The administrators had basically concluded that Caelan was certain to lose.

And yet, at this moment, Caelan was still sunk deep in thought.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

If there was any way to resolve his current predicament, then there was only one possibility: he had to find the genius from his deduction.

As long as he could make contact with that genius, every problem could be solved.

Caelan’s eyes lit up slightly, and his gaze turned toward the dialogue box before him.

[You attempted to communicate with the future, hoping to establish contact with the genius from your deduction.]

[After relentless effort, you finally found the other party and explained your situation, seeking his help.]

[You were rejected by the genius from the deduction, because the other party believed there was no need to help you. He also firmly believed that your affairs had absolutely nothing to do with him.]

Caelan frowned.

The other party’s refusal was actually well within reason.

After all, he had not been born on Eastreach Continent. Therefore, whether Eastreach Continent continued to exist or not was of no concern to him. Even if it were completely destroyed, it would not affect him in the slightest.

Thinking of this, Caelan’s brows furrowed even tighter.

Since the soft approach won’t work, should I try the hard approach instead?

With that thought, Caelan immediately planned to start threatening him.

[You issued a threat toward the other party, but unfortunately, you were unable to control him.]

[The deduced genius sensed your threat, so he voluntarily kept a low profile and erased all evidence of his own existence. You were unable to find him again.]

Caelan rubbed his temples again.

He was starting to feel a headache coming on.

Everything was shifting toward the direction of a dead end.

No. I can’t just give up like this!

Caelan gritted his teeth and suddenly realized something else.

If he could kill the genius who refused to cooperate, then cross time again, would it be possible to refresh the timeline and produce a genius who was willing to cooperate?

Caelan felt that this idea was extremely bold.

But from a theoretical perspective, it did not seem completely impossible.

Thinking of this, Caelan immediately perked up. At the same time, new content once again appeared in the dialogue box before him.

[This time, you chose to completely eliminate the deduced genius before he could grow, attempting to refresh reality and produce a deduced genius with whom you could communicate.]

[However, you soon discovered that although the refreshed deduced genius had changed to another person, his strength had become even greater.]

[The newly refreshed deduced genius was unwilling to cooperate with you. You killed him, and then an even stronger deduced genius appeared.]

When he saw this, Caelan’s brows were already tightly knitted, forming a deep crease between them.

The current situation was already obvious.

As long as he killed the deduced genius, the newly refreshed deduced genius would only become stronger. And there would be almost no possibility of cooperation.

Caelan knew very well that he could not continue killing like this.

Because if he kept refreshing the timeline, an extremely terrifying situation might appear.

Among these geniuses, one might eventually be born with the ability to reach the Ascended Emperor Rank. At that point, even Caelan himself would not be completely confident that he could suppress the other party.

Thinking of this, Caelan’s mood became even more depressed.

None of the methods he had thought of so far were truly effective.

At the same time, he also understood even more clearly why so many geniuses throughout history had fallen at the Trial of Divine Providence.

This problem was fundamentally unsolvable.

So...

Was he truly unable to communicate with the deduced genius?

Unwilling to give up, Caelan planned to continue trying to communicate with the other party.

In his view, as long as both sides were intelligent life-forms, communication between them had to hold some value.

Perhaps, after communicating, the other party might understand him and become willing to offer help.

Caelan tried once again to communicate with the deduced genius.

He hoped he could find a way to break the deadlock.

Meanwhile, the administrators watching from the outside revealed disappointed expressions.

"It’s over now. He has also fallen into the same endless loop. Looks like we can only wait for the next max-level player to appear."

"So many geniuses before him all fell at this step. They naively believed that communication could solve the problem. But without exception, this is a dead end. Countless people exhausted their lifespans here."

"All right, let’s disperse. I don’t think there’s any need to continue watching."

...

The idea that Caelan had painstakingly thought up was nothing new to these administrators at all.

After all, they had already lived in [Legendary Adventure] for who knew how many ages. They had long since seen all kinds of methods.

Far too many Awakened players had fallen at the communication stage. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

On the other side, Caelan also encountered the same predicament.

Over the next dozen or so hours, Caelan made countless attempts.

Without exception, all of them failed.

At this moment, even though Caelan was resilient enough, despair still surfaced in his heart.

The administrator beside him could not help speaking up to persuade him.

"Why don’t you just give up? There’ll still be chances in the future anyway. Take it slowly."

"Rest for a while, go back, and properly think about how to break this deadlock. There’s no need to keep struggling here."

The administrator was actually saying this out of goodwill.

Because over the years, he had seen far too many geniuses tortured by the Trial of Divine Providence until they went insane, eventually turning into madmen.

Caelan gave no response.

Instead, he quietly stood where he was and slowly closed his eyes.

The eyes were the fastest and most direct channel through which people obtained information.

But precisely because this channel was so fast and direct, seeing too much would cause one’s ability to think and judge to decline.

This was also why, after watching too many short videos, people found it difficult to engage with deep content.

Of course, the main reason Caelan closed his eyes was because he hoped to shut out external interference and focus properly on thinking.

Because what he was facing now was no longer as simple as an Instance.

One had to know that ever since his first simulation, it was as though he had been cheating. Every single time, he had been the winner of life.

On the surface, everything seemed wonderful.

But behind this perfection, Caelan sensed something that felt carefully designed.

So, this is where the problem lies!

Caelan still kept his eyes tightly shut.

He needed to sort out every clue, as though combing through tangled hair.

Gradually, streaks of seven-colored light began to emerge from Caelan’s body.

He no longer continued obsessing over the question presented by the Trial of Divine Providence.

Instead, he quietly felt the vibrant life force of Eastreach Continent.

Was there truly no chance?

No...

I think I’ve already found it!

Caelan suddenly opened his eyes.

His gaze was sharp like a torch, carrying a trace of triumph.

In the next instant, an unprecedented earthquake erupted across the entire Eastreach Continent!