[You put the eerie Clown Mask straight on. There was no other reason—you had no other choice. With that, you left the first "Gate."]
[Although you really wanted to question "Zero" further, he clearly had no desire to keep talking.]
[You could only let it go, so you withdrew and returned to the endless void of chaos.]
[Then, wearing the Clown Mask, you returned to reality.]
[The very next moment, the [purple talent: I Am the Chess Player], which had been radiating dazzling purple light in your sea of consciousness, finally stopped activating.]
[This [Clown Mask] seemed to possess an incomprehensible, mighty power of its own. It came with layers of domains that isolated you from the influence of Wang Hao's Golden Finger ability.]
[At that moment, your thoughts became clearer than ever before.]
["This [Clown Mask] really is useful!"]
[You sighed in admiration. As expected of an [Otherworldly Demon] senior from the older generation—he certainly had the skills!]
[As for whether this [Clown Mask] had any abilities beyond shielding you from the influence of Wang Hao's Golden Finger?]
[You had no idea. But since your original self outside the [Simulator] wanted to bring about this situation,]
[Presumably, this was already the best outcome, and you had no desire to dwell on it.]
[You looked back at the choices for the Chat Group's first group mission. There were three worlds in total.]
[Primordial Origin World], [Deep World], [Supreme Heaven]...
[In truth, whether you chose [Supreme Heaven] made no difference to Wang Hao. After all, that fellow's ultimate objective was probably to Probe you!]
[But you certainly would not choose [Supreme Heaven]. An SS-rank mission was simply far too difficult.]
[You felt that choosing [Deep World], which suited you best at present, was still the best option.]
[The mission difficulty was