"..." So she was spacing out because she was thinking about this question all along. Nightingale touched her still-throbbing chest, irritably withdrew her hand, and flicked Anna's forehead forcefully, "Next time, please find a safe place to study, okay? So, what's your conclusion? Please explain it in the shortest sentence possible."

At this moment, Phyllis and the others also rushed over. Seeing that the two were safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Anna was also a little guilty at the moment. She covered her forehead and said in a low voice, "Jump down."

Nightingale was stunned for a moment. After confirming that she hadn't misheard, she sighed, "No, you'd better explain it in detail from beginning to end."

"Well..." She turned her head and looked in the direction of the Bottomless Land, "Actually, it's not difficult to understand. Since the Envoy and the Watcher both come from the Realm of Consciousness, Lan couldn't possibly not know that the rules here need to be opened with the Legacy Artifact. No matter how much of what she said is true, and how much is a lie, she wouldn't forget such a basic question after carefully arranging it for so long."

"That makes sense," Nightingale thought for a moment, "So you think Roland himself can open that pillar of light to the sky?"

"No, the pillar of light is probably not where we're going." Anna shook her head, "Only the victor of the Divine Will War can cross the bridge and reach the other shore, and we have neither won nor obtained other Legacy Fragments. Similarly, Lan has never mentioned this from beginning to end. Besides, seizing the fragments of other races contradicts the goal of ending the Divine Will War—if it were a key step in achieving the plan, it would be too unreasonable."

"Then...where should we go?" Nightingale found herself unable to keep up with her thinking.

"‘Only what you personally comprehend is the true answer.’" Anna repeated Lan's original words, "If she foresaw that the gods would step in to prevent her from revealing key information, then the fragments transmitted by the Star Chart are worth considering. Now that you think about it, which part of those fragments impressed you the most?"

"Uh...gravity or something?"

"That's right. In the second scene Roland saw, the core that makes up this world should be located in the center of the planet, so we should be going down instead of up. The 'Bottomless Land' seems unreachable, but don't forget—" Anna paused here, "‘Gravity is no longer the most revered force in this world.’"

"Wait," Phyllis took a long time to understand what she meant by "jump down," "Are you sure? That's too risky! If jumping down was safe, someone should have reached the bottom long ago—you've also seen the murals left by the Radiation Clan, they even built derricks and suspension ladders next to the sinkhole, but judging from the flashback in the fragments, they soon gave up similar attempts, which means it simply doesn't work!"

"Being able to go down and being able to come up are two different things," Anna shook her head, "This is probably the real meaning of what the Watchers call ‘capable people’—going down doesn't require any key, but if you can't open the Light Bridge, you may never be able to return to the ground."

"Going down is not limited, but going up must rely on the Bridge to Heaven..."

"That's right, I had envisioned many possibilities for how to enter the Bottomless Land." She continued, "And the fact is, I didn't confirm this view until after talking to the Watcher. Or rather, only in this way can we explain why Lan never mentioned the Watchers at all—because what Roland is going to do has nothing to do with them from the beginning!"

"So you plan to throw Roland into the sinkhole?" The Lord of the Celestial Dome looked surprised.

"No, I will go with him." Anna said decisively, "The task of retreating next is up to you. There is no need to defend here. Return to the floating island as soon as possible."

The scene fell into silence for a moment. Although no one was willing to leave Anna behind, everyone knew the temperament of this queen. Once she made a serious decision, even His Majesty would find it difficult to reverse.

Seeing that no one spoke, Hekzord already understood. It nodded and opened a portal above the sinkhole. "Little girl, your performance has been enough to prove the extraordinary nature of the clan. Even if you fail, you will still be glorious in defeat."

Anna manipulated Blackfire to set up the unconscious Roland and resolutely stepped into the door.

And the next moment, Nightingale also disappeared from the spot.

By the time the others reacted, it was too late to stop them—

The last one to walk towards the twisted gate was Silence Disaster.

"Wait, are you going too?" Hekzord frowned.

"I said, when she goes to the Bottomless Land, I will go with her." Serothashe crossed the gate without looking back, "No matter where it is."

...

When the light returned to silence and darkness took over everything, Roland heard a familiar voice in his ear.

"‘Where do people come from, and where are they going, has always been a profound and interesting question.’"

He turned his head and saw the hazy shadow again—its interior flickered with dim light, which was also the only "beacon" in this space.

"‘It has been discussed for ten thousand years, and each era has had completely different answers, but every answer is full of wisdom, and it guides us to move forward and explore the unknown.’"

"‘But after ten thousand years, this question suddenly changed and became meaningless. For the next tens of thousands of years, no one cared where we came from or where we were going... because the answer has been found, and extinction is the eternal destination.’"

It let out a sigh.

"‘This world is not carefully prepared for life.’"

"‘From its appearance to sixty quintillion years, stars will enter a period of decline, and they will either become dwarfs or black holes after burning out. The universe will become dark.’"

"‘Under the pull of gravity, dwarfs may be rekindled in collisions and become new stars again, but that is their last glow, like a rare oasis in the desert.’"

"‘Powerful civilizations occupy the oases of light, while other civilizations survive on aging dwarfs until the last bit of energy is squeezed out. This is the picture at two hundred sextillion years.’"

"‘Gravity will become the sole master of the world. Dead galaxies will continue to be sucked into black holes, and the huge amount of radiation will make it emit a dazzling light, even brighter than stars. That is also the only possible source of energy at that time.’"

The gray shadow's voice gradually lowered.

"‘If time is pushed forward another hundred octillion years, dwarfs will also evaporate, and there will be no more physical planets and matter in the universe. The result of energy spreading evenly to every corner is that every place is lifeless. Darkness, coldness, and emptiness will be its entirety—however, in terms of the age of the universe, it is only equivalent to being a few days old.’"

"‘Next, the universe will spend a longer period of youth, adulthood, and old age, but those times are meaningless because no life can participate in them. Our existence is only an extremely brief moment, a manifestation of entropy imbalance, and a result that the universe needs to correct.’"

The light in it became dim and weak.

"‘...We can't go anywhere.’"