[So you took the wrong path because you discovered that the correct path had been severed, and wanted to see whether the other paths were the same?]
The Narrator quickly understood why Xu Zhi had done this.
"Yes." Xu Zhi nodded.
[Then we're finished.]
The Game Console's screen flickered weakly a few times.
"How are we finished?" Xu Zhi sounded a little more spirited now.
[I knew it might be difficult, but I never expected this.]
[How much effort must it have taken to completely cut off this world's paths?]
[To prevent . from being reborn, they were actually this ruthless.]
Xu Zhi:?
"I don't understand. Say it in plain language."
The only thing she understood was that the advancement paths in the forest had been severed rather than cut off by natural causes, and that it had been done to prevent something from being reborn.
[. This world's Supernatural Level has been locked in place. All living things can only passively wait for death to arrive.]
[We cannot break through our limits, cannot advance to the Other Shore, and cannot escape.]
[When the limit has yet to appear, living beings can still cling to a sliver of hope. But once they touch that limit, despair descends.]
[And you... you are the Transcendental who first touched the end.]
After the Narrator said this, it seemed to have touched upon some secret. The Game Console's screen suddenly turned into garbled characters, followed by several cracking sounds. Cracks actually appeared across the game screen, which had always been fully charged and completely intact.
When the screen lit up again, the pixel-art display seemed to be veiled in shadow, while its battery showed a precarious red warning.
Clearly, the Narrator had paid some price for what it had said.
Looking at the Game