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I have a different theory. I predict that he serves Thrud and food storage is already empty for quite some time. An army needs food and they were just stalling for time with the whole faux rebellion.

Well, based on Xiachong habits and his mention on his mother nagging him, he's only relatively slightly younger (he was also born before Old World ended).

Time to send another mental patient in to communicate efficiently xD.

Aren't the guys a bit too rash? Anomaly of this size would imply either that SJ was hallucinating or that he deals with something close to the Kalendaria.

I didn't ask for this.

So apart from the presence of a virus in Geneva (which I find likely), you are suggesting that Old Ge's escape was planned by the Source Brain from the beginning. And as a consequence that the robot city apart from the trading center, was a honeypot for people who can potentially discover Source Brain secrets. Interesting possibility. Although I think it's unlikely. Setting up a trap exploiting idealism seems unreliable on the Ashlands. I don't think that even the Source Brain can judge/predict people to this extent based on a short interaction... unless he has awakened.

So... Were they just having a disco party? I thought it was a drug fueled noble orgy for sure.

They were still robbers and rapists. In my opinion death for the second part is well deserved.

Oopsie.

She already knew this... He explained this to her after meeting her sister.

D&D Danger and Debauchery

And here I was thinking that the boss was just overenthusiastically jerking off like a beast and could not control it due to the price he paid.

I wonder if he has any near-death abilities/abnormalities like that murloc.

As expected from the greatest evil organization of the Ashlands.

I'm 99% sure it's an art from a Gwent card. (The Witcher card game)

Yeah, if not for the non-matching timelines (unless this is a prequel set in ancient times - time since Old World destruction and Original Creator split does not match) and power system (which could be explained in far-fetched manner by lack of characteristics and influence of serfirah), I would have said that author is tricking us and this is LotM2. As you said, many things do match. For example location, which is clearly Asia. Western Continent is Asia in LotM (it is to the west of America, where Loen, Intis and other powers are). The author said multiple times in interviews that second book will be placed there. SJ powers also partially coincide with author saying that the main character from the second book will be of the hunter pathway (Inference Clowning from Conspirer, Corny Person for Provoker).

I might be too cautious, but I find the fact that they talked about important matters in the bathhouse strange. The fact that they went to the manors right after does not help. I hope their exosuits are still in the car.

Mostly a guess: I think it was supposed to be a stye and it's the usual infantile SJ behavior. He might reference getting a stye from inflammation caused by an eye strain (hence he closed his eyes to relieve them). Or there might be some sort of belief that one gets a styes from watching perverted things.

See this! I just gifted the story: Balloon

Honestly Pangu Biology is giving me creeps. It seems even more dangerous and omnious than Qiao Chu (that was his name righ?) arc.