"In other words..."
After a pause, her tone sank along with her expression. Natalie's face darkened, and a clearly visible gloom lingered between her brows, as though she had recalled something she had no wish to mention.
"Those things are probes sent into different worlds."
"If a world has value, the power it sends down upon arrival will be far greater than during the initial probe. If it does not, the Black Fog that invades at the beginning is enough to destroy that world."
Shen Yi's gaze trembled slightly. Natalie's frowning figure slowly reflected in his chestnut eyes. Under Shen Yi's gaze, Natalie leaned closer.
Huff—
Her breath was clearly audible. Even though Shen Yi deliberately tried to avoid her, at the distance Natalie had moved toward him, they could both distinctly sense the warmth of each other's breathing. Natalie frowned, shock carved across her partially veiled face. "The life essence around you is only a few decades old. Even if time flows differently between worlds, the difference should not exceed tenfold at most. Yet you can actually perceive these things..."
For a time, Natalie stared fixedly into Shen Yi's calm, mirrorlike eyes, unable to look away.
She had originally thought she would have to spend a long time explaining things to the man before her.
After all, concepts such as Great Worlds and the barriers between different worlds were simply impossible for ordinary people to understand.
Looking at the strongest creatures in the current Shadow World, there were not many things that could surpass the Shadow World itself, and even fewer beings knew that other worlds existed.
Sometimes, being able to comprehend such concepts was itself proof of one's ability.
Those who were not qualified had no right to know what the world truly looked like.
"You noticed it