Beneath the radiance of civilization, everyone was stunned after hearing Isabelle's revelation.
"Could it... really drain the entire world?" Mr. Assath looked up at the enormous coral tree before him in disbelief.
There were no Myriad Element fruits on it, but it was the tallest and largest of them all, clearly different from the rest.
At that moment, Morian, who had remained silent, let out a cold laugh. "What an outrageous claim... The lands we've passed through have all been incredibly fertile, with life flourishing everywhere."
Isabelle cast a cold glance at the tiny female vampire and said calmly, "When a lake begins to dry up, it always starts at the edges... Are the lands outside not barren enough already?"
"What do you mean?" Morian could not help frowning.
Isabelle ignored her and looked at Mr. Assath. "What do you think this place is?"
Mr. Assath froze for a moment before thinking it over. "We came here through the pyramid deep underground... This should be another dimension."
"This is the world at the core of the earth," Isabelle said. "It is also the true birthplace of life... Whether humans or vampires, they were originally born here. It was only because of some accident that they all reached the surface, giving rise to the Divine Blessing Church's centuries-long history."
"That's impossible!"
Morian's understanding was completely shaken.
However, after experiencing the illusion of civilization's origins, she instinctively felt that Isabelle was not lying, because she could not accept the existence of something within such a civilization!
The origin of life should have occurred naturally. Yet within the illusion of civilization, she had clearly sensed a pair of hands wantonly manipulating the course of civilization.
It was like a creator. It had not merely advanced civilization—it had even created more species.
"Where... did