Jiang Qiao felt as though he had dreamed a very long dream.
Countless bizarre fragments flashed through his mind. Sometimes he was deep beneath an ocean with waves raging like fury; sometimes he was in a dark void where he could sense neither above nor below, nor any direction at all.
At times, he seemed to be walking along a path paved with gravestones, with gigantic strange rocks and abandoned city-states on either side.
The path stretched on, with no end in sight.
There was not a single living person or creature before or behind him.
The scene shifted again.
He seemed to have transformed into a towering tree, battered by wind and rain and gnawed at by countless insects, yet standing unmoving through endless years.
The scene changed once more...
Jiang Qiao felt as though his head were splitting apart, as if his mind were about to burst.
Those dreamlike scenes kept surfacing, yet he could not grasp a single fragment. He would soon forget what he had just seen, remembering only that he seemed to have witnessed something.
He had no idea how much time had passed.
Only then did he slowly awaken from his dazed state.
The moment he opened his eyes,
he discovered that he was lying in a room. Smoke curled all around him, and the scent of sandalwood rushed into his nostrils, yet miraculously, it was not choking in the slightest.
Jiang Qiao groaned in pain.
What was this place?
He remembered briefly merging with the will of the Red Moon Restaurant through the "Supernatural Chef."
Then he had fought a mysterious monster from the Void Space.
After that, the Simulator had issued a notification...
Right.
The Simulator's notification!
Jiang Qiao staggered upright, focusing his gaze on the translucent, blood-red panel before him.
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