Days passed, one after another. What had once shocked everyone gradually became routine and, eventually, just background noise.

At first, people thought that Felix spending a whole month on the ninth floor of the Tower of Babel was already mind-blowing. But then, he entered the ninth floor of the Tower of Divinity and still didn't come out.

With only three days left before the one-year training phase ended, the unthinkable had happened—Felix still hadn't shown up.

Julius mumbled, "Dude, tell me I'm not hallucinating."

Most had stopped entering the towers by now. With just three days left, no one expected any significant progress, so they were all resting outside, including Xenon and Julius.

Xenon scoffed. "You think it's just you? Everyone's watching. I gotta say, man, this guy really doesn't take the normal route."

Julius shook his head, clearly torn between awe and disbelief. Felix was still on the ninth floor of the Tower of Divinity, which was unheard of.

Everyone knew the