Although Heiserana had said it in a fairly casual tone, Hao Ren had dealt with this little bat spirit more than once. He knew that, despite looking like a bratty child, she had always been able to tell what mattered. After all, she was the person who had carved out a territory for herself in the tangled Athens Sanctuary, then led a ragtag bunch of people to establish the "Heiserana Family." Anything that could make her personally go there was definitely more than just "some weird thing popped up."
"What exactly happened?" Vivian grew serious as well. "What did you find?"
"Strictly speaking, it's a city... probably." Heiserana restrained the playful expression on her face. "I suspect that an alternate space drifting outside the main material world suddenly connected with our reality, but the connection is extremely unstable. Since my people discovered it, the area of that alternate space has already shrunk by nearly a quarter, and its edges are still constantly collapsing. I asked several scholars in the family, but none of them could determine the origin of the city in that alternate space. They could only tell that it was part of ancient Earth. So, are you interested?"
"A city? An alternate space?" The news was truly unexpected, and it did make them intensely curious. "Since you've confirmed it's a city, why add 'probably'?"
"Because the city was built on the skull of a gigantic creature. I really don't know whether the thing should be called a city or the giant bone beneath the city." Heiserana made an exaggerated expression. "Do you know how shocked I was when I saw that thing? It was an entire city—even if it couldn't compare with a modern human metropolis, it was still a fully functional ancient city! And it was built