That familiar wave of dizziness struck again, but this time it lasted far less than it had when he entered the illusion. Hao Ren only felt his vision go slightly dark. When his feet touched solid ground again, he noticed that the scenery around him had returned to the silver platform.
The enormous golden disc was still floating before him. Lia stood to his left, Lemendusa not far away, and Vivian stood to his right, curiously widening her eyes as she leaned over to examine him.
Hao Ren suddenly opened his eyes, startling Vivian. "Whoa!"
Then she waved her hand. "I saw all three discs go dark just now, but you two still hadn't woken up, so I came over to check on you."
Hao Ren rubbed his forehead and shook himself awake. "Ugh... I stayed in the illusion a little longer."
"Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy..." Lia woke up at the same time as Hao Ren. Since she had used her divine power to open the illusion herself, even she, a true goddess, had felt the same dizziness as Hao Ren. Clearly, she was quite unaccustomed to it. "I'm not playing like this again..."
Hearing Lia's voice, Hao Ren turned to look at the Creation Goddess. She happened to turn her gaze toward him as well, and the two of them stared at each other, leaving the atmosphere extremely awkward for a moment.
Thinking about what they had seen in the illusion, he felt that nothing would be appropriate to say right now... Should I ask Goddess whether her heart still hurts?
Hao Ren thought about it, then decided it would be better not to court death right now.
"You two..." Vivian looked at Hao Ren, then at Lia. She immediately sensed that something was wrong between them. "What exactly did