Next, everyone pulled themselves together and continued lowering the boxes.
This time, under Little Illusion's full supervision, they once again felt the weight in their hands lighten.
But this time, no one shouted in excitement.
They merely stared intently beneath the water.
The wooden box sank into the deep water, its outline growing faint. Then suddenly, even its shadow vanished. The entire box had disappeared.
"Did it work?" the high school student asked Little Illusion.
"Of course it worked," Little Illusion said as if it were only natural.
"But how do we verify it?"
"Why not just make a phone call?"
Uh, you can make a call across two worlds? You really think I'm some fool you can mess with? the high school student thought.
"Of course you can. What did you think?" Little Illusion rolled her eyes at him.
Everyone made calls skeptically. Naturally, the first people they called were their own families.
Only the young man called the older woman.
"It connected!"
"It connected!"
Hearing the call go through on the other end, someone cried out in surprise.
"Right. If people can pass through the vortex, then radio waves can pass through too," the middle-aged man remarked while talking on the phone.
"Damn it, why didn't we think of that from the start?" someone said gloomily.
"We tried it back in the beginning, but it failed, so we never thought about it again."
"What? Don't you know you've already been declared dead? Don't come back!" Suddenly, an enraged woman's voice came through the middle-aged man's phone.
"We've already collected all the insurance money and death benefits. Just stay dead over there!"
Her voice was so loud that everyone could hear it through the phone.
Then a young man's voice followed.
"Yeah, Old Dad, you're already dead, so why