92: Chapter 92 Chaotic Harvest

Just as the pickup truck pulled into the yard, the System notification sounded.

【Detected abnormal rule fluctuation】

【Source: Area where the will projection of the strange world disappeared】

【Suggestion: Return immediately to investigate】

Chen Mo stared at the text. Abnormal rule fluctuation. What went wrong where the will of the ghost realm disappeared?

He did not hesitate. Turning the steering wheel and pressing the accelerator, the pickup truck rushed back toward Highway 17. Lin Wei ran out from the Basement, only catching a glimpse of the taillights disappearing into the night.

An hour later, Chen Mo returned to the open area.

That eye was gone, and the old man was gone too. But there were new things on the ground—countless golden fragments scattered across an area of several hundred meters, emitting a faint light in the darkness.

Chen Mo pushed open the car door and stepped out. He crouched down and picked up a fragment.

【Rule Fragment · S-Rank】

【Can be used to enhance rule-based abilities】

【Current fragment quantity: 1】

S-Rank rule fragment. He stood up and looked at the points of light scattered on the ground. At least several hundred.

Chen Mo began to collect them. One, two, ten, fifty. The fragments varied in size; some were like fingernails, others like fists. Tiny runes floated inside each piece, moving slowly as if breathing.

Through Time Perception, the locations of those fragments were clearly visible. He did not need to bend down to search; he just needed to walk over and pick them up.

In one hour, he collected three hundred and seventy-two pieces.

【Rule Fragment · S-Rank × 372】

【Can be used to enhance rule-based abilities】

【Current rule-based abilities: Rule Creation, Rule Interference, Rule Immunity】

Chen Mo looked at the fragments.

Three hundred and seventy-two S-Rank fragments. If he used them all to enhance his abilities, what level could he reach? He did not know. But he knew this was an opportunity.

He continued collecting.

After another half hour of collecting, the fragments became scarcer. The last one was buried in the soil, with only a corner exposed. Chen Mo crouched down and dug it out.

【Rule Fragment · S-Rank × 1】

【Abnormal information residue detected】

【Read?】

Chen Mo paused for a moment. Abnormal information residue. He tapped "Yes".

Instantly, a scene flooded into his mind—

That eye was disintegrating. The threads were snapping. The old man stood in the center of the Void Realm, his body fading. He looked at the fragments floating around him and smiled.

The smile was complex. It seemed like relief, yet also sorrow.

"You remind me of the past," he said. "Things I have forgotten for a long time."

His body became increasingly faint.

"Perhaps you are right. Perhaps that is not evolution, but death."

He took one last look at Chen Mo.

"These fragments, I leave to you. Perhaps you can use them to do what I could not."

He disappeared.

The vision ended.

Chen Mo stood where he was, holding that fragment in his hand. Serialization progress: 2.2%. It had increased by 0.2%.

He put the fragment away and turned to walk toward the pickup truck. Sitting in the driver's seat, he started the engine. The pickup truck drove back the way it came.

When he returned to the Farmhouse, it was already dawn. Lin Wei was waiting in the yard; seeing him return, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you find it?"

Chen Mo nodded. He poured the fragments onto the ground, piling them into a small mound. The golden mound emitted a dazzling light in the morning sun.

Lin Wei looked at the fragments, her eyes widening. "What are these?"

"Rule fragments," Chen Mo said. "S-Rank."

He sorted the fragments, checking them one by one. Most were ordinary rule fragments that could be used to enhance abilities. But there were a dozen or so that were different—the runes floating inside them were denser, brighter, and arranged in some kind of complex pattern.

【rule core fragment · S-Rank × 13】

【Can be used to forge rule-based items, or used directly to gain temporary rule control】

【Direct usage effect: Within 60 seconds, can create, modify, or delete any rule】

【Materials disappear after use】

Chen Mo stared at the text.

Within sixty seconds, he could create, modify, or delete any rule. What did this mean? It meant that for those sixty seconds, he was the Dominator of the Ghost Realm. He could change everything.

He could wipe out all those Ghost Shadows, rewrite all those rules, and delete the will of the ghost realm from existence.

But only for sixty seconds.

Chen Mo put away the thirteen rule core fragments. Not now. He would use them when needed.

He looked back at the ordinary fragments. Three hundred and fifty-nine S-Rank fragments. If he used them all to enhance Rule Creation, how much could he extend the duration from 30 seconds? Perhaps five minutes, perhaps ten.

Chen Mo picked up a fragment.

【Use rule fragments to enhance "Rule Creation"?】

【Current Rule Creation duration: 30 seconds】

【Use one S-Rank fragment to extend by 1 second】

【Use?】

1 second. A single S-Rank fragment could only extend it by 1 second.

Chen Mo put the fragment down. Not now. He would use them all at once when needed.

He gathered all the fragments and walked into the Basement. Sitting before the workbench, he took out that notebook and began to record.

【Today's Harvest】 Rule Fragment · S-Rank × 359, rule core fragment · S-Rank × 13

【Current total fragments: S-Rank × 372, ordinary fragments approximately 1030 (F-Rank equivalent)】

【Serialization progress: 2.2%】

He closed the notebook and leaned back in his chair. The will of the ghost realm had given him these fragments. What did this mean? It meant it was hesitating, wavering, and doubting the path it had chosen.

Perhaps it truly remembered the past. Perhaps it just wanted to see what Chen Mo could do with these fragments.

Chen Mo closed his eyes. Outside the window, the sky was darkening. Ghost Night was coming again. But he was not afraid. Because he had a new weapon. Three hundred and seventy-two S-Rank fragments were enough to change everything.

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