Beyond the World, Crisis at the Pacific First Island Chain!

As the only Future Observation observer in this world, the handsome Scholar had already witnessed far too many poems of time tied to the transformation of civilizations.

And yet,

Even so!

He still believed in the resilience of civilization, and still believed in its will.

Time slowly passed like this.

In silence, one Nameless One after another shifted from wakefulness to lowering their heads and kneeling on one knee.

They knelt in the most solemn manner, facing the direction where Su Wen stood.

But Su Wen no longer watched them.

He turned his gaze toward the full view of the city before him:

Clemence One, roaring thunderously, had completely entered a state of war. It was like a colossal mechanical beast that never ceased moving.

The sky above the city had already been swallowed by even heavier clouds of steam. They came from countless towering chimneys and steam pipes, venting under overload and providing the city with an endless supply of power and vitality.

But they had also completely obscured the night sky, which had once still been faintly visible.

The city's already hidden and narrow streets were now filled with steam locomotives of every kind.

They pulled carriages loaded with goods or passengers, weaving through every corner of the city.

The roar of the engines and the clatter of wheels against rails intertwined, forming this city's unique symphony.

After confirming that everything taking place in the city had not yet moved beyond the preparatory stage,

Su Wen's gaze shifted from surveying everything to the strange building he had noticed the moment he entered:

Clemence One,

Blood Moon Sect Grand Assembly Hall.

It used the Blood Moon Sect's distinctive dark red and black palette. Its spires pierced the clouds, as though it were some heretical object torn from another time