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Chapter 133 - 97 Joker Crown! Plans and Schemes (2 more for subscription)

Chapter 133: Chapter 97 Joker Crown! Plans and Schemes (2 more for subscription)

[Remaining number of starts for today: 2/3]

[You may freely choose between the following two modes]

[Legend Mode] {Create/Continue}

[Expedition Mode]

...

Xu Shu’s gaze swept over the Tai Chu Scroll.

Compared to when he previously chose Legend Mode, which would prompt him directly about the number of attempts consumed to enter,

now it was different—after an incident-free stop yesterday, it had expanded to include two branches.

"Looking at this, perhaps Expedition Mode also has two states, but it wasn’t triggered in the safety zone yesterday; I wonder where it can be triggered."

After pondering for a moment, Xu Shu entered [Legend Mode], and immediately, the screen shifted.

——[Create Legend]: You will carry a random fate, obtain a random identity, and begin your legendary life, measuring the universe, reversing causality.

——[Continue Legend]: You will continue the legend you have created, using the Dao Mark as a base, to trace back to the roots.

[Note, when you continue your legend, an equivalent number of attempts will be consumed to match you with past legendary Daoist marks.]

As fog surged in front of his eyes and completely enveloped him, a slight smile involuntarily curved the corners of Xu Shu’s mouth.

Good, very good!

I haven’t guessed wrong!

To continue a legend, just as the "literal meaning" suggests, is indeed to continue his previous legend.

And, judging by the literal meaning, the choice to continue a legend depending on how many attempts are consumed means choosing to return to the world of legend created with an equal number of attempts.

Speaking of which, what’s this new thing, the Dao Mark? Xu Shu didn’t have any knowledge of this.

Another puzzle was, Xu Shu knew that all three of the legends he had experienced so far had ended in death.

So, how exactly is this legend supposed to continue?

Is it to enter the legend as a Dead Man, viewing the world’s development from the perspective of a "third person" after death?

Or could it be a direct revival, to continue the former journey?

If revival is possible, then [Ancient Martial Dynasty] would be manageable, reviving Wang Teng shouldn’t cause too much impact.

But in the [Kyoto Collapse], Japan had been sunk by divine intervention.

Revive Shen Valley First-class and give "Izanami" another defeat?

Could it be that the so-called continuation is to draw a new identity in those worlds and continue from another perspective?

But this doesn’t seem quite right either.

What about [Sword Qi Frenzy]?

That bizarre, otherworldly eye simply blew away the whole Sword Qi Continent, how could one return there?

"Truly bizarre and strange indeed, well, I shall know once I try. This time I choose to first confirm what’s going on with Sword Qi Frenzy!"

This choice, in fact, held a bit of private desire for Xu Shu.

Because in Sword Qi Frenzy, he had died first, but Thirteen, who had become the Sword Emperor Xuanshuang, hadn’t died back then.

Tai Chu Scroll’s last words also stated "she might escape death."

Now, on the one hand, he wanted to test the specific gameplay of continuing the legend.

On the other hand, he also wanted to see if his paper personage wife was still alive.

As the only sister he had not had relations with, Xu Shu actually liked Xuanshuang the most.

Moreover, the 2-draw Legend Mode, provides the key artifact Sealing Talisman, [Mark Altar], which Xu Shu currently needed.

After contemplating for a moment, he focused his thoughts and jabbed fiercely into the Tai Chu Scroll.

[Legend Mode]——[Continue Legend]

[Please select your number of attempts to consume: 1/2 attempts.]

"Go all in."

[You have consumed 2 attempts to continue the legend.]

[Connecting to legendary Dao Mark, unfolding available legend list for you...]

[Connecting...]

[Connecting...]

[Connecting...]

[...]

Xu Shu quietly waited.

It felt like nearly an hour had passed.

However.

[Connecting...]

"?"

Huh?

What next?

As Xu Shu’s consciousness seemed to rise to an infinite height amid the chaos, he gradually froze.

No options for extracting fate or choosing an identity appeared before his eyes.

Just the ever-repeating [Connecting...]

It was like the endlessly spinning circle during a computer crash, or a progress bar stuck at 99.99%, seemingly close but arguably never completing.

"No way, can the Tai Chu Scroll actually crash?"

Xu Shu wanted to exit, but at this moment, he couldn’t do anything; he just had to wait in silence.

Damn, he found himself firmly trapped!

Time ticked away.

After an indeterminate amount of time had passed, the scene before Xu Shu finally shifted to reveal the text:

[Connection failed, you haven’t obtained a legendary Dao Mark that can be detected, your attempt to continue the legend was unsuccessful, because it ended before it could begin.]

[Life is like chess, with no remorse for the moves made, yet you are quite unique. You not only refrain from making a move, you’ve even gone without bringing a chessboard. Have you considered the feelings of the player?]

[True to being the master of the Tai Chu Scroll! You didn’t just sever your retreat; you broke the entire path ahead of you, effectively making an eternal, solitary decision!]

"..."

Xu Shu came back to his senses and found himself back in the car, which was parked in a quiet and secluded spot behind the market at the city gate.

It seemed much time had passed, the sun had moved to the west, nearing sunset.

Gu Pan was squatting strangely next to the wheel, looking reproachfully at himself.

Meanwhile, a faint, sweet scent lingered in the air, like the blossoming of gardenias.

However, Xu Shu had no time to consider what was up with Gu Pan at the moment.

The Tai Chu Scroll fluttered open before his eyes:

"Calculating your legend achievements for this attempt..."

"You’ve done excellently this time. You’ve deeply understood the doctrine of purity and inaction, and so, you’ve achieved nothing."