Ye Qian had built a divine authority and did not want any unstable factors under her system's control. Therefore, once she determined that these people's thinking could not be changed, she assigned them this punitive mission.
The so-called cycle of suffering was not as terrifying as it sounded, because everything happened in dreams. This form of punishment was to construct a horrifying time and space within the dream world and make these people experience it.
Although it was illusory and ended once the experience was over, it was ultimately unbearable for those involved.
Either they would live through a false but extremely painful life, or they would endure the punishments they feared most in the dream world.
Of course, in essence, it was merely a dream. From that perspective, many people in reality were already going through cycles of suffering. But Ye Qian's punishment was different—she would deepen the impressions of those dreams in their minds, making them believe they had truly experienced them.
However, it was clear that this family of three still did not understand what the so-called cycle of suffering was. Yet when the Dusk System's warning arrived for the first time, its technological, game-like interface that had once been pleasant to look at turned into something steeped in horror. At the top of the interface were black-and-white photographs arranged like those at a funeral altar, and the figures in the photos were themselves.
The candles burned like a countdown, shortening a little each day. No one told them what would happen when the candles burned out. In truth, it was all psychological suggestion, meant to tell them that their actions had become intolerable even to a god.
If the candles truly burned out, Ye Qian would likely have lost her patience and simply taken their lives...