"I don't know anything about the Myriad Gods Era. Does anyone know what happened?" Gu Qingshan asked.
--He'd once worried that his identity as "Rod" might be suspicious, afraid his companions would notice something amiss. But now that he knew it came from the Fate Skill: Existence, he felt reassured.
"Rod, don't you ever listen in history class?" Chi Hu laughed.
"Elder said the Myriad Gods Era belonged to the previous epoch. Supposedly, that epoch was so dangerous that no living beings existed there. They couldn't possibly have survived in a world like that. Only gods could," Mu said.
Reneedol picked up the thread. "The gods defeated a tremendous evil and countless dangers, then founded the Myriad Gods Temple. But one day, they all suddenly vanished, and that era ended with them."
Gu Qingshan asked in confusion, "Why did they disappear?"
"No one knows. It's always been a mystery." Chi Hu shrugged.
Mu sighed. "For a while, I was fascinated by the Myriad Gods Era, but the Elders and the fairies all said the previous epoch was far too dangerous. They wouldn't let me investigate it."
He opened his hand and gently tossed the glowing orb hovering in his palm.
The warm, gentle ball of light slowly floated upward, coming to rest in the middle of the towering Dark Tunnel.
It shone with a brighter, softer white light, illuminating the stretch of tunnel where the youths stood.
The tunnel branched off in every direction. Its walls were lined with stone doors of all sizes, their destinations unknown.
Mu looked eager to explore. "We can't stay here forever. Why don't we go through one of the doors and see what's inside?"
Reneedol nodded. "Exactly. We can't go back to the Scavenging Station, and we can't turn around. Maybe we'll find a