"Poker was not poker from the very beginning, and the Abyss was not the Abyss from the very beginning."
"Someone had to give meaning to those 'cards with patterns' before poker could become poker."
"The Abyss was the same..."
"Whatever it was—whether it was a monster that devoured worlds or a cancer spread throughout countless worlds—it must have had a starting point."
"That was where it was first born, first appeared, first defined, first given rules, and first called the 'Abyss.' And back then, it was just like the first poker card to appear..."
"Unique."
The moment Martin heard the words "unique," he understood.
No matter what meaning was later given to the Abyss, no matter how many decks of poker cards were printed, it had been the only one at the moment of its birth.
That was the original starting point. Even if it had already been dyed with paint, nothing could conceal the fact that it was unique. It was only after that point in time that its uniqueness gradually faded.
This had nothing to do with whether it carried the power of the Abyss. It was simply there, firmly fixed in the center of the River of Time.
Everything there was unique.
The thought alone made Martin excited.
This meant he could use the power belonging to the Abyss to find that starting point. He did not need to avoid anything.
Lu Youqi's gaze gradually filled with anticipation as well.
"You can find it, right?"
"I can, but it'll take some time. It's very far away, and the Dream is very deep... But I'll be able to find it eventually..."
At least that place was unlike the worlds outside the Abyss, where there were no traces at all.
Anything that had ever existed within the Abyss left