Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, having calculated the timing, Benjamin wrapped up the experiment at hand ahead of schedule.
Standing before the workbench, he entered the final set of experimental data into the terminal and confirmed that all research had entered automatic operation before slowly returning to the metal recliner at the center of the laboratory.
He fell silent for a moment.
After all, it was a meeting personally chaired by the Dean.
Benjamin lightly tapped the armrest and chuckled.
"I'd better go in person. It'll be more proper that way."
As his words fell, the laboratory returned to silence.
The "Benjamin" seated in the chair suddenly ceased all movement.
His gaze gradually lost focus, his arms fell limp, and his breathing stopped.
It was as though he had instantly lost all life, sitting there motionless like an exquisitely crafted doll.
At the same time.
In the near-Earth orbit beyond the Purgatory Sulfur Continent, a "satellite" that had hovered there for more than a hundred years slowly moved.
Of course, it was no satellite. It was Benjamin's true body.
His five-hundred-kilometer-tall Dark Gold true form had remained seated in meditation within the cosmic void beyond the continent ever since the Dual Dharma Manifestation had completed its transformation, like an ancient deity eternally slumbering.
His body was simply too enormous.
Looking up from the continent, one could see only a Dark Gold outline blanketing the sky, like a second continent suspended on the horizon. Ordinary lifeforms had no way of seeing its full form. Only as day and night changed could they watch that colossal figure slowly pass through the light of the star, casting a moving shadow over the continent.
After learning how difficult the Mustard Seed Dao-Containing True Body Art was