[You encounter a two-headed python that is the size of a tree, and you stop in fear. It is still digesting a meal, and its coils are bloated. One of its heads looks at you lazily revealing a big hole behind it.

You slowly back up, not wanting to get into a fight…]

Fortunately, the python did not look like it was interested in Lem’s simulated self. It flicked its tongue a few times, before lowering its raised head.

The other head nipped playfully at the first head, before both of them became dormant again.

Lem watched with fascination and horror as his simulated self walked backwards. The massive creature slipped further and further from view.

[You give the area with the python a wide berth and continue traveling in a western direction…

As the sun begins to fall, you begin to think that you have traveled in the wrong direction. You do not want to turn around and waste more time. You also think that you could still come across a river…

You eat from your rations and fall asleep…]

Lem was also sure that he had traveled in the wrong direction, but he supported the actions of his simulated self.

It was impossible to know what lay ahead. If there was an opportunity, and he turned around now, he could miss it.

As for Lang Town, it could still be found in a different simulation.

[Day 12: You feel slightly weaker due to the evil power consuming your vitality…

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You continue traveling in a western direction…

You come across a big hill, and you begin climbing it…]

As Lem’s simulated self reached the top of the hill, he stopped, staring out in wonder.

Lem was similarly awe-struck.

On the other end of the hill, the forest line vanished, and beyond it there was nothing, only a gaping hole that appeared large enough to swallow the world.

It was pitch black.

In the distance, an impossible span away, he could see a tiny row of trees, a fuzzy green line. On the edges of the ravine there were innumerable caves, crevices, and vines. Everywhere else, as far as he could see, was just abyss. Darkness upon darkness.

Who knew how deep it was?

Who knew what lay inside, if anything?

Was a hole that led directly to the end of the world?

Such a sight was particularly eye-opening to someone like Lem, who had never even left his village when he was growing up.

How many hundreds of thousands of villages could fit in the ravine below?

After staring for a few minutes, Lem began to carefully descend down the side of the hill, holding trees for purchase as he looked for a path around.

[On the other side of the hill is a deep ravine with caves cut into either side. You begin to traverse the perimeter of the ravine, hoping to travel around it…]

While Lem’s simulated self walked, he made sure to keep a buffer of a few dozen meters between him and the edge.

The last thing he wanted to do was fall in.

It would be like falling off of the face of the world!

Lem was very engaged.

There were no unusual events, no encounters with beasts. Just the sight of the abyss was enough to captivate him.

As Lem’s simulated self walked, he happened to glance past a dark object.

He took a double take.

Only a handful of meters away from the ravine, there was an enormous feather stretched out conspicuously on the ground.

So huge!

Even with all he had experienced, it was hard for Lem to imagine the size of the bird!