Their commission was suspicious.

“…I’ll do it.” Yae volunteered.

Ziyuan Town is not big, but there are still horse-drawn carriages.

"With a carriage, we should be able to travel faster and set up the formation before the beast appears, giving it a surprise," Guan Xing said confidently.

“I think you might have some misunderstanding about when the strange beasts appear,” Chen Luo suddenly said.

"Hmm? What insight does the Genie have?" Guan Xing asked, somewhat surprised.

"Guanxing, do you know? This world is quite hostile towards you."

"What do you mean?" Guan Xing paused for a moment, then sensed that he might hear something ominous.

"Theoretically speaking, as long as we are fast enough, we can finish setting up the formation before the alien beasts appear. However, as you speed up the formation, the appearance of the alien beasts is also accelerating."

"Hmm?" Guan Xing frowned.

"Perhaps you understand now, the appearance of this strange beast must be before you have finished setting up the entire formation. If you speed up, the appearance of the strange beast will also speed up; if you slow down, the strange beast will not wait for you."

"Huh? I think this beast wants me dead!" Guan Xing was shocked when he heard Chen Luo say this for the first time.

"Have I offended the world?" Guan Xing then asked.

Guan Xing couldn't understand why he was wrong when he was saving the country and the world.

Why is the world targeting us like this?

"To be precise, it's not that the world is targeting you, but rather that after I observed your possible future failure, the world bubble also observed it. After summarizing your countless futures, the world bubble came to the conclusion that you are destined to fail."

"Because of this conclusion, the current result is that the alien beasts will always be at least one step ahead of you."

"This is so unfair! Why..."

Guan Xing wanted to ask why those things that haven't happened yet, which are just possible future outcomes, could affect what's happening now... But when he thought of the few glimpses of himself he'd seen, filled with despair, self-blame, and devoid of light in his eyes, Guan Xing was speechless.

Those were not other people, but oneself, the self that stubbornly forged ahead towards the right outcome in one's own heart.

Even when imprisoned, I refuse to give up...

"Raven, you don't mind if I deduct ten thousand taels of gold from your account, do you?" Guan Xing suddenly said.

"Ah, why?" the raven asked, disgruntled.

"Because you entered the carriage with your left foot first."

"..." Raven opened its mouth, looked at Chen Luo in the stargazing instrument, sighed, and nodded in agreement.

Yesterday afternoon, while Guanxing was setting up the formation, Chen Luo and Raven also discussed the future possibilities of Guanxing.

When Raven learned that he had personally eliminated half of the dozens of possibilities for the future stargazing, he understood why the stargazing was targeting him.

The raven didn't think there was anything wrong with taking money to do things, just as it didn't think there was anything wrong with stargazing.

Considering that the stargazing was only deducting money from his own account and that he didn't intend to discard the useful person after using them, and that he was guaranteed at least 10 taels of gold, Raven tolerated it.

Fine, fine, you have too many unfulfilled wishes, you've died too many times, you get to decide.

After everyone had packed their luggage and entered the carriage, Yae drove the carriage into the distance.

Meanwhile, the stargazer, who had taken the time to betray the raven, resumed his discussion with Chen Luo.

"So now every step I take is being targeted by the world?" Guan Xing asked.

"Not entirely. After you get past the beginner level, which is Raven, the world's focus on you is more about preventing you from sealing away the alien beasts," Chen Luo shook his head.

"But if I can't seal the beasts and cause widespread death, that would be the death of me!" Guan Xing shook his head.

The Stargazer would never allow such a thing.

This country can no longer withstand this kind of turmoil.

"But you don't need to worry too much. The world's observation mechanism is static, but you are a living being. And you still have me. All the world can do is target you when you face a crossroads of choices."

"... "

“You still don’t seem very happy,” Chen Luo said, looking at Guan Xing’s calm expression.

“I’m lucky enough now, but those future possibilities… I know they’re not the future we’ll actually reach, but I still feel a little uneasy.” Guan Xing sighed.

“I understand. That sense of loss when facing a choice in life, taking a different path, and seeing what you have lost or gained on that path, is something everyone who encounters fate will face.” Chen Luo nodded.

"Mr. Genie, you are so understanding." The stargazer played with the stargazing instrument.

Guan Xing felt that Chen Luo had spoken to his heart.

"Because I've experienced something like that myself."

"Huh? Tell me more?" Guan Xing became interested.

"Forget it, it's nothing interesting anyway." Chen Luo shook his head.

What Chen Luo was referring to was the incident one day when Yvette suddenly began dreaming about the past that the original world consciousness had defined for Chen Luo.

That is something that hasn't happened yet, but it is something that Chen Luo could definitely achieve.

Chen Luo downloaded all the memories of that unrealized possibility from Yvette's memory.

However, no matter which path Chen Luo takes, as long as he doesn't choose the path of obtaining the Origin Stone by stopping the activity of other people's souls, the difference in Chen Luo's future will not be too great, so Chen Luo's sense of loss is not very high.

Stargazing is different; the path he is currently on is vastly different from the possibilities he knows.

"Mr. Genie knows all my possibilities, but he won't even tell me about one of his own. Isn't that a bit too shameless?"

"..." Chen Luo did not respond.

Chen Luo knew that he could obtain some information by observing the star-gazing instrument, so he didn't bother to explain it himself.

Stargazing didn't continue the conversation either, because Stargazing really intended to go see for himself.

“By the way, these are all 36 possibilities for your future.” Chen Luo suddenly pulled out 36 shattered lenses.

Guan Xing, without changing his expression, closed the photo of Chen Luo that he was looking at, and then looked in the direction of the sound.

All that could be seen in Chen Luo's hand, inside the star-gazing instrument, were 36 mirror-like fragments floating in his hand.

Chen Luo was already quite small, and the fragments in his hand were even smaller, yet Guan Xing was strangely able to clearly see the cover on them.

And the stargazers could keenly see that more than 20 of the 36 possibilities had become a thing of the past, evidenced by the fact that those fragments had become dimmer than the others.

However, some possibilities have not disappeared.

This document records the challenges and difficulties that Guanxing might face in the future. However, Guanxing was confident that with Chen Luo's help and his own intelligence, he would be able to overcome the remaining difficulties. Therefore, he did not ask Chen Luo to examine it in detail.

"Why is the Genie taking out these fragments now?" asked the Star Gazer.

Guan Xing had some understanding of these fragments. He heard Chen Luo say that although these were only possibilities, since these fragments had been presented to Chen Luo and made a wish upon him, Chen Luo could materialize these possibilities through the medium of the wish.

"Since I've finished all the books and am a bit bored, I thought I'd help you out," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo has finished consuming all the Soul Books he obtained from the Ancient Tree of Wisdom, and the knowledge has naturally entered his mind. With more practice, he can fully digest all the knowledge.

This digestion process is tedious, so Chen Luo always has to find something to kill time.

"Help me?" Guan Xing didn't understand Chen Luo's meaning.

"The world's conclusion that you are destined to fail because of these possibilities is not only a challenge for you, but also an opportunity."

"Oh, how do you explain that?" Guan Xing asked curiously.

Guan Xing has always been extremely curious since childhood. After meeting Chen Luo and learning some knowledge he had never known before, his previously dormant curiosity was aroused.

The evidence is that the stargazer was touching and tampering with the stargazer where Chen Luo was staying every day.

"Before explaining this opportunity, I'd like to ask you, have you ever heard of Star Soul?"

"Uh, never heard of it." Guan Xing shook his head.

If nothing unexpected happens, this Star Soul should also be knowledge from another world, right?

The Genie knows he has no way to contact the other world, so why did he ask that question?

"So what exactly did you see with this stargazing instrument? Star Soul is a term used to describe the world of the owner of the stargazing instrument you possess, meaning a kind of infinite possibilities for that destiny traveler," Chen Luo said.

"..." Guan Xing's gaze was somewhat unfocused.

You can't exactly say you've been using this stargazing instrument to look at photos of Chen Luo when he was a child, can you? That would be too embarrassing.

But can this stargazing instrument also be used to look up information on this topic? That would be really convenient.

At Chen Luo's prompting, Guan Xing checked the explanation of the so-called Star Soul on the star-gazing instrument.

As Chen Luo just said, one's path is often seen as how far a traveler has gone on the path he has insisted on.

The Star Soul represents this traveler on their destiny's crossroads, extending onto other paths and thus forging another possibility.

If a star soul is acquired through special means and superimposed on a person, it may cause a qualitative change in that person's power.

After reading the explanations of these terms, Guan Xing subconsciously closed the interface he was reading and looked at the 36 fragments in Chen Luo's hand in the star-gazing instrument, which reflected his future [possibilities].

"Yes, that's right. Because these countless possibilities that reflect your future have been observed and acknowledged by the world's consciousness, you are being targeted by this world. Conversely, since the world has acknowledged these as your future possibilities, it means that these possibilities have been officially certified."

"Through some special methods, it can be transformed into Star Souls, which will help you improve your self-defense capabilities and greatly enhance your future potential and output ceiling," Chen Luo said.

When Chen Luo realized the potential of these possibilities, he understood that while the world bubble harbored considerable malice towards Guan Xing, the world consciousness itself did not.

The operating logic of this world bubble is too rigid, which is why this situation occurs.

But this is also an opportunity.

This situation would not have occurred if it weren't for the special circumstances of the current world bubble and the coincidence of Chen Luo being inside the astronomical instrument, which led to Chen Luo receiving a request from the endless future of the astronomical instrument.

Moreover, this situation cannot be replicated.

At least those people in the bar are irreplaceable, because after Chen Luo intervened in their affairs, their future should not be too tragic, as expected. Precisely because it will not be too tragic, the intensity of their desires may not be enough to cross the scale of time to reach Chen Luo and transform into desires, and then use desires as a medium to summon these possibilities.

Simply put: The people in the bar are living too well.

Only by putting oneself in a life-or-death situation or having an excessively strong obsession can one use Chen Luo's hand to stack up one's destiny.

However, because Chen Luo possesses resurrection magic, once he joins their destiny, they cannot die, and any lingering desires can be fulfilled by Chen Luo…

Great, Chen Luo now has a new research direction.

I'll go back and buy some similar research materials from the Ancient Tree of Wisdom.

Perhaps this could also become a buff for Chen Luo.

"Does the Genie mean that you can turn these 36 possibilities from the future into my Star Soul? I can obtain 36 layers of Star Soul?" Guanxing asked.

"Probably not. I mean you can't obtain 36 layers of Star Souls, because theoretically, the maximum number of Star Souls a person can withstand is only 6. And although you have many possibilities, there aren't many forks in the road. For example, the fate of you about 20 people dying at the hands of the Ravens can only be counted as one Star Soul. Because the reason for failure in that possibility is the same," Chen Luo said.

Although the 20 possible ways of dying are not exactly the same, they are all caused by ravens, so they can only be considered as one possibility.

“Raven…” Stargazer suddenly looked up at the raven sitting diagonally in front of him.

"Ah, what's wrong?" The raven, who had been lost in thought, suddenly sat up straight.

“…It’s nothing.” Guan Xing looked Raven up and down and found that it was indeed difficult to find fault with Raven now, so he gave up the idea of ​​deducting ten thousand taels of gold from him.

Even when a superior makes things difficult for a subordinate, there are still basic rules to follow.

"Then, Genie, how many more Star Souls can I obtain at most?" Stargazer asked.

"Let me count... Raven is one, Beichen Yaxin is one, Yae is one, General Youlan is one, that tutor named Wolf is barely one, and the last strange beast is one. In short, if we include that Wolf, that makes exactly six Star Souls," Chen Luo said after calculating.

"So it's just for filling a quota, right? But won't that affect the effect of the Star Soul?" Guan Xing asked.

"While the failure of this possibility cannot be entirely attributed to the jackals, but rather to Bailu City, it's not a big problem. Sometimes the quantity of star souls is more important than their quality," Chen Luo said.

"But the quantity is limited."

“Yes, the quantity is limited. I know you’re referring to the upper limit, but many people can’t even get one Star Soul. It’s already a rare achievement that you were able to obtain six Star Souls. You shouldn’t push yourself too hard,” Chen Luo said.

"But……"

“Of course, if you want to add another challenge, there’s a way. For example… I can kill you and then go back in time. That way, I’ll become your challenge. Once you retain your memories and go back to a few days ago, you might be able to successfully complete the game on your own by following the walkthrough. Want to give it a try?” Chen Luo asked.

"Forget it, let that jackal pretend to be someone else," Guan Xing quickly shook his head.

“Actually, you don’t need to worry about a mediocre destiny seat. It doesn’t have a big impact. In the Star Soul system, only two layers are truly important,” Chen Luo said, holding up two fingers.

Which two floors?

“One soul, two souls, or six souls. The former is jokingly referred to as the complete form, and the latter as a qualitative change. So as long as you have these two layers, the strength of other effects is basically negligible,” Chen Luo said.

"I see..."

"You're very lucky. Your 36 possibilities perfectly match the Star Soul system. Besides the exact number of 6, the difficulty is also quite in line with the standards."