The book reviews she saw might be genuine reader reviews, but they were deliberately selected from past chapters and shown to her.
The real narrative layer lies in her current thoughts and decisions at this point in time!
In the world of the 'true author', everything now is already part of a new chapter.
Therefore, a time difference appears in the dual narrative.
Only when the two timelines overlap will Wen Jing truly stand in the same position as the author, possessing the qualifications to engage in the game.
At that time, her will and actions will, in turn, influence and even force the author to make a choice.
For example, getting clues from the other party to revive the teacher, or even reviving the teacher directly, is necessary to 'make sense' the plot of this instance.
As for whether the novel is a failure or has a bad ending, that's Meng □□'s business; what does it have to do with her?
"Why isn't this a 'feel-good' story?"
Wen Jing spoke to the void in a subtle tone.
If she were truly in the world of the novel "*** *** Calamity," none of her current thoughts and plans could escape the author's notice.
But this is an open conspiracy.
Thinking differently would be contrary to Wen Jing and would lead to a 'broken persona'.
She's not worried that the updates on her phone won't keep up with reality.
As a novel is meant to serve the reader, it's impossible to record every single event that Wen Jing experienced.
Intentionally delaying would definitely draw criticism from readers who would accuse it of being a cash grab and trying to make money, and given their sensitive nature, they probably wouldn't dare to do that...
Even if Meng□□ isn't the 'real author,' creating an identity to represent himself in this way inevitably involves some kind of projection.
"Now it's up to time."
Compared to the seemingly endless process of evolving resurrection abilities through a panel, this is at least a way to revive a teacher that can be verified over time.
After making his decision, Wen Jing's gaze swept across the familiar room once more.
Although the view outside the window was an illusion, the sunlight streaming in was so warm and carried a familiar feel.
For the first time since leaving the Federation and going into exile in space, she felt a brief sense of relief, as if it were a familiar feeling.
The familiar softness of the single bed beneath her made her feel drowsy...
The Strongest Clone suddenly woke up from the bed.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and for a moment she felt detached from the world, wasting her time, and a sense of inexplicable sadness welled up inside her.
After a brief moment of disorientation, she checked the time on her phone and realized that she had slept for a full four hours.
"I actually fell asleep. But I haven't slept this long in ages..."
Before Wen Jing awakened, he slept a maximum of three hours a day during his School District Planet. The only time he had such "extra-long" sleep was when he was a toddler and humming Gaia's lullabies.
Other conscious minds did not awaken their strongest consciousness during this period.
Because I inexplicably remembered a short video I'd seen on my phone called "Love You, Old Man," and thinking about how I never got enough sleep (8 hours a night) in my past life, I suddenly wondered if I'd been too hard on myself in this life.
"It turns out that even if we physiologically evolve to lose the ability to sleep, as long as we retain the concept of sleep in our minds, we can still fall asleep."
After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the room and that the World Core was still visible on his phone, Wen Jing became fully awake, got up, went to his desk, and began studying the technology of the Star Alliance civilizations.
*
Time passed day by day, and chapters were updated daily.
On the 15th day of Wen Jing's continuous observation of the mobile phone window, after the chapter was updated to chapter 184, Meng□□ stopped updating.
The other person played on their phone until noon that day, and finally fell asleep after watching several sleep-aid videos.
For the next three days, although the other party continued to post book reviews, no new chapters appeared.
Wen Jing had many speculations about this, the most likely being that the author was trying to obstruct her.
However, on the very day she was about to devour the world's core, Meng□□ updated her blog and replied to readers in the previous chapter, explaining the reason: she had given up daily updates because she hadn't been able to keep up with her perfect attendance schedule and her work had fallen apart.
Meanwhile, through readers' reviews, Wen Jing also discovered that the novel "*** *** Calamity " seemed to be updated very slowly to begin with, and this month's daily updates were a real "hard-working effort"...
According to her model of author behavior, the latter is far more likely to be the truth than the former.
All I can say is... being a reader of Dream □□ is really tough.
"Wait a little longer..."
The experience of being exiled in interstellar space quickly flashed through Wen Jing's mind—updating once every three days, although it slowed down the overlap of timelines, it was still acceptable.
The other party, on the contrary, could not afford to be frivolous; she could only focus on writing about the major events she had experienced.
However, she still couldn't help feeling annoyed at the wasted time.
This is a fact, her deepest feeling about the matter, not just a momentary emotion; even with [ Calmness ], it still lingers.
Thus, the Reconnaissance Clone, which had been learning in the material universe, quickly and casually created a miniature computer and used a program to randomly generate Sudoku puzzles.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Wen Jing filled in the answers as if they were printed, completing hundreds of pages in less than a minute.
"Call..."
She finally breathed a sigh of relief, which also relieved the torment of spending more than twenty minutes looking at a dream diagram and then finishing a Sudoku puzzle.
During the day, in the Ancient Wilderness world of the 'Home'.
The Strongest Clone sat at the desk, its chitinous forelimbs tracing pale blue streaks in the air—the calculation process of the Star Alliance's 'Quantum Entanglement Communication Encryption Protocol,' a complex formula requiring extremely high concentration.
Suddenly, an unrelated image popped into her mind—a funny video she'd seen on her phone that morning of a cat trying to jump onto the refrigerator but slipping and falling.
The calculated light trail distorted, drawing a meaningless circle.
"...Boring." Wen Jing scolded himself in a low voice, quickly clearing his mind of distractions and refocusing.
Twenty minutes later, she finished the calculations.
As she snapped out of the flow state, a sudden, excited shout of " Mickey Mouse, awesome!" popped into her head, accompanied by a scene of a silly cat stretching out its right paw.
*
"The Butterfly Nebula, formed by symmetrical scattering, is truly beautiful..."
The Reconnaissance Clone appeared in space, observing the white dwarf star radiating radiation from a distance of one-third of a light-year.
The ultraviolet radiation here is tens of thousands of times stronger than that of the sun in near-Earth space, enough to instantly kill any unprotected natural life.
However, even the attributes of her Reconnaissance Clone have now reached the level of the Strongest Clone that devoured the star of the Forging Alliance. The radiation is equivalent to the heat wave that an ordinary person would feel standing a few meters away from a campfire.
Wen Jing felt an urge to capture the scene before him on camera.
She quickly realized it was pointless and shook her head speechlessly.
She doesn't need any tools to 'film'; she just needs to see it and remember it, and can reproduce it at any time using technical means.
*
Inside the Spacetime Amber, the trapped Clone saw a flash of light before his eyes, once again witnessing the light projected from the outside world.
However, she was distracted this time and failed to record the flash accurately.
"Not recorded immediately, the deviation is approximately within 0.5 seconds..."
"Never mind, it won't make any difference. Anyway, it's already been confirmed that the frequency interval of the flashes is increasing. When the external light is 'continuous,' that's when this Clone will be able to escape."
*
In the vast Ancient Wilderness, the Devouring Clone transformed into a black hole, plowing through everything in its path.
She seemed to be the least affected, as she focused on eating and drinking every day.
Upon closer inspection, the trajectory of the Devouring Clone is 'U'-shaped, much like playing the game Snake.
"No! I can't go on like this!"
"This relic, or rather the information on my phone, keeps affecting me!"
But just as Wen Jing was preparing to reduce the frequency of his visits to this world, the novel was updated to chapter 189 the next day.
Netizen: A Fish Skilled at Finding Good Food
Great! We're finally about to collapse! The production line is really producing way too much!
"I spent nearly two months in the Factory World, but only three chapters in the novel..."
"Perhaps... we should wait a little longer."
She assessed the timeline; at most two months, and they should reach the point where their timelines overlapped.
Moreover, this waiting period is much easier than in the Factory World. The actual observation time each day is only 4 to 5 hours, and the rest of the time can be used to learn Star Alliance technology and gain Skill Points in the same way.
Even if her learning efficiency has decreased compared to the past, it's only decreased; she's still on the right track.
"Fighting in the ruins will result in injuries, which can now also be considered 'mental injuries'."
"I'm here for a more important purpose, and the core of the world is exposed before me. I can devour it at any time and end everything."
Wen Jing convinced himself once again, and instantly felt a light and frivolous pleasure.
Although a sense of vigilance and unease arose deep within, it was quickly overcome by a strong desire to revive the teacher and a curious contemplation about the existence of the dimensional barrier.
This contradictory feeling eventually turned into anxiety, and this anxiety made people instinctively seek information overload.
So, she subconsciously picked up her phone and started looking at the various useless entertainment information that was constantly being refreshed.
"Let's start studying again at the next hour."
Chapter 201
Wen Jing's Reconnaissance Clone appeared out of thin air and arrived at the Phase Creation Civilization, the founder of the Star Alliance.
The Phase Creation Civilization can be described as a 'cosmic nomadic civilization,' as their territory was constantly in motion. It was because of this characteristic that they were able to discover many other civilizations.
At the same time, they are also space engineers.
The foundation upon which the Star Alliance was established is that the Phase Creation Civilization wormholes and stargates across distances of up to 100,000 light-years, creating a series of 'cosmic highways'.