Location: Meiyue's Trial Space
The Silent Beginning
Meiyue opened her eyes.
There was nothing.
No sky.
No ground.
No light.
No darkness.
Only… stillness.
She did not move.
Because there was nowhere to move.
The First Distortion
A ripple appeared.
Not in space.
But in awareness.
Something formed.
A world.
Mountains rose.
Rivers flowed.
Cities appeared.
Life emerged.
Everything came into existence—
All at once.
Meiyue watched silently.
"…This is wrong."
The Impossible World
The world continued to expand.
People walked the streets.
Voices filled the air.
Time flowed.
But something felt… incomplete.
Meiyue stepped forward.
The ground existed beneath her feet.
But she had never seen it form.
She looked at the sky.
It was there.
But it had no depth.
"…This world exists…"
A pause.
"…but it shouldn't."
Seeing the Flaw
She closed her eyes.
Instead of looking—
She perceived.
The Void.
For the first time—
She did not focus on what was present.
She focused on what was missing.
And she saw it.
Gaps.
Tiny inconsistencies.
Places where existence had no foundation.
"…There is no origin."
Everything here existed—
Without cause.
Without beginning.
Without truth.
The Collapse of Meaning
The world continued to move.
People laughed.
Lived.
Spoke.
But none of it had meaning.
Because none of it had origin.
Meiyue opened her eyes.
Her gaze was calm.
"This is not existence."
A pause.
"This is imitation."
The Decision
The world reacted.
The sky flickered.
The ground trembled slightly.
As if rejecting her conclusion.
A voice echoed faintly.
"If it exists… does it need meaning?"
Meiyue answered immediately.
"Yes."
Silence followed.
She raised her hand slowly.
Not with power.
Not with force.
But with understanding.
"This world…"
"…does not exist."
Void Recognition
The moment those words fell—
The world froze.
Then—
It cracked.
Not violently.
Not explosively.
But naturally.
Like something that was never real—
Finally collapsing.
CRACK.
The sky shattered.
The ground dissolved.
The people disappeared.
Everything returned to nothing.
The Return
Darkness.
Then—
The chamber.
Meiyue stood still.
A faint symbol glowed on her arm.
The Void Mark.
Different from Fenglan's.
Deeper.
Sharper.
Far away—
The will pulsed again.
"…Two have understood."
The space trembled faintly.
The trial was not yet complete.