Instead, a narrow and cramped space was created.

All the unaware consciousnesses huddled together inside, like a piece of materialized data, their faces and clothes occasionally emitting a sensation as if power had been cut off.

They stood or stood still, numbly obeying the game's instructions. The flowers, trees, and animals, in particular, seemed unreal under the sudden light, their figures appearing and disappearing.

The truth, however, is the emptiness outside the glass wall.

It was truly empty. Cheng Shuang ran to the wall and peered down through the glass.

The entire building stands tall on the broken wall like an isolated island, with sand occasionally flying by. There are deep pits all around, and at the bottom of the pits, you can only see patches of yellow that are hard to tell whether they are sand or soil.

There was no sun or moon in the sky, only two pale planets.

Every now and then, flashes of light would streak down from the universe, like lightning or meteorites, falling in distant directions and stirring up clouds of yellow sand.

The crying grew louder, and the despair it evoked brought tears to my eyes.

"Who is it? Who woke you up? You could have lived a happy life! But they chose to make you suffer and be helpless!"

"This is a selfish act! They are doing things their own way regardless of your wishes!"

"Aren't you happy in games? You don't have to struggle for survival, and you're not defeated by reality!"

"Games were born to save the world!"

"Yet some people insist on forcibly breaking the laws of survival! Look! What use is it to awaken you with these sinners?"

"Do you want me to experience despair again?"

Gradually, many people turned their hateful gazes toward the three people who stood out from the crowd. They were full of energy and their overall condition was different from the natives who were limp and weak from soaking in the nutrient tank.