The dangers of the fourth layer often lie hidden beneath the surface. Many places that appear to be safe and warm on the outside could be hiding deadly traps within. Perhaps this is why Isabella doesn't take any action lightly. However, for Daniel, the threats here were hardly a concern at all.

As Daniel continued forward, carrying both Mist and Isabella, his doppelganger had already finished exploring the entire fourth layer. Unfortunately, Daniel had not discovered any valuable clues. It was not until several hours later that Daniel's mind power finally reached the very center of this area.

"It seems that this Desire Abyss has no fifth layer," Daniel remarked.

Upon hearing Daniel's words, Isabella's face was filled with confusion. "What do you mean? Why do you say that the Desire Abyss has no fifth layer?"

Despite being a Fake God, Isabella's mind power was still far weaker than Daniel's. As a result, her sensory range was less than a hundredth of Daniel's. Of course, the reason Daniel's sensory range was so vast was not just because of his strong mind power. It was also thanks to the enhancements from his God Rank Skills, such as Eye of Insight and Psychic Perception.

The reason Daniel was able to make such a judgment was because he had found something interesting at the core of the Desire Abyss's fourth layer: the Desire Vein. If he wasn't mistaken, this place was likely the center of the entire Desire Abyss. What was even more coincidental was that Daniel and his companions were only two hours away from this Desire Vein.

Now, Daniel was almost certain that there was no Circle of Destiny in the fourth layer of the Desire Abyss. His next plan was to see what made this Desire Core so special.

Activating his Eye of Insight, a panel detailing the Desire Vein appeared before his eyes.

[Desire Vein]

[Effect: Use your own HP as a tool to mine ore. The rarer the ore, the higher the probability that your wish will be fulfilled.]

[Hint 1: If your wish is nearly impossible to realize, it might either not be fulfilled or fulfilled in a very twisted way.]

[Hint 2: Every soul can only make one wish before they can leave here.]

Daniel furrowed his brow as he gazed at the Desire Vein in front of him. Leaving this place was not going to be easy. All the portals they had entered before were one-way portals. Of course, for Daniel, this was no big deal. If he wanted, he could change the portals by spending some time.

However, the real issue was that the Desire Vein in front of them had become even more intriguing. While Daniel remained composed, both Mist and Isabella became increasingly cautious. Although they couldn't sense the true nature of the Desire Vein as clearly and directly as Daniel, they could still feel something was off. Moreover, there was a stone tablet near the Desire Vein that described the nature of the place. The stone tablet's inscription explained that mining ore could fulfill a person's wish, but it didn't include all the additional details Daniel had uncovered.

Despite the incomplete description, Mist and Isabella were both intelligent enough to understand that the wording was purposely seductive, suggesting that things were far from simple here.

As for leaving, unless Daniel took them with him, neither Mist nor Isabella had the ability to escape on their own. If they could leave, Isabella would have done so long ago.

"Looks like this is the place we've been searching for," Isabella said, her voice filled with excitement. "The legendary Desire Core that can grant any wish... it's probably located inside this vein, right?"

Daniel nodded in agreement and glanced at the dark cavern ahead, ready to use his mind power to explore further. However, as soon as his mind power touched the entrance of the mine, his brain seemed to tear apart, overwhelmed by a flood of thoughts!

These thoughts were filled with desires and regrets. For a moment, Daniel felt as if he could sense the desires of every living being around him. This made him recall the sensation he had experienced in the Mental Plane.

Though the Desire Mine was completely unrelated to the Mental Plane, the sensation Daniel felt was eerily similar. This meant that Daniel's mind power had grown to an incomprehensible level, especially after having become the ruler of the Mental Plane. If it weren't for this experience, the sheer weight of all the desires flooding his mind could have easily overwhelmed him!

It seemed that the Desire Mine was an existence comparable to the Mental Plane.

Taking a deep breath, Daniel relaxed and wiped the surprised expression from his face. After a brief moment of adjustment, he had fully overcome the influence of the overwhelming desires. At the same time, his mind power had fully mapped out the Desire Mine.

Although the initial surge of negative effects had been difficult to bear, Daniel had gathered a great deal of information from the experience. For example, he was now in contact with the Desire Core itself.

However, the sensation Daniel experienced upon touching the Desire Core was not what he had expected. Daniel had initially assumed that once he obtained the Desire Core, he could make a wish, and the Desire Core would grant it. But through his mind power, he realized that the reality was quite different.

The so-called Desire Core was more like a crystal ball. When you made a wish, the internal surface of the ball would reveal the possible way to achieve that wish. For example, right now, Daniel's mind was consumed with thoughts of the Circle of Destiny. As a result, inside the Desire Core, an object resembling a Möbius strip, gleaming with a metallic sheen, appeared.

After just one glance, Daniel could already tell that this was the Circle of Destiny he had been searching for. What surprised him even more was that the Desire Core had provided him this clue while still within the mine!

What did this mean? It meant that the Circle of Destiny was hidden somewhere inside the Desire Mine. However, it seemed to be in a dormant state, which was why Daniel had not sensed it until now.

"My god, we really found it!" Daniel's eyes gleamed with excitement. He had originally thought that the information Kartora provided was just a rumor. He never expected the Circle of Destiny to be hidden here for real.

However, his excitement quickly faded as he furrowed his brow once more. According to the rules of the Desire Mine, any material that stayed in the mine for more than 48 hours would become part of the mine itself and would never be able to leave. What was worse, this rule seemed to involve the domain of gods.

It was now clear that retrieving the Circle of Destiny would be extremely difficult.

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