In the pitch-black space, the eyes that had been laughing and trembling on the Stone Lotus opening and closing on the screen fell silent.
The violent trembling and soundless clamor all sank into utter stillness at this moment.
These eyeballs stared at one another, seemingly unable to understand what had just happened.
Their bodies swiftly scattered, then joined together again, rapidly forming a huge "?" as they watched the screen before them.
And at that moment, they saw the youth on the screen suddenly raise his head and look toward the "screen." In a daze, that gaze seemed to pass through the screen and see them beyond it.
The question mark formed of countless eyeballs suddenly shattered. Layer upon layer of eyeballs fell from the sky like raindrops, and the screen floating in the void shattered along with them.
The entire space once again sank into silent darkness.
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"Is there something over there?"
Li Cheng turned around and looked doubtfully at He Ao, who was gazing up at the sky.
"Perhaps."
Orange-gray radiance flashed through He Ao's eyes. Deep within the void, at the bottom layer of the world, faint lines that did not belong to this space were spreading outward.
Yet when he raised his head to observe those lines, they naturally shattered, scattered, and hid within the bottom layer of the world.
The enormous Stone Lotus slowly closed, completely blocking out all light from outside.
"Are we heading to the true core area now?"
Li Cheng realized that He Ao did not want to delve deeper into their previous topic. He did not press the matter and instead changed the subject.
"Mm."
He Ao nodded lightly.
As the two spoke, faint light spread from within the Stone Lotus, outlining intricate and mysterious patterns.
This time, when He