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Disconnected from the "Star Abyss" server.

After a ripple passed through the air before him, Jio Zeiou opened his eyes. His consciousness returned from the Star Abyss and reattached itself to his body.

Under the Recognition Filter of the Real World, this sequence of actions would have been: the invasive connection port on Jiao Ziniu's body detached, and he then sat upright from the Game Pod.

Breaking free of the Reality Filter was not entirely a bad thing. At the very least, he had learned the truth of this world and recovered his original memories.

But for Jio Zeiou now, being exposed to the Real World instead confronted him with a serious problem.

—He had failed Lai Anding Fairy Spirit's mission.

The mission to find the Star Abyss Seed had failed completely. He had not even caught a glimpse of its shadow.

Worse still, he had lost the synthetic body from the original test, more or less ruining an account.

Then again, was this Lioz's fault? Jio Zeiou clenched his fist.

To be honest, he did not believe Lioz would betray him.

—Even if Lioz betrayed him, he would never betray the Star Abyss.

Lioz is the most loyal soldier of the Star Abyss, without equal. If Lioz betrayed the Star Abyss, and the Star Abyss lost another agent no less powerful than a chief god, that would be an unacceptable blow...

Jio Zeiou knelt on one knee in the endless wilderness. Countless reincarnated divine brethren continued walking through the white desert, all holding nonexistent phones and pretending to make calls or scroll through short videos. The frigid air was filled with nonexistent signals.

Beneath the false illusion lay an endless white wilderness.

Jio Zeiou knew this.

Before long, he would become like these brethren: carefree and content