"Ding dong!"

[You have obtained Memory Clip: "Maid's Refusal."]

[Excitement Level: E-]

[Thrill Level: E-]

[Depth: E-]

[Elements: Western Fantasy, Light-hearted, Cautious, Strategic]

[Composite Rating: 2]

...

A lens appeared in Su Ming'an's palm, and this was his first "Memory Clip."

The lens was also labeled with elements: "Western Fantasy, Light-hearted, Cautious, Strategic."

In other words, if he wanted to write a drama-oriented story, he needed to include less "comical" Memory Clips. If he wanted to write a Western Fantasy story, he needed to include fewer "fantasy" Memory Fragments. Using the right storyline for the right type is essential to prevent Players with poor reading comprehension from mashing different styles into a mess.

Simultaneously, a new icon appeared in the bottom right of his vision—a pristine book, like the wings of a White Bird.

After three seconds of eye contact, the book opened automatically.

...

[Congratulations, you have become an Apprentice Creator! (Creator: One who uses their life as blood and flesh to elevate the kingdom of ideals and depict stories.)]

[This is your Creation Editor platform. You can insert Memory Clips into blank pages for arrangement, fine-tuning, artistic editing, and other operations.]

[After 25 days, the book will automatically conclude, and the story you have written will be eternally fixed in the book for score calculation.]

...

Su Ming'an gazed at the blank book in front of him.

He placed the Memory Fragment in his hand onto the first page. In an instant, the data in the book changed.

...

[Story Title: Untitled]

[Creator: Su Ming'an]

[Plot Rating: 2]

[Character Design Rating: 12]

[Logic Rating: 0]

[Philosophy Rating: 0]

[World Mystery Reveal Rating: 0]

[Ending Rating: 0]

[Current Elements: Western Fantasy, Light-hearted, Cautious, Strategic]

...

Su Ming'an looked at the first page of the book, and the story had already been auto-generated after the Memory Clip was inserted.

...

[On April 2nd, 182 AD, 0:30, Su Liujin woke up in bed. He (?) thus walked to the floor mirror and carefully appreciated his appearance. (Plot Rating +1)]

...

The blank spaces could be freely filled, seemingly left for the Creator to fine-tune. Su Ming'an clicked on the blank space, and the system helpfully provided several reference options:

Amnesia/Madness/Refusal to accept reality/Want to admire his own charisma/The mirror contains demons/He sees a Samoyed in the mirror.

"...What a load of nonsense." Su Ming'an quipped.

It seems he now needs to decide the emotional tone and narrative style of this story.

If it is a drama-oriented story, then "Amnesia" is most suitable, and it aligns with his own situation, so there's no need for a new character design. If writing in a manic, chaotic narrative style, "Madness" is better, allowing for a series of erratic behaviors from the protagonist, leading to moments of humor and conflict. If writing in a supernatural style, choose "the mirror contains demons" to create a frightening atmosphere. If writing comedic fiction, choose "Samoyed."

What's the most important part of a story? It unquestionably involves the protagonist's character design.

To write a good story for the World Tree, character design is crucial.

The system said the protagonist is indeed the Player themselves, either playing their true self or designing and playing a character. But regardless of the choice, the ultimate goal is to increase the story's score.

So the question is — is his authentic performance engaging enough? Can he support a high-scoring story?

"I feel like there's not much that's interesting about me..." Su Ming'an pondered deeply but couldn't accurately assess himself. Humans are complex; they can't be summed up with a few words. Reality isn't a story where someone can perfectly align with a standard line.

After much thought, he decided to do an authentic performance.

As for the narrative style of the story, he planned to write in a drama-oriented way, focusing on uncovering world secrets.

Then there's the matter of making the plot interesting…

"Humor… seems there's not much humor about me…" Su Ming'an looked at himself in the mirror, "Thrill… does being the Number One Player count as thrill? It doesn't seem that thrilling."

Uh-oh, this story seems kind of dull… Will the World Tree like it?

In this regard, prime-time soap opera expert Noel and heroic novel aficionado Yuanyuan should be quite familiar. He could consult them later.

He filled in the blank space with "Amnesia," and the text continued to jump:

...

[After Su Liujin finished looking in the mirror, a cat-eared maid walked in with a tray. He expressed the idea of leaving, but the cat-eared maid refused. (Plot Rating +1)]

...

The story ended there, only occupying the first page of the book.

Su Ming'an read it over, and indeed it was quite dull. But then he noticed an edit symbol beside the book, allowing for some artistic editing.

He hadn't read many literary works, mostly philosophy and detective books. However, based on the storytelling styles Yuanyuan had shared with him, he made some modifications—

Soon, a story personally edited by Su Ming'an came hot off the press.

...

[Hmm? An unfamiliar ceiling, where is this?]

[Su Liujin sat up from the couch, recalling how last night he was still conversing with twelve strange-raced heroes of unknown origin. How had he ended up in another place overnight?]

[A hint of surprise crossed Su Liujin's eyes.]

[—Could it be, I have crossed space and time?]

[Standing in front of the mirror, he was astonished to discover that the person in the mirror was extraordinarily handsome and fair-looking.]

[Gazing at his reflection, Su Liujin thought inwardly — since fate has entrusted me with your body, I shall spare no effort, in helping you realize your dreams. With the dragon's roar echoing to the horizon, how can I be confined to this small corner?]

[Just then, a cat-eared maidservant entered. Su Liujin proposed exploring the area, but was politely declined.]

[Could it be that the original owner of this body was imprisoned? Su Liujin's heart turned heavy like water, foreseeing that this journey of rebirth would be fraught with difficulties.]

...

[Plot Rating: 4]

...

"Hmm..." Su Ming'an read over the edited story.

Something seemed a bit off...

Oh well, he decided not to meddle with it for the time being and planned to seek guidance from Noel and the others later.

At this moment, the system prompt chimed:

...

"Ding dong!"

[Detected your residual dream...]

[You have obtained Memory Clip: "Final Act: Red Sun's Destruction of Luowasha, Yijiu's Intersection Severing Reincarnation."]

[Excitement Level: A+]

[Thrill Level: SS]

[Depth: A-]

[Elements: Tragedy, Rebirth, Ruthless Killing, Apocalypse]

[Overall Score: 85]

...

A blood-red lens suddenly appeared in his palm.

"...Does this count?" he reacted. As long as it's a key node in the player's experience, it will turn into a Memory Clip.

This story's rating is very high, considered a pleasant surprise.

Su Ming'an placed it on Page Two, and the story instantly became chaotic.

...

[One second, Su Liujin was in the room asking the maid, the next second, he suddenly appeared outside.]

[Bones scattered everywhere, rivers of blood, and in the distant sky, a golden-red sun was descending. Su Liujin looked up, only to see a young man with purple hair and purple eyes lying in the blood pool, kissing the bones...]

...

"So that's how it connects," Su Ming'an understood. It seems there must be logic between the plots. Otherwise, Su Liujin would inexplicably witness the apocalypse, and the logic score would definitely be very low.

For example, he has three Memory Fragments, namely [The woman smiled], [Happy life], [The woman's lover died]. The resulting story is: [The woman sees her lover, shows a delighted smile. They lived happily together for a long time, until the woman's lover died.] This is undoubtedly a pure love story, very warm and healing.

But if Su Ming'an arranges it in the order of [The woman's lover died], [The woman smiled], [Happy life], then the story becomes creepy: [After the woman's lover died, the woman smiled, she and her lover continued their happy life]—This turns into a terrifying necrophilia story.

So, the order of Memory Clips is crucial—this is also where players can exert the most subjective initiative.

Even if one's life is monotonous, if arranged thoughtfully, perhaps a good story can emerge?

Su Ming'an tried placing "Red Sun destroys Luowasha, Yijiu cuts the reincarnation line" on the first page, and "Maid's refusal" on the second page. Indeed, after swapping the two plots, the logic of the story became much smoother.

...

[Su Liujin had a dream, he dreamed of a young man with purple hair and purple eyes lying in the blood pool, kissing the bones...]

[After waking from the dream, he found himself indoors...]

...

"Much more reasonable," Su Ming'an was satisfied. With the adjusted sequence, the apocalypse was merely a dream, not a suddenly appearing plot.

He gave the story a simple name and closed the panel.

...

[Story Title: "Global Crossing: Infinite World Tree Evolution from Forbidden Prince"]

[Creator: Su Ming'an]

[Plot Score: 9 (A story not worth mentioning)]

[Character Score: 12 (Superficial transmigrator characterization)]

[Logic Score: 2 (No logic)]

[Philosophy Score: 2 (Lacks depth)]

[World Mystery Revelation Score: 8 (Reveals a possible future)]

[Ending Score: 0 (No ending)]

[Current Elements: Western Fantasy, Strategy, Rebirth, Apocalypse, Refreshing Fiction]

...

[Your Story: 378 words.]

...

"Ding dong!"

[As the Creator level increases, functions such as "Creating Supporting Characters," "Joining Emotional Line," "Multi-line Narrative," "Reality Adjustment," "Inspiration Integration," "Card Participation" will be unlocked. Stay tuned.]

...

Su Ming'an walked around the room, looking for more clues.

According to the tip from the [Clue Insight] skill, he fetched several books from the room.

Titles like "Luowasha Deities Blessing," "Three Laws of Nalan Court," "Hammer Iron Man and Soybean Man Vocabulary," "History of All Living Beings United," "Ten Guesses about the Rebirth Rain," "Hanged Man's Book of Prophecies," "Date Records of the Thirteen Lovers of the Trickster Demon"—were dazzling.

He put back the unhealthy books and flipped through the serious ones to understand the grading of Luowasha's deities.

"Luowasha has a total of 27 traceable deities," Su Ming'an read:

"Level 1 God has 3 entities, Second-level God has 6 entities, Third-level God has 18 entities."

"Let's look at the Level 1 God first..."

A glance and the complex vocabulary made his scalp tingle:

"Radiant Mother God Kritchens, in charge of birth, sun, flames, eyes. Emblem is a sun eye burning in flames, all beings lifting infants. Six major organizations under her rule: 1. Dawn Knight. 2. Paradox Hermit. 3. Order Guardian. 4. Divine Presence Hymn. 5. Sanctuary Mountain. 6. Interstellar Gallery... It's too long, what is this..."

"God of Chaos Augustine, in charge of chaos, riddles, destiny, miracles. Emblem is a vaguely unclear Sea of Qi Fog. Six major organizations under his rule: 1. Wandering Sinner. 2. Wheel of Destiny. 3. Hand of Chaos. 4. Eternal Sea. 5. Sea of Qi Fog Magician. 6. Mirror of Concepts."

"Demon Mother Goddess Isabel, in charge of mirrors, end, sins, freedom. Emblem is a devil's hand extending from the mirror. Six major organizations under her rule: 1. Heavenly Calamities. 2. Death Arbiters. 3. Law Pirates. 4. Caged Shepherd. 5. Old Day Raving. 6. Empress' Mirror."

...What a mess.

Su Ming'an was genuinely puzzled about the significance of these terms. Without any conceptual explanations, he could only forcibly memorize them.

"Caged Shepherd..."

"Caged what?"

"Caged... Shepherd what?"

"What Shepherd?"

After reluctantly memorizing it, he quickly read the following chapters.

After putting the books back, he suddenly found a red circle clue under the pillow. When he lifted the pillow, there was a piece of paper with scribbled writing.

This is... a note left by the original body for him.

...

[Hey, you who's going to possess me, listen up.]

[Don't use my body to do weird things, and don't fall in love. If you can do these two things, read on.]

[My name is Su Liujin, I don't know who my parents are, anyway, I've lived in the sea all along, until one day I was suddenly knocked out and brought here.]

[Let me introduce you, this kingdom is called Red Tower, a kingdom where various races coexist.]

[People here call me "Your Highness"—but I lived in the sea, having no relation to them, really don't cling too much.]

[Later I found out, this seems to be because [Game Day] chose a princess from the royal family, and to replace her, I became this unfortunate new "Your Highness."]

[Just because of this, they dragged me out of the sea, and why does it have to be me!]

[I can't figure out why, it's up to you.]

[ps: I also don't know what race I am.]

[ps again: I suspect they want to eat me, I suggest you be careful. When I lived in the sea, there were often things trying to eat me.]

[ps once more: Burn after reading.]

...

Su Ming'an burnt the note.

Seeing there were no more clues in the room, he cloaked himself in Spatial Concealment and went out.

The castle resembled a hexagonal crystal, with pitch-blue spires thrusting skyward like steel swords.

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