Additional Question
The examination continued.
Even as it reached its conclusion and finale, there was still no pause. After all irrelevant parties had been expelled, it was sealed off inside and out, completely isolated.
And at this moment, within the Black Box, somewhere no satellite signal could detect.
Ji Jue opened his eyes.
Beneath the brilliant, dazzling sunlight, seawater washed over the golden yellow beach. Amid the roaring tide, seagulls cried in the distance.
The Workshop had vanished, and every Blessing was gone.
All of his creations were gone.
Yet Non-Aggression and Deus Ex Machina had not returned either...
"Huh?"
Ji Jue climbed up from the ground in confusion and looked around. "Where the hell did this bring me?"
The examination was not over yet?
Or had he accidentally transmigrated again?!
Was this still the real world?!
"This place is still within the simulation."
A hoarse voice sounded behind him, its words accompanied by the static-like scrape of metal. It was so deep, so familiar, that Ji Jue's scalp went numb.
As Ji Jue stood there frozen, an old man clad in black emerged slowly with his hands behind his back. A deep green fire seemed to burn eternally within his pitch-black eyes. Lowering his gaze, he looked down at Ji Jue with contempt. "Surely you didn't think it would be over after you dealt with everyone else?"
"Holy shit, Jiany—"
Ji Jue cried out in shock, leaping up from the sand in disbelief.
"Hm?"
Jianyuan raised a brow, seemingly waiting for him to finish the name.
"Oh my!"
Ji Jue immediately beamed and hurried over with boundless enthusiasm. "Isn't this my esteemed guide of Stagnant Rot, the venerable Mr. Jianyuan?! We haven't seen each other in days—what brings you here? A gentleman of wealth should not sit beneath a