My different world is game mode.

Lindsay did not tell Savat the truth.

A degenerate artist in the eighth stage, even if this news is simply revealed, it may destroy everything that the blue robe has worked hard to maintain.

Immediately, Lindsay reactivated the stealth posture and walked out of the Fimbull Theater.

He looked up to the northeast. The tall towers in the red zone stood high in the clouds, as if a giant was looking down on the entire world.

"Sawat and the others cannot be deliberately brought in."

"The red zone—the place where they entered this psychedelic dream should be the anchor point of the entire world."

"Walawala..."

Lindsay read her lover's name.

He confirmed this in his heart, and then took a step forward.

Click!

Almost at the same time, a sound like shattering glass sounded throughout the world.

In the blink of an eye, the darkness that shrouded the entire city turned into a bright red light, and an unknown fire suddenly rose from Lindsay's heart.

"I……"

Lindsay was about to curse.

But the scene I saw in the basement just now is still vivid in my mind.

In the last trace of clear consciousness he maintained, he realized that he was affected by external influences, and suppressed his anger to activate the digital state.

"..."

Lindsay shuddered.

He immediately opened the properties panel. A bright red [Impulse and Anger] buff was indeed on the status bar.

Just because of digitization.

This emotional impact turned into a special state on Lindsay.

[Impulse and Anger - Increase attack power, reduce hit rate, and the damage suffered by the player will become more serious. (Current progress: 20%)]

"..."

"Have I been discovered?"

Lindsay regained her composure.

He turned to look around. The people on the street still obeyed the basic principle of art supremacy. The extreme emotions brought about by the dark world before have also evolved into impulsiveness and boundless fanaticism.

People interact with each other in the city.

Views on a piece of work, distinctions between art categories, and even preferences for colors.

Once there are differences on these issues.

Reason will disappear in their minds in an instant, and then a life-and-death duel will begin in the street without any hesitation or calmness.

"..."

Lindsay looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar world in astonishment.

He opened the [Map] skill.

Savat and others in the basement behind him were still in a calm state.

They have remained the same as they were before, barely affected by the changes in the world.

"The people on the street are originally residents of this world. They cannot resist the changes in the rules of the world, so they will change their status in an instant."

"For outsiders like Savate, the progress will be greatly slowed down."

"But...what about me?"

Lindsay stretched out her right hand and made an opening and closing motion in front of her eyes.

Bones and muscles crunched in his hands.

He was clearly aware of the existence of his own limbs, but he had an inexplicable illusion that his body was not under his control.

"The sudden increase in impact is only for me."

"Have I been discovered?"

Lindsay was a little confused for a moment.

He looked around and saw a red curtain of light covering the streets, as if he had nowhere to hide.

Or maybe the world itself was giving him a hostile stare.

"Now that I have been discovered, why use this method?"

"She wants to guide me into her own script?"

"..."

"No, there is another possibility!"

Lindsay's confusion was driven away by himself. He took a step forward from reality and speculated from his encounters.

No matter how dire the crisis is or how powerful the enemy, the facts are the facts.

All truth can only be born from facts:

"This extreme reaction was made precisely because she needed to deal with me."

"I am a 'variable' that needs special treatment. In other words, she is also afraid of the development of something!"

Lindsay jumped into action.

Based on the information he received from Savat, he charged directly into the red zone.

In the City of Thousand Sails shrouded in crimson light.

Lindsay stepped through the city's angry fire, a shadow among the ancient brick streets and winding waterways.

He moved forward with all his might.

Explode the power of life essence and activate the movement module.

At a speed that is unimaginable to ordinary people, Lindsay's figure is so light that it seems as if she is not bound by the laws of physics. He stepped hard and jumped a dozen meters away.

Lindsay was on the edge of the bridge a second ago.

A blue ripple appeared in the next second, and the naked eye of ordinary people could hardly capture the trajectory of his movements.

Bridges, streets, angry pedestrians…

This scene flashed in front of Lindsay one by one, the flags along the coast were buzzing, and the reflections on the water rippled.

Lindsay wasn't sure how long it took her.

But according to his subjective feeling, the distance of several kilometers could be completely covered in just a few minutes.

click-

Once again, the sound of breaking glass was heard.

The crimson light changed again, and a dark purple mysterious light covered the city.

Lindsay rolled her eyes.

[Nobility and Sorrow—Increases perception, and the damage caused by falling from heights is greatly increased. (Current progress: 35%)]

"..."

After digitization, Lindsay looked at the data panel with the calmest eyes.

The atmosphere of the entire city changed, and people no longer even had the previous extremes and fighting.

But on his personal panel.

The two states of [Impulse and Anger] and [Nobility and Sadness] exist at the same time, and the progress reaches 35% at the same time.

At this moment, the tower in the red zone stands in front of Lindsay.

Pedestrians passing by saw Lindsay's figure, and under the change of emotional rules, they commented with arrogance:

"Where did this guy come from?"

"Come and look up at the Red Tower. After all, this is the core of the city of art."

"Heh--hillbilly."

"..."

If Lindsay himself was affected by his emotions and heard these taunts, he might not be able to help but take action.

But Lindsay remained completely calm.

Even a trace of doubt before departure was revealed in his thinking.

"If you think about it carefully, from the last world to here, I have never been directly attacked by you in a real sense. You are only affecting people's mental behavior. In this world, you are only changing the rules."

Lindsay looked towards the top of the tower:

"Unknown guy, you should be dead."

"That's right - the artists of the City of Thousand Sails destroyed your Kuroshio Island. As long as you are alive, this matter will not happen."

"I've heard a saying called dedicating yourself to art."

"Let me guess - you may have integrated into this world in a certain regular way. You want to use this to gain the power of the ninth-stage awakened person, so as to break the shackles of the past skills."

"By then, even the concepts of life and death can be easily reversed."

"Is my guess right?"

click-

Almost in response to Lindsay's questioning, the world shattered again and the light turned.

But Lindsay has stopped talking to each other.

He calmly looked at the road under his feet and stepped directly into the red tower.