Inside the station, as Shi Hei's words fell, the surroundings gradually blurred, as if the entire station were rapidly moving away from them. Their bodies swiftly rose higher.
The next moment, they arrived in a place of true nothingness.
There was no time, no space, no matter, no rules, no meaning... Everything, without exception, did not exist within this space.
The only things that existed in this space were the two of them, along with the sandbox altar stretching between them. At this moment, everything inside the sandbox had also turned pitch-black.
"I'm incomplete, and you're incomplete as well. So in the upcoming chess game, we are completely equal."
Shi Hei sat down in the throne-like chair before the sandbox, raised his head toward Bai Zhi, and spoke with a smile.
"Completely equal... are you sure?"
Bai Zhi shifted his gaze away from the three Cards in his hand, slightly raised a brow, and looked at the other party.
"Before our game officially begins, I have a duty to explain certain things to you. That will make it easier for you to understand exactly what sort of beings we are."
Shi Hei shook his head and looked at him calmly.
"You should have known this information already, but because you cleansed yourself too thoroughly, much of the critical information has been lost. So I can only explain it on your behalf. First, you must understand the concept of the End Human Emperor."
"The End Human Emperor... You mean a Human Emperor fused with the consciousness of the End?"
Bai Zhi's brow lifted slightly.
"No. The two concepts are not the same. The End Human Emperor is a Monster even more terrifying than the End."
Shi Hei shook his head.
"The original [End] was merely an embodied concept, an Underlying Rule