Life was an adventure, and Indebted Big Eyes had always treated those words as his creed.
So—
Even if he occasionally stepped into a trap, it was no big deal.
In fact, he had felt a faint sense of foreboding the moment he saw the list of distributors. But when the distributor solemnly promised to deliver the open beta version exactly as it was, he believed them again, albeit with some lingering doubts.
The facts proved—
He was still too honest. He believed whatever people said, forgetting that not everyone was as straightforward as Brother Guang.
When he watched that mosaic turn into a mosaic, and then watched himself turn into a mosaic too, the starfield reflected in his pupils finally could no longer hold itself together and gradually turned into terror.
What the hell?!
Why couldn't he control his own body?!
Wait—
Holy shit!
"Don't come any closer, aaaah!"
His soul had left his body.
It had become something else entirely.
Then it wasn't just his mind—he felt as though his very existence had been violently censored into harmony.
When everything finally settled, Indebted Big Eyes stared helplessly at the vanished balance in his account and the debuff reading "Stamina -10%, duration: 30 minutes." The light slowly faded from his eyes.
Just now...
What exactly had happened?
Where did I come from, and where was I going?
Why did humans hurt each other?
And—
What happened before the Big Bang?
He gradually began contemplating the meaning of life, like a true sage.
From this day onward, there was one more reformed good person in the wasteland... probably.
It was no longer a matter of whether it felt realistic or not.
This was way too damn educational!
"Achoo!"
At the same time, Chu Guang, who had just returned to