As Daniel continued his rapid descent through the Abyss, he kept his [Eye of Insight] active, constantly scanning the surrounding void for any trace of Abyssal Cores.
However, he quickly discovered that their scarcity was far greater than he had anticipated. Even after falling for such a long time and scouring his surroundings with high-level detection abilities, he had only managed to find a few dozen cores—far from the vast quantity he needed.
And as time dragged on, Daniel began to lose track of how long he had been falling. The communicator had long since lost any signal; he had to rely solely on the device's internal clock to estimate how much time had passed since his descent began.
Unknowingly, he began slipping into a kind of auto-pilot state—his mind detached, drifting while his body handled the grind. Even his combat was delegated to his Spirit of Skills, which released skills and defended him instinctively.
Meanwhile, Daniel's maximum HP continued to climb steadily.
