A few minutes later, Yu Sheng had gained a general understanding of what the Special Operations Bureau had uncovered.
No one had expected the World Bridge incident, which everyone had thought was over, to flare up again in this manner.
--Actually, "flare up again" was not quite an accurate description. Judging from the clues available so far, the cultists' meddling with the World Bridge had never stopped. That "project" had been running for at least several years, and it was even possible that not long after Luo began researching the Zolda Black Stone, they had already started simultaneously copying something similar to the "World Bridge."
The matter had simply remained hidden until now.
"If they really had their eyes on Luo's research from the very beginning, then the suspicious logistics records and communications logs at Black Stone Station can all be explained... But the key question is, where did those cultists get the secrets of the 'World Bridge' ahead of time?"
Yu Sheng rubbed his chin, deeply puzzled.
"The World Bridge was a secret known to very few people ever since the Omen Goddess first descended three thousand seven hundred years ago. According to you, that was the 'Classical Era' of the Crossroads. There was an entire 'epochal transition' between that era and the modern day, and even you, the director of the Special Operations Bureau, can't find detailed information about it. On the other hand, the only person who could be considered to have 'survived' from that time was the Doll Eileen of that era. Before we found that temple, she had sealed away all the secrets in the cracks between space and time..."
As Yu Sheng spoke, his brow unconsciously furrowed. It was because, at that moment, he suddenly realized there was a question he had never seriously