Within the vast, dilapidated hall, Gao Xinjian's voice seemed to pierce through the dust-laden past, gradually revealing its hidden secrets.
"The many technologies and bodies of knowledge later acquired by the Great Alliance from the diagrams were actually derivatives of the Heavenly Human Secret Map. And indeed, relying on these, they explored and created many achievements.
Especially after the New Era began, there were significant technological breakthroughs. Many of the technologies currently held by Origin Company have also benefited from this.
This gave us hope. Had research continued along this path, perhaps we could have achieved even more. Perhaps we truly could have used it to resist the beings of the Other Side World.
However, what came afterward was the collapse of the Great Alliance."
Gao Xinjian's tone turned regretful.
"After the Great Alliance fell apart, the research program naturally could no longer continue. The various nations, companies, and major organizations went their separate ways.
And the Celestial Human Diagram, as the Great Alliance's most important legacy, was divided among them. Great Shun, the Linax Federation, Norland, Ayon, the Norros Theocracy, and other nations obtained most of it.
Among them, Great Shun and the Federation seized the greatest portions because of their vast territories and strongest military power. The remainder went to numerous giant corporations and major Fighter Factions.
But some secret maps that had originally been collected from the public and were meant to be delivered to the Great Alliance fell into the hands of certain organizations and religious forces. Quite a few sects rose to prominence because of this, since much of the content helped them break through bottlenecks in their secret teachings and technologies.
For this very reason, afterward, every major nation and world-class corporation sought to obtain more of such things.
The conflicts between nations, wars