Entering the Simulated Universe was surprisingly simple. All they had to do was stand in front of the equipnt, and Herta could activate the machine, pulling their consciousness into the simulation to experience its world firsthand.
Before entering, the device scanned their physical data and used settings pre-configured by Herta to simulate their abilities and stats.
This ti, Herta didn't set Stelle up as the Trailblaze Aeon. Instead, she simply tailored the simulation based on the group's individual traits.
While she made her final adjustnts, March 7th turned to Pei Guang, her eyes sparkling with excitent.
"Ah Guang, how do you think we should play this?"
Stelle crossed her arms and confidently chid in. "Based on my experience, we're going to be fighting non-stop. Let tell you—the antimatter legion in the Simulated Universe fights almost exactly like the real thing. The only downside? It's turn-based~"
Pei Guang, who was still fine-tuning his settings, responded casually. "Not this ti. The combat system's been upgraded—it's now real-ti instead of turn-based. This update was only possible thanks to Nous's support. Without it, even Herta and her team wouldn't have been able to achieve this level of realism.
Or at least that's what she told before…"
Herta chipped in, "You are correct, but I'm almost done adjusting—get ready, we're starting soon."
Pei Guang grinned. "Let's do this. I've been dying to try it out!"
Herta didn't waste ti with any long explanations. After finalizing the body scans for all three of them, she activated the Simulated Universe.
The world around them imdiately blurred, and in the blink of an eye, the three found themselves in the simulated reality—ready to face whatever challenges lay ahead.
The mont the Simulated Universe activated, Herta froze. Watching Pei Guang's sudden disappearance, she was completely stunned.
"What… just happened???"
A massive question mark might as well have appeared above her head.
The Simulated Universe was designed to simulate reality, pulling a person's consciousness into the system to analyze Aeons. Even with the massive resources poured into this project and Nous's assistance, it was still just a simulation—nothing more than data manipulation.
Pulling soone's physical body inside? That wasn't a simulation anymore—that was actual transmigration .
So why did Pei Guang's entire body vanish when the Simulated Universe activated?
Was he ssing with her? Did he use so kind of weird teleportation ability to prank her?
While Herta stood there dumbfounded, she suddenly received frantic ssages from Screwllum, Ruan i, and Stephen—all at the sa ti.
Simultaneously, the Simulated Universe started calculating wildly.
If this had been the old version, the machine probably would've exploded the mont Pei Guang entered and completely disappeared.
But thanks to Nous's enhancents, the system sohow managed to stay functional.
Even so, all four developers' systems were flooding with error ssages. Ruan i's side was hit the hardest: since she was in charge of simulating the Aeons, she imdiately noticed that the in-ga Aeons were going berserk.
The simulated Aeons weren't just acting out—they were starting to break the fourth wall, as if trying to pull real-world Path forces into the simulation itself.
However, before things spiraled out of control, the Path of Erudition's power—likely Nous's influence—surged and stabilized the simulation.
Herta panicked. "What the hell is going on?! What the hell just happened?!"
This was the most flustered Herta had ever been. She frantically checked the system logs, trying to piece together the sequence of events.
From the initial errors, to the Aeons' rampage, to the sudden stabilization—everything had happened so fast that she had no idea what to do.
Now that the system had stabilized, Herta quickly reviewed the data—and discovered where Pei Guang had gone.
Unlike Stelle and March 7th, whose consciousness had entered the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang had entered physically .
"Is Pei Guang… a data lifeform???"
Herta's mind flooded with even more questions. A real, living person turning into data? This wasn't just absurd—it was impossible.
While Herta was questioning reality itself, inside the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang woke up after a brief mont of darkness.
The first thing he saw was March 7th leaning over him with a concerned expression.
"A familiar ceiling, and a familiar scene~"
March 7th blinked and glanced at Stelle, who was still lying nearby with her eyes closed. She leaned in closer and whispered, "But the first ti you saw , you definitely weren't this calm."
Pei Guang chuckled. "Oh? You an like this?"
Without warning, Pei Guang grabbed March 7th and planted a firm kiss on her lips.
March 7th's face turned bright red, and when he finally let go, she coughed awkwardly.
"Cough! What was that?! Just because you're good-looking doesn't an you can do whatever you want!"
Her words instantly dragged both of them back to the mont they first t.
Back then, Pei Guang had treated the world as nothing more than a high-freedom ga, so he'd decided to do sothing impulsive—just for fun.
And March 7th? At the ti, she had been furious. But after everything they'd experienced together, her anger had faded.
Looking back now, the mory felt… nostalgic?
As March 7th quietly replayed the mont in her head, Stelle finally opened her eyes and leaned closer.
"Wait—this is the Simulated Universe???"
Having tested the system several tis before, she imdiately noticed sothing was off.
Her body still felt digitized, just like in her previous experiences. But the world around her—everything about it—felt far too real.
Pei Guang said confidently, "No big deal! Maybe Herta pushed an update. But before we do anything else, let check if there's an exit button first~"
After entering the Simulated Universe, Pei Guang instinctively accessed its system interface.
The mont he saw the settings, however, his expression froze.
There was no exit button.
Pei Guang's brows furrowed at first, but then he relaxed, clapped his hands, and announced, "Alright, everyone! Good news—this ga has no exit option!! "
Stelle blinked. "Huh? No exit? That's impossible."
Frowning, Stelle quickly pulled up her own system nu.
She scanned through the options—everything else was there. Settings, difficulty sliders, progression stats… but no exit button.
Her pupils dilated in disbelief.
"Herta? Herta?! Why the hell is there no exit button?!"
Stelle called out, but unlike before—when Herta would always respond imdiately—this ti there was no reply.
March 7th also opened her system nu and confird the sa issue—no exit button.
Her face paled, and she forced an awkward smile that looked more like she was about to cry.
"Ah Guang... are we stuck in the Simulated Universe?"
Pei Guang, already a veteran of this type of scenario, replied flatly, "Yeah, looks like it. Honestly, though? I can't believe this is happening again. It's almost funny how predictable this crap is. This must be Peak Ga Design™ at work!
"Well, here we are—two separate operating systems now. If I ever find the idiot who made this no-exit 'ga,' I'm gonna…"
He cut himself off, clearly annoyed.
Just as his frustration started to boil over, his personal system sent him a sudden alert.
Three special notifications popped up:
"~" Activated
"CE" Activated
"Mod" Activated
Pei Guang's initial anger vanished instantly. Instead, his eyes lit up with genius-level cunning.
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