Alas, over 170 chapters!
To still step on a landmine!
My original intention was for both the writer and the readers to enjoy this together. I certainly didn't want anyone to feel like they'd stepped on a mine!
I thought that after 170 chapters, a full 700,000+ characters, with various attempts to challenge readers' patience and lower their limits, would have been enough to deter readers who weren't suited for this novel, leaving only the fanatically devoted (?).
The content warning in the synopsis has been revised to be more detailed. In essence, all I can say is: [This novel is purely fictional. Please view it with a more recreational mindset, do not over-identify with reality, and do not pursue realistic moral values in a world of paper characters. If you feel uncomfortable, please exit promptly for your own safety.]
The synopsis cannot accommodate too many words, so I will provide further detailed warnings and explanations for the series of plot points after Chapter 135 here:
1. The switch from first-person to third-person... At that point, Moiras, who tore off her clothes and destroyed everything, abandoned her last shred of sanity, crossed the threshold, and completely lost her mind. The change in perspective is an allusion, and the psychological activities of a madwoman do not need to be extensively described, so Moiras's inner thoughts will only be written when necessary.
It has been repeated many times that this is "mental illness literature," and this is genuine, substantial mental illness literature.
2. Comments have stated that Moiras now "sleeps just for the sake of sleeping." Yes, that's exactly how it is. She is now a "player" who enjoys "collecting," willing to endure pain to "collect" Hisoka. She has set a personal limit of one minute to satisfy an "achievement."
Even if the "achievement" were real, would a normal person do such a thing without substantial rewards?
No, only a madman would do such an unfathomable thing.
Moiras's compulsion to collect was a foreshadowed element from early on: as a child, she enjoyed "collecting" leaf specimens, then acquired a phantom "game backpack," and later "collected" shiny objects everywhere.
The "game backpack" and shiny objects did not exist. Because Shiba intentionally did not expose them, the imagined "game backpack" became a real "game backpack" after Moiras awakened her "Nen," and the shiny objects were the product of "Vows and Restrictions." It is clear that the "collection" of shiny objects is not unlimited, and Moiras has fantasized various restrictive conditions for this.
3. Apart from the reason for "collecting," why does she constantly sleep?
It's because after her brain surgery, Moiras cannot perceive pleasant emotions and can only pursue physical pleasure.
In Chapter 145, the doctor told her: "In other words, if you want to feel different emotions, you can simply make your body feel the corresponding stimuli."
4. It is expected that within three chapters, the Kurta clan dungeon will be initiated. Moiras will "collect" the Priceless Scarlet eyes with the Phantom Troupe. The "player's" chaotic evil alignment will not waver; she will sleep when she wants to and grind dungeons when she wants to.
In Moiras's view, the "Kurta clan" is a "dungeon," the "Scarlet eyes" are "game items," and everyone else is a paper character.
5. "Family" is merely an additional attribute of the Zoldycks in Moiras's eyes.
In Moiras's initial psychological activities, her references to them were possessive, such as "'my' birth father," "'my' birth mother," or "you Zoldycks," rather than "we."
Although she has developed some affection through prolonged interaction, Moiras still does not fully consider the Zoldycks family because, in her inner monologues, she almost never addresses them as mom, dad, or brother, but rather by their names.
Finally, I will repeat the author's note from Chapter 1: Moiras is the biggest villain in this novel, an ungrateful wretch, truly chaotic evil. To put it metaphorically, like the members of the Phantom Troupe, she deserves to die.
She will commit many more misdeeds.
However, when a "player" does bad things, we call it the "Fourth Cataclysm" (laughs).