When those illusory lights flickered to life and the phantom-like spiders came surging in like a tide, Gawain merely watched in silence.
He knew the spiders were coming in force and likely carried some bizarre power from the Upper Narrator, but Yuri and Magnan were, after all, archbishops of The Sleeper. As long as they took it seriously, they could hold out for quite some time.
Besides, Selina Gelvin, the Mind Protector who had already broken through to legendary rank, was here. Things would not spiral out of control.
And as for Gawain himself... of course he had not been doing nothing.
From the moment he entered Sandbox One, he had spread out his Mental Power, sensing every part of the world. Though this sandbox world had become almost indistinguishable from reality, its essence remained a Dreamscape World. In such a dream world, Mental Power was more active and effective than under any other circumstances.
At first, he had discovered nothing. The edges of his mental scan sent back entirely normal simulated sensations. Even after Duvall and Nariter appeared, he had sensed nothing amiss from them. But when the spiders appeared, when the lights came on, when those "abnormal" things emerged within this "normal" city-state, he finally sensed the deep fracture and discord within the world.
Magnan heard Gawain muttering to himself and could not help crying out, "What did you find?!"
"We always assumed the greatest anomaly in this sandbox world was the disappearance of all its residents, but in truth... the situation is more complicated than that, and it has been right before our eyes." Gawain spoke unhurriedly as he slowly spread his hands. Strange, dazzling fragments abruptly appeared around him, while the spider shadows breeding endlessly amid the gaps between light and shadow seemed provoked. They surged