"Just as expected of Mr. Bai..."
Little Nine recited her lines as she activated Delusion Eye: Thousand Illusions.
The moment Delusion Eye: Thousand Illusions activated, the Black Room countdown began!
[Alert! Alert! An event that will affect Era Progress is about to occur. New Era Deity, please respond with caution and prevent the era from regressing!]
Fuck! Was this never going to end? Was that the only line it knew?
Suddenly, Bai Ye froze!
An event that would affect Era Progress was about to occur... About to!?
That meant it had not actually happened yet. But hadn't I already been trapped inside the Virtual World?
Could it be... that me being trapped in the Virtual World was not the event affecting Era Progress? Then what exactly was affecting Era Progress?
The event was not in the Virtual World. Was it happening outside?!
Did someone take advantage of my absence to cause trouble out there?
Bai Ye's first thought was that the Warden was about to destroy Dawn City.
At that moment, Calamity Eye: Ashen Ruin had already begun to collapse.
Time Stop!
Bai Ye activated Time Stop once more, then linked his consciousness to Pangu Matter and entered the Omniscient Divine Perspective.
In an instant, boundless Sky-Piercing Black Trees sprouted from the Virtual World. In the blink of an eye, they blotted out the sky, their densely packed black branches extending beyond the boundaries of the Virtual World.
The Virtual World could not stop the higher-dimensional Pangu Matter, just as it could not affect Time Stop or Time Reversal.
Bai Ye extended his gaze along Pangu Matter toward the future. He wanted to find a way out from the future and see what event was about to make the era regress.
But the next second, he froze.
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