Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

"Knock knock knock!"

This was the sound of Chen Xi and Lin Fan's feet as they moved.

The road surface beneath Chen Xi's feet was made of a material he didn't understand; it couldn't be simply described as soft or hard.

The sky here is still covered by endless black clouds. Perhaps because of the whiteness, the darkness is somewhat neutralized, and the visibility is not as dark as outside.

"Chen Xi, you've noticed it too, haven't you?"

"Um."

"I never imagined that this white pagoda would also be eternally equidistant."

"It's just that this distance is different from before; it's been stretched to a very, very large distance."

"We've been running for so long, but we haven't gotten any closer to our target."

Chen Xi instinctively looked around, trying to find something different about the place.

But the emptiness of the surrounding white space left Chen Xi, who suffers from hyperthymesia, somewhat helpless.

"This path is a bit blocked. How about you simulate the power of the [Treasure-Hunting Rat]?"

Lin Fan's [Transformation at Will] can be said to be the ultimate all-rounder. With his current strength, the effect he summons is probably even stronger than that of the class monitor.

At the same time, this is also a point of confusion for Chen Xi. Even without the "treasure hunting expert," wouldn't the "Emperor" work?

So why focus on the "treasure hunter"? Chen Xi believes that it's largely just about giving the "cleaner" a place, but the "treasure hunter" has indeed found something extraordinary.

This can be seen from the debate between Paradise Lost, where the two sides seemed to be having a debate, each with their own reasons.

"Okay." Without saying a word, Lin Fan slapped the ground.

But apart from the "thump" sound, nothing came out; it was just massaging the floor.

"Huh?" This situation surprised Lin Fan.

He then tried a few more times.

"Knock knock knock!"

But each attempt ended in failure; he never managed to summon the Treasure Rat or anything similar.

"What happened? Did your extraordinary abilities disappear?" Chen Xi asked hurriedly.

He is currently still in the [Dominator Domain] state, and if his extraordinary characteristics disappear, Chen Xi should be in the same state.

"No, my extraordinary abilities have not disappeared."

What disappeared was...

"The extraordinary trait of the Treasure-Hunting Rat!"

"I am unable to use any extraordinary abilities similar to the [Treasure Rat], as if this power of 'treasure hunting' simply doesn't exist in this world."

"I understand! I understand!"

Lin Fan suddenly raised his voice, realizing something at that moment:

"I always thought that [Otherworldly Freedom] was omnipotent, but it is not truly omnipotent. Rather, it is a pseudo-omnipotent based on the abilities of other identities."

Chen Xi was silent for a moment:

"So, in this blank slate world we're in now, there's no such thing as a 'treasure hunter'?"

"No wonder..."

"This explains why the 'cleaner' replaced the 'treasure hunter.' Even if the 'emperor' were still alive, he wouldn't be able to wield similar powers without the 'treasure hunter' identity."

"That's right! It also shows that this isn't the world we originally lived in."

"Not only that..." Lin Fan hesitated, his hand fidgeting with something, yet fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead despite him not doing anything.

"really......"

"It's not just 'Treasure Hunting Expert,' I just tested it with [Otherworldly Freedom], and all the extraordinary characteristics of those with serial numbers after 200 are gone!"

"After 200..."

"Why does it have to be after 200...?"

Chen Xi murmured repeatedly.

"Is there anything special about 200?" Lin Fan asked, puzzled.

"I don't know if it counts as special, but the identity of Sequence 201 happens to be 'Painter'!"

"The 'painter' is also an identity that shapes the world, and right now, it happens to be a blank canvas!"

"I always feel there's some kind of inexplicable connection between us."

To be honest, Chen Xi really wants to try out the [Pole Vault] ability, since the origin of the "Cleaner" and the fact that it cannot be upgraded are both quite special.

However, the [Dominator's Domain] must remain open. It has been accumulating power for so long, and Chen Xi cannot shut it down now to conduct an experiment that has little meaning.

Faced with the eternally equidistant white tower, the two had already stopped and stood still. This foolish way of moving forward was just a waste of time.

The goal is clear: to get closer to that white tower.

If things proceeded in the original world, one would need to find a city that had been swallowed up, and then proceed towards increasingly darker locations based on color depth.

In this world, Chen Xi doesn't know if such a place exists, and even if it does, where would he find it?

Just as Chen Xi was deep in thought, a strange movement suddenly came from the ground beneath his feet.

"Um?"

Both of them reacted quickly and noticed the abnormality immediately.

Take a step back to avoid it in advance.

Then, in less than a second, without any warning, a piece of white paper suddenly emerged from the white ground.

Chen Xi and his companion quickly identified the target: a piece of white paper shaped like a hand, as if it had been cut from paper.

Soon, the palms rose continuously, pulling out the arms, torso, and legs behind.

And so, a white paper figure, 2 meters tall, without facial features, color, hairstyle, or clothing, and whose weight and gender were indistinguishable, stood in front of Chen Xi and the other two.

But that wasn't the end. After this white paper figure appeared, one after another, white paper figures sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Chen Xi glanced at it and saw that there were already more than 500, and the number was still increasing.

"A one-cost warrior?" Lin Fan suddenly exclaimed.

"Is this its name?"

"And also, you... you're using the power of a 'lawyer'?"

Lin Fan nodded, then looked at the increasing number of paper warriors approaching him, his expression darkening:

"You're not very good at 1vN right now, so I'll take care of this."

After Lin Fan finished speaking, he took a deep breath, and his belly instantly swelled to the size of a three-year pregnancy. Then he exhaled sharply, and a ball of flame with specks of golden light, like a wave on the sea, covered the densely packed paper figures in front of him.

"This must be the power of serial number 151, 'The Arsonist,' right?"

"The emperor's extraordinary abilities are truly convenient."

Looking at the white paper figures engulfed in flames, Chen Xi muttered to himself.

After doing all that, Lin Fan reached out and pulled Chen Xi over: "This way."

"My auspicious day tells me that this is the right way to go."

And so, the two quickly left the inferno.

After walking a distance, Chen Xi looked back and saw that the flames Lin Fan had exhaled had disappeared, and the white paper figures had also vanished.

Without much thought, the two figures quickly disappeared into the distance.

......

......

Paradise Lost.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of an open door.

The person in this figure had an ordinary build, but a rather distinctive appearance.

It was a face that could be seen on men, women, young and old at the same time!