81: Chapter 81 Test

By dawn, Chen Mo had returned to the Farmhouse.

He parked the car in the yard, turned off the engine, and sat in the driver's seat for a long time without moving. Lin Wei watched him from the side, saying nothing.

The afterglow of his promotion to A-rank still resonated within his body. Those golden threads were more active than ever; with every circuit they flowed, new rules emerged in his mind. He could feel that he had established a deep connection with this world.

Sequence Controller.

Not by fusing with a core, but by using his own body as a vessel to forcibly contain the rules.

The price of this path was Serialization, but it also brought unprecedented power.

Chen Mo pushed open the car door and stepped out.

"Get some rest," he said to Lin Wei.

Lin Wei nodded and headed into the Basement.

Chen Mo did not go in.

He stood in the yard and raised his right hand.

Golden threads surged from his palm, condensing into a small orb of light in the air. Countless tiny runes floated within the orb, each representing a rule.

[Sequence Manipulation: Test]

He tossed the light orb at a stone three meters away.

The moment the orb struck the stone, it suddenly floated up.

It wasn't floating physically, but through the rules—it was defying gravity.

[Granting Temporary Sequence: Anti-Gravity]

[Duration: 30 seconds]

Thirty seconds later, the stone fell back to the ground.

Chen Mo withdrew his hand.

He raised his other hand, aiming at a withered tree in the distance.

[Sequence Manipulation: Deprivation]

Golden threads surged from his palm and coiled around the tree.

Instantly, the tree's "existence" was stripped away.

It began to fade, turning from solid to translucent, then from translucent to completely transparent, until it finally vanished entirely.

[Target Deprived: Withered Tree]

[Target has been temporarily removed from reality]

[Duration: 10 seconds]

Ten seconds later, the tree reappeared.

It dropped back into its original spot, completely intact.

Chen Mo looked at the tree.

Deprivation of existence.

It could make any target temporarily disappear from reality.

For ten seconds, it simply did not exist.

It could not be attacked, perceived, or do anything.

It was the perfect control ability.

He continued testing.

The third target was an insect crawling out from the grass.

[Granting Sequence: Self-Destruction]

The golden threads poured into the insect's body.

The insect's body began to glow, brighter and brighter, until—

Bang.

It exploded.

[Killed F-rank creature x1]

[Test Complete]

Chen Mo withdrew his hand.

Granting Self-Destruction.

He could make any target self-destruct within 10 seconds.

The consumption was high, but the effect was absolute.

He stood there, contemplating the tactical combinations of these abilities.

Deprivation of existence could be used to control powerful enemies.

Granting Anti-Gravity could be used to create geographical advantages.

Granting Self-Destruction could be used to clear out fodder.

Then there were Prediction, Rule Interference, and Rule Creation.

Combining these abilities could form a complete combat system.

Chen Mo turned and walked back into the Basement.

Lin Wei was already asleep.

He didn't wake her, but simply sat at the workbench, took out a blank notebook, and began to record.

[Ability List]

1. Sequence Manipulation: Deprive others of or grant them sequence abilities.

2. Rule Creation: Create temporary rules; duration depends on consumption.

3. Rule Interference: Distort local rules.

4. Prediction: 20 seconds.

5. Infiltrator: 7 seconds of invisibility, 12-second cooldown.

6. Time Perception: 50-meter range.

7. Eerie Power Burst: Increases all attributes by 50% for 30 seconds, 24-hour cooldown.

8. Rule Immunity: Immune to all rule-based attacks for 10 seconds, 1-hour cooldown.

9. Mental Barrier: Immune to all mental attacks for 10 seconds, 1-hour cooldown.

10. Serialization: Current progress 0.5% (requires periodic energy release).

Chen Mo looked at the final entry.

Serialization.

0.5%.

It was still very low.

But he knew that as long as he used his abilities, the progress would slowly increase.

He had to control the frequency.

He closed the notebook and leaned back in his chair.

Outside the window, the sky had fully brightened.

The Ghost Night was over.

The wailing sounds had vanished, replaced by the chirping of birds and the sound of the wind.

A normal world.

At least it looked normal.

Chen Mo closed his eyes.

He slept.

When he woke up, it was already afternoon.

Lin Wei was sitting nearby, eating.

Seeing him wake up, she handed over a pack of compressed biscuits.

"Eat."

Chen Mo took them and chewed slowly.

"Someone came by outside," Lin Wei said.

Chen Mo was taken aback for a moment.

"Who?"

"I don't know. When I woke up, there was a box of things in the yard."

Chen Mo stood up and walked out of the Basement.

There was indeed a wooden box in the yard, about a meter square, with no markings on it.

He used his cleaver to pry open the lid.

Inside was a pile of supplies—fuel, food, medicine, and a letter.

Chen Mo unfolded the letter.

[To Chen Mo]

Congratulations on your promotion to A-rank. These things were gathered by everyone, just a small token of our appreciation.

No need to ask who sent them. We just want to give you a hand however we can.

Stay alive.

— From a group of people who have received your kindness

Chen Mo looked at the letter.

There was no signature.

But he knew who it was.

The people he had saved, the people on that list.

They were expressing their gratitude in this way.

Chen Mo put the letter away.

He didn't refuse.

Because refusing would only disappoint those people.

He simply moved the box into the Basement and placed it with the other supplies.

Then he walked out of the Basement and stood in the yard.

In the distance, that eye had already vanished.

The projection of the will of the ghost realm had temporarily retreated.

But Chen Mo knew it would return.

Next time, it would not show any mercy.

Before then, he needed to do one thing—

Find a way to defeat it.

Chen Mo turned and walked back into the Basement.

The files on the traitors were still spread out on the workbench.

He began to look through them again.

Every page, every word.

Searching for any possible clue.