"..."

Isis was silent for a long time, seemingly exhausted.

"It's hard to understand. You poured your heart into a void, enduring the torment of a tool that was never loyal and rebellion, all to win a victory that has no meaning at all?" she asked, "I don't see the necessity of persistence, sir. Is it really worth it?"

"Persistence itself is the greatest meaning," Ji Jue countered.

"Why?"

"Because tomorrow will come." Ji Jue controlled his body, showing a smile, "Someone once said, 'Waiting and hope are the most beautiful things in the world.'

"That person must be out of his mind."

Isis indifferently said, "Doesn't he have work tomorrow?"

"Ah, this..."

Ji Jue was dumbfounded. If his physical body were still present, he might have slapped his thigh in amazement, "You don't say, you really don't say! He didn't have to work, he was in prison."

Isis was silent for a moment, seemingly unable to comprehend.

The starlight in the container flickered.

"...Sir, what's prison?"

"Uh..."

Ji Jue thought for a moment and replied, "Prison is being confined to one place, without freedom, doing whatever others tell you to do."

"I understand, I am working, but also in prison."

Isis suddenly realized, "So the meaning of persistence is to continue working and being in prison?"

"..."

Honestly, yes.

Ji Jue felt he couldn't refute that. Suddenly, he understood the Prophet even more—imagine working overtime for five or six hundred years, constantly cleaning up the messes of a deranged master, comforting the Spiritual Wisdom below, watching things get worse day by day, but powerless to change anything, and unable to give up, just gritting his teeth and enduring.

He was like the weightlifting champion of the Crack Realm, the pressure-resisting king of the workshop!

No wonder he wanted to die.

Such days were truly hopeless.

"Based on your emotional monitoring data, my analysis tells me you seem to be 'substituting,'" Isis calmly reminded, "Mercy, compassion? I don't need those things, sir."

"If you don't need them, then just throw them away."

Ji Jue instinctively wanted to shake his head but found the jar too narrow, so he could only sigh helplessly, "If you're bewildered by your own existence, why not find some fun.""

"Don't think of yourself as a tool. Whether chasing meaning or seeking hobbies, do whatever you like."

Isis was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:

"Is that an order?"

"...No, just think of it as a suggestion."

Ji Jue thought for a moment and slowly said, "Even as a tool, being bound by orders is too tragic, why not be freer?"

"Learn to find meaning and fun in your own life, Isis, even if it's short."

With that, he lifted his eyes, and the spiritual essence flowed from his soul into the system, "If one day you get tired of all this, then give up, anytime."

"..."

In the dead silence, Isis spoke no more.

In the depths of the workshop, the light in the container flickered, as if boiling, flowing rapidly, bursting with dazzling light, for a long, long time.

Finally, it returned to silence.

As if an update was complete.

"Okay."

Isis's voice sounded again, stable as ever, "Following your suggestion, next, I will start electrocuting you, enjoying your wails and ugliness for fun."

"That's not allowed!"

"Then, nerve overload, nightmare implantation—"

"Also not allowed!" Ji Jue asked, "Can't you develop some normal hobbies?"

"Tsk..."

Isis made a sound of displeasure.

Not wanting to talk anymore.

Freedom and fun are a lie.

Just like getting off work!

So, time sped up again.

Outside the window, the madness of the real world spun thousands of times in mere moments, changes not even visible in the fleeting shadows.

Only in the moment of stasis did everything on the ground come into view.

Silver light shimmered together.

Complex patterns emerged in the southwest corner of the real world, above the Endless Sea, countless gigantic structures rose from the seawater, connecting with each other, forming a silhouette visible even from space.

Spreading and intertwining.

Sealing the entire Nether Sea within.

At the same time, in the stratosphere above, countless cables crisscrossed, like a giant net, connecting everything, covering the Nether Sea.

In the rock layers beneath the nine lands, the long construction had also come to an end.

Relying on the massive cycle created by the Nether Sea Worms, surpassing even the grandest projects built upon, an infinite supply of materials and spiritual essence took 217 years.

"Nether Sea Project's Fourth Phase completed."

Isis reported, "We can start now, sir."

"Then let's begin."

Ji Jue laughed, "No need to wait any longer."

He said, "Begin the descent."

In that instant, in the long-silent false world, a truly earth-shattering roar erupted!

Far above the sky, that high-hanging starburst emitted intense light.

Beginning to rapidly enlarge.

From the burning crimson, iron light burst forth.

The gigantic structure hovering in the real-world orbit began its descent, guided by gravity!

Even with countless blessings' interference, its massive size caused unprecedented gales as it fell, shattering the clouds inch by inch, disappearing completely.

Countless cables rose from the giant tower, extending towards the sky, spinning, intertwining, like thousands of spirals ascending against the heavens.

Connecting the massive space station within.

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