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"Selene!" Wei Lin's voice was sharp, snapping her out of it. The moment broke, and Selene blinked, shaking her head as if waking from a dream.

"Right," she muttered, her voice trembling slightly. "Right. Just illusions."

As they pressed forward, the illusions seemed to press in from all sides. Figures from the past, fragments of memories, twisted visions of things they had never seen—each one seemed more real than the last, but Wei Lin kept moving, her focus sharp. She could feel the Void's presence growing stronger, like a cold hand gripping her heart.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity of walking through the oppressive darkness, the path ahead began to widen. The air lightened, and the shadows around them began to recede.

They emerged from the Pass, stepping out onto a plateau that overlooked a vast, desolate landscape. And there, in the distance, beyond the jagged mountains and barren plains, was their destination—the Black Abyss.