Eric Turner rubbed his head as he thought about this. The complexity of the situation seemed to exceed his imagination, but he still proceeded to analyze it step by step according to his previous ideas.

(In other words, the origin of this newspaper can no longer be verified, so let's set aside its origin for now and analyze it based solely on its use. It can see into the future, so the "causal points" must be the key. Literally, "causal points" can probably be understood as the sum of events and outcomes that have already happened, or rather... when I possess this newspaper, I influence many people or things, forming causal relationships with them, and these more than ten thousand causal points are the total sum of all the causal relationships I have formed with them. This is the most reasonable literal explanation. Combined with what happened after I obtained this newspaper fragment yesterday, I can basically be sure of one thing: this causality refers to forming relationships with this world, or rather, with the people in this world, and only then can these points be obtained. Causal points, in other words, are the number of causal relationships generated after interacting with people.)

Eric Turner thought of the little girl he saved yesterday. Even if he had nothing to do with others, from the moment he saved this little girl, her fate of death was reversed. He had already changed the outcome of her death. Adding the TV station interview and the possible future report at school, and so on, the number of people he had influenced was already quite large. Among them, there were likely some whose life trajectories would be changed in the future because of his actions this time. In other words, causal points refer to both the degree and number of relationships formed with people.

(The origin of the causal points can basically be determined. Next is the use of causal points. From the information obtained so far, this newspaper will naturally display people or events within a radius of several miles around it. This does not consume any causal points, and it is also completely random and purposeless, only displaying things or people at random. Of course, it might also display places where causal points can be obtained. For example, previously it showed a student falling down—if I helped him up, I could at least change his situation for today, and that is also a causal point. Or like yesterday's chain car accident, which was also the source of a large number of causal points... So, how should these causal points be used? Since they can be obtained, they must also be usable. Previously, when I was holding the newspaper and wanted to tell Ethan Brooks and Grace Miller about this, I ended up consuming two hundred causal points and obtained information about their locations and what they were doing. This should be a specific search into the future, right?)

At this thought, Eric Turner quickly took a stack of blank paper from a drawer. After pulling out a sheet, he picked up a pen and drew several large circles on it.

(First of all, judging from the torn edge of this newspaper, it was originally a complete sheet. In other words, besides me owning this newspaper, at least one other person also possesses it, or perhaps two or three others each have a piece. At the very least, this half of the newspaper has already been torn into four pieces. So why was it torn? It could be that the newspaper was already torn when it was obtained, or it could be that the previous owner was forced to tear it into four pieces... Right, the previous owner...)

A sudden shock hit Eric Turner's heart. He finally understood what this newspaper truly represented. At the same time, he found one of the circles on the blank paper and wrote the words "previous owner" inside it.

(We can hypothesize that this newspaper was originally a complete sheet, a full edition, and at that time, the content it could display was much more extensive, and the future it could foresee was much farther away. But for some unknown reason, the newspaper was divided into several pieces, or perhaps into two pieces, each obtained by two or more people. They quickly discovered the newspaper's mysterious powers. What would happen in this situation? There could only be a confrontation, with both sides wanting to obtain the other's piece to assemble the most complete, original version, to see what it truly is or what it would display. In this case, the owner of this half of the newspaper, either because of defeat or some other reason, tore the newspaper into four pieces, and I obtained one of them... If this reasoning is correct, then there are several other people who also possess pieces of this newspaper, and some of them have probably already realized that other pieces exist. This person, or these people, are still searching for the other newspaper holders...)

At this point, Eric Turner was already sweating slightly on his forehead, but he didn't wipe it away. Instead, he picked up the newspaper fragment and carefully pondered the whereabouts of the other pieces in his mind. However, after several seconds, the newspaper fragment did not display any information about the whereabouts of the other fragments as it had before. Instead, even the previous text disappeared, becoming a chaotic and blurry mess. Apart from the causal points and the date, not a single word remained.

(Causal points, causal points... Could it be that this newspaper fragment can not only display the future, but also reverse causality? If that's the case... how can I find the other people who possess newspaper fragments?)