Cai Andao was sitting in the first-class cabin of an Undercity train.
The middle-aged man had his eyes closed, feigning sleep.
For some reason, he remembered the first half of his life.
Cai Andao had been born into a scholarly family. Both of his parents were university professors, and he had been exceptionally intelligent from a young age. He could recognize words after seeing them only once and had been highly valued by his supervisor while pursuing his doctorate.
Thus, immediately after graduating, he was recommended to participate in exploration and research in the Ruins.
Cai Andao still remembered how overwhelmed he had felt the first time he set foot in that magnificent and wondrous space. Back then, he had been so agitated that he had fallen to his knees, tears streaming down his face.
In the research that followed, the information about the giant beasts and Meigui in the Ruins led Cai Andao to propose a view that had seemed extremely "heretical" at the time.
He believed that Meigui possessed systematic and highly advanced biotechnology, which was how she had been able to create lifeforms such as the giant beasts.
However, the mainstream theory at the time was the Mythological Theory. Everything concerning the Ruins had been shrouded in the color of mythology, and those who supported this theory were the so-called "elders."
Cai Andao found this deeply ironic. A group of top scholars in the field, scientists standing at the forefront of their era, actually refused to discuss science and instead believed in theology!
But now, Cai Andao more or less understood why those scholars and elders had proposed the Mythological Theory.
Because they could not accept that complete, systematic biotechnology had already appeared countless ages ago.
The impact was simply too great for them. It might have