By IMERPUS RELUR
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The forest separating sect lands from the forbidden border was unnaturally still.
Kai walked in silence, each step echoing as if time hesitated to move forward. The Codex inside him flickered—not with urgency, but reverence.
Then it came: a pressure in the air. Not heavy, not hostile—just watching.
> "You've reached the threshold," a voice murmured—not aloud, but within.
> "The next layer begins not with force, but remembrance."
The trees around him shimmered. Ancient runes glowed faintly—echoes of an interface long buried.
And the Codex whispered:
> [Interface Authority Level Up: Memory Layer Access Granted]
Kai closed his eyes.
And the forest welcomed him—not as an intruder, but as one of its own.