Lesion, Old World.
Although most of the Sick Ones had already relocated, quite a few new cities were still being rebuilt here. One city in particular was worth noting, though calling it a city was somewhat inaccurate. More precisely, it was the Great Research Institute.
Combining the earliest technology of the Lesion with the power technology that had been redeveloped in the present, then gathering the technologies of the various universes, it was a city built entirely of metal—Meninges (Meninx).
The people living here were the group of Sick Ones once hailed as the most intelligent, the Neisseria Ones. This was also the first time the Neisseria Ones had actively established a city of their own, and they would no longer face threats like they had in the past.
They had not only received strong support from the New Source Plague Zone's Black Roundworm Company, but also maintained close ties with the Gentleman Organization.
However, Regan, the first Ascender, had not become the city lord.
Although he had received an invitation, he had decisively refused. He only wanted to do research from nine to five, then lose himself completely in a world for two with his girlfriend after work.
Recently, though, he had become busy.
Because Regan had received a special existence who also loved research and was deeply bound to William.
The Fourth Calamity—Gap.
Gap's arrival had also brought him malicious technology, allowing Regan to make further progress in his research into "transcendence."
According to his theory, all he needed was to use plague as an aid and rely entirely on technology to achieve another form of transcendence. At present, he was rapidly advancing in that direction.
Today,
Regan was discussing the brand-new "Seam Technology" with Gap.
Before them, a special seam had already formed. It had been torn