The players of the Greenfield Vessel were already in a complete mess; the greater their initial ambition before departure, the more disoriented they felt now. If not for undergoing the baptism of Lord Entropy, the high-intensity flashes of disjointed images would've triggered a photosensitive epilepsy.

As time ticked by second by second, and the forum posts shifted from discussing the game to sharing lunch, all members of the Greenfield Vessel suddenly felt an overwhelming lightness.

"Autopilot system online, now under management."

"Power system restored to normal."

"Detecting abnormal external pressure values; adjusting air pressure to balance."

The people raised their heads again, finding that everything inside the ship was in chaos, yet nobody was in the mood to clean up. The curse's oppression had crippled everyone's motor abilities first, and the stronger one's physical qualities, the worse their condition under the curse and attribute deprivation.

Li Aozi slowly stood up. In truth, he had first-hand experience with descending—a feeling similar to Lord Leoz's entry into the Layer Abyss from Beyond the Abyss.

He slumped his shoulders and began adjusting his implant gear attributes, reducing the power of each organ; otherwise, his thought processes would be overloaded.

After adjusting the power settings, Li Aozi finally felt that his limbs were responsive to his commands. He straightened up, crossing the timeline, and arrived outside the ship directly.

The first sight to greet him was the dazzling starry sky—yet this starry sky wasn't the concept of a pitch-black space; instead, like a wallpaper decoration, it quietly spread across the overhead, with magnificent nebulas sensibly sprawling open, all forever unreachable.

Li Aozi knew it was, of course, unreachable—for that starry sky was actually a projection of the entire universe of the Layer Abyss.

Looking down, a stellar body larger than a thousand joined stars hung on the land, the air filled with all kinds of energy and rich substances, with elements from each dimension and parallel universe unfolding elegantly on the land.

A lake of lava laid next to a snow castle, prairies and oceans jointly flooding, steel barriers grew wantonly in the woods—a grand spirit of vitality and tolerance unprecedented in the Layer Abyss gently reverberated in this world.

At a glance at the endless crisscross of darkness and light, the sun and moon hung from branches, swaying and shining.

Occasionally, he noticed diligent people of the Border Abyss bending down, picking a planet from the shrubs, tearing open an average 32km crust, placing it by their mouths, and gently sucking—the warm stellar marrow bouncing jelly-like in their mouths, then gently biting and swallowing, revealing a happy smile.

The Border Abyss is an endless Great Plain.

As the most open and inclusive Starry Abyss, it harbored all sorts of possibilities where various civilizations intermingled, collided, fused, and birthed brilliant pearls.

But no matter how rich and beautiful it was, people deeply understood in their bones the primary reason they came here:

Ascend to Godhood.

Through the expanse between heaven and earth, what seemed a gentle world actually had hidden, brutal threats.

Since the birth of civilization, it seemed destined that there would never be eternal peace—only temporary ceasefires.

Although Border Abyss proclaimed to be permanently neutral and achieved an unprecedented alliance of four narrative communities—yet in the future, when the Evil Gods return from shadows and fears, here would become a new Purgatory.

Li Aozi felt the cosmic Wind of the Universe unique to the Border Abyss—the air was filled with abundant elemental materials and dimensional energy, rich enough that every breath restored mana.

It was fresh and chilly but lacked any pleasant sweetness, instead, due to the curse, making him feel nauseous and dizzy.

No matter what, standing here, he had already surpassed 99.9% of the people in the Layer Abyss, even 100% of his contemporaries.

Arriving at the Border Abyss, potential was released, with Level and Hierarchy limits liberated.

Moreover, due to the special mechanism here in the Border Abyss, even doing nothing but sitting for 20 years, the abundant world energy would empower him to Kappa Rank (10).

Reflecting in the system, his Level Progress was slowly advancing.

In the Border Abyss, Kappa Rank was merely at a child's level.

Li Aozi checked everything: whether the system, armaments, implant gear, or the connection with the White Obelisk, everything was fine.

Of course, as for the connection with the upper Starry Abyss, it was out of the question; not even the Void Narrative in Zhou Yuan could achieve it.

"This is the starting point on the Path to Divinity."

Li Aozi sighed with relief:

"Record the position of Underwater Abyss Port, determine which narrative power territory this is in... then, it's time to try out what Lucite taught me."

Where Lucite learned his technique of "rapidly merging with the Pathway," Li Aozi had no idea, but it was indeed startling, and he planned to try it out alone once things settled down.

Suddenly, as Li Aozi relaxed, a murmur of vague obscurity reached his ears, like the whisperings of thousands.

"Hmm? This is—"

The system promptly popped up a message:

[Trait: "From Star Abyss" Triggered]

[Whispers from Star Abyss guide you to your future]

[A timeline unfolds forward, your thoughts leap with time, browsing choices amid countless crisscrossing potential futures.]

[Finally, you find the path most easily drawn into reality by fate.]

A timeline swept past his eyes: Death, conflict, misunderstandings, hatred, and pain—Li Aozi swiftly glanced over these images, his pupils contracted, and he immediately zeroed in on one of the scenes:

Silvery Ether Blood turned into a vast mist, shrouding the sky and blocking the sun. Amid the mist, a gigantic silhouette faintly emerged.

He couldn't clearly discern the giant's figure, only vaguely recognizing that it bore a blue Hexagram on its chest.

"Secret Citizen, huh? Looks like they've arrived too."

Li Aozi wasn't surprised—after all, one of Dai Yawen and others' main reasons for descending was to find the higher-ups among the Secret Citizens.

"I just don't know if they are from the Moderate Faction of the Scholars or the aggressive faction of the Emperor. If it's the former, it's still possible to communicate; if it's the latter, then just execute all these Earthlings."

Li Aozi mused.

He roughly checked the events simulated by the timeline and couldn't help but think they were lucky. Except for that evil Hexagram Giant, there seemed to be no particularly formidable adversaries.

As for Li Aozi's particular concerns, the Evil God, Golden Dragon Monk, and Night Butterfly Pilot, these three did not appear from beginning to end.

Of course, there was a lot to process in this revelation, and Li Aozi needed to carefully review and interpret it multiple times.

In the last revelation, many images never came to pass, yet they held significance according to Li Aozi as they hinted at something.

For instance, having met the "White Knight," the Star Abyss gave a revelation of the "White Knight" rising from ashes and wielding a sword towards the starry sky—in reality, he had already completely obliterated the "White Knight."

Thus, Li Aozi interpreted it as a display of the hidden forces behind the "White Knight" emerging from decay and darkness, aiming to steal Lord Entropy's power and terraform Azure Star.

Similarly, Du Zexin firing a Magnum Hand Cannon at him—merely foretold an inevitable battle with Du Zexin.

Li Aozi recorded the revelation details and closed the system, then asked his subordinates:

"So, how about it? Did you detect any Inherent Time Domain of a nearby Narrative Civilization? We need to find the local Narrative Civilization and secure the contract rights to the port here."

"Not at all, it seems we're too far from any Inherent Time Domain here..."

The communicator checked various frequencies and shook his head:

"Lord Leoz, this environment is too harsh. Though it looks like a dirt hill range, it's actually filled with high-density super-gravity bodies. Numerous mountain interiors are undergoing nuclear fusion, and natural radiation levels are too high. Our detection system can't find a signal."

"Well, it's not unmanageable."

Li Aozi thought it over and decided, given the exclusion of the Evil God threat, they could operate a bit more freely, and less cautiously.

Not to mention, this was the Border Abyss, not a lawless place.

So he said:

"Find an open space to land, switch the ship to exploration mode, and establish our own city-state here."

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