"Ugh!"

The heavy curse swiftly surged into the body, indifferent to class, species, gender, or even life and death, descending equally upon every creation of the Starry Abyss.

The speed of the Greenfield Vessel had become unreadable; at this moment, they were situated in the crevice between two universes, akin to a siphon, with the colossal force of the entire cosmos being inescapable.

But fortunately, the Greenfield Vessel was too small; in the absolute vacuum area during descent, there was no resistance, and no energy transfer affected them despite their high speed.

This process was fantastical, yet still understandable within the realm of materialists.

Li Aozi knelt on one knee, as the Border Abyss gradually dragged them in, everyone on the spaceship let out hysterical roars of pain.

This was not merely physical pain—the Border Abyss and the Layer Abyss, in strict terms, were two universes, and the size and physical rules of the lower Starry Abyss were tremendously different from the upper Starry Abyss.

Chemical bonds breaking, acid-base neutralization, and various hormone releases trigger reactions—all these fundamental biological rules were altered.

Moreover, this profound change also acted on the soul—the Pathway was no longer an abstract concept, as the moment Free Will was deeply anchored onto the Underwater Abyss Diver, the Pathway officially branded itself onto their soul like a searing imprint, leaving an indelible mark.

[Warning: Your body is rejecting the Border Abyss environment]

[The curse is continuously draining your Strength...]

[The Layer Abyss gazes coldly at your departure, silently punishing your betrayal.]

[All your Attributes are permanently reduced by 100%]

[The Sovereign Pathway ensemble has aggregated, and like-minded companions have shared 20% of the curse for you.]

Li Aozi's Arcane Energy Shield immediately ceased, his massive Attribute deprivation causing him to revert to Zeta Rank (6).

Thankfully, he had a plan—this time, he brought enough Sovereign Players, who directly shared 20% of the curse.

If he had dived alone, he would currently be enduring the curse's pressure and managing the colossal system of a Iota (9) rank body, akin to using the computing power of a pager to run AI art generation.

"39 seconds left..."

Li Aozi gritted his teeth, his porcelain skin twisting and breaking, with the cracked seams spilling out a lot of blue light:

"Hold on a bit longer, we'll soon break out."

This journey must not fail; in Wild Port's Underwater Abyss, without dedicated docking points and beacon guidance, they were like boating amidst stormy waves—one wrong move, and they'd be crushed to powder; with a bit of luck, they'd be dragged back to the Layer Abyss with curses all over them.

They could not fail.

If they died here or were ejected back to the Layer Abyss, they would face another curse from surfacing again; Attributes would be stripped once more.

By then, they would have to drag bodies cursed twice, enduring the torment of Attributes and curses in the Layer Abyss. Even if Li Aozi could rely on the self-purification ability of the Lunar String Archbishop to forcefully resist once more and dive into the lower Starry Abyss, his Little Piggies could not.

Li Aozi was well aware of this, knowing his greatest asset now was his youth, being a 33-year-old Iota (9), even in the talent-laden Narrative Civilization, he was considered top talent, destined in people's eyes to become a God Embracer.

Yet, once the advantage of age was lost, Li Aozi would be hard-pressed to maintain value solely with his current assets against the accumulated thousands of years of the Narratives.

He needed to become a God Embracer or a Chief God, not just an Omega Tier (24).

Moreover, through Xides' timeline premonition, a great cataclysm was soon to erupt in the 'previous life' Starry Abyss sweeping across all, and even the Deities could only protect themselves.

38 seconds, neither too fast nor too slow.

If too fast, they wouldn't correctly enter the space of the Border Abyss and would be flung back by its repulsive force, each person having Attributes reduced by 280%, directly becoming numerical wrecks.

If too slow, they would be captured by the lower Underwater Abyss, enduring the curse that was absolutely lethal to their current Status, leading to their complete doom.

Due to the curse of the Border Abyss, the concept of time had distorted here, and machinery was no longer accurate or reliable, rendering all instruments ineffective.

However, Li Aozi happened to have a way to mark time.

He had opened the System's forum early on, checking the time settings, observing the real-world time flow rate with accuracy to five decimal places.

After all, the System, much like a cellphone, besides playing, its biggest use was to check the time.

6.35412

4.45662

2.12212

Li Aozi's hands suddenly clenched, releasing a stream of Moonlight Disciples behind him, swiftly taking over all equipment positions, and shouted:

"Jump out!"

——0!

[Jump Engine Activate]

In a flash, the entire Greenfield Vessel's hull rippled like a reflection on water, they began traversing a discontinuous spacetime, but their Free Will made each of them acutely aware of what was happening, even if there was a gap of a full second, their Will never ceased to destroy.

Li Aozi's mind was focused to an unprecedented degree, unable to think of anything else, at the moment the only thing he could and must do was to steer the spaceship out, away from the Underwater Abyss channel.

The Moonlight Disciples strictly followed Li Aozi's command, piloting the spaceship on its gradual journey forward.

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