[Meeting the Higher-Dimensional Existence of the [Gods and Devils Realms] Again] (Bonus update ՞˶･֊･˶՞)

[Outside the Simulator Screen]

The system notifications rang out in his sea of consciousness again—

[Ding! Interference from an unknown ability detected. Simulator restrictions temporarily lifted.]

[Ding! Low Level detected. The Simulator will observe as much as possible.]

Chen Fan's mind shook violently, and understanding dawned in an instant.

This had to be "Old Self's" handiwork.

After all, that man had already ascended to a higher dimension within the simulation, becoming the indescribable "Old Self." Only he could reach across the boundary and give Chen Fan a hand.

Yet countless questions still troubled Chen Fan.

“Old Self” had only broken through to the Supreme dimension during the [Tenth Ordinary Simulation]. How had he affected reality outside the Simulator?

His understanding of the [Simulator's] underlying mechanisms remained patchy. The only thing he could be certain of was that every simulation was a genuinely existing parallel world, each independent of the others.

Perhaps... that was not entirely true.

At the very least, "Old Self" had first attained the Dao in the [Ninth Ordinary Simulation]. In theory, that should not have affected reality at all.

Yet he had later become Chen Fan's powerful backer in reality in the form of the [rainbow talent: Fifth Black Hand].

Although Chen Fan had no way of knowing the karma connecting those events, "Old Self" had now attained a higher dimension within the simulation and directly interfered with [reality].

—Before Chen Fan could even react, the system notifications had already sounded.

Could it be that the moment "Old Self" became a Higher-Dimensional Existence, simulation and reality were unified on some level?

Still, there was one thing he could be certain of:

Even a Higher-Dimensional Existence could never easily touch the essence of the real world.

The Simulator's rank was far beyond anything he had imagined,