Through detailed analysis, Qi Sheng saw the living being hiding at the far end of the pitch-black space.
It was not made of physical matter, but was instead a mass of spiritual substance blended into the darkness.
With his Analysis Ability active, its information appeared in his mind.
[Shuyan]: Hunting Level: demigod Target Introduction: a conscious life-form that controlled Book, Pen, and Wield. Originally the heavenly rules of Shuyan World, it descended into Monster World after its world collapsed.
It was just as Guide had guessed.
The so-called Shuyan Race was actually a faction consisting of a single life-form. By writing stories, it constructed worlds within Book's framework scenes and generated troop types belonging to different systems.
Just then, Guide interrupted his thoughts.
[Boss, there are records of other scenes in Book's world.]
Hearing this, Qi Sheng turned his consciousness toward the Rulebook floating within the scene.
His consciousness swept over it. Five stories were recorded on the open pages.
The first story depicted a young boy named Leon on the Estrela Continent, who embarked on a journey to forge a legend with an boundless yearning for godhood. Starting as a lowly soldier, he established the Light of Dawn legion and ultimately rose to become the strongest god in the world.
Unlike the background synopsis, however, this story suffered interference from an outside force-an invading faction-partway through its development.
The background text automatically added to the story revealed that this faction was none other than the Dark Tide.
His consciousness tried to make contact with this story. Vast swaths of pitch-black contamination instantly flooded his vision, and countless images surged toward him through the mottled darkness.
What appeared in Qi Sheng's mind was a scene on the verge of collapse. The Dark Tide swept through it, Evil