The story that Ethan Caldwell recounted truly caused Julian Sterling to pause and fall into deep thought. He suddenly wanted to re-evaluate the period since he had transmigrated into this novel.
Julian realized that many things had deviated from their original path. The original plot points of the novel seemed like distant memories to him, as faded as an old dream. The characters who possessed perfect settings, who were supposed to become dazzling and wield immense power in the original storyline, had now been reduced to wretches scurrying in the shadows. They acted with extreme caution, terrified that Ethan might suddenly remember their existence and immediately come to cause trouble, or even completely wipe them off the chessboard.
