For the thirty-odd years after the Crimson Moon incident to become a nightmare...
When Old Director said this, everyone present felt their minds waver, as though thunder were ringing in their ears.
They understood the surface meaning of his words, yet became even more confused.
This confusion could not dispel the shock that had rushed straight into their minds when they heard him. The spiritual power throughout their bodies seemed to contract all at once, bringing an electric shock-like sensation. Every nerve spasmed.
"You..."
Too shocked to speak, Lu Xin remained silent. Instead, Number Fourteen jumped and blurted out:
"What are you going to do?"
"..."
"It's simple..."
Old Director looked at him gently.
That look made Number Fourteen feel as though he had asked the wrong question, and his neck shrank back.
But Old Director's voice still reached his ears clearly: "The Beginning's power can be obtained through sacrifice. Even before the Crimson Moon incident, those selfish, mysterious organizations had discovered this principle."
"If so, why can't we exchange for more power in a more efficient way?"
"The first-generation researchers—my teachers—studied this question. But in the end, they gave up."
"Because they believed it would only accelerate The Beginning's descent, accomplishing nothing..."
"But perhaps they simply weren't bold enough..."
"..."
Old Director explained softly: "If we sacrifice enough things to bring about the descent of an entire era, borrow The Beginning's power, and reshape the world before the Crimson Moon incident—reshaping the people who had not yet experienced the Crimson Moon incident—could we then understand it as meaning that the Crimson Moon incident, as well as this desperate world after it, had never existed at all?"
"Energy is conserved. Through such a sacrifice, once The Beginning has expended enough power, wouldn't it also be unable to bring destruction to