Lilith's quiet words were still echoing in Shen Yi's ears.
Her explanation made the subtle discomfort in Shen Yi's heart from the complete loss of his sense of space grow clearer.
He instinctively looked back, his gaze turning to the place they had just left.
He saw that the heavy barrier that had stood before them earlier, woven from countless threads of rules, had now become strangely... thin.
It was no longer an incomparably solid wall, but more like something viewed through thick frosted glass. It still existed, still blocking off the aura and scenes within.
Yet the barrier itself showed a strange translucent quality, as if it might completely dissipate at any moment and melt into the boundless void behind it.
Lilith noticed Shen Yi's gaze. The arcs of electricity flowing in her eyes flickered slightly, and her voice was calm.
"You noticed."
The moment she finished speaking, Xilos and Winnie both cast strange looks at her.
After a brief pause, Lilith said, "When a world is operating normally and stably, its barrier is solid and secure. Viewed from the outside, it is almost impossible to see directly."
"They are like perfect camouflage merged into the background. Only occasionally, from certain angles or when disturbed by powerful rules, will they reveal the faintest outline."
Shen Yi's pupils contracted slightly.
A thought flashed through his mind.
He looked toward the distant bubbles and light clusters that filled his field of vision, packed densely together and glowing with all kinds of colors.
"You mean... the ones we can see right now are actually all..."
"All dead..."
"Or in special circumstances."
Lilith took over his words and confirmed it.
"Beyond the World, any world that we can observe this clearly is almost always one that has already perished."
"Or that world is