Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 387

A Rich Haul

1,837 words•6 min read•0 views
1d ago•

The quest itself had not offered particularly generous rewards, but for Li Wei personally, it had been a rich haul.

It was like a player exploiting a bug to slip into a hidden map and discovering the game's underlying logic and code.

Although he could only exploit it once, Li Wei now at least had a very clear understanding of how people's rumors affected the objective world, how this world was influenced by those rumors, and how his own [Reality Anchoring] actually worked.

Incidentally, after returning to the Tower, Li Wei had also tried using [Soul Sight] to find out exactly where the flames in his Tower were coming from, but he had found nothing. Clearly, [Soul Sight] still could not reveal the inner workings of this world as clearly as that underlying world of the unconscious had.

It was something of a shame. If only Li Wei could find a way to slip into that underlying map whenever and wherever he wanted... but that clearly was not very likely.

Only after returning home did Li Wei finally have the leisure to open his system panel.

[Quest "Tracking" completed] [Time taken: S] [Investigation efficiency: S] [Impact: S] [Overall rating: SSS] [Lifespan +100, bonus +50]

Sure enough, it had just been a simple little quest.

Looking at the rewards before him, Li Wei nodded. He was not particularly surprised. After all, the quest had not been all that dangerous.

[Bonus reward: "Death's Eye" time flow changed from 1/2 to 1/3 (You have seen the truth of the world and gained a new understanding of it)]

So [Death's Eye] got an upgrade.

Looking at the notification, Li Wei was a little speechless. As a slowing skill, [Death's Eye] was quite useful, but to him, there was not much

End of Chapter
Novel

Explore the wiki