653. An Answer

"So, why are you investigating these apocalypses?"

After following Charlotte to observe two more apocalypses in foreign realms, Lu Ban could not help asking.

In one of those foreign realms, they had already glimpsed the secrets of the Old Ones and even discovered how to delay the awakening of those great beings. They created grand sacrificial rituals, with their entire civilization throwing itself into them. However, the intense will to survive of some sacrifices caused one ritual to fail. The Old Ones awakened, and the planet turned to cosmic dust within seconds. Even the sacrifices that had wanted to survive could not escape their fate.

The other foreign realm was at the height of its civilization. Its people had conquered the land, sea, and sky, and had even developed sublight-speed travel, embarking on a journey to explore the universe. Unfortunately, the awakening of the Old Ones suddenly destroyed their home planet. Every human who witnessed it was transformed into a monster. Afterward, the survivors began a long flight, only to die alone in the cold, silent starry sky.

Nearly all the records Charlotte examined concerned foreign realms destroyed by the awakening of the Old Ones.

What Lu Ban found astonishing was how detailed Glorious Realm's records of these things were.

Every realm's developmental history, the crises it encountered, and even every word and action of every person had been recorded faithfully.

Lu Ban was not curious about the methods Glorious Realm used to store and observe these things. As a civilization capable of contending with the Old Ones, it was practically certain that Glorious Realm possessed such extraordinary powers.

What he found astonishing was the role Glorious Realm's people played in these foreign realms.

Those observers watched the sealed Old Ones day after day, for millions, tens of millions, even