plumnovel Chapter 129 High-Ranking Alliance, Freezing Advancement?
Chapter 129 High-Ranking Alliance, Freezing Advancement?
As soon as the Buddha descended, the entire sky seemed to lower.
The Jade Emperor stood on the other side, and when he lowered his sleeves, even the True Core Light Screen trembled.
Two high-ranking officials appeared simultaneously.
No one had ever seen such a scene before.
The momentum that had just been built up on Huaguo Mountain was immediately suppressed by half.
Bajie swallowed hard and muttered a curse under his breath.
"Shameless! Do both of them at once."
The Bull Demon King, carrying his staff, stomped on the stone surface until it cracked.
Sun Wukong didn't retreat; instead, he took a step forward and slammed his golden cudgel on the ground.
"Frozen your mother's ass."
That sound was very loud.
But no one in the audience felt it was abrupt.
These two people are really bullying me.
They would hide in the back to interrogate, but when they couldn't get through the interrogation, their real bodies would come down and block the door.
Buddha didn't even look at Sun Wukong; his gaze first fell on the True Core Light Screen.
"Huaguo Mountain is still a den of demons in essence."
"They gather demons to dwell there, stirring up chaos in the old order."
"This place is not worthy of being promoted to a continuation node."
As soon as he finished speaking...
A line of crimson gold annotations appeared directly in the air.
[Application: Rejection of Huaguo Mountain's promotion qualification]
The Jade Emperor then spoke, his voice even colder.
"Huaguo Mountain is not registered in the Heavenly Laws."
"No register, no record, no order."
"Cannot advance to the next level."
He raised his hand and pointed.
Another line of imperial patterns was also added on top.
[Application: Freeze Freedom Anchor Point Promotion]
Two annotations, one on the left and one on the right, directly sandwiched the eukaryotic light curtain.
The draft rules, which were shining brightly just a moment ago, were actually dimmed.
Many of the lesser demons on the mountain turned pale.
They had never seen such strong suppression before.
This is shameless.
It's like telling you outright that I'm in charge of the rules.
The substitute proofreader stood beside him, his back bent slightly.
The reviewers fell silent.
Clearly, this was the step they had been waiting for.
Pigsy was so angry that his nose twisted.
"Good grief, if they can't win the game, they'll just call their parents."
Tang Sanzang looked up, his face also darkening.
"Not the parent, but the old debtor."
Chen Fan remained silent.
He stared at the two annotations, his eyes narrowed.
Seeing that he did not move, the Buddha spoke calmly.
"Chen Fan, you took advantage of the situation to gain power, which was not fair in the first place."
"Now you want a demon's lair to replace the old one?"
You're overthinking it.
The Jade Emperor was also looking at him.
"Step back."
"While the matter is still unresolved, I may not pursue your crime of altering the old system without authorization."
These words caused an uproar down the mountain.
"Step back?"
"What gives him the right to make Master Chen back down?"
"Don't they know who's fixing the cracks and who's stepping in to save the day?"
The whispers had barely begun when the Jade Emperor swept a glance over them.
The sound was immediately silenced.
This is what a high position is.
With just a glance, the people below didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
But Chen Fan still didn't back down.
He first looked at Buddha, then at the Jade Emperor, and suddenly laughed.
"Are you done talking?"
The Jade Emperor frowned.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"Yes." Chen Fan took two steps forward, raised his hand and grabbed an old file directly from next to the True Core. "And I'm saying this according to your rules."
The Buddha's gaze darkened.
Chen Fan didn't bother to look at him and simply slapped the old file into the air.
Snapped.
A line of old characters unfolds.
[Previous precedent: Those who fail to repair cracks bear primary responsibility; in subsequent disputes over the right of first recourse, the previous issues must be settled first.]
When this line of text appeared, Pigsy was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh.
"yes!"
The Bull Demon King also realized what was happening and grinned.
"You haven't settled old scores yet, and you're already talking about qualifications?"
Huaguo Mountain instantly came to its senses.
The momentum started to rise again.
Chen Fan raised his head, his voice not loud, but every word was clear and distinct.
Why did Flower and Fruit Mountain become an anchor point for freedom?
"The old site has cracked, and air is leaking everywhere."
"Who cracked it?"
"Who's leaving it unrepaired?"
"Now you're jumping out and saying this place isn't worthy of advancement."
"OK."
"Let's settle the old scores first."
He finished speaking and flicked his finger.
That old precedent flew directly to the Buddha and the Jade Emperor.
"Settle past scores first, then talk about qualifications."
"These are your own terms."
"What, are you denying it now?"
The air was silent for a moment.
The next moment, the golden light behind Tathagata swayed slightly.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Chen Fan to flip through it so quickly.
This is the old clause.
It's still a rather obscure part of the old system.
Normally no one would touch it.
Now that Chen Fan has pulled it out in public, the taste has changed.
Didn't you say we should follow the rules?
Let's go with this one first.
The Jade Emperor's face darkened.
"Old precedents only apply to localized cracks."
Chen Fan immediately responded.
"Who defined this part?"
"You decide?"
"Should he make the decision?"
"The eukaryote hasn't even been determined yet, and you've already decided on it for us?"
One sentence after another, without stopping.
It gives the opponent no chance to catch up.
Sun Wukong was delighted to hear this, and hoisted his golden cudgel onto his shoulder.
"Old Chen, give it your all!"
Chen Fan ignored the monkey and continued chasing.
"Furthermore, whether Flower Fruit Mountain is a demon's lair is not up to you, Buddha, to decide."
Whether or not there is a land without records is not something you, Jade Emperor, can decide with your own words.
"You neither collected nor replenished what you had previously received."
"Now that things are stable here, you're coming to Carmen again."
"So you're trying to take advantage of everything in the world?"
The onlookers became increasingly engrossed in the story.
Even some rogue cultivators who had fled from elsewhere began to cheer in hushed tones.
Buddha finally spoke, his voice lowered.
"Words are useless."
"Huaguo Mountain cannot bear it."
"That's the fundamental point."
The Jade Emperor nodded.
"good."
"If we force an ascent here, it will only collapse again."
This is exactly what Chen Fan was waiting for.
He glanced at Tang Sanzang.
Tang Sanzang stepped forward, clasped his hands together, but did not chant any Buddhist prayers. Instead, he pushed up a scroll of appendices.
"This humble monk is hereby providing supplementary proof."
"The current carrying capacity of Huaguo Mountain has exceeded the old boundary three times in a row."
"Not being recorded in the old register does not mean there were no achievements."
"This only indicates that the old records were neglected."
Appendix 1.
The inside was densely packed with records of the people from Huaguo Mountain who filled in the gaps, received people, and stabilized the situation.
How many people did you pick up each time?
How long did it last each time?
They're all there.
This is real stuff.
It's not just empty talk.
Yang Jian also came out.
He shoved the three-pointed double-edged sword to the side.
"I will testify."
"The existing carrying capacity of Huaguo Mountain is no weaker than that of the lower nodes in the old site."
"Even more stable."
"If the collapse in the northern section hadn't been contained here, the breach would have exploded long ago."
His words carried great weight.
People in the judicial system are most bound by old rules when giving testimony.
When he says it's stable, he's not just saying it casually.
The Jade Emperor's eyes turned cold.
"Yang Jian, are you going to stand there too?"
Yang Jian raised his eyes, not flinching in the slightest.
"I stand by the evidence."
The moment those four words were uttered, the mountain fell silent.
Chen Fan mentally gave him a thumbs up.
This nephew of mine is really tough today.
Not finished yet.
Sun Wukong jumped out and flicked his wrist, sending out a blur of images.
"Old Sun also has a certificate."
"Aren't you all the most passionate about acting?"
"Come on, let's see who refuses to act."
The image exploded, revealing scenes of how the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sect deliberately delayed, refused to make amends, and pushed away those who had been removed from the register during previous requisitions.
There is even a commentary from the lineage of Buddha.
[Acceptance is temporarily suspended, pending revision of the existing order.]
There are also entries about the Jade Emperor's lineage.
Those who are not registered will not be accepted into the sect.
That was practically a public slap in the face.
Pigsy laughed so hard he almost knelt on the ground.
"Proof of Refusal to Perform, Monkey King, you've chosen a good name."
The demons of Huaguo Mountain were taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.
"So it turns out they just wouldn't answer."
"No wonder it's all leaking out."
"After it all leaked out, you blame our demon nest."
Buddha's face finally darkened.
The Jade Emperor tightened his five fingers inside his sleeve.
The two high-ranking officials attacked together, originally intending to crush Huaguo Mountain.
As a result, Chen Fan brought up old precedents, and the main characters surrounded him from three sides.
For a moment, he was at a loss for words.
The eukaryotic light curtain lit up at that moment.
hum-
All sounds stopped.
New characters emerge one after another.
[Application for double-level freeze is under review]
[Previous precedents remain valid]
[Appendix valid]
[Witness valid]
[The record of refusing to perform is true]
The substitute proofreader turned pale.
The reviewer stared intently at the screen, as if trying to find a flaw.
But the true cores didn't give them a chance.
The result came in the next instant.
[Freeze request: Invalid]
boom!
Huaguo Mountain was in an uproar.
"invalid!"
"Hahaha, invalid!"
"Let's see you pretend!"
Pigsy jumped high, and his belly trembled.
The Bull Demon King laughed loudly, his voice shaking the mountains.
Sun Wukong was even more direct, pointing his golden cudgel horizontally at Buddha.
"Did you hear me?"
"invalid."
That slap really landed loudly.
Two high-ranking officials personally intervened and jointly applied for the application.
The result was that the true core was publicly declared invalid.
This is a huge loss of face.
The golden mark between the Buddha's eyebrows was pressed down and became dark.
The Jade Emperor stared at the true core, his eyes as cold as ice.
But the story isn't over yet.
The text on the Eukaryotic light screen continued to scroll downwards.
Chen Fan glanced at it and narrowed his eyes.
really.
The old system won't give in so easily.
The new characters appeared slowly, but they made everyone's hearts race again.
[Given that the controversy remains]
[Can initiate: Gambling on seam repair]
"A bet?"
Bajie's smile froze.
Tang Sanzang read it aloud in a low voice, and also frowned.
Yang Jian's face darkened as he looked at those four words.
Buddha and the Jade Emperor exchanged a glance.
Neither of them spoke.
They understand.
These are the steps.
The freeze application failed, but Zhencore opened another door for them.
Chen Fan understood.
But he wasn't surprised at all.
Old debts are old debts.
Qualifications are qualifications.
His attack on the other side with old grievances doesn't mean that the True Core will make Huaguo Mountain rise for nothing.
I must test my true abilities once more.
Sure enough, the next line of text appeared.
[If the repair of the cracks in the Flower and Fruit Mountain fails to bear the load]
Chen Fan loses control of the interface.
The laughter on the mountain stopped instantly as soon as those words were spoken.
Pigsy's face fell.
"Playing this big?"
The Bull Demon King also frowned.
Interface rights are Chen Fan's biggest weakness right now.
Once lost, the advantage built up earlier will be at least halved.
A fierce glint flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes.
"Using my brother as a bet?"
Only then did Buddha speak, his expression much calmer.
"Reasonable."
The Jade Emperor nodded.
"If he is truly qualified, he naturally won't be afraid to gamble."
Chen Fan stared at the light screen without saying a word.
The next line of text continues.
[If the repair of the cracks in Huaguo Mountain is successful, it will bear the load]
[Buddha and Jade Emperor, add the original essence to mend the gaps]
Even Chen Fan laughed at this.
it is good.
very nice.
This is not an ordinary bet.
This means that even two high-ranking officials have been brought onto the stage.
Didn't you say that Flower Fruit Mountain was no good?
If it's okay, let's gamble on the spot.
Chen Fan lost, and the interface control was revoked.
You two have won. Now bring out your original essence to mend the mess.
And it's an additional addition.
This comes at a high price.
Both Buddha and the Jade Emperor looked displeased.
But the previous application to freeze the account has already failed.
If you don't answer now, it's tantamount to admitting defeat in public.
Chen Fan looked up and blocked their path.
Should I answer or not?
"Weren't you two biting each other really hard just now?"
"Now we're giving them a chance."
"You won't dare anymore?"
Sun Wukong immediately followed up.
"Old Sun figured it out."
"They say Flower Fruit Mountain is no good, but they're more insecure than anyone else."
Pigsy also shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Why don't we just admit defeat and save ourselves from further embarrassment?"
The entire Huaguo Mountain erupted in a commotion in an instant.
"Call it!"
"Don't be a coward!"
"A high-ranking official joining forces? They really have the guts?"
This shouting made the Jade Emperor's forehead twitch.
Tathagata glanced at Chen Fan.
His eyes were cold.
"catch."
The Jade Emperor also spoke in a low voice.
"I accept."
The true kernel is immediately written.
[The betting agreement for repairing seams has been finalized]
[Both sides locked in]
The roar resumed.
Many onlookers outside the mountain were dumbfounded.
Chen Fan has truly been elevated to a high position.
This is incredibly embarrassing.
Chen Fan didn't laugh for long.
He knew that the real pitfall was only just beginning to emerge.
True cores never present easy questions.
really.
The last line of text slowly unfolded.
At the beginning, there was only half.
Chen Fan stared at those words, his heart sinking.
[Details of the performance-based agreement disclosed]
[Limited Time Offer: Three Days]
[Huaguo Mountain needs to take over...]
The word paused here.
Everyone stared at the light screen.
Even Sun Wukong stopped laughing.
Buddha and the Jade Emperor looked over at the same time.
The next moment, the last few words came crashing down.
[100,000 people who have completed their registration]
The entire room fell silent.
Pigsy's mouth was open, and he couldn't close it for a long time.
The Bull Demon King cursed under his breath, his grip on his staff tightening.
Tang Sanzang looked up, his breathing becoming slightly heavier.
Yang Jian's eyes narrowed sharply.
Three days.
One hundred thousand people have left the register.
This is not a mending.
This is like throwing a mountain directly into a fire to roast it.
Sun Wukong slowly turned his head and looked at Chen Fan.
"Old Chen."
"This time, we're really going all out."
Chapter 261 Ten Thousand Unregistered Individuals, Flower Fruit Mountain Opens Three Gates
"Go all out?"
Chen Fan stared at the line of words, then raised his hand and waved it.
"Then let's not just stand there. Let's start clearing the mountain now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Flower and Fruit Mountain fell silent for a moment.
Buddha and the Jade Emperor were still suspended in mid-air, and neither of them looked well.
They had just frozen the advancement process when the system suddenly presented them with a new path.
Three days.
One hundred thousand people have left the register.
It's not about making Huaguo Mountain beg for survival, it's about making Huaguo Mountain directly snatch people away.
Chen Fan looked up at the two people in the sky and smiled broadly.
"Don't you guys like to use rosters to blacklist people?"
"OK."
"Starting today, Huaguo Mountain will establish its own register."
The Bull Demon King was the first to roar.
"happy!"
Pigsy realized what was happening and rubbed his hands together, laughing heartily.
"Old Chen, I'm an expert at this. When it comes to poaching people, Old Pig is the best."
Sun Wukong hoisted the golden cudgel onto his shoulder and grinned.
"Tell me, how do you want to open it?"
Chen Fan strode to the foot of the mountain, his voice dominating the entire area.
"From this day forward, Flower Fruit Mountain will open its three gates."
"The first gate, the Demon Gate."
"No matter what your origins are, no old cases are investigated, and no background is examined, as long as you don't eat people, betray your master, or stab people in the back, you can enter."
The group of monsters at the foot of the mountain were stunned for a moment, then exploded with a bang.
Many old demons' eyes turned red.
They were considered wicked and unruly in the Heavenly Court's records, and wicked in the eyes of Buddhists. They had lived for hundreds of years, and this was the first time someone had publicly said, "I didn't investigate their origins."
Chen Fan continued:
"The second gate, the Human Gate."
"Mortal cultivators, rogue cultivators, hermits from the mountains, oppressed minor officials, abandoned soldiers, and silenced craftsmen—all can come."
"White Dragon Horse".
Ao Lie immediately stepped forward, bowed his head, and clasped his hands in greeting.
"exist."
"Go to the Lianlong Palace by water. Open up the East Sea, South Sea, North Sea, and West Sea. Set up welcoming flags along the rivers and lakes. All those who come to Huaguo Mountain by water will be escorted by the Dragon Clan. Anyone who dares to block their way will be recorded."
Ao Lie's eyes lit up.
"clear."
He had been holding his breath for a long time.
Over the years, the dragon race has maintained its dignity, but its backbone has long been crushed.
This time, opening the gates to humans will allow us to make full use of the paths to the Dragon Palace.
Chen Fan raised his hand for the third time, his voice even louder.
"The third gate, the gate of scriptures."
"Anyone who no longer wants to chant old Buddhist scriptures, no longer wants to be a wooden monk, no longer wants to be bound by incense offerings is welcome to come."
"Tang Sanzang".
Tang Sanzang put his hands together and took a step forward.
"This humble monk is here."
"The gate returns to your town."
"You don't talk about universal salvation, you talk about liberation. Bring all those monks, novices, and wandering monks who are bound by incense offerings here."
Tang Sanzang looked up at Buddha, his face showing no sign of retreat.
"it is good."
"Today, this humble monk will change their way of life."
Upon hearing this, many Buddhas in the heavens turned pale.
It's one thing if Tang Sanzang betrays us.
Now he is also required to recruit the old monks.
This isn't a slap in the face, it's a beating with the sole of a shoe.
Buddha stared at Tang Sanzang, and the Buddha's light in his palm trembled slightly.
Sun Wukong immediately stepped in front of him to block the way.
"What are you looking at?"
"If you dare touch him, Old Sun will break your hand first."
The Jade Emperor spoke coldly.
"Chen Fan, are you really going to completely disrupt the old records of the Three Realms?"
Chen Fan looked up.
"Wrong."
"It's not about causing trouble."
"It's reopening."
"Your pamphlets do not accept the living, only the obedient. The gates of Flower Fruit Mountain opened today are for those who refuse to kneel."
These words caused an uproar down the mountain.
The Bull Demon King laughed heartily and stepped forward, carrying his iron cudgel.
"I will suppress the demonic sect."
"Any brat who wants to get in, you'll have to get past me first."
He glanced back, his imposing aura forcing all the lesser demons to bow their heads.
There are only two rules.
"Don't mess with your own people."
"Do not touch ordinary villages."
"Whoever commits this crime, I will personally smash them to death."
The group of monsters felt their scalps tingle upon hearing this, but they were even more convinced.
The Bull Demon King is ruthless and speaks his mind.
Only in places like this can one truly establish oneself.
Chen Fan turned to look at Sun Wukong.
"Old Sun."
"You patrol the skies."
"Anyone who dares to intercept people, anyone who dares to block roads, anyone who dares to use old books to suppress others, you can just beat them up."
Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes, and his smile gradually spread.
"That's exactly what I've been waiting for."
The next moment, he soared into the sky.
The golden cudgel swept out, and a large section of the clouds split open on the spot.
The sky above Huaguo Mountain cleared up instantly.
The overwhelming aura of heaven that had been pressing down on everyone was also forcefully dispersed by him.
"From now on."
Sun Wukong's voice rolled through the air.
"I'm in charge of the skies above Flower Fruit Mountain."
"Anyone who disagrees, come up here."
No one answered.
Many of the heavenly generals turned pale, their lips moved, but none of them dared to actually step forward.
Even the reviewers couldn't control this monkey.
Whoever takes the position now will be a disgrace.
Chen Fan didn't waste any time.
"Bajie, go outside the mountain and put up a notice."
"Yang Jian, investigate the hidden informants."
"Red Boy, take the Fire Department and follow him. If you find the old books and chains, burn them immediately."
Yang Jian nodded, then turned and left.
Red Boy twitched the Fire-Tipped Spear on his shoulder and laughed somewhat fiercely.
"I've disliked those scoundrels for a long time."
The news spread faster than the wind.
In less than half an hour, the first group of people arrived.
The demons arrived first.
It's not a powerful demon.
They were a group of mountain monsters, river spirits, escaped mounts, and several beast demons with half a golden ring hanging around their necks.
As soon as they arrived at the mountain gate, they all knelt down.
The leader was a black bear spirit, with a patch of skin rotting on its left shoulder.
"I...I've also been to the foot of Lingshan Mountain."
"They've guarded this mountain for two hundred years, and haven't even given it a name."
"I heard they buy unregistered items here, I'll go too."
The Bull Demon King glanced at him.
"Have you ever eaten people?"
The black bear spirit hurriedly shook his head.
"No, really. I also went to carry wood for the temple, and I ate leftovers."
The Bull Demon King held his staff horizontally.
"Go in."
The black bear spirit was stunned for a moment, his eyes reddened instantly, and he kowtowed three times before leading the group of demons behind him into the mountain.
Next came the people.
There were rogue cultivators carrying swords, minor officials whose official seals had been revoked, mountain gods and local deities holding tattered documents, and two young boys who had been expelled from the temple.
An old man with white hair stood at the door, his hands trembling.
"I was originally from the land of Nanling."
"The land register has been changed, and my plot has been allocated to someone else."
"If I refuse, I'll say that my lineage has ended and I'm not worthy of having a place."
"Huaguo Mountain...is it really accepting?"
The white dragon horse was returning by water, followed by more than a dozen aquatic creatures.
He immediately helped the person up.
"receive."
"Starting today, eat first, then register."
The old man's lips trembled, and he burst into tears on the spot.
The few little demons standing by the mountain gate were all stunned.
They were initially worried that the humans would come and take their territory, but as they watched, their initial wariness dissipated.
They were all people who fell out of the booklet.
No one is better than anyone else.
It was even more lively over there.
Tang Sanzang sat cross-legged on the stone platform, surrounded by a crowd of monks.
There were old monks, young novices, monks who had copied scriptures so many times that their hands were numb, and a few temple keepers who had escaped from temples with incense offerings.
A young novice monk knelt at the front, his lips chapped.
"Holy monk, my master said that outside of Buddhism, there is only suffering."
Tang Sanzang looked at him.
"Did your master ever let you eat your fill?"
The young novice was stunned.
After a long pause, he finally whispered a sentence.
"no."
He said to endure it, for endurance is a form of spiritual practice.
Tang Sanzang nodded.
"So, will he just endure it himself?"
The young novice monk's eyes reddened, and he shook his head.
Tang Sanzang pushed the alms bowl in front of him forward.
"Have some porridge first."
"Finish your drink before you listen to me."
"My first maxim here is not forbearance."
"It's alive."
At this moment, everyone behind the gate pushed forward.
Many monks felt their hearts burn with emotion upon hearing this.
They've been chanting scriptures for half their lives, and this is the first time someone has asked them if they're hungry.
In the heavens, the Buddha's expression grew increasingly grim.
The Jade Emperor remained silent.
Huaguo Mountain is not recruiting people.
It's tearing them down from the root.
Just as the crowds at Huaguo Mountain were growing larger, Yang Jian suddenly returned from outside the mountain.
Something's coming.
Chen Fan turned his head.
Which way?
"Old books from various places."
Yang Jian raised his hand and waved it, and a patch of light and shadow appeared in the air.
From all directions, gray-black chains emerged from the void, heading straight for those who had sought refuge at Flower Fruit Mountain.
The chain doesn't prick the flesh; it's only for locking away names.
Anyone whose name is still on the old register will be dragged back.
Chaos erupted instantly in front of the mountain gate.
As soon as the white-haired man entered the room, a chain wrapped around his ankle, dragging him backward.
His face turned pale.
"Here we go again...here we go again!"
Several little demons rushed up and tried to tear it apart, but they couldn't break it at all.
On the other side, several monks in front of the gate also had their necks locked, causing them to cough violently.
The Bull Demon King glared and swung his club to smash it.
With a bang, one broke off, and a second one emerged from the hole.
"Isn't that 'yin'?"
He had barely finished cursing when Chen Fan's face turned cold.
"I knew they wouldn't just watch us collect 100,000."
"Yang Jian".
"Red Boy".
"Cut it clean."
"it is good."
Yang Jian took a step into the air, and his three-pointed, double-edged sword cleaved directly towards the sky.
As the blade passed, seven chains snapped open simultaneously.
Red Boy was even more ruthless, opening his mouth to spew out a ball of Samadhi True Fire.
As soon as the fire touched the chains, the gray-black runes darted around like live fish, emitting a piercing scream.
The people below the mountain were horrified.
It turns out that all these years, they weren't afraid to leave.
We can't leave.
Someone was keeping them tied up with a booklet.
Red Boy burned the food while cursing.
"Don't you guys like to keep track of names?"
"Come, I'll burn you all to ashes."
In the distance, just as several divine figures appeared in the void, Sun Wukong brought his staff down from the sky.
boom.
A cloud burst open.
Those people didn't even have time to show their faces before they were smashed and sent flying.
Sun Wukong stood in mid-air, pointing his golden cudgel downwards.
"Stretch out your claws again."
"Old Sun will follow the chain and fight his way into your palace."
That's more effective than anything else.
Those who were secretly urging the old books to be updated suddenly stopped most of their actions.
Buddha finally spoke, his voice deep and resonant.
"Yang Jian, are you going to rebel too?"
Yang Jian didn't even raise his head before severing another chain.
"Whoever blocks my way, I will kill them."
That short sentence was even harsher than an insult.
At the foot of Huaguo Mountain, cheers erupted.
"It's broken!"
"It's really broken!"
"Hurry up and get into the mountains!"
"Don't look back, charge in!"
The crowd began to surge into the three gates like madmen.
One hour.
Three thousand.
Two hours.
Twelve thousand.
Half a day later, the area in front of the three gates was packed with people.
On the mountain roads, on the sea roads, and above the clouds, all came to seek refuge.
There were minor deities whose incense offerings had ceased. There were mounts that had changed masters. There were children who had been rendered useless. There were minor demons who had taken the blame for the cave. And there was a group of heavenly soldiers who should have been escorted away for punishment, but they threw off their armor and ran towards Flower Fruit Mountain.
Pigsy held the ledger and wrote down the notes until his hand went numb and his mouth was crooked from smiling.
"We've struck it rich, no, we've made a fortune."
"Old Chen, it's really about to fill up!"
The numbers continued to skyrocket the next day.
fifty thousand.
Sixty-eight thousand.
Eighty-three thousand.
On the morning of the third day, Chen Fan stood on the mountaintop, looking down at the sea of people below, the system screen flashing wildly.
Number of people leaving the register: 99997
【99998】
【99999】
The Bull Demon King carried a little boy with a face covered in mud up the mountain.
"Does the last one count?"
The little boy was holding a broken wooden box and was so frightened that he shrank back.
"I...I'm the one who sweeps dust in the Tushita Palace."
"They said the alchemy furnace exploded and they wanted to make me take the blame."
Chen Fan glanced at him and smiled.
"Calculate."
"From today onwards, you are no longer the one taking the blame."
"You are from Flower Fruit Mountain."
The system notification suddenly exploded.
[The goal of 100,000 people leaving the register has been achieved]
[The free anchor point completes its first transformation]
The entire Flower and Fruit Mountain trembled violently.
Large patches of white light simultaneously illuminated the mountain and its surroundings.
Those who had just entered the mountain felt a lightness on their bodies, as if something that had weighed them down for many years had suddenly fallen off.
Someone looked down and saw that the faint patterns on their wrist were gradually crumbling.
Cries, laughter, and shouts all suddenly burst forth.
Pigsy plopped down on the ground, panting with joy.
Tang Sanzang looked up at the sky, clasped his hands in silence.
The white dragon horse gazed at the waterways beyond the mountains, its eyes shining brightly.
The Bull Demon King swung his club heavily, making the ground tremble.
"It's done!"
Sun Wukong descended from the sky, stood next to Chen Fan, and grinned fiercely.
"Old Chen, you really slapped them in the face this time."
But Chen Fan didn't laugh.
He stared at his feet.
The entire mountain is still shaking.
It wasn't an earthquake outside.
It's moving deep inside the mountain.
The next moment, a muffled sound came from inside the mountain.
Click.
Behind the mountaintop, a long crack appeared in the ground.
White light shone out from the crack, blinding everyone.
The cracks kept widening.
The stone skin peeled off layer by layer.
A strange stone platform slowly emerged from inside, like an unfinished foundation, square with broken edges.
Two blurry ancient characters floated in the center of the table.
Sun Wukong squinted and read it aloud.
"Continue writing...?"
Chapter 262 continues the story of the foundation; Flower Fruit Mountain is officially upgraded.
The white light reveals the stone's outer layer.
The entire mountain seemed to take a deep breath.
The half-stone platform rose higher and higher, its four corners still bearing the marks of old, cracked patterns. The two characters on the platform became clearer and clearer.
Continue writing.
Not only Sun Wukong saw it.
On Huaguo Mountain, all 100,000 people who had completed their studies raised their heads.
Someone muttered it once, their throat going dry.
"Is it really a basement?"
Bajie rushed forward two steps, staring at the platform with his eyes practically glued to it.
"Old Chen, did this thing really grow out of the mountain?"
Chen Fan did not reply.
The notification sound in his ear had already exploded.
[Local load-bearing structure formation detected]
[Advancement process at Huaguo Mountain completed]
[Current anchor point identity is changing]
[Three Realms Free Anchor Point → Partial Continuation Base]
When the last line appeared, the entire Flower and Fruit Mountain trembled.
boom!
The old aura that had been pressing down on everyone outside the mountain seemed to have been sliced off by a knife.
Tang Sanzang suddenly looked up.
The heavy feeling that had been pressing on his shoulders suddenly eased.
Not just a little.
It's down by half.
Yang Jian frowned, and his third eye lit up for a moment.
He saw it most clearly.
The dense, old markings above Huaguo Mountain, which originally resembled iron hoops tightly binding the entire mountain, are now gradually loosening, revealing large gaps.
"The old copy of the enforcement document has been lost."
Yang Jian's voice was not loud.
Everyone on the field heard it.
"At least 50%."
One sentence was enough.
Huaguo Mountain fell silent for a moment.
The next moment, it exploded.
"It dropped by 50%?"
"It's really gone down?"
"I almost got dragged back just now!"
"Me too! That old scene in my head just stopped on its own!"
Among the 100,000 people who registered, many tried it out on the spot.
Some people's arms would naturally veer back to an old, uncontrollable motion when they raise their hands. Right now, that dragging motion is still there, but it's noticeably weaker, like a rope soaked in water, swollen and limp.
A star official who had escaped from the old records of the Heavenly Court gritted his teeth and forcibly withdrew his hand.
He was stunned for a long time, then suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter.
"It can be taken back!"
The other demon general was even more decisive, swinging his sword and plunging it into the ground.
"Damn it, before I had to kneel facing north at the appointed time, it was like I was having cramps. Now there's only a little bit of resistance left!"
The Bull Demon King grinned upon hearing this, and hoisted the iron cudgel onto his shoulder.
"happy."
"That's what you call an upgrade."
The expressions on the faces of both Buddha and the Jade Emperor darkened.
Before they arrived, they tried to force him to advance.
it's good now.
It wasn't suppressed at all.
I even watched as Huaguo Mountain climbed one level higher.
Most importantly, this is not just empty fame.
This is a real change in permissions.
The reviewer stood at the edge of the crack, the roll of manuscript in his hand trembling again.
He wanted to press further.
As soon as I picked up my pen, the tip was blocked by the white light emanating from the base, and I couldn't write anymore.
Sun Wukong was amused when he saw this.
Write it down.
"Aren't you quite a writer?"
"Why are your hands shaking?"
The acting proofreader turned pale, his throat bobbed a few times, and he couldn't utter a coherent sentence for a long time.
The onlookers laughed even louder when they saw this.
"Weren't you being very fierce just now?"
"Keep freezing it!"
"Come on, write down the story of Flower Fruit Mountain being demoted and show it to me!"
Those former high-ranking subordinates all turned pale.
They know best what this means.
From today onwards, Flower Fruit Mountain will no longer be just a place to hide from people.
This is where you can edit specific entries.
The true core light wheel high above slowly rotated.
A cold voice fell.
[Promotion Confirmed]
[Current Status of Huaguo Mountain: Partial Continuation of the Foundation]
[Within the base area, the enforcement of old registrations has decreased by 50%]
[Those who leave the game and enter the base area will receive a short pause to avoid dragging old storylines.]
Duration: Varies depending on individual tear fit
The entire audience was stunned once again.
This time, even Tang Sanzang couldn't help but take a step forward.
"A short-term suspension?"
He read it aloud in a low voice, and his eyes lit up immediately.
This thing is ruthless.
Previously, those who left the register simply endured it.
Those who can withstand the pressure will survive; those who can't will be dragged back to the old ways.
Now that they've entered Flower Fruit Mountain, they can actually avoid that dragging force.
Even if it's only for a short time.
That was a huge breathing space.
The white dragon horse neighed softly beside it, its hooves pawing the ground and sending sparks flying.
He understands too.
This means that Flower Fruit Mountain became the true rear base.
You're injured, come back.
It's about to be dragged away, come back.
As long as we return to the base area, we can fight for a way to survive.
The hearts of those who had left the register immediately settled down.
Some people looked towards the mountain gate with red eyes.
"We really have a home now."
There was a moment of silence after those words were spoken.
Then many people lowered their heads.
Among them, some were kicked out of the Heavenly Court's old records, some were forcibly torn away from the Buddhist path, and some were characters from the demon race who should have died long ago, but forcibly escaped from the old track.
We've been running for so long.
This is the first time I've had a place where I can openly write a sentence: "Come in, but don't die yet."
Chen Fan looked up at the base.
The system notification popped up again.
[Congratulations, host, on completing this phase of the closed loop.]
[Permission granted: Partial continuation license ×1]
[A regional entry can be written within the base area.]
Chen Fan's eyes narrowed.
This is the real deal.
It's not about defense.
Yes, it needs to be changed.
Sun Wukong leaned closer, grinning, and asked, "What's the reward?"
Chen Fan's lips curled into a smile.
"Can you write a new rule?"
Pigsy was dumbfounded.
"Can you set up rules here?"
"Within the scope".
Chen Fan nodded.
Only one is allowed.
The Bull Demon King slapped his leg.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's write a story where no one can beat the old ox when they enter Flower Fruit Mountain, and if they disagree, we'll beat them to death."
Pigsy got anxious when he heard this.
"Why should I write about you first? Write about Flower Fruit Mountain with unlimited wine and meat, that's the proper entry."
Sun Wukong laughed heartily, picked up his golden cudgel, and slammed it to the ground.
"Get out of here, all of you."
"Let's start by writing that when Buddha and the Jade Emperor enter the mountain, they should lie down first."
Buddha's face darkened.
The Jade Emperor tightened his grip on his fingers hidden in his sleeve.
Chen Fan didn't rush to write.
This license is valid only once.
If you write something that's already ruined, you're essentially cutting yourself.
Eukaryotes didn't give them much time to argue.
High in the sky, the halo suddenly turned towards Buddha and the Jade Emperor.
A cold, cold light.
Both of them paused in their breathing at the same time.
When the Buddha looked up, his expression changed for the first time.
"What are you going to do?"
Truecore did not reply to him.
A cold, impersonal message fell directly down.
[The betting agreement has been finalized]
[The proposal to freeze advancement has failed.]
[Second execution of high-level seam repair obligation]
[Targets for extraction: Buddha, Jade Emperor]
In that instant, everyone on Flower Fruit Mountain became alert.
Bajie was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh.
"They're here!"
"The reckoning is here!"
Sun Wukong laughed so hard his shoulders shook.
"Aren't you two capable?"
"Keep betting."
The Buddha's light surged, as if trying to stabilize himself.
The Jade Emperor raised his hand to sever the extraction line.
But this time, Zhencore didn't offer any room for negotiation.
Two white lines fell from the light wheel and pierced directly into their bodies.
hum!
The golden color on the Buddha's face faded, and even the golden lotus beneath him dimmed considerably.
The imperial aura behind the Jade Emperor was also forcibly pulled out, like a cloud that had been peeled away.
Both of them groaned simultaneously.
The crowd erupted in cheers.
"He really did it!"
"Round Two!"
"Weren't you just acting all high and mighty?"
"Keep making that face!"
The Bull Demon King grinned so hard his teeth were showing, and pointed his staff at the sky.
"In all my years of life, this is the first time I've ever seen the Jade Emperor standing there getting beaten."
Yang Jian didn't laugh out loud, but he couldn't suppress the gleam in his eyes.
He knew he was badly injured this time.
The first time you patch a seam, you can still consider it a trial.
The second step was liquidation.
Moreover, it was done in full view of everyone.
The face of the former high-ranking official has been torn open, thrown on the ground, and trampled upon.
Reviewers and proofreaders are in an even worse situation.
They were already using their high position to exert their dominance. Now that their master has been dismissed, their momentum has instantly collapsed.
The assistant proofreader even took two steps back, almost losing his grip on the black pen.
Deep within the crack, the broken edge began to close automatically.
A layer of white light slowly smeared through the gap.
Like patching paper.
One.
Two paths.
Three paths.
The crack was repaired again.
As that section closed, the shaking sensation in the sky above the Three Realms noticeably weakened.
In the distance, some old patterns that were originally scattered and disordered seemed to have been straightened out and become much more docile.
Eukaryotics speak out again.
[Improved seam repair progress]
[Stability of the Three Realms Increased]
[Former high-ranking official's reputation has declined]
The sentence had barely left his lips.
The golden light emanating from the Buddha dimmed further.
The Jade Emperor's side was even more direct.
The imperial runes that had been condensed on the top of his head suddenly shattered in front of everyone.
The crowd erupted in uproar.
This is not a hidden injury.
This is a case of losing both face and substance.
Sun Wukong was so happy that he patted Chen Fan on the shoulder.
"Old Chen, did you see that?"
"That's called a bet."
"He lost the bet, so they even pulled down his pants."
Chen Fan also smiled.
This time, the closed loop has been completely closed.
Huaguo Mountain has been upgraded.
The old books were suppressed and reduced.
Those who had left the register finally had a chance to catch their breath.
He himself was also given a chance to edit the entry.
Buddha and the Jade Emperor failed to advance, and were even subjected to a second round of patching by the True Core.
They've won so many times they're numb.
But Chen Fan was still on edge.
The fact that the True Core attacked so ruthlessly suggests that what lies behind the crack is probably more troublesome than they imagined.
He stared at the closing crack.
I always felt like there was something behind it all.
really.
Just as the last ray of white light swept past, the crack, which was almost closed, suddenly trembled.
It felt like something bumped into it from inside.
Everyone's expression changed simultaneously.
The reviewer turned around abruptly.
"There's more inside—"
He hadn't finished speaking.
Snapped.
Something fell out from the back of the crack.
Not big.
The length of a palm.
The edges were charred black, as if they had been roasted by fire. A half-layer of yellowed cardboard was still stuck to it.
It flipped twice in mid-air before landing straight down in the center of the base.
All eyes immediately turned to it.
Chen Fan was closest, so he reached out and took it.
The item is very light.
Like a piece of old paper that's about to crumble.
He looked down and his pupils suddenly contracted.
That wasn't an ordinary fragment.
There was a broken line of text written on it.
The handwriting is very raw and does not follow the common writing style of the Three Realms.
Even worse, there was an unfamiliar mark pressed on the back of the paper.
It's not like the Heavenly Court.
Unlike Buddhism.
It doesn't resemble a eukaryote either.
Sun Wukong leaned closer and lowered his voice.
"What is this thing?"
Chen Fan remained silent.
The tattered manuscript in his hand suddenly moved on its own.
He flipped the corner of the paper over.
There seems to be a second line of text hidden below.
Chapter 263: Fragments of the Manuscript with Chen Fan's Name on Them
The moment the corner of the paper flipped up, Chen Fan's back tensed up.
He looked down.
The broken line of characters on the tattered page was finally partially revealed.
"...Under the Five Finger Mountain..."
Further on, the pen marks broke.
But right next to that broken edge, two even fainter characters were squeezed in.
Chen Fan.
These two characters are not large.
It looks like the writer added it at the last minute.
The handwriting is blurry, and the edges are almost fading.
But everyone can see it clearly.
There was a moment of silence on the field.
The next second, Sun Wukong snatched the paper away and stared at it for three seconds.
"Old Chen, are they using you as an example?"
Pigsy also came over, his fat face almost touching Pigsy's.
"Is that really your name?"
"What does this mean? Back then, when you were under Five Finger Mountain, it wasn't just a coincidence, but this piece of paper wrote it first?"
The Bull Demon King's throat moved, and his face darkened.
The group from Huaguo Mountain, who had been watching the excitement around the writing platform, all gathered around it now.
Yang Jian stood at the very back, yet his eyes were the sharpest.
He stared at the two words and slowly said, "They are not ordinary ink marks added later."
"This looks like the original design."
"It was written down first. Then it was erased again."
These words made the atmosphere even more tense.
Sun Wukong gently trembled the golden cudgel in his hand.
"Anyone who dares to treat my brother Sun as a character in a manuscript, step forward."
No one replied to him.
Only that tattered page was still gently warm in Chen Fan's palm.
Chen Fan remained silent.
He stared at the paper, his mind racing.
Wuzhishan.
Chen Fan.
When these two things are placed together, the taste just doesn't feel right.
If this is an old draft.
That means that his transmigration was not a mistake at all.
At least, something already knew he would appear at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain.
I even wrote about it.
Tang Sanzang took two steps forward, his voice very low.
"Don't go too far."
"This thing looks like it was just shaken out of the base; it's not completely stable yet."
"If it is indeed a fragment of the original manuscript, it can be recycled in its original location at any time."
Chen Fan turned to look at him.
"What do you mean?"
Tang Sanzang raised his hand and tapped the paper with his fingertip.
"Make a backup of the appendix first."
"Leaving traces. Making rubbings. Recording the essence."
"Even if the fragments are gone, at least we can still have a reference."
Pigsy nodded immediately.
"Yes, yes, this bald guy is speaking like a human being this time."
Sun Wukong handed the paper back, and smiled through gritted teeth.
"Back it up first."
"Prepare it first, then eat it."
Chen Fan took the torn page and was about to start working on it.
The system seed in his mind suddenly jumped.
The next moment, a series of prompts popped up.
[Unknown manuscript fragment detected]
[Outer layer recording traces detected]
[The system seed is exhibiting a strong engulfing reaction]
Should we try to absorb it?
Chen Fan's eyelids twitched.
Again.
Moreover, this time, the notification was followed by a line of small, blood-red text.
[Risk unknown]
[May cause a shift in identity anchor point]
Identity anchor.
As soon as those four words came out, Chen Fan cursed inwardly.
While the system may be stingy in normal times, when it really comes down to it, the prompts it gives are never just empty threats.
The risks are unknown.
That could really lead to something serious.
He didn't rush to make a choice; he first shared the news.
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed.
The Bull Demon King spoke first.
"Don't inhale."
"This word sounds ominous."
Pigsy also shrank his neck.
"I, Old Pig, support Old Cow. No matter how delicious the treasure is, we still have to see if it will kill people."
Sun Wukong did not immediately object.
He stared at Chen Fan, his eyes flashing with anger.
"If I take it, how much will my blood sugar rise?"
Chen Fan shook his head.
"have no idea."
"But the system seed reaction is very strong."
"This means that this stuff is very beneficial for it."
"It could be fatal for me."
Zongwu, who had been squatting by the base studying the patterns, suddenly stood up and walked over.
He didn't look at the fragments; he looked at Chen Fan first.
"I have an even more crucial question."
"If your name was already in the original draft."
"Then who are you?"
"Did you fall in from outside, or was this place already yours?"
As soon as he said that...
Everyone on the field fell silent.
Even Sun Wukong frowned.
This question is even more pressing than whether or not to inhale the debris.
Chen Fan himself frowned.
He always assumed he was a time traveler.
It was the one that accidentally barged in.
This is the foundation upon which he established himself.
That's also what gives him the confidence to try and pry open old scripts.
But now, his name is on the fragments of the original manuscript.
There's also Wuzhishan.
It's like someone suddenly telling him that you thought you were a stone thrown off the chessboard, but it turns out you were actually inside the chessboard.
Chen Fan slowly exhaled.
"Eukaryote".
"Come out and talk."
The depths of his consciousness were quiet for a few breaths.
The true core, which had always seemed like an inanimate object, finally responded this time.
The voice was still the same, cold as if it were squeezed out from a crack in a rock.
[Identity Undetermined]
[More drafts needed for comparison]
[Insufficient fragment information at present]
Chen Fan's face darkened.
"Is that all the nonsense you have to say?"
The true core didn't respond.
It's like he's pretending to be dead again.
Sun Wukong scoffed.
"This thing really deserves to be smashed."
Tang Sanzang raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't rush."
"The fact that it spoke means the fragment is heavy enough."
"The safest approach right now is to make a backup first."
"I'll decide whether to take it or not."
Chen Fan nodded.
This cannot be done rashly.
He raised his hand and drew the white light that had just gathered on the writing platform, pressing it down on the four corners of the fragments.
Tang Sanzang sat down cross-legged, took out a string of old Buddhist beads, and pressed each bead onto the ground to form an appendix seal.
Yang Jian stood on the left, his Heavenly Eye slightly open, focusing intently on the fading brushstrokes on the fragments.
Pigsy and the Bull Demon King guarded the outer perimeter.
Sun Wukong was the most direct; he simply stuck his staff into the ground.
"Whoever tries to take it, kill them first."
Zongwu wasn't idle either.
He took out a piece of black bone and traced the aura of the tattered page in Chen Fan's hand into it.
hum.
A flash of white light.
The words on the tattered page began to gradually appear.
First, the four characters "under Wuzhi Mountain" became clearer.
Then, a fragment of a sentence slowly emerged below.
"...a hundred years have passed since the fruit was planted, yet it has not been recorded in the annals..."
Pigsy felt a chill run down his spine.
"A hundred years of fruit-bearing?"
"Isn't this exactly what Old Chen did back then?"
A fierce glint suddenly appeared in Sun Wukong's eyes.
Who wrote it?
"Who saw me being oppressed for a hundred years and then casually remembered Old Chen?"
Chen Fan's heart sank.
The fruit was planted a hundred years ago, but it has not been recorded in any books.
These eight words are crucial.
The first half of the sentence is about him.
The second half of the sentence is even more jarring.
Not included in the register.
In other words, when that thing recorded him, it specifically noted a status.
Not listed.
Not included in the original list.
It's like they were just temporarily thrown in.
Zongwu suddenly whispered, "Something's not right."
"Look here."
He pointed to a very faint horizontal line after the words "not registered".
You wouldn't notice it at all if you didn't look closely.
Yang Jian's Heavenly Eyes narrowed, and his expression changed slightly.
There were originally more words at the end.
"It's like... a change."
Chen Fan immediately asked, "Can you figure out what was originally written?"
Yang Jian stared for a long time before slowly uttering a few words.
"Like 'temporary observation'."
The entire venue erupted instantly.
Bajie cursed out loud.
"Observation?"
"Who's observing this? Are they making a fool of Old Chen?"
The Bull Demon King's face turned black.
"Stay for now."
"So that means it can be taken away at any time?"
Sun Wukong pulled out his golden cudgel, tearing a layer of crack in the stone surface of the mountaintop.
"I'm going to smash the sky right now."
"First, crack open the heads of Buddha and the Jade Emperor, and see if they know anything."
"If you know, kill him."
"Even if you don't know, you'll still be beaten to death."
Chen Fan raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't get carried away."
"The brushstrokes on this thing are unlike theirs."
"The Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sects know how to pretend, suppress, and change."
"But these words weren't written by their hands."
Tang Sanzang nodded slowly.
"That mark is wrong too."
"It is not a Buddhist Dharma seal."
"It's not the Heavenly Court Seal either."
"It's more like a mark that fell from the layer above."
"They just deliberately avoided using their real names."
These words sent a chill down everyone's spine.
The Buddha and the Jade Emperor are already high enough.
Going further up.
Then we've really hit a deeper hole.
Just then, the system seed in Chen Fan's sea of consciousness trembled violently once again.
Even more ruthless than before.
That impulse almost surged through my veins, lunging at the tattered pages like a ravenous frenzy.
[A reminder]
This fragment can be absorbed.
[After absorption, one reverse reading of the draft can be unlocked]
[Absorption may trigger a gaze recovery]
Reclaim your gaze.
Another new word.
Chen Fan's temples were throbbing.
The benefits are significant.
The risks are also obvious.
Reading the manuscript in reverse, the name itself suggests something formidable.
We might be able to see an even earlier record.
But that phrase "reclaiming attention" is clearly not a joke.
Seeing Chen Fan's unusual expression, Tang Seng immediately asked, "The system activated again?"
Chen Fan repeated the instructions.
Even Zongwu fell silent.
Reading the manuscript in reverse is amazing.
Everyone knows that if this step succeeds, many mysteries will be solved.
But the phrase "reclaiming attention" hangs like a knife over one's head.
Sun Wukong stared at the fragment and suddenly grinned.
"I have a way."
"Take a little first."
"Don't gulp it down."
Pigsy laughed as soon as he heard that.
"Hey Monkey King, are you drinking this like alcohol?"
Sun Wukong, carrying his staff, glanced at him.
"Shut up."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Fan.
"If you want to eat that seed, let it lick it once."
"If anything happens, I'll dig it out of your head right here and now."
Chen Fan was just joking with him.
"Do you really think I'm made of iron?"
"If I pry it out, how am I supposed to live?"
"Whether he lives or dies is another matter, at least we won't lose out," Sun Wukong chuckled.
Upon hearing this, the tense atmosphere on the mountaintop eased slightly.
Tang Sanzang quickly brought up the main topic.
"no."
"We can try to absorb it."
"But finish the appendix first."
"Add another partition."
"Sever the fragment from the base. Otherwise, if we touch it, the advancement of the entire Flower Fruit Mountain will be affected."
That's a solid statement.
Chen Fan also agreed.
Everyone immediately sped up their work.
Half an incense stick later, the appendix backup was finally completed.
On the black bone fragment in Zongwu's hand, seventy percent of the writing on the remaining pages had already been copied.
Tang Sanzang's side was also sealed with a Buddhist-patterned outer shell.
Yang Jian then copied down that unfamiliar mark.
Just as I finished doing all that, the torn page suddenly trembled.
It felt like someone tugged at it from the other end.
Tang Sanzang's expression changed.
"quick."
"It's really going to be taken away."
Without further hesitation, Chen Fan flipped his hand and pressed down on the torn page.
"System seed".
"Smoke 10%."
"Try it first."
The voice just fell.
The seed in his mind suddenly lit up.
A thin black-gold thread pierced through Chen Fan's palm and suddenly plunged into the tattered page.
The words on the tattered page instantly became jumbled.
The words "Wuzhishan," "Chen Fan," and "not yet registered" seemed to come alive, frantically circling the page.
The wind suddenly picked up at the mountaintop.
The base continued to hum.
Sun Wukong took a step forward, his golden cudgel held horizontally in front of Chen Fan.
"Everyone who comes here has to get past me."
Chen Fan stared intently at the piece of paper.
All that could be seen on the front of the tattered page was the writing being swallowed by the seeds.
But on the back, another line of even finer annotations slowly seeped out.
Those words were even colder than the ones before them.
It's as if someone stood far away and casually wrote it down.
One word at a time, they emerged.
The moment Chen Fan saw it clearly, the back of his neck exploded.
Because it says on it—
"The error variable has not been cleared."
Chapter 264 Error Variable, Old Draft Begins to Swarm Chen Fan
"The error variable has not been cleared."
The moment those words appeared, the mountaintop fell silent.
The next moment, a cold laugh suddenly came from the crack in the sky.
The sound wasn't loud.
But everyone could hear it clearly.
It felt like someone was speaking right next to your ear.
"I knew this batch of drafts would backfire; it turns out there are still survivors."
Chen Fan suddenly looked up.
A figure in a gray robe emerged from behind the rift.
He wasn't tall, and his face was ordinary; he would have been inconspicuous in a crowd. But the moment he appeared, all the remaining golden threads around him gathered around him, as if they had seen their master.
The man looked down at the torn page in Chen Fan's hand.
He glanced at Chen Fan again.
His expression changed instantly.
"It's you."
Sun Wukong swung his staff horizontally, blocking the way.
"Do you recognize your grandfather?"
The gray-robed man ignored him, staring only at Chen Fan, the corners of his mouth slowly turning upwards.
"This comment was left by an outer reviewer."
"There are only two possibilities for it to actively display the text."
"One possibility is that the target of the old manuscript has reappeared."
"Another possibility is that the wrong variable is right in front of you."
Everyone around the mountaintop had a completely different expression.
Bajie cursed first: "Damn it, what do you mean by 'erroneous variable'? You're just spouting nonsense."
The man in the gray robe then glanced at him sideways.
"You people from Flower Fruit Mountain, after all this commotion, you really think you're outsiders?"
"Chen Fan is not as simple as your strategist."
"In the old manuscript's tags, he was a clearing target with a higher priority than Flower Fruit Mountain."
As soon as those words were spoken, the wind pressure suddenly dropped from all sides.
The light nets that were originally locking down Flower Fruit Mountain have started to turn.
No more pressing down on the mountain.
They're all coming for Chen Fan.
The Buddha and the Jade Emperor, suspended high in the sky, simultaneously changed their expressions.
They seemed to have received new instructions.
The Jade Emperor spoke first, his voice icy cold.
"Change of frozen object".
The Buddha lowered his eyes, and Buddhist light surged in his hands.
"Main target: Chen Fan."
The area around Huaguo Mountain was completely destroyed.
"Bullshit!"
The Bull Demon King took a step forward and slammed his iron cudgel into the ground, causing the rocks to tremble.
"First you charged at the mountain, now you're charging at people. Do you think I'm some kind of monster?"
Yang Jian remained silent.
He simply took a step forward.
With a gentle turn, the three-pointed double-edged sword turned so that the blade faced outwards.
The position was right in front of Chen Fan's left.
Sun Wukong glanced at Yang Jian, then at the Bull Demon King, and grinned.
"OK."
"Now everyone's here."
"Anyone who wants to mess with Old Chen should try the three of us first."
Even the gray-robed man opposite paused at this sight.
He clearly hadn't expected it.
Chen Fan is no longer just the strategist of Huaguo Mountain.
It's the most untouchable point in the entire situation.
Tang Sanzang also stepped forward, his cassock clinging to his legs in the wind, and he spoke softly.
"This humble monk is not skilled in fighting."
"But if anyone wants to use Benefactor Chen as a sacrifice, then it's better not to recite this scripture today."
The white dragon horse exhaled a breath of hot air from its nose, its dragon scales shimmering faintly.
Pigsy leaned to the right, carrying his rake, still cursing.
"Old draft, old draft, it's driving this old pig crazy. If you want to kill someone, just say so, stop pretending to be so profound."
The gray-robed man stared at the group, his composure finally fading.
He raised his hand, as if pointing at something.
"Outer proxy system, reset pointers."
"The old target has been downgraded."
"New target identified, error variable: Chen Fan."
hum-
陈凡手背猛地一烫。
He looked down.
一直藏在皮下的接口印记，竟浮了出来。
原本是淡金色。
现在边缘发黑，像墨汁渗进纸里，一圈圈往里咬。
Chen Fan's heart sank.
这不是简单压制。
这是在污染接口。
对方想把他从续写基台的权限里踢出去。
甚至直接剥夺。
续写基台立刻有了反应。
石台上那些光纹开始乱跳。
刚刚还听话的权限流，忽明忽暗，像要断。
孙悟空第一个回头。
"Old Chen, what's going on?"
陈凡看了一眼手背，抬手直接把袖子撸了上去。
「他们在抢接口权。」
「想把我从基台上抹掉。」
这话一出，山顶气氛更炸。
牛魔王张嘴就骂：「抹他奶奶个腿！」
杨戬眉心天眼半开，冷冷扫向灰袍人。
「你不是普通代理。」
「你见过外层规则。」
灰袍人淡淡道：「见过，所以才知道他该死。」
「花果山升格，还有补缝机会。」
「错误变量不除，旧稿会一直失控。」
Chen Fan suddenly smiled.
不是装出来的那种。
He really laughed.
他抬头看向那灰袍人，声音不急。
「你绕了半天，还在拿旧稿吓人。」
「行，那我问你。」
「谁定义我是错误变量？」
灰袍人面色一冷。
「真核定义。」
Chen Fan took a step forward.
孙悟空想拦。
陈凡抬手，示意不用。
「那就让真核出来说。」
「别躲在后面丢批注。」
「当着三界的面，公开讲清楚。」
「什幺叫错误变量。」
这几句话，乾脆得很。
山顶所有人都听得清。
连如来和玉帝都微微眯了眼。
灰袍人嘴角一抽。
「你也配问真核？」
Chen Fan retorted directly.
「我不配，你配？」
「你一个外层跑腿的，拿半句话就想定人生死。」
「花果山被冻结，你们说流程有问题。」
「十万脱册者压下来，你们说是补缝。」
「现在发现压不住了，就改口说我是错的。」
「你们这套，骗小孩呢？」
八戒立刻接上。
「就是，搁这改卷子呢？」
The Bull Demon King laughed heartily.
「先前还冲着山来，现在冲着人来。再过会儿，是不是要说天塌了也怪陈凡？」
花果山众妖也都反应过来，骂声一片。
灰袍人脸色越来越难看。
他刚要开口，续写基台忽然震了一下。
这一震，比前几次都狠。
石台中心直接升起一道白柱。
白柱穿过云层。
穿过裂口。
像硬生生捅到了更高处。
next second.
一个没有起伏的声音，从天外压了下来。
「准许半句公开。」
The entire room fell silent instantly.
灰袍人连忙低头。
如来与玉帝也同时收声。
连孙悟空都把棒子往下压了压，抬头盯着天上。
陈凡站在白柱边，手背的印记还在发烫。
The voice rang out again.
「错误变量。」
「指脱离原底稿控制的外部活口。」
这半句话一出来，所有人都愣住了。
八戒先是张大嘴。
「外部……活口？」
唐僧瞳孔一缩，立刻看向陈凡。
Yang Jian's face darkened.
孙悟空握棒的手一点点收紧，手背筋都鼓出来了。
牛魔王喉头滚了滚。
「外部……这话啥意思？」
灰袍人这次没得意。
他反而后退了半步，像不想沾上这句话。
陈凡心里却猛地一炸。
外部活口。
这四个字，几乎把他的底掀开了。
He is not from this world.
This is his biggest secret.
可真核只用半句，就把矛头钉死在他头上。
Even more ruthless is...
它没说陈凡做了什幺。
只说他是什幺。
脱离原底稿控制。
外部活口。
这等于告诉所有人，只要陈凡活着，旧稿就不稳。
他才是那个最大的变数。
山顶风越来越急。
无数视线落在陈凡身上。
There was shock.
I have doubts.
也有压不住的杀意。
花果山的人没退。
Not a single one was refunded.
孙悟空第一个往前一站，正好挡住最前面的视线。
「外部活口怎幺了？」
「老陈是俺从五指山下带出来的。」
「他餵了俺一百年果子。」
「他救过花果山。」
「他带俺们走到今天。」
「谁要拿这半句定他死，俺先把他脑袋敲开。」
杨戬紧跟着开口。
「我不管什幺底稿不底稿。」
「我只看人。」
「陈凡到现在，救的人比杀的人多。」
「你们若说他该清除，先拿证据。」
牛魔王更直接。
「证据个屁。」
「俺老牛就一句话，谁动陈凡，俺狠狠干谁。」
八戒把钉耙一摆，龇牙道：「俺也去。」
唐僧双手合十，站在后方，声音稳稳压住风声。
「若真核只剩清除二字，那它也未必配叫真。」
这一句一出，高空中如来眼皮都跳了一下。
灰袍人脸都青了。
他咬牙喝道：「你们知不知道自己在护什幺东西？」
陈凡忽然抬头。
「护的是人。」
"Not a thing."
灰袍人死死盯着他。
「陈凡，你还敢站出来？」
「真核已经定义你了。」
陈凡把手背亮出来，任由那印记继续发黑，声音反而更稳。
「定义我，可以。」
「剥我权限，也可以。」
「那就再公开一点。」
「原底稿是谁写的。」
「外部活口为什幺会进来。」
「我既然能脱离控制，说明你们的底稿本身就有漏洞。」
「有本事，把后半句也放出来。」
「别只敢说半句。」
灰袍人麵皮一抽。
如来和玉帝同时抬头，像也在等。
天上的那个声音沉默了。
Take a breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
所有人都盯着天外。
就在这时，裂口尽头忽然传来一阵刺耳的摩擦声。
像有人拿刀，一层层刮开天幕。
The sound was getting closer.
It's getting heavier and heavier.
那股压迫，比灰袍人强得多。
如来先变色。
玉帝袖中手掌也一下握紧。
灰袍人更是脸色煞白，猛地转身跪下。
「清稿流程……怎幺提前了？」
陈凡心头一跳，立刻抬头。
裂口深处，有第三道身影缓缓降下。
那人全身罩在黑白交错的长袍里，手里拖着一把极长的铁笔。
笔尖一路划过虚空。
所过之处，连光都被切成一段一段。
他还没完全落下，续写基台就开始疯狂震动。
陈凡手背上的接口印记，黑线瞬间暴涨，直接咬到中心。
天外那个没有起伏的声音，此刻只落下两个字。
「清稿者。」
孙悟空抬起金箍棒，咧嘴笑了。
只是那笑里一点轻鬆都没有。
"Old Chen."
「这回来的，像个真狠货。」
第265章清稿者，要删的不是剧情是人
山顶的风一下子变了。
像有人把整片天翻过来，压在花果山上。
那黑白长袍的人刚落地半尺，续写基台就「咔咔」裂了两道纹。檯面上那两个古字忽明忽暗，像随时会被擦掉。
陈凡手背一阵刺痛。
接口印记往里缩，又猛地炸开。
系统面板自己跳了出来。
【warning】
【检测到清稿权限】
【当前主体存在删除风险】
孙悟空骂了一声，金箍棒往地上一顿。
「装神弄鬼。你要删谁，先问俺老孙答不答应。」
清稿者没看他。
那张脸藏在袍影里，只露出一截下巴，白得像没见过太阳。他手里那支铁笔已经不见了，取而代之的是一把细长的刀。
刀身很薄。
像一页纸折出来的边。
刀锋一偏，四周就有细碎黑线浮出来。那些黑线不是裂缝，更像字被硬生生割开后的口子。
陈凡看了一眼，头皮发麻。
那玩意不是砍肉身的。
是砍「线」的。
清稿者终于开口，声音平平，听不出半点火气。
「错误变量，陈凡。」
「来源不明。接入异常。扩散严重。」
「按规，先删出生线。」
这话一落，山顶所有人脸都变了。
八戒先炸毛了。
「啥叫删出生线？你他娘说人话。」
牛魔王提着混铁棍，牙都咬响了。
杨戬一步上前，三尖两刃刀横在身前，眼神冷得发沉。
唐僧没说话，手已经按在书页上。
陈凡自己反而最先反应过来。
出生线。
这狗东西第一刀，不是打，不是镇，不是封。
是从根上抹。
你现在活得好好的，他一刀下去，你这个人从一开始就没来过。
tough enough.
真够狠。
"Old Chen, step back."
孙悟空声音压得很低。
陈凡刚要动，清稿者已经抬手。
too fast.
没有蓄势，没有怒喝。
就像随手翻了一页书。
laugh--
那一刀落下时，陈凡眼前整个世界都斜了一下。
他不是看到刀。
他是先看到自己脚下多出一条线。
那线从花果山山顶一路往后拖，拖过积雷山，拖过流沙河，拖过五指山，最后扎进一片他根本看不清的灰白里。
那像是他刚穿过来时的地方。
像是他「出现」的起点。
而现在，删线刀就斩在那上面。
陈凡胸口猛地一空。
像有人把心口那团火直接挖走。
接口印记疯狂发烫。
系统主界面一片雪花。
真核种子在识海里乱撞，撞得他眼前直发黑。
下一刻，他左手竟开始变淡。
It's not a hallucination.
那只手像从纸面上被水抹了一下，边缘都糊了。
"Chen Fan!"
白龙马第一个看见，厉喝出声。
Pigsy's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
「妈的，他真在没了！」
孙悟空双眼一下红了，脚下石台直接炸开。
"You're asking for it!"
金箍棒带着山顶半数气浪，照着清稿者脑门砸下。
这一棒太猛。
空中都响起一串爆音。
清稿者抬刀，横拦。
clang!
花果山上空像炸开一口钟。
续写基台猛沉三寸。
四周山石成片崩碎。
清稿者身子第一次晃了一下，袍角裂开半边。孙悟空也没占便宜，手臂一震，虎口裂开一条血口，血珠顺着棒身往下滑。
围观的脱册者全懵了。
他们早就见过孙悟空打天兵，砸金仙，掀佛阵。
可还是头一次见到，有人能正面吃这一棒，只退半步。
"Is this even human?"
「那刀到底什幺来头！」
「连大圣都压不住？」
清稿者依旧不看别人。
他盯着陈凡那条正在模糊的左臂，像在确认删改进度。
「出生线切开百分之三。」
"continue."
他说完，刀锋再压半寸。
陈凡脑子里「轰」的一下。
他听见很多声音。
有五指山下石头掉落的声响，有自己第一次给猴子递果子时的喘息，还有系统激活时那道冰冷提示。
那些声音开始乱。
乱到像有人拿手在一页页撕他的过去。
陈凡膝盖一软，差点跪下。
他咬住舌尖，血一下涌进嘴里，腥气沖鼻。
You cannot kneel.
这一跪，线就真断了。
"System, hold on!"
【warning】
【接口印记受压】
【主体存在脱离三界叙事风险】
【真核自保启动中】
「启动你大爷，给我想办法！」
陈凡吼完，七窍都在嗡鸣。
就在这时，杨戬动了。
他没去砍清稿者本体。
他直接盯上那道看不见的刀势余波。
三尖两刃刀一转，天眼豁然张开。
「给我现！」
一道冷光从他眉心劈下。
空中原本无形的刀势，竟真显出半截灰线。
杨戬一步踏出，刀锋顺着那灰线正中劈落。
Click!
半空炸出一串尖响。
像有人把细瓷片捏碎了。
清稿者第一次偏头，看了杨戬一眼。
「司法线残留者。」
「你也该删。」
杨戬冷笑，手腕一压，硬把那刀势余波斩成两段。
「你先活着走出花果山再说。」
余波一断，陈凡胸口那股空蕩感顿时缓了半分。
淡掉的左手重新凝了一点。
Not much, but enough.
孙悟空抓住这点空子，身形一晃，直接贴脸。
「还敢看别人？」
boom!
第二棒砸在删线刀侧面。
这次不是硬碰硬，是抡圆了砸偏。
清稿者手里的刀终于发出一声脆响，刀尖崩出一块碎屑，旋着飞了出去。
Chen Fan's eyes lit up immediately.
Broken?
这玩意能碎？
清稿者袍袖一震，想把碎屑收回。
唐僧却在这时提笔狂写。
不是写经。
是写附录。
他掌下那本册子飞快翻页，一行墨字横着冲出。
「清稿者已入局。」
四个字一成，整个花果山的气机猛地一扣。
像有一道门「啪」地关上了。
清稿者动作微微一滞。
the first time.
他被这地方的规则咬住了。
唐僧额头青筋都冒出来了，袖子也被震裂一截，还是死死按着笔。
「你不是站在局外删人吗？」
"Come in."
「进来了，就别想乾净出去。」
八戒看得头皮发炸，转头就吼。
「和尚，牛啊！」
牛魔王也抓准机会，混铁棍从侧面扫来，白龙马一口龙息直喷刀身。
一时间，山顶轰声不断。
脱册者们也跟着红了眼。
"Get him!"
「删我们主心骨，真当花果山没人了！」
"Smash it!"
数百道攻击一股脑砸过去。
打不死也得狠狠干他一层皮。
清稿者站在中间，长袍被轰出一连串破口，脚下总算退了三步。
可他那声音还是没起伏。
「入局，也是职责。」
「我本就是为删人而来。」
这话听得众人心里发凉。
这不是那种高高在上的装逼。
这东西是真把删人当做做事。
没喜怒。
No nonsense.
越这样，越瘮人。
陈凡喘着粗气，趁乱往后退了半步，眼角却死死盯着那枚刀尖碎屑。
它落在裂开的基台边上，正微微发黑。
系统种子在识海里跟疯了一样撞。
want to eat.
Chen Fan understood instantly.
「过去，吞了它。」
【风险过高】
「少废话，吞！」
真核种子一闪，顺着接口印记悄悄探出一缕黑线，像小蛇一样从石缝里钻过去，一口捲住那块碎屑。
清稿者猛地低头。
"Um?"
他显然察觉到了。
可孙悟空根本不给他回手的机会，一棒接一棒往下压。
"Look there!"
"Your grandfather is here!"
Bang bang bang!
三棒连落，清稿者手中的删线刀被震得直响。
另一边，陈凡已经把那块碎屑拖回体内。
刚一碰到种子，碎屑直接化开。
It lacks spiritual energy.
No magic power.
只有一堆断掉的字，一堆边角批注，还有一些藏在字缝里的细线。
系统面板一阵乱跳。
【检测到清稿残屑】
【正在吸收】
【获得能力雏形：隐藏注释】
【效果未知，需继续补全】
陈凡脑子一震。
紧接着，他看东西忽然多了一层。
It's not a hallucination.
而是在清稿者身边，他隐约看到几行很淡的小字，一闪一闪，像藏在袍袖和刀柄之间。
字太残，只能辨出半截。
「主清……错误变量……」
「拒演……优先级……」
"Wukong..."
陈凡心脏狠狠一跳。
it works.
这能力不是正面打人的。
是偷看底子。
看到对方藏起来的批注。
They made a fortune.
他刚要再看，清稿者忽然一刀逼退孙悟空，目光第一次真正落在陈凡脸上。
那目光像刀尖扎过来。
「你窃取了清稿权限碎片。」
「错误升级。」
「陈凡，删除等级上调。」
八戒听完脸都绿了。
「你娘的，偷你点边角料也算升级？」
Chen Fan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and instead smiled.
"Getting impatient?"
「看来这东西，真是好货。」
孙悟空一听也乐了，笑里全是狠劲。
「老陈抢你东西，那是给你脸。」
「有本事拿回去。」
清稿者没接这茬。
他抬起删线刀，刀身上忽然浮出一道金黑交缠的痕。
那痕一出现，孙悟空后背的猴毛齐齐炸起。
杨戬也猛地喝了一声。
「大圣，退！」
But it was too late.
清稿者这次不再看陈凡。
刀锋一转，直接指向孙悟空。
那一瞬，陈凡通过刚得到的隐藏注释，看清了刀身上浮出的半行字。
"Proof of refusal to perform: complete suture removal."
陈凡脸色大变，声音都劈了。
「猴子，闪开！他第二刀不是砍你身子！」
「他要切你的拒演线！」
孙悟空刚抬头，清稿者已经一刀落下。
刀光没冲着猴子脖子去。
它冲着孙悟空头顶上方那条谁都看不见的线，笔直斩了过去。