Beyond the Eras

"What you up to?"

Unexpectedly, before Su Luo could ask a question, Qi Yuan beside her had already asked in a deep voice with a solemn expression.

Although Su Luo was surprised, she did not answer immediately. Instead, she released her senses and scanned the surrounding environment.

His own power was not restricted in any way; the only thing that remained was the Heartfire Clone in the [Wasteland], which caused his Essence to continue to decline.

The reception room where Su Luo was located was nothing special, including Qi Yuan in front of her, as if Su Luo could wipe him out with a single thought.

But what is normal is actually the biggest abnormality.

Because his senses were firmly imprisoned within the reception room by an invisible barrier, everything outside the room fell into a void of Ethereal.

The outside world seemed to cease to exist, a game barrier that said, "Let's explore the area ahead later!"

This reminded Su Luo of the spatial limitations of the highest level of the world in the Third Era, [Extreme Heaven].

"Qi Yuan... may I call you that? May I ask where this place is?"

If Qi Yuan hadn't come up with a grim expression and asked a strange question, Su Luo wouldn't have ignored his first question. After all, she was unfamiliar with the place, and it was too eerie.

But by doing so, he meant he was relinquishing some of his say and giving Su Luo a chance to test the waters.

"Outside of this era."

When Qi Yuan answered, his gaze swept over the black stick in Su Luo's hand, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"Of course I know it's outside of this era. What I mean is, what's this place used for?"

Su Luo felt a bit troubled.

He's not entirely sure if he's still within the boundaries of Large Dungeons, since the theme of Large Dungeons is [the era].

But he had a feeling that this was the answer to the Large Dungeon, and that it concealed some kind of magnificent spectacle he had never seen before.

Qi Yuan did not answer, as if he was thinking of something to say.

Su Luo Lock-On a close eye on his every move and continued:

"If we consider each era as an independent experimental vessel, then what exactly is this place? And what is your identity, Qi Yuan, in this Reincarnation experiment?"

He initially suspected that Qi Yuan was the mastermind, but Qi Yuan seemed rather dim-witted, just like in the previous two eras.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that he was just pretending.

"This is the central control hub of our era, coordinating the records of the times with our Reincarnation data."

"And I am one of the trainees. In your original world's terms, eighteen years old represents maturity in the life cycle. So I've only gone through four-ninths of the maturity cycle, which is why I'm only eight years old this year."

"It's just that your interference as Survivors has disrupted my progress."

Qi Yuan replied in this way.

Su Luo carefully examined Qi Yuan.

Is this guy eight years old?

I still remember Qi Yuan frantically begging to restore the joystick in the Second Era, as if he had lost the most important thing in his life.

If playing with a joystick at 28 is considered shrewd and calculating, and playing with a joystick at 18 is considered precocious and promising, then starting to play with a joystick at 8 can only be described as winning at the starting line.

"The Essence of all the Survivors being devoured in this Large Dungeon has been transferred to you, hasn't it?" Su Luo said abruptly.

"Hold head high."

Qi Yuan had no intention of hiding anything and answered without hesitation.

"But that's not important. I don't even respect your Essence."

"And your civilization..."

Just as Su Luo was about to ask further questions, Qi Yuan suddenly spoke up, interrupting her.

"Don't Ask anymore, Don't Ask anymore."

"You'll die."

"Now, tell me your demands, and then go back to your original time."

Upon hearing this, Su Luo raised her hand and lifted the long black staff in her hand, making a gesture of handing it over.

Almost the instant he made the movement, Qi Yuan's figure suddenly became ethereal, using an extreme flash to create several meters of distance and avoid the long black rod.

"Put it away from me! My mom said you can't touch a stranger's black stick!"

Seeing Qi Yuan's overreaction, Su Luo understood the situation.

"I had no demands; He simply guided me here to explore this 'ancient structure.'"

Su Luo herself didn't know who He was referring to.

Qi Yuan's face instantly darkened. He retreated to a dark corner of the reception room, his brows furrowed tightly, and he pondered silently for a long time.

"[Exploration Quest]? But this place can't even be considered an ancient structure..."

Qi Yuan's expression was uncertain, but he still sighed, walked to the door of the reception room, opened the door, and looked at Su Luo.

"Please."

The moment the reception room door opened, the outside space granted Su Luo the ability to perceive it.

Outside the door is a straight, silver-white corridor, constructed entirely of smooth metal, with a minimalist and cold style.

Qi Yuan in front, with Su Luo following behind. They tried to project their senses into the rooms along the corridor, but they still couldn't enter.

Qi Yuan walked straight to the room at the end of the corridor without stopping, and easily opened the door.

The interior remained quite simple and unadorned, with only some complex Text arranged on the walls, and it didn't seem to have as much technological sophistication as Su Luo's Laboratory.

Given the incredibly advanced spatial technology, Su Luo guessed that this was a deliberate disguise to prevent him from learning the advanced technology of this place.

That's a bit stingy.

"You are free to view this." Qi Yuan raised his hand and tapped the wall-mounted screen. The data stream instantly rolled rapidly, and dense archives from various eras appeared one after another. "This records the template information for all the Reincarnation eras in this Large Dungeon."

Su Luo looked up and quickly scanned the unknown Text on the screen.

[Era 241]

[No Extraordinary]

[Technological Level: Late Steam Age]

[Counterpart count: 3.7 billion]

[Design Cleanup: Template Number One]

[Special Design: Awakened (Bloodline Type)]

There is a lot of related data following this, which is clearly first-generation record data.

Su Luo took a look and was surprised to find that the first generation of Awakened were bloodline-type, but it seemed they could not reproduce and pass on their lineage.

[Era 24178]

[Extraordinary Type: Qi Cultivation, World Will]

[Number of Counterpart: 198 billion]

[Design Cleanup: Template No. 9]

[Special Design: Specific Roads, Small World Division]

[Era 3157987]

[Extraordinary Types: Mana Technology, Minor World Authority, Faith]

[Number of Counterpart: 11,137.1 billion]

[Clean Design: Encrypted Mana Thirty-Seven]

[Special Design: Great Holy Spirit, Emotional Subspace, Miniature Dreamscape]

This is the Third Era that Su Luo is currently experiencing.

The so-called billions of people and grand undertakings are nothing more than a string of data and a template in this room.

There are many such petri dishes.

Many, many.