``` [You chose to investigate thoroughly before making a decision!]
[This was your fifth descent into a "dream within a dream."]
["Deploy another 'Other Self'?"]
[You examined the underlying [essence] of your [Ninth-Level Nascent Soul Limit-Breaking].]
[In theory, you still had enough strength to split off three projections at the same realm.]
[—That meant the fighting strength of three [Ninth-Level Nascent Soul Limit-Breaking] beings.]
[However, after a moment's hesitation, you rejected the idea.]
[Pointless sacrifice.]
[Until you understood the workings of the [Buddha Ancestor]'s bizarre [fruit position mystique], any number of projections would merely be lambs sent to the slaughter.]
[Once the mechanism was countered, would greater numbers merely mean more companions in the grave, all killed in an instant?]
[Then, could you use the [true-false Supreme Realm] to remove your "Other Self" from this place?]
[That was even less viable.]
[Your ultimate goal on this journey was to complete the [System Quests] and fight for a [Sliver of Vitality] before the ten-day countdown ended!]
[Moreover, the [Plot Quest] issued by the system kept flashing, as though frantically hinting that this was precisely the key to breaking the deadlock.]
[Retreating now would mean sitting still and waiting for death.]
[You had come to complete the [Golden Timed Mission: Go to the East and uncover the truth]. Letting your "Other Self" flee now would be no better than simply waiting to die!]
[So... your only option was to clash head-on?!]
[Surely you could not attain the [Tianyan Fruit Position] without understanding anything?!]
[The moment this thought arose, you felt the [I Am the Chess Player] talent in your Sea of Consciousness respond.]
[As though it were telling you:]
["You can attain the [Tianyan Fruit Position], but you must first clear up a few things!"]
["..."]
[Helplessness filled the depths of your