After waiting for a while.
The destroyed Gan-Character Clock Tower was restored once more by the shattered rules, as though nothing had happened.
But no enemies remained to block the players' path.
"Let's go."
Li Miao led the team onward, returning to the Cross Bell Tower.
Thanks to Little Augustus's desperate struggle and destruction before his death, they naturally knew where to focus. Before long, they found all kinds of documents and records within his residence.
Some of them were rune metals. Although Li Miao and the others did not know how to use them, Kexia had once been a member of Gergada and knew how they worked.
Thus, the truth Little Augustus had buried and concealed was finally revealed before everyone.
Most importantly, an activated piece of rune metal displayed a recording left behind by Augustus, the founder of Gergada.
"—Yuk, if you are seeing this recording, it means my attempt has failed."
"With Gergada's strength and technology alone, we cannot escape this enormous world-ending crisis."
"At least, Gergada as it is now—cannot."
"So, if Gergada is to endure and preserve its spark, we must rely on the original combustion system."
"The most likely possibility is faith. If a faith lifeform is born at the right time, we will be able to escape through it."
"And the choice of that faith lifeform is crucial. Ordinary faith lifeforms cannot escape the world's entanglement either, so we need to cast this anchor toward somewhere this world-ending crisis is least likely to reach."
"The City of Beginnings and Ends, the Singularity of Nothing and Being—this was what I gained from my first attempt."
"Remember it, and cast the anchor of faith toward it. Awaken it at the proper moment, follow it through its instincts, and Gergada may yet continue."
"And you must