Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 145 Chronicles of Paro Island
[Player detected using another player to commit murder; now taking inventory of the looted assets.]

This tip actually surprised Jiang Ran.

Although we don't know what kind of background this Blake has, a player who can be ranked in the top ten of the Heavenly Ranking must be quite wealthy, right?

Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Ran opened the space, the newly collected items dazzled her.

Putting aside the neatly arranged, boxed firearms, Jiang Ran's eyes lit up just looking at the few heavy tanks inside!

Not to mention the various types of armored vehicles, which are much more complete than what Jiang Ran had hastily collected before!
Good heavens, she's raided an armory!

What surprised Jiang Ran even more was that, besides shelves upon shelves of liquor, Blake's inventory also contained a considerable amount of illegal drugs...

Thinking back to what she had heard before—that the "gap between rich and poor" on trains abroad was astonishingly large, but the so-called "cohesion" was also astonishingly high, especially the loyalty of subordinates to their leaders and their submissiveness in allowing themselves to be exploited—Jiang Ran suddenly understood the reason.

—What decent person would bring so many banned drugs into a post-apocalyptic survival game?!

It has to be said that this is probably the episode that best reflects the realities of foreign countries.

That Blake is truly ruthless and heartless; Jiang Ran's actions can be considered as acting on behalf of Heaven.

But beyond all these fancy things, what Jiang Ran cared about most was that notebook whose appearance she was already extremely familiar with.

Another one!
Perhaps it's because Jiang Ran is now at such a high level that she encounters very few ordinary people, which has greatly accelerated her collection of those manuscripts.

When Jiang Ran obtained the first and second volumes, she rarely considered what would happen after she had collected all ten volumes.

Now that he had quietly collected half of them, Jiang Ran began to ponder the true meaning of these notes.

Especially the most special explorer's journal.

After all, in one of the hallucinations caused by the large eyeballs, she was the true owner of that notebook.

She thought with a touch of amusement that perhaps after collecting all the journals, she would discover that she was the true master of the game?
That's how it's portrayed on TV.

Shaking off those messy thoughts, Jiang Ran focused her gaze on the cover of the notebook.

It's almost a given that these journals snatched from players are usually blank.

But the title of this notebook still struck Jiang Ran as somewhat odd.

The Chronicles of Paro.

It's not named after a notebook!
Jiang Ran, who thought she had grasped the naming rules of these notes, couldn't help but feel confused and a little annoyed.

If I had known, I wouldn't have killed Blake so decisively.

She really wanted to know what was in this chronicle!
What if it holds the truth about the game?!
But now that the person is gone, thinking about these things is futile.

Moreover, even if Blake were spared, she wouldn't be able to obtain this somewhat special notebook so easily.

Jiang Ran bit her thumbnail and began to think. Since Blake had this so-called chronicle, what was his real purpose in coming to her?

Before Jiang Ran could figure it out, the chronicle automatically flew into its designated slot.

At the same time, a new system prompt appeared again.

[Player has obtained more than half of the True Fragments. The second stage of the hidden quest, "The Wound of Truth," is now available.]

[Now, you can select a fragment to completely restore it to its original state. A Real Fragment Radar will be activated for you; a notification will appear when you approach a real fragment.]

Jiang Ran's eyes lit up. Wasn't this a godsend?

Without hesitation, she chose the newly acquired fragment as the object of restoration. Blake had lost all his value; he could now die in peace.

As Jiang Ran made her selection, the fragments in the grooves flew out simultaneously. However, the previous four fragments continued to rotate around the newest stone tablet, as if they were supplying it with some kind of energy.

Soon, the stone tablet transformed back into a sheepskin scroll, which fell into Jiang Ran's hands.

She took a deep breath and opened the journal.

"When they awaken from their slumber, Paro Island will also restart from its stagnation."

"But the world doesn't need so many gods, and heaven only needs one ruler."

"Thus, this inevitable battle of faith has begun once again."

"All gods want to be the only one."

"When the gods burned out, the land of exile arose naturally."

"Exile is the fate of the defeated. But how can those who have reached the summit be content with silence?"

"The land of exile has become a new arena, the old gods are unwilling to be forgotten, and the new king has yet to ascend to the top."

"But will this outcome... be as you wished?"

The content, though not extensive, is enough to spark the imagination.

Not to mention, it even has illustrations.

In addition to the panoramic view of Paro Island, there is also a so-called scene of exile.

But the land of exile is composed of countless scenes superimposed on Paro Island, and it is immediately obvious that it is referring to a series of dungeons.

The instance is called the Exile, but its origins are still based on the Isle of Paro.

In that case, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Paro Island is the "beginning of all things".

Jiang Ran's only curiosity was whether the players on Blue Star who were all dragged into the game were innocent victims, forcibly pulled into a completely unrelated plane, or... whether Blue Star was originally one of the planes superimposed by Paro Island?

If it originally belonged to Paro Island, then isn't Earth, with its entire population of exiles, a bit too lowly...?

Jiang Ran strongly suspected that there was another book called "The Exile's Notebook" waiting for her to discover.

On the other hand, the very first line, "Restarting from stagnation," also seems quite appealing.

If one's experience wasn't a so-called rebirth, but rather a forced "restart," then everything seems to make sense.

And the final line... this time, whose wishes will be fulfilled?

Jiang Ran even began to wonder, somewhat in a divergent way, what mental state the owners of these notes were in when they wrote them.

She used to think it was a warning to those who would follow, but now she's a little unsure.

She even had a wild idea: could that last sentence be referring to the very being she had always felt was pushing her forward from behind?
After all, such a submissive tone can easily lead to all sorts of speculation.

Most interestingly, the "gods" depicted on the page about the burning of the gods bear a striking resemblance to the compositions in the explorer's journal.

The gods described by explorers are mostly mysterious, but those in this notebook appear even more ferocious.

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