When all the clamor had fallen silent, the deepest reaches of the Continuance Institute remained as busy as ever.
Or rather, this was when they were at their busiest and most tense.
To fall short when the mountain was ninety percent climbed.
No matter what, nothing could go wrong at the very end.
Otherwise, the various lineages that had sacrificed so many members would tear them apart alive before the Continuance Institute could deal with it.
"Notification from the underlying framework—after dismantling, the fragments have entered Present Realm orbit. In another two hours and sixteen minutes, they will completely dissolve."
"Has law coordination begun?"
"It is undergoing final verification."
"What about the Ascenders?"
"They have all been withdrawn. Six and a half minutes ago."
"Conduct one final inspection. Don't leave behind any important materials or results..."
Beyond the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, scholars within the vast space nervously conducted their final calculations and simulations beneath towering screens.
Behind the windows, Yegor on the sofa finally relaxed.
He went limp.
He felt drenched in sweat.
The gamble that had placed the safety of the entire Present Realm on the line had finally come to an end.
Beneath the massive screens, Continuance Institute technicians continuously extracted, froze, and sealed the experimental results from every fragment, sorting them into categories and sending them off to different departments.
Who knew how much the Continuance Institute had gained from this gamble? Numerous experiments impossible to attempt within the Present Realm had secretly been simulated and carried out within the fragments.
Most chilling of all were the two life-support pods that had just been transported over and swiftly locked down.
The remains of two Destruction Factors were properly contained.
Watching the two remains being taken away, Yegor sighed in relief. After all, those things had been only