Deep Sea Abyss, the Polar Regions, the First Island Chain... Beginnings That Belonged to the Future

Su Wen had no idea what was happening in every corner of the world at that moment.

At most,

he could only glimpse a fragment of the future through the game.

So, naturally, he did not know that Old Vick, the former Great Craftsman of the Eternal Night Kingdom, had accepted an invitation from the Great Sage Council and immediately set off for the more distant border of the Lost Sea.

Nor did he know that Constance had already opened a far grander historical thread for the coming Lorenz Riel.

And more beginnings of timelines were gradually sprouting during this extraordinary New Year.

At Lorenz Riel's Ocean Division,

deep within the academy of Deep Sea Abyss—Julianster,

a massive aquarium connected to the shallow waters of the vast Lost Sea stood quietly.

At that moment, it was shrouded in an atmosphere of tranquility and mystery.

Lorenz Riel's holiday had made this aquarium, usually brimming with life, especially quiet.

Only a few dim lights scattered through the transparent water, adding hints of indigo to the dark space while making the surrounding silence and depth all the more pronounced.

And at a moment so quiet that any intruder might have heard their own heartbeat:

a colossal figure, so vast that its full form could not even be seen, silently appeared outside the aquarium.

It seemed to be the oldest trace of the deep sea, covered in profound blue scales like the brightest stars in the night sky, yet concealing endless depths as it moved soundlessly through the dark currents beyond the reach of light.

Its body was so enormous that it seemed capable of containing the entire world.

Yet beneath that faint light,

the massive figure looked more like a pale projection, ethereal and unreal, yet undeniably present.

As it swam, time itself