Ceres Boundary

Inside the Lemnian Hollow, Wise, Belle, Ye Shunguang, and Griseo pressed deeper.

Strange phenomena appeared along the way.

Many Abyss Flowers had already bloomed inside the Hollow, and numerous Ethereals were tainted with Anomalous Corruptive Breath. These phenomena had arisen because the Corruptive Breath in the Lemnian Hollow had been unusually active during several earlier incidents.

The current situation showed that fluctuations in Anomalous Corruptive Breath concentration had far exceeded anything before.

"Looks like Griseo was right."

Wise spoke quietly.

He had just used the HDD to have Fairy roughly measure the Ether concentration. Overall activity in the Lemnian Hollow had risen by thirteen percentage points.

Ahead, Ye Shunguang was finishing off the enemies.

She had finally reclaimed the Azure Nether Sword. And after Griseo told her, "Don't worry about the backlash. Use it as much as you like," she had unleashed her full strength for the first time, cutting her way through nearly the entire Hollow.

Ye Shunguang let out a soft breath and asked, "Junior Brother, Junior Sister, what's the Ceres Limit?"

In truth, Ye Shunguang had been lost among all the technical terms at the last meeting.

"Senior Sister Xiaoguang, the Ceres Limit is a theoretical threshold used to determine whether a Hollow has gone out of control."

Belle explained, "Simply put, it's the dividing line between 'controlled expansion' and 'uncontrolled spread.'"

"But isn't everything inside a Hollow chaotic? The Ether Energy, the Ether Rifts..."

Ye Shunguang tilted her head, looking thoroughly puzzled.

Hollows were chaotic, and Carrot Data needed recalibration every so often. Wasn't that common knowledge?

"That's right, Senior Sister Xiaoguang!"

Belle nodded and continued, "When we say 'controlled,' we don't mean orderly. The inside of a Hollow is always in a state of dynamic chaos.

"But the intensity of that chaos is directly tied