Speaking of transmigration, one can’t help but think of novels, manga, and anime—or at the very least, various TV series and short dramas.

After all, even before transmigrating, most people fantasized in their youth about whether they might be the protagonist of some book.

And that was before I actually went and did it.

As a Transmigrator, Lu Cang had naturally considered this question himself.

’If this were a novel, what genre would it be?’

’If it were an anime, how many episodes would it have? A long-running series or a short one?’

’I’m probably one of those Long Aotian-type characters, right?’

’Am I the protagonist?’

’Or am I just a stepping stone for someone else’s face-slapping power trip?’

’Or maybe I’m one of those reclusive masters who exists only in the background, appearing only in the legends of later generations?’

These were the idle thoughts that had been flashing through Lu Cang’s mind from time to time over the past few months in this world.

But now... what was this?

What kind of question was that?

’Wait, am I actually the main character of a gal-game?’

Lu Cang pulled his thoughts back from his imagination to reality and said, "Pari, do you have any idea what you’re saying to an eight-year-old kid?"

"I do."

Lu Cang said in a flat tone, "That’s impossible, of course."

Pari replied, "I thought as much."

WHOOSH—

The two of them changed locations again, returning from the mansion to the White Tower.

Pari was back in her original seat, completely unmoving.

’Looks like it’s pretty much impossible to touch Pari.’

’If I launch a sneak attack, I might succeed.’

’But she just has to be a Prophet—and a very powerful one at that. It really won’t be easy to get the better of her.’

Lu Cang said, "Sister Pari, I apologize for my offense just now."

Pari, still holding her black tea, replied, "Are you apologizing for a future that hasn’t happened?"

"If that’s the case, you have more than just one thing to apologize for."

Pari set down her tea and returned her gaze to her book.

"Pari, will anything happen on the first of next month?"

Without looking up at Lu Cang, Pari simply replied, "Are you asking about everything that will happen over the entire day?"

"That would be very expensive."

Lu Cang replied, "Not exactly. I mainly want to ask what will happen to An Zheng."

Pari said, "In other words, you want a Divination of the actions of a Level 8 Mage a month from now."

"As for the fee, let’s just say 500 billion Gold Coins."

"If you double it, that’s one trillion."

The corner of Lu Cang’s mouth twitched slightly.

’Does the entire Lorren Continent even have that many Gold Coins?’

’And that’s her method for doubling the price? Just like that?’

Lu Cang said, "Haha, on second thought, never mind."

’An Evil Divination Master indeed...’

’Speaking of which, Luo Si is also a Divination Master.’

’But Luo Si is only a Level 1 Divination Master, and it’s not even her main Profession, so she probably won’t adhere so strictly to the Divination Master’s code.’

’Sigh. I hope Luo Si doesn’t learn any bad habits from other Divination Masters.’

’But considering Luo Si’s ditzy personality, I feel like it would be hard for her to become a proper Divination Master anyway. After all, the first thing a Divination Master probably learns is how to scam, swindle, and cheat.’

He really wasn’t getting any meaningful information from Pari, and Lu Cang had no intention of wasting the rest of the first of the month.

So, he sent out his Perception and quickly located Yuna.

Yuna was at another desk on the same floor.

Beside her was a thick stack of draft paper.

She was in the middle of calculating something.

WHOOSH!

Lu Cang swapped space and instantly appeared beside Yuna.

His Perception made gentle contact with Yuna, taking care not to abruptly disturb her state of deep concentration.

Yuna was completely absorbed, but she gradually felt a Perception probing deeper. Alerted by the touch, she turned her head and saw Lu Cang behind her.

"Lu Cang? So, you do remember me."

’Yuna, have you been learning some bad habits?’

’It’s only been a dozen days or so. How did you suddenly learn to be so passive-aggressive?’

Lu Cang ignored Yuna’s passive-aggressive remark and simply replied with frank generosity, "It’s not the Forgotten Moon right now, so how could I forget?"

"Master Iz told me to go find An Zheng. I was discussing the Root Source with them."

Yuna said, "Oh..."

Lu Cang walked over to Yuna’s side and saw the arrays of symbols and formulas she had written on the paper.

’If a mathematician from my past life were to transmigrate to this world, they’d probably get a massive headache, right?’

’Having to do math problems even after transmigrating to an Otherworld.’

The Mathematics in this world was no simpler than in his previous one... As for which had the higher ultimate difficulty, Lu Cang wasn’t in a position to judge.

After all, Lu Cang hadn’t been a mathematician in his past life, nor had he encountered the ultimate problems of Mathematics.

But in this life...

The thought of all the mathematical problems that needed to be considered and solved gave him a headache, even as a Decryption Scholar.

Sometimes, he really just wanted to laugh dryly and declare himself a simple Warrior, refusing to touch these brain-melting problems.

Warriors had it easy; all they had to do was enjoy a good fight. Mages, on the other hand, had so much more to consider.

That’s why Lu Cang sometimes couldn’t help but wonder, was there really any balance between Professions?

An imbalance that revealed a strange kind of equilibrium, and an equilibrium that contained subtle deviations.

"Yuna, are these... the final Time deductions?"

Yuna’s voice was icy today. She whispered, "I was interested, so I went ahead and worked these out on my own."

Lu Cang sat down with a smile. "Then let me study them with you."

"Oh..." She didn’t refuse, allowing Lu Cang to sit down beside her.

There were only two books on Chronology in total.

Both were obtained from the seventh floor of the White Tower: *Time Theory* and *Introduction to Space-Time*.

After various investigations and appraisals, both books had been confirmed to be free of any knowledge-based contamination... but the knowledge they contained was still extremely obscure and difficult to understand.

Chronology, Future Studies, Destiny Science.