The airship traveled for nine hours before finally entering the depths of the Ghost River. No longer were there great numbers of Sky Islands all around them; only the occasional scattered island came into view.
Since spatial spells and all sorts of convenient ritual magic could not be used within the Ghost River, computers had been reduced to machines that could only use a local network. This was truly bad news for witches, because most games made by witches were only fun when played online.
Without computers or the internet, the witches had no choice but to find new entertainment: playing tabletop games with the witches and Cat Lamps. It had to be said, this was a painful experience.
The tabletop games witches usually played became wildly out-of-game due to the witches' "cautiousness," losing any sense of proper gameplay.
The Cat Lamps, meanwhile, were utterly reckless. With a meow-howl, they would declare things like, "Cat wants to use a pistol!" sending the entire tabletop game barreling into absurdity. The witches simply could not accept that.
Jiang Han played with the giant cats for a while and discovered that their way of thinking was an enhanced version of the Cat Lamps': the sort of playstyle where "Cat seriously studies how to kick down doors!"
Thus, Jiang Han had no choice but to wander around with Du Lingxuan in search of writing inspiration, while Xiya sat leisurely upon a floating sofa-chair, fishing in a floating pool of around five square meters. Apparently, this class change allowed her to connect to fishponds built by Fisherwomen and enjoy the pleasures of fishing.
"...Do you think killing off the protagonist would count as a major poison point?" Jiang Han asked.
Du Lingxuan thought for a moment.
"...Don't you think it would?"
In a sense, it