*whistling*
"I'm curious when this power-up will end. I already feel like it's getting less and less with every step. If I keep running like an idiot like this, I'll be lucky if the power-up lasts for an hour."
Jack was talking to himself as he ran towards the source of the sunset light, which wasn't really that far away because he could see the increase in brightness.
"Hmm, there are no more monsters or any living creatures here, but what is the matter with this new grass? Jack was talking about the only thing that has changed in this area, which is the color of the grass, which has become more gray than black, and he can also notice that the color The black decreases around him as he advances further, as if he is leaving a shadowy room and entering a bright one.
"Ahhh, the weather here is really beautiful—the still air, the deadly silence, and even this ground that hurts my feet every time I step on it. Jack was busy thinking about random things so that he wouldn't get bored before he moved on to the next number, even a hundred or so. Words from ancient languages he learned in his previous lives, and then he moved on to naming things he saw in silly ways, but he really didn't take long in this game due to the fact that nothing new appears, just islands that get bigger and more connected with more trees and more. The grass seems to be getting a brighter, pale yellow color, along with the water that has stopped being two-colored, and all the water surrounding it has become a beautiful clear color.
"Speaking of water, why is it a clear blue color? Isn't it supposed to reflect the color of the sky, which in this case is...an alien color? Hmm, strange."
Jack was switching between random topics at a time to keep himself occupied until he heard a voice inside his head speak.
"You messed it up again."
Oh, perfect, my old hallucinations are back again," Jack grumbled.
"You destroyed a family that was trying to get back on its feet when it lost its founder, who died while you watched, and you did not even bother to try to help."
"Ignore...just ignore"
"He died in front of you just as your little friend died before. If only you had made us go out and be in control, things would have been different."
Lalalala, I am not listening."
Then Jack heard many voices—hundreds of them—but he was able to distinguish seven of them.
"Pathetic….contemptuous…..ignorant…..cold…..unlovable…..afraid…..lonely…." "
"Damn you all. Jack tightened his fist around his chest as he tried to stop himself from remembering some old things, but suddenly a new voice appeared inside his head, but it was the voice of the system.
A window popped up in front of Jack.
< The user approaches a place with a high concentration of The system suddenly stopped, and a screen in front of Jack disappeared. He looked ahead and found that everything was fine and nothing had changed, but after a second, he realized something dangerous.
"Nothing has changed. How long have I been watching this scene repeat? Jack's eyes narrowed as he stared deeply into the distant sunset light source. Then he tried to remember how long he had been running, but he couldn't. Then he looked down and saw his feet. They moved normally. He stopped where he was and noticed that everything was normal except for one thing, which was that the increase in that energy had already disappeared. Then he focused carefully on his feet and found traces of many wounds and ulcers. He looked back and could not see anything strange. But he was sure that just moments ago he could see the body of that fallen saint; even if it was not clear, he could see that big black bug from afar, but it had completely disappeared now.
"Where the hell am I? Jack wondered before realizing something else, even scarier.
He looked at his hand in disbelief. His hands were very different. He quickly looked around and then went to one of those pools that contained water. Then he stood in front of it and saw his reflection, but what he was looking at was an old man full of wrinkles, abundant white hair, a large nose, and eyes as blue as the sky, but narrow and wrinkled around them.
"..." After realizing his condition, Jack was silent for a moment before the system screen popped up in front of him.
In the next second, Jack saw how the scene in front of him was changing, as if he were in an illusion. The whole area was moving like fog being sucked in, showing the real view of the place. The real area that Jack was currently standing on was intensely illuminated, with a hard floor like white stone and white walls. Surrounding the place and a bright ceiling To his astonishment, Jack almost stopped breathing. He pecked a little at that mass and focused deeply on it, only to discover that there was something strange on its surface. It was gray. At that moment, when Jack tried to raise his hand, the golden block moved very quickly to reveal a giant black glass ball. Jack was able to see his reflection and the reflection of everything in that area before the black color gradually diminished and was replaced by white, and then the black color stopped in the middle, in a vertical shape. It was the eye of a great being that had awakened from its sleep to stare at Jack.