Chapter 178 Side Effects

The parchment puffed up its face in anger, crossed its arms, and glared at Fang Yue.

[You idiot Fang Yue, I'm not talking to you anymore!!]

She was already tired from using so much power, so she immediately lay down on the bed, turned to the side, faced away from Fang Yue, and even covered herself with the blanket.

"Asleep?"

[Asleep!!]

Fang Yue scratched his head. So she's asleep, but why did she have to shout so loud.

To be honest, he didn't have a single clue about the Chains of Heaven.

If he had to say if anything in the words left behind by Immortal Wanfa was understandable to him, it would probably be Youquan (Nether Spring).

Youquan, connected to the Youquan Bridge above, and concealed the Bianhua (Flowers of the Other Shore) below.

The Bianhua was the only thing that Lord Han had been thinking about, the only thing he believed could break the limits of his spiritual roots and allow him to become an immortal.

However, Fang Yue had traveled halfway across Qing Country and hadn't found a single piece of information about it.

If Lord Han hadn't been so certain, he would have suspected that Youquan was just a legend.

He sighed. Fang Yue understood that thinking about it now was useless.

He vaguely felt that it was because his knowledge was too shallow. If one day he could reach legendary places like Youquan, Jiuyuan, Tianhai, and Wanyun, he might learn something.

For now, he should try to return to the game first.

Lying back on the bed, Fang Yue closed his eyes.

"System notification: Account is abnormal, unable to log in temporarily, please wait a moment."

Fang Yue: ...

The game watch still showed red.

Fang Yue tried a few more times, sighed, and got out of bed.

"Can't get in... Even though the last Time Reversal cleared the record, why isn't it working this time? Could this broken system have upgraded itself?"

Fang Yue was a little depressed, unsure if it was a system problem or his own improper operation.

"Parchment."

[Not free!]

"... Help me [Time Reverse], I can't log in to the game."

[Think of a way yourself! Hmph!]

"Zhizhi, my Zhizhi, my most adorable Zhizhi, my most beautiful Zhizhi..."

[Huhu!]

The parchment immediately threw off the blanket and sat up. Although she tried her best to hold back her expression, she couldn't hide her smugness.

[More, praise me more! There is nothing the great and noble parchment cannot do!]

Alright, she took the bait.

"Help me [Time Reverse], we probably have to clear the data again."

[That won't work, Fang Yue. Think carefully, you were kicked out of the game when you were close to death. Then, before the game's feedback could completely affect you, we used [Time Reverse]. In other words, we reversed time before the event of being kicked out of the game even happened, so theoretically, you should be on the whitelist in reality.]

[But the reason you can't enter the game now is probably because the system has changed. No matter what, using the same method twice should be noticed, not to mention...]

The parchment hesitated and told Fang Yue about how she felt like she was being spied on by some incredibly terrifying existence that seemed to transcend endless time and space in the game.

"There's such a thing? Isn't it your imagination?"

[Not sure... Anyway, I did feel like I was being watched from a very far distance at the time. Therefore, it is very likely that that existence alarmed the system, causing the system to directly ban your account.]

"You mean, although I can use Time Reversal to revive the character in the game, I can't return to the game myself because of the system's restrictions?"

[That should be the case.]

"... Then what should I do? Not to mention that there are a lot of things waiting for me to do in the capital, just the current level of danger in the capital is enough reason for me to enter the game to ensure my safety."

If the character in the game, Team Leader Wu, and the others couldn't be protected and were killed again, even if he burned his lifespan to reverse time, it would be in vain.

Using time reversal in reality to affect the character in the game, the cost of that reversal, the burning of lifespan, he couldn't afford it at all!

He might be able to withstand it once, but he would be done for the second time.

[You're asking me, I don't know either... We can only follow your original idea and find a tunnel to smuggle through.]

Smuggle...

Fang Yue sighed. He came up with the idea of smuggling entirely based on his own imagination.

The problem is that the risks of smuggling are definitely not that simple, otherwise the Joint Association would have taken action long ago.

As Fang Yue thought of this, the parchment in his mind suddenly widened her eyes and pointed at Fang Yue in horror.

[Fang Yue! Fang Yue! Your body, your body!!]

Body?

The parchment's sudden reaction surprised Fang Yue. He subconsciously lowered his head and looked, and his pupils suddenly shrank. His brain buzzed and went blank.

Because his chest was once again showing signs of... bizarre paperification!

His chest was gradually caving in and flattening, taking on the texture of paper, and spreading to the surrounding area!

"Wha, what's going on?!"

Fang Yue's face was pale, and a sharp pain suddenly came from his heart, almost causing him to faint. Only one thought remained in his mind.

"Could it be that something happened in the game again..."

[No! Not in the game!]

[Fang Yue, it's a side effect! It's a side effect!]

[Even using my power in reality will still have side effects!]

[We used Time Reversal to suppress the power of feedback from the game, but in essence, we still used my power in reality!]

[Now, the side effects of using Time Reversal before are beginning to emerge!]

Hearing this, Fang Yue's heart sank.

"Then, what should we do?"

[... Reversal! Reversal again! Use reversal to suppress reversal!]

Matryoshka dolls?

In a moment of life-or-death crisis, Fang Yue's comprehension ability soared, and he immediately understood the parchment's words.

"But isn't this just creating a death loop?"

[Yes! But only by doing this can you live a little longer, otherwise, if your whole body turns into paper, you won't even have a chance to survive!]

Fang Yue understood that the parchment was right. He had no choice!

"... I understand, parchment, use Time Reversal!"

[Time... Reversal!!]

Lifespan, burning like crazy!

-1 year!

-5 years!

-10 years!

-30 years!

Fang Yue seemed to see system notifications constantly popping up above his head, reducing his lifespan, and his heart pounded wildly.

He was almost watching his remaining lifespan rapidly decrease.

From more than a hundred years, it decreased to the last five years before finally stopping.

Lifespan: 5 years.

Five years... only five years left.

Fang Yue took a deep breath to calm himself down, and the paperification phenomenon all over his body had also been reversed.

"Suppressed it?"

[Suppressed it!]

[But... the next backlash will probably come faster!]

[We must find a way, Fang Yue, either obtain more lifespan and keep this death loop going forever! Or... find a way to break the situation!]