The Constellations Chapter was the longest arc I had ever written, almost as long as the previous three combined.
First, let me bow to you all.
Writing a webnovel was a matter of "once the arrow leaves the bow, there's no calling it back." Having to deliver a certain word count every day inevitably meant some rough edges in the outline and details, contradictions with earlier material, bouts of writer's block, and the occasional slight delay. Sometimes, even when I knew I had made a mistake, I couldn't stop to regroup and revise. I could only keep moving forward.
I felt as though I were driving a train on a long journey, with all of you as passengers aboard "00 Me." Thank you for your patience and love, and for staying with me this far.
There was only one stop left on this train's journey. It wouldn't be a long one, but the final scenery would be spectacular.
The scattered viewpoints in the Constellations Chapter-the Old World, Bai Xiu, the Southern Continent, Rhine City, Red Dragon... would all be brought back together, one after another, in the