86: I'm the author, I'm crazy

Memory Ruins · Chaotic Void

That trans-dimensional gaze did not last too long.

The Definitor withdrew his gaze.

As if confirming some insignificant facts.

The 'Source of All Evil' behind him.

That shadow, aggregated from infinite evil thoughts.

Yet, due to this brief silence, it let out an even more piercing mockery.

"See? The Definitor. This is your so-called 'masterpiece.'"

"In your story, a 'god' was born who tried to tamper with the settings, and a 'human' who wanted to destroy everything."

"And outside the story, countless greedy eyes are treating all of this as cheap entertainment."

"There's even a pathetic 'writer' who, for the sake of livelihood, has to squeeze his own soul to weave these boring words."

The myriad voices of the evil god converged into the most venomous curse:

"Your 'completeness' has only given birth to more chaos and suffering! Your 'humanity' will ultimately lead to self-destruction!"

"Admit it, without your interference, this story could have had a more 'perfect' ending!"

"Perfect?"

For the first time, The Definitor reacted to the evil god's words.

He turned around, and a ripple appeared in his ancient, unmoving eyes.

"Then, let me show you what you call 'perfect' truly looks like."

As the words fell.

The starry quill in his hand gently swiped across the void.

The river of time began to flow backward madly in an incredible way!

The scenes flashed back rapidly.

Passing over Gu Yanci's revenge, over Xi Xi's birth, over the Joint Squad's struggles... Finally, it froze at an origin point before all stories began... [Blue Star, Huaguo, in a rented house in an eighteenth-tier city]

[Time: August 15, 2025, 22:43]

A gaunt young man with two huge dark circles under his eyes was sitting in front of a computer.

On the screen was a newly created document.

He took a deep drag from his cigarette, then chugged a large mouthful of ice-cold cola, his eyes filled with longing for the future and desire for money.

His pen name was Sword River Fish, and he was a web novelist who had been failing for several years.

Today, he had conceived what he believed to be a 'golden outline' that would definitely become popular.

With trembling hands, he typed a line of text into the title bar of the document:

"The Evil God as Group Leader, Group Members Beg Me Not to Speak"

Then, he excitedly began to type on the keyboard, listing the core main storyline below:

[Protagonist: Gu Jianghan (alias)]

[Background: An ordinary college student in the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates to a high-martial arts urban world called 'Blue Star.']

[Golden Finger (Cheat):]

[1. Accidentally signs a contract with the old god (an unspeakable evil god), becoming his sole agent in the human world.]

[2. Selected by the Multiverse Chat Group to become a group member.]

[Opening Plot:]

[After transmigration, the protagonist becomes a collateral descendant of the Gu family. Due to his special physique, he cannot awaken the mainstream 'martial arts talent,' and is regarded as a waste by his family and classmates, subjected to ridicule and bullying.]

[Turning Point:]

[After being humiliated once, the protagonist communicates with the old god in despair, gaining the power of the evil god. At the same time, the chat group opens its first mission: to win first place in the academy competition!]

[Subsequent exciting points (tentative):]

[1. Face-slapping comeback: In the competition, the protagonist stuns everyone with an unheard-of 'evil god summoning' technique, trampling the geniuses who once bullied him one by one, shocking the entire audience!]

[2. Academy Hegemony: After entering a top academy, with the power of the evil god and chat group mission rewards, the protagonist constantly fights beyond his level, kicking arrogant rich second-generations and punching overbearing senior bullies.]

[3. Romantic Encounters:]

[1. Meets the ice-cold campus belle heiress forced into marriage by an ancient aristocratic family, and after a heroic rescue, captures her heart.]

[2. Flirts with a young female tutor who is outwardly aloof but inwardly as lonely as snow, and their feelings rapidly warm up through repeated 'academic discussions.']

[4. Dungeon Adventures:]

[Through the chat group, travels to worlds like 'Naruto' and 'One Piece.']

[Preemptively seizes opportunities, obtains powerful ninjutsu and Devil Fruits, and his strength skyrockets!]

[5. Empress's Affection:]

[At the graduation ceremony, the empire's youngest empress, who came to inspect, encounters a long-planned assassination by hostile forces.]

[The protagonist makes a handsome appearance and saves the empress in a crisis.]

[From then on, this high and mighty empress secretly falls for him, even using her imperial power to clear obstacles for him.]

[6. Overwhelming Power:]

[After graduation, the protagonist joins the mysterious organization 'Demon Suppression Division,' directly under the empress.]

[With his powerful strength and the empress's favoritism, he repeatedly solves strange cases and gradually ascends to the pinnacle of power.]

[Final Ending:]

[The protagonist completely masters the power of the old god, becoming a new evil god.]

[At the same time, with the help of the chat group, he unifies the Multiverse.]

[Finally, he embraces the campus belle with one arm, the tutor with the other, and the shy empress lies in his arms, living a shameless and happy life.]

[—The End of the Book—]

...The Definitor presented this scene.

Completely before the evil god.

The evil god's will, composed of billions of malicious thoughts.

At the moment he saw this 'original story.'

Fell into unprecedented ecstasy and excitement!

"Yes! This is it! This is the perfect story!"

His roar was full of greed and satisfaction.

"Clear enemies! Defined goals! Predictable victories! A progression path driven by desire!"

"Every time the protagonist slaps someone's face, it nourishes my 'arrogance'! Every time he plunders, it strengthens my 'greed'!"

"Every time he has intercourse with those women, it irrigates my 'lust'!"

"This story is like a perfect ranch tailor-made for me! Everything in it can be transformed into my sweetest sustenance!"

"As long as it's written like this, the author will gain fame and fortune, readers will enjoy it immensely, and I will achieve unprecedented growth!"

The evil god's shadow suddenly lunged at The Definitor, issuing the most furious question:

"Why did you destroy it?! Why did you interfere with him?! Why did you replace this perfect 'certainty' with your damned, meaningless 'unknown'?!"

Yes.

At 22:44 on August 15, 2025.

Just as the author Sword River Fish was about to type out the classic opening of 'the protagonist being divorced'.

A will from a higher dimension silently descended.

It transformed into an 'unfathomable' inspiration, flashing through the author's mind.

So.

The author's fingers paused.

He deleted the already written opening of the 'waste' trope.

He hesitated for a long time.

Finally, he typed a line of text completely different from the original outline:

[Gu Jianghan, an ordinary 21st-century college student, woke up one day to find himself... having become the old god, and being pulled into a Multiverse Chat Group.]

...[Memory Ruins]

Facing the evil god's roar, The Definitor's expression did not change in the slightest.

"And then?"

The evil god pressed, "In that 'perfect' story you abandoned, what was the fate of the author, Sword River Fish?"

The Definitor's gaze turned to the storyline that had become a phantom.

"Then, with this book, he became a god among writers, a hall-of-fame author on Tomato Novel Network. He earned piles of royalties, rose to fame, bought a house and a car, married a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reached the pinnacle of his life. He would even laugh in his sleep because he had written this story."

"This is a win-win! This is an ending where everyone is happy!"

The evil god roared.

"What about now?"

He pointed to the currently unfolding storyline.

"On this storyline, which you have twisted and filled with 'unknowns'? What is the author's fate?"

The Definitor fell silent.

He did not answer.

He merely cut the scene back to that small rented room.

But time had already come to the present.

The author, Sword River Fish, was slumped in front of his computer.

He clicked on the author's backend, looking at the meager few yuan of royalty income from yesterday.

Tears, unbidden, streamed down his cheeks, dripping onto the ashtray-covered keyboard.

This 'unknown' storyline had not brought him the success he had anticipated.

Readers found the pacing too slow, the plot too convoluted, the gravitas too high, and not 'satisfying' enough.

His follow-up reading data was getting worse day by day.

[Beep beep—]

His phone screen lit up.

It was a WeChat message from his landlord.

[Little Yu, this month's rent is due. If you don't pay next month, I'll have to rent the house to someone else.]

Sword River Fish looked at the message, silent for a long time.

He raised his hand.

Slap! Slap!

He harshly slapped himself twice.

His cheeks stung, but it instantly sobered him up.

He wiped his face, straightened up again, and opened the document whose follow-up reading volume had plummeted to rock bottom.

In his eyes, the initial youthful vigor was gone.

Only the fatigue of being bent by life, unwillingness, and... a trace of stubbornness belonging to a creator, which even he himself hadn't noticed, remained.

He didn't know where this story would go.

He didn't know if readers would like it.

He even knew the subsequent plot only two hours earlier than the readers each day.

But still, he placed his fingers on the keyboard.

On the blank document, he typed the title of the new chapter.

The title was:

[Act Two · Judgment]