[Time Remaining Before the Final Wave: 30 Seconds...]
[Time Remaining Before the Final Wave: 29 Seconds...]
[Time Remaining Before the Final Wave: 28 Seconds...]
As the final countdown began, a tense atmosphere spread across the remaining floating islands.
No one spoke or wasted their breath, their eyes glued onto the sky.
Yet despite the tension, there was no panic.
The nervousness that lingered within everyone's hearts had long since hardened into resolve.
After all, they were not ordinary people.
They were Stream Hunters who had willingly climbed this far.
The First Floor had already become a relatively safe haven for humanity. Those who wished to avoid danger could have remained there and lived comfortable lives.
Yet every person standing here had chosen otherwise.
They had climbed, and they had fought.
They had risked their lives again and again in pursuit of strength, ambition, or dreams.
Of course, fear still existed.
Anyone who claimed otherwise was a liar.
