As Liam and Asher succumbed to exhaustion, their bodies finally giving in, the holographic world around them began to unravel. The crimson sky cracked apart, the rain dissipated mid-fall, and the scorched battlefield crumbled into nothingness. The cityscape, the charred corpses of demons, even the fallen students—all of it dissolved into glowing fragments before vanishing completely.
Beyond the simulation dome, the students who had 'died' earlier had already been awake, relocated to a separate resting area while they waited for the scenario to conclude. Some sat in quiet contemplation, their bodies drained but their minds racing. Others remained slumped in deep exhaustion, their Myst reserves completely depleted.
