Chapter Five: The Type Tower

A line reading FINAL RIGHT OF INTERPRETATION pinned Zero to the stone. Gu Yan could not defeat an administrator over finished layers. Instead, he seized `SIGNATURE_0` and dragged it beyond the canvas. Warnings filled the sky: **OBJECT WILL LOSE ALL ATTRIBUTES.** He held on. The thumbnail shattered into blue light and entered the bones of his hand. The open circle glowed complete in his palm. At the same instant, a memory was pulled from him. He remembered rain at his father's funeral, but could no longer remember his father's voice. The Signature Rule had taken its first payment. Gu Yan raised his glowing hand and drew a line through Shen Zhuo's name. The tower turned over.