Void City.
The citizens here were quiet and peaceful.
A year ago, they had suffered the invasion and threats of the Higher Dimension Civilization, and their hearts had been filled with terror and despair.
But gradually, they had become composed.
Because every resident here carried the integrity of their ancestors in their bones.
That was fearlessness.
Just as it had been 510 years ago, in the sixteenth century by Earth's calendar.
One hundred thousand Maya Civilization Warriors had gazed up at the river of stars and made a decision—to explore the void.
This expedition had been led by the Maya king of that time, King Pakal II.
"Technological atavism" truly existed.
The so-called phenomenon of "atavism" was often used to describe biological organisms, such as hairy children covered in fur like gorillas.
People believed they had reverted to the appearance of their ancestors.
But few people realized one thing—did technology truly develop along an upward linear trend?
In other words, as time progressed, would humanity's technology grow ever stronger, always surpassing that of its ancestors?
The answer was no.
But "information gaps" were inevitable.
There was simply no technology, nor any single biological brain, capable of passing down all information from generation to generation. More would always be lost than inherited.
The Maya Civilization was such a race.
Five hundred years ago, they had already mastered the technology to fly into space.
These technologies came from their unwavering belief in gods.
With great wisdom, they believed that the existence of gods stemmed from divine beings having mastered technologies they themselves could not understand.
For example, during an election ceremony in 2500 BC, Maya ancestors had seen a god dressed in white. He had appeared upon a high platform, then vanished into thin air.
They believed that god to be K'inich