Unseen.
Unknowable.
Unspeakable.
Unthinkable.
Jiang Qiao felt a connection form between himself and some unseen existence, but he could not explain what that connection was.
His consciousness drifted upward.
A sense of peace, serenity, and comfort enveloped him.
He seemed to have fallen into a tranquil sleep.
Yet his consciousness remained awake, observing everything around him through a perspective that overlaid a third-person view with his own.
What a strange feeling.
Everything is contradictory. Everything lies somewhere between possible and impossible.
It's as if cause and effect have overlapped...
Jiang Qiao could not describe his current state. It had gone far beyond anything he could comprehend. When he tried to put the sensation into words, he found it impossible.
The moment he spoke, he would be wrong.
Nothing fit. Nothing could capture it.
That was what it meant to exceed the limits of cognition.
Fortunately, though.
Some strange power kept stretching his perception, passively drawing him into contact with some existence.
By now, he was curious too.
What secret had he touched upon by activating Dual Pupils?
On this island.
Dual Pupils are the key.
That makes sense.
The quest the [Simulator] gave me was called "First Glimpse of Dual Pupils." It looks like I'm about to touch upon their secret.
A description surfaced in Jiang Qiao's mind.
It was the information the [Simulator] had given him when he first obtained "Dual Pupils":
``` [Is the world we see the real world? You never questioned it until you acquired a mysterious pupil.]
[Break through the boundary between life and death, allowing you to gaze directly upon an Ominous World.]
[Be careful! You can see the Abyss because you have already drawn near it! As Dual Pupils level up, Cognition-Subverting Strange Abilities will emerge, but they will also gradually connect