532 Epilogue 3 - Author's words (1)

My thumb slowly extended and touched the cold screen.

Right at that moment, something like a spark danced just above the display.

[A new file has been downloaded.]

- Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World (final revised version).txt

In that short time period, the name of the file had changed.

…. The 'final revised version'?

I clicked on the file almost subconsciously.

But, why was this? The file had been scrolled almost all the way down to its bottom-most section from the get-go. It felt as if the edits had been finished only a few moments ago. Without thinking too much about it, I scrolled down even further.

Did the 'epilogue' of the 'Ways of Survival' get added at the end, the one I didn't get to read?

The file continued on from the point where the original novel came to an end. It was a story that I hadn't seen before.

I unconsciously began reading it out loud.

Epilogue 3. Author's words

Each regression turn would reach their conclusion in their own terms.