Over the next few cycles, venturing further into the depths brought about three more significant hurdles. These weren't quite like the challenges encountered earlier in the high-density zone.
Back then, each of the seven entities presented a Law that was entirely new and unlike anything seen before. This time, however, the three obstacles felt different. They weren't about learning completely alien concepts. Instead, their difficulty came from how deeply familiar principles were expressed and operated.
He didn't really think of them as separate entities with their own unique Laws in the same way he had previously. Their importance wasn't in being brand new, but in the sheer depth and complexity of their workings, showing how much more there was to understand about things he already thought he knew. It was like looking at a familiar landscape from an entirely new perspective, revealing layers and details that had been hidden until then.
