At the end of February, there were three days left until the Ninth Apocalypse Rule ended.
That morning, after waking up, Guan Tong injected his fully restored 309 points of Mind Power into the Wordless Book for one final attempt.
The moment the data stream formed from the word "Open" on the fifth page surged into his body, the Mind Lock restraint in his mind, which had been just one step short of breaking, was finally shattered!
In an instant, Guan Tong felt his mind become utterly clear, and an indescribable sense of exhilaration spread through his entire body. Even before he saw the actual changes in his data, he knew he had broken through the restriction and regained the ability for his Mind Power Cap to grow naturally.
"Finally succeeded."
A smile appeared on Guan Tong's face. With this, he was back on track and no longer had to worry about his cap being locked.
What pleased him even more was that he had verified one of his theories.
That was, with the power of the Wordless Book, it was possible to break through the restrictions imposed by the Fire Thief.
This might not seem like much right now, but it opened up a new line of thought.
If he encountered other rules in the future, he could try considering ways to break them from outside the rules themselves. He would no longer need to act like a game character, limited to the rules laid down by the "Fire Thief," the programmer.
Guan Tong thought about it. Nearly two months had passed since the Eighth Rule ended and the Ninth Rule was now nearing its conclusion.
Other than himself, he wondered whether the others restricted by Mind Locks had found a way to unlock them during that time.
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