Shen Yi's gaze shifted slightly. He nodded to Lilith, then vanished from where he stood in a flash.
Inside the core repair chamber, Alvin's slender humanoid projection still floated there, but her deep-blue data eyes were filled with unprecedented gravity.
"Sit." Alvin gestured for Shen Yi to sit on the metal platform inside the repair chamber.
Shen Yi did not stand on ceremony. He sat down directly and looked Alvin in the eye. "What is it?"
Alvin fell silent for a moment, seemingly choosing her words. After some hesitation, she finally spoke slowly.
"Regarding the Boundary Land, regarding that lady... how much do you know?"
Shen Yi's eyes froze for a moment. Then he frowned slightly and shook his head.
"Not much."
"Winnie mentioned some things. She said the aura leaking from there shares the same origin as the Source of Black Mist within her. As for that lady, who are you referring to?"
Alvin: "..."
After a brief silence, the two seemed to understand without saying anything. Alvin then sighed and spoke quietly.
"Then I'll tell you what I know."
Streams of light flickered in Alvin's eyes.
"The Boundary Land is a fault line of rules in the deepest reaches of Beyond the World, a place where the rules of countless worlds converge, collide, perish, and are reborn. It is also one of the original sources of the Black Fog."
Shen Yi's pupils contracted. "A source of the Black Fog?"
"More precisely, it is a region where the concepts of erosion, chaos, and deathly stillness embodied by the Black Fog manifest."
Alvin explained.
"It is filled with the most primordial and violent rule currents, as well as certain things condensed from pure death rules."
"Once those things leak out, they infect the surrounding rules like a plague, twisting, corroding,