Looking Back, That Person Was Actually... Holy Shit?

After finally figuring out the truth behind the Sleeper Project Zero, and finally learning what those paranoid, extreme "mind manipulators" were trying to achieve, a whole host of new questions rose in Gawain's mind alongside his astonishment.

"Has this Project Zero... taken effect?"

"It should have had some effect, otherwise they would not have continued pushing the project to this day. It requires an astonishing cost," Daniel replied. Clearly, although he had already been promoted to archbishop, he had not held the position long enough to access all the core secrets. His understanding of Project Zero remained limited, and some things could only be inferred. "In my exchanges with the other archbishops, I heard them vaguely mention that, at least before the sandbox lost control, those Dreamscape Worlds had indeed achieved a complete 'godless existence.'"

"But the sandbox still lost control..." Gawain frowned. "How exactly did it lose control?"

"The cause has yet to be determined, but Archbishop Selina Gelvin once mentioned something—in the out-of-control sandbox, traces of a god were suspected to have been found."

Gawain's brows rose slightly. He had heard a familiar name in Daniel's report, but he quickly put that matter aside, because something else made his heart skip a beat:

Traces of a god!!

"So... the sandbox was contaminated by a god?" He stared at Daniel. "And the method of contamination was completely beyond the Sleeper's understanding, through a route even their technology could not trace?"

"Yes. All information involving the sandbox was checked, and every mind entering it underwent exceptionally stringent screening, yet the sandbox was still contaminated by a god," Daniel said gravely. "The out-of-control sandbox is called Sandbox One. It is the core of Project Zero, and among all the test sandboxes, it has the most complete 'world structure' and the longest