The Unbelievable Great Age

Meanwhile, the people from Umbrella Corporation watching the struggle from the shadows wore strange expressions.

Walton kept clicking away with his camera and said to Herodotus, "General, was it like this back then too—communicating through glass? Then the Ancient God of Light outside would make a few tremors, and the soldiers inside the world would drop like dumplings into a pot?"

Herodotus merely gazed into the distance. "Just like the old days."

Of course, they knew the traitors had been Sylvie's people, acting as the Abyss's inside agents and luring the enemy into the Ancient Tree World. As the gods who had once stood upon the tree, they could not help wearing complicated expressions.

History was repeating itself, and the sense of immersion was almost too strong.

If Atabia and Herodotus competed for the position of the Ancient Tree God-King now, they would truly be stepping into their old identities.

"This is the scripture Sylvie gave us—the Five Elements Re-Illumination Book. It's a new scripture studied by Emperor Xu Li, one that points directly to the ultimate Nine Heavens."

At that moment, Herodotus opened a book. "They gave us a benefit, so they expect us to understand the ways of human relationships."

To put it bluntly, even if they felt they had been taken advantage of, they had to endure it.

Most importantly, the Abyss was still ruled by Minis. When Minis led people to attack, all they could truly do was watch.

Even this book had been passed to them by Minis through Sylvie.

"How is it?" Herodotus asked.

"It's incredible." Atabia flipped through the book, marveling. "The proportions are perfect, and the method of fusion is exquisitely marvelous. If even one sequence is wrong or the ratios are slightly off, the blueprint for this ninefold fusion will collapse."