Chapter Three: The People Cut from the Film

It passed through glass without breaking it and entered the streets like a ghost. Pedestrians' clothes became brass-buttoned coats, and bewildered strangers addressed one another by names from the movie. 【Resonance surging. Creation projection: 41%.】 If Gu Yan shut down the film, the server would “delete” thousands of people mid-rewrite. If he let it continue, the Marquis would use the global audience to cross over. 【A: Sacrifice the character Xia Mi and reclaim all narrative overflow.】 【B: Accept world expansion and receive permanent control of the platform.】 Both were prewritten, rotten endings. Gu Yan looked up at the sprinkler pipes. The gray causal line was glowing.