In their first year after arriving in this world.
They cautiously rode their spaceship—the Chronicle of Ages—to this place, secretly investigating it. They discovered that a period of biological explosion was emerging on the continents of this world.
These fused new lives were not based on Embers, but on another unique substance resembling "Embers"—a mysterious, half-calcified, half-metallic active material they called Golden Embers.
They could fuse, awaken, and evolve.
They were greatly astonished and became even more cautious.
Then they discovered something extremely terrifying. It was as though they had been infected by some kind of virus, and they gradually vanished from heaven and earth.
Only after exploring again and again and finally awakening did they discover that the truth was actually this:
This world did not allow soul forms such as Embers to survive. At the time, they had been Embers, so they were absorbed.
The second year.
They began trying to explore outward.
They discovered that this world was so desolate that not a single person could be found, yet it contained the ruins of countless Prehistoric Civilization cities, all kinds of wondrous golden towers, vast deserts paved with golden sand, and a strange, magnificent world of azure crystal canyons. They were left gasping in amazement.
At the end of that same year, they also easily discovered the scattered scraps of flesh from the Sacrifice that had splattered across the entire world.
Based on their speculation, a great battle involving the Sacrifice had taken place here not long ago, leaving flesh strewn everywhere.
They had awakened unconsciously as a result.
The fifth year.
They constantly studied the ruins of those civilizations, attempting to decipher the history of this world.
While deciphering the writing of this other world, they gradually understood some terrifying truths.
This was an unknown, powerful