With the successful deployment of the Six-Paths Perception Lock Array, the exploration of the Never-Ending Forest progressed with astonishing smoothness.
On the surface, human adventurers advanced steadily into the depths of the forest, a realm where no human had ever stepped foot and returned alive.
Each mile they covered marked a page of history being rewritten.
For generations, the Never-Ending Forest had been synonymous with death, mystery, and terror.
Now, for the first time, its veil was being pushed back by human hands.
The inhabitants of the Western Region were making history with every measured step forward.
Yet, this visible advance was nothing more than a carefully constructed illusion.
The true exploration was not happening on the forest floor, but far beneath it.
Hundreds of meters underground, a massive tunnel snaked silently toward the very heart of the Never-Ending Forest.
