Lorisa clearly knew a great deal, and Hao Ren had already picked up countless clues and questions from her scattered words. However, the "Elf Queen's" mental state was obviously unsuitable for a lengthy conversation. Especially after learning the truth about ten thousand years having passed, she had suffered a tremendous shock. Her hard-won mental stability and soul structure were once again showing signs of falling into chaos—Hao Ren had no choice but to cut the conversation short so that this "ancient elf," who was currently trapped in temporal and spatial confusion, could rest.
While Lorisa rested, he led his people back to the central laboratory, attempting to find the "energy source" that should theoretically exist. In any case, he refused to believe that something containing the divine power of a Goddess could vanish so easily. After all, even the rebellious runes on the laboratory walls remained intact. The container of a True God's divine power couldn't possibly be inferior to those, could it?
The group searched for a long time without finding anything. Lily, the least patient of them all, was the first to complain. "Landlord! What if that energy source you mentioned doesn't even exist? We've been searching forever, and you only deduced that thing from the beginning..."
"It is indeed only my deduction." Hao Ren raised an eyebrow. "But it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? For the ancient Magic Emperors to infuse the power of Deities into Mortal cells, they would first need 'divine power.' Besides, without an energy source like that, there would be no way to explain the time-stopped state of these ruins."
"The most important part is those runes." Vivian raised her head from a pile of twisted metal fragments. Several small bats flew around her, helping with the work, their tiny claws clutching pieces