As the monolith declared, the fourth trial required nothing but patience from them. Waiting for the one-hour time limit was done.
No new riddles came afterward. No strange occurrences happened.
Exactly an hour later, a soft chime echoed across the field—like a distant bell ringing inside glass. A signal that the time had arrived.
Xu Tao slowly opened his eyes, gazing forward.
The platform at the center of the grasslands began to glow once more, its once inert energy reawakening with renewed brilliance. Lines of golden script unfurled from its base, curling into patterns like circuit pathways.
The light slowly spiraled upward, covering the dome-shaped invisible barrier keeping them in. Within moments, the entire place seemed as if it were part of a gigantic formation, glowing faintly in gold.
"It's time…" Xu Tao whispered, standing up. "The fifth trial is upon us."
