—A path that ants can walk, but a human cannot.

"Does the stronger the tree, the stronger its interception ability?" someone in the crowd muttered to themselves.

At this moment, a person stepped forward and asked, "Sage, what is the strength of the spatial life form? If it is also a sage, why wasn't it intercepted?"

Li Changzhou glanced at the person and thought that she was either Yang Qinglan or Yaochi. If Si made it into the top three thousand, it could also be her.

—Space life forms have no subjective consciousness and act solely on instinct.

The man wanted to ask more questions, and the others swarmed in, because they discovered that the sage did not refuse to answer their questions.

"Sage, you say the victor is among us. Could you give us one more hint?"

—Neither the strongest nor the weakest.

After pondering it for a moment, everyone realized it was nonsense.

Who among those present dares to claim they are the strongest? And who admits to being the weakest? Unless they've actually fought each other.

Even if they actually fought, they wouldn't admit it because the environment and competition rules are different, so it will always be advantageous to one side and disadvantageous to the other.

But the sage's words do not mean that everyone has a chance—now, among the three thousand people, the strongest and the weakest are not the victors, that is for sure.

But that doesn't stop three thousand people from thinking this way; they believe that everyone has hope.

"Sage, how does one become a sage?"

—By making one's own will the will of Heaven, one can become a saint.

How can one make their will become the will of Heaven?

— Better, or none at all.

Before anyone could ask further questions, golden light enveloped the wooden boat, and Gu Bo calmly sailed into the time-locked zone. Immediately afterward, the chess player picked up a chess piece.

At this moment, the three thousand players realized that the figure in purple robes had disappeared without them noticing.

They returned to the purple space they had started in, with a teleportation vortex opening in front of them.

"No task panel?"

"That's it for the mission? No further information?"

"The ultimate mission is to intercept and kill all the saints. Once it's done, you'll be the victor. How could they possibly give you any more information, notes, or rewards? Good luck."

Some people left.

Some were unwilling to give up, trying to search for something in the space, or loudly asking whether the divine will and saints still cared about this place.

Some players started communicating with each other, clearly planning to form a team.

As for the purpose of forming a team, whether it's to defeat other players first or to harm each other, that remains to be seen.

Li Changzhou lingered for a while, but finding these people to be cunning and using secret codes to communicate without revealing any information about themselves, he simply left.

Upon returning to Earth, he immediately took out the 'Prophet's Bell'.

He blew a breath that enlarged the bell, turning it into a giant bell that completely enveloped him.

“Sages are unfathomable. If one does not wish to be discovered, one must search inch by inch; otherwise, even sages cannot find each other.”

These are the original words of the Divine Sage, and they have been verified in practice. Therefore, the quasi-divine artifact forged from the body of the 'Prophet' is naturally beyond comprehension.

Li Changzhou, who was hiding inside the library, was also unpredictable.

The only problem is that it's very frustrating.

It was pitch black, but I could still hear from time to time: "Of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an, six died violent deaths, five from the plague, and one whose entire family was killed..."

"If the light and heat radiation and energy shock waves generated by antimatter propagate laterally in a wave-like pattern on a plane, it would concentrate shock waves from all directions of the sphere onto a single horizontal plane, increasing the destructive force by at least two orders of magnitude..."

After hearing it so many times, Li Changzhou showed a resigned expression.

Guanyin said that this expression was very similar to her expression when she was determined to save all living beings.

Then, Guanyin said: "Why not wear it on your body? Why sit inside the bell instead?"

"...Is sitting inside the clock more effective?"

You think it's a blanket? You have to cover yourself with it to stay warm?

"I think this will be more effective; there must be a reason behind it," Li Changzhou stubbornly refused to admit.

“My lord,” came Aferona’s voice.

Li Changzhou quickly shrunk the bell into a wind chime and hung it on his waist: "Come in."

Guanyin did not mock her; she simply smiled without saying a word.