"So what I'm doing now is cleaning up after the first shopkeeper's mess!?" Jiu Ming narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt!
[If that is how you see it, then yes.]
"I'll be damned! Don't tell me none of the previous seniors were able to solve this problem!?" Jiu Ming froze at once. Since it had reached his generation, that meant all those predecessors had probably either failed or been led into a pit and killed.
[Do you believe you can solve this problem? Twisted Aberrations are not mere computer junk that can be dealt with by running a cleanup program. To resolve them, you must straighten out the tangled, distorted laws within them.] [What the first shopkeeper accomplished was forcefully suppressing the impact of Twisted Aberration outbreaks on the Mysterious Shop. But suppression has its limits. Even if they cancel each other out, it cannot stop Twisted Aberrations from being generated—unless the Mysterious Shop abandons its inherent functions, which is clearly impossible. To put it bluntly, Twisted Aberrations are like cancer cells.] [Do not be surprised. This so-called mutual cancellation is not equal. It is like purifying sewage—the resources consumed are unquestionably worth more than the water being treated. As I said before, the Mysterious Shop is only an incomplete world, because it lacks the inherent elements possessed by other worlds.]
"Oh... Origin Power?" Jiu Ming raised a brow, instinctively thinking of that.
``` [Correct. The Mysterious Shop's world origin is depleted with every use; it has none of the regenerative and cyclical properties other worlds possess. The only way to replenish it is to collect from other worlds. Yet due to the Mysterious Shop's nature, this flaw is