You Are the Greatest Variable

After finishing all this, the Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island looked somewhat weary. He waved his hand and said:

"The secret realm's gates will be fully opened, but it'll probably still take another quarter of an hour..."

As he spoke, he slowly raised his head and looked at Shen Lin. "You must have a lot of questions you want to ask, right?"

Shen Lin nodded. His lips parted, but for a moment, he didn't know where to begin.

There were simply too many things he was curious about.

Had his transmigration been arranged by Heavenly Mystery Island?

Had the system on him been installed by Heavenly Mystery Island?

What kind of purpose did they have in mind when they helped him grow this far?

All sorts of doubts churned through his mind.

In the end, Shen Lin quietly asked his first question.

"What is the relationship between Heavenly Mystery Island and the Empire?"

The Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "You saw through it? Though I suppose that's not surprising..."

He picked up the teacup before him and took a sip before slowly saying, "Heavenly Mystery Island was a seed the Empire left behind for this epoch."

"At the Empire's peak, its exploration fleets spread throughout the River of Time, and it possessed countless colonies. The End, which would have been an apocalyptic disaster for ordinary worlds, could be safely weathered by the Empire with just a few flying vessels. It even found many safe zones around the River of Time and established glorious, splendid civilizations."

"The Empire was arrogant. It believed that even though those two had created the resplendent marvel known as the River of Time and countless worlds, once the Empire developed to a certain level, it would inevitably reach the